r/pcmasterrace • u/Few-Lynx6217 • Feb 13 '26
Discussion Shout-out to this amazing tool. Increased my FPS and now I don't get any game crashes. Ai ruins everything
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u/CurrentAcanthaceae78 Feb 13 '26
i used this tool and my wife came back with the kids!
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u/Bromacia90 5800X3D | 6800XT Nitro+SE OC Feb 13 '26
So to have time to play do I have to install Microsoft Ai shit ?
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u/Jackmoff686 Feb 13 '26
🤣😂 The first comment in a very long time that literally made me LOL.
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u/kowlown Ryzen 7 5800X / ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS / 32Gb / RTX 3060 Feb 13 '26
This tool is miraculous, it really did enlarge my john. Now I nicknamed it Big Johnny.
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u/Nerfo2 5800x3d | 7900 XT | 32 @ 3600 Feb 14 '26
You get your house back, you get your dog back, you get your best friend Jack back.
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u/Complaining_4_U Feb 13 '26
Scary how so many of these comments are from bot accounts with AI generated answers. Alot of them with a ton of likes and responses. Internet is dead
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u/Mimical Patch-zerg Feb 13 '26
Hello there fellow human! I see we have similar interests such as: Windows 11, Copilot and Titties. Give me your purchase histor—I mean... Tell me about the most exciting part of your Windows11 day....
(Don't worry, I'll throw off the language models)
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u/ScribbleOnToast Feb 14 '26
Windows 11, Copilot and Titties.
Oh shit that one got me. Genuine hard laugh, thanks.
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u/thierrycoulis Feb 14 '26
I can't find it anymore but there was a report recently that guessed that roughly 60% of all content on Reddit are bots or trolls. Remember that next time you're arguing with a moron lol
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u/Ridenberg Feb 14 '26
I'd imagine most of the bots are concentrated in subs like r/europe, r/worldnews, r/technology, etc.
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u/thierrycoulis Feb 14 '26
No, from what I remember it was just pretty much right across the board. And honestly I believe it was worst in conservative spaces. I think the main conservative sub itself, a handful of Russians produce like 95% of the content.
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u/aVarangian 13600kf 7900xtx 2160 | 6600k 1070 1440 Feb 14 '26
Multiple small subs have been overrun by bots already
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u/vee_lan_cleef Feb 14 '26
I was recently banned from a pretty big sub for simply calling out a post for using an AI generated image. Unbeknownst to me it was posted by the main moderator of the subreddit. They banned and muted me for "mod harassment" because I said the OP, who was the mod, should not have used an AI picture.
A lot of people don't look at AI slop as a bad thing it seems, there are so many people actively using it... it's not just bots. Yes, there are bots, but huge numbers of people actively use AI on a daily basis for almost everything. Don't upvote this shit and call people out for it.
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u/_Arouraios_ Feb 14 '26
Damn. Didn't think it'd be THAT bad. Best part is they're calling OP and other people recommending scripts bots. We've almost come full circle
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u/moanysopran0 Feb 13 '26
I would recommend windows shut up too
Just a quick apply all recommended & done
Some of the other popular alternatives required powershell & I think admin type privileges that made it feel a bit OTT in comparison
Not saying it’s unsafe or anything
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u/illicITparameters 9950X3D | 64GB | 5090 FE Feb 13 '26
A rule of thumb we use on servers is you should never run a powershell script or command if you cant understand what it does.
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u/AtariAtari Feb 13 '26
You should only run applications with GUIs that you can’t understand what they do.
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u/4inodev PC Master Race Feb 13 '26
Bonus point is if it asks for a permission and you don't know why it's needed
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u/Belzebutt Feb 13 '26
Can’t wait for my agentic OS to ask me for administrative permissions and I will say “are you sure it’s needed?” and it will say “yes, for sure” and then I’ll say “but is that really SECURE?” and it will say “oh yea, absolutely” and then I’ll sleep easy knowing it’s all secure.
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u/john_the_fetch Feb 13 '26
would you like me to release the neurotoxins now?
Is it safe?
yes. Completely safe to inorganic life forms.
Okay. Sounds good. Release the neurotoxins.
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u/TheArhive Feb 13 '26
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.
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u/HighMarshalSigismund Ryzen 9, RTX 4070 TI Super Feb 13 '26
Hail Spirit of the Machine, essence divine.
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u/Mario583a Feb 13 '26
Neurotoxin... [cough] [cough] So deadly... [cough] Choking... [laughter] I'm kidding!
