Advanced Plus Security oldschool's laptop setup 2020

[stefanos]

11% on a 8GB ram PC? What kind of sorcery is this???!!!

Is windows 8.1. My pc before install windows 10

 

[Evjl's Rain]

11% on a 8GB ram PC? What kind of sorcery is this???!!!

windows 8.1 9300 is a miracle for lower end machines. W10 from 1703 and above is a burden
perhaps, you can disable Largesystemcache, superfetch and prefetcher, some unnecessary services following blackviper's guide
also you can follow this guide:
after that, you can apply syshardener's tweaks, ooshutup and WPD. They can lower resource usage too
I have some personal tweaks collected from various places but might be buggy for other people

NOTE: enable largesystemcache will increase memory usage but improve performance, slightly, not noticeable in my case
disabling superfetch will significantly lower disk activity -> better performance but lengthens boot time (insignificant with SSD or HDD if you defrag it properly)

 

[oldschool]

30% RAM at idle with only AV running in background is pretty normal.

OK.

Also I can't find this processor online, is it i3 8145U? It is pretty similar to one in my laptop i7-7500U

That's it. I edited config.

@Andy Ful I'll try improving my screenshots when I post next.

@stefanos - You kill me, man! This may drive me back to AVG or I may just go crazy. Wait, I already am because I woke up hungry, was only going to eat something and here I am back again. :emoji_grimacing:

 

[Evjl's Rain]

by the way, this site contains a list of tweaks for debloating and mitigating windows 10 telemetry. Select proper tweaks

Windows 10 Privacy Guide - May 2019 Update

How to make Windows 10 respect your privacy a little more.

fdossena.com

 

[stefanos]

windows 8.1 9300 is a miracle for lower end machines. W10 from 1703 and above is a burden
perhaps, you can disable Largesystemcache, superfetch and prefetcher, some unnecessary services following blackviper's guide
also you can follow this guide:
after that, you can apply syshardener's tweaks, ooshutup and WPD. They can lower resource usage too
I have some personal tweaks collected from various places but might be buggy for other people

NOTE: enable largesystemcache will increase memory usage but improve performance, slightly, not noticeable in my case
disabling superfetch will significantly lower disk activity -> better performance but lengthens boot time (insignificant with SSD or HDD if you defrag it properly)

Evjl's Rain i tried everything to do windows 10 lighter. My system with windows 10 uses 5% 7% more ram than windows 8.1. I have tried to reinstall windows 8.1 many times but I have everytime problems with the updates.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

Evjl's Rain i tried everything to do windows 10 lighter. My system with windows 10 uses 5% 7% more ram than windows 8.1. I have tried to reinstall windows 8.1 many times but I have everytime problems with the updates.

w8.1 update issue can be fixed by installing some KBxxxx
after that you need to run ngen update
the same problem with windows 7. After the fix, it will never happen again

steps:
1/ install the following patches in order (for windows x64 only, you can find the same patch for win 32), if you can't install, ignore them

Download Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3021910) from Official Microsoft Download Center

Install this update to resolve issues in Windows.

www.microsoft.com

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2016/07/windows8.1-kb3172614-x64_e41365e643b98ab745c21dba17d1d3b6bb73cfcc.msu

2/ after that, try to install this patch, if you can't, ignore it

Download Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3138615) from Official Microsoft Download Center

Install this update to resolve issues in Windows.

www.microsoft.com

3/ after installing these updates, reboot your PC

4/ after reboot, open CMD with administrator privileges and run this command 1 by 1, wait for it to complete

%windir%\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe update
%windir%\microsoft.net\framework64\v4.0.30319\ngen.exe update

5/ use Never10 to prevent windows update to force you to upgrade to windows 10

https://www.grc.com/files/never10.exe

6/ finally try to update. Try to be patient until it complete. It can take very long in the first time

 

[stefanos]

w8.1 update issue can be fixed by installing some KBxxxx
after that you need to run ngen update
the same problem with windows 7. After the fix, it will never happen again

steps:
1/ install the following patches in order (for windows x64 only, you can find the same patch for win 32), if you can't install, ignore them

Download Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3021910) from Official Microsoft Download Center

Install this update to resolve issues in Windows.

