New version is 7.6.7 for PowerShell, Windows Flagship Utility that I use to update apps/software via commands, make my PC run fast/better (on a ThinkPad E580 Refurbished Laptop), and others.

The Windows 11 UI is definitely a step up — I'd say it's a good bit better than Windows 10. That said, there are a few things that really bug me. Let me get into my personal setup.（This isn't advice— please don't change any security-related features like i did.）

1. Turn off animation effects and transparency effects in Accessibility (the transparency one is optional). Yeah, Windows 11's animations are smoother, but for me they're too slow, and they drop frames sometimes.
2. Uninstall the Windows Web Experience Pack. You can do it with this command: `winget uninstall "windows web experience pack"`. Once it's gone, you get rid of all that ad-filled crap — the search highlights, weather, widgets, all of it.(easily u can turn off them in settings,no need to uninstall)
3. Turn off Memory Integrity, WDAC, and Virtualization-Based Security. I don't need that, so I disabled them for a bit of extra performance. As for WDAC, in some situations it slowed down launching .exe programs like crazy — it goes online to check the program whenever you start a new app, and since I live in China, the network situation here is... awkward (😅). One time it got so bad it hung for a solid few minutes, so I just turned it off.(pls do not do this,this is not advice. The performance gains I'm talking about are actually pretty minimal — you can barely feel them in everyday use. It's really only in gaming where you might see a difference in frame rates.)

（I even turned off UAC. Obviously, regular users shouldn't follow my lead on that one.）

1. Debloat some of the built-in Windows apps: Photos, Media Player, Copilot, Clipchamp, Outlook, Weather. Then install alternatives — lighter, more privacy-friendly stuff like PhoXo, VLC, and so on.

2. Turn off all the optional anti-privacy options in Privacy settings.

3. Restore the right-click context menu to the Windows 10 style. I heard this version added some new context menu features, but I couldn't care less — Windows 11's context menu has a noticeable delay when it opens compared to Windows 10, and I just can't stand it.

4. Disable Windows Defender and replace it with a third-party antivirus. WD's detection is solid, no question, but it constantly makes my laptop's fans spin like crazy when it's idling (😅).

5. Update the system and drivers to the latest versions, then disable Windows Update and automatic driver updates (permanently) — until I actually want to update.

That's pretty much it. My debloat principle is: if a feature doesn't make my experience worse, I leave it alone. And I try to avoid third-party "optimizer" tools as much as possible — if you don't know exactly what you're doing, they can break system functionality. I wouldn't recommend any of this to regular users; Windows is way too complex, and random tweaks can cause unexpected errors. It's been running for a few days now and my experience has been pretty good. If you've got any suggestions, feel free to share.

Upgraded to 26H2 recently and noticed that several Settings options and features we had in late 25H2 cumulative updates got rolled back / omitted. I submitted a detailed request on Feedback Hub for the engineering team to align 26H2 with 25H2 and build a solid testing path. Please take a second to upvote if you're experiencing this:
https://aka.ms/AA13uko2

I hope you guys like it. This was a pain in the ass to do

Windows would get a lot more backlash if this was the case. This is something thats permanent with new ios 27. Ai slop that u cant remove in a proper way. With windows u can do a lot but this is apple’s enforcement of we know whats best for u sir. MacOs has this issue too but since it has a bigger storage its less of an issue. Ios has always had this type of forced features no one can remove. I dont use apple intelligence one bit but I cant get rid of it in a normal way have to use reddit/internet tricks.

When I was reading about the  new Photos app i noticed they only used the word "native" for the Editor and Viewer but never for the Gallery itself

That's because Gallery is not native WinUI and it might still be using webview. They're presenting the "all-new Gallery" like its native when its not. So we're still going to have webview performance/bug related issues.