I am going to start off by saying, The first thing you have to do is installing applications. So here are a few I always install: Apps I use

Bitlocker

Disable it ASAP

uninstalling apps

  1. I recommend uninstalling Onedrive if you don’t use it. You can do this the normal way: how to uninstall most apps
  2. Cortana
    1. Open Start.
    2. Search for PowerShell, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
    3. Type the following command to uninstall Cortana from Windows 10 and press Enter:Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage
  3. Feedback hub: how to uninstall most apps
  4. Edge:
    • might not work
    1. Open Start.
    2. Search for PowerShell, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
    3. Type the following command to uninstall Cortana from Windows 10 and press Enter: **Get-AppxPackage *edge* | Remove-AppxPackage**

Remove startup apps

  1. Ctrl+Shift+esc to open task manager
  2. go to startup
  3. disable the following:
    1. Microsoft Edge
    2. Microsoft teams