One “simple trick” and your next Windows install will be blissfully free of bloatware.

Basically, install Windows as you normally would, but when asked for Time and Currency format, select English (World) instead of your country.

Then let the installer do its thing. Eventually, you will see a window with an ice cream cone on the floor with the words “Something went wrong” and the error message “OOBEREGION.” This cryptic message means that the “out of box experience” (OOBE) didn’t launch because it didn’t know which region to launch.

Click Skip, though, and Windows will install just fine. You won’t be prompted to buy Microsoft 365, you won’t be prompted to pay for a OneDrive subscription, and your Start menu won’t be cluttered with apps.

  • Kogasa@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Unless you don’t have a lot of ram and don’t want to spill over into swap?

    That has nothing to do with idle RAM. If you are swapping while idle, you have HORRIBLY fucked up. RAM usage is (and should be) determined by memory pressure. When idling, there should be none.

    Aside from that, why would you say that? So if it idled at 8 GB of ram (which it is on its way to eventually doing) would you still say that?

    Yes. Idle RAM usage means nothing. You need to measure how much it contributes to memory pressure.

    Do you have any idea how ridiculous of a concept it is that a clean operating system alone idles alone on 4gb of ram?

    No.

    What in the hell are the services doing that would make it idle that high?

    Preloading and caching in otherwise wasted space.