True, that if we don’t count fact of Windows 10 changing settings (including explicitly set ones) / installing software on it’s own. So i wouldn’t include user at all as a part of problem 
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Undeniably, you got an undeniable point there.
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I’ve said this before and time will prove me correct
https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/dont-shoot-the-messenger/8458/15
Quick shut gate and block the Win$
Just don’t use windoze. If you are kind to your computer, it will repay that kindness and serve you selflessly for many years. Installing windoze is the opposite of that, it’s like giving your computer cancer.
If you think you must use windoze for some bizarre reason (you really don’t, but I can’t convince you of that), at least keep it contained in a VM. If that’s not possible for some reason, have a separate computer for it (one you don’t mind abusing), and preferably, keep it offline, so that the illness has no chance of spreading.
If your boss demands you use windoze, use it on a company laptop, not on your precious hardware.
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Yeah… I still dual boot without that because dual booting is easier for gaming than to set it up in Linux. I have no need to access Linux file systems from Windows nor, actually, access NTFS partitions from Linux.
No worries, Microsoft will access both Windows & Linux partitions for you, no need for consent or manual intervention!
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They might have some trouble with ZFS though - perhaps that’s another reason to use it? 
(Actually, I think that WinXP in a VM is unlikely to get out of hand)
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Encrypt your Linux drives !!!
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Be careful with that. Some time ago I was testing Ext4 on a USB flash drive and when I pluged it to a windows machine it asked me if I want to “repair” that partition (a.k.a. I will delete everything and format it as NTFS 
).
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I don’t give it any drive access beyond its own!
Most games work fine on Linux, and those that do not, frankly, you should not be playing anyway. There is no reason to use windoze.
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First of all the definition of “work fine” while having to use an emulator and maybe get the games you love to work fine is not the same for you as for me.
Second, judging other people’s gaming taste is not… a polite thing to do. I find myself almost exclusively playing Sims 4 (Origin) and Forza Horizon 4 (Xbox / Xbox App) these days.
And third, again, HDD space is basically free. It is, objectively, quicker and easier to just dual boot.
(Another subject, of course, is the fact that I am not in any way an open source fundie. I, quite honestly, don’t give more than a minor thought about if something is open source or not and is quite vocal about the fact that Windows 10 is the best DE out there with OSX as a close second. Nothing Linux has can really compete, objectively. Gnome is… getting there, but is still about 10 years behind from a reliability and functionality standpoint.
Also, don’t get me started on all the memes about “Windows 10 updates break everything” that keeps being posted on Linux reddits and forums… It only outs those people as either lying to make themselves or as completely computer iliterate.)
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Just wait a few decades , Linux will get there 
I hope to contribute to that
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