## piracy - windows activation

[KMS Activator](https://yzyveojj6tqzqwe5muzglg-on.drv.tw/KVA/ReadMe36.html)
The original open source repo for KMS related activation & research.

[KMS Server Emulator written in Python](https://github.com/SystemRage/py-kms)
open source KMS Server Emulator written in Python.

[PIDChecker](https://github.com/BlackRouter/PIDChecker/)
Validate and check Microsoft Product keys.

[W10-Digital-License-Activation-Script-4](https://github.com/trungx/W10-Digital-License-Activation-Script-4)
Activate the Windows 10 permanently with digital License.

[GitHub - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts: A Windows and Office activator using HWID / Ohook / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods, with a focus on open-source code and fewer antivirus detections.](https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts)

[MAS](https://massgrave.dev/)

[Virtual Disk Images - Home](http://virtualdiskimages.weebly.com/)

[GitHub - kkkgo/KMS_VL_ALL: KMS_VL_ALL - Smart Activation Script](https://github.com/kkkgo/KMS_VL_ALL)
[GitHub - abbodi1406/KMS_VL_ALL_AIO: Smart Activation Script](https://github.com/abbodi1406/KMS_VL_ALL_AIO)

[How-To Make Microsoft Activation Server](https://mananapr.github.io/microsoft_activation.html)

[CD Key Reader](http://www.cathonian.com/software/cd-keyreader/)
Find Key used to Install Windows

[Office License Isn't Genuine](https://web.archive.org/web/20211014003224/https://windowsaddict.ml/office-license-is-not-genuine)
Fix Office Activation Issues

[Windows Piracy Guide](https://rentry.co/fwt)
[Installing Windows for Retards](https://rentry.co/windows_for_retards)

[Raddle](https://raddle.me/)
[/f/MSToolkit](https://raddle.me/f/MSToolkit)
Tools for activating Windows software, including Windows 10 itself.
[Guide: Adobe Acrobat Pro Installation and Patching (Working 18-06-2019)](https://raddle.me/f/Piracy/81445/guide-adobe-acrobat-pro-installation-and-patching-working-18)

[What are the risks of using pirated Windows 10?](https://windowsreport.com/pirated-windows-10-risks/)

[nsane.down](https://www.nsanedown.com/)
A popular file-sharing forum focused on software.

[Team-OS HKRG](https://www.teamos-hkrg.com/index.php)
Windows software and various activation tools.

[Torrent + Direct Teamos Activator V.6 ( Windows & Office Activators )](https://www.teamos.xyz/threads/teamos-activator-v-6-windows-office-activators.59617/)

[Photokaaran](http://photokaaran.com/)
Indian site with direct download links of cracked productivity tools.

[Blackpearl](https://blackpearl.biz/)
Provides similar services like Shnap forum.

[GetCID](https://www.getcid.info/)
Obtain Windows Confirmation ID

## piracy - windows mirrors and verification tools

[Microsoft .iso torrents on Digitalriver](https://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/)
Mirrors for official Windows & Office ISO's.

[Windows and Office Genuine ISO Verifier](https://genuineisoverifier.weebly.com/)
Freeware tool to verify Windows & Office images.

## windows 11

[Awesome Windows 11](https://github.com/awesome-windows11/windows11)
Windows 11 Resource Index

[Windows 11 Fixer](https://github.com/99natmar99/Windows-11-Fixer)
Win 11 Improvement Tool

[Bypass Win11 Requirements](https://github.com/osx86-ijb/bypass-windows11-requirements)
How-To Bypass Windows 11 System Requirements

[Windows11Upgrade](https://github.com/coofcookie/Windows11Upgrade)
Windows 11 System Requirements Bypasser

[Win11DevBypass](https://github.com/rushiranpise/win11devbypass)
Bypass Win 11 Dev Channel Restrictions

[Win11.vercel](https://win11.vercel.app/)
Online Windows 11 Simulator

[Rajaniraiyn](https://rajaniraiyn.github.io/windows11/)
Online Windows 11 Simulator

[Win11 in React](https://win11.blueedge.me/)
Online Windows 11 Simulator

[GitHub](https://github.com/blueedgetechno/win11React)
Online Windows 11 Simulator

[Builtbybel · GitHub](https://github.com/builtbybel)
Good apps are as little apps as possible. Builtbybel has 12 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
[ThisIsWin11](https://github.com/builtbybel/ThisIsWin11)
Windows 11 Powertoys

[Windows 11 will happily execute a binary compiled 30 years ago | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37176666)
[@mikko on X: "Microsoft's backwards compatibility is insane. Windows 11 will happily execute a binary compiled **30 years ago** (18 Aug 93). https://t.co/iD2aA7Asqc" / X](https://twitter.com/mikko/status/1692503249595584526)

[De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34654649)
[De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM | Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tiny11-lean-windows-11)

[Windows 11 is so broken that even Microsoft can't fix it | TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-11-is-so-broken-that-even-microsoft-cant-fix-it)

[Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start Menu | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35614190)
[Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start Menu • The Register](https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/17/microsoft_windows_start_ads/)

[The Windows 11 Trash Party | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35607757)
[The Windows 11 Trash Party](https://birchtree.me/blog/the-windows-11-trash-party/)

[nixCraft 🐧: "Microsoft reveals subscription…" - Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/112230897202942033)

[The Windows 11 disconnect @ AskWoody](https://www.askwoody.com/2024/the-windows-11-disconnect/)

## windows debloat

[How to Debloat Windows 11 to Improve Performance [Guide] | Beebom](https://beebom.com/how-debloat-windows-11-improve-performance/)

[ChrisTitusTech/winutil: Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility - Install Programs, Tweaks, Fixes, and Updates](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil)

[Windows 10 Debloater Tool | Debloat GUI (Updated Jan 12, 2024! V2.6.5) - FreeTimeTech](https://freetimetech.com/windows-10-clean-up-debloat-tool-by-ftt/)

[Windows 11 Debloater Tool | Debloat GUI (Updated Jan 12, 2024! V2.0.1) - FreeTimeTech](https://freetimetech.com/windows-11-debloater-tool-debloat-gui/)

[Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple powershell script to remove bloatware apps from windows, disable telemetry, bing in windows search aswell as perform various other changes to declutter and improve your windows experience. This script works for both windows 10 and windows 11.](https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat)

[Sophia-Community/SophiApp: The most powerful open source tweaker on GitHub for fine-tuning Windows 10 & Windows 11](https://github.com/Sophia-Community/SophiApp)
[SophiApp](https://github.com/Sophia-Community/SophiApp/releases/latest/download/SophiApp.zip)

[Sophia Script](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/download/5.12.3/Sophia.Script.v5.12.3.zip)
[Sophia Script PowerShell 7](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/download/5.12.3/Sophia.Script.v5.12.3.PowerShell.7.zip)
[Sophia Script LTSC](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/download/5.12.3/Sophia.Script.LTSC.v5.2.14.zip)
[Sophia Script Windows 11](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/download/5.12.3/Sophia.Script.Windows.11.v6.0.4.zip)
[Sophia Script Wrapper](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/download/5.12.3/Sophia.Script.Wrapper.v2.4.zip)
[Sophia](https://github.com/farag2/Windows-10-Sophia-Script/)
Windows Tweaks

[Winaero Tweaker](https://winaerotweaker.com/download/winaerotweaker.zip)

[TweakCentral](https://tweakcentral.net/)
Windows Tweaks & Tips

[DisableWinTracking](https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking)
Uses some known methods that attempt to disable tracking in Windows 10.

[W10Privacy](http://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/)
Yet another little utility similar to O&O ShutUp.

[WPD](http://wpd.app/)
The real privacy dashboard for Windows.
[Windows Privacy Dashboard](https://wpd.app/get/latest.zip)

[Optimize-Guide](https://rentry.co/mdl-optimize-guide)
[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJTCwSX9Ym8)
Optimize Windows

[Script](https://github.com/DrEmpiricism/Windows-10-batch-optimizer/blob/master/Win10optimizer.bat)
Optimize Windows

[Smozyy/Tweaks-for-Gaming.bat](https://github.com/Smozyy/Tweaks-for-Gaming.bat)
Optimize Windows

[NTLite](http://www.ntlite.com/)
Paid program to remove integrated telemetry, integrate updates & more.

[MSGM ToolKit](http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/msmg_toolkit.html)
Free program to customize Windows similar like NTLite but without a nice looking GUI.

