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tonyping / Windows Defender Exclusions for Developer.ps1
Created August 16, 2023 16:23 — forked from nerzhulart/Windows Defender Exclusions for Developer.ps1
Adds Windows Defender exclusions for developers (Visual Studio, JetBrains Rider, IntellIJ Idea, Git, MsBuild, dotnet, mono etc.)
$userPath = $env:USERPROFILE
$pathExclusions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
$processExclusions = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Windows\assembly') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add($userPath + '\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild') > $null
$pathExclusions.Add('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0') > $null

Windows 10/11 Registry Edits

Hardware acceleration

  1. Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers
  2. Under the "GraphicsDrivers" key create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named "HwSchMode"
  3. Set the Hexadecimal value to 2
  4. Restart PC

Large Taskbar

  1. Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
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tonyping / reclaimWindows10.ps1
Created November 5, 2018 21:07 — forked from alirobe/reclaimWindows10.ps1
This Windows 10 Setup Script turns off a bunch of unnecessary Windows 10 telemetery, bloatware, & privacy things. Not guaranteed to catch everything. Review and tweak before running. Reboot after running. Scripts for reversing are included and commented. Fork of https://github.com/Disassembler0/Win10-Initial-Setup-Script (different defaults). N.…
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# Tweaked Win10 Initial Setup Script
# Primary Author: Disassembler <disassembler@dasm.cz>
# Modified by: alirobe <alirobe@alirobe.com> based on my personal preferences.
# Version: 2.20.2, 2018-09-14
# Primary Author Source: https://github.com/Disassembler0/Win10-Initial-Setup-Script
# Tweaked Source: https://gist.github.com/alirobe/7f3b34ad89a159e6daa1/
# Tweak difference:
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# @alirobe's version is a subset focused on safely disabling telemetry, some 'smart' features and 3rd party bloat ...