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Basically, install Windows as you normally would, but when asked for Time and Currency format, select English (World) instead of your country.

Then let the installer do its thing. Eventually, you will see a window with an ice cream cone on the floor with the words “Something went wrong” and the error message “OOBEREGION.” This cryptic message means that the “out of box experience” (OOBE) didn't launch because it didn't know which region to launch.

Click Skip, though, and Windows will install just fine. You won't be prompted to buy Microsoft 365, you won't be prompted to pay for a OneDrive subscription, and your Start menu won't be cluttered with apps.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 year ago (9 children)

After the install. Create admin and user accounts not tied to ms. Use the user account normally, and when you need admin you enter the second account details.

Use Sophia script to clean up all the advert apps bundled with win11.

I wish I could find a script to remove the advert features from edge for when I have to office. Mozilla Firefox is your day to day browser.

Use chocolatey.org to install ur apps. When you do updates, one command can do it all.

Check start-up scripts, and ensure there is nothing that doesn't need to be there. Teams no, zoom also no.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Isn't it ironic how you need instructions now to install Windows with a bearable level of bloat? Kinda like installing Arch just for uninstalling/skipping instead of installing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The sad truth is that most people don't care about all the bloat and adware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I do, i slipstreamed windows 11 both DISM and NTLite and guess what, unbootable! Great!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Im assuming this is the Sophia Script you’re referring to? https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Any reason to use chocolatey over winget?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Such a shame that winget is no longer preinstalled in Windows 11. have to install the msix bundle first and remove msstore as source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Because you like poorly maintained hacky amateur install scripts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’m not OP but some applications are not available on Winget.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

::gestures broadly::

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I actually managed to excise Edge from my system entirely, so pressing F1 in explorer doesn't launch it anymore.

Dsspite some people warning that Edge was needed for some "core web functionality" it has broken nothing except the handful of places where they want to force you to launch a link in Edge. In that case nothing happens, but that's not a big deal since I know how to use search engines to find information, which is the only purpose those features served.

It took quite a few steps but I got there. There are a few extra steps to stop it coming back in the next update but you can do it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I like to use Winget instead of chocolatey

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Check start-up scripts, and ensure there is nothing that doesn't need to be there.

Nothing better than Autoruns for this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ feels like using a treadmill!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I grew up on Windows, but Microsoft is seriously pushing me towards Linux. Gaming is all that keeps me here. I have a Steam Deck and I love what Valve is doing for gaming on Linux, so I hope that gets better and multiplayer games become possible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mean a lot of multiplayers alr do

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Does the Sophia script allow you to pick and chose what apps to remove? Some of them are actually useful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago