O&O ShutUp10 - Do not use Windows 10 without it!

Oh yes

 

Has anyone experienced Apps under Settings crashing with "SystemSettings.exe" exception (Array bounds exceeded) after using OOSU10? Reinstalling windows second day in a row now and always getting this error after I tweak the OOSU10 settings (using the settings guidelines from first post in this thread)

 

PC Settings crash randomly for me on the latest build and so was the case in Redstone 4, particularly when I go to PC Settings > Apps, instant crash. After a few tries it works so I don't think O&O ShutUp is the culprit.

 

Maybe just a coincidence since I usually tweak OOSU at the end of setting things up on fresh install and then noticed this bug. I didn't really think it was OOSU10 but who know... Guess I've just wasted 2 evenings for nothing trying to figure it out then In any case, the software is quite amazing at making Win10 more or less usable. And thanks for the settings guide!

 

O&O ShutUp10 1.6.1403 released September 10, 2019

Spoiler: Changelog

Version 1.6.1403 – released September 10, 2019

• NEW: Chinese (simplified) language integrated
• NEW: Search field in task bar can be deactivated (from Windows 10 1903)
• FIX: Deactivating the Bing search is only recommended reservedly, as there are currently problems with Windows search under Windows 10 1903
• FIX: The wording in the English version was changed from passive to active to make it clearer
• Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.7.1404 – released December 03, 2019

Version 1.7
1.7.1404 – released December 03, 2019

• NEW: Category “Activity History and Clipboard” added
• NEW: Disable user activity recordings
• NEW: Disable saving the activity history of users on this device
• NEW: Disable transfer of user activity to Microsoft
• NEW: Deactivate storage of the history of the clipboard
• NEW: Disable transfer of the clipboard to other devices via the cloud
• FIX: Display of menus on touchscreen corrected
• FIX: Adjustments to the HighContrast modes
• Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

• NEW: Disable transfer of user activity to Microsoft
• NEW: Deactivate storage of the history of the clipboard
• NEW: Disable transfer of the clipboard to other devices via the cloud

Are you serious???
1909 does THIS by default ????????????????????? Or was this back in 1903 too?

 

Not the clipboard part but the user activity has been there before:

• How to disable "Activity History" permanently

 

Don't rely on only one software to stop Micro$lopes spying. They use every tricks in the book! Exactly as the Malware company Avast. They want everything from your life.

Windows Privacy Dashboard

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.7.1405 – released December 06, 2019

1.7.1405 – released December 06, 2019

• FIX: Application of predefined settings via menu were not saved
• Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

Awesome, thank you

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.7.1406 – released Feb 04, 2020

1.7.1406 – released January 04, 2020

• NEW: Online speech recognition can be deactivated
• NEW: Differentiation of settings according to effect for the entire computer or current users
• NEW: Clipboard deactivation extended
• NEW: Revised access of apps to computer location
• NEW: When creating settings via the menu, the previous settings of the other categories are no longer reset
• FIX: Application of imported settings were not saved
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

Is there any way to run this tool without having administrator rights? Thanks!

 

No, it needs administrator privileges to be able to change system settings.

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.7.1407 – released Feb 11, 2020

1.7.1407 – released February 11, 2020

• NEW: Output of the parameter description for command line calls extended
• FIX: Use of imported settings via command line were not saved
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.7.1408 - released Feb 24, 2020


1.7.1408 – released February 24, 2020

• NEW: Deactivate automatic saving and filling of credit card data
• NEW: Deactivate the start of Microsoft Edge in the background
• NEW: Deactivate loading of the start and new tab pages in the background
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1409 - released Mar 24, 2020

Now up in Version 1.8

1.8.1409 – released March 24, 2020

• NEW: Combination of multiple settings in a single setting
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

I personally disable everything except cortana and search....fast and long battery life

 

LOL, disables everything but leaves the most obnoxious virus

 

?cortana is a voice assistant that is very helpful and why would you disable search

 

1) that's a personal choice if you think any personal assistant is worth it. In my personal experience, they are stupid and clumsy and don't understand what I tell them 90% of the time and I don't give a darn about the usual commands like "Hey *insert name of useless personal assistant here*, what's the weather today?"

2) Anything you ask the assistant is sent to Microsoft, you may not care but some people do.

3) search? search what? Disabling Cortana doesn't mean you don't have search, look at the image above where I showed you how there is a search built in to the Open Search Start Menu.

4) Speaking of search, try this experiment.

Go to your This PC (Explorer), in the top right, type *.pdf and hit enter, then start counting how many seconds it takes Windows to locate all PDF files on your computer with its magical Windows Search Indexing Service.

It would take north of 50 seconds to complete the full search on an SSD.

Now try installing Everything which doesn't even rely on the Windows Search Indexing service and do the same test, it would take literally 0.5 seconds to find every PDF file. That's just one example.

Finally, do what you wish, it's your computer but just sayin....

