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Hey y'all

I'm taking a college course which is hell bent that its students use Windows 11. Currently my laptop is still using Windows 10 and if there is no bloatware/AI free way to install Windows 11, I'm just going to bite the bullet and install it the regular way. So if anyone knows of a relatively bloatware free way of installing Windows 11, please let me know.

p.s. For those who would encourage me to use Linux. For my desktop I already use Linux Mint.

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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] otter@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Yup, this is the one I've been seeing in a lot of guides. I'm not sure how it compares to the other ones, but it was easy enough when I tried it.

The process for a clean install would be something like:

  1. select the region and keyboard but do not connect to wifi, instead hit shift + F10 and run start ms-cxh:localonly to have a local only account
  2. Once the desktop loads, connect to the Internet and (assuming the recent Windows update didn't break everything again) run updates through the UI
  3. Run Win11Debloat to remove/disable junk and to make common adjustments
  4. Run appwiz.cpl for anything that was missed

Bonus

  • Winget for apps (or UniGetUI if you prefer a GUI)
  • WinHawk and PowerToys for quality of life improvements

You can try Chocolatey too, but I gave up on it recently because of constant errors and questionable community packages

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I use ninite to do basic utility installations on fresh installs too... https://ninite.com/

But yeah, I've used it with both Win 10 & 11 for the last few years. Very simple, but great.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Same issues with Chocolaty as OP, ninite is the bomb and always up to date.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i used to use the tron script to clean up my win10, is that no longer a popular practice?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Last I used it a few years ago, whew, that thing is a monster and often way overboard. Not sure I'd trust it any longer. Anyone?