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I was surprised by both how quickly the update (from 8.1) went, and also surprised that it took me only about an hour ... after install ... to turn off about 100 "features." And, almost spooked that it didn't crash !
Even after removing the infestation of UI-Ebola MS calls "live tiles," I still didn't like the Win10 Start Menu, so went to StarDock and got Start10 for US $3.99 (you get a dollar off if you bought Start8).
Next-up was using Sergey's WinAero Tweaker (free) to turn off scads of festering perversity [^]. Then followed various wanderings through the fetid miasmal bowels of Win de-activaating this and that.
The only thing I haven't been able to get rid of is the display of a picture of a beach as seen from a cave that is presented until you click something to get to the log-in screen.
Okay, Microsoft, I can't complain ... yet.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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BillWoodruff wrote: The only thing I haven't been able to get rid of is the display of a picture of a beach as seen from a cave that is presented until you click something to get to the log-in screen.
Right click Desktop -> Customize -> Lock screen -> Background -> Change to whatever you like
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you are really generous with Microsoft considering how much work you had to go through to get it how you liked it. At least it is more like windows 7 than windows 8. Is that a step forward or a step back. Not sure.
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I go with Classic Shell (free) rather than paying for the StarDock solution. I've used StarDock apps for many years, but stopped, because they became so buggy.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Nice work!
It'd be great if you could write up a short article detailing your custom "tweaks" to disable this-n-that & turn off about 100 "features" would be nice.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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My favorite tweak is "fdisk".
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#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I ![Heart | [heart]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/love.gif) Start10
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I just became obstinate with MS constantly bombarding me with "GET YOURS NOW!!" popups. Yes, I have a live account 
day after day I would click the offer off, but I could not bring myself to upgrade my dev laptop. I do have a dev VM running Windows 10. I guess when I replace my laptop in a few years, I'll get to 10. Then I'll install a few VMs with Windows 7 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Is marriage proof that humans can mate in captivity?
Early today, as I have to take Herself to physioterrisation
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sounds like a reason to celibate.
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For some, marriage is a proof of a legal slavery.
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Betroth be told, it's not as though you didn't have pair warning before you took the plunge.
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Which do you prefer? and why? Not to mention "weed".  
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Smoking.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Smoking.
Forgot to mention the "why?" 
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No, since it was not part of the question
Rolling a cigarette is part of the smoking. I don't know how to roll a vaporizer.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: No, since it was not part of the question
I actually updated the question to include the "why" right after your first reply 
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Which? Neither.
Why? I'm not a weak-willed person crippled by addictions.
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Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel about smokers. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: I'm not a weak-willed person crippled by addictions.
In other words the "nerds"?
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You better exclude coffee from that list of addictions.
You have been warned!
Where's my cup - why is it empty?
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