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The ghacks article on removing Widgets names it as the package. I agree MSFT's feature names are totally vague. The Teams appx is listed in the same article's comments. checked, it removes widgets and god know what more. but not chat/teams. Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftTeams* |...
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Deprovision.reg and installed apps for W10 W11 refreshed for latest builds.
 
garlin said:
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URLs for the latest production build of Microsoft Teams:
1.4.00.29469 (win-x64) - published on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 11:41 AM with 120 MB: https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/production-windows-x64/1.4.00.29469/Teams_windows_x64.exe
1.4.00.29469 (win-x64) - published on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 11:41 AM with 122 MB: https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/production-windows-x64/1.4.00.29469/Teams_windows_x64.msi
EDIT - This seems to be a specific domain we can block:
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So can we add it like
127.0.0.1 https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net
or what?
 
garlin said:
I blocked Teams from installing during OOBE, and had a clean desktop. Then I returned to find WU pushed Store to reinstall Teams while updating other apps.
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WU restored Get Started after installing CU (which updated Client.CBS) :rolleyes:
Code: 
C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy>dir app*
11/18/2021  01:55 PM           300,264 AppListBackup.dll
11/18/2021  01:55 PM               394 AppxBlockmap.xml
11/18/2021  01:55 PM           124,375 AppxManifest.xml
09/13/2021  07:32 AM             9,349 AppxSignature.p7x
 
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garlin said:
WU restored Get Started after installing CU (which updated Client.CBS) :rolleyes:
Code: 
C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy>dir app*
11/18/2021  01:55 PM           300,264 AppListBackup.dll
11/18/2021  01:55 PM               394 AppxBlockmap.xml
11/18/2021  01:55 PM           124,375 AppxManifest.xml
09/13/2021  07:32 AM             9,349 AppxSignature.p7x
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can we set it as readonly?

also do you have any idea where does sponsored apps download from as host i mean? during setup.... can u catch it via where virtual machiene connects etc? maybe fiddler works? i want to block those hosts if it prevents installs
 
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crypticus said:
can we set it as readonly?

also do you have any idea where does sponsored apps download from as host i mean? during setup.... can u catch it via where virtual machiene connects etc? maybe fiddler works? i want to block those hosts if it prevents installs
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WU is running as TrustedInstaller, permissions make no difference. Removing contentdeliverymanager blocks Spotlight tips, and 3rd party apps.
 
crypticus said:
can we set it as readonly?

also do you have any idea where does sponsored apps download from as host i mean? during setup.... can u catch it via where virtual machiene connects etc? maybe fiddler works? i want to block those hosts if it prevents installs
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With sysprep you can generate a generic image withouth sponsored apps
 
garlin said:
127.0.0.1 statics.teams.cdn.office.net (no https://)
Teams app is blocked. Chat icon requires the usual ChatIcon or Taskmn regedits.
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I can also confirm, tested works. If u ever find anything usefull like this for others (i mean for exp edge, edgewebview)

Please share.
 
Does anyone know how to remove

Open with > Search the Microsoft Store? its different than look for an app in microsoft store thing.
 
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garlin said:
Block OneDrive client downloads:
127.0.0.1 oneclient.sfx.ms
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Do you capture with fiddler?

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Does everyone has square corners on virtualbox? or its just me? even on vanilla installation...
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Also do we know what these components do: i removed them but everything seems to function same? what should i test to see the differance?
<c>1527c705-839a-4832-9118-54d4Bd6a0c89 'FilePicker'</c>
<c>c5e2524a-ea46-4f67-841f-6a9465d9d515 'FileExplorer'</c>
 
No Fiddler captures, just checking the event logs. The problem is when OOBE WU runs, it's difficult to run another app. I've seen someone say it's possible with Fiddler, but it's all manual.

https://oofhours.com/2020/10/22/network-tracing-during-oobe-with-fiddler/

Another trick I do is to redirect WU to a non-existent WSUS server (localhost). This skips over actual Windows updates, but WU continues to push other content. Blocking the system updates means it's quicker to search event logs.

Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
"DoNotConnectToWindowsUpdateInternetLocations"=dword:00000001
"WUServer"="localhost"
"WUStatusServer"="localhost"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"UseWUServer"=dword:00000001

Undo all changes to revert.
 
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