You really don't. It just requires messing with some group policy and settings. I did this 5-10 years ago and haven't had to really mess with it much since. I've never used an OS that did not require some effort to get in a state I like.
Spending time to configure your OS to your liking is one thing. Having to actively fight all the crap that the OS vendor has jammed into it is quite a bit different.
I don't think the two are equivalent, since one has a much more adversarial flavor to it.
Having run Linux for many years in my experience there is a lot of configuration that is not because it's "to my liking" but rather because X broke and now I need to figure out why. I don't mind it, because it's definitely worth it in the end.
