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Lots of answers here, but not many directly telling you what to do.

I actually like customizing installs such as these, and have done it a long time. In my opinion you have basically three options;

• Customized Iso, ie. nlite (https://www.ntlite.com/). I wouldn't recommend this unless you're planning to do a lot of installs. It calls for some planning and technical knowledge to set this up perfectly. The possibility of random bluescreen is high.

• Customized Installation - Use a script such as WinLite (https://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-10-lite/), interrupt your installation once the text part shows and only install what you need. Once you've understood how the script works, this is a beautiful way to clean up your installation, and it can be copied easily whenever you download a fresh iso. This is my currently preferred way to handle installs.

• A program that runs post-installation (https://getwpd.com/). For many users, cleaning up after a normal installation might be good enough for your purposes.

In your case, not wanting to tinker with command level scripts makes WPD your best choice.

> should I only really be using 10 at this point?

Yep. They're dropping updates and support for 7 in a few months iirc which makes you vulnerable to who knows what, plus 7 doesn't support some current-generation hardware. 10 is really just fine.
I do suggest you use something like Windows Privacy Dashboard to disable some of the tracking and telemetry that 10 is notorious for.

Presumably you mean the difference between "Modern UI" and traditional applications?

If so, Microsoft keeps trying to shove the first down peoples' throats, usually without success; there have even been failed attempts to produce flavours of Windows 10 which only allow Modern UI applications to be used (an attempt to compete with Chromebooks).

Whenever I install Windows 10 one of the first things I do is use a hack tool to delete almost all the Modern UI applications ...

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Just to chip in here - The reason many people experience stutter and choose to upgrade is that their OS runs a lot more processes than they are aware of.

Those windows 10 apps can cause lots of things that you might not be aware of. At the very least, a tool like https://getwpd.com/ should be run intermittantly - since upgrades tend to reinstall things you already uninstalled previously.

So step one to get more life out of your old CPU is to optimize your OS installation. If you are running a SDD/HDD scenario, upsizing your SDD and getting rid of your HDD can also have beneficial effects.

I fully agree that the 1155/1150 chips has been staggering good value for money in terms of longetivity, but this has also been due to Intel having no real competition and hence imperative to increase performance until now, with the release of Ryzen. I strongly suspect that the next generation of processors will have enough advantages to make an upgrade beneficial.

I'm currently happy with my 4790k/GTX980 combo, and honestly, I could still have used my old Xeon E3-1240v2 (3770 equivalent) without noticing big differences. But at least it's making due as a hypervisior and NAS at the moment.

The users with 4 threads however, you might see advantages of upgrading to something with 8 threads, depending on what you actually do with your machine. Heavy multitasking could be an incentive.

I've only tried https://getwpd.com but it's small and simple to use. You can still make a mess - it doesn't tell you what to disable, so be careful shutting down things when you don't know what they are.

This isn't a hardware question so /r/techsupport or maybe /r/windows10 would be better able to help.
I use Windows Privacy Dashboard rather than manually messing around. You can still get yourself into trouble, but it should be easier to back out of.

This doesn't address the bloat, but you can use something like Windows Privacy Dashboard to disable the tracking that Windows 10 does. Don't go flipping switches blindly, though, find a guide to what you're disabling. WPD provides little tool-tips, which is enough sometimes.

Most third party AV software is completely awful. Stick with Windows Defender and common sense.
If you're concerned about web tracking you might also be concerned about Windows telemetry/tracking. You can disable it with something like https://getwpd.com/ (which is what I use).
http://ninite.com makes it very easy to install common programs.

I use Windows Privacy Dashboard which is a small, single-executable that lets you take care of all that stuff. It tells you what the services you're shutting of do, but it doesn't advise you. You might want to find a guide somewhere before randomly disabling parts of your OS.

Thanks for sharing, though I disagree with some of that OP's choices for better alternatives. Like he's very into "console" where there are apps like ninite and wpd. Still useful...

For Blocking Telemetry Updates https://www.ghacks.net/2017/02/11/blocking-telemetry-in-windows-7-and-8-1/

For Blocking IPs I use https://getwpd.com It uses Rules for firewall from the @crazy-max repository.

Je connais la manip, mais je n'aime pas ce genre de bricolages :D

Sinon ya ce petit tout en un, à jour et complet, le meilleur que j'ai testé.

https://getwpd.com/

Attentions à ce que vous bloquez comme ip, vous pouvez bloquer Skype ou Hotmail. Mais ca se change en un clic

Run system updates until it won't update anymore.
Then: Disable all of the spying that Windows 10 does using Windows Privacy Dashboard.
Also, ninite makes it convenient to install a lot of common programs.

T25 with 1703 as delivered. First ran WPD so I'm in control of updates, telemetry etc with W10. One weekend with some free time, did a Macrium Reflect backup and followed by the 1709 update. The update took a while with a couple of reboots and ran fine. Thorough inspection only showed an Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX) drivers miss from Device Manager which successfully updated drivers from tab. Only have W10 on T25, but it's smooth sailing with 1709. WPD is quick and functional too, so no digging around in the internals.

To disable Windows spying/telemetry/etc. I use Windows Privacy Dashboard which is a very simple single executable that lets you individually select which components are enabled. Be sure to check it after each windows update since sometimes they re-enable things.