Windows 10: In need of some advice on setting up Onedrive on after a clean install

Hi, Im looking into using Onedrive for the first time on my laptop. After searching the web I havent been able to get a clear answer about setting up Onedrive for my particular needs. I know that Onedrive can be configured during setup to automatically backup the Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders. My question relates to the Documents folder. Immediately after a clean install I always copy my Documents into the This PC/Documents folder from a USB flash drive where I have my Documents, Pictures etc backed up. If I select the Documents, Desktop, Pictures folders to be backed up automatically during Windows Setup they will then sync and be backed up to Onedrive in the cloud. However, I dont want my entire Documents folder backing up to Onedrive. A lot of my Documents I would just like to keep locally on my laptop. Also I will be installing amongst other things the Steam Gaming Platform which also uses the Documents folder and I wouldnt want folders such as Steam Game folders to be backed up to the cloud either. Is it better to not enable automatic backups of the Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders during Windows Setup? If you dont allow automatic backups ..does that mean that you would need to run two separate Documents folders...the Onedrive/Documents folder and the This PC/Documents Folder? Would you then just copy the files you want in the cloud to the Onedrive/Documents folder from the This PC/Documents folder and leave the files you only want to keep locally on the hard drive where they are in the This PC/Documents folder? It all seems a little bit complicated. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys

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Clean Install Workaround for Vista

You may remember this news story on techPowerUp! a couple of days ago relating to the lack of clean installs when using the Upgrade Editions of Vista, which required an old OS to be installed. However, Paul Thurrott has managed to find a workaround for this issue, which ironically lets users do a clean install Vista without any previous version of Windows, albeit a little tedious. Here are the steps:

• Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD as normal
• When prompted for a product code, leave this blank
• Select the version of Vista you have purchased and let Vista install
• When you boot to your desktop for the first time, run the Vista setup from Windows
• This time enter your product key
• When asked whether you want to do an Upgrade of Custom install, select custom and choose a clean install
• Windows will now install for a second time and you should be able to activate it

Remember, these steps are only advised for use in order to achieve a clean install of Vista, it is only legal to use the upgrade editions if you have previously purchased the appropriate version of Windows.

Source: DailyTech

 

Cleaning a keyboard and keyboard advice?

Thanks guys for cleaning advice.

Any keyboard suggestions? i will clean this out then and put in storage as a spare.

 

Windows 10 - OneDrive

Right click on the app and one of the properties has an option to not automatically start it. Uncheck, restart the computer, and it should stop. If you want to go another step further, find the OneDrive app in the start menu, right click on it and uninstall.

If that is still insufficient, there is a batch uninstaller for OneDrive available online. I can copy the code here if you need it.