hey all, if you’re using Windows 11 I highly highly recommend that you run O&O ShutUp 10 on it in order to disable as much spyware as you feel comfortable disabling. this isn’t just about protecting your own privacy but also about protecting the privacy of anyone you communicate with

O&O ShutUp 10 doesn’t require any technical skill to set up other than understanding its UI. it should be relatively simple to run it and disable what you want to disable

if any aspect of the UI doesn’t make sense to you, or anything about my post doesn’t make sense, here’s a video that hopefully does a good job of explaining why and how to use O&O ShutUp 10

also, one more thing to keep in mind: sometimes Windows will reset your privacy settings when it updates, so be sure to re-run O&O ShutUp 10 periodically (maybe once a month?) to make sure that your privacy settings haven’t been reset. from what I understand O&O ShutUp 10 will automatically detect that your settings have been changed and offer to change them back for you