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  • Any experience with Win11DeBloat?

    From Stan Brown@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, July 01, 2026 10:52:50

    It's at <https://github.com/Raphire/Win11DeBloat>

    One thing I like is the fine-grained control, as shown by the
    screenshot.

    Apologies if this has already been discussed. Last I heard, Google
    doesn't index this newsgroup. I know the general topic has come up
    before, but I don't remember discussion of this specific tool.

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  • From Carlos E. R.@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, July 01, 2026 21:04:49
    On 2026-07-01 19:52, Stan Brown wrote:

    It's at <https://github.com/Raphire/Win11DeBloat>

    One thing I like is the fine-grained control, as shown by the
    screenshot.

    Apologies if this has already been discussed. Last I heard, Google
    doesn't index this newsgroup. I know the general topic has come up
    before, but I don't remember discussion of this specific tool.


    There is a message about it on this last Feb: ŽI used Win11Debloat on my
    PC, and I could never install Windows without it again¯

    No other message with Win11DeBloat in the subject line since Aug 2022.

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    Carlos E.R.
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  • From s|b@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, July 01, 2026 22:29:39
    On Wed, 1 Jul 2026 10:52:50 -0700, Stan Brown wrote:

    It's at <https://github.com/Raphire/Win11DeBloat>

    One thing I like is the fine-grained control, as shown by the
    screenshot.

    I haven't used it myself, but I use O&O ShutUp10: <https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10>

    EXE is portable, not an installer.

    I run it with recommended settings.

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    s|b

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  • From Paul@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, July 01, 2026 19:35:12
    On Wed, 7/1/2026 1:52 PM, Stan Brown wrote:

    It's at <https://github.com/Raphire/Win11DeBloat>

    One thing I like is the fine-grained control, as shown by the
    screenshot.

    Apologies if this has already been discussed. Last I heard, Google
    doesn't index this newsgroup. I know the general topic has come up
    before, but I don't remember discussion of this specific tool.


    There is a review here.

    https://ca.pcmag.com/windows/15078/i-put-4-windows-debloating-tools-to-the-test-the-results-were-embarrassing

    A question then, is what metric is suited to checking the results.

    1) Smaller amount of C: usage ?
    2) Smaller resident RAM size ?

    Windows should be able to shut down subsystems, in a low resource situation. For example, if the sandbox-OS-image stored in RAM, there isn't room
    for it, it should be switched off. I think I may have seen signs of
    that in the past. But the other option is for the OS to crash at some
    point.

    That was one of the beauties of the OSes. You could install them
    on a "capable" machine, then move the hard drive over to your
    less capable machine (that Optiplex 780 refurb you bought), and
    as the OS boots, stuff gets shut off as a function of whether
    the OS thinks there is sufficient RAM for it to work.

    What won't work, is a W11 25H2 HDD moved to the Optiplex 780 (E8400 with
    no POPCNT instruction), is that will crash and there is no obvious
    cure (like trapping on the errant instruction and replacing
    the instruction with a macro). But for other subsystems, the HDD should be
    able to "boot on anything" and adjust posture to suit.

    Paul

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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, July 02, 2026 12:30:58
    On 7/2/2026 1:52 AM, Stan Brown wrote:

    It's at <https://github.com/Raphire/Win11DeBloat>

    I wonder: is there a newsgroup that talks
    about websites like SourceForge, Freshmeat
    and GitHub? :)

    Those sites don't have to just about
    prograwmming. You can use them as online
    noteboos.

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