GnstheGrain

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

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	# Ever wonder what all those optional updates are? There's an easy way to find out.
	# Step 1: Go to Control Panel > Windows Update > Show optional updates.
	# Step 2: Select all the updates you want to find the title of, then copy the update details.
	# Step 3: Remove all the cruft and only leave the links.
	# Step 4: Replace http with https and /kb/xxx with /api/content/kb/xxx.
	# Step 5: Save the list of links.
	# Step 6: Open up an MSYS shell and do the following (replace the .txt files with your own):
	# (note: this will require curl and perl)

	while read fn; do curl $fn -Lso - \| perl -l -0777 -ne 'print $1 if /<h1.?title=\"(.?)\".?>.?/si'; done < '/r/updates.txt' > /r/updates_new.txt

	@echo off
	echo Uninstalling KB3075249 (telemetry for Win7/8.1)
	start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3075249 /quiet /norestart
	echo Uninstalling KB3080149 (telemetry for Win7/8.1)
	start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3080149 /quiet /norestart
	echo Uninstalling KB3021917 (telemetry for Win7)
	start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3021917 /quiet /norestart
	echo Uninstalling KB3022345 (telemetry)
	start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3022345 /quiet /norestart
	echo Uninstalling KB3068708 (telemetry)

	Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

	' change to TranscodedImageCache_001 for second monitor and so on
	openWallpaper("HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\TranscodedImageCache_000")

	function openWallpaper(regKey)
	arr = Shell.RegRead(regKey)
	a=arr
	fullPath = ""
	consequtiveZeroes = 0