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How can you use such an operating system now

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[–] vox@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

you can disable the web search, and it's really snappy with ms web integration garbage.

[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can disable searching as a fall-through, but you cannot disable web results appearing inside of the menu itself, which is what slows it down. At least, that was the case for the first 4 years or so before I stopped using Windows 10 and switched to Linux.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you can fully disable all online/web search features in search using a group policy on Pro versions of windows. afaik there are even one click tools that can do that for you (pretty sure even good ol' OOSU10 can do it)

[–] computergeek125@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You can, and the search speed is much improved. I deployed that group policy to all my w10/11 boxes.

[–] Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you can, it's just harder to do. I suggest find a debloater tool, and use it. Also remove cortana thing to make it even faster. There are some tools that let's you remove all WinRT apps

[–] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

... or I could just use dmenu on an OS that I don't have to "debloat" to make useable?