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1. #Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy install
2. #Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy update
3. #Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy windows 10
4. #Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy software
5. #Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy zip

#Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy software

HDD/SSD utility software which supports S.M.A.R.T and a part of USB-HDD Understand though, that I wipe and reload Windows on my laptop approximately once every 14 months, meaning I’m not woefully out of date.Drawing software dedicated to designing the crease patterns of origami

#Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy windows 10

Okay, those are the majors, and the required stuff for me when I first wipe and reload Windows 10 on my laptop. For added paranoia, if your firewall runs Tomato, you can use the integrated Adblocker to utilize this hosts file at the router level, though obviously this only protects you while you’re connected to that router. Copy/paste this list of host file entries into yours.Reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" /v AllowTelemetry /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Run these commands from an elevated command prompt:Įcho "" > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl.ESET NOD32 is my personal favorite, and it’s frequently on sale on Newegg. However, I strongly recommend using a third party antivirus since Windows Defender will clear the hosts file entries when it runs scans. Most of this was addressed with W10 Privacy, as it adds a whole lot of entries to your “hosts” file to minimize the output.

#Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy install

At the very least, install Classic Shell provisionally, as it gives ‘uninstall’ options for a number of Win10 apps that Windows won’t allow, leaving you with just the core. If you want to use the stock Windows 10 start menu, you’re weird, but you won’t see random apps starting up. If you’re skittish about that, the five bucks Stardock wants for Start10 is perfectly reasonable.

#Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy update

With Windows Update neutered, MS won’t be messing with it, so the final release will be just fine and very reliable. Go back up to the last step about applying read-only permissions to “System” and “TrustedInstaller”, then do those exact same steps on this folder.You will also wait forever for file system searches to be performed, though if you’re not using Everything to do your file system searches instantly instead of battling the green bar, you don’t know what your missing. A word of caution though, if you use Outlook, you won’t be able to do search-as-you-type. Click OK, then OK again to commit the changes. For added paranoia, remove everyone except “System” and “TrustedInstaller” so that it can’t run in a user context. Do the same for the “System”, “Users”, “ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES”, and “ALL RESTRICTED APPLICATION PACKAGES” accounts as well. Uncheck everything except ‘Read’ (Windows Defender will replace it if you delete it or deny it ‘Read’ permissions). Click ‘Change Permissions’, approving the UAC prompt if needed.Click OK again to close out the “Advanced” window, then click ‘Advanced’ again to re-open it with the ownership changes. Type your user account name, then click OK. On the top where it lists the owner as “TrustedInstaller”, click ‘Change’.Double click it, set it to ‘disabled’ (if it isn’t already), then click ‘stop’ (if it isn’t already). When it loads, scroll down to “Windows Update”. After rebooting, from a ‘run’ prompt or a command line (or the start menu search), type “services.msc”.It’ll take a few minutes to finish everything. Click ‘Set Changed Settings’, then confirm it.This is the config I use on my computer, but your needs may be different, so give it a quick once-over. Go through the different tabs and make sure there’s nothing you’d like to change.

#Hosts file entry aded with w10privacy zip

Use ‘Choose Path’ to navigate to where you extracted the ZIP file, and import the INI file. Take care of the major stuff in one shot….This should also include the SMBv1 fix no sense in keeping yourself open to WannaCry. You probably don’t want to be running on two-year-old install media. Update Windows as much as you can up until this point.No warranty is provided if you mess things up. Reversing it all is a pain, and still might not work – just assume it’s a one-way trip. Software that “works on Windows 10” might assume you’re on the most recent release, rather than whatever release you were on when you did these things. If you do this, you will prevent your system from getting updates. Let’s make a few things clear here: my steps to resolve these issues are my personal preferences. They take forever, happen at an inopportune time, and coming back from the major releases means that custom file associations are reset, it’s entirely possible for programs to be uninstalled, and I’ve run into no shortage of instances where I’ve had to revert back because an update caused a computer to be unable to restart…not to mention the fact that computers preparing for major updates run unbearably slow as they download and stage things. So, some friends on Facebook were discussing the fact that Windows 10 updates are a problem.