CLEAN INSTALL, DISM APPLY TO VHD OR PARTITION WIN 10 PRO V1703 & ABOVE
FIRST SCREEN HAVE EAR PLUGS, COTTON WOOL HANDY OR TURN THE VOL DOWN IF YOU CAN. IT WILL SCREAM!!! UNTIL YOU FIND THE VOLUME SLIDER.
CONNECT TO NETWORK, AGAIN OPTIONAL IT SEEMS TO SET UP BETTER WITH ENABLED OPTIONS ARE ENABLE NETWORK AND FILE SHARING, (OPTIONAL ONE LESS JOB LATER)
CHANGE NOTHING IN SETUP SETTINGS (ITS A PAIN TO RESET AFTER)
CORTANA (OPTIONAL I DONT ENABLE AND SHE CAN BE SILENCED ONCE & FOR ALL LATER)
SELECT EITHER JOIN DOMAIN OR PERSONAL USE, (I NEVER CONNECT TO AN M$ ACC.FIRST TIME, AGAIN OPTIONAL)
THERE SEEMS TO BE ABOUT A “GOLDEN HOUR” TO PLAY WITH WHILE WIN10 ALL VER’S HAS BEFORE IT GETS IN TO D/LOADING O.S. UPDATES, BEHIND THE SCENES IT WILL FROM THE “GET-GO” CONNECT TO THE ACTIVATION SERVERS, D/LOAD, SOME LANGUAGE SETTINGS SOME DESKTOP APPS UPDATES, ESSENTIAL DRIVERS BEFORE IT GOES LOOKING FOR UPDATES OF COURSE NOT HAVING NETWORK ENABLED STOPS THIS BUT ITS YOUR CALL. MOVE QUICK & MOST OF THIS SHOULDNT TAKE MUCH MORE THAN 20MINS (OFFICE INSTALL EXCLUDED) IF YOU HAVE NET CONNECTED M$ UPDATE CANT WAIT TO GIVE YOUR MACHINE ITS LATEST OFFERINGS!! ONCE YOUR OUT OF THE “GOLDEN HOUR”
SETTINGS UPDATES & SECURITY
GIVE ME UPDATES FOR OTHER M$ PRODUCTS WHEN I UPDATE WINDOWS:CHECKED
USE MY SIGN IN INFO TO AUTOMATICALLY FINISH SETTING UP MY DEVICE:CHECKED
FEATURE UPDATE ETC DEFERRAL:14 (OPTIONAL)
QUALITY UPDATE ETC DEFERRAL:14 (OPTIONAL)
CHOOSE HOW UPDATES ARE DELIVERED (OPTIONAL, FOR THE SECURITY CONSCIOUS:OFF I DO)
PAUSE UPDATES:OFF (SELF EXPLANATORY REALLY & ENTIRELY OPTIONAL)
NETWORK (OPTIONAL)
NETWORK FILE SHARING FOR “HOMEGROUP” SHOULD BE SET UP BEFORE D/LOADING ANY APPS OR ENTERING “WSREST” @CMD PROMPT.
SINCE WIN8.1 IT SEEMS IF YOU SHARE YOUR USER FOLDER EITHER THROUGH HOMEGROUP OR THE SIMPLE FILE SHARING OR “SPECIFIC PEOPLE”, TAKES YOU TO “CHOOSE PEOPLE TO SHARE WITH”. IT MESSES WITH SOME OF THE DESKTOP APPS AS THEY RESIDE IN YOUR USER FOLDER. YOUR ASSIGNING PERMISSIONS “EN MASSE” AND THE RESULTS ARE RELUCTANT APPS DISAPPEARING, TILES ETC, TO FIX IT INVOLVES “TAKE OWNERSHIP” OF HIDDEN FILES AND QUITE A LOT OF MESSING AROUND.
FOR SIMPLE HASSLE FREE FILE SHARING AND RELIABLE DESKTOP APPS YOU NEED TO RIGHT CLICK ON YOUR HOME FOLDER (OR FOLDER OF YOUR CHOICE FOR SETTING SPECIAL PERMISSIONS ETC) FOLDER NAME -> PROPERTIES -> SHARING -> ADVANVED SHARING -> SELECT SHARE THIS FOLDER -> SELECT #OF USERS -> PERMISSIONS -> ADD -> ADVANCED -> FIND NOW -> SELECT SINGLE GUY ICON FIGURE WITH YOUR NAME -> OK -> SHOULD SEE YOUR NAME & MACHINE ID IN BOX -> OK -> SET YOUR PERMISSIONS -> OK -> OK & YOUR DONE.
