Clean Windows 11 Installs

A lot of people are upset by the advertising and misc junk that clutters up Windows 11 immediately after install.
Here are two tools to help remove that clutter:


OFGB

OFGB is described as: A GUI Tool To Removes Ads From Various Places Around Windows 11

OFGB will disable:
  • File Explorer Ads
  • Lock Screen Tips and Ads
  • Settings Ads
  • General Tips and Ads
  • “Finish Setup” Ads
  • “Welcome Experience” Ads
  • Personalized Ads
  • “Tailored Experiences”
  • Start Menu Ads
  • “Notification Suggestions”
  • Bing Results In Search
  • Edge Search Bar Widget

Download It

OFGB can be found at: https://github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB?tab=readme-ov-file


Wintoys

Wintoys is described as: “Experience Windows in your way and keep it fresh every day. Set up, debloat, optimize, repair, and tweak your operating system in a simple, time-saving, yet safe approach. Maintain it in a clean, healthy and productive state while having everything you need in one place.”

Wintoys Features

Speed up your Windows and increase the framerate in certain games just by tweaking some settings.

  • Keep your Windows clean and free up your storage using the built-in cleaner feature.
  • Run the most advanced repair tools available in Windows in a few clicks. Bye bye terminal!
  • Take control over ads and privacy related settings.
  • Personalize your desktop and learn cool new features that are worth using in Windows.
  • Uninstall any app, even those apps that don’t have an uninstall option in Windows.
  • Find out which services you don’t need and safely disable them with only two clicks.

Download It

Wintoys can be found at: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p8ltpgcbzxd?hl=en-us&gl=US

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Mapping the AI mind of Claude

I find it fascinating that we really don’t understand how AI (aka LLMs) really work!

https://www.anthropic.com/research/mapping-mind-language-model

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mRNA Cancer Vaccines Show Great Hope

A lot of people were resistant to mRNA vaccines for Covid 19. I wonder if they will feel the same if it can save them from guaranteed death?

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-mrna-cancer-vaccine-triggers-fierce.html

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Republicans in congress are warning that some of their members are compromised by the Kremlin

Just sticking this here for future reference.

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-russia-kompromat-putin-congress

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Blockchain: Innovation or Illusion

Just going to leave this here. So far the claims in the video (that blockchain hasn’t found a strong reason to exist that isn’t already handled by other, better, solutions) is holding true. Will it in the future?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tspGVbmMmVA

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A Minimalist Start Page

Got this from Paul Thurrott’s end of year wrap up. It’s a chrome extension to do a very pretty and minimal start page. It also works with Edge and should work with other Chromium based browsers.

Bonjourr – A minimalist start page.

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Hey! FAQs about leaving the cloud

I’ve said for years I never want to build another data center… and this blog post validates that… but it doesn’t mean that going all in on the cloud is always the right choice.

https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-big-cloud-exit-faq-20274010

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New Yorker – A Coder Considers AI

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/a-coder-considers-the-waning-days-of-the-craft

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Having a Problem Pinning Something to QuickStart?

For some reason my Documents shortcut was missing from the quickstart side panel in file explorer. No matter what I did, I couldn’t add it back (but I could add / remove others).

This trick from SuperUser.com fixed it:


There is a file in %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations, with name f01b4d95cf55d32a.automaticDestinations-ms. This file stores the information about the folders you’ve pinned. What I think is, this file somehow got corrupted on your computer, yk, since Windows 11 is still under development. When you delete this file, it is automatically remade within second — And you’ll get desktop, documents, downloads, and pictures pinned by default.

Note that the file isn’t recreated “within a second” until you do something with File Explorer – in my case I didn’t have it open at all, I opened it, and all was right in the world.

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The Startup CTO’s Handbook

I’m past this point in my career but I’m hanging onto this to forward to people who might need help or guidance beyond having a chat with me! Don’t let the github link hold you back – it’s also available from all book sellers as a printed book instead of a pdf or .md file.

As of today I have not read this book, so don’t consider this a recommendation (yet).

https://github.com/ZachGoldberg/Startup-CTO-Handbook

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