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Delete Any other Users you have created previously to free up hard drive space, or at least disable them.

Open lusrmgr.msc again and disable unused Windows 10 Default Accounts (such as WDAGUtility, Guest and DefaultAccount), by right clicking on them and setting them as disabled.

Windows login SETUP will begin and you can pretty much say no to everything Windows wants to activate:.

Logout and back in again as the new user.

Click Add Button, enter “Administrators”.

Right click on user, select Properties > Member Of Tab.

Uncheck “User must change password at the next logon”.

Windows key + R to open the Run command.

There are some default accounts that you cannot or should not delete, but they can be disabled. It is also a good way to free up hard drive space because you can delete any other accounts and files that are not needed. This might be an account that museum staff or any other technicians will also have access to. It is a good idea to start with a brand new User Account, perhaps something more generic that does not have any of your personal information associated with it.

You’ll want to turn off auto-updates after this (see further down below).

Continue this process of updating and rebooting until you are 100% up-to-date.

Manually Check for Updates, let them download and install.

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Start > Update & Security > Windows Update.

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You may also choose to wipe the drive and do a clean install on Windows 10, just to make sure there aren’t any strange things hiding on your drive (such as malware), or previous system tweaks you forgot about.

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Most importantly your graphics card driver, your network adaptor and any audio device drivers, or specialty hardware drivers should be up to date. “New” computers out of the box may still be months behind current OS updates. The first thing you will want to do when setting up a new system or if you are just about to prep an old machine is make sure that Windows and any special drivers you need are up to date. You can find more info about registry keys here: There are also other optimization settings further in the list that may or may not make much of a difference, or may not be necessary, your mileage may vary, experiment at your own risk. Also you registry key edits may get deleted if you update Windows. There are also instructions for editing Windows Registry keys, which is kind of like getting under the hood of the car a bit more, and you should always be careful when messing with these. Some settings are accessed by running commands such as “netplwiz” which bring up settings that are not easily found through the new Windows 10 control panel. Microsoft is getting rid of the familiar “Control Panel” in favor of the Windows Settings App, but both are referenced in this document. But sometimes you can just press the Start key and begin tying the name of the setting and get there faster.

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In this guide I will just be writing the full way to access a setting with “Start > Control Panel > Turn Windows Features On Or Off” etc. Which of course can also be accessed by pressing the Windows icon on the keyboard between the CTRL and ALT keys. Some shortcuts and conventions I use in this document: Many settings are accessed by clicking on the Windows “Start” icon in the lower left of the task bar. I will update this periodically and please send me your comments or additional resources. There are some links at the bottom for additional guides and resources. I primarily use Touchdesigner but these tips also work for other Audio or Video programs, as well as gaming machines. This is not necessarily a guide for your development environment, although many tips will be useful, it is for creating a fast and lean, purpose built machine for temporary or permanent art installations. There is nothing worse than having a system window pop up on the projection surface, or an unwanted notification sound chiming through the speakers, or worse to have the system automatically start updating itself and rebooting! In addition there are optimization settings that can help your computer run faster, and other settings that can make sure your computer is able to send and receive the data it needs depending on what you are doing. When setting up a computer to use for a show, whether that is a just a single evening event or a permanent installation, steps need to be taken to assure that nothing in the computer is going to disrupt the show.

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I’ve compiled this step-by-step guide of how to make tweaks to your Windows 10 system as a “Show Machine”.