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Add a Windows setup note for disabling the garbage secure time seed feature

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Michael Campagnaro 2023-08-23 13:34:18 -04:00
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# Windows Setup
* Make a system restore point after a fresh install.
* Disable Microsoft's piece of shit Secure Time Seed (STS) because it can result in insane system clock times that wreck havoc.
* Open regedit and go to `KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config`
* Set `UtilizeSslTimeDat` to 0 and reboot.
* Disable Windows Platform Binary Table
* This is a system Windows made for hardware vendors to inject firmware to the OS drive, running it at boot time.
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built this for them. There's no way to stop this from happening other than to disable the platform entirely.
* Run `disable-windows-platform-binary-table.reg` and reboot.
**Make a system restore point before proceeding.**
* Change PC name
* Open settings -> System -> About -> Rename this PC
* Reboot