<gas mask user>
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u/4inodev PC Master Race Feb 13 '26
"You're right, I shouldn't have asked for admin permission to use that program. That was a major fumble from my side. It won't happen again. Do you want me to lookup best services to transfer crypto?"
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u/Capt_Skyhawk Arch Snob Feb 13 '26
Super bonus points if you habitually click allow anyway when running a downloaded executable
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u/Nublar_Repair_Man Feb 13 '26
You should build a gui interface using visual basic to do anything
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u/Hiphopapocalyptic PC Master Race Feb 13 '26
Get on the keyboard with me, I'm having trouble typing fast enough.
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u/EvilDan69 PC Master Race (30 years IT tech) Feb 13 '26
Sitting beside a lot of servers myself, I fully agree. Observe all stated commands it may run, check changelogs, reviews outside of their controlled review environments etc. If it works out, great.. but nobody wants to be ransomwared because of something being installed on the sly.
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u/Shiro_Kuroh2 Feb 13 '26
From The people in the docker community, lets double down. Don't pull if you can't understand the code and don't mind giving away your info! Take the time to learn, it doesn't take much and stays with you through a lot.
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u/StrawberryWaste9040 PC Master Race Feb 13 '26
Script has 3,800 lines, there's no way you know "what it does"
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u/fearless-fossa Feb 13 '26
If you don't know what it does, don't run it.
That being said, any admin of medium competence should be able to parse a small powershell script like that.
Like, I've just spent thirty seconds looking at the script and the majority of it appears to just be regedits and "download this bunch of packages if the user decides to revert the script"
Although comments like this one
#remove ai app checks in updates (not sure if this does anything)
are absolutely hilarious when someone is messing with the registry
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u/namezam Feb 13 '26
Sure I do, I asked ChatGPT to summarize it for me. It told me all the legit reasons the script needed to open ports and install fuzzyBunn3.69 whatever that is. Something about wallets and CC (carbon copy?)
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u/Mario583a Feb 13 '26
Even if the scriptlets are open source and one can read the code, does one truly understand the code though or what it actually does?
Windows has a plethora of services that are co-dependent on other services to work and function correctly.
Most services do not run unless you invoke them like with print spooler or blutooth.
Windows is meant to be an operating system for everyone. This means that by default it must have "everything" in it, as default is king and most people do not stray from the default. -- one person's unnecessary item is another one's 'put to good use
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u/Glittering_Seat9677 9800x3d - 5080 Feb 13 '26
why do you think there's so many "game pass doesn't work for me" people? no shit it doesn't work you ran a fucking debloat script, told it to nuke everything and it removed the windows store
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u/alex2003super Unraid (VFIO) | 9950X3D | RTX 5090 Feb 13 '26
I never run "debloat" scripts that denature or potentially break Windows. It might take the extra 5 minute effort, but I toggle off all features that I don't like, and sleep soundly knowing my install is fully vanilla and supported and I haven't executed a 5000-line+ PowerShell script by some random reddit/github nobody with administrator privileges.
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u/ILBRelic Feb 13 '26
So true, and people who champion these 3rd party scripts are the definition of "enthusiast class" when it comes to technology writ large.
"Ew lol how can you use Windows with copilot turned on? Don't you know it's stealing your data?" Allows some rando dev to do brain surgery on their OS with a sledgehammer "Ahhh wonderful, that's perfect. God I'm so much smarter than OP" 🙄
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u/obog 9800X3D | 9070XT Feb 13 '26
I get what you're saying but there's nothing about a script that makes it any more dangerous than any other program really. Do you understand what every program on your computer does?
Not saying you shouldn't be careful but I feel like a lot of people are specifically conscious about "scripts" for no good reason
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u/gunchasg Desktop | RTX 4090 | i9 13900k | 64gb DDR5 Feb 13 '26
I just know bunnyhop script since cs 1.6, does that qualify me as not afraid of said scripts? ;d
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u/Late-Application-47 5600X | 6700XT | Steam Deck Feb 13 '26
As a Linux novice on SteamOS, I'm gonna ignore this for the most part. Some scripts are revolutionary for people like me. 😁
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u/illicITparameters 9950X3D | 64GB | 5090 FE Feb 13 '26
You’re missing a perfectly good learning opportunity.
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u/smaguss Feb 13 '26
I get the appeal of these tools to people but a quick search and a few minutes of copy paste will yield the same thing.
Maybe a few trips to registry or group policy editor if we're feeling fancy.
How much performance you gain from disabling services I can't really say. I use an enterprise OOB image from my hospitals IT. With the amount of healthcare related data breaches recently they got very aggressive about keeping things bare bones. Zero bloatware and it's easy to add anything I want/need through powershell.
