>don't install or change any software on the computer over a long period of time
>operating system gradually becomes slower
>only fixable by reinstalling
Why does this happen?

Planned obsolescence.

>>105909599
Planned obsolescence for what? What does microsoft gain from me reinstalling windows every 2 years?

>>105909609
99.9% of people won't reinstall windows they'll just buy a new computer that comes with a new version of windows then theirs gets slow.

>>105909733
How does that benefit microsoft? Isn't it the OEM that already bought the license for the computer even before you bought it?

>>105909745
Microsoft sells the licenses to the OEMs by volume, the more hardware they sell the more microsoft gets. It's in both parties interest to get people trashing their old computers as soon as possible.

>>105909591 (OP)
My guess is some software/OS components are needlessly reading files/logs generated over time that slow it down. I'm curious if nuking the appdata (and similar) folders has a similar effect as reinstalling. Obviously doing this will break a lot of things, especially squirrel installed software (discord, slack, etc) but if someone is planning on reinstalling anyway it might be worth a shot just to see what happens.

Microsoft’s technical debt

>>105909745
>the oem pays
microsoft get paid still. stop being a retard.

>>105909591 (OP)
>only fixable by reinstalling
>by reinstalling

are Lincels that mentally ill they cant figure this out?

>>105910697
Doesn't makes the computer faster

>>105909599
>>105909733
>>105909804
>>105910680
Am I REALLY supposed to believe the most widely used operating system of all time deliberately makes itself slower, in order to make people buy more computers?

>>105910716
It's the botnet consuming resources and sending your dick pics to MS/NSA.

>>105910716
>>105909609
>>105909591 (OP)
windows user here. i use revios which totally disables windows update. you can do similarly even without a playbook, just stop updooting

>>105909591 (OP)
It doesn't, it's a myth made up by tech illiterate low IQ monkeys. Registry entries left behind by programs take up like 1KB of space and are inactive if there's no program installed in the first place, and nothing prevents you from going into Registry Editor, opening the Find function, and typing in "Firefox" and deleting everything related to that name, or just simply deleting the main entry under Software tab.

Cleaning out the file explorer from left behind loose files is pretty simple too if you are not tech illiterate, mostly it'll just be a few files in User folder like Desktop/Downloads/Documents/Pictures/Music/Videos or in AppData/Local, AppData/LocalLow, AppData/Roaming, or inside Local Disk, Program Files, Program Files (x86)(, and ProgramData. Unless you are low IQ cattle, navigating a simple file explorer and deleting folders named "Mozilla" or "Firefox" shouldn't be too difficult.

Beyond that there's nothing else that could "build up", every single cumulative monthly update runs a dism and sfc scan nowadays making sure that corruptions of files are kept to a minimum, and every yearly major cumulative update makes sure the OS is practically fully re-installed and all files verified.

But none of this matters anyway, even if you leave these registry or file explorer remaining files alone it won't impact your experience at all for the most part.

It's just that cattle like /g/ often uses debloating scripts because they are retarded subhumans that can't figure out using the group policy editor or registry editor, and apply some indians or fat old white dude's scripts which end up breaking all automatization like Disk Cleanup, Disk Optimization, Windows Updates, Security Scans, and they end up with a fucked system that needs to be manually tinkered with while being completely tech illiterate and too retarded for that kind of workload. Tough luck.

>>105909599
you can't say this, commie

>>105909591 (OP)
They're constantly trying to make you update every few weeks, regardless of whatever bloat it may be carrying. Quite annoying.

>>105913973
what resources do you recommend for learning group policy editor? so that I can have complete control of my Windows machine without running stuff like winutil or whatnot. thanks in advance

>>105914063
Microsoft has it's own docs and resources for learning more about managing your system, you can learn everything first hand from how to properly setup a usb install media using an official iso without using rufus or other programs that inevitably modify and break the iso, or which appxpackages and services are inside a release or are recommended to remove for a smaller attack surface or footprint, or how to harden security, etc. All of it is available on microsoft's official site, no need for me to eternally spoonfeed you here. But most group policy editor privacy oriented tweaks are very obvious, if you open the Computer Configuration and see something called Diagnostic Data, or Recommendations, or Automatic Submission, or Data Reporting you can read what it does and disable/enable it based off the instructions that are accompanying every policy in the gpedit. If you are too lazy of a cattle to read, privacyguides has a relatively safe setup of gpedit tweaks for privacy, but even there you should read and maybe you'll decide that some are unnecessary or would negatively affect your use case.

