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RemoveWindowsAI

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What they have done with 25H2 should be ILLEGAL. - Forcing AI - Reversing Anti-Adware settings by default RemoveWindowsAI https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI ProtonDB…

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Observed mentions: 2025-12-13 23:04:26 UTC to 2026-08-28 23:34:02 UTC.

012025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsDec 20252026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 20262026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 2026

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Joel_Mckay·Aug 28, 2026
The issue is the update license is different than full install licenses, and the red sticker oem licenses people scam are hardware specific. You usually must pay for windows twice (or more if you don't know) to be Pro license compliant for commercial use. Setting a machine up for multi-boot Linux/BSD is not always a simple process with every BIOS firmware, and configuring Windows to stop automatic encryption of NTFS volumes is nontrivial. Even with an offline install for games, if the OneDrive account is ever activated... files are upped to Microsoft cloud anyway. Running an offline win11 account with a recent "rclone gui" NFS mounter for cloud APIs is a better option: https://github.com/rclone/rclone winget install Rclone.Rclone Thankfully, disarming Win11 TPM/Drive-boobytrap/BS-encryption/Spam is easy with Rufus, O&O ShutUp10, and Copil
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ot removal (note undocumented AI API areas suggested RAT/snitch-ware... the final straw with Microsoft BS around here...) https://github.com/pbatard/rufus https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI Yes it still supports DRM Steam games, and Win11 x4 gen4 SSDs are now about 17% faster i/o on my rig. You know what I like about Apple OS, is you just flip around 8 options and it goes quiet. Best of luck, ymmv =3
In Get your Windows license refund
Joel_Mckay·May 24, 2026
Copilot and MS365 have some API areas that no one outside MS actually knows what they do. Day 2 task was cleaning our Win11 Steam game install drive: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI (when it works) Day 1 task installing Win11 Pro in offline-mode without TPM/Bitlocker speeds up the benchmarks a bit for a game system: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases Fun times, but most of the Win experience has always been removing garbage code/adware/shovel-ware. =3
In Childhood Computing
starkeeper·Jan 21, 2026Recommendation phrase
What they have done with 25H2 should be ILLEGAL. - Forcing AI - Reversing Anti-Adware settings by default RemoveWindowsAI https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI ProtonDB The list of AI crap is jaw gobbin massive. ProtonDB checks known linux game compatibility && login with Steam to check your library! https://www.protondb.com/dashboard RemoveWindowsAI shows a massive amount of AI crap they are trying to force on us. It removes EVERYTHING and is updated regularly. I DO HATE Windows 11 and don't trust Microsoft with my data one bit. Every prompt you make lives in their logs no matter what they say - they flat out lie about it. "Oh we made it anonyomous". Sure. Yeah. RIGHT. With AI any data can be made Not-Anonymous. Hopefully the EU will smash! I'm trying bazzite (https://bazzite.gg) which is made for gaming. My official reasons to h
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ate Windows 11 go on and on. Here are a few Windows 11 REMOVED vertical task bars - the most screen space efficient way to Task! Windows 11 ARBITRARILY limits the number of Apps you can have pinned to your task bar, Windows 11 WASTES a massive number of pixels and forces you to have a blank task bar. Just typing this is letting the rage flow and I'm embracing the DARK SIDE. I love AI when it's my choice to give them my data, and I love developing with it, and I love building it into Apps for users who need it as a tool. Plus 1000% NSA scooping up everything including with moles on site at every major tech company.
In Hate is a strong word, but I don't like Windows 11

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