Winpilot Totaled Recall 2024.5.22

Start a GitHub project to de-spyware Windows and call it TotaledRecall. pic.twitter.com/u12HAw2VRO

— Jared Folkins (@JF0LKINS) May 21, 2024

Important

The domain bloatynosy.com is a scam and not an official site of mine. It is fraudulent, and you should NOT download anything from there! As you all have noticed, the app is now available as Winpilot. Only the code on GitHub is legitimate and safe to download. The Bloatynosy Classic version is also only available for download here on GitHub!

Changelog

The Winpilot setup area has been further refined, offering better and slightly faster detection of "OOBE" settings. Taking inspiration from Microsoft's latest hit, the Recall feature, for the upcoming Copilot+ PCs, I've had some fun and highlighted the setup area once again with a Totaled Recall badge 😄 . I'm excited for the initial tests and to see where Winpilot goes from here.

Winpilot 2024.5.20

Changelog

• Access to the menu and menu navigation, in general, has been updated to align with the Windows 11 design language. This transition is being rolled out gradually. There's a possibility that Clippy might be integrated into a notification bar to reduce its impact on the UI. The elements you're seeing now are essentially expansions of the Windows 11 Settings app, but let's face it, Microsoft won't officially introduce them 😸 Everything that Microsoft doesn't let us disable in the OOBE, we can now manage afterward with Winpilot.
• The JavaScript code for the UI frontend has been optimized
• Further optimizations and refinements have been made to the code related to the UI, resulting in faster loading times
• Download of Arc Browser has been added to the Install section
• Tiny11 support remains experimental. If you choose to utilize this feature and work with a "tiny/debloated" image, proceed at your own risk

Winpilot 2024.5.13

• Clippy has been optimized again to evoke that nostalgic and authentic '90s Microsoft Clippy vibe (Clippy's annoyance factor has been dialed down a notch 🙄 )
• Numerous subtle UI fixes and adjustments have been made
• The debloat signature of the Crapify plugin has been expanded with more "safe bloatware," now displayed in the "recommended" section for uninstallation
• Minor fixes have been made in the Setup > Privacy section
• All code changes since the version schema switch have now been finally committed, making the current codebase open source

NOTE: Winpilot can be scaled in and out directly using CTRL + Scroll Up/Down. Similarly, CTRL + F can be used for searching.

Winpilot 2024.5.7

Winpilot and Clippy are even more pumped on Windows 11, now rocking partial GUI and backing @NTDEV_ Tiny11builder https://t.co/LrKCWINsLl#winpilot #app #Windows11 #Microsoft #Ads #opensource pic.twitter.com/Rkx1mM4nVC

— Belim (@builtbybel) May 6, 2024

Changelog

Here's a small but crucial update that further optimizes ad blocking in Windows 11. I'm aiming to make this feature more dynamic, akin to a browser ad blocker 😸

Also, be sure to check out the changes from yesterday's release.

• Winpilots and Clippy (NeoClippy) have shifted their focus towards even stricter debloating and disabling of undesired Microsoft features aligning with the approach found in the Windows 11 OOBE. Any features not enabled during the initial setup can be adjusted later in Winpilots' setup area.
• The Workspace offers four different startup options (see screenshot)
• Support for the Tiny11Builder has also been added as a pilot function. It is a partial GUI for the well-known PowerShell script by NTDEV, With Winpilots' NeoClippy, you can easily download, mount, and prepare Tiny11.iso images. Feel free to give it a try. Please note, though, this is just a test version. Since it's not an official Microsoft build, I can't offer support for its use. Therefore, use of the script is at your own risk. However, it can serve the purpose of testing and evaluation.
• Some bugs in the interpretation of links in the Clippy bubble have been fixed.
• License information has been updated, especially regarding Clippy. Even though Clippy is long gone, we still need to respect the rights associated with it, so you'll see a small copyright notice beneath @microsoft Clippy's search bar. Word on the street is that Melinda Gates may have been the driving force behind Clippy and a few other Microsoft characters. So, big thanks to her for that. With that said, cheers for bringing me into the world, Clippy!

