Windows 10

Windows 10 is, as of July 2015, the newest iteration of Microsoft's desktop operating systems. The primary draw of Windows 10 over the much more reliable and less shit 7 is DirectX 12, which will make supported games better with stuff.

How to debloat

Windows 10 comes with a fuckload of shitty/unnecessary bloatware which serves mainly to clutter up the start menu and take up precious disk space.

In administrator powershell run: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.3DBuilder | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.Getstarted | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.SkypeApp | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.WindowsMaps | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.BingWeather | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.Office.OneNote | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.XboxApp | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.ZuneMusic | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.ZuneVideo | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.BingSports | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.BingNews | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.WindowsPhone | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.BingFinance | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.Windows.Photos | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.WindowsCamera | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.WindowsAlarms | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.People | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Remove-AppxPackage to get rid of the shit

How to stop tracking

this may work, if Microsoft doesn't ignore the hosts file for their own shit (I wouldn't put it past them). try it anyway and report results. in your hosts file, add these lines: 0.0.0.0 vortex.data.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 vortex-win.data.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net 0.0.0.0 oca.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net 0.0.0.0 sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net 0.0.0.0 watson.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 watson.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net 0.0.0.0 redir.metaservices.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 choice.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 choice.microsoft.com.nsatc.net 0.0.0.0 df.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 services.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 sqm.df.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 watson.ppe.telemetry.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 telemetry.appex.bing.net 0.0.0.0 telemetry.urs.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 telemetry.appex.bing.net:443 0.0.0.0 settings-sandbox.data.microsoft.com 0.0.0.0 vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com

it might even work