This is a sign of an abusive relationship.<p>If you have the stomach for this, you have the stomach for Ubuntu and a Looking Glass VM for whatever software won't run under wine (which is a lot).
I don't understand how cloud Windows accounts work. Will you be able to log into your computer if Microsoft bans you or you end up in the US sanction list?<p>Also those who are willing to go to great lengths tuning Windows should consider using Linux - not only it has more opportunities for "tuning", but as a bonus you'll be able to fix the errors in the source code.
Fresh install? Hit it with Blackbird and enjoy.<p><a href="https://www.getblackbird.net/screenshots/" rel="nofollow">https://www.getblackbird.net/screenshots/</a>
What kind of bubble the "product managers" of Windows are living in? Does anyone of them actually tries a new install of Windows or are they entirely focused on just incrementing some stats counter on some telemetry based dashboard?
Install StartAllBack and choose the Windows 7 theme. Even if you dont care about the other UI improvements like the older Start Menu, it's worth it just for the improvements to the clock and calendar - the analog clock especially.
There is a whole subreddit devoted to "fixing" windows. <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/TronScript/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/TronScript/</a>