NOTE THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF PERMISSIONS/USER OPTIONS AVAILBLE, JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE AS YOU COULD BE IN A WHOLE COMPLICATED WORLD OF HURT. DEFINATELY FOR ADVANCED USERS, IT ETC AND NO REAL BENEFIT FOR HOME/SIMPLE FILE SHARING. (FOR SETTING #OF USERS I NORMALLY SET 2, 1 FOR CURRENT MACHINE & 1 FOR OTHER MACHINE, AFTER ALL ITS DIFFICULT TO BE IN 2 PLACES AT ONE TIME I WOULD SAY 3 PLACES AT ONE TIME WOULD BE A MIRACLE! OF COURSE IF YOU NEED TO SET ACCESS FOR MULTIPLE USERS AT ONE TIME THEN BE GOVERNED ACCORDINGLY, BUT PROBABLY NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR “HOME/USER FOLDER” ANY OTHER FOLDER SURE IF NEEDED)
SETTINGS ETC CONT.
ANY OTHER SETTINGS IN SETTINGS SET AS YOU WISH (BEARING IN MIND THE MORE YOU OPEN IT UP, THE MORE POTENTIAL THERE IS FOR SHARING DATA THAT YOU MAY NOT WISH TO SHARE) ONLY ADVICE I WILL OFFER IF YOU DONT NEED IT DONT ENABLE IT & CAN BE RE-ENABLED AGAIN AS REQ & REMOVING “UNLOVED” APP’S. A BIT OF THOUGHT AND ITS EASY TO SEE WHAT WILL CALL M$ AND WHAT WONT. OBVIOUSLY LOCATION AND ONE ARE TWO OTHERS ARE GOING TO WANT ENABLING (OPTIONAL) FOR WEATHER, MAPS ETC. BASICALLY START AT ONE END OF SETTINGS AND PLOUGH THROUGH ALL THE NOOKS & CRANNIES, AS OF NOW THERES NO HIDDEN SETTINGS THAT CAN COMPLETELY TURN OF TELEMETRY WITH OUT DISABLING IT AND/OR LOSING SOME FUNCTIONALITY.YOU CAN GIVE THIS A TRY FOR LATER ON https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 IF YOU REQ. ABSOLUTE PRIVACY.
WINDOWS 10 MAIL CAN BE ENABLED BY SIMPLY SELECT “OTHER ACCOUNT” (DONT!!! SELECT M$ ACCOUNT, SELECT POP,IMAP ETC. THEN ENTERING:NAME,”JOHN.DOE@OUTLOOK.COM” (NOT MY REAL NAME LOL 🙂 ) PASSWORD AND IT WORKS. THERE IS NO NEED TO ENTER ANY M$ ACC. DETAILS FOR THAT OR ANY OTHER APPS INSTALLED TO MAKE THEM WORK. IN 1703 THE “FREE STUFF” AT THE STORE SEEMS TO BE FREE FOR DOWNLOAD NOW WITHOUT ENTERING AN M$ ACCOUNT, MSN NEWS, SPORTS, MONEY, ADBLOCKPLUS ETC
SHOULD YOU INADVERTANTLY ENTER ANY M$ ACCOUNT DETAILS (EXCEPT AS DETAILED IN MAIL SETUP ABOVE) ON THE MACHINE ITS NEARLY, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IT OUT OF THERE.
INSTALL M$ OFFICE, IF APPLICABLE; THEN (“WSRESET” @ ADMIN.CMD PROMPT) UPDATE DESKTOP APPS ETC AND SELECT ANY APPS YOU WANT FROM THE STORE WHILE THE APPS ARE UPDATING.
(IF YOUR GOING TO REMOVE ANY OF THE APPS LATER ON JUST HIT THE “X” ON THE RIGHT OF SCREEN TO STOP ITS UPDATE D/LOADING (SAVES TIME AND BANDWIDTH)
TIME TO REMOVE THOSE M$ APPS, MAY BE THAT YOU MISSED GOING THROUGH SETTINGS, EVERY ONE HATES OR HAS NO USE FOR, AND THE MYSTERIOUS “UNASKED” FOR APPS THAT JUST SHOW UP, IF ITS A CORE APP OR ONE THATS NOT GOT AN UNINSTALL OPTION, GET ON OVER TO “THE WINDOWS CLUB” AND GET THE “WIN 10 APP REMOVER”, OR YOU CAN PRACTICE YOUR POWER SHELL SKILLS, ITS NOT HARD THERES LOTS OF POWER SHELL SCRIPTS AND ONE LINERS FOR “COPY & PASTE” IN AN ADMIN. POWER SHELL WINDOW.
