Configuring Windows

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 this data


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



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