Talon Release 2.0.0
Caution
Talon is designed to be used on freshly installed Windows 11 systems. Trying to use Talon on an already in-use system, or a any older versions of Windows, is not guaranteed to work and can cause some apps to stop working properly and system corruption!
You can download the pre-packaged executable here.
New Features
- A variant of the update_policy_changer script, update_policy_changer_pro, now exists and is ran when you use Talon on Pro or Enterprise systems, and sets your system to receive only security updates indefinitely, compared to the regular script which is only for 365 days.
- Replaced the "Optional Raven Software" screen with a donation request screen.
- Added a very important image.
- Added "pre checks" when Talon starts to check if you can make connections to our code subdomain and other various checks to ensure Talon will work as intended.
- New UI, including a translucent installation screen so you can see what is happening in the background as Talon works.
- Added status text to the installation screen so you know what Talon is currently working on.
- Added skip flags, so you can skip specific steps of the debloating process if you wish.
- Proper error handling with UI error popups.
Improvements
- Total rewrite of the codebase, resulting in a drastically more modular and maintainable project long-term.
- Now using Chocolatey for browser installation rather than Winget, due to its significantly better reliability.
- Finally created a requirements.txt.
- Talon now enforces SSL when downloading files for increased security.
- Significant improvements in stability and reliability all-around.
- Talon now checks if C: is excluded in Defender rather than checking the status of RealTimeProtection, since Defender still acts even if Real Time Protection is off.
Bug Fixes
- None.
Feedback
Please open an issue if you have suggestions or encounter any bugs.
Thank you for using Talon.