Boot into your BIOS. Disable Secure Boot (custom OS kernels rarely have valid signatures). Enable AHCI for SATA mode.

If you need a lightweight Windows experience, consider (officially supported, minimal bloat) or a Linux distribution like Linux Mint Xfce .

Inside: seven executables. Not the usual bloatware. These were razor-sharp utilities. “Latency Killer”—one click to reduce DPC latency by 70%. “Update Eradicator”—permanently neuters Windows Update. “Ghost User Remover”—deletes all telemetry accounts. And at the bottom, a readme file written in plain English, rare for this world: