Question Is de-bloating Windows 10 pro ok? Or is it frowned upon?

[hicks451]

Hi all. I am just about to build my new gaming Pc and want to have it running with the least amount of background apps going so I heard about de-bloating Windows 10 pro. Is it ok to do so or is it something that is not allowed? Any advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks

 

[Colif]

its up to the user, Its not illegal as such as most of them just run windows commands to remove things.

I don't see the point as things on storage that never run aren't really in my way. Storage is cheap now, space isn't a concern. Most modern CPU are capable enough to run processes and games at same time... and not even notice.

careful going nuts as you could leave windows not working so well. Just cause you don't use something, doesn't mean its not important

 

[hicks451]

its up to the user, Its not illegal as such as most of them just run windows commands to remove things.

I don't see the point as things on storage that never run aren't really in my way. Storage is cheap now, space isn't a concern.

careful going nuts as you could leave windows not working so well. Just cause you don't use something, doesn't mean its not important

Thank you so much for your help. I fully understand what you mean and I will do test versions on my old Pc before I go ahead and install on my new machine. Thanks again. Owe you one!!! ✌️👍

 

[hotaru.hino]

The biggest issue with debloating Windows is you have to understand application developers can only assume the default things were installed. So if you're not careful, you may run into an issue where an app needs something from the OS, but it's not available and since few people touched it, it won't be obvious what the problem is.

My rule for debloating is: if it require privilege escalation (i.e., triggers the UAC prompt) to remove, then research what it does and if it's really okay to remove.

 

[hicks451]

The biggest issue with debloating Windows is you have to understand application developers can only assume the default things were installed. So if you're not careful, you may run into an issue where an app needs something from the OS, but it's not available and since few people touched it, it won't be obvious what the problem is.

My rule for debloating is: if it require privilege escalation (i.e., triggers the UAC prompt) to remove, then research what it does and if it's really okay to remove.

kk will do hotaru. That's great help and I will make sure to follow that instruction to the letter. Very grateful!!! 👌

 

[Alabalcho]

It will be very interesting if you can post a comparision of game performance before and after.

 

[hotaru.hino]

It will be very interesting if you can post a comparision of game performance before and after.

I ran across this https://linustechtips.com/blogs/ent...s-10-lean-do-anything-for-gaming-performance/ , though it's old.

The tl;dr it doesn't really do much if you have a decent computer. I don't expect this to be any different today.

 

[Colif]

its only useful perhaps if you are trying to run windows on a potato. So Dual core, 4gb of ram, 5400rpm hdd. But most PC in the last 8 years can probably run windows 10 + background processes without the need to de bloat it at all. Only process you might want to control then is defender scan times.

Windows generally stays out of my way.