Yes. Avast has a great behavioral protection.
Panda and 360TSE are pretty light. They will do, when combined with a safe DNS like Quad9 and something like:
https://www.osarmor.com/
SearchHost is like Smartscreen and StartMenuExperienceHost, it can not be disabled, only removed or blocked.
takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%WINDIR%\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe"
icacls...
1. Do not store passwords and 2FA keys in the same app/account!
2. Do not use SMS as 2FA! Better no 2FA than SMS 2FA!
3. Do not use passkeys!
Optionally: Do not store core passwords in a password manager, keep them in an encrypted doc with backups!
Core passwords as for Google, Authenticator...
Yes, outlook will not receive any emails, if OneDrive is blocked, even if it has like 1KB file in 5GB free space, OneDrive = Outlook.
Buy MS365 Basic for 1 month, it cost $2, but you will get a premium (chat) support for 30 days. It is great...
Yes, dGPU produces heat, even when it does "nothing". I always disable it as well as NPU.
With dGPU my CPU is at 37C and without dGPU my CPU is at 35C. But 11 will use, if it can.
For the record, I would disable GPU acceleration in all apps, like browsers (=Netflix). Modern CPU's power is...
It already exists, but it is only for Businnes users, thus far. But MS promised AD-supported subscription, like Netflix has.
https://www.microsoft.com/en/windows-365/business/all-pricing?market=af
Just make sure not to rely only on automatic backups ony, I lost files because of it. The task can get corrupted.
Nothing beats copy/paste time to time. I use OneDrive, then IceDrive, GDrive, external disk, thumb drives.
Using imaging for data is overkill, I use Hasleo Backup Suite just for OS...
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/add-or-remove-settings-home-page-in-windows-11.16017/page-2#post-576401
You can disable Home, if it bothers you too much or maybe use a local account? It loads for so long, you can even take a screenshot.