disable windows 10, 11 activity history storage on local device

 

Activity history going to MS should be off by default.  To disable it use this

 

Stop saving activity history locally on your device

1. Select Start , then select Settings > Privacy > Activity history.

2. Clear the Store my activity history on this device checkbox.

    

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/-windows-activity-history-and-your-privacy-2b279964-44ec-8c2f-e0c2-6779b07d2cbd 

 

angry ip scanner notes

angry ip scanner program on windows looses the preferences upon exit, which sucks.

the settings can be copied and pasted from here if need be

ports:

5901,5902,5903,8080,443,80,9090,21,22,23,3389,2022

change display to hosts with open ports

Generated by Angry IP Scanner 3.9.2

https://angryip.org

Scanned 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.255

Nov 10, 2025, 10:36:07 AM

IP              Ping            Hostname                Ports           

192.168.1.1     12 ms           OpenWrt.lan             80,443          

Common Options

-ssh / -telnet / -serial: Specifies the protocol to use.

-l [username]: Specifies the login name.

-pw [password]: Provides the password (note: this may be visible in process lists).

-i [keyfile]: Specifies an SSH private key for authentication.

-P [port]: Connects to a specific port.-load "[session name]": Loads configuration from a saved session.

-m [file]: Reads a remote command or script from a local file and executes it on the server.

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run windows "run" tasks with elevated privileges

One can run tasks from the "Windows" button, run line w/o finding the executable and using that method to launch as administrator.

Alternatively, press Win + R, type taskschd.msc, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to launch with elevated privileges. 

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Windows antimalware executable task running as cpu hog

 

This shows how to reduce the priority of this task, which can run very long for no reason to be at high priority.

It's the windows cache maintenance.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3230441/high-cpu-usage-because-of-antimalware-service-exec

1. Press Windows key + R. This will open Run. Alternatively, you can go to Start and search for Run.
2. In Run dialog box, type taskschd.msc and hit enter.
3. Navigate to Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > Windows Defender.
4. On the right hand pane, double-click on Windows Defender Scheduled Scan.
5. On the General tab, uncheck the option Run with highest privileges.
6. Click on Conditions tab and uncheck all the options.
7. Click on OK.

right click the task to change the privileges off

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