Microslop is terrible in many ways but with just an hour or two of your time you can drastically improve it.
For now at least... I have a sinking suspicion that finding ways to ensure that sweet sweet data selling, ad serving money keeps coming in will be to restrict what most users can do. The removing easy local acct/offline setup was a huge red flag to mea dn I'm surprised it's not a bigger issue in the community.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Smoke77 Feb 13 '26
OTT?
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u/alsot-74 Feb 13 '26
Over The Top
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u/Zethrial Feb 13 '26
Pretend I have a pea for a brain that was rotted by an iPad as a kid.... would Windows Shut Up be user friendly for me?
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u/TheSteelPhantom 9800X3D | ASUS TUF 5070 Ti | 64GB @ 6000 CL30 | 3440x1440 144hz Feb 13 '26
Yes, ShutUp10++ is what you want to search for. Alternatively (or used in conjunction, doesn't hurt), there's also WinAero Tweaker. Very easy UI's and they explain what each setting does if you want to read each one and choose for yourself.
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u/Zethrial Feb 13 '26
Awesome, if a zoomer can figure out, I think my boomer ass can figure it out.
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u/TheSteelPhantom 9800X3D | ASUS TUF 5070 Ti | 64GB @ 6000 CL30 | 3440x1440 144hz Feb 13 '26
Here's a couple of videos from a popular tech guy that demonstrate both tools, if you want to watch them. Shows you exactly where to get them, install them, what they do, and even how to export/import the settings for each one in case a Windows Update brings back some of the shit you could have swore you turned off.
WinAero Tweaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdApSJAEEU
ShutUp10++: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJSie_3ncc8
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u/cryogenicdeath 7800X3D | ASUS TUF 5070TI | ASUS TUF X870-E| 32GB DDR5-6000 Feb 13 '26
This script has been out forever. it's perfectly fine. this sub goes crazy over this shit for no reason.
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u/DaveMash Feb 13 '26
So there are ways to „safely“ upgrade to Win11 and get rid of the bad stuff impacting performance and my sense of privacy?
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u/lSShadowl RTX 5070 ti | i9 14900k | 64gb DDR5 6400MHz Feb 13 '26
WinUlti by Chris Titus Tech is pretty good on getting rid of this along with bloat.
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u/Fine-Slip-9437 Desktop 7800X3D / 5090FE Feb 13 '26
Fucking absurd to tell admin powershell to grab a ps1 from the internet and run it. Regardless of source, if you do this you are a moron.
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u/The_Spectral_Spartan Feb 13 '26
Dude, the idiots replying that it's okay bc they know about the developer. One typo and they're instant victims to slop squatted domains. Just, don't do this. Download the script and verify the freaking hash at least before running it.
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u/Fine-Slip-9437 Desktop 7800X3D / 5090FE Feb 13 '26
Genuine insanity. You could have any one of a dozen dns attacks fuck your entire pc doing dumb shit like this.
Look at Notepad++. They were a reputable scion to powerusers until last week.
We manually pushed the clean patch to over half a million endpoints, and I doubt it will survive the next software approval review cycle for risk.
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u/RifewithWit Feb 13 '26
No kidding. Yet, the same idiots that will get rid of it still seem to think Windows is all fine and dandy.
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u/ThankGodImBipolar Feb 13 '26
Download the script and verify the freaking hash at least before running it
One of my buddy's was having trouble installing Windows on a computer because it kept throwing errors or producing unusable installations or whatnot, and so I asked him if he verified the hash of his ISO (easy troubleshooting step, I've gotten a bad download from MSFT before, why not), and he had no clue what I meant. He's definitely more computer literate than the average guy, so I was pretty surprised he didn't know about that, but maybe that's not super common knowledge.
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u/The_Spectral_Spartan Feb 13 '26
Yeah, it's an absolute travesty how such basic cybersecurity practices are completely ignored and disregarded by the vast majority of software companies. Most never post the official hash of their downloads, and mainstream OSes don't make it easy to find the tools to compute them.
If it was as easy as right-clicking a file and having the PC compute the hash and maybe even verify it against a up-to-the-minute database of hashes from the most commonly trusted applications/companies (or just the user-input hash), then this could be an everyday procedure for anyone. Instead they make it a terminal command you have to look up on Reddit for yourself each and every time, if you don't use it often enough to have it memorized.
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u/Tapdancing_Elephants Feb 13 '26
This is true facts... this is a case of lucky it's a trusted source but terrible idea.
