How to make Win 10 or 11 faster by turning off features / Android here also...

Can you summarize? I don't have time to watch videos - well most of the time but its 5 AM in Phoenix and haven't gone to bed yet and want to read more on terb

I made the mistake when a laptop motherboard failed and needed a quick replacement; I only got 16 GB of RAM vs. the prior 32GB. When I have lots of tabs open, especially on videos (I guess I do watch), it would hang. My PC with six 24-27 inch monitors with 64GB never slows. Both have fast SSDs, and I have gigabit internet service at home. about 960 Mbps

oooh that's nice, thanks for the videos broseph

Honestly at this point switch to a Linux distro, early this year I decided to finally get off w10 but was curious if I really had to get off windows, surely it couldn't be as bad as they say? That shit requires TPM, an internet connection to just install, an account to tie it to and automatically encrypts all connected drives and then sends the keys to your email that you hopefully never lose access to... without telling you about it. Then once you're in it spies on your screen, shoves ads in your face and eats too much ram with all its bloat.

I now main Linux mint because its familiar enough for a windows user to get used to, which I have, and never have to deal with turning off a bunch of slop features that turn themselves back on after every update. Switch to Linux for the love of god you won't regret it.

alekzandrios said:

That shit requires TPM, an internet connection to just install, an account to tie it to and automatically encrypts all connected drives and then sends the keys to your email that you hopefully never lose access to... without telling you about it

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For business and Ham radio hobby (WØJKT since 1964) there are many programs I use daily that require Windows. You can use ad blockers and I use Bitdefender, and no big issues. I go back to Windows many decades since OS/2, Wang etc no longer available. On Win10 had to use Pro with bitlocker due security required in the securities business - no big deal - but was on a flash drive. I also saved the code in a printed file as well on various external drives.

For my dozen websites use server uses Linux but but quite easy with WHM and cPanel.

On the new TPM:
When You Will Need the Key
Windows will pause at boot and ask for the 48-digit BitLocker recovery key if the TPM senses a hardware or security change, including:

• Major BIOS/firmware updates
• Hardware modifications (replacing the SSD, motherboard, or system RAM)
• Clearing or resetting the TPM chip in BIOS settings
• System crashes or boot path changes

Recommended Precautions After Buying

1. Verify Your Microsoft Account: Ensure you log into the laptop using your Microsoft account during setup so the recovery key backs up automatically to the cloud.
2. Retrieve and Save a Backup Copy: Once set up, log into account.microsoft.com/devices/recoverykey from a browser. Copy down or print out the 48-digit key and store it somewhere safe (such as a password manager, physical document safe, or external storage).

Dave in Phoenix said:

For business and Ham radio hobby (WØJKT since 1964) there are many programs I use daily that require Windows. You can use ad blockers and I use Bitdefender, and no big issues. I go back to Windows many decades since OS/2, Wang etc no longer available. On Win10 had to use Pro with bitlocker due security required in the securities business - no big deal - but was on a flash drive. I also saved the code in a printed file as well on various external drives.

For my dozen websites use server uses Linux but but quite easy with WHM and cPanel.

On the new TPM:
When You Will Need the Key
Windows will pause at boot and ask for the 48-digit BitLocker recovery key if the TPM senses a hardware or security change, including:

• Major BIOS/firmware updates
• Hardware modifications (replacing the SSD, motherboard, or system RAM)
• Clearing or resetting the TPM chip in BIOS settings
• System crashes or boot path changes

Recommended Precautions After Buying

1. Verify Your Microsoft Account: Ensure you log into the laptop using your Microsoft account during setup so the recovery key backs up automatically to the cloud.
2. Retrieve and Save a Backup Copy: Once set up, log into account.microsoft.com/devices/recoverykey from a browser. Copy down or print out the 48-digit key and store it somewhere safe (such as a password manager, physical document safe, or external storage).

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Funny enough I dual boot windows for one piece of software and bypassed all of this nonsense. No TPM, no forced login, no encryption I don't need for my non sensitive data, and used registry key edits to rid the OS of ads... You don't need separate software for this and end user should be given easy control of this, w11 is such slop that we need bypasses just to get back to a baseline level of windows 10