I entirely avoided this issue ever since I started to mess with Linux with separate drives, and then brought in a litany of other issues by me whenever I wanted to wipe and reinstall windows or Linux.
Its an open source tool for modifying existing windows installation preferably start with a fresh one. It does quite a lot with removing anything spyware related. Removing a bunch of features that really no one uses in order to mitigate the attack surface from vulnerabilities.
Do watch out if you use UWP it will remove those too, including Edge.
Confound you, WSUS! ( lemmy.world )
Just imagine... ( fed.dyne.org )
Switched to linux before it became mainstream ( lemmy.world )
you don't need more 4GB of RAM ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
Top post of PCMR on Reddit today XD ( discuss.tchncs.de )
"The US Government Has a Microsoft Problem" ( lemmy.world ) Englisch
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-has-a-microsoft-problem/
I like the web app more. ( lemmy.world )