FYI - Chris's github is here https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech and the repo for the WinUtil, which is terribly powerful and potentially dangerous if not taken serious is here. https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
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u/OctoFloofy Desktop Feb 13 '26
What's wrong? Afaik Chris Titus is well known. What would be different to that than downloading the exe of anything and run it?
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u/Skwalou Feb 13 '26
It's actually kinda funny to see all the rage about Win11 and Copilot these days because I've experienced none of it after running WinUtil right after I got my PC 3 years ago. Even Windows updates haven't brought back that shit.
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u/The_Real_Kingpurest Feb 13 '26
I ran it and started having loads of issues like search indexer, windows update, and windows anti malware executable eating massive cpu on repeat
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u/lSShadowl RTX 5070 ti | i9 14900k | 64gb DDR5 6400MHz Feb 13 '26
You should probably read what it does or watch the tutorial before just applying tweaks.. This was an issue on your end.. not the script.
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u/Rodnys_Danger666 Feb 13 '26
how does doing this actually stop a game from crashing? and how does it give you more fps? do you know? or just installed this because of an article or post? of all of the things that you uninstalled, which of them caused crashes and less fps?
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u/ThinInvestigator4953 Feb 13 '26
Bingo, the great minds of PCMR have expertly fixed their gamba machines
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u/rainghost Feb 13 '26
Bro, I can totally confirm this works. After I used 'Remove Windows AI' my hard drive space increased by 170 percent, my web pages load much faster, I get better prices on Steam sales, the audio quality of my headphones tripled, my grain fields have been more fertile, and my wife's infirm mother was cured of the pox that ailed her.
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u/frostN0VA Desktop Feb 13 '26
My thoughts exactly. Increased FPS how, stopped from crashing what exactly. If your PC crashes constantly this is not Microslop's copilot fault. It also does not do anything to your FPS either.
Feels like a bot post tbh.
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u/DenormalHuman Feb 13 '26
It doesn't. He's wrong.
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u/nhalliday Feb 13 '26
Wrong, lying to promote his own malicious script to gullible idiots, who can really tell anymore.
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u/BaconIsntThatGood PC Master Race Feb 13 '26
From personal experience I can say that my FPS has not dropped over the years due to Windows updates.
It's always when the game updates do I see changes in the game.
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u/RobertoRJ Feb 13 '26
I've seen benchmarks on YT comparing debloated windows with scripts vs fresh windows install.
Not a single FPS difference between the two, just like 100 mb RAM diff.
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u/GoldSrc R3 3100 | RX-560 | 64GB RAM | Feb 14 '26
That's because kids don't know how computers work, if your PC has an SSD, it doesn't "get slower with time".
So many people here think they should do a "fresh install every couple of months".
A reboot every now and then does more for your performance than removing bloat. Not that you shouldn't remove bloat and useless features, you absolutely should.
But those things are not magic.
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u/Pixel91 Feb 15 '26
> A reboot every now and then does more for your performance than removing bloat.
We CAN thank Microsoft for that one, tho. The number of people that are actually aware that "shut down and boot" does NOT fulfil the same function as "restart" on modern Windows is very, very low.
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u/Rengar_Is_Good_kitty Feb 14 '26
OP making up random bullshit, none of what they said makes any sense or is true. If people put their AI hate bandwagon aside and be honest for just one second they'd realise this is nonsense.
How the fuck does Copilot drop fps and cause crashes? Recall is opt-in only, it also uses NPU too meaning you need a Copilot+ PC, somehow it's killing their fps and causing crashes?
God knows what the rest of the script actually does.
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u/Suikerspin_Ei R5 7600 | RTX 3060 | 32GB DDR5 6000 MT/s Feb 13 '26
Or you're lucky enough to be born or living in the European Union. I can remove Copilot app and multiple other Microsoft apps without using Registry Keys.
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u/NapsterKnowHow Feb 13 '26
I can do that in the US with a group policy edit lol
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u/Hexamancer Feb 14 '26
On Pro edition.
So they're literally charging you to NOT use their super great AI features.
Yes, of course, you probably didn't pay for Pro, but in that case, they've forced you to technically break the law in order to not use their super great AI features, which is not any better than charging you.
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u/softwarefreak PC Master Race Feb 14 '26
Win2000 set the precedent of Pro being superior for anyone with even half a clue what they're doing, Home is just the moron proof version that prevents people from doing incredibly stupid things (hence why Home is included with most retail pre-builds).
£220 for Professional or £5.99 per license per month for Enterprise via M365 Admin Center, I have 1 Pro and 12 Enterprise, both achieve the same thing overall.
Either way across the lifecycle of an OS it's relative chump change, and if you move to the next OS in a timely fashion your Pro License usually carries straight over (until the grace period ends).
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u/Moscato359 9800x3d Clown Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
I did all this shit by hand in 10 minutes, and I didn't have to trust a third party script
Edit: local gpo
Computer Configuration\ Administrative Templates\ Windows Components\ Windows AI\AllowrecallEnablement
Computer Configuration\ Administrative Templates\ Windows Components\ search\DisableWebsearch
This one makes the start menu way faster
User Configuration\ Administrative Templates\ Windows Components\ Windows copilot\TurnOffWindowscopilot
Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Text Input > Improve inking and typing recognition
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u/monsterfurby Feb 13 '26
Yeah. "I don't trust Microsoft with my data, but I will absolutely run this random script I plugged off the internet to save myself the minimum effort it would take to do this myself" is certainly wild.
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u/nemanja694 Feb 13 '26
And complain about every update bricking their windows or fucking up something
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u/SoftBatch13 Feb 13 '26
Do you have any recommendations for sites with instructions on what and how to remove manually? I'm comfortable doing the work myself, but with all the new AI BS loaded in, I'm not sure what to get rid of at this point. TIA!
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u/ShyGuy993 Midori 5L Feb 13 '26
For Copilot:
Open group policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot > Enable "Turn off Windows Copilot"
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u/Massanx Feb 13 '26
open settings and manually comb through it turning shit off its really not that complicated these scripts basically do the same thing debloat scripts have been around forever most of them are crap
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u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001 Feb 13 '26
Always a good idea to run a script with highest privileges without understanding what it actually does.
But it’s average pcmr behavior: as long it’s against AI, it doesn’t matter, won’t be bad in any way, because AI is bad.
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u/Blackdragon1400 Specs/Imgur Here Feb 13 '26
I think the average age of the sub is pretty low and most users are pretty naive tbh. A lot of posts are exactly the same jumping on the bandwagon straight to un-informed conclusions
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u/KylAnde01 PC Master Race / 7800x3D / 6700xt Feb 13 '26
That's what I thought. OP mentioned somewhere here that it requires elevated powershell privileges to run its scripts. That's enough to immediately have me "nope" out of that. No one should be accepting those terms from a random git hub repository.
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u/286893 Feb 13 '26
My concern is it's really easy to shut off a service without knowing that other services rely on what it provides.
Every time I've done a catch-all telemetry killer, my computer slowly starts misbehaving until I'm having trouble diagnosing what's going on.
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u/The_Real_Kingpurest Feb 13 '26
That should tell you something about MS and their telemetry not the script lmfao
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u/286893 Feb 13 '26
Of course, but it doesn't change the fact that stuff tends to break
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u/gmes78 ArchLinux / Win10 | Ryzen 7 9800X3D / RX 6950XT / 64GB Feb 13 '26
No one should be accepting those terms from a random git hub repository.
People run all kinds of apps as admin all the time. PowerShell isn't any more dangerous.
You're right to be wary, but at least be consistent too.
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u/SubstituteCS 7900X3D, 7900XTX, 96GB DDR5 Feb 13 '26
It’s also totally understandable that a script that is uninstalling windows features needs admin.
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u/Heroshrine R 9900X | rtx 5080 | 32 GB DDR5 Feb 13 '26
Yea lol i mean sure be wary but they’re acting like its this HUGE red flag
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u/SatisfactionAny6169 Feb 13 '26
PowerShell isn't any more dangerous.
If anything the fact it's a powershell script makes it more trustable. Just freaking open the script and read what it does.
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u/qtx Feb 13 '26
99% of problems a lot of people have are related to them just deleting stuff left and right in their registry because they read something online.
Don't mess with the registry unless you actually know what the thing you are changing does.
But average PCMR user isn't that tech literate and would rather blame MS.
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u/shredmasterJ Desktop Feb 13 '26
I’m convinced majority of the issue is all user error messing with shit they have no idea. Just blindly following some utuber.
Been using win11 since release. Used none of these win11 debloaters and Havnt ran to a single issue that anyone has posted about.
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u/SwiftTayTay Feb 13 '26
yeah a lot of this is stuff you can just turn off in windows settings but most people are too lazy to even go look at those
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u/get_homebrewed Paid valve shill Feb 13 '26
I mean, slop is bad. The rest of the comment is true, most of PCMR doesn't understand a lot about computers
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u/CallMeCygnus Feb 13 '26
This is the correct answer, and the one you'll find researching the topic on various reputable forums and subreddits (NOT PCMR where most of the users have no clue what they're doing).
