Turn Windows 10 Features On or Off

In order to turn Windows 10 features on or off:

1. Press Win+S and search for Turn Windows features on or off


2. Open the Control Panel window from the search results

Disable Internet Explorer on Windows 10

For some reason, Windows 10 still ships with Internet Explorer 11. Even though it also has Microsoft Edge. And most people download Google Chrome or Firefox anyway to browse the web.

1. Find the Internet Explorer 11 feature in the Windows Features dialog window and uncheck it





2. Windows Features will ask you for confirmation. Select Yes

Disable SMBv1 Protocol

The WannaCry and Petya ransomware attacks both exploited weaknesses in the SMBv1 protocol. Microsoft claims SMBv1 is no longer installed by default as of Windows 10 Version 1709, but you should check to make sure it is actually disabled on your PC.

1. Find the SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support feature in the Windows Features dialog window and uncheck it

Enable Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V is what is known as a hypervisor. Hyper-V allows you to create one or more virtual machines on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit systems. A virtual machine allows you to run guest operating systems such as Ubuntu Linux on the Windows 10 Pro host.

1. Find the Hyper-V feature in the Windows Features dialog window and check it to enable

Restart Windows 10

In order for the Windows Features changes to take effect, you will need to restart Windows 10: