new Windows Home laptop checklist

1. USE GEEKUNINSTALLER FOR ANY BLOATWARE:

https://geekuninstaller.com

2. ENABLE GROUP POLICY EDITOR (gpedit.msc) WITH ADMIN COMMAND PROMPT:

FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum") DO (DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F")
FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum") DO (DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F")

3. INSTALL WINAERO TWEAKER:

https://winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/

4. INSTALL EXPLORER PATCHER:

https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

5. DISABLE WINDOWS WEB SEARCH:

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/disable-windows-web-search