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Clenup of uncessary services

run elevated cmd

sc delete "CCleanerBrowserElevationService"
sc delete "ccleaner"
sc delete "ccleanerm"
sc delete "CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService"

source https://www.groovypost.com/howto/12-windows-10-services-that-are-safe-to-disable/ Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Fax TabletInputService Windows Mobile Hotspot Service Connected User Experiences and Telemetry

sc delete stisvc
sc delete fax
sc delete TabletInputService
sc delete icssvc
sc delete DiagTrack

Remove gaming services - only in case you don't want to play!

Get-Appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.GamingApp | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGameCallableUI | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxApp | remove-AppxPackage -allusers

FYI list:

Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers | Select Name | select-string "Xbo"
Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers | Select Name | select-string "gam"

Remove Skype and Todos

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SkypeApp | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Todos | remove-AppxPackage -allusers

Regedit: remove unwanted start apps

Current user

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

All users

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Enable multi RDP

Run elevated PowerShell

Change the PowerShell execution policy settings for the current session:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force

and then execute

# PowerShell script used to patch termsrv.dll file and allow multiple RDP connections on Windows 10 (1809 and never) and Windows 11 
# Details here http://woshub.com/how-to-allow-multiple-rdp-sessions-in-windows-10/


# Stop RDP service, make a backup of the termsrv.dllfile and change the permissions 
Stop-Service UmRdpService -Force
Stop-Service TermService -Force
$termsrv_dll_acl = Get-Acl c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll
Copy-Item c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll.copy
takeown /f c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll
$new_termsrv_dll_owner = (Get-Acl c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll).owner
cmd /c "icacls c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll /Grant $($new_termsrv_dll_owner):F /C"
# search for a pattern in termsrv.dll file 
$dll_as_bytes = Get-Content c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll -Raw -Encoding byte
$dll_as_text = $dll_as_bytes.forEach('ToString', 'X2') -join ' '
$patternregex = ([regex]'39 81 3C 06 00 00(\s\S\S){6}')
$patch = 'B8 00 01 00 00 89 81 38 06 00 00 90'
$checkPattern=Select-String -Pattern $patternregex -InputObject $dll_as_text
If ($checkPattern -ne $null) {
    $dll_as_text_replaced = $dll_as_text -replace $patternregex, $patch
}
Elseif (Select-String -Pattern $patch -InputObject $dll_as_text) {
    Write-Output 'The termsrv.dll file is already patch, exitting'
    Exit
}
else { 
    Write-Output "Pattern not found "
}
# patching termsrv.dll
[byte[]] $dll_as_bytes_replaced = -split $dll_as_text_replaced -replace '^', '0x'
Set-Content c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll.patched -Encoding Byte -Value $dll_as_bytes_replaced
# comparing two files 
fc.exe /b c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll.patched c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll
# replacing the original termsrv.dll file 
Copy-Item c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll.patched c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll -Force
Set-Acl c:\windows\system32\termsrv.dll $termsrv_dll_acl
Start-Service UmRdpService
Start-Service TermService

In addition you may need to run gpedit.msc

An in the policy “Limit number of connections” under Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Connections section. Change its value to 999999.

Can’t pin folders to Quick Access (The parameter is incorrect.) ASUS

del /F /Q %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations

https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/solved-cant-pin-folders-quick-access-parameter-incorrect/