 

yeah OK....I'm a rookie with windows 10 miss windows 7....so your saying it will speed up the computer by disabling it?

I personally have nothing to hide and couldn't care less if microsoft hears what im saying. I'll disable search indexing and see what that does to performance, I thought it means disabling the search box on the bottom left. i disabled all services I didnt need and when I search in that box for say intel graphics control panel it takes less than half a second not 50 seconds, but I digress I think we are talking about two completey different search features...

your the expert, I come here to learn...not to argue and be put down for enjoying something someone else does not...we are all entitled to our opinions and when someones opinion is not the exact same as yours just nod and smile you know. here in canada and the western side of the world we learn these basic social skills in grade 1 and 2. not so sure about the far east..

but watch....I agree with you I digress, i'll take your advice as I know you know what your talking about. so Thanks

 

Useful? ORLY? How so?

Cortana is NOT a necessary component for Windows Search to function. It's just a gimmick piece of crap to assist the Redmond Retards with data collection and their ever-advancing privacy invasion quest. Windows Search works flawlessly with Cortana completely removed.

Sure, it seems cool like something geeky from a corny sci-fi movie, but Cortana, the AI digi-slut is no bueno. The Micro$lop Digi-Nazis probably felt like they needed something to compete in their battle for the Stupidity Crown against the likes of the other digi-sluts, Alexa and Siri. But, they're all just worthless AI tramps.

 

Oh no what you are doing is application search which is very easy on any system since Windows is only looking in a few places (app installed locations) so. The search I was talking about is a system wide search like searching for a particular document, photo, etc. I didn't say disable the Indexing Service. I don't disable any services on my computer other than the "Connected user experiences and telemetry service" because I found that disabling other services provides no performance benefits and might only cause Event Log viewer non-stop logs of this or that thing not working.

As for the app search you are talking about, that is fine to keep my only gripe is with Cortana, not the fact that I care or not about Microsoft knowing anything about me but I just don't like being spied on if you know what I mean. To each his own off-course.

 

The more people use the Cortana spybox, the more Info will they collect about you and your computer usage. Drag it further.... The more people use it, more of similar trash will be added into Win 10. = Double tragedy for the OS users. There is no limits how to destroy the OS!

 

so your saying disable cortana?

I do kinda like it your going to hate me for saying that but I like saying....hey cortana whats the weather like in osoyoos or medicine hat ecetera....not much other use for it besides weather......is there an app for weather on the main screen? and thanks guys im truely grateful you guys know so much and are willing to share !! props to @Papusan and @Mr. Fox and @Spartan

 

I dunno about you bro but I personally think that if I was going to use an assistant, Google Assistant stomps over them all. Understands almost anything even when you talk to it using natural language and can do way better things than telling you the weather, it can be taught who is your wife for example (from your contact list) then send her an SMS or call or schedule a meeting or setup an alarm or tell you the time when you're half asleep and don't want to reach to your phone to unlock it. But using Cortana just tell you the weather is just meh. My opinion offcourse use what you like but what I'm saying is, if you were going to use a digital personal assistant, at least choose a decent one (ie. your phone).

 

If you like it then just leave it alone. I don't have any use for it, but that doesn't mean someone else doesn't. I don't think any less of you if your opinion is different than mine.

I don't like any of them... Cortana, Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant. I'd rather just enter my search information the old fashioned way and not have any kind of stupid AI crap "helping" me.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/25118-enable-disable-cortana-windows-10-a.html

The main point of my last post was to clarify that Cortana is NOT a necessary component of Windows 10 and if the Redmond Retards were interested in making people happy they would make removing Cortana the Digi-Slut a simple one-click nuke-it operation. But, they're Nazis and don't give a rat's butt about the people that don't want their bloatware trash.

 

Do I need to run that reg file if I only disabled Cortana via GPE (not using O&O ShutUp10 anymore) or is GPE enough?

 

Probably GPE will do it. But, it won't get rid of the CPU-clock-sucking Cortana service crap. It will still be running and leeching resources that could be used for something more important.

This should also work for folks using Windoze OS X Home for Dummies Edition

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/disable-cortana-replace-windows-search/

If you really want to be rid of the cancer, install Windows 10 2019 LTSC or use this: https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-uninstall-and-remove-cortana-in-windows-10/

and, while you're at it, use this, too... https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-uninstall-and-remove-edge-browser-in-windows-10/

 

spartan how do I get google assistant on windows 10

 

Just checked my registry editor, everything looks in order.

 

Yes, they are correct. Cortana should be disabled, but not actually removed.

Does Task Manager show Cortana running?

Nice that LTSC does not have Cortana at all. Nothing needs to be disabled because it's not there.

 

you can't, what I meant is on your smartphone. Also, you wanna quote me or tag me for me to see that you've directed a question to me otherwise I would've missed your post but I happened to just stumble upon it by accident.

If you disable Cortana but still see it in task manager, that is not the actual cortana but the search.exe has been renamed to cortana so it's ok.
Why Is Cortana Still Running in the Background After You Disable It?

 

Still... You won't see the Cortana name in Task manager as in the link. Nothing. It is a relief to not have to see the ugly icon or name in there

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1410 - released April 12, 2020

1.8.1410 – released May 12, 2020

• NEW: Detected changes to the settings are displayed again when the program is started again, unless they have been explicitly accepted
• NEW: Accepted changes to the settings remain visible until the next program start
• NEW: Deactivate app access to diagnostic information on this device
• NEW: Deactivate app access to camera on this device
• NEW: Deactivate app access to microphone on this device
• NEW: Deactivate app access to notifications on this device
• FIX: Deactivate app access to diagnostic information for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to user account information for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to calendar for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to email for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to tasks for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to messages for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to documents for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to images for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to videos for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to the file system for current users
• FIX: Italian comments in the Config-File edited
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1411 - released June 02, 2020

1.8.1411 – released June 2, 2020

• NEW: Disable app access to motion on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to movements for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to phone calls on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to phone calls for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to radios on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to radios for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to unpaired devices on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to unpaired devices for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to device location on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to device location for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to unpaired devices on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to unpaired devices for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to eye tracking on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to eye tracking for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to use voice activation for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to use voice activation when device is locked for current user
• FIX: Disable app access to your location
• FIX: Disable app access to wireless connections
• FIX: Disable app access to loosely coupled devices
• FIX: Saving the language settings was not performed correctly in some cases
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

We need this for Android and iOS even more than Windoze. Disable app access to everything except for itself.

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1412

Changelog:

1.8.1412 – released June 9, 2020

• NEW: Disable tracking in the web
• NEW: Disable search and website suggestions
• NEW: Disable SmartScreen Filter
• NEW: Disable automatic completion of web addresses in address bar
• NEW: Disable form suggestions
• NEW: Disable user feedback in toolbar
• NEW: Disable storing and autocompleting of credit card data on websites
• NEW: Disable check for saved payment methods by sites
• NEW: Disable sending info about websites visited
• NEW: Disable sending data about browser usage
• NEW: Disable personalizing advertising, search, news and other services
• NEW: Disable use of web service to resolve navigation errors
• NEW: Disable suggestion of similar sites when website cannot be found
• NEW: Disable suggestions from local providers
• NEW: Disable preload of pages for faster browsing and searching
• NEW: Disable suggestions in the timeline
• NEW: Disable suggestions in Start
• NEW: Disable tips, tricks, and suggestions when using Windows
• NEW: Disable showing suggested content in the Settings app
• NEW: Disable text suggestions when typing on the software keyboard
• FIX: Malformed configuration files will be handled by the application
• FIX: Description of Microsoft Edge for new and legacy version changed
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

Hmmm....

 

Clear your DNS Cache and Browser Cache then Reboot:

 

Was out with the dog. Come back and downloaded the file.

 

I see you like to draw cartoons with FastStone Capture now!

 

I should have used O&O

I used WPD with Windows update blocker enabled (checked) and i still received an message to reboot my Windows to complete installing an update.

So i made a recovery point in hope the update will not kill my Windows.

 

I can't see that Windows can update your machine if you have killed Win update in services (exactly what Windows update blocker does). WUB is also used by other tools as well. The well known Sledgehammer tool rely on WUB.

See also the other tool.
StopUpdates10 — New tool to stop Windows Updates

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1413 - released June 16, 2020

1.8.1413 – released June 16, 2020

• NEW: Disable Windows Error Reporting
• FIX: Bug when using the app with Windows 10 Build 14393 fixed
• FIX: Corrected spelling mistakes in translations
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

Hello, new to all of this. I have just finished reading this thread. Just got a new Dell Inspiron (5585) computer about a month ago. I have not done anything to it thus far except to add Brave browser, a year subscription to Mcafee (installed just yesterday by a Mcafee employee via remote computer (I did not have the knowledge or skill to do it myself), and just now, I installed O and O Shutup10. I think I installed it correctly and did the "apply only recommended settings". I then did a restart of the computer. Do I need to do anything else?

I will slowly, over the next few months, make a few further changes. I am hoping that this app/mod will do most of what I want done. From reading on here, I know that it is not near what most of you folks think should be modded/changed, but, I have to be careful, since my wife uses this computer and is very particular to what I can do to it. Any quick suggestions for a newbie to look at next?

I will continue to read the tweaks and tips section. But, I doubt that I can do the "clean Installation". Thanks again for all the work and effort and time you people put into these tutorials, suggestions, mods, etc.

 

You should be in pretty good shape. Much better than before you started.

 

Remember open up O&O Shutup10 a second time after reboot. Sometimes at least one settings will reverse back to default. At least was this the behaviour before. Do the same inspection also after every time the OS is patched (after Patch Tuesday). Open up and check that the settings is set correct.

 

I don't remember what was ticked or not, so I did open it up and redid the apply only recommended changes, so I assume that is fine and will make it last?