Tweaks

Releases and Editions

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC is a version with less updates and less noise.
Windows 10 Releases
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Windows Cleaner

Windows Base Install (depending on the release you are using) comes with more or less possibly undesired settings/applications. Here are some tools that take care of that:

Sophia Script for Windows: https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows

Be careful with these tools and scripts; ideally copy those parts of the script you want and create your own.

Commands that help

Export current drivers: pnputil /export-driver * e:\treiber

Pimp Desktop

Note really required and may just waste laptop battery life and/or desktop CPU but nice to look at/use:

Animated Background and Screen Saver: https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively
Microsoft PowerToys: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/
Ear Trumpet: https://github.com/File-New-Project/EarTrumpet

Useful shortcuts

App volume and device preferences

URI for "App volume and device preferences" is: ms-settings:apps-volume

Create a file e.g. winaudio.url with the following content:

[{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
Prop3=19,0
[InternetShortcut]
IDList=
URL=ms-settings:apps-volume