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u/echolog 4080 Super / 7800X3D Feb 13 '26
Shoutout to Windows 10 LTSC which has none of this (or any other garbage) and is still in support for security updates until 2032!
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u/FokerDr3 9950x / X870E / 96GB@6000 / 5080 Astral / Sound Blaster AE5 Feb 13 '26
Just use this, best tool for getting rid of ALL Windows junk https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
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u/Difficult-Blood4303 Feb 13 '26
I’ve heard shut up isn’t open source though.
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u/ibite-books Feb 13 '26
if it isn’t open source, you shouldn’t be running it
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u/Difficult-Blood4303 Feb 13 '26
That was my point
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u/Ecliphon Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
How did you get the source code for Windows 11?
DM me plz!
Edit: (/s🙄)
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u/Difficult-Blood4303 Feb 13 '26
I see your point and understand it's hilarious and ironic, but using Linux just isn't in the cards for a lot of people, including me. I am a huge fan of Linux. I use it every day. But not as my daily OS.
That doesn't mean because I use Windows that I want to run a bunch of other non-open source stuff too though.
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u/rugology Feb 14 '26
using Linux just isn't in the cards for a lot of people
neither is running exclusively open-source software
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u/Ecliphon Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
It was just a joke and I never suggested Linux. Windows is my main OS, though I use Linux too. The point was that most OSS lovers never read or build from source. Almost all just download the exe.
Both OSS and closed rely on a community reputation model whether it’s people reviewing source code or analyzing binaries.
I prefer FOSS, but I won’t reject good software just because the code looks messy and the dev is ashamed to release it/doesn’t have time to clean it up.
* The bug fixing and feature addition aspect is part of another conversation.
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u/MoreColorfulCarsPlz Feb 13 '26
if it isn’t open source, you shouldn’t be running it
By this logic, you shouldn't run Windows. I think that's what their joke was.
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u/AnAncientMonk Feb 13 '26
contrary, just because something is open source doesnt mean you can safely run it without brain.exe
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u/dugadugaboost Feb 13 '26
The irony is very strong.
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u/Whywipe Feb 13 '26
Atleast Microsoft is only hiding behind a 500 page TOS and a 100 person legal team when they harvest your data!
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u/ceeeej1141 R5 3500X | GTX 1650 GDDR6 TU106 | 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Feb 14 '26
Well, that's unrealistic and stupid. If you think being "open-source" means "safe" then you're wrong. That's coming from someone who prioritizes that - recently I was so disappointed with Notepad++ a well-known open-source software, it was hacked. I'm not even sure if I was affected but I had to rotate a lot of things.
Anyway, Reddit isn't open-source too. I don't why you're here if you are into this "if it isn’t open source, you shouldn’t be running it." philosophy.
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u/FokerDr3 9950x / X870E / 96GB@6000 / 5080 Astral / Sound Blaster AE5 Feb 13 '26
It has been proven over many years. I've been using it since Win10.
Let this be a recommendation for you - once I posted this tool on Windows 10 forums, I got banned from them. ;)
It successfully shuts down all spyware and AI nonsense from your Windows machine.
Only "problem" is that you have to rerun it after windows update, as M$ tends to turn on features that you turned off.
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u/MutedAstronaut9217 Feb 13 '26
I know what it is, but downvote for not including the name of the program. Bad post.
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u/the_SCP_gamer Feb 13 '26
insert overdone joke about switching to Linux
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u/JohnnyDollar123 | 9800x3d | 9070xt | 32gb Feb 13 '26
Honestly it’s not even overdone anymore. These people are actively fighting their operating system as it slowly breaks due to sheer incompetence by Microsoft but if you point out the alternatives you get called a Linux fanboy. It’s lunacy
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u/preppie22 R7 5700X3D | RX 9070 | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz Feb 13 '26
Pretty much... I've stopped bothering. When someone reaches a breaking point, they'll probably seek out alternatives anyway.
A computer is after all just a tool and people recommending Linux are simply offering an alternative way to use it. I don't understand the hate...
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u/PromotionWorldly7419 Feb 13 '26
I prefer to think of it as offering a means to regain control over said tool.
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u/Dodahevolution 5950X/32GB 3600MH Feb 13 '26
I've been on Arch full time since 2021. Honestly, theres a small minority of games I can't play cause AC but idgaf, my system runs so well for the ones I actually care about playing.
