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Ahh! If that's the case you've come to the right place! I've been begrudgingly using Windows for 2 decades and I've found two utilities that help you disable 99% of that nagware.
Using these 2 applications you can basically gut Windows down to nothing. You can also use Windows Update Blocker to completely disable Windows Update, so features aren't added or re-enabled without you knowing about it. Make sure you enable "protect services settings!" This breaks
winget, but I just pull the wub.exe up, enable updates, usewinget, then re-disable updates. Only takes a second.Doing this will completely change your Windows experience.
If you want to get even more crazy, you can do Windows 10/11 IoT which is a version of Windows designed for embedded devices (which still has windows enterprise level features, including telemetry disabled by default) which comes without a significant portion of the bullshit you get with consumer versions of Windows. Typically, you can selectively enable or install things it doesn't have if you end up needing them, but I've never run into any issues.
If you wanna give it a try you can download Windows 11 (26100.1742) IoT here, or Windows 10 (22H2) IoT here.
Since this is a work thing, I'd maybe check with whomever is in charge of your shit that you're not violating any compliance shit by turning updates off.
If you're not, cool, then whatever, but compliance bullshit is awful and sucks and it's better if you're not the reason you fail an audit.
Edit: for the OP, not you.