Configuring Windows

This article will walk you through configuring Windows for use as a migration workstation.
We recommend a fresh installation of windows.

Configuring Windows

Click the Start Menu

Unpin everything except the following, by right clicking and choosing Unpin from Start from the context menu. If there are applications you know you won't use for migrations, you can optionally uninstall them as well.

Edge
Settings
File Explorer
Notepad

Your start menu should now look like this.

Right-Click the Task bar and choose Taskbar Settings

In the Taskbar items section adjust the following settings

Set Search to Hide
Task view to off
Widgets to off
Chat to off

Scroll down to the Taskbar behaviors section, set Taskbar alignment to left. You can close this window now.

Open Edge and click through the welcome screens

Click Start without your data

Uncheck Bring over your data... Click Confirm and Continue

Click Continue without Google data

Uncheck Make your Microsoft experience... and click Confirm and start browsing.
Close Edge

Setting Dark Mode

Open Settings
Click the Start button and type Settings
Click Open
On the left menu, navigate to Personalization
Scroll down and click on Colors
Click on Choose your mode
Select Dark
Now your window should be dark.
On the left menu, click on Personalization again.
Scroll down and click on Background
Click on Personalize your background
Choose Solid color
On the color palette
Select black