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Anon gets rid of drop box (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

No idea but here's some tools you should look into

BloatyNosy

privacy.sexy

Windows Spy Blocker

and this one isnt a tool but more of a tip. When installing Win11, set the region to English (world). This will prevent bloat from being installed by default, then use the OOBE\bypassnro command at the M$ account screen to skip signing up for a M$ account.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

OOBE\bypassnro no longer works on shipped computers. You have to have a old installer of 11 to use it. There are other ways. Mines a bit more hands on but I end up with a machine with a single local account. Those that tell you install linux and its fixed don't really live in the real world. As much as I would like to never have to touch windows its not going anywhere soon.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago

My personal take on that issue is that fighting the vendor is ultimately a losing battle and the later you switch, the more painful it is. If Microsoft wants people to make a Microsoft account for using Windows in non-enterprise environments, it will eventually be impossible not to.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I just used it like 3 weeks ago on a win11 Iso from M$s website. Are you positive that got changed?

also; Ive been daily driving linux for 5 years with mostly no issues. i only touch windows when requested by other people :P

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I said shipped computers. Its gone on oem installed dell's and lenovo's.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Oh, sorry I missed that. I would use a new Iso anyway because of how much BS bloatware comes on pre-builts.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

you can also break out of the installer like in windows 10, and the entire os is loaded in the background so it's possible to open edge and download another os to a usb drive within the installer. very handy.

[–] Nerdulous@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can you please explain how you would do this because the sounds super useful

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 2 days ago

shift+f10 starts the command prompt and from there you can start edge and explorer

[–] descartador@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You should be going for linux mint. It's also good fo playing. I'm playing Silent Hill f on mine.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 points 3 days ago

They said it was their kids laptop so I'm going under the assumption that they need lockdown browser or something for school. I use fedora.