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| From | Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks |
| Date | 2025-01-09 23:05 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vlq68g$3plnl$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 1/9/2025 10:42 PM, T wrote:
> On 1/9/25 19:28, Newyana2 wrote:
>> Remove Edge
>
>
> I still have not figured out how to remove installed
> Edge. How did you do it?
https://github.com/ShadowWhisperer/Remove-MS-Edge
I then deleted the files from Program Files. I'm also
compressing winsxs, ending up with a Win10 of about
20 GB. (That's thesize of 3 XP installs, but it's
pretty good for Win10. :)
I have found gotchas, though. Removing Edge disables
the Internet Options applet. Not a big deal. And extreme
tweaking seems to mess with updates. I do all updates
and activation after installing because I've had problems
with both after tweaking. Personally I want MS locked out,
anyway, once I've got it set up, so that's not a problem
for me. People who religiously update might be wise to avoid
cleaning things up too much.
My sense is that MS want Windows to be interactive TV
with ads and shopping. They don't want people thinking about
using Windows as a tool for productivity. So it's become MS
way or the highway. If you clean it up they do what they
can to make your life difficult.
I was amazed at what a
monstrosity News and Interests is. I saw it for the first time
yesterday. Then there's OneDrive, Copilot, Teams... I don't
even know what half of these things are. Default and cleaned
up look like two different operating systems.
Another nice tweak: If one replaces ieframe.dll (two of
them) with the 20H2 versions then IE functionality returns.
Not a big deal, but nice to have. I like IE for local webpages,
as my default browser, then I block it from going online. That
prevents sneaky things that try to send me to their website
without asking. IE jumps up and says, "Unable to reach that URL."
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Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-09 14:21 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-09 22:28 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-09 19:42 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-09 23:05 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-12 14:34 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-10 00:05 -0500
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Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-10 08:54 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-09 19:53 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-10 09:01 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-01-11 09:29 +0000
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-11 02:59 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-01-10 08:30 -0900
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-10 14:00 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-10 11:19 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-10 19:43 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-10 18:36 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-10 21:59 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-10 23:18 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-10 23:39 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-11 03:00 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-11 08:46 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-11 12:49 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-11 08:43 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-01-11 10:04 -0900
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-11 12:51 -0800
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-11 23:13 -0500
Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-11 22:46 -0800
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Re: Now I absolutely know why Windows 10 completely sucks T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-11 13:43 -0800
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