How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap) - Updated 7/29/20

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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap)

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Pretty much. The guy who wrote classic shell stopped supporting it, but it still works. I'll keep using it until MS breaks it with some future update.
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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap)

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OK. Thanks. I did skip the Classic Shell portion, as I'm going to give Win 10's interface an honest effort. If it annoys me, then oh well. Buh-Bye!
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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap)

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Yeah, probably need an updated version since the Creator's Update and now the Spring Update. I'm still not sold on 10, even though I have it installed on a removable SSD. The other SSD has Linux Mint.
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Mine actually looks similar to Win7. Traditional look. I just unpinned all the apps they had and uninstalled all the software I didn't want. Been pinning stuff I actually use.
Looks much cleaner now.
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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap) - Updated 11/21/18

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I just updated this with new info and fixed some bad links.
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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap) - Updated 11/21/18

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Thanks for the update. There is one other program like SpyBot Antibeacon: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

I have it running on my spare laptop. It's gotten good reviews. Very detailed items that you can toggle off/on or simply choose the recommended ones from the menu. The picture below is just some of the options you can select.
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O&O ShutUp10 is entirely free and does not have to be installed – it can be simply run directly and immediately on your PC. And it will not install or download retrospectively unwanted or unnecessary software, like so many other programs do these days!
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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap) - Updated 5/9/19

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Thanks for the update. Also, thanks for the O&O software. I'm gonna give it a try.
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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap) - Updated 5/9/19

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UPDATED 11/19/2019: Added option to disable Cortana entirely from Win 10 Pro's Group Policy Editor
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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap) - Updated 5/9/19

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I installed 10 on my new to me garage clunker, and also a friends desktop. Clean install from latest ISO burned to bootable usb. During install, chose local, and then it asked me if I wanted a bunch of features like cortana n what not enabled. I turned all the switches to off and it seems to operate just fine. I do see cortana still running in task mgr, but from what I am reading, its built into the windows search utility so cannot be fully removed without breaking the search. Am I missing something? I see last post was a while back so not sure if there is anything new.
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Re: How to install install Windows 10 as clean as possible (kill all the telemetry and cloud crap) - Updated 5/9/19

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Yeah, it's baken into the search box in start menu, even if you have web searches turned of.

Since I use Open Shrll to get the classic start menu, I never see it.
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