Remove "Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell" capability
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- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Impact: HighSystem Functionality Loss Risk: High
This action improves privacy with high impact when you run the recommended script. - Batch (batchfile)These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
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Guidebook for Windows users: remove "Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell" capability to enforce hardened sensitive privacy control. In connection, this trick supports you in discovering the workflow to restore back to the defaults.
As we embrace our operating system, we must ensure that it does not come at the cost of important privacy control. Using this improvement, improve personal data assurance parameters and here's your chance—pick the solution that works. Double-check your actions before moving to the next step. It's always easier to fix small mistakes early.
References
- Protecting Personal Privacy
- OWASP Top 10 Privacy Risks
- Digital Security Guide (Amnesty International)
- How Websites and Apps Collect and Use Your Information
- privacy.sexy source code
- A Survey on User Profiling, Data Collection, and Privacy Issues of Internet Services
- What is System Hardening? Essential Checklists from OS to Applications
Technical Details
To help maintain sensitive privacy maintenance, this customization modifies system features to gain controlled capability scope. To benefit from enhanced system response, it helps keep the system running well.
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How to apply or restore "Remove "Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell" capability" using script
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- Tools: Web Browser
- Difficulty: Simple
- ≈ 5 instructions
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How to apply or restore "Remove "Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell" capability" using privacy.sexy
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- Difficulty: Simple
- ≈ 4 instructions
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- Search for the script name: Remove "Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell" capability
- Check the script by clicking on the checkbox.
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Run
Click on ▶️ Run button at the bottom of the page.This button only appears on desktop version (recommended). On browser, use 💾 Save button.
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PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "Get-WindowsCapability -Online -Name 'Rsat.StorageReplica.Tools*' | Remove-WindowsCapability -Online"
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How to apply or restore "Remove "Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell" capability" using commands
- ≈ 2 min to complete
- Tools: Command Prompt
- Difficulty: Medium
- ≈ 3 instructions
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Open Command Prompt
Open Command Prompt as Administrator. - 2
Copy code
Copy the code: - 3
Paste & run
Paste the commands into Command Prompt and press Enter to run.Some changes require a system restart to take effect
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