Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" -Recurse -Force
The pastebin contained a single line of PowerShell. chris titus windows 10 debloater
He posted the script on GitHub on a Tuesday. It was a 847-line PowerShell script called cw10debloat
His weapon wasn't a crucifix or holy water. It was a 847-line PowerShell script called cw10debloat.ps1 . "I run your script on every refurbished PC I sell
"Hey," the kid said. "You're Chris Titus, right?"
"I just wanted to say thanks," the kid said. "I run your script on every refurbished PC I sell. You're the reason fifty families in my neighborhood have working computers."
So he refined it. He added conditionals. Exceptions. A menu. Option 1: Standard Debloat (safe for normals). Option 2: Full Debloat (for lunatics like him). Option 3: Custom. He added a "Black List" for the truly evil processes—the telemetry services that respawned like zombies. DiagTrack. dmwappushservice. He learned their names, their hiding spots in the registry, their scheduled tasks that reactivated at 2 AM.