I actually got the idea for this post after helping someone in a tech forum who was dealing with a super relatable problem in which their laptop kept connecting to the wrong WiFi network at work. They had a bunch of SSIDs floating around the office, and Windows would stubbornly pick the slow guest one every time.

As we dug into it, I showed them a quick little Command Prompt trick to control which WiFi connects first. It’s one of those lesser‑known Windows tweaks that can save a lot of frustration, so I figured it was worth turning into a quick guide in the hopes it might help others.
 
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Windows ships with excess apps, ads, telemetry, and AI elements that hinder speed and privacy from day one.

Below are a few free tools, working as portable files or scripts for quick cleanup on Windows 10 or 11.
 

Why Bother Debloating?

Preinstalled games, streaming apps, and background trackers consume resources while cluttering your interface. Debloating, de-cluttering, decrapifying (that’s a real term!) sharpens performance, saves battery, and reduces data sharing thus helping somewhat protect some of your information through tweaks to your computer settings.
 
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One thing that keeps coming up with clients, friends, family over the past few years is how annoying Microsoft has made it to see and click on the scrollbars in our applications. At times it can be infuriating.

Well, there is a simple fix!

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Microsoft appears to be up to their typical games and are trying to once again oblige users to have an online account to be able to install Windows.

That right, up until now, one of the most common techniques for installing Windows with a local account was to use the BypassNRO technique.

• Launch the Command Prompt during setup by pressing Shift+F10 at the “Let’s connect you to a network” “Is this the right country or region?” screen.
• Type in oobe\bypassnro and press enter to run the command.
• Then restarts, and upon returning to setup, the “I don’t have internet” option appears, enabling local account creation.

However, Windows Insider edition testing has revealed that as of 25H2 Microsoft will be stopping this approach from working according to various reports.
 
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I recently have found my PC to be switching into boost mode, fans blazing and yet, I wasn’t really doing anything that should have caused it to do so.

So, after this occurring a few times, I opened the Task Manager to investigate. What I found was a process called ‘Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry’ in Very high Power usage and and sucking back 50 some percent of my CPU.

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