GPEDIT.MSC SETTINGS WIN 10 V1703 PRO & ABOVE
COMPUTER CONFIG. -> ADMIN. TEMPLATES -> WINDOWS COMPONENTS
DATA COLLECTION & PREVIEW BUILDS
DO NOT SHOW FEEDBACK NOTIFICATIONS:ENABLED
DISABLE PRE-RELEASE FEATURES OR SETTINGS:THIS MACHINE ONLY (NOT CONFIGURED IT ALLOWS M$ TO EXPERIMENT)
ALLOW TELEMETRY:1 BASIC (0 HAS NO EFFECT EXCEPT WIN 10ENT)
WINDOWS UPDATE
CONFIGURE AUTOMATIC UPDATES:ENABLED:2-NOTIFY FOR DOWNLOAD & AUTO INSTALL (CHANGED FROM 1607-NOW AUTO INSTALL, BEFORE WAS “NOTIFY TO INSTALL”)
INSTALL UPDATES MS PRODUCTS:CHECKED (GREY’S OUT IN SETTINGS YELLOW ADMIN WARNING)
INSTALL UPDATES MS PRODUCTS:UNCHECKED (ENABLES CONFIG. FROM SETTINGS)
DO NOT INCLUDE DRIVERS WITH WINDOWS UPDATE:ENABLED
(IF SET BEFORE CONNECTING TO NETWORK WILL STILL D/LOAD ESSENTIAL DRIVERS,IF UNCHECKED WILL D/LOAD ANY DRIVERS
WINDOWS THINKS IT NEEDS, PREVIOUS 1607 WAS GOOD AT BLOCKING NEW PROBLEM DVRS. 1703 YET TO SEE?)
DEFER WINDOWS UPDATES
SELECT WHEN FEATURE UPDATES ARE RECEIVED:CAN BE SET IN SETTINGS OR HERE (BOTH BASICALLY THE SAME)
SELECT WHEN QUALITY UPDARES ARE RECEIVED:CAN BE SET IN SETTINGS OR HERE (BOTH BASICALLY THE SAME)
AFTER GPEDIT SETTINGS ARE DONE PROBABLY A REBOOT IS CALLED FOR
THIS GETS YOU SECURITY ONLY UPDATES & HOLDS OFF THE CUMM.UPDATES FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU SET IT FOR, YOUR NOTIFIED IF ANY UPDATES FOR THE O.S. OR OFFICE, SECURITY ETC SHOW UP BUT THEY WONT INSTALL.(HOWEVER IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN GET THE SECURITY UPDATES OK WITHOUT THEM BACKING UP BEHIND CUMM. UPDATES A DEFINATE PLUS. IN 1607 IF YOU WANTED TO BLOCK AN UPDATE IT HELD UP ALL THE SECURITY UPDATES UNTIL YOU INSTALLED THE CUMM.UPDATE) GIVES A BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WITHOUT “DIVING” IN TO THE GPEDIT SETTINGS EVERY 10 MINS. AND GIVES A MODICUM OR VENEER OF PRIVACY. VER 1607 USING SAME SETTINGS AS THESE PRETTY MUCH STOPPED ANYTHING GOING TO M$ VIA BROWSING HISTORY ETC BUT LOCATION DID! (THOUGH NOT VERY ACCURATELY) THERES LINKS TO M$ PRIVACY DATA PAGE IN SETTINGS WORTH A CHECK ONCE IN A WHILE.
NOTE BY NOW ALL THE UPDATES FOR OFFICE ETC SHOULD BE IN, IF NOT YOU MAY HAVE TO HIT CHECK & D/LOAD UPDATES, IF THERES A “DODGY UPDATE” OUT THERE THEN MAY BE HOLD OFF UNTIL YOU GET THE ALL CLEAR HERE 🙂
THERE’S TON’S OF OTHER PRIVACY SETTINGS BUT THEY ARE PRETTY OBVIOUS TO TURN ON OR OFF THESE SUGGESTIONS ARE JUST FOR STARTER’S & UPDATES, NORMALLY AFTER ALL THATS SET I DO MY CUSTOMISATIONS ETC SHOULD IN THE FUTURE YOU GET A CUMM UPDATE ALWAYS A GOOD PRACTICE TO CHECK YOUR GROUP POLICIES, CUSTOM REG. SETTINGS & MISC. TWEAKS AS WIN10 HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CHANGE STUFF BEHIND THE SCENES.
PS AS OF POSTING STILL ON “WINVER” 15063.11 SO THE DEFER SEEINGS STILL APPEAR TO WORK, HOWEVER KB4016250 “SNOOK IN” WITH OFFICE 2016 U/D’S HENCE NOW ON 15063.11. AS OF 15/04/2017 (CURRENT VER WITH UPDATES INSTALLED IS 15063.138) MORE INFO @ https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/ongoing-list-of-bugs-in-win10-creators-update/
ANY TIPS SUGGESTIONS ALWAYS WELCOME, AND TRUST ME I PROBABLY HAVE MISSED SOMTHING, AS THIS IS NOT A DEFINITIVE GUIDE JUST WHAT APPEARS TO WORK FOR ME 🙂