Winpilot Bloatless 2024.5.6

Winpilot and Clippy are even more pumped on Windows 11, now rocking partial GUI and backing @NTDEV_ Tiny11builder https://t.co/LrKCWINsLl#winpilot #app #Windows11 #Microsoft #Ads #opensource pic.twitter.com/Rkx1mM4nVC

— Belim (@builtbybel) May 6, 2024

• Winpilots and Clippy (NeoClippy) have shifted their focus towards even stricter debloating and disabling of undesired Microsoft features aligning with the approach found in the Windows 11 OOBE. Any features not enabled during the initial setup can be adjusted later in Winpilots' setup area.
• The Workspace offers four different startup options (see screenshot)
• Support for the Tiny11Builder has also been added as a pilot function. It is a partial GUI for the well-known PowerShell script by NTDEV, With Winpilots' NeoClippy, you can easily download, mount, and prepare Tiny11.iso images. Feel free to give it a try. Please note, though, this is just a test version. Since it's not an official Microsoft build, I can't offer support for its use. Therefore, use of the script is at your own risk. However, it can serve the purpose of testing and evaluation.
• Some bugs in the interpretation of links in the Clippy bubble have been fixed.
• License information has been updated, especially regarding Clippy. Even though Clippy is long gone, we still need to respect the rights associated with it, so you'll see a small copyright notice beneath @microsoft Clippy's search bar. Word on the street is that Melinda Gates may have been the driving force behind Clippy and a few other Microsoft characters. So, big thanks to her for that. With that said, cheers for bringing me into the world, Clippy!

Winpilot 2024.5.5 Adblock

Adblock for the Windows 11 UI now integrated into Winpilot. Sounds strange, but it's also unfortunately a strange development on @Microsoft's part.https://t.co/LrKCWINsLl#winpilot #Windows11 #Ads #adblock #clippy pic.twitter.com/0b1cvtSa5F

— Belim (@builtbybel) May 3, 2024

Seems like we're all getting tired and annoyed by the new advertising on the Windows 11 UI, right? That's why Winpilot is introducing a new feature/plugin called Adblock for Windows. It focuses solely on removing ads from the Windows 11 UI. Special thanks to elevenforum for the inspiration!

In the best-case scenario, everything should look like this. All toggles are set to 0/disabled

Winpilot 2024.5.4

Changelog

• An error has been fixed that could have resulted in some settings not loading in the setup
• An error has been fixed that led to the incorrect detection of the status of the Setup > Privacy Option 'Privacy Settings Experience at sign-in'
• A bug in the 'Assisted Debloat' function has been fixed, which previously did not allow apps to be removed as non-administrator. In Administrator mode, however, they were not displayed at all
• The Home Screen/Workspace has been improved and occasionally shows hints about newly introduced Microsoft features that generally worsen the user experience, such as advertising in the Start menu
• The Clippy asset from this ClippyGPT version is now also the new icon for Winpilot. Credits go to @FireCube
• The navigation menu displays descriptions of the menus when hovering the mouse over them
• Some internal functions of the old Bloatynosy app have been revamped and reintroduced in a modified form into Winpilot
• The light and dark modes have been slightly revised
• Minor UI improvements and fixes

Winpilot and SuperClippy 2024.5.3

• The UI has been completely refreshed, making it more intuitive and significantly enhancing efficiency while working with it
• @microsoft Clippy now appears as SuperClippy and has been visually refreshed (thanks to @FireCube for the Clippy asset from his ClippyGPT version)
• Dark Mode has been added (preview attached, switching between day/night mode is done via the toggle in the top right corner)
• Numerous minor optimizations to the extensions

Winpilot - Clippy's back, stronger and open source!

Changelog

Extensive code refactoring has eliminated remnants of classic Bloatynosy/AI and old "AI" functions.
A new link Join the code has been added to the UI where you're welcome to contribute to improving the project, whether it's enhancing the web core and UI with Javascript/html, css or the C# backend.

Also, take note of the extensive optimizations made in yesterday's release 2024.4.7 and the adjustment of the versioning scheme.

Winpilot 2024.4.7

Changelog

• The privacy, system, and gaming plugin "CoTweaker" now automatically detects the configured system settings. Custom settings only need to be toggled on/off with the ToggleSwitch. Modified settings are logged in the Clippy Bubble
• The CoTweaker plugin now offers enhanced support for gaming handhelds like the Lenovo Legion GO and Rog Ally
• The UI has been refreshed once again to better align with the design language of Windows 11. For example, the containers are now flat, with the Back button placed in the upper left corner and the Next button in the lower one
• The versioning schema has been changed from Semantic (SemVer) to a date-based versioning (CalVer) scheme. This is to better indicate the number of releases in a month. `The format is as follows: Year, Month, and Incremental Version: YYYY.MM.MINOR Example: 2024.4.7 (for the seventh release in April 2024)
• The current view or even the entire app can be refreshed with a single press of the ESC key on the keyboard, handy when you're, say, in the Copilot view
• With the upcoming release, I've made some big changes. I've cleaned out a lot of the old clutter and separated out many of those smart "AI" functions from the code. This means the community can now easily join in and contribute to the project. There were quite a few unnecessary features and pilot functions still hanging around in the code, and it took longer than expected to tidy things up. So the project will be completely open-source like Bloatynosy/AI