Windows 10 Tweaks

R-T-B · Jul 23, 2015

OneMoar said:
but I won't wanna spend hours compiling my operating system
or every application on the system for that matter

But it runs FAST!

Back on topic:

Windows 10 and my tweaks have a nasty side effect if using nvidia hardware: No latest drivers for you! I have taken to restoring those keys and using a standard tweak script, hide_drivers.vbs. Run this (as administrator) from the commandline like this: "cscript hide_drivers.vbs". Do this before Windows update every time, and it will hide drivers you don't want and allow you to get ones you do:

http://www.thinkscopes.com/download/windows-10-hide-drivers-script/

W1zzard · Jul 29, 2015

Added tweak to enable apps to start under Administrator account

VulkanBros · Jul 29, 2015

Windows 10 can now be downloaded via a MediaCreationTool to either an USB stick or an ISO file
Link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Ahhzz · Jul 29, 2015

I forgot, I definitely need to /tag this. Thanks Wizz

jboydgolfer · Jul 29, 2015

can someone answer which version of win10 is better? For a Desktop Home PC? I can read, but I didnt know if maybe one had an advantaje over the others , or if one didnt have forced updates for example.
Home
Home N
Home Single Language
Pro
Pro N
Also , 10 has a x86 option, a x64 option, and then a BOTH option..I run 64 bit(win7). is there benefit to running the "Both" option?

pmcguire · Jul 29, 2015

W1zzard said:
Remove as many Apps as possible (more than you could remove by clicking uninstall)

Code:

powershell "Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage"

What would be the opposite of that? For example if someone hypothetically, really stupidly ran that command without checking (nor caring) what it actually did. Not that anyone would do such a thing of course

W1zzard · Jul 29, 2015

pmcguire said:
What would be the opposite of that? For example if someone hypothetically, really stupidly ran that command without checking (nor caring) what it actually did. Not that anyone would do such a thing of course

No idea, it doesn't break your system. It will remove all the apps that are listed in the Apps & Features screen, including the ones which have "uninstall" disabled

Edit: Looks like it removes Windows Store too, which might be something you'd like to keep

I've updated the original tweak in the first first to skip Windows Store

W1zzard · Jul 29, 2015

Updated the first post with better info on app uninstallation

VulkanBros · Jul 29, 2015

You can clean up another 20 GB space on your C drive if you run "cleanmgr.exe" and choose system files an tick of the previous windows installations.

suraswami · Jul 29, 2015

I am now getting interested to try out W10. How dumb of a laptop can this run on?

Have an old Dell D410 that has the slowest hard drive but has 2GB ram. Currently running W7 flawlessly. Can I just hit upgrade?

VulkanBros · Jul 29, 2015

Oh - I just noticed that scheduled drive optimizing is turned on again in W10 - I had that disabled in W8.1 prior to upgrading.
Not good if you are running SSD based disks......

W1zzard · Jul 29, 2015

VulkanBros said:
Oh - I just noticed that scheduled drive optimizing is turned on again in W10 - I had that disabled in W8.1 prior to upgrading.
Not good if you are running SSD based disks......

My Windows 10 has detected the SSD and running defrag will only trim free space and not rearrange files

broken pixel · Jul 29, 2015

Windows defrag is fine to run on SSD drives. It optimizes SSD drives & does not actually defrag them.

VulkanBros · Jul 30, 2015

W1zzard said:
My Windows 10 has detected the SSD and running defrag will only trim free space and not rearrange files

And you are sure that W10 detects it is a SSD? In my "current status" it says all drives needs optimisation, both SSD and conventional drives.
Will it say defragmentation in "current status" instead of optimisation for conventinal drives - if needed, and only optimisation for SSD´s?

Okay - forget my question - just read a blog from MS - W10 detects the SSD and only sends TRIM commands to the drive - so it only optimize SSD´s......

15th Warlock · Jul 30, 2015

jboydgolfer said:
can someone answer which version of win10 is better? For a Desktop Home PC? I can read, but I didnt know if maybe one had an advantaje over the others , or if one didnt have forced updates for example.
Home
Home N
Home Single Language
Pro
Pro N
Also , 10 has a x86 option, a x64 option, and then a BOTH option..I run 64 bit(win7). is there benefit to running the "Both" option?

Same question here, I have 8.1 Pro on all my systems, so I'm downloading the pro image, but what's the difference between regular "pro" and "pro n"?

OneMoar · Jul 30, 2015

"n" is for the EU where its mandated by law to present a choice of internet browsers Post-install
it used to also mean no WMP/WMC but since W10 dropped those anyway
thats the only difference

Sir B. Fannybottom · Jul 30, 2015

Got a cool little thing in the mail today too!

fullinfusion · Jul 30, 2015

Ahhzz · Jul 30, 2015

OneMoar said:
"n" is for the EU where its mandated by law to present a choice of internet browsers Post-install
it used to also mean no WMP/WMC but since W10 dropped those anyway
thats the only difference

Actually, that should be Sans IE. I'm not sure if the "N" version would now be without "Edge", but I would guess so.

W1zzard · Jul 30, 2015

two more tweaks added

Jetster · Jul 30, 2015

AsRock · Jul 30, 2015

VulkanBros said:
And you are sure that W10 detects it is a SSD? In my "current status" it says all drives needs optimisation, both SSD and conventional drives.
Will it say defragmentation in "current status" instead of optimisation for conventinal drives - if needed, and only optimisation for SSD´s?

Okay - forget my question - just read a blog from MS - W10 detects the SSD and only sends TRIM commands to the drive - so it only optimize SSD´s......

Yeah i looks that way if you check

MakeDeluxe · Jul 30, 2015

Just a quick heads-up, removing OneDrive seemed to also remove the insides of the Documents folder for me. Luckily there wasn't anything too important in there, just some save files.

So if you do remove it, backup your Documents just in case.

W1zzard · Jul 30, 2015

MakeDeluxe said:
Just a quick heads-up, removing OneDrive seemed to also remove the insides of the Documents folder for me. Luckily there wasn't anything too important in there, just some save files.

So if you do remove it, backup your Documents just in case.

Tested in a virtual machine, all files are still there

Steevo · Jul 30, 2015

What does doing a in place upgrade break?

For example, all my videos, pictures, games, tools, and random junk is on my disk array, and windows and programs that need speed are on my SSD. Do I get to reinstall a bunch of crap after I get done letting MS screw with my system?

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