Serious Discussion Risk-Based Removal of Windows Features

[bazang]

Microsoft is trying to make it easier for users to disable or remove unneeded and high-risk features.

Should these sorts of things be enabled or installed by default?

In an ideal world, by default, they would not be on "typical home users'" Windows systems.

 

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[Vitali Ortzi]

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Majority of users don't need these should be default lol

Anything Risky should be opt in not default

 

[bazang]

Majority of users don't need these should be default lol

Anything Risky should be opt in not default

The hoomans continue to perpetuate the "Users want to use stuff" model.

For the malc0ders that paradigm is like ants beneath a magnifying lens under a clear sky and 40 Celsius. They win. Everybody else loses because hoomans are lazy, disinclined to do anything that involves a bit of work, and want instant gratification (in the form of ease of use and convenience). "We want it! We want it now!"

 

[bobdoe]

If only someone could create a script in which you create a profile based on what you use your computer for, and upon confirmation, appropriate features as well as services are disabled or not... hint, hint.

Especially for post installation of os, it seems like an approach that could save a lot of headaches.

Edit: Maybe this would have been better as a new thread?

 

[rashmi]

I uninstall all items under optional features and also deselect everything in the "Turn Windows features on or off" panel, except for the ".Net Framework 4.8 Advanced Services" feature.

 

[Parkinsond]

Microsoft is trying to make it easier for users to disable or remove unneeded and high-risk features.

Should these sorts of things be enabled or installed by default?

In an ideal world, by default, they would not be on "typical home users'" Windows systems.

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The first thing I do after installing Windows it to remove all of them and more; this is ASR

 

[Victor M]

Make a disk image of your work and you are golden.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

SSH yes, VBScript yes, IE yes. The rest may break stuff... WMIC and Powersell can have some strange dependencies. I kind of miss the shitshow that was Flash. Much fun with that garbage..

 

[Digmor Crusher]

You guys remove too much and your going to break your OS.

 

[bazang]

You guys remove too much and your going to break your OS.

Tiny 10 and 11 remove all of it and nothing breaks.

Windows OS is modular. Just because Microsoft ships the Home versions full of garbage does not mean that 90% of it cannot be harmlessly removed.

The kicker is that Microsoft Security advises governments and enterprises to remove or disable just about everything. Some regulations mandate it as part of the required Windows baseline that permits no configuration drift.

There is far, far greater risk accepting default Windows and not removing anything.