Re:Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with K...
by vanilla_nut on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:08PM
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So you did have most of these issues, but jumped through a lot of hoops and maintained a bunch of brittle fixes to address them?
Also, your link to "Windows 10 Pro N" just leads me to the download page for Windows 10 -- I don't see any option for "Pro N". Smells like dark patterns to me.
Re:Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with K...
by colejohnson66 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @08:02PM
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The “N” editions were created to comply with EU law, so they’re really only available in the EU. A VPN would help.
Re:Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with K...
by vanilla_nut on Monday December 21, 2020 @12:42PM
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Ironically, I'm actually on a VPN already... just not one into the EU! I suppose this is how EU users must feel when new tech products launch and they're only available in the US.
USB installed without a key Windows 10 Pro N, which comes with less bloatware - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
when installing do not sign up for an outlook.com account, create a local agent account
Go into settings and tweak as much privacy stuff as I saw - as found here https://fix10.isleaked.com/ & https://techlog360.com/stop-microsoft-spying-windows-10-priv...
downloaded o&o shutup10 to tweak more privacy settings, could have probably done this without the reg edits - https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
registry edits to -remove the activation watermark -https://www.techolac.com/computers/how-to-remove-activate-wi...
wallpaper can be changed by right clicking on an image and setting it as background wallpaper - cool wallpaper site https://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/downloads/rating/any/
downloaded Open Shell for further customization https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
added show desktop to taskbar https://winaero.com/blog/add-the-show-desktop-button-next-to...