Sophia-Script-for-Windows

Sophia script[0] is amazing for debloating windows. You need to take a bit of time to configure what you want it to do, then run it on every computer you configure. [0] https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows

Sophia Script for Windows is the current actively developed debloat tool. Updated today. https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows

https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows I highly recommend this script. It's a really decent base without breaking stuff. Most of the time I change 3 or 4 settings in the script.

if you're someone who is willing to invest time into researching regedit workarounds (which will eventually reset or cease to work), then looking into desktop linux is perfectly viable...and not theoretically, but practically perfect. i used to do an enormous amount of Windows XP regedit tweaking and customization, using sysprep, rolling service packs into new ISOs, making use of https://ryanvm.net/forum/ scripts. all of that has become practically impossible now. every update resets everything, regedits no longer work, and each update brings back the bloatware you've debloated using things like https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows. the only recourse now is to disable TPM 2.0, which is a Win11+ requirement. or pirate that fabled LTSC windows edition because, you know, you can't actually buy it. in 2020 after an unpreventabl

i used to do all sorts of stuff with Windows XP/2000 (like sysprepping reg-tweaked/debloated/pre-loaded Windows ISOs for myself). but now i have fully moved away from Windows to EndeavourOS/KDE and haven't looked back; many others have jumped ship to PoP_OS. yes, you do have to slightly limit/research your hardware options to get a great experience, but i've always been an AMD GPU guy (due to their better thermals / power efficiency), and all of my laptops are Thinkpads w/Intel wifi, so take this with those grains of salt. i do miss Foobar2000 and HeidiSQL (DeaDBeeF and DBeaver aren't quite as polished), and Affinity products are hard to get running without glitches in Wine/Proton, but otherwise it's been fantastic. though i've had to fiddle quite a bit with Chromium and MPV settings to enable GPU hardware acceleration for video decoding.

These links have already been shared in this thread, but I'd still like to share what I did recently. For the vast majority of debloating I use Sophia[1] and just use the defaults so it's basically fire-and-forget, which I very much like. For any additional de-bloating, like removing OneDrive integration, I use individual scripts from [2]. I've recently switched my development laptop to a Macbook Pro and it's hilarious to note the difference in installation process between the two. The MacOS experience is embracing the "it just works"-concept, no configuration required and everything is taken care off. Whereas the Windows experience is basically you get a thin shell and you need to install these 20(!) updates in order to start configuring your drivers, installing packages and "debloating". In the end I've accepted that Windows and MacOS b

Anyone looked at tried both of these - and know how they differ (especially for windows 11)? https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows

I personally like Sophia Script a lot to initially configure Windows to my liking: https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows It also does a lot more than „debloat“ which is a loaded term on itself because tastes are different. Someone might like having certain things included in their installation, some don’t.

Hi. I am avid Linux user, but work is sending a powerful laptop with windows on it. I wouldn't mind having a little windows pet to play with/use properly. Other than registry changes, opensource privacy tools (such as https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows ) and a few cosmetic add-ons, what should I know about to change it the way I wish? An example I am looking for is more advanced ways to make the installation footprint smaller. It'll take the whole drive, how might i reduce it to single digit GB? I'd prefer built-in tools or neat scripts if they're out there. best

There seem to be a lot of scripts like [1] which basically have the same result, strip all the bloat and "spyware"...? [1] https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows

I've been using https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows

A lot of recommendations here, but it's surprising no one has suggested Sophia Script yet: https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows IMO the best and most holistic solution for debloating and de-botnetting Windows.