www.microsoft.com

http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/updt/2016/07/windows8.1-kb3172614-x64_e41365e643b98ab745c21dba17d1d3b6bb73cfcc.msu

2/ after that, try to install this patch, if you can't, ignore it

Download Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3138615) from Official Microsoft Download Center

Install this update to resolve issues in Windows.

www.microsoft.com

3/ after installing these updates, reboot your PC

4/ after reboot, open CMD with administrator privileges and run this command 1 by 1, wait for it to complete


5/ use Never10 to prevent windows update to force you to upgrade to windows 10

https://www.grc.com/files/never10.exe

6/ finally try to update. Try to be patient until it complete. It can take very long in the first time

Thanks my friend . Tomorrow i try again to install windows 8.1

 

[oldschool]

Removed Privacy Badger month-long trial aborted as I don't see enough improvement so far to use on its own. On the other hand, Privacy Possum + Edge Dev @ balanced or strict tracking protection may be enough for a lightweight, set & forget solution. Try it and watch PP go to work and see for yourself!

Edit: in italics.

 

[oldschool]

I decided to get a feel for using Edge Dev built-in tracking + Privacy Possum for awhile, and see how I like it. Very fast so far!

@Windows_Security are you trying a similar setup or some other variation of it?

 

[oldschool]

Added Aomei OneKey Recovery for built-in image/restore.

Using Windows built-in for image/restore > Free Agent drive. I've learned my lesson from the past and now have layered backup.

 

[oldschool]

I decided to give Privacy Badger a proper test in my secondary browser and see what leftovers it picks up with Brave's built-in adblocker.

 

[oldschool]

Update on my casual tests of built-in tracking protection with Edge Dev and Brave: If you're using built-in features in either browser and desire a set and forget setup, you should figure on using Privacy Possum or Privacy Badger as a complement. Neither of these browsers provide maximum protection. Both are adequate for ad-free (or mostly ad free) browsing but need some help with at least one of these extensions. They will take on some of the heavy lifting.

 

[oldschool]

The bad news: Clearing and re-seating CMOS in old Lenovo Thinkpad didn't work. It still won't start. I assume it's dead without, or until, further investigation.

The good news: I was able to use my Windows 10 Pro key from the old Thinkpad to upgrade my new L340 and enabled Windows Sandbox. II'll test it out and see how it works.

All suggestions on using the sandbox or Application Guard are welcome, since I know little about either.

Edit: I suppose my i3 processor will be the limiting factor in using Windows Sandbox. ??

 

[stefanos]

Edit: I suppose my i3 processor will be the limiting factor in using Windows Sandbox. ??

you have not problem

All suggestions on using the sandbox or Application Guard are welcome, since I know little about either.

look the second video. Is useless

 

[oldschool]

look the second video. Is useless

I installed WiseVector and tried to download malware at url.haus and had no right-click option to open the malware in a new window. WTF? I'm uninstalling!!!!

 

[Evjl's Rain]

I installed WiseVector and tried to download malware at url.haus and had no right-click option to open the malware in a new window. WTF? I'm uninstalling!!!!

that's certainly not WV's problem. It cannot cause browser to act like that
I use chromium and it's still perfectly fine. There is open in new windows in urlhaus

 

[oldschool]

that's certainly not WV's problem. It cannot cause browser to act like that
I use chromium and it's still perfectly fine. There is open in new windows in urlhaus

Are you doing this in Windows Sandbox? That is what I was doing in above post.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

Are you doing this in Windows Sandbox? That is what I was doing in above post.

No I use VMware workstation. I hate Windows' built-in virtualization because they are not as multi-functional as VMware or virtualbox
there are many restriction too

 

[oldschool]

No I use VMware workstation. I hate Windows' built-in virtualization because they are not as multi-functional as VMware or virtualbox
there are many restriction too

Which is why I uninstalled W Sandbox.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

Which is why I uninstalled W Sandbox.

arrrh, sorry, I thought you uninstall Wisevector
you can use Sandboxie (free for 1 sandbox) -> can use it for your browser -> wipe the sandbox -> use another program. It can be easily controlled, not as difficult as Windows Sandbox + more importantly, very light
Paid sandboxie give you the ability to run multiple programs in 1 or many sandboxes -> no need

sandboxie is not as safe as Windows sandbox but very easy to use