I want to get off Mr. Gates' wild ride. Obviously I want telemetry gone, and I can probably figure that out myself. A brief search on how to get rid of Cortana is making me think I'm in for some bullshit. What should my checklist be for settings to change and stuff to get rid of?
I'm in the exact same position. A family member is getting a laptop for Christmas and I've been asked to get it setup.
I'm considering giving this a try. If I fuck it up.. whatever, you get what you pay for, and I'm not getting paid.
I can always reinstall using the infected version.
I don't expect that the type of changes they made would significantly threaten the hardware.
I have managed to repeatably 'break' every computer I've ever set hands on. So I've gotten good at repairing them.
I (almost) always get them running again.
I'm in the exact same position. A family member is getting a laptop for Christmas and I've been asked to get it setup.
I'm considering giving this a try. If I fuck it up.. whatever, you get what you pay for, and I'm not getting paid.
I can always reinstall using the infected version.
I don't expect that the type of changes they made would significantly threaten the hardware.
I have managed to repeatably 'break' every computer I've ever set hands on. So I've gotten good at repairing them.
I (almost) always get them running again.
I would actually use this, but I'm not familiar with Clonezilla. As it is a Christmas present, I'd rather not take the risk in case I irreversibly fuck up. (I say, as I fuck around with the registry).