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by Pq2Vvv8MtzTCFWS 2009 days ago
I haven't had any of these issues, this is what I did when setting up my Win 10. (The watermark still shows up 90% of the time, but with dual monitors I never notice it.)

USB installed without a key Windows 10 Pro N, which comes with less bloatware - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

when installing do not sign up for an outlook.com account, create a local agent account

Go into settings and tweak as much privacy stuff as I saw - as found here https://fix10.isleaked.com/ & https://techlog360.com/stop-microsoft-spying-windows-10-priv...

downloaded o&o shutup10 to tweak more privacy settings, could have probably done this without the reg edits - https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

registry edits to -remove the activation watermark -https://www.techolac.com/computers/how-to-remove-activate-wi...

wallpaper can be changed by right clicking on an image and setting it as background wallpaper - cool wallpaper site https://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/downloads/rating/any/

downloaded Open Shell for further customization https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/

added show desktop to taskbar https://winaero.com/blog/add-the-show-desktop-button-next-to...

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So you did have most of these issues, but jumped through a lot of hoops and maintained a bunch of brittle fixes to address them?

Also, your link to "Windows 10 Pro N" just leads me to the download page for Windows 10 -- I don't see any option for "Pro N". Smells like dark patterns to me.

The “N” editions were created to comply with EU law, so they’re really only available in the EU. A VPN would help.
Ironically, I'm actually on a VPN already... just not one into the EU! I suppose this is how EU users must feel when new tech products launch and they're only available in the US.