Take control of your Win 7

[moond0ggie]

I gathered these in response to Stilly , but thought it could make a good topic....

if you are using win7 , you can optimize your system by starting from scratch.
If you dont have an install disk, you can find one....

https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+iso+downloader&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

If you have a Major OEM PC the install will be automatically activated via SLIC


also, Win 7 saves & collects everything you ever did on your PC & sends it back to MS.

Get Process Monitor & take a look at whats happening behind the scenes.....
You will not believe how busy NTAUTHORITY/SYSTEM is.

https://live.sysinternals.com/Procmon.exe

https://live.sysinternals.com/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon

https://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson4/all/

You are better off saving all your stuff & reloading Win7
I do my own component builds using RT7lite

https://www.google.com/search?q=rt7lite&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

You can dL here, MajorGeeks is trusted site...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/rt_se7en_lite.html

A guide...http://lifehacker.com/5894838/custom...of-your-dreams

If you really want to get serious you can make your own install using
Install.wim
boot.wim

You will also like to have these on hand...it allows you to bypass NTAUTHORITY/SYSTEM & access/DELETE any files you want on your Win7

http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Any one who thinks being 'Administrator' gives them any power over their PC, is being fooled.

This topic is for PC enthusiast who like to optimise their own system.....

If you have additional info, share it.

ps, I started modding Win 98, then went all in on XP-RyanVM,
then I bought a bunch of newer computers & SATA hard drives at a thrift store & have done over 50 component builds of Windows 7 for practice & fun.
I am in it for $300.
I love messin with tech for a hobbie.
I have also done the DD-WRT modds & a lot of other neat stuff.
Id like to check out the 'Raspberry pie' too, someday

Share your PC tech too....

edit ; Aug 20th
I added some links to Win7 alternatives , post 7

[stilly]

Well thank you for sharing that. I used to be a ninja back in the days but that was Windows XP and 98SE.

There ARE some good things but certainly, with all of the tinfoil hat stuff that turns out to be true- thinking you have 100% control over your MS item is more of a myth it seems. Third party is the way to go for a lot of tools.

Thanks for sharing. I was actually looking into making a router next since my routers seem to break too damn much.

https://www.pfsense.org/

Also, for monitoring my internet connection, I use a program called Net UPTIME Monitor and for what it does, $9.95 is a most EXCELLENT price. https://netuptimemonitor.com/

My master system is a constant project too. I actually want to put in a 4 drive SAS set made of those cheap SAS drives, but I need a controller card to make it a RAID or JBOD setup as SAS do not appear to want to boot or work well from the motherboard. I need a SAS controller/ RAID card.

Also, I am now keeping a 128GB USB 3.0 drive to put all of the software/utilities that I want to reinstall and things I use on. I only have about 20GB filled so far so that is a good thing but by keeping things on a usb drive, it makes installing them and finding them easy.

[moond0ggie]

I think you need to change the BIOS settings from ATA to UDMA for those drives.
Its nice to have a spare computer to mess with will still being able to use your regular one.

A place by me, 'Grey Bears' has a thrift store & one Sat a month is 1/2 price day.
I bought a couple of decent PCs for $45. EACH. Intel 4core 3.2ghz w/ 8gb RAM with Win7 licenses.
They automatically activate Win7 , so I have been doing a lot of experimental installs.

Turn off Win 7 updates, as they dont really have any more security fixes....mostly MS intrusion.

I'll check out your links...

Good luck on your projects.

[Dragunov]

I gathered these in response to Stilly , but thought it could make a good topic....

if you are using win7 , you can optimize your system by starting from scratch.
If you dont have an install disk, you can find one....

https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+iso+downloader&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

If you have a Major OEM PC the install will be automatically activated via SLIC


also, Win 7 saves & collects everything you ever did on your PC & sends it back to MS.

Get Process Monitor & take a look at whats happening behind the scenes.....
You will not believe how busy NTAUTHORITY/SYSTEM is.

https://live.sysinternals.com/Procmon.exe

https://live.sysinternals.com/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon

https://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson4/all/

You are better off saving all your stuff & reloading Win7
I do my own component builds using RT7lite

https://www.google.com/search?q=rt7lite&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

You can dL here, MajorGeeks is trusted site...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/rt_se7en_lite.html

A guide...http://lifehacker.com/5894838/custom...of-your-dreams

If you really want to get serious you can make your own install using
Install.wim
boot.wim

You will also like to have these on hand...it allows you to bypass NTAUTHORITY/SYSTEM & access/DELETE any files you want on your Win7

http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Any one who thinks being 'Administrator' gives them any power over their PC, is being fooled.

