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1. Pay for a license of Win Pro.

2. Win11Debloat - https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

3. O&O Shutup - https://www.oo-software.com/

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I would also add:

WindowBlinds 11 - https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/ - Reskin your GUI elements to make it look like Windows 7.

Start 11 - https://www.stardock.com/products/start11/ - Bring back a more classic Start Menu UX.

Are all of these apps and the parent’s apps safe? I feel uneasy having to install a bunch of random things, not knowing really what they may be doing.

I don't know about Win11Debloat (Though it's open source, so you can check it yourself), but O&O has been in business for a couple decades now. I used to use their Defrag app back in the WinXP days.

WindowBlinds 11 and Start 11 are made by Stardock, who has also made some AAA games like Ashes of the Singularity and the Galactic Civilizations series. They've also released other utilities for Windows to improve UX. If you've ever heard of a program called Multiplicity that allows you to use one mouse/keyboard for two computers without a KVM switch, that's Stardock.

I personally use WindowBlinds on my Win10 PC because Win7 with the Classic theme (Which I guess really is just Win98) was peak UI and I will never move on from it. I love my grey taskbar with 3D buttons.

Paying the abuser for the abuse is wild

or simply use win10 ltsc + massgrave + o&o and use the last decent windows forever.

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