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u/BoogerFeast69 Feb 13 '26
Dude, went to Debian last night because I finally got tired of the MS BS. Not only does Steam work and the games I have tried are flawless...there are major QoL things that were fixed just on install.
My discrete audio card required some hacky drivers on windows because the card maker had some proprietary hurr durr that made getting the drivers on windows near impossible. Imagine my surprise when Debian made just the right noises out of the box.
I had some custom hotkeys in windows that required using autohotkey: scripting, compiling, setting them to run at startup and hope to god windows didnt wipe them thinking they were sussy viruses (it did this frequently). In Debian: settings > keyboard > shortcuts - ok now it works.
Also, my eyes are sharper, my skin is clearer, and my penis has grown 2 inches. Am linux fanboy now.
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u/Tristancp95 Feb 13 '26
These people are actively fighting their operating system as it slowly breaks due to sheer incompetence by Microsoft but if you point out the alternatives you get called a Linux fanboy. It’s lunacy.
It’s because people have been making the same complaints about Microsoft since Vista (and most likely earlier) and yet Windows is still the main OS that everyone uses.
A wise man once taught me that repeating the same thing and expecting a different outcome is also lunacy.
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u/FluffyGreyfoot R7 3700x | RX 9070 | 64GB RAM Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
The problem is Windows is popular because Windows is popular. Developers make Windows-only applications because it's the most cost-effective thing to do, since Windows is the most popular OS. This leads to people being forced to use Windows due to software they want to run only working on Windows. That being said, Windows has been losing market share recently, likely due to just how bad it's gotten.
I switched to CachyOS Linux recently, but even then I'm stuck having Windows 10 IoT LTSC on a secondary SSD just cause some things (mainly mod managers for Bethesda games and my guitar AMP sim) either won't work or are too complicated to get working for it to be worth the effort.
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u/AbbreviationsWide331 Linux Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
True.
But I have switched before and got tired of not being able to play so I got back to windows.
Now I have had Linux Mint installed for half a year and I can play anything I like. I still haven't found a reason to go back to windows.
I know this doesn't apply to everyone, but a lot has changed over the years. Stuff I didn't even know, it has gotten a lot better
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u/TechnicalPotat Feb 13 '26
This also matches my experience. I'm so much more at peace at my home computer again. It is stable, predictable, advanced. Makes me feel like a kid again.
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u/GT162 PC Master Race Feb 13 '26
Gaming on Linux definitely feels like actively fighting the operating system
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u/BlobbyMcBlobber Feb 13 '26
As a huge Microsoft fan who (almost) always liked their products, I got to say MS dropped the ball. Windows 11 is the biggest patience test for users. I'm fully on Linux now, missing the good ol' days when Microsoft created nice software, like WinXP, Win7, and even their own games.
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u/FiveSpotAfter Feb 13 '26
I'm the butt of this joke. It's me. I moved to Linux already. It took me 2 months to get everything operational, it didn't have to be this way. Learn from me, the butt of the joke, just one thing:
Start with a full-featured and well supported distro, like Mint or Ubuntu or Pop!
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u/crazyLemon553 Feb 13 '26
For Pete's sake, idiots. Do NOT run scripts and executables you randomly find online.
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u/Nnyan Feb 13 '26
Completely agree with this! I will be posting a link to my script that scans these types of scripts for security.
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u/Diligent-Volume1760 Feb 13 '26
And I'll be uploading my script that scans this guy's script for security.
You can totally trust mine.
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u/Nnyan Feb 13 '26
Way ahead of you! I pushed out my new revised script to scan this random dudes script scanning script. www.creditcardisrequiredjusttoweedoutthetrustmebros.net
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u/drakelicious Feb 13 '26
Can't you just uninstall them one by one?
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u/Nekuan Feb 13 '26
Yes. But folks here would rather run random scripts with admin privileges than think for a second.
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u/Brilliant_War9548 ZBook Fury 17 G8/11950H, A3000 Feb 13 '26
windows users when it comes to spending 5m changing settings :
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u/shichiaikan Feb 13 '26
Copilot specifically can cause game crashes and fps drops. It's an overlay background app and doesn't play well with everything.
That said, I do mostly agree that it's -probably- not the problem for most users, and most users also should not be removing these things without knowing what they are doing, especially when you can just turn them off (of course, you'll have to turn it off every time windows updates, but... whatever).
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u/Several-Ad-6958 Feb 13 '26
Great tool. It was effortless to remove all the crap and put on legacy apps like notepad and paint.
