Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

1. Win11Debloat

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   A simple, lightweight PowerShell script that allows you to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to declutter and customize your Windows experience. Win11Debloat works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

   

   FWIW every one of those issues (except update length which is variable depending on specific hardware) can be solved by running Win11Debloat once. Persists after updates, and is a straightforward PowerShell script enabling/disabling Windows/app features without any hacky brittle workarounds.

   https://github.com/raphire/win11debloat

   It's the first thing I install on any fresh Windows 11 install for the past 5+ years. I get more ads on MacOS thanks to their lovely Apple TV etc push notifications than I ever see on Windows (≈ 0) after running it.

   I actually prefer debloated Win 11 to plain Windows 11 because I get all the benefits like vastly superior multi monitor support with basically zero negatives.

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3. Rufus

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   The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

   

   Just last week I installed Windows 11 by downloading the ISO from Microsoft and creating a bootable USB stick with Rufus [1]. Rufus has options to make the Windows installer skip the Microsoft account login. Worked great!

   There are reasons to install Windows. For one, I had to install it for my wife, and making her switch to another OS she isn’t used to would be quite a hassle. I also use it at work, and I need to run Visual Studio.

   But I have the Pro version, and, AFAIK, there is a stark contrast between Pro and Home. Even though there is a push in Europe to make software Linux-compatible, there are still many, many companies and government institutions fully entrenched in the Microsoft world. Going Linux-only just for the sake of it sometimes does not make much sense business-wise.

   [1] https://github.com/pbatard/rufus

4. Open-Shell-Menu

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   Classic Shell Reborn.

   

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