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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Obligatory: you can improve your Windows experience by installing Linux.

    Non snarky comment: you can disable driver craplets from auto-installing using group policy or the registry.

    run gpedit.msc
    Computer Configuration
    > Administrative Templates
      > System
        > Device Installation
    
    Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata
    = Enabled
    

    That will set the following registry key:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Device Metadata]
    "PreventDeviceMetadataFromNetwork"=dword:00000001
    
    




  • I had one of those groups come though my town this year. Wasn’t Kommen, but a different one. They were stopped in parking lot at a grocery store. I went up to chit-chat with them a little. One of them said they were doing a march to the capitol to raise awareness of child abuse.

    Anyway, I got a good look at their vehicles and they had two giant buses with custom wraps. They also had two brand new identical BMW’s with custom wraps. I was just thinking to myself, that’s a lot of money. Money that could have been used to help victims instead of a dozen or so people’s jaunt. I found the whole thing super sus.