# CTT's Winutil

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/ctts-winutil/22311
**Category:** General
**Tags:** software
**Created:** 2024-11-10T16:59:54Z
**Posts:** 5

## Post 1 by @asanyan — 2024-11-10T16:59:54Z

> **[GitHub - ChrisTitusTech/winutil: Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility - Install...](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil)**
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> Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility - Install Programs, Tweaks, Fixes, and Updates

Winutil is maybe the most popular automated script to disable Windows’s spying, data collection, and other harmful features. What is PG’s opinion on this tool?

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## Post 2 by @anon48875053 — 2024-11-10T17:39:28Z

> [@asanyan](#):
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> What is PG’s opinion on this tool?

People should do these things without 3rd party scripts.

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## Post 3 by @asanyan — 2024-11-10T19:29:08Z

Why?

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## Post 4 by @Viper — 2024-11-10T19:40:49Z

I think its great. Something is better than nothing. Theres at least 2 big threads in the forum w change this setting and that setting, its a long list. Its fantastic imo but time consuming and need lots of brain power and there are consequences to some settings.  
So i would love to see all those settings in a gui, toggle on/off, like autohotkey, but alas i guess PG’s would probably have to fund that.  
So i see and have used CTT script and i think its great. And always evolving.

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## Post 5 by @win11.shading291 — 2024-11-10T21:28:00Z

I’d link to this thread:

> [@Best tool to disable telemetry on Win11](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/best-tool-to-disable-telemetry-on-win11/18516/46):
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> Here are the results of my “exploring”: I started with WPD. Even though its last update date is in 2021, it can uninstall bloatware like the game bar, anything xbox related or anything else you don’t want, which O&O ShutUp++ doesn’t do. I then used O&O Shutup10++ and it worked great. It has a clean interface and explains each toggle clearly. Thanks @Dkama as well. It isn’t open source, so there is always a risk, but it all comes down to trust in the end. Do I trust more a random person who mad…

I asked the same question. I’ll quote myself:

> Privacy.sexy seems even more complete and the description of each toggle is really thorough. Since privacy.sexy is open-source and seems more complete then the other two, using a combination of programs seem redundant. I would recommend only this one. It takes some time to read what each action does (and you really should because it will break things if you apply some stricter rules), but at least, you are in control of what you need. It also can remove bloatware.