>>105909591 (OP)
>>105910716
Windows Rot has always been a thing, holy fucking newfag.

>>105914110
>>105914063
nta but you can also use the CIS benchmarks as a baseline for configuring Windows
https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/microsoft_windows_desktop
They have a step by step PDF that tells you what each change does and the varying levels, as well as recommendations.

>>105914113
I did not imply it was new, I just used the Windows 11 logo as clickbait

>>105914110
>words words words
Or I could just use Debian Linux and uninstall what I don't need

Happened to my 2017 laptop. Bricked by doing nothing. Had good specs too, no excuse. I try to disable their bloatware and it isn't allowed.

>>105914429
Linux is useless for most use cases. The only linux worth using is one meant for specific appliances like ChromeOS or SteamOS, and they are based on Gentoo and Arch, not on a decrepit dying distribution like Debian.

>>105914445
>decrepit dying distribution
>like debian
Slow release cycle doesn't mean decrepit and dying
Debian 13 (Trixie) has been getting pounded by updates for the past few weeks as it approaches full freeze for release

>>105914445

Covers nearly 100% of use cases as a work computer. Only flaw I can see at this point is the lack of gaming and some consumer/commercial products but I'm loving development on it.

>>105914469
There's a reason nobody wants to use Debian as a base despite it being the oldest distro and most circlejerked one (Excluding Ubuntu, but it's practically a dead project with terrible reputation generating like 50k dollars a year lol.). It's because it's managed by absolute retards and all the security and hotfixes they backport are poorly done and break everything. Debian truly is the ultimate litmus test, one must completely disregard all proof before him and embrace a dying meme LTS solution that is completely broken and requires way too much time investment and too many hands on deck just to end up with poorly cobbled up together packages that are perpetually outdated AND broken, there's a reason why everyone shits on debian maintainers from every big DE or bigger program, nobody likes some indians from debian breaking the package then having people think it's you that's to blame, when you could just do something that Arch/Gentoo do and use that as a clean base for your project.

>>105914502
Bad ragebait
As a Debian Stable user for the past 9 years, kill yourself

>>105914718
You are old and decrepit, not to mentioned retarded. Congratulations, retard.

>>105909591 (OP)
You are lucky to be able to upgrade w11 at all
I'm here with 6700k have to move to linux because they won't let me upgrade
Linux is pretty fast tho and I like it overall so thanks for the final push, microjew

>>105910716
>Am I REALLY supposed to believe the most widely used phone company of all time deliberately makes itself slower, in order to make people buy new phone?
Yes

>>105912667
Rookie. I've outright removed WU (and a fuckton of other shit) from every Windows install since XP SP2.

>>105909591 (OP)
My computer is 11 years old, I've never once done a reinstall. Still seems to be working fine, maybe I just haven't noticed the downgrade.

>>105909591 (OP)
Your firewall is probably blocking telemetry, which will continue to grow in size until you unblock it and let it upload. My laptop started running a lot smoother after I let it sit for a few hours with the port unblocked.

>>105915400
Satire

>>105909591 (OP)
I've been dual booting with linux as my main and it's kind of crazy to me the longer I go without booting windows the longer and slower it becomes. Meanwhile my arch (btw) install boots in about 2 seconds every time.

>>105909591 (OP)
>Why does this happen?
Probably the disk becoming full of log files or background processes starting to pile up.
Honestly hasn't happened me when using the same laptop and installation for work (with linux, tho).
It can also happen too that you downloaded a virus and got infected and that brought a gradual slowdown of the OS.

>>105909591 (OP)
>.msi files
It's in your temp folder mate.
Use TreeSize, isolate the big honken files then delete. Simple as that. When you re-install it deep fries all the temp files.

>>105909599
>>105909609
Moreso to let users who dont like 11 downgrade without re-installing. Which is stupid yes, but still a reason.

Temp is what kills computers. I've found things like 260GB's of photo previews in that retarded little file.

>>105915560
logs also take up files, but unless your computers buggy as hell they usually aren't that bad. Try sfc /scannow if you think it's a corrupted file.

>>105917495
Why do you talk like that?

>>105917916
I'm an autistic techcell, why do you think I talk like that man?