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Just randomly came across this one and it looked so good that I formatted my laptop (which runs windows, unfortunately for battery reasons) and did the set-up with this script. It is FOSS and very easy to use.
It can remove edge, cortana and other microsoft junk software, while being able to quickly install stuff, set-up profiles, etc.
I know people have mostly gotten over it at this point but it still irks me when I see an installer that’s just “pipe this random script from the internet directly into an admin terminal”. They should at least put a note like “hey this is potentially a dangerous action. you should ideally download this locally and inspect it first before you run it” even if most people aren’t gonna do it.
edit: I’m such an idiot. My God. So i ran a different os hardening script. Guess what my dumbass forgot to do? Confirm the local admin username and password. Guess who’s locked out. Me. Woooow lol don’t be dumb like me. Create a checklist before hand. I guess i learned a fucking lesson lol.
The developer is quite transparent about all the possible effects of this script. It tweaks to a point that you’ll still receive security updates, and feature updates are a bit delayed.
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I know people have mostly gotten over it at this point but it still irks me when I see an installer that’s just “pipe this random script from the internet directly into an admin terminal”. They should at least put a note like “hey this is potentially a dangerous action. you should ideally download this locally and inspect it first before you run it” even if most people aren’t gonna do it.
Here’s the GitHub for it. I agree that I’m not one to just run a script blindly. https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
edit: I’m such an idiot. My God. So i ran a different os hardening script. Guess what my dumbass forgot to do? Confirm the local admin username and password. Guess who’s locked out. Me. Woooow lol don’t be dumb like me. Create a checklist before hand. I guess i learned a fucking lesson lol.
The developer is quite transparent about all the possible effects of this script. It tweaks to a point that you’ll still receive security updates, and feature updates are a bit delayed.
I’m sure it’s not a malicious script, but it’s not a good idea to pipe an internet resource into an admin terminal. What if his website gets hacked?
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