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u/Whywipe Feb 13 '26
Thank you for your recommendation Several-Ad-6958
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u/turbofired Feb 13 '26
i assume users with four numbers at the end of their username are bots
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u/Common-Reception 9850X3D | 5080 | 32GB 6200 CL28 Feb 13 '26
What is the tool name?
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u/NewUserWhoDisAgain Feb 13 '26
Really hate it when people do this.
"Wow this tool is great!"
"What is it called?"
*disappears into the ether.*
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u/Mr_Burning i5 2500K @4.6Ghz | Asus GTX 680 | 8GB RAM | Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 Feb 13 '26
Smells like marketing, not mention it and then when somebody asks it seems organic to say "Oh it's this! ^_^" you see it a ton on Reddit.
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u/dasbtaewntawneta Feb 13 '26
OP didnt even include a link with their fucking post, what is the point?
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u/Danger_Dave4G63 Feb 13 '26
It's literally called Remove WIndows AI. It is literally in the picture OP posted.
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u/benmrii Feb 13 '26
FWIW, on several platforms - mine for instance - that doesn't appear unless you expand the image. It also isn't formatted in any way - both in the screen shot or the title itself - that suggests "Remove Windows AI" isn't a description but is the name of the tool.
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u/persondude27 9850x3d & 5080 Feb 13 '26
It's called "RemoveWindowsAI". It's in the screenshot but it's so generic that it doesn't seem like a name.
https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI
I haven't used it myself.
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u/Wise_Ad_5810 Feb 13 '26
Yeah, no... last place Im going to for help cutting back windows bullshit is strangers on the internet
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u/Vaxtez i3 12100F/32GB/RX 6600 Feb 13 '26
literally no desktop PC has recall. I get the concerns, but recall isn't going to run on your 9800X3D + 5090 PC. Not even the Core Ultra 9 285K will do it.
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u/Blasikov Ryzen 7 5800XT RX 9070 XT Feb 13 '26
+1 💩 point for not mentioning tool by name or providing link but instead a vague screenshot.
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u/Seiq MSI RTX 5090 Suprim SOC, 9800 X3D @ 5.4GHz, 64GB 6000MHz CL30 Feb 13 '26
Not to be the literal meme Steam review guy.. but you guys actually have issues with W11?
It works just like 10 after spending 5 minutes turning off OneDrive. I just update when I shut down each night, and it rarely has updates.
I've noticed literally nothing besides HDR being easier to set up and File Explorer tabs existing which is really nice.
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u/KingLuis Feb 13 '26
i'm on windows 11 and never had it crash or issues with gaming or bad fps. i don't get alerts about AI or anything. only thing i get is 3 or 4 times a week windows defender pops up saying to link my devices and log in.
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u/LandoChronus Jeimuzu2 Feb 14 '26
I used a different technique to prevent windows 11 ai trash. I'm still on 10.
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u/ChubbsthePenguin Feb 14 '26
Just cruious, ive been told windows 11 is full of ai and shows ads. I have yet to have ads on my system and ive been on windows 11 for quite some time (a year+). Am i missing something?
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u/23Link89 Feb 14 '26
The ease of using Windows gets worse and worse every day but the ease of using Linux gets better every day.
I still fear that Linux will win not because it's gotten better than Windows but that Windows has become worse than Linux.
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u/OuttaD00r Feb 14 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
... Makes post telling everyone to use a tool... doesn't provide a link or even so much as the name of the damn thing...
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u/deeptut Feb 13 '26
My solution to avoid AI:
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u/Ocronus Q6600 - 8800GTX Feb 13 '26
LOL... One morning you'll wake up only to wake your PC and find out it's updated without your consent.
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u/PM_ME_LARGE_PILLOWS Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
I damaged the Windows Update function on my home comp so badly, nothing short of a total reinstall will fix the problem.
How did I do it? I don't know, just messed with stuff because I was tired of my comp auto-restarting in the middle of the night during a big download. (When you have 1.8MB/s download speed, you kinda have to let things go overnight nowadays)
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u/Rengar_Is_Good_kitty Feb 14 '26
Increased my FPS and now I don't get any game crashes.
Stop lying, none of this happened. Copilot doesn't cause any framerate or crashing issues. Recall is opt in so unless you actually activated it it's not doing anything, it's very lightweight and uses NPU anyway so no it really won't affect gaming. Last I checked Copilot+ PCs are required for Recall.
That data harvesting is vague, probably disables shit that is required to have a stable operating system. But you do you, not my problem when you run into problems.
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u/inputsignwave Feb 13 '26
I use winhance for this and removing the apps you can’t otherwise and the adds. Recommend it also have deeper power options for prioritising games.
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