To prevent Dev Home from being automatically installed on Windows 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\Orchestrator\UScheduler_Oobe, right-click the DevHomeUpdate key, and delete it. Removing this key removes the installation…
To prevent New Outlook from installing on Windows 11, delete the OutlookUpdate registry key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\Orchestrator\UScheduler_Oobe. Removing that key strips out the Windows Update instruction that silently pushes New Outlook…
To enable long file paths in Windows 10 or 11, open the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem, and set the LongPathsEnabled value to 1. This removes the 260-character MAX_PATH limit…
To disable News and Interests on Windows 11, open Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Dsh. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named AllowNewsAndInterests, set the value data to 0, and…
To disable Cortana from running in the background on Windows 10 or 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named AllowCortana, and set…
To disable Activity History on Windows 10 and 11, open Settings > Privacy & security > Activity history, turn off Store my activity history on this device, and click Clear…
To disable hibernation on Windows 10 or 11, the fastest method is to open an elevated Command Prompt and run powercfg /hibernate off. This one command disables hibernation and deletes…
To disable Windows telemetry on Windows 10 and 11, open Registry Editor and set the AllowTelemetry DWORD value to 0 at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection, then create the same DWORD at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection and…
To disable Windows Ink Workspace on Windows 10 or 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsInkWorkspace, create a DWORD (32-bit) value named AllowWindowsInkWorkspace, set it to 0, and restart your…
To disable Windows feedback notifications on Windows 10 and 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Siuf\Rules, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named NumberOfSIUFInPeriod, set it to 0, and restart…
