Pakua SysManager 1.136.99

[1.136.99] - 2026-11-03
Two Privacy & Telemetry switches write what they say: the one for the Settings app's suggestions, and widgets on Windows 10.
Fixed
- "Disable Spotlight ads" on Privacy & Telemetry said it removes promotions from Windows Spotlight on the lock
screen, and its only value was one of the three behind Windows' "Show me suggested content in the Settings app".
It read back as applied and the lock screen kept its promotions, which are the value "Disable lock screen tips"
writes. The switch is now "Disable suggestions in Settings" and writes all three values Windows' own switch sets,
and "Disable lock screen tips" says it covers the promotions. A profile exported before still matches it. It reads
as on only when all three are set, so if you turned it on before, it can show as off, and turning it on again sets
the other two. It was like this since the tab first shipped, in 1.5.0.
- On Windows 10, "Disable widgets" wrote Windows 11's widgets policy, and Windows 10's news and interests has a
policy of its own. Apply reported success, the switch read back as on, and the weather button stayed. On Windows
10 the switch is now "Disable news and interests" and writes that policy, and Settings Watchdog watches it there.
The switch was like this since 1.5.0, and the watchdog since it shipped, in 1.48.0.
Verify the download
Get-FileHash .\SysManager-v1.136.99.exe -Algorithm SHA256
Expected SHA256: C4E48DB9AC9EFDEBBFBAC76D2BC43C5CD86286A726A3D6C1892943FB65827579
This build is not code-signed, so Windows will warn on first launch. That is
expected for a small independent app: see what the warning says and what to
click.
Code signing is planned through the SignPath Foundation,
which provides free certificates to open-source projects, with signing performed by
SignPath.io. Until then, the SHA256 above and the build
attestation below are what establish that a download is the genuine build.
Code signing policy
This release is not code-signed. The team roles, release-approval process and
privacy policy required by the SignPath Foundation programme
are documented in advance under Code signing
policy. That
documentation is a prerequisite for applying, not evidence of a certificate. The
attribution line naming SignPath as the signing provider will appear here once a
certificate is actually issued.
This program will not transfer any information to other networked systems unless
specifically requested by the user or the person installing or operating it. Two checks
run on their own when SysManager starts: the version check against the GitHub Releases
API, at most once a day, and the Dashboard's app-updates alert, which asks winget. The
About tab can switch off either. Everything else that uses the network runs only when you
use it. Full
privacy policy.
Verify where this binary came from
This exe was built by GitHub Actions from this public source, and the build is
recorded in the Sigstore public transparency log. With the
GitHub CLI:
gh attestation verify .\SysManager-v1.136.99.exe --repo laurentiu021/SystemManager
That proves which commit and workflow produced this exact binary, something the
SHA256 file cannot show, since it is published alongside the exe it describes.
Each release also ships SysManager-v1.136.99.sbom.json, a CycloneDX inventory of
every dependency resolved for this build.