This topic is for PC enthusiast who like to optimise their own system.....

If you have additional info, share it.

ps, I bought a bunch of computers & SATA hard drives at a thrift store & have done over 50 component builds of Windows 7 for practice & fun.
I am in it for $300.
I love messin with tech for a hobbie.
I have also done the DD-WRT modds & a lot of other neat stuff.
Id like to check out the 'onion routers' too, someday

Share your PC tech too....

Windows 7 isn't as invasive as 8, 8.1, or WinX.

For the layman, Spybot Anti Beacon is a good program to stop 90% of invasive crap. You CAN get full contol over Win7, but it requires you to be able to do two things:

Mastery over the registry, and the ability to write low-level code.

I'm still a "Ninja" and I do this for customers, and myself. However, you need to know exactly what a computer is going to be used for, and know exactly what you're doing. I taught 94/f, 25/u, 25/b for the DoD, for 3 months out of the year for twenty years, and did SIPRNET security. It is doable.

The closest you'll get as a civilian (unless you're a LLLanguage programmer), would be Spybot Anti Beacon, and knowing your registry, and exactly what you'll be doing with the computer.

If you don't know your registry, Anti-Beacon will suffice for most people.

[moond0ggie]

^^^
I can do regedits & hex edits, but I usually like to follow a guide,
those are some of the best mods I like to do.
I'll have to check out the Spybot Anti Beacon.
I havent run any anti spy or malware programs for the last couple years.
A lot of them seem to be too intrusive & resource hogs of themselves.
Thanks for the info.

[cid`]

windows 7 + chrome + disable updates +little common sense = all you need

windows updates do ZERO to improve your computer in general, it just adds bloat and unwanted features..

all reporting and telemetry is added via windows updates (KB3075249, KB3080149 and KB3068708).

[moond0ggie]

Here are some Windows 7 alternatives , they are open source or re-worked versions of Win7 ,
They will run on a USB stick also.

The first one can also operate on a 'Live CD' which runs on a DVD/CD in memory, no install necessary.

ReactOS open source project https://www.reactos.org/

Q4OS open source project https://www.q4os.org/

Tiny7 hacked version of Win7 https://www.google.com/search?q=tiny...ient=firefox-a

Tiny7 dL links

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AIH21KfHrLtVl4A&cid=5D14463C7411A0AC&id=5D14463C7411A0AC!2447&parId=5D14463C7411A0AC!2446&action=locate

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B6SX2ifcziwlNy1DRXg0eGdCcTA

[FeuerFrei]

Bagged for later

Sent using a long string and 2 Dixie cups

[Dragunov]

I gathered these in response to Stilly , but thought it could make a good topic....

if you are using win7 , you can optimize your system by starting from scratch.
If you dont have an install disk, you can find one....

https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+iso+downloader&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

If you have a Major OEM PC the install will be automatically activated via SLIC


also, Win 7 saves & collects everything you ever did on your PC & sends it back to MS.

Get Process Monitor & take a look at whats happening behind the scenes.....
You will not believe how busy NTAUTHORITY/SYSTEM is.

https://live.sysinternals.com/Procmon.exe

https://live.sysinternals.com/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon

https://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson4/all/

You are better off saving all your stuff & reloading Win7
I do my own component builds using RT7lite

https://www.google.com/search?q=rt7lite&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

You can dL here, MajorGeeks is trusted site...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/rt_se7en_lite.html

A guide...http://lifehacker.com/5894838/custom...of-your-dreams

If you really want to get serious you can make your own install using
Install.wim
boot.wim

You will also like to have these on hand...it allows you to bypass NTAUTHORITY/SYSTEM & access/DELETE any files you want on your Win7

http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Any one who thinks being 'Administrator' gives them any power over their PC, is being fooled.

This topic is for PC enthusiast who like to optimise their own system.....

If you have additional info, share it.

ps, I bought a bunch of computers & SATA hard drives at a thrift store & have done over 50 component builds of Windows 7 for practice & fun.
I am in it for $300.
I love messin with tech for a hobbie.
I have also done the DD-WRT modds & a lot of other neat stuff.
Id like to check out the 'onion routers' too, someday

Share your PC tech too....

edit ; Aug 20th
I added some links to Win7 alternatives , post 7

I have done far more than 50 of these. I concur, there are a few ways of doing what is posted, but this one works also.

Good post.

[Dragunov]

windows 7 + chrome + disable updates +little common sense = all you need

windows updates do ZERO to improve your computer in general, it just adds bloat and unwanted features..

all reporting and telemetry is added via windows updates (KB3075249, KB3080149 and KB3068708).

This works too.