Throughout the useful life of our PC, there may be several times that we are going to be forced to install Windows 10 from scratch. This is an operating system that, despite its power and security, still has things to polish, hence why many users are dissatisfied with it.
And it is that there are several sections that we must take into account in a software of this magnitude, especially if we are not very experts on the subject. The truth is that when we install it from scratch, Microsoft itself already brings some important sections preconfigured. Of course, all this based on how the Redmond firm wants us to work with its product, something with which we do not necessarily have to agree.
Hence precisely the usefulness that we find in all the configurable parameters that the same system presents us with. In fact, we tell you all this because there are a series of sections that, as a general rule, we should modify with respect to the original Windows configuration . These are sections that we are interested in customizing or adjusting based on our own needs, not those of Redmond.
This is something, yes, that we will have to carry out every time we do a clean installation of the system, although this is not something we do daily. To make things easier for you, we are going to talk about some of these most important changes that we recommend you make when you start working in Windows.
Adjust privacy settings
One of the biggest complaints from Windows 10 users, and those who refuse to migrate to it, has to do with system telemetry. This is the usage data that Windows collects and sends to Microsoft’s servers . It is true that a priori we cannot deactivate this completely, but we can minimize it. To do this, we go to Settings / Privacy / Comments and diagnostics, where we indicate the option of necessary diagnostic data, instead of the optional ones.
Change the default apps
The operating system offers us a series of its own default applications so that we use them by default once we install Windows . In fact, they are already included, but it is something with which we do not agree on many occasions. Therefore, to indicate which ones we want to use, we go to Settings / Applications / Default applications. Here we find the default web browser, the music player, the video player, or the photo viewer.
Customize the Windows interface
Plus we can always make Windows look the way we want. Thus, from the Configuration / Personalization section, we have the possibility to do it. Here we can switch between the light and dark Windows mode , set themes, change the background, the predominant colors, the fonts, the lock screen, etc.
Adjust app and component permissions
Also from the Privacy section of the system configuration , there are other elements that we must customize. With this, what we achieve is that the system is more secure and private based on our preferences. For example, we will have the possibility to activate or not the webcam, the microphone, access to the location of the equipment, etc.
Control the arrival of updates
And to finish from the Update and security section of Settings, we can also change the behavior of these elements. And is that taking into account the problems we sometimes have with these Windows updates, it may be the case that we want to pause them, or at least delay for a few days. This is something that we establish in the aforementioned section.