In that case, you've got some work to do to cripple telemetry on your PC. If you're on Windows 11 (new 24H2 build) you'd better also disable Recall, because it's on.
https://pureinfotech.com/uninstall-recall-windows-11/
I hate Windows but I don't hate you- protect yourself
Hate to be "that guy", and maybe OP's no updates since 2019 exempt them from this, but modern 10/11 both immediately auto-restart the Windows update service when it's manually stopped.
Alot less convenient than synergy but do-able. I may take the time to try to understand it in the future, appreciente the info.I tweeted @synergy and they say a wayland-compatible version is due later this year, so there's a good chance I'll just wait and be lazy.
Yeah Wayland rules- problem for me is I'm hopelessly addicted to Synergy for mouse and keyboard sharing, and it doesn't work on Wayland yet><
I'm 100% team red and my fancy new display won't do 4k@144hz on X11 so that's frustrating. 144 and no Synergy or 1440p 144hz and Synergy
Won't take that long to find out.