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  Win Tool Box? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-09 20:02 -0700
    Re: Win Tool Box? Windows 11 User <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-10 04:00 +0000
      Re: Win Tool Box? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-10 03:03 -0700
        Re: Win Tool Box? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-12 00:57 -0400
          Re: Win Tool Box? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-12 09:00 -0400
            Re: Win Tool Box? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-12 12:52 -0400
    Re: Win Tool Box? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-10 01:15 -0500
      Re: Win Tool Box? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-10 16:39 -0700
    Re: Win Tool Box? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-03-10 08:27 -0400
      Re: Win Tool Box? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-10 09:07 -0700
      Re: Win Tool Box? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-10 12:14 -0400
        Re: Win Tool Box? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-10 16:04 -0700

#17646 — Win Tool Box?

Hi All,

Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
I can tell what it is from his web site.

https://christitus.com/downloads/

He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
is too small to tell what he is talking about.

-T

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#17647

On 10/03/2025 03:02, T wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
> I can tell what it is from his web site.
> 
> https://christitus.com/downloads/
> 
> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
> is too small to tell what he is talking about.
> 
> -T


Run this command in PowerShell/Terminal as Admin (Windows 11/10):

{"irm https://christitus.com/win | iex"}

You will be able to see what he is talking about.

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#17652

On 3/9/25 9:00 PM, Windows 11 User wrote:
> On 10/03/2025 03:02, T wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
>> I can tell what it is from his web site.
>>
>> https://christitus.com/downloads/
>>
>> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
>> is too small to tell what he is talking about.
>>
>> -T
> 
> 
> Run this command in PowerShell/Terminal as Admin (Windows 11/10):
> 
> {"irm https://christitus.com/win | iex"}
> 
> You will be able to see what he is talking about.
> 

That did the trick.  Thank you!

Looking at it, I am not sure it really has much
of value.  Didn't even have a way to remove One
Drive.

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#17713

In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:03:53 -0700, T
<T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On 3/9/25 9:00 PM, Windows 11 User wrote:
>> On 10/03/2025 03:02, T wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
>>> I can tell what it is from his web site.
>>>
>>> https://christitus.com/downloads/

AVG wouldn't let me go there the first time, and after that clicking on
this link caused nothing to happen.  Couldn't even get the error message
again. 
>>>
>>> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
>>> is too small to tell what he is talking about.
>>>
>>> -T
>> 
>> 
>> Run this command in PowerShell/Terminal as Admin (Windows 11/10):
>> 
>> {"irm https://christitus.com/win | iex"}
>> 
>> You will be able to see what he is talking about.
>> 
>
>That did the trick.  Thank you!
>
>Looking at it, I am not sure it really has much
>of value.  Didn't even have a way to remove One
>Drive.

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#17719

On Wed, 3/12/2025 12:57 AM, micky wrote:

>>>> https://christitus.com/downloads/
> 
> AVG wouldn't let me go there the first time, and after that clicking on
> this link caused nothing to happen.  Couldn't even get the error message
> again. 

Redirection chain, but virustotal still says the URL is clean.

https://christitus.com/win
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases/latest/download/winutil.ps1
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases/download/25.03.05/winutil.ps1

In the Community Comments section, there is only one comment:

   "It's a security nightmare that this influencer is teaching users to
    push uncontrolled code with administrative privileges to Powershell IEX.
    The content and consistency of these scripts cannot be trusted. Far-reaching
    system changes are being made. Simply block this indicator."

You find the strangest advice sometimes :-)

   Paul

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#17723

In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:00:11 -0400, Paul
<nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

>On Wed, 3/12/2025 12:57 AM, micky wrote:
>
>>>>> https://christitus.com/downloads/
>> 
>> AVG wouldn't let me go there the first time, and after that clicking on
>> this link caused nothing to happen.  Couldn't even get the error message
>> again. 
>
>Redirection chain, but virustotal still says the URL is clean.
>
>https://christitus.com/win
>https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases/latest/download/winutil.ps1
>https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases/download/25.03.05/winutil.ps1
>
>In the Community Comments section, there is only one comment:
>
>   "It's a security nightmare that this influencer is teaching users to
>    push uncontrolled code with administrative privileges to Powershell IEX.
>    The content and consistency of these scripts cannot be trusted. Far-reaching
>    system changes are being made. Simply block this indicator."
>
>You find the strangest advice sometimes :-)

Yes, indeed. 
>
>   Paul
>

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#17648

T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
> I can tell what it is from his web site.
> 
> https://christitus.com/downloads/
> 
> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
> is too small to tell what he is talking about.

Looks like another Windows tweaker.  The web site you gave wants $10.
Some more info at his Github site at:

https://github.com/christitustech/winutil

You didn't give the URL for the Youtube video.  A search using:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chris+titus+windows+toolbox

turned up multiple possible videos.  One was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXyMScSbhk4

I wasn't going to watch the entire 17+ minute video trying to find
whatever print (text?) was too small.  I wasn't interested in the
program, so I kept jumping at about 5-second intervals through about
half the video, but gave up trying to find something in the video too
small to read.  Maybe the video gets bigger, and so, too, the print if
you hit F11 to maximize the web browser's window to fullscreen.

