It is unclear in what ways this is different/better than O&O ShutUp10 (https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10), aside from that tool having a much worse name.
I've always used WinAeroTweaker. I like it more than all these other ones because for each tweak it does it also gives you a way to manually enable or disable the tweak in the registry or in the group policy editor. Windows 10 2004 seems to have disabled the ability to disable web search on anything other than windows 10 enterprise though sadly. Apparently it was always supposed to be that way: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/g...
I think I've disabled search on Pro edition here. It just required a registry edit[0] (shutup isn't updated for 2004 yet AFAIK). On my machine it prevents internet searches from appearing.
The only concern is I don't know if it hides it while still being run in the background, or if it completely blocks the search from happening in the first place.
Kind of sad that end users even need to think about this sort of thing. It should be painfully obvious on how to disable such an invasive feature.
This tool takes all the various privacy settings Windows 10 permits the user to change and offers a convenient place to toggle them all at the same place.
It also offers an application uninstaller and downloads/applies firewall rules to the built-in Windows firewall. Shutup10 does not offer those features.
It _doesn't_ allow the user to completely disable telemetry on Windows 10 Home or Pro, which is the primary reason to use Shutup10 in the first place. For privacy purposes you want Shutup10 not this program.
Shutup10 also does not allow completely disable telemetry. Moreover, it has more than half of useless settings that have nothing to do with privacy. Shutup10
- In fact, just another registry editor.
Btw only one WPD feature "blocker" can completely cut off IP telemetry addresses. This is much more effective than any settings.
If you do not understand the topic, you should not give advice.
p.s Shutup10 is a Microsoft partner, closed source and you can't decompile it. Think about it :3
So according to HN if you aren't paying for it you're the product. That has me worried. If this was just a repo on github I'd have a little more faith that this isn't just a trojan in disguise (not saying it is but it's scary to give an app enough access to know and set this stuff)
