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ChrisTitusTech / winutil

Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility - Install Programs, Tweaks, Fixes, and Updates
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Hosts file #1112

Closed Obegg closed 1 year ago

Obegg commented 1 year ago

To completely shut up windows 10, add hosts file that will block the following URLs:

www.bing.com
login.live.com
cxcs.microsoft.net
ecn.dev.virtualearth.net
client.wns.windows.com

Fresh installed windows 10 and only those URLs I couldn't stop, the only way I can is using hosts file

Obegg commented 1 year ago

client.wns.windows.com could shut up if I use Get-Service -Name WpnService | Set-Service -StartupType Disabled

anonyao commented 1 year ago

Its way more servers to block if u that paranoid ;p

Obegg commented 1 year ago

Uhm? Windows after clean install + debloat + privacy settings = all the URLs I mentioned, nothing else. You are free to experiment on your own machine and confirm this, I already did, I've been running a new machine like this for 3 days or so, and those URLs are the only ones that "shouldn't" be there since there's nothing on the machine, nothing installed, everything removed (edge, MS store etc)

anonyao commented 1 year ago

Trust me its many more versions of windows / ms servers who can be used if some is blocked. I had a host file with around 3-400 servers who was connected as universal servers if orginal is blocked. But i dont know fo sure if u need to block all them ;p

ChrisTitusTech commented 1 year ago

I won't make modifications to the hosts, and blocking login.live.com will have big ramifications for O365 users and outlook.com users.