Submitted 23 hours ago by PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Is there an “standard” Windows 11 debloat script or software that I could use? Things like removing bloatware, and disabling as many of the AI features as possible?
Also, to head this off, I can’t use Linux because my mouse is unsupported.
Thanks!
Install Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC. It comes with much less bloatware and no AI support.
I used Chris Titus’ winutil. There’s a lot to it, but it’s pretty easy to find videos that explain what all of the options are
Just be aware that be doing this you’ll likely end up with a buggy, broken OS, as these things aren’t just made to be removed.
While not what you asked,
I have the same mouse model and use it with EndeavourOS and play WoW. I had the same issue with binding…In the end I just created a win 10 VM through VirtualBox, passed through the Naga to the VM, installed the Razor software in the VM and did the button binding there. Saved the profile to the mouse. disconnected the USB passthough and the binds all worked in Linux. Note I had to once off disconnect and reconnect the usb cable for the changes to take effect in Linux. Also had to plug in a temp mouse so that I could control everything while the usb passthrough to the VM.
So yeah not what you wanted but there an easy way to get the binding to work…
Are you sure its the same as the Naga X, because I’m 99% sure the Naga X doesn’t have on-board memory? The earlier and more expensive ones do, but the X is the cheapo option.
This is the one I use on my work PC: github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
Mostly what it does is change things back to how they were on older Windows versions. E.g. the start menu is aligned to the left corner instead of the center. It is great at removing unnecessary bloat apps like Xbox Game Bar, and disabling various telemetry and ads such as the spam Bing search in the start menu.
I also found that PC had an annoying driver suite (resource hog) called something like “AMD Adrenaline Edition” that the debloat script missed. I had to uninstall the factory graphics driver and reinstall the “minimal, driver only” version from AMD.
Use at your own risk of course. Microsoft often breaks these things with Windows updates
Yeah that’s the one we use in IT
The problem with Windows ‘debloat’ scripts is that they monkey with esoteric gedit policies and registry tweaks.
Any Windows update, even security ones, can break the tweaks, cause bugs, or even instability. And naturally the users have no idea which of the tweaks is causing the problem. Especially when its been months since you used the scripts.
Now “deep customization” can break Linux too. The difference is that Linux developers are not going break your tweaks on purpose. For example, Windows recently closed some of the workarounds to install Windows on a local account.
Microsoft decides what users can do with Windows. Company officials have admitted that they’re already coding the OS with AI, and that future Windows versions are going to be AI powered. The Recall behavior of taking screenshots to be analyzed by AI to catalogue everything you do isn’t being developed as a Windows feature, but a core functionality of the OS.
What kind of mouse are you using anyway?
What kind of mouse are you using anyway?
Razer Naga X. I spent all day yesterday trying to get it working in Mint, but had no luck. Nothing supports button rebinding, nonetheless DPI changes.
Consider the IoT Enterprise LTSC builds. These come premade from Microsoft with less bloat (or none, in the case of the Win10 IoT version), and don’t shove the consumer features down your throat on every update because they’re designed for mission critical embedded applications.
I have 10 IoT LTSC running on most of our machines at work because a significant chunk of our hardware is not Windows 11 “ready” and we use many vendor-specific things that don’t work in Linux or Wine, and I use 11 IoT LTSC at home (locked to 23H2 so my Mixed Reality VR headset remains working!) without incident.
Without either of the above restrictions if I were you I would shop for a new mouse.
Is an online script builder you can use to do all manner of things. The first time I used it I went hog wild picking all sorts of things, and made my matching practically unusable. So be careful and stick to their recommendations unless you know exactly what you want to kill.
Your mouse is likely supported if you search. pwr-solaar.github.io/Solaar/
My mouse isn’t Logitech, its Razor. The Naga X.
Naga X is among the supported devices. You just searches for Razor instead of Razer, most likely.
Ods are that a similar to is available. Just gotta search for it.
There’s also FLYOOBE, which will let you do stuff like uninstall a bunch of the apps that are installed by default, disable AI shit, and set some of your basic interface settings all in one relatively convenient application.
expr@programming.dev 13 hours ago
Erm, it looks to me that there is a project to make them work on Linux: openrazer.github.io.
Also… TBH if a mouse doesn’t work on Linux that kind of makes it a bad mouse, IMO. I would just get a different mouse if it was an actual issue. It’s not like it’s a mechanical keyboard or something.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
It only covers the absolute basics. Not even button rebinding.
I mean, even ignoring that, its pretty bad. Doesn’t even have on-board memory. Unfortunately, its what I’m stuck with, given that I can’t afford a new one.