Puckanet Workstation Provisioning & Tool Shed
Your automated cheat sheet for a pristine workstation bootstrap. No bloatware, no telemetry, no subscription rent-seeking.
Microsoft Office 365
Complete desktop productivity suite deployed clean without cloud telemetry nagging or subscription lock-in.
Download & Execute the Bootstrapper
Grab the official Microsoft Click-to-Run (C2R) offline bootstrapper. Run the executable to install Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Once installation completes, close any first-launch login or sign-in prompts without signing into a Microsoft account.
Download Office 365 Installer (.exe)Permanent Genuine Activation via MAS
Open an elevated PowerShell terminal (press Win + X and select Terminal (Admin) or PowerShell (Admin)), paste this one-liner, and hit Enter:
irm https://get.activated.win | iex
MeshCentral Remote Management Agent
Self-hosted, unattended remote administration and out-of-band management for Puckanet workstations.
Deploy Pre-Configured Workstation Agent
Download the pre-configured 64-bit Puckanet personal workstation agent. When prompted by Windows UAC, click Yes, then click Install / Connect. The agent registers as a low-overhead background Windows service that automatically pairs with our gateway.
remote.puckaway.org. Traffic is end-to-end encrypted; no telemetry or session metadata is routed through third-party cloud infrastructure.
Capabilities & Fleet Hygiene
MeshAgent provides hardware-accelerated remote desktop, remote PowerShell terminal sessions, live file transfers, and out-of-band power controls. In accordance with Puckanet hygiene standards, commands run via PowerGlove / MeshAgent execute with strict timeouts and bounded leaf queries.
Curated Modern Windows Tooling
Modern replacements for fossilized utilities. Lightning fast, telemetry-free, zero installer wrappers.
Windows Package Manager (winget) is natively built into modern Windows 10 & 11. Say goodbye to navigating ad-infested download portals or installing 2000s bloatware like CCleaner (telemetry sponge) or WinDirStat (glacial crawl). Copy the batch script below or install packages individually.
# ========================================================================= # Puckanet Curated Workstation Bootstrap Manifest # Run in an elevated PowerShell session (Win + X -> Terminal Admin) # ========================================================================= winget install --id=M2Team.NanaZip --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=AntibodySoftware.WizTree --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=Microsoft.PowerToys --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.Preview --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=Microsoft.VisualStudioCode --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=Google.Chrome --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=VideoLAN.VLC --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=QL-Win.QuickLook --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=File-New-Project.EarTrumpet --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements winget install --id=Mythicsoft.AgentRansack --exact --accept-source-agreements --accept-package-agreements
Modern 7-Zip fork rewritten for modern Windows. Integrates directly into Windows 11 context menus without clunky cascading submenus.
Instant NTFS MFT master file table analyzer. Scans a 2TB NVMe SSD in 1.4 seconds flat, replacing the painfully slow 10-minute crawl of WinDirStat.
FancyZones window tiling, system-wide optical OCR text extraction, color picker, quick keyboard remapping, and the lightweight PowerToys Run launcher.
GPU-accelerated multi-tab terminal with full UTF-8, ANSI color support, custom SSH profiles for Puckanet hosts, and cutting-edge preview features.
The industry standard code editor for PowerShell, Python, Dockerfiles, and GitOps workflows. Pairs seamlessly with Puckanet remote development.
Reliable Chromium engine for daily web workflows, devtools inspection, and progressive web applications across Puckanet web portals.
The indestructible media player. Plays every container, audio codec, and video stream known to civilization without third-party codec packs.
Brings the macOS Spacebar instant preview experience to Windows File Explorer. Preview images, PDFs, archives, and markdown files in milliseconds.
A gorgeous per-application volume mixer for Windows. Move Discord, browser tabs, games, and media players between audio devices with a single click.
Fast, multi-threaded text and regex file search across entire drives without relying on broken or corrupted Windows Search index caches.
Windows De-Enshittification Suite
Strip out background telemetry, diagnostic trackers, Edge popups, and consumer adware.
Execute Chris Titus Tech Windows Utility (WinUtil)
Launch an elevated PowerShell session (Win + X → Terminal (Admin)) and execute the one-liner below to launch the open-source graphical tuning utility:
iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win | iex
What Gets De-Enshittified?
- ✓ Diagnostic Telemetry: Purges Windows Customer Experience telemetry services and diagnostics logging.
- ✓ Edge & Bing Clutter: Halts Edge protocol hijacking and purges Bing search clutter from the Start menu.
- ✓ Cortana & Adware: Removes deprecated Cortana assistants and consumer bloat pre-provisioned by OEMs.
- ✓ Update Sanity: Delays feature test updates and limits automatic restarts to security patches only.