#Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/
Ars Technica
How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2
A new major Windows 11 release means a new guide for cleaning up the OS.
n0rthl1ght/ahwt: Another Hardening Windows Tool – GitHub
GPL-3.0 license
AHWT - another hardening tool for Windows operating systems.
Description (on RUS)
Program is a script generator with collection of parameters and recommendations from CIS Benchmarks and DoD STIGs with some adjusments.
All parameters placed in databases with the names of the operating systems that are used to.
Parameters were checked and tested according to official MS documentation and researchers opinion.
Scripts generates in 2 modes - auto and manual.
All databases have profiles for each operating system min/med/full which corresponds with Minimum (only level 3 parameters (CIS lvl 2/STIG lvl 3)), Medium (level 2 & 3 parameters (CIS lvl 1 & 2/STIG lvl 2)) and Full (lvl 1-3 parameters).
#Windows #Hardening #Security
GPL-3.0 license
AHWT - another hardening tool for Windows operating systems.
Description (on RUS)
Program is a script generator with collection of parameters and recommendations from CIS Benchmarks and DoD STIGs with some adjusments.
All parameters placed in databases with the names of the operating systems that are used to.
Parameters were checked and tested according to official MS documentation and researchers opinion.
Scripts generates in 2 modes - auto and manual.
All databases have profiles for each operating system min/med/full which corresponds with Minimum (only level 3 parameters (CIS lvl 2/STIG lvl 3)), Medium (level 2 & 3 parameters (CIS lvl 1 & 2/STIG lvl 2)) and Full (lvl 1-3 parameters).
#Windows #Hardening #Security