is there one that can lower the telemetry/net connections and manage services without breaking things like windows updates or other core os functions? i know of oo shutup but its not open source so unsure of trustworthy<p>also interested in something to make a classic start menu if possible. reg tweak i found didnt work.
Check out this article, which uses an "open source" tool (the tool is Powershell, so inspectable).<p><a href="https://christitus.com/windows-11-perfect-install/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://christitus.com/windows-11-perfect-install/</a><p>Direct link to script: <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/main/winutil.ps1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/mai...</a>
> but its not open source so unsure of trustworthy<p>If this is your attitude towards computing, you may want to pivot away from Windows-based systems eventually.
<a href="https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows">https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows</a><p>I highly recommend this script. It's a really decent base without breaking stuff. Most of the time I change 3 or 4 settings in the script.