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Originally Posted by DoubleF

Not sure about fatal concerns, but for me...

Spoiler!

1. Turn off Cortana. Uses too much resources IMO and I don't use it. (Ignore this if you use Cortana)
2A. Go to privacy, turn off all the advertising info options on the general tab.
2B. Go to privacy - background apps tab, turn off the apps that don't need to be on all the time (resource usage issue, IMO none of them need to be on. You can open the program if you need to use the program)
3. Update and security - advanced options - choose how updates are delivered - OFF (Resources and internet. No need to feed other people MS updates from your computer)
4. Right click task bar - task manager - startup; turn off programs that don't need to be on all the time (ie: one drive) (Resource usage)
5. If you don't believe you will revert to 7/8... Disk cleanup - Delete the windows 7/8 and windows update files to regain 20-30GB ish disk space.
6A. Just a visual thing for me, but open start and remove/unpin tiles that you don't need (ie: Candy crush saga)
6B. Pin/unpin icons on your task bar.

Did you know you can't completely turn Cortana off? Even after disabling it continues to run in the background and uses a small amount of memory and works in the background doing god knows what. If you end task it will immediately pop back up in task manager.

Honestly windows 10 has been pretty good but the more I learn about it the more I wish I hadn't upgraded. It basically acts like spyware with some of its features.

Thanks DoubleF for your suggestions. They were easy to complete and everyone should be doing these at a minimum.