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Prepping For Major Windows Updates

October 10, 2022, 15:09(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since I’ve written about this and with Win10 22H2 coming soon I thought I would post this for new readers.
In the past I used Service Pack updates as an excuse to clean, tweak, and organize my computers as if it were a new install. Gone are the days of Service Packs as Microsoft has moved to a yearly major feature update (version 20H2, 21H1, etc.).
The end result for me is the same and I employ the same strategy as I did before.
* A note before we start, all my “backups” are disk images using a Macrium Reflect Free bootable USB drive.
See: Using Macrium Reflect Boot Media and Macrium Reflect Boot Disk In Action
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Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 10, Windows 11

My O&O Shutup10 Settings 31JULY2022

July 31, 2022, 11:26(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 4 Comments

My O&O Shutup10 Settings as requested.
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UAC – Quick notes on why I disable it.

December 31, 2020, 13:34(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Original article: Windows 7 UAC – Quick notes on why I disable it. circa 2009

***31 December, 2020
As of today my original article is over eleven years old. Links to sources have disappeared. I updated the links today, mostly to the Internet Wayback Machine archive. I’ve also backed up these sources to PDF and have linked to those where appropriate.

Microsoft introduced User Account Control (UAC) with Windows Vista. Windows 7 has an “improved” version of UAC. The purpose of this short note is to explain why I do not like or use UAC on my own machines (because I get asked so much), it is not to start an argument or to try to convince others to disable UAC.
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Tagged With: How-To's, Security, This Site, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista

Tweaking Windows 10 – Version 20H2

December 30, 2020, 09:26(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

TweakHound’s

Tweaking Windows 10

Windows 10 October 2020 Update

A guide to tweak and optimize Windows 10.

Updated as of Windows 10 20H2. Lasted edited as of 30 December, 2020
I would like to thank Ken Rosenstein, Sentwali Lewis, and others for their invaluable help in editing this guide.

tweak – to change slightly, esp. in order to make something more effective or correct.

optimize – get the most out of, make optimal – modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost

“TweakHound.com – Home Of The Original Tweak Guides”

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Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 10

Windows 10 Default Services v20H2

December 23, 2020, 16:43(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Windows 10 Default Services (version 20H2, build 19042.685, 23DEC2020) by TweakHound.com.
Default install, all options accepted during install.
This is a sortable list of default Windows 10 Services.
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The Windows 10 Pagefile And Running Without One

December 15, 2020, 14:55(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

In 2011 I wrote The Windows 7 Pagefile And Running Without One. It’s been sourced, quoted, and held up as an example these several years. In reviewing possible changes to the upcoming Win10 Tweak Guide revision I decided to revisit this.
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Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 10

My O&O ShutUp10 Settings – 03DEC2020 – Win10 20H2

December 3, 2020, 09:02(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Moved: https://www.tweakhound.com/2021/05/19/tweaking-windows-10-version-21h1/16/

Tagged With: How-To's, Privacy, Security, This Site, Windows 10

Win10 – God Mode Icon Name Fix

December 1, 2020, 12:56(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

I’m slowly working my way through what to put in the new Win10 Tweak Guide (suggestions welcome). Part of this is going through each step of the old version and seeing if/what/how things have changed. One such example is creating God Mode shortcut…
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Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 10

Win10 – Boot Performance Monitoring Event Gone

November 30, 2020, 12:36(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

In the latest incarnation of Win10, the old way of quickly viewing your startup time and possible issues is gone.
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Tagged With: This Site, Windows 10

Win10 – Get Auto-Login Back

November 13, 2020, 08:19(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Win10 20H2 removed yet another setting. I guess this is Microsoft’s attempt of protecting users from themselves. Yes, auto-login is a security risk. But that’s our business, not Microsoft’s.
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