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#17673

On 3/9/25 11:15 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
>> I can tell what it is from his web site.
>>
>> https://christitus.com/downloads/
>>
>> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
>> is too small to tell what he is talking about.
> 
> Looks like another Windows tweaker.  The web site you gave wants $10.
> Some more info at his Github site at:
> 
> https://github.com/christitustech/winutil
> 
> You didn't give the URL for the Youtube video.  A search using:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chris+titus+windows+toolbox
> 
> turned up multiple possible videos.  One was:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXyMScSbhk4
> 
> I wasn't going to watch the entire 17+ minute video trying to find
> whatever print (text?) was too small.  I wasn't interested in the
> program, so I kept jumping at about 5-second intervals through about
> half the video, but gave up trying to find something in the video too
> small to read.  Maybe the video gets bigger, and so, too, the print if
> you hit F11 to maximize the web browser's window to fullscreen.
> 

I despise I.T. your tube videos.

You probably were looking at a different video
than I was.

This is what I could not see on my television:
     https://ibb.co/93dQqWZt

I take it you have never used the utility.  I did
not find anything of interest in it.

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#17654

On 3/9/2025 11:02 PM, T wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
> I can tell what it is from his web site.
> 
> https://christitus.com/downloads/
> 
> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
> is too small to tell what he is talking about.
> 

   He's not very good at clarity. Not a good sign. If I
had to guess from his site I'd say he's probably a
semi-literate Linux nut. His utility is a "must have"?
Why? He can't be bothered to tell us. The pages
read like they're designed for people who are already
his fan club. Then he says not to use too many of
his settings because it might destabilize Windows. :)

   I pretty much settled on a combination of my own
researched tweaks, combined with Classic/Open Shell
and Winaero Tweaker. WT is fairly clear, with good
explanations. It has a search feature and seems to
explain most all settings. A very thoughtfully designed
program.

   Maybe that's the difference between people who want
Windows optimized for usability and functionality, vs
people who like to experiment for fun.

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#17659

On 3/10/25 5:27 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 3/9/2025 11:02 PM, T wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
>> I can tell what it is from his web site.
>>
>> https://christitus.com/downloads/
>>
>> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
>> is too small to tell what he is talking about.
>>
> 
>    He's not very good at clarity. Not a good sign. If I
> had to guess from his site I'd say he's probably a
> semi-literate Linux nut. His utility is a "must have"?
> Why? He can't be bothered to tell us. The pages
> read like they're designed for people who are already
> his fan club. Then he says not to use too many of
> his settings because it might destabilize Windows. :)
> 
>    I pretty much settled on a combination of my own
> researched tweaks, combined with Classic/Open Shell
> and Winaero Tweaker. WT is fairly clear, with good
> explanations. It has a search feature and seems to
> explain most all settings. A very thoughtfully designed
> program.
> 
>    Maybe that's the difference between people who want
> Windows optimized for usability and functionality, vs
> people who like to experiment for fun.
> 


That is kind of what I thought of it too.

I like xdAntiSpy
    https://github.com/builtbybel/Winpilot/releases

For a lot of those tweaks

-T

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#17660

On Mon, 3/10/2025 8:27 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 3/9/2025 11:02 PM, T wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
>> I can tell what it is from his web site.
>>
>> https://christitus.com/downloads/
>>
>> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
>> is too small to tell what he is talking about.
>>
> 
>   He's not very good at clarity. Not a good sign. If I
> had to guess from his site I'd say he's probably a
> semi-literate Linux nut. His utility is a "must have"?
> Why? He can't be bothered to tell us. The pages
> read like they're designed for people who are already
> his fan club. Then he says not to use too many of
> his settings because it might destabilize Windows. :)
> 
>   I pretty much settled on a combination of my own
> researched tweaks, combined with Classic/Open Shell
> and Winaero Tweaker. WT is fairly clear, with good
> explanations. It has a search feature and seems to
> explain most all settings. A very thoughtfully designed
> program.
> 
>   Maybe that's the difference between people who want
> Windows optimized for usability and functionality, vs
> people who like to experiment for fun.
> 

"He has youtube videos"

But doesn't that say it all ?

   Paul

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#17672

On 3/10/25 9:14 AM, Paul wrote:
> On Mon, 3/10/2025 8:27 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
>> On 3/9/2025 11:02 PM, T wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Any of you guys use Chris Titus' Win Tool Box?
>>> I can tell what it is from his web site.
>>>
>>> https://christitus.com/downloads/
>>>
>>> He has youtube videos, but the print on the screen
>>> is too small to tell what he is talking about.
>>>
>>
>>    He's not very good at clarity. Not a good sign. If I
>> had to guess from his site I'd say he's probably a
>> semi-literate Linux nut. His utility is a "must have"?
>> Why? He can't be bothered to tell us. The pages
>> read like they're designed for people who are already
>> his fan club. Then he says not to use too many of
>> his settings because it might destabilize Windows. :)
>>
>>    I pretty much settled on a combination of my own
>> researched tweaks, combined with Classic/Open Shell
>> and Winaero Tweaker. WT is fairly clear, with good
>> explanations. It has a search feature and seems to
>> explain most all settings. A very thoughtfully designed
>> program.
>>
>>    Maybe that's the difference between people who want
>> Windows optimized for usability and functionality, vs
>> people who like to experiment for fun.
>>
> 
> "He has youtube videos"
> 
> But doesn't that say it all ?
> 
>     Paul


I despise I.T.how to youtube videos.  "Get to the
*&*(ing point!!!"

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