It's easier to disable all the garbage than remove the garbage?
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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Remember, Windows will install updates without user intervention. If you remove things, it just puts them back.
Automatic updates are a good thing for the average EU, though. Otherwise they'd never update and their system would probably be compromised.
yeah but they're not doing just security updates, they're re-installing bloatware that I deleted a year ago
I don't need Xbox gaming on my work computer
Then use Pro or Enterprise edition and GPO to disable those features, like every business environment should be doing.
If you can navigate Linux you can handle Group Policy, I promise.
Oh I absolutely think that our IT should be handling this, but that is a weak point at our company (just big enough to use an external company).
I've done my time as tech support for this company, I'm not doing that shit anymore.
and regardless of group policies being able to handle this, this shouldn't be reinstalled anyways if I've already uninstalled it.