[TweakUtility](https://github.com/Craftplacer/TweakUtility)
Windows Tweaks

[MagicX Toolbox](https://github.com/Ahsan40/MagicX-Toolbox)
Windows Tweaks

[Revertservice](http://revertservice.com/)
Default configurations of Windows services

[Windows10PowerShellReimaging](https://github.com/aesser11/windows-reimage-script)
Windows Auto Personalization/Debloating Script

[Edgeuninstaller](https://rentry.org/uninstalledge)
Completely Uninstall Microsoft Edge

[GitHub - hellzerg/optimizer: The finest Windows Optimizer](https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer)

[u/C-Ron](https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f38ed/guide_how_to_disable_data_logging_in_w10/)
[GUIDE] How to disable data logging in W10.

[Review your notifications @ AskWoody](https://www.askwoody.com/2024/review-your-notifications/)

## windows dev - dotNET

[.NET Myths Dispelled | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30654114)
[6 .NET Myths Dispelled - Celebrating 21 Years of .NET | by Charles Chen | Dev Genius](https://blog.devgenius.io/6-net-myths-dispelled-celebrating-21-years-of-net-652795c2ea27)

[Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31762778)
[Is .NET an open platform yet?](https://isdotnetopen.com/)

[.NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04 | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32482323)
[.NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04 - .NET Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-6-is-now-in-ubuntu-2204/)

[Troy Hunt: Pwned Passwords, Open Source in the .NET Foundation and Working with the FBI](https://www.troyhunt.com/pwned-passwords-open-source-in-the-dot-net-foundation-and-working-with-the-fbi)

[Bezzad-Downloader](https://github.com/bezzad/Downloader)
Fast and reliable multipart downloader with asynchronous progress events for .NET applications.

[The Case for C# and .NET | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32219836)
[The Case for C# and .NET. It has been interesting as I've shifted… | by Charles Chen | ITNEXT](https://itnext.io/the-case-for-c-and-net-72ee933da304)

[How small is the smallest .NET Hello World binary? | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36652824)
[How small is the smallest .NET Hello World binary? | Washi](https://blog.washi.dev/posts/tinysharp/)

[.NET Framework Tutorial => Getting started with .NET Framework](https://riptutorial.com/dot-net)

## windows dev - freeing windows

[LOLBAS](https://lolbas-project.github.io/)
[LOLBAS/README.md at master · LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS](https://github.com/LOLBAS-Project/LOLBAS/blob/master/README.md)

## windows dev - installers

[Inno Setup](https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php)
Create Installation Programs

[InstallForge](https://www.installforge.net/)
Create Installation Programs

[ActualInstaller](https://www.actualinstaller.com/)
Create Installation Programs

## windows dev

[Cross-compiling binaries for Windows is easier than building natively | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31792790)
[Because cross-compiling binaries for Windows is easier than building natively](https://gist.github.com/slimsag/c01bb6508e3dfa744bf3bdafa0cfe07f)

[Bug in reader/writer locks in Windows API | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39581664)
[Maybe possible bug in std::shared_mutex on Windows : cpp](https://old.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/1b55686/maybe_possible_bug_in_stdshared_mutex_on_windows/)

[MalAPI.io](https://malapi.io/)

[Windows-Hacks](https://github.com/LazoCoder/Windows-Hacks)
Windows API Tricks

[Writing GUI apps for Windows is painful | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40839208)
[Writing GUI apps for Windows is painful - Samuel Tulach](https://tulach.cc/writing-gui-apps-for-windows-is-painful/)

[Win flex-bison](https://sourceforge.net/projects/winflexbison/files/)
Win flex-bison is a port Flex & Bison tools to the Windows platform

[Nir Sofer](http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/)
Nirsoft : lot of free tools & utilities for windows, free of malwares and developed over decades by Nir Sofer, who's not stopping [More info about that](http://www.nirsoft.net/about_nirsoft_freeware.html)

[WinAdmins on Slack](https://slofile.com/slack/winadmins)
Worldwide chat of Windows admins

[GitHub - DefensiveOrigins/LABPACK: Various components we use in labs](https://github.com/DefensiveOrigins/LABPACK)

[Timeline · ChangeWindows](https://www.changewindows.org/timeline)
Latest Windows Update Info

## windows dev - Rust

[Microsoft exec says Windows 11 kernel will soon be booting with Rust inside | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35738829)
[Senior Microsoft exec says Windows 11 kernel will soon be booting with Rust inside - Neowin](https://www.neowin.net/news/senior-microsoft-exec-says-windows-11-kernel-will-soon-be-booting-with-rust-inside/)

[Platform that enables Windows driver development in Rust | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37629874)
[microsoft/windows-drivers-rs: Platform that enables Windows driver development in Rust. Developed by Surface.](https://github.com/microsoft/windows-drivers-rs)

## windows dev - Samba

[Calomel.org](https://calomel.org/samba_optimize.html)
Samba Optimizations and Speed Tuning for Performance

[Jason Stewart](https://eggplant.pro/blog/faster-samba-smb-cifs-share-performance/)
Faster Samba (SMB / CIFS) Share Performance

## windows email

[Craig Buckler](https://www.sitepoint.com/outlook-unblock-unsafe-attachments/)
How to Unblock Unsafe Attachments in Microsoft Outlook

## windows file manager - compression

[Windows compact](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/compact)
Displays or alters the compression of files or directories on NTFS partitions

## windows file manager

[One Commander Modern files manager for Windows 11 and Windows 10](https://www.onecommander.com)

[Midnight Commander for Windows download | SourceForge.net](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcwin32)

[Altap Salamander Powerful Two Panel File Manager](https://www.altap.cz)

[FileSeek: Lightning Fast File Search by Binary Fortress Software](https://www.fileseek.ca)

[GitHub - files-community/Files: Building the best file manager for Windows](https://github.com/files-community/Files)
[Files • Home](https://files.community/)
A modern file explorer that pushes the boundaries of the platform.

[ELECTRIC FILE MONITOR](https://alienmelon.itch.io/electric-file-monitor)
Monitor your files like no other competing anti-virus software!

[Filelight](https://apps.kde.org/en-gb/filelight/)
Filelight is an application to visualise the disk usage on your computer.

[View Folders Settings of Explorer on Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP](https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shell_bags_view.html)

[WinExplorer v1.30](https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/winexp.html)

[OpenWith++](https://github.com/stax76/OpenWithPlusPlus)
[Custom Context Menu](https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9PC7BZZ28G0X)
Customize Context Menu

[Show HN: A Native Tiling Window Manager for Windows 10, Inspired by I3wm | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26295100)
[GitHub - McYoloSwagHam/win3wm: A Tiling Window Manager for windows 10, Inspired by i3wm](https://github.com/McYoloSwagHam/win3wm)

## windows file search

[I made an open source Windows app to rewind and search everything on screen | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40105371)
[I made an open source app to rewind & search everything happened on your screen (on Windows)](https://tonoko.notion.site/I-made-an-open-source-app-to-rewind-search-everything-happened-on-your-screen-on-Windows-184d1a9d5edb494dba0c2f46d311ec5c)

[GitHub - qarmin/czkawka: Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.](https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka)
[Czkawka](https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/releases/latest/download/windows_czkawka_gui.zip)
Remove Unnecessary Files

[Flow Launcher](https://www.flowlauncher.com/)
Quick File Search & App Launcher for Windows.

[QuickLook](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook)
macOS Quick Look for Windows
It allows users to peek into a file content in lightning speed by just pressing the Space key.
[GitHub - haokaiyang/Mac-QuickLook: QuickLook plugins and packages](https://github.com/haokaiyang/Mac-QuickLook)
[sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins: List of useful Quick Look plugins for developers](https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins)

[Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher: :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins](https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher)

[Recoll](https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/)
[Site Indexer](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/recoll-we/)
Improved Windows Search

[AnyTXT](https://anytxt.net/)
Improved Windows Search

[Wise JetSearch - Free Local File Search Tool for Windows](https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-jetsearch.html)

## windows file systems

[WinBtrfs - an open-source btrfs driver for Windows | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39956008)
[maharmstone/btrfs: WinBtrfs - an open-source btrfs driver for Windows](https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs)

[Windows on Btrfs | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35660186)
[Windows on btrfs - The Cool Blog](https://www.lilysthings.org/blog/windows-on-btrfs/)

