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O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1410 Released (May 12, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v1.8.1410

1.8.1410 – released May 12, 2020

• NEW: Detected changes to the settings are displayed again when the program is started again, unless they have been explicitly accepted
• NEW: Accepted changes to the settings remain visible until the next program start
• NEW: Deactivate app access to diagnostic information on this device
• NEW: Deactivate app access to camera on this device
• NEW: Deactivate app access to microphone on this device
• NEW: Deactivate app access to notifications on this device
• FIX: Deactivate app access to diagnostic information for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to user account information for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to calendar for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to email for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to tasks for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to messages for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to documents for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to images for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to videos for current users
• NEW: Deactivate app access to the file system for current users
• FIX: Italian comments in the Config-File edited
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

This update sucks, it's no longer portable as in the settings are now saved in AppData\Local\...

 

If you saved the former OOSU10.ini it's still in the same portable folder and not in AppData\Local\... , at least for me.

 

Same here. No problems.

 

That's not the case for me. The .ini file remains, but there is a new .cfg file in AppData\Local\OO

 

Mine is in the same place too, but it doesn't get updated either, old modified time still remains after closing the programs, normally it would get updated.

 

Same here. The one in Appdata gets updated. They replaced INI with XML file to store settings. If you rename or delete ini file settings are read from xml file on new location. So ini file can be safely removed after update.

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1411 Released (June 2, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v1.8.1411

1.8.1411 – released June 2, 2020

• NEW: Disable app access to motion on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to movements for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to phone calls on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to phone calls for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to radios on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to radios for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to unpaired devices on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to unpaired devices for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to device location on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to device location for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to unpaired devices on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to unpaired devices for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to eye tracking on this device
• NEW: Disable app access to eye tracking for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to use voice activation for current user
• NEW: Disable app access to use voice activation when device is locked for current user
• FIX: Disable app access to your location
• FIX: Disable app access to wireless connections
• FIX: Disable app access to loosely coupled devices
• FIX: Saving the language settings was not performed correctly in some cases
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

So is this once again portable? Or are the settings still being saved to AppData\Local\

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1412 Released (June 9, 2020)
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Spoiler: Changes v1.8.1412

1.8.1412 – released June 9, 2020

• NEW: Disable tracking in the web
• NEW: Disable search and website suggestions
• NEW: Disable SmartScreen Filter
• NEW: Disable automatic completion of web addresses in address bar
• NEW: Disable form suggestions
• NEW: Disable user feedback in toolbar
• NEW: Disable storing and autocompleting of credit card data on websites
• NEW: Disable check for saved payment methods by sites
• NEW: Disable sending info about websites visited
• NEW: Disable sending data about browser usage
• NEW: Disable personalizing advertising, search, news and other services
• NEW: Disable use of web service to resolve navigation errors
• NEW: Disable suggestion of similar sites when website cannot be found
• NEW: Disable suggestions from local providers
• NEW: Disable preload of pages for faster browsing and searching
• NEW: Disable suggestions in the timeline
• NEW: Disable suggestions in Start
• NEW: Disable tips, tricks, and suggestions when using Windows
• NEW: Disable showing suggested content in the Settings app
• NEW: Disable text suggestions when typing on the software keyboard
• FIX: Malformed configuration files will be handled by the application
• FIX: Description of Microsoft Edge for new and legacy version changed
• Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

 

&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1413 Released (June 16, 2020)
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O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1414 Released (September 24, 2020)
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O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1415 Released (October 7, 2020)
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O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1417 Released (February 9, 2021)
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I just downloaded OOSU10 newest version and decided to do a little experiment. I decided to take all the registry keys it changes for my personal bat file, and see if it adds anything. For the record I used process monitor (newest version)

So, I only noted the ones I currenly have Red (at the time of first running OOSU10), because I do not wanna touch Green values, since I already have em enabled (and likely in my bat):

- Disable camera in logon screen
reg add "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization" /v "NoLockScreenCamera" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "1" /f

- Disable conducting experiments with this machine by Microsoft
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\System" /v "AllowExperimentation" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

- Disable advertisements via Bluetooth
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\current\device\Bluetooth" /v "AllowAdvertising" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

- Disable recordings of user activity
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v "EnableActivityFeed" /t "REG_DWORD" /d "0" /f

Weirdly enough, when I opened OOSU10, these were my reds



And yet when I go to windows settings, I get this:



So according to OOSU they are not disabled, but according to windows they are, who is right or wrong?

What is even weirder, I have not applied any of Tairiku Okami's tweaks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ClqPEK5JuAYwhvpWW9cM9uJQPvpy-TOk/view for activity history



I verified this by checking the registry keys. I see one settings EnableActivityFeed is overlapping between both, and then I imagine the 3rd one from the 1st pic is UploadUserActivities, but I have now reached my time limit for this thing and I am gonna do other stuff now, maybe some other day I come back to this, but I do not look forward to scouring the web why I cannot change my activity history setings... (not that I would). So if anyone knows why feel free to share

 

I'm also not too sure about O&O ShutUp10, but I do think it works correctly most of the time and it doesn't seem to cause any problems. I also wonder what they mean with "limited".

 

Who means what with "limited" ?

 

Didn't you notice that O&O ShutUp10 gives recommendations in the GUI on whether you should apply a certain tweak or not? With quite a lot of tweaks their recommendation is "limited" instead of simply yes or no.

 

Well it means you're not supposed to blindly apply it without understanding what it means, because it might be required for you

 

O&O ShutUp10 v1.8.1418 Released (March 2, 2021)
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O&O ShutUp10 1.8.1419 Released (March 9, 2021)
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Most unfortunate...
https://www.tweakhound.com/2021/03/18/oo-shutup10-issue/

https://malwaretips.com/threads/o-o...reset-automatically.107151/page-2#post-934223

https://forum.oo-software.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=5407#p10749

Upon reboot, still at green, the setting resets to red within minutes as the service has reverted itself to default.

I can also report that the two settings, "Disable automatic Windows Updates" and "Disable Windows Updates for other products..." also reset themselves to red at some point in time.

Sadly, after so many years, Shutup10 (and maybe every other such utility) has, without fault, lost its core benefits.

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

O&O should be compelled to deleting these now invalid claims ASAP. Edit: And remove the settings which "ShutUp10 cannot prevent the Windows operating system from changing."

For now, I will continue to use Shutup10 because of its broad range of otherwise useful settings and ease of use. I'll seek out and evaluate the other solutions as time goes on.

I can't express my appreciation for O&O's offering as free, however, had I been paying for it, I'd be requesting a refund at this point.

Cheers.

 

I wouldn't go so far as to request a refund if I had paid for O&O ShutUp10 because they cannot change the way MS behaves, but I do agree they should no longer tell users that they have full control over Win10, which is simply impossible.

 

Well, theoretically I would not have bought it had they advertised it as not having full control.

Had there been a paid version, I'd use the free version after a refund as it still has tons of useful settings.

Actually, I've been using/testing ShutUp10 on day one of its release on a system running Win10 Pro Insider Tech Preview since 2014, currently on 20H2 and it initially and for some time did a bang-up job meeting its advertised claims.

I replaced an almost decade old Win7 i7-3770K/Z77 system with a i9-9900K/Z390 build in Feb. 2020 and had no choice but to run Win10 Pro.

My comment about a refund request just expressed my frustration in this loosing personal battle with MS, even though they were primary job-security for my 20+ years in desktop support and server admin (though Novell and Unix kick started it). During which time they didn't gather any telemetry on me...