Windows 10 Installation Crap.md

Group policy settings needed

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1. Disable One Drive

   • Goto Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | OneDrive
   • Select: Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage
   • Select: Enable

2. Disable automatic updates

   • Goto Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Update
   • Select: Configure Automatic Updates
   • Select: Enable
   • Select: Notify for download and notify for install

3. Disable Cortana

   • Goto Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Search
   • Select: Allow Cortana
   • Select: Disabled

4. Disable News and intrests

   • Goto User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | News and intrests
   • Select Enable news and intrests on the taskbar
   • Select Disable

5. Disable Windows Store Automatic Update

   I downloading its update via Service Host Delivery Optimization when looking at network usage

   • Goto Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Store
   • Select Turn off Automatic Download and Install of updates
   • Select Enable

6. Disable Zone blocking of zipfiles

   • Goto User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Attachment Manager
   • Select: Do not preserve zone information in file attachments
   • Select: Enable

7. Disable Notification Center

   • Goto User Configuration | Start Menu and Taskbar
   • Select Remove Notifications and Action Center
   • Select Enable

8. Disable Feedback and Data Collection

   • Goto User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Data Collection and Preview Builds
   • Select Do not show feedback notifications
   • Select Enable
   • Select Allow Telemetry
   • Select Disable

Apps

• Uninstall Get Office
• and any other stupid bundled program

Uninstall "Built-in" Apps

• Start Powershell as Administrator
• Get-AppxPackage *zunemusic* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage *windowsmaps* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage *onenote* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage *zunevideo* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage *windowscommunicationsapps* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage *Messaging* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage *MicrosoftStickyNotes* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage *soundrecorder* | Remove-AppxPackage
• Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage (Cortana app)
• Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.YourPhone -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

Keyboard with multiple languages

1. Control Panel | Clock, Language, and Region | Change input methods
   • Click options for each Language and add all current keyboard combinations (the onces that are shown when pressing Win+Space)
2. Control Panel | Clock, Language, and Region | Change input methods
   • Click options for each Language and remove the unwanted keyboard combinations
3. Control Panel | Clock, Language, and Region | Change input methods | Advance settings (in left panel)
   • Set Override for Windows display language to English (United States)
   • Set Override for default input method to English (United States) - US???
   • Click Apply language setting to the welcome screen, system accounts and new user accounts
   • Switch to Formats tab
   • Set Format to English (United States)
   • Switch to Location tab
   • Set Home Location to United States
   • Click Apply
   • Switch to Administrative tab
   • Click Copy settings...
   • Check Welcome screen and system accounts
   • Check New user accounts
   • Click OK
   • Click Change system locale...
   • Change to English (US)
   • In the reboot dialog press Restart now or reboot manually
4. Control Panel | Clock, Language, and Region | Change date, time, or number formats
   • Set Format to Danish

Update popup

The windows updates popup will break games and show during gaming, playing important stuff like online matches, hardcore, will fuck you up. Run the following commands in an elevated CMD

cd /d "%Windir%\System32"
takeown /F MusNotification.exe
icacls MusNotification.exe /deny Everyone:(X)
takeown /F MusNotificationUx.exe
icacls MusNotificationUx.exe /deny Everyone:(X)

Disable Snap Assist

Goto: System | Multitasking Disable: When I snap a windows, show what I can snap next to it

Offscreen Touch Setup

Goto: Control panel | Hardware and Sound | Tablet PC Settings Select: Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input.

Fix Quick Access Paths in Explorer

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Desktop
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{754AC886-DF64-4CBA-86B5-F7FBF4FBCEF5}]
"ParsingName"=-

;Local Documents
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{f42ee2d3-909f-4907-8871-4c22fc0bf756}]
"ParsingName"=-

;Local Downloads
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{7d83ee9b-2244-4e70-b1f5-5393042af1e4}]
"ParsingName"=-

;Local Music
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{a0c69a99-21c8-4671-8703-7934162fcf1d}]
"ParsingName"=-

;Local Pictures
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{0ddd015d-b06c-45d5-8c4c-f59713854639}]
"ParsingName"=-

;Local Videos
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{35286a68-3c57-41a1-bbb1-0eae73d76c95}]
"ParsingName"=-

Windows 10 zDebugging.md

Debugging of drivers

• To Enable: Verifier.exe | Create custom settings add 3rd party drivers or specific driver to monitor
• To Disable: Verifier.exe | Delete existing settings

System changes tool

Windows System State Analyzer

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askperf/2010/01/11/an-introduction-to-the-windows-system-state-analyzer/