If you install 10 and the run Atlas OS (it's a ) it'll remove all the crap. But you can't use updates. I tried Atlas OS and was pleasantly surprised by the results. Most telemetry was gone, just gone. Again, Atlas OS has to be deployed after initial 10 install.
Good to hear from you again. Your posts on the "jan 1 2024 steam ending support" thread about your success with AtlasOS were appreciated. Im glad the info there we presented helped you make a good decision! Its probabbly best its brought up here too. But there are still people not ready to switch for other reasons. And as mentioned, neutered and lobotomized or not, Im not switching the machine in question to 10. Its good info for others yes, an alternative. But this is the sevenforums.com and as my OP states, the aid im looking for is for win7. AtlasOS is a good workaround. And at this point i wonder if AtlasOS (which uses a win 10/11 key to install) is somthing that will run from a Linux vm-ware. But i dont want to off-track this thread. Its a information repository for getting HTC Vive Pro 2, operational on a win7 os.