[majkinetor]

Yeah, it was the only way to remove defender. Then I used debloaters and shutup10 to remove all other "features". Windows didn't like it and returned ALL of them on update. Now I disabled update, and are totally motivated to go back to linux.

Luckily all the tools I use on Windows are x-platform and with PowerShell, vscode, sql server etc. on linux and games working nothing holds me any more. I will probably miss Autohotkey and Foobar2k (maybe total commander but Dobulecmd is decent alternative and much better in some domains).

[techrat]

>...and are totally motivated to go back to linux.

Windows 10 was what broke me and got me to using Linux full time. Before that, I barely knew how to even just get my way through debian to resume a disconnected screen session. Now I prefer to be in Linux. Even if the software that I can run using Wine/PlayOnLinux/Proton/Lutris isn't 100%... it's sufficient to where I don't miss being on Windows at all.

I recently upgraded my main system and used the extra parts to rebuild my Win 10 standby box. I grew up on Windows. Started with Win3.0/DOS and used every iteration except WinME and Vista... and the rebuild only reminded me how much of a pain in the ass Windows is to install. 10 still has a lot of the usability bugs I've encountered from way back in the Win98 days but all the extra crap we have to deal with now (most inconsistent and overencumbered UI ever) just makes it even more of a chore to use than it ever has been.

For what it's worth, Foobar2K runs great in Wine.

[gruez]

>Yeah, it was the only way to remove defender

Why not just disable it using group policy?

[Karunamon]

For one thing, setting that policy merits a malware detection in defender itself!

https://twitter.com/Karunamon/status/1413280394439397376

[bob1029]

Totally removing defender as TI is the only option if you dont want it turning itself back on arbitrarily. I went through this hell yesterday for about 3 hours.

[gruez]

>Totally removing defender as TI is the only option if you dont want it turning itself back on arbitrarily

I disabled it via group policy 2 years ago and just checked, still disabled.

[majkinetor]

It was working like that before, but on latest updates it automatically turns on every restart (or so).

I don't really need to remove it, only disable it because it visibly slows down machine x2-x10 depending on what you do.

[gruez]

> It was working like that before, but on latest updates it automatically turns on every restart (or so).

that's if you disable through the normal settings interface. the group policy settings stick, although you might have to turn off "tamper protection" first before applying the group policy.

[majkinetor]

Do you have any handy script for that? I am not going to click around for sure.

[bob1029]

What version/edition of Win10 are you on?

[gruez]

LTSC

[majkinetor]

Hell is the right word for it.

[malwarebytess]

Because he wants to removed unwanted software from his machine, not disable it. It's not dissimilar to being unable to remove bundled software on android.

[gruez]

What's the difference, that you save 200MB of disk space?

>It's not dissimilar to being unable to remove bundled software on android.

It actually makes less sense on android since bundled apps are typically installed on the /system partition, which means they don't really take up any disk space (the space allocated to the /system partition is the same regardless of whether the app is there or not).