Inclusion of a basic guide/ recommendation column for hardening Windows

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Since a recommendation site or at least a basic guide for hardening iOS is on the table,
wouldn’t it make sense to offer such a guide for Windows as well?
Many of us are still dependent on Windows let it be because of certain app/ program compatibilty missings or issues on Linux or due to our jobs.
Also even when Linux made huge leaps recently in this regards, there are still significant compatibility issues with games there which makes it (partly) unusuable for this kind of purposes.

The guide could include

How you could turn some of the telemetry in the registry or GPO.

How to create an Installation USB Stick with Rufus, which can removes some telemetry stuff beforehand and also remove the requirement of the otherwise mandatory Windows Account Login at the installation process.

Installaton of something like Portmaster, Simplewall or Adguard (paid) to block remaining telemetry.

Using a piHole or Adguard Home with OS and application related blocklists, like Windows Spy Blocker (basic) and/or Kodo Pengins Mainlist (advanced).

An important note to only use a local account.

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Here is the pr:

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My bad, I have some work to do by the way so I can’t pay attention to everything nor didnt I have time yet to discover everything at this forum here. I’ll post my suggestions there. Topic can be closed

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Yep! We’ve been working on the Windows guide for a while. Hope to get it done soon. Feel free to take a look at the PR and contribute, we appreciate all contributions!

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Was there ever an update on this?

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There was a big discussion here: 'Hardening' Windows - #95 by Sprout3425

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I appreciate your reply!

I’m reading the thread now.

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Here the completed version

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This is something that unfortunately has languished because I know that to write it I would have to do a lot of research to know it is correct.

We were thinking of a guide something along the lines of setting some LGPOs, however I do want to avoid something which breaks normal functionality of Windows.

As Privacy Guides does accept community contributions, this certainly is an area someone experienced could teach us about.

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Maybe we need a UI to let users selecting related policies to create their custom LGPO config files. It’s also exhausting to explain every policy suggestion though.

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That sounds like a lot of work for an OS that isn’t recommended.

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Many people have no other choice than to use Windows for compatibility reasons.

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I appreciate your reply!

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It isn’t that it isn’t recommended, it’s that there is no guide for it. A guide doesn’t necessarily mean it’s an endorsement.

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I understand that, i was referring to

Which seems like a lot of effort on PG’s part for an unrecommended OS.