[The weird world of Windows file paths | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35654574)
[The weird world of Windows file paths | Fileside](https://www.fileside.app/blog/2023-03-17_windows-file-paths/)

## windows fun

[Burn My Windows | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29795508)
[GitHub - Schneegans/Burn-My-Windows: 🔥 Disintegrate your windows with style.](https://github.com/Schneegans/Burn-My-Windows)

## windows gui

[MinimizeToTray](https://github.com/sandwichdoge/MinimizeToTray)
Hide Any Windows to Tray

[How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 11? | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34216619)
[State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 11? - NTDEV](https://ntdev.blog/2023/01/01/state-of-the-windows-how-many-layers-of-ui-inconsistencies-are-in-windows-11/)

[Chicago95 - Windows 95 Theme for Linux | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36929096)
[GitHub - grassmunk/Chicago95: A rendition of everyone's favorite 1995 Microsoft operating system for Linux.](https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95)

## windows hardening

[Windows 10 hardening by CHEF-KOCH](https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/Windows-10-hardening)
Windows 10 hardening without gimmicks.
[Windows 10 1903 Build 18362.30 Final (May Update '19)](https://gist.github.com/CHEF-KOCH/64fed5431b57a43b4a70ed510b56cba1)
Download + checksum links.
[All Windows LTSC download links incl. N](https://gist.github.com/CHEF-KOCH/a9a70744d79e335e4b4512cbb9588982)
[Privacy Tool List By Chef-Kock](https://chef-koch.bearblog.dev/privacy-tools-list-by-chef-koch/)
[goindex-drive](https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/goindex-drive)

[Hard_Configurator](http://hard-configurator.com/)
GUI to manage Software Restriction Policy (SRP) and harden Windows.
[AndyFul/Hard_Configurator: GUI to Manage Software Restriction Policies and harden Windows Home OS](https://github.com/AndyFul/Hard_Configurator)

[GitHub - hardentools/hardentools: Hardentools simply reduces the attack surface on Microsoft Windows computers by disabling low-hanging fruit risky features.](https://github.com/hardentools/hardentools)
[hardentools](https://github.com/securitywithoutborders/hardentools)
Hardentools is a utility that disables a number of risky Windows features.

## windows passwords

[Amar Kulo](https://amarkulo.com/integrating-database-of-pwned-password-hashes-with-microsoft-ad/)
(2017) Integrating database of pwned password hashes with Microsoft AD

## windows pentesting

[CQTools - The New Ultimate Windows Hacking Toolkit](https://www.kitploit.com/2019/05/cqtools-new-ultimate-windows-hacking.html)

[Aidan Preston](https://m0chan.github.io/2019/07/30/Windows-Notes-and-Cheatsheet.html)
(2019) Windows Notes / Cheatsheet
Handy commands and notes from a Penetration Tester

## windows profiles

[SmartWindows](https://smartwindows.app/)
Create/Restore Windows Profiles

## windows registry

[zodiacon/TotalRegistry: Total Registry - enhanced Registry editor/viewer](https://github.com/zodiacon/TotalRegistry)
[GitHub zodiacon/RegExp: Registry Explorer enhanced Registry editor/viewer](https://github.com/zodiacon/RegExp)
Improved Registry Explorer

[Registry-Finder](https://registry-finder.com/)
Improved Registry Explorer

[Why the Windows Registry sucks technically (2010) | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32275078)
[Why the Windows Registry sucks … technically | Richard WM Jones](https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/why-the-windows-registry-sucks-technically/)

[Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor](https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/)

## windows repair

[Windows Repair AIO](https://github.com/Illegal-Services/Illegal_Services/raw/downloads/Tweaking.com_-_Windows_Repair.7z)

[Windows Repair Toolbox](https://windows-repair-toolbox.com/files/Windows_Repair_Toolbox.zip)

[FixWin 10](https://www.thewindowsclub.com/downloads/FixWin10.zip)
[FixWin 2](https://www.thewindowsclub.com/downloads/fixwin2.zip)
[FixWin](https://www.thewindowsclub.com/downloads/FixWin.zip)

## windows resources and tasks

[aspectron/winres-edit: Windows Resource Editor](https://github.com/aspectron/winres-edit)

[GitHub - katahiromz/RisohEditor: Another free Win32 resource editor](https://github.com/katahiromz/RisohEditor)

## windows security

[TinyWall](https://tinywall.pados.hu/)
A frontend for Windows Firewall that lets you whitelist applications allowed to connect to the internet. No more phoning home without your permission.

