I am a retired systems developer. I use my laptop for mail, web browsing including social media, photograhy programs and Office systems for domestic and business use. I have good onffline and cloud-based backup facilities, and Dropbox for commnications. I don’t want Games or other trivia. I don’t want to be forced into signing up to all sorts of support or other cloud-based resources. I don’t want the computer making lifestyle decisions for me or suggesting things that are ‘trendng’. I don’t need it to speak to me and I don’t want to give it voice commands (although I know there are benefits in these areas for handicapped users).
I need Windows 10 for security and future compatibility, but I dont want all of the extras that Microsoft has loaded into it that soak up all the machine’s resources. I appreciate that I am of the ‘old school’ rather than part of the modern profile of trendy users, but I want a simple configuration without the bells and whistles to achieve straightforward tasks . Is there any way of achieving this?

These don’t remove features, only disable them (continue on hard disk with occuped space)

Great, thanks

Cool article. Informative. Didn’t know these feature even existed.