Windows

Discovered this script on Mastodon via @nixCraft. 

Per @nixCraft:

It removes pre installed apps, disables telemetry, and applies various other changes to improve performance on both Windows 10/11

I'm gonna try it out and post back here. Looking at the comments, it appears legit, but one should use at their own risk. 

Obviously, MAKE A BACK UP prior to running the script. Also, make sure you know how to restore from a backup too. 

Ars Technica has a couple of good articles regarding Windows 11 on old hardware. The first is how to install and maintain Windows 11 on old hardware.

How to install Windows 11 on supported and unsupported PCs, 24H2 edition

And this one, which publishes observations of running Windows 11 on hardware for the past three years.

Windows did it again and forced a stupid function known as Copilot on us within a Windows update. To remove (disable) follow the the below instructions. Enabling instructions are below as well.

Because things can go awfully wrong when editing the registry, only advanced users should perform the below registry commands. Also, would be an awesome idea to back up your registry and create a restore point prior to executing the below registry commands.

Listening to Security Now brought this Windows flaw to my attention. There appears to be a heuristics flaw in the secure time seeding function in Windows. This flaw may reset the computers clock to hours, days, months or years. This has the the potential of a HUGE support headache never mind a potential security flaw.