[microsoft "completely confidential" secrets](https://web.itu.edu.tr/~dalyanda/mssecrets/index.html)
[microsoft "completely confidential" secrets](https://web.archive.org/web/20210102182957/https://web.itu.edu.tr/~dalyanda/mssecrets/index.html)
microsoft secrets from a guy who found a vulnerability in their software and went down a rabbit hole

[How-To Crack Windows Passwords](https://samsclass.info/123/proj14/123p12winhash.htm)

[Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols](http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-secure-windows-10-the-paranoids-guide/)
How to secure Windows 10: The paranoid's guide

[GitHub - builtbybel/privatezilla: 👀👮🐢🔥Performs a privacy & security check of Windows 10](https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla)
Find and fix Windows 10 Privacy/Security Issues

[GitHub - M2Team/NanaRun: Application runtime environment customization utility](https://github.com/M2Team/NanaRun)

[GitHub - gentilkiwi/mimikatz: A little tool to play with Windows security](https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz/)
a little tool to play with Windows security.

## windows software

[OS Vault](https://osvault.weebly.com/directory.html)
Windows Software

[WinTools.Info Usable Windows Tools](https://www.wintools.info/)
Windows Software

[Awesome-Windows/Awesome](https://github.com/Awesome-Windows/Awesome)
curated list of best applications and tools for Windows.
Windows Software Index

[UWP Community](https://uwpcommunity.com/)
Universal Windows Programs

[GitHub - tomzorz/awesome-uwp: Awesome UWP libs](https://github.com/tomzorz/awesome-uwp)

[Malcolm Smith :: malxau software downloads](https://web.archive.org/web/20230125050517/https://www.malsmith.net)
[Malcolm Smith :: malxau software downloads](http://malsmith.net/)

[MajorGeeks.Com MajorGeeks](https://www.majorgeeks.com)
MajorGeeks offers only 4-star or better geek-tested and reviewed software for Windows along with tutorials and videos when you need help with your computer.
[Major Geeks](https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/top_freeware_picks.html)
[MajorGeeks.Com MajorGeeks](https://m.majorgeeks.com/)
MajorGeeks offers only 4-star or better geek-tested and reviewed software for Windows along with tutorials and videos when you need help with your computer.
[MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks](https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/majorgeeks_registry_tweaks.html)
Windows Tweaks
[Download Diagnostics Tools for Windows MajorGeeks](https://www.majorgeeks.com/mg/sortdate/diagnostics.html)

[List all installed software on PC](https://superuser.com/questions/447277/list-all-installed-software-on-pc)

[How to Get List of Installed Programs in Windows 10? - TheITBros](https://theitbros.com/how-to-get-list-of-installed-programs-in-windows-10/)

[New Windows Software Downloads and Program Reviews | FileForum](https://fileforum.com/browse/windows)
[New Software Downloads and Program Reviews | FileForum](https://fileforum.com/releases)

[SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/)
[Compare Free Open Source Software](https://sourceforge.net/directory)

[Utilities & Tools Software or Games For Windows PC - NearFile](https://nearfile.com/category/utilities-tools)
Utilities & Tools Software or Games For Windows PC. Download all latest version of software or games from NearFile with maximum downloading speed.

[App Downloads for Windows Download, Discover, Share on Uptodown](https://en.uptodown.com/windows)
Download Windows apps easily on Uptodown: a huge catalog of PC software and programs, with no viruses and free.

[RealityRipple Software](https://realityripple.com)
PC Repair and Software Development by Andrew Sachen. Applications, Utilities, Mozilla Extensions, and themes, free and open source.

[MicroTech Programs Free Full Activated Programs](https://programs.themicrotech.net)
Download all Windows programs and systems with direct and fast links and support completion.

[msdn.hackerc](https://msdn.hackerc.at/)
Unofficial mirror of The Eye's Windows Software dump.

[FC Portables](https://www.fcportables.com)
Portable FLOSS Software for USB, Flash and Cloud Drives and Bootable ISO images for CD/DVD and USB devices.

[Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/)
[GUI](https://github.com/chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI)
Install/Update Multiple Programs at Once

[Silent Install](https://www.silentinstall.org/)
Build Multi-Program Installers

[Free Software Downloads and Reviews - Filepuma.com](https://www.filepuma.com/)
Fast downloads of the latest free software!

[FileEagle](https://www.fileeagle.com/)
[FileEagle | Free Apps for Windows, Mac, Linux](https://www.fileeagle.com/windows/all-categories)

[Update Notifier](http://cleansofts.org/view/update-notifier.html)
Scan Computer for Software Updates

[Downloadkar](https://downloadkar.ir/)

[NirSoft Tools Collection](https://www.nirsoft.net/)
A unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities.

[auctors/free-lunch: A curated list of free Windows software, online services and resources. Feel free to contribute!](https://github.com/auctors/free-lunch)

## windows spoofing - digital fingerprints and id


[GitHub - vektort13/AntiOS: Pyhton scripts that can change your Windows fingerprints and ID](https://github.com/vektort13/AntiOS)

## windows spoofing - disk volume ids

[VolumeID](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/volumeid)

## windows task manager

[Today I learned you can pause the Windows Task Manager moving apps around | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37146268)
[Today I learned you can easily pause the Windows Task Manager to stop apps moving around - The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834125/microsoft-windows-task-manager-pause-shortcut)

[GitHub - ntaraujo/killer: Windows Task Manager with special features, written in Python.](https://github.com/ntaraujo/killer)
Improved Task Manager

[TaskExplorer](https://github.com/DavidXanatos/TaskExplorer)
Improved Task Manager

[KillProcess](https://www.tgmdev.be/applications/killprocess/killprocess.php)
Process Killer

## windows telemetry

[How to Disable Telemetry on Windows 10 and 11](https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-10-11-disable-telemetry)

[How to Set Up Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account](https://www.howtogeek.com/836157/how-to-use-windows-11-with-a-local-account/)

[How to get through Microsoft's sneaky Windows setup @ AskWoody](https://www.askwoody.com/2024/how-to-get-through-microsofts-sneaky-windows-setup/)

[WhoCrashed](https://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed)
Windows Crash Analyzer

## control panel

[Microsoft formally deprecates the Windows Control Panel | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41331851)
[Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/microsoft-formally-deprecates-the-39-year-old-windows-control-panel/)
- THIS TOOK WAY TOO LONG!

## windows input

[Pekka Väänänen](http://www.lofibucket.com/articles/dwm_latency.html)
(2017) Desktop compositing latency is real and it annoys me
about input latency on Windows 10 vs Windows 7

## windows is devolving

[My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40755444)
[My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore](https://www.howtogeek.com/my-windows-computer-just-doesnt-feel-like-mine-anymore/)

[Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What happened? | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36446933)
[Julio Merino on X: "Please remind me how we are moving forward. In this video, a machine from the year ~2000 (600MHz, 128MB RAM, spinning-rust hard disk) running Windows NT 3.51. Note how incredibly snappy opening apps is. 👇 https://t.co/YEO824vIqI" / X](https://twitter.com/jmmv/status/1671670996921896960)

[Windows needs a change in priorities | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30747332)
[Windows Needs a Change in Priorities · Den Delimarsky](https://den.dev/blog/windows-priority-shuffle/)

[Why is Windows TOTALLY unreliable?????? - Microsoft Community](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/why-is-windows-totally-unreliable/691c063a-f3f1-4b30-b832-69dbffd340e5)

[The day Windows died | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35415758)
[The Day Windows Died](https://thomasbandt.com/the-day-windows-died)

[Microsoft Is Forcing Me to Buy MacBooks | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33846437)
[Microsoft is Forcing me to Buy MacBooks - Windows Modern Standby - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHKKcd3sx2c)

[Settings @ AskWoody](https://www.askwoody.com/2024/settings/)

[Microsoft and Apple @ AskWoody](https://www.askwoody.com/2024/microsoft-and-apple/)

## piracy - download

[How to download snahp zippy files without using your computer space and bandwidth!](https://telegra.ph/How-to-download-snahp-zippy-files-without-using-your-computer-space-and-bandwidth-08-25)

## videos - windows was good

[Dave Cutler on Windows [video] | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37970391#37980734)
[The Mind Behind Windows: Dave Cutler - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE)