>>100140886
It works for gaming fine. You can install graphic drivers and shit like vcredist just as you would on other editions.

I'd like a one click, no confirmation button on my desktop for switching between using one and two displays. Is this achievable and if yes, how?

>>100141209
This is something you'd use an AutoHotkey script to do.

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hey guys am I supposed to delete everything here for a clean installation? I'm scared of ruining my ssd. like maybe one of these is options for the ssd itself and is supposed to stay. in my noob brain.

>>100141470
yes delete everything, no it wont delete the firmware of the SSD

>>100141470
Press shift+F10
In the cmd window run diskpart
When inside it, run "select disk 0" then run "clean"
Let it work then when it says it's been successful close the window and refresh the drive listing
Install to the now unallocated drive 0 space

just installed gygabite control center and updated all drivers. then i look up on reddit and apparently this software is not to be installed and fucks up your entire pc.
how fucked am i?

>>100141906
It's optional and not really recommended. You should probably just uninstall it.

>>100141913
nigga can you read?

>>100141933
Then no, don't install it. Let Windows Update deal with it.
If something feels weird download the driver for what you need manually from your Gigabyte mobo's support page.

>>100141947
??? i literally said i installed it? you are illiterate. please do not reply anymore, amerishart.

>>100140595
>>What version should I install
>11 Enterprise
>11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 (releasing in October. Final RTM candidate leaked, anons are impressed)

any anons can talk about this? curious since i'd like to use windows 11 on my new pc but lack of 'good' versions currently makes me consider w10 iot enterprise ltsc, not very enthused about waiting to october

>>100143264
https://archive.org/details/26100-ltsc-x64-enus
Here's the leaked final RTM candidate. Use it as a daily driver at your own risk.

>>100143264
honestly just go with 10 iot for now, you'll reconsider this all at least once, if not multiple times before october - likely much earlier, let's be honest

>>100140595
I'm so excited about that 11 IoT Enterprise

>>100144454
When it comes out officially, it'll definitely become the go-to edition to install.

it's been roughly seven or eight years since i last put together a new desktop. holy shit, installing all the hardware and operating system validation is so much easier nowadays

>>100144776
Yeah, using Windows and Office for free has literally never been easier.

>>100144805
ive been using libre office for like four years now or something like that. regular office at work, libre at home. just finished installing regular office at home. i really need to stay on top of shit like this and not let it pile up over the years. oh well

>>100144986
You could install Office 365 Pro Plus, activate it with MAS, then use it without even needing an MS account. All of the latest Office features with none of the crap.

>>100145018
lol really? ive got word and excel on my work phone, its probably that office 365 app. hate all this internet browser-app bullshit, just give me the offline program and quit showing me ads and nonsense.

>>100145057
Yes really. It's not a net app install either, it's a local one.

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>>100144776
>no more daemon tool needed since windows 10
feels like saying goodbye to your best childhood friend

>>100145136
It was a pretty big deal when it was shown that Explorer could natively mount disk files.

Can you do an in-place upgrade to windows 11 iot ltsc (the one that is leaked) from a 10 version?

>>100145254
I guess technically? It's in-place upgrading from LTSC to LTSC

>>100145268
>It's in-place upgrading from LTSC to LTSC
can you elaborate?

>>100145349
Older LTSC can in-place upgrade to the latest LTSC. So technically if you mount the LTSC 2024 RTM ISO and run the setup, you should be able to upgrade to it from 2021 for example, though I'd exercise caution with this if it doesn't work properly based on it still being a leak.

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my just installed windows is doing plenty of weird shit, do i have to clean install again or can i repair it or something? also does reinstalling wear out the ssd even if most of the space was empty?

>>100146465
its rarely ever worth using repair. reinstall the whole thing properly this time.

Can I use MAS to activate in a virtual machine?

Is it possible to configure Windows 10 to boot without a logging screen? No username, no password, no account, no logging of any kind. You press Power On and you're the admin.

>>100146834
search "how to disable windows user login". its easy, i used to do it

>>100146746
I have partially done so using the first option(no network for full), I assume it's fine.

>>100146465
you mas fags ruined this italy guy's computer. fix his problems

>>100140997
it does work but since it doesn't have the store it's a no go for game pass, it also might suddenly not work if some new directx feature update gets released or whatever

>>100146746
I've used KMS_VL_ALL to activate 7 and 10 VMs in the past. I don't see what's different about MAS to break that functionality.

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Why do they do the needful?

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>>100146865
Just did so using the first option again, now with network. This is 1903 if it matters, and I did similarly for all versions before that. Offline would mean access to options that are normally blocked off then it just says to activate if you bother looking for the window that says so. Restarting said it was already activated, maybe Windows does it on its own once a network is detected.

>>100147294
all versions before that offline*
Also after connecting I got hacked and the message said Linux was superior.

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In the installation guide in OP there is an image that shows Rufus using fat32 as filesystem. But my Rufus only has ntfs as an option. Is that still okay to make the installable iso?

>>100147450
it's probably capacity related, fat32 is only up to 4gb or something

>>100147488
Yeah my iso is 6.5gb in fact. Thank you.

>>100147494
i remembered wrong, rufus is multi os, it only goes into fat32 if you use windows and non windows

why hasn't microsoft made official proper paid classic windows themes? I will pay to get a proper theme back

>>100147603
not enough demand for paid themes in general

>>100147548
What? So will my windows flashdrive work or not? Im using windows currently and flashing another windows version into the usb.

>>100147692
If it's just Windows, NTFS will be fine.

>>100147709
What do you mean "just" windows? As in it would give me trouble for dual booting?

>>100147724
As in you're not trying to dual boot with Linux or another OS.

>>100145254
Yes, I've successfully done an in-place upgrade from Windows 10 Pro 22H2 after changing these registry keys:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
"CompositionEditionID"="EnterpriseS"
"EditionID"="EnterpriseS"
"ProductName"="Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019"

>>100147724
let rufus do its thing, i just added confusion
aka if you don't see anything else then it's fine

>>100147739
I am though... Can't different partitions have different file systems anyway?

>>100146867
i will cast my spell of napoli pizza calzone(cal-tsoh-neh)

>>100146877
You can add the store and all the xbox crap win10 ordinarily comes with if you need it. LTSC is perfectly usable for playing game pass and UWP games, but you might as well be using a consumer edition by that point. Steam and other platforms aren't an issue. I honestly don't install or use all the xbox stuff, but i still install the store to grab winget and other useful tools.

Does the newest VCRedist version contain all the previous ones or do I need to keep 10 different versions in both x86 and x64?

>>100140595
Can you guys give me an alternative to Microsoft Photos? My requirements are that it should be aware of the contents of the folder it launched from (so i can navigate from the UI) and should support video playback. My issue with Microsoft Photos is that it has issues with MPEG-2. So the alternative must support it and no, converting my media isn't the solution I want.

I also want to add that I tried IrfanView but viewing videos was kind of weird, I had to resize the window everytime.

>>100148682
you will need each version
but, software will come with what they need, that's why it's a redistributable, so don't worry about it

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Do you guys know if there's a way to set up VMWare's default hardware settings? Every single time I have to spin a new VM I need to adjust the damn hardware settings and its starting to get annoying.

>>100149302
AFAIK, No you can't
But you can create a "Template VM" to link others out of
I think it was an option in "Advanced" Tab of individual VM settings

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I'm experiencing W11 for the first time and it's honestly pretty amazing, I like it quite a lot .

gib 12, 11 is a loser

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>show bluetooth devices
>my own monitor is in the list
why does this happen

>>100149937
never seen that in my life

>>100149885
if they actually start backpedaling on UWP and TPM like the rumours suggest then I'll bite, otherwise it's 10 until the heat death of the universe for me.

12 just seems like it should have been around when 11 happened

>>100149937
Are you sure it doesn't have bluetooth? Mine shows up under audio.

>>100150216
its just a regular old asus monitor

>>100149937
>>100150311
>bluetooth devices
>Bluetooth & other devices

>>100149476
That's so lame, making a template VM ends up being the same (or more) amount of clicks...

>>100143303
>for now
retard. i am setting up a computer, not a fucking streaming game box. 8 years of "support" isn't enough for a brand new pc, and let's face it, software support for W10 will die out rapidly, much faster than W7, as W11 adoption rate is somehow lower than vista. Is this really your solution? Grim if so.

>>100141485
>it wont delete the firmware of the SSD
Is that even possible today? I thought you needed a magnet on an old mechanical drive to pull that off.

>>100150410
it was never possible to erase the ssd controller through the fucking windows install wizard
and the shit about magnets happen because of the way you store data in mechanical drives

>>100150338
even so, why is it appearing in other devices at all

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>>100150513
taking at look at the W11 version of the same window, I see my TV is in the audio section, so your monitor probably has speakers

smart screen keeps re-enabling itself after disabling it in winaero tweaker and disabling everything i could think of in defender settings, its just annoying, anything else i can do? this wasnt a problem on my last install a few months ago, maybe its a new "feature"?

Windows 10 Snip and sketch question. Is there a way to make it so, after pressing win+shift+s and selecting area it would just immediately save the image to some folder, without having to do several step process of saving it?
That or recommend me alternative program that can do that.

>>100151031
it automatically goes into your clipboard so if you can get something to save clipboard images that should do it

Can anon recommend their favorite windows Portable programs? I just freakin' love portable programs that I can try out and don't bloat my system.

>>100146746
Well yeah of course, though I activate VMs using KMS38 instead of HWID cause it's local. Like a VM doesn't need a HWID at MS's servers.

>>100151464
my favorites are ffmpeg, mpv, yt-dlp, adb, veracrypt, rufus, simplewall, wpd, and exiftool

>>100148682
Just use aboddi's VCRedist AIO to install all of them

>>100150380
die

>>100149849
IoT LTSC 2024 is basically 11 without any of its bullshit, basically just feeling like 10 but with more modern included drivers and more support for shit that asks for higher feature pack versions. Pretty much no reason to use 2021 when it officially comes out.

>>100151578
I'm going to install it this weekend and give it a whirl. I'll probably make some webms and such and post in here.

>>100151512
>die
why? because I'm asking questions? I hate status quo loving bootlickers.

I can't get windows 10 to do a clean I stall. It keeps saying that files are missing, but I've downloaded the installation program twice onto 2 different USBs.
I know that windows 10 sometimes won't install when the drive partition is too big but I've tried 900 gb, 500 gb, 250 gb and 140 gb but none of those work.
Any suggestions?

>>100151675
does the BIOS have CSM enabled?

>>100151675
Have you not tried running diskpart's clean command on the target install drive and then installing to the unallocated space?

>>100150380
Yes, for now - You mean you will install an OS and not touch anything related to the OS for 10+ years? You won't consider trying out W11 LTSC in October? How do you get through life enjoying tech with such finality always at thought?

>>100150380
>adoption of new system is low
>this means support for the previous system will be low
????
retard

>>100151708
Yes, I've tried with it off as well just to see but no luck, naturally.
>>100151717
First thing I tried but I had the same issue.

>>100151803
That's incredibly strange. Maybe remake the live USB with another one. Or try using Ventoy.

>>100151749
>You mean you will install an OS and not touch anything related to the OS for 10+ years
yes. if it just werks, it'll work till the hardware fails.
>You won't consider trying out W11 LTSC in October?
no. that would require a clean reinstall, which is what I am trying to avoid
>How do you get through life enjoying tech with such finality always at thought?
by turning it on and sitting my loser ass down for 12+ hours a day..? you think I sit there contemplating about this shit? hahaha, you're funny

>>100151932
>yes
Then why are you asking here for opinions? Install the leaked build if you trust it - otherwise install 11. What are you trying to get out of us by asking for our input, then believing you know better?

>>100151966
He's being a contrarian retard. He's that type of person who could win a million dollars and he'd fucking bitch and moan about it in every way.

>>100151854
I wiped the partitions and tried to install to the empty space again and it actually worked this time but now it crashes during windows set up every 30 seconds.
I don't even know what to think about this.

>>100150380
>W11 adoption rate is somehow lower than vista

because the installation is near impossible for the average noob.
On my laptop I had to activate the TPM 2.0 chip and secure boot with windows mode manually in bios.
On a friends machine I've activated it, but installation still ended with "not supported machine" without any further description. Turns out you had to make a bios update first.

Most people probably don't even know what a bios is. If even tech savvy people have to solve some problems and do some research, the average guy will be absolutely incapable of installing windows 11.

>>100140595
>11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 (releasing in October. Final RTM candidate leaked, anons are impressed)
>Final RTM candidate leaked, anons are impressed
QRD?
I don't follow this shit too hard, but wait for this.

>>100152127
I swear Microsoft expects everyone to just buy a laptop and never try to install windows themself now.

no 11 install guide in op/links? some time ago i dl'd something that has tpm/check/whatever disabled that probably has ruskie botnet in it for vm testing

>>100152146
most people will probably just give up and disable the tpm/secure boot check instead. Thats still pretty easy nowadays.
But a clean install without tinkering of course is better, no one knows if microsoft will stop supporting "cheated" installs in the future.

>>100152143
Check it out for yourself
>>100143300

has that ever been a thing? some alt install setup breaks sometime later without any large sort of update?

>>100152231
Installing 11 is basically the same as installing 10. If you make your install USB using Rufus or Ventoy you can just bypass the requirements natively.

>>100151596
That'll be interesting. Looking forward to them.

>>100152076
Sounds like either the ISO files are corrupted, the USB is crap or your something's up with your mobo.

>>100152247
and with tpm and secure boot nobody knows if microsoft will support "unauthorized" software to run in the future either
just avoid w11 entirely

>>100152412
I suspect it's the mother board. It's very old at this point.
Somehow windows managed to install through all the crashes and it's stable now.
The interesting thing was that the crash was from a different problem every time.

>>100152492
Well now hopefully your install doesn't constantly BSOD or something.

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>remove two out of the three editions in an ISO
>somehow GAIN 10mb
dism /delete-image just removes the fucking index or something?

>>100148808
You can get mpeg-2 codecs for free in the microsoft store

what do I use for yt-dlp now that it sucks? CLI and multi OS plz.

>>100152700
yt-dlp "sucks" now? Well there's nothing else out there as good.

>>100152769
every youtube video I download gives me warnings and I am lucky to get 720p download

>>100152799
are you sure you're not selecting the youtube premium streams? I downloaded some 1440p videos a few days ago

Ventoy

>>100146877
You can either re-enable the store using "wsreset -i" in an admin cmd or install winget via the winget-install script from PSGallery, which lets you install MS Store UWPs through the command line.
The blog sysconf16 has a guide on how to set up the Xbox UWP on LTSC and have it work correctly.

>>100152830
nvm apparently yt-dlp -U is not the same as yt-dlp --update for some fucking reason

--update said there is no update but -U did and now it seems to work. ty anon

>>100153027
I've always updated my yt-dlp via mpv's updater which includes it and ffmpeg.

>>100140595
stupid question but for windows 10 22h2 is there no option for pro/education? is that just home?

>>100153470
yes there is

>>100153470
This means that the computer you're installing to has a baked-in Home key which a Windows 10 installer will only allow Home to be installed. You need to add the file ei.cfg to your install USB's sources folder with the correct content (it's in the fwt paste) and then it'll allow you to install whichever edition you please.
Also if you already have a Home system installed you can just use MAS to hotchange the edition to Education/Enterprise then re-activate. No need to re-install.

>disabled folder sync
>unlinked onedrive
>uninstalled one drive
>tried every other fix on google
>my PC still defaults to storing EVERYTHING inside a one drive folder

I'm literally too retarded to use windows. I give up. I am broken. Last time this shit was actually fixable but now I can't no matter what

>>100153614
Just uninstall Onedrive in the programs and features panel in control panel. Also stop using an MS account already.

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>>100153614
>uninstalled one drive
>right click start button -> Run
>"%userprofile%"
>delete "%userprofile%\OneDrive" directory
that was what I did in 2022

>>100153614
>literally too retarded to use windows
I'm glad that you at least admit that.

>>100153614
What? How can you not know how to use explorer?
Phones seriously have damaged a generation.

>>100153614
wow youre ready to transition into a linux user!

what happened in the education system that it got to this though? then again i remember submitting some assignment as a teenager just made through word and my teacher questioned me like i was either some madman genius or some sort of hire did the work instead

>>100153855
What are you talking about

Why is connecting my Sony Xperia to my PC so..messed up? "no data" mode, doesn't even charge. Same with "file transfer" mode. HOWEVER, if I switch to "MIDI" then "no data", then I get a prompt on my phone to "install software". I tap that, THEN I see shit pup up in explorer, and SOMETIMES I can browse my phone's contents. And despite all that, I can't even tether

On Linux, on the other hand? Just works. No drivers needed.

Even in the goddamn UEFI I can see my phone charges.

>do file transfer operation
>there's a high chance explorer. exe will crash and restart
>sometimes data will be lost if it was cut instead of copied
>this happens somewhat consistently
>???

Does anyone have any idea why this happens? I'm running W10 Education 22H2

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will you get sued running kms38 in a production environment with like 20 machines?

>>100154776
Is there anyone in your service that checks if your Windows installs are valid or whatever reason?

>>100154783
they barely find the spacebar.

>>100154908
So then I guess they'll probably just not notice. As long as it's working and the production is happening they probably don't care, though they might wonder why a couple thousand dollars or so is in the pot when it should've gone to Windows licensing.

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>tfw debloated 11 Education
>no MAS or KMS, it's a legit key from Azure for Education

feels good ngl, the animations are pretty

>>100154971
Well if you're in the situation to actually get legit Education keys from school/uni or something then have at them.

>>100154940
I read they subopena isp’s after a gorillion activations or so…

>>100155019
KMS38 through MAS is local, it doesn't contact anything.

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Imagine computing this good.

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>>100140595
how do you debug errors in windows?
this shit has been driving me crazy
got new GPU, RAM, SSD and PSU and it still happens, mainly while gayming but not only
obviously reinstalled Windows but that didn't help either
switching CPU and mobo is the only thing left at this point but I'm so fucking tired already

>>100155320
hows thorium these days?

>>100155320
I literally can't wait for LTSC 2024 to officially release. I'm just gonna install it on everything.

>>100155411
fastest and snappiest browser I've used, and I'm being serious.

Launchers and loads pages way faster than linux at least by .5-.7 seconds, It just werks.

Windows 10 LTSC 2021 with thorium with debloated with privatezilla is peak computing

It just werks, It's a workhorse. I'll probably be using windows 10 for the next 20 years unironically if we even still are alive.

Also I'm posting on mobile internet right now, not sure why it's letting me post on threads, but I can't make threads.

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>>100155477
Forgot image I updated my browser theme, looks good.

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>>100152679
Thank you, but now I have this for another file what the fuck microsoft

>>100155477
Isn't Thorium's whole deal being Chromium for 7 and below? You'd probably get similar performance if you used ungoogled-chromium.

>>100140595
Windows 11 Enterprise 23H2 or Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021? I have a $5000 PC with an Intel CPU.

>>100156737
If it was October I would recommend IoT LTSC 2024 but it isn't yet so you should just use 11 23H2 Enterprise.

>>100156723
https://thorium.rocks/optimizations

>>100156773
I see. I'm convinced.

>>100154456
I actually noticed this happening on a bunch of other phones too, there is PROBABLY some kind of bug somewhere but in most cases, just setting it manually from debug/developer options works.

Weird start menu aside, I kinda like windows 11 (european) (ltsc iot enterprise)

>verification not required

>>100157467
Wait, really? If you're talking about the default USB mode setting, that hasn't worked for me. Also, I have discovered that this behavior comes up on Hiren's BootCD, so now I'm doubtful a fresh install of Windows would help. At the same time, I do not remember this coming up with my last motherboard.

>>100157675
is good
its 11 without the crap

Has that issue with that 4441 update been fixed yet?

>>100158867
It's been long enough that MS is most likely not trying to fix it themselves anymore. You gotta shrink your own C:\ and delete/remake your WinRE partition before it'll install properly.

Windows 10 IoT LTSC. Thumbnails show up for H264 videos but it's the generic MPC-HC icon for H265 videos. How do I fix this? The videos play fine otherwise.

>>100159489
If you're using MPC-HC then you should probably install the K-Lite codec pack.

What does CCleaner/BleachBit do that Disk Cleaner doesn't?

>>100160469
IIRC those other programs remove more temp files and such then Disk Cleaner does itself.

>>100156773
this or just plain edge for plain just work and fast on a windows machine

>>100155411
>>100155477

What about security updates, though? Who even maintains thorium and how can they compete vs say mozilla in that regard?

>thorium
>I'm a 21 y.o. computer nerd living in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, U.S. I am a FOSS enthusiast, inlcuding Linux, Chromium, and ChromiumOS. I also appreciate other OSes as well as legacy hardware/software. I have a collection of PC's going back to an IBM PS/2 System with an i386 and DOS/Win3.11. I have systems with Windows 95, 98SE, NT 4.0, Millenium, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 10, and 11. I'm an Intactivist, and enjoy art and steam engines.

>>100161913
wasn't there some kinda drama with thorium's dev?

>>100162337
i don't know i just pasta'd from the site

I've had the "no internet, secured" error for a week now. I tried every single tutorials I could find. Nothing worked. My router works fine because I don't have that problem on other devices. Fuck windows 10.

>>100162382
Resetting the DNS through PowerShell solved it for me when I got the issue on my work laptop.

>>100162382
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/ncsi/ncsi-troubleshooting-guide

Check the Event Viewer as described. You may have a broken component so do the usual

sfc /scannow

and

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

in case of corruption, this should work unless you modified the ISO image or messed with the base system itself. If you did, I believe you could mount a unmodified Windows Install ISO and extract install.wim, then set the "Windows" as a repair source in dism. Follow this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/repair-a-windows-image

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>>100162652
I can't believe that shit worked. What the fuck windows.

>>100160017
I do primarily use that, yes. I take it the very basic one without the player I already have will do?

>>100162652
Oh and thanks. I was phoneposting for a week because of that.

>>100162866
>>100162954
You're welcome. I hate having to deal with this crap when I need to get work done.
Most popular OS on the planet, made by a trillion dollar corp btw.

>>100163003
>>100162866
sometimes the built-in convenience™ turns out against you

any downsides to disabling updates on my w11 pc? i have half a brain (only half cuz im on windows) and know how to not get viruses, all i do is shitpost, paperwork and play vidya anyway

>>100163399
Windows is the biggest target for malware, so you'll be missing out on security updates. Ideally you want to be running an enterprise edition of windows. That way you get security updates while avoiding the untested feature updates Home and Pro users have to beta-test.

>>100146465
dude, you're pretty dumb. that's clearly a graphics driver problem. just install/update them jfc

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>dreading the day that I will have to format
>not because I don't know how
>but just the hassle and boredom
>have managed to run this very same machine since 2016 without a format
>look into alternative techniques
Is there a way to
>install a new drive
>duplicate C: in it
>turn off PC
>remove old C:
>put new C: in its place
>turn it on
>nothing changes except C: space
Is this broscience? Can it work?

If I build a fresh PC, how does getting an OS work? Will the PC even boot? Are USB sticks mandatory?

>>100164613
The DOS is part of the motherboard from what I know. And it can detect bootable USB sticks.
Make a bootable Win USB stick before on another PC.

>>100164613
>how does getting an OS work?
Flash an ISO onto a USB stick and boot from there.
>Will the PC even boot?
Until you get the flash drive, the BIOS will complain that there's no boot loader.
>Are USB sticks mandatory?
Yes, but for a fresh build, that shouldn't be a problem since 16GB USB 3.0 sticks can be had for less than $10 these days.

>>100164185
bump

>>100164185
Why not use a cloner tool? Something like Clonezilla or DiskGenius? Put the new drive in, clone it, take the old drive out and boot from the new one.

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>>100164898
>>100164185
Yes, I just did a quick search on yt and I believe this nigga shows exactly how to do it,
clone an old C drive to a larger one and use it without any loss of formats.
This operation should be standard in Windows instead of letting us believe only a format saves an old or full C: drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY052k5bODA

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>>100164935
btw to anyone ITT
The USB he uses is Hiren's BootCD PE, which is a really useful tool if something happens to your Windows install or SSD and you need a portable recovery environment. It's essential for any Winfag, and I'm surprised it's not recommended in the sticky.
https://www.hirensbootcd.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcFANbzgyoo

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>>100165142
>tool only uses Windows 11 PE version
What is this tool for in non-tech description?
What could happen wo the SSD and what will this do?
Just a bootable installation of Windows 11 PE version? Same as a bootable stick made in Windows?

>>100140595
The Windows PC I have is using a VOLUME_MAK key that was probably "appropriated" from some organization. Is there any downside apart from not complying with Microsoft's regulations? Is this also using HWID 3 and stored on the MS activation servers?

Why the fuck would you use windows?

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>Why the fuck would you use windows?

is windows native encryption the best option if i want to encrypt+pw protect a folder?

>>100165193
>What is this tool for in non-tech description?
If your Windows gets corrupted or need to boot off of a flash drive, Hiren will let you do it.
>What could happen wo the SSD and what will this do?
Nothing, it won't do anything to your install unless you use one of the tools.
>Just a bootable installation of Windows 11 PE version? Same as a bootable stick made in Windows?
Hiren comes preinstalled with tools like Recuva, EasyBCP, CrystalDiskInfo, Registry Backup, and more that isn't on a basic WIndowsPE.

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>>100165285
I will look at the youtubes to see what this guy is all about. And watch the clone video in detail to see if it is just back up cloning or
if I can really just swap drives with a larger one without the PC suspecting a thing.

>>100165303
I love Meimei <3

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bruh switching desktops make the icons disappear.... deleting the icon cache doesn't fix it.

Is the Phone Link app worth using?
I dont want to give microsoft access to my phone just for it to end up being trash

>>100166146
Use KDE Connect instead

bros, what's the good free alternative for CCleaner?

why are anons impressed with 11 iot? Base enterprise 11 still isn't in a good state and I doubt the iot version is better

>>100166276
Kade Connect gave me clipboard and some notifications but the call sharing is what really interests me

>>100166662
Not necessarily because it's "good", whatever you think that word means, but because baby ducks and retards keep screaming over Wangblows 11 being horrible.
It's just Windows 10 with a new coat of paint and several under the hood upgrades, if you're used to W10 LTSC and swap to the leaked W11LTSC you'll feel right at home.

>>100141906
My recommendation would be to rather download drivers manually and install them if windows doesn't install drivers automatically, or if you have issues with some of the windows drivers (this happen occassionally, I had a prebuilt HP Victus 15 where the windows drivers fucked up and blue screened).

>>100144776
You should've seen how hard it got installing windows 7 on a pc with USB3 and pcie-e m.2 drives. It was a nightmare.
I had moved over to windows 10 a long time ago, but my brother insisted on staying on windows 7 to the bitter end. Installing windows 7 on modern computers was a chore to say it mildly.

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Is base firefox the best mozilla browser for w10?

>>100166927
good =

-- Not having to click into 2 context menus to get to the right click menu
-- No jankass widgets/copilot experience
-- No cloud AI in inbox widgets
-- wsa still existing
-- Start menu/taskbar customizability
Those are the main ones

>>100167236
>Not having to click into 2 context menus to get to the right click menu
modify one (1) registry key and you don't have to deal with it
>No jankass widgets/copilot experience
ltsc doesn't have it
>No cloud AI in inbox widgets
ltsc doesn't have it
>wsa still existing
subsystem for android? ltsc doesn't have it, but i installed it back because even though it sucks it's better than the chinkware that requires you to disable hyperv to work
>Start menu/taskbar customizability
ah... the highly customizable WINDOWS START MENU, where you could aways uhh... uhh.... make folders? uh...

>>100167254
>where you could aways uhh
Move it around and resize it

>>100167338
if you ever used the fucking metro icon boxes you're probably a lobotomy victim or something similar

>>100155355
How are your temps?

>>100162337
Yeah, I think he had furry porn in the source and you could access with a internal url

win11 confirmed for furfags

>>100166640
The only one is Bleachbit

>>100169335
well below any critical threshold
70ºC at most on GPU, less on CPU
everything is set on default on the BIOS and I even disabled XMP profiles
no overclock or underclock whatsoever
there are hundreds of people with this problem all over the internet but not a single solution has been provided for a decade because the error simply means nothing

>>100167175
You don't rawdog default Firefox, you go through all the settings and tweak as needed (disabling the telemetry and such) and use about:config to disable shit like Pocket and Firefox View.

Year of the linuxers got it wrong. They'll suck it up like the default new laptop OS every time.
At most it's Apple's free lunch. People want to fit-in. Blue bubbles. Not look like brokies during presentations.
Power users? lol.
0.1%. The rest have the tech literacy of posting a dance on tiktok.

>>100167175
>>100169764
no use about:policies instead its much easier and you can save your other about:config settings with it

>>100170855
Eh, I'm fine with just entering a new Firefox install and going through the settings/installing my extensions. Ublock Origin, then Bitwarden, then everything else.

>>100172175
Yes, desu I just install ff, disable the telemetry in the settings, install ublock origin and i still don't care about cookies, and return youtube dislike, and that's it
my password manager is a pen and a paper

>>100172900
Mine was a pen/paper for a long ass time too, but Bitwarden is just so fucking useful.

>>100155355
this might help,
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/a-fatal-hardware-error-has-occurredreported-by/d1b3760c-b4e4-4f9b-bf6b-f5ad44eaadd2
and yea it must be the processor

>Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830)
is this uptade ok it automatically installed when i turned off the pc

and these came in a notification

>Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.409.484.0) - Current Channel (Broad)
Pending download

>2024-04 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64 (KB5037035)
Pending download

>2024-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5036892)
Pending download

Updates are ready to download

*We'll ask you to download updates, except when updates are required to keep Windows running smoothly. In that case, we'll automatically download those updates.

>Windows 11 Home [en-us] [local-account]
>Microsoft Edge [+uBO] [Google Search]
>GPU Drivers
>Steam
Literally all you need. I love how comfy computing nowadays is bros. It all just works. Best performance, best security, best visuals, best compatibility. I fucking love Microsoft, Google, and Steam. I love proprietary software. I love tech. The earth is healing.

>>100173839
ok

>>100173881
What's the use case for this reply?

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>>100166103

>>100173980
Why does it look like that?

>>100173995
To hunt in the snow. You don't see ears with the flat head and don't suspect a thing when he approaches.

>>100174036
How does he explain being obese doebeit

>>100173980
That's not Meimei but pallas cats are qt too

>>100174055
They live in the cold so they're more fluffy/fat to keep warm

>>100141209
this is a god tier program for you. It even saves the sound output device when I want to play pc games on my tv through my bookshelf speakers.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/monitorswitcher/files/

>>100174055
The body is round, not fat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuOlzAMjDqw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuOlzAMjDqw

>>100174117
these cat things look like they run the world and are part of secret societies

Office LTSC 2024 when?

>>100175244
No official release date yet, only the insider preview.
Though honestly why not just install 365 Pro Plus?

>>100175351
>365 Pro Plus?
Can it be activated by MAS?

>>100175376
Yes, Ohook via MAS activates it permanently.
You also don't need to sign into an MS account to use it.
Though I recommend to use something like ShutUp10++ to disable its telemetry.

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Is there any way to make the p review pane folder specific?

>>100176144
Cute witch, sauce?

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Hi frens, i'm here to ask you to spoonfeed a fellow retard
>What's the currently recommended tool to create instalation media for Windows 10 LTSC? Is Rufus fine now?
>How does the LTSC to LTSC IOT process works? Can i just activate LTSC with the generic key on the pastebin and then convert it to IOT?
>What happens if i try to do the above but use an LTSC ISO in a non-English language? Does it work or Windows complains about it?
>How can i be sure Windows will try to download all required drivers without missing out something? Currently i have W10Pro installed if it is any useful
and this is my generic shitop
https://www.pricecheck.co.za/offers/169471931/Lenovo+IdeaPad+S145+Amd+A9-9425+8GB+15.6%22+HD+256GB+SSD+Win+10
Tanks in advance.

>>100176496
>Rufus or Ventoy
>MAS can hotchange editions. It does LTSC to IoT LTSC fine, then you can HWID activate after.
>Above method is how you get IoT LTSC in other languages
>These days Windows Update is usually pretty good at sourcing drivers that your hardware wants. Always DDU the graphic driver it installs though and replace it with one from their support sites, or NVCleanstall/RadeonSoftwareSlimmer.

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Now what?

>>100177520
Use LTSC/Enterprise

>>100177520
Fake and gay

Best internet browser?

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>>100176625
Thank you anon, i don't think this dog laptop has much going on in the graphic department so i'll trust Windows Update and see later. Have a nice day.

>>100180686
Tweaked Firefox

>>100177520
God I hate tech illiterate boomers that make these shitty clickbait videos, I literally installed W11 23H2 Home on a cousin's computer last night and it let me skip with no issue. Total eceleb death.
>>100180686
Unironically Edge + uBO, just don't sign in to the MS account or sync it unless you want creepy MS tracking all your searches and building a profile on you. It's terrible out of the box, just like windows in general, but when tweaked it's by far the best browser on the market. Chrome is just obsolete, and firefox has never managed to keep up with chromium in the last 20 years when it comes to performance and compatibility.

how much insight does one program in windows have to the other running programs?
I remember a story from years ago about Overwatch players going to pornhub when they started losing too much but it also seems like these game companies can't even detect cheat software with rootkit level anticheat. I know Microsoft has a ton of telemetry but for 3rd party stuff can they actual tell what you do on your browser, or info on your files if file explorer is open?

>>100182356
You can read microsoft's terms of service to learn what telemetry they take with the default required setting, most of the time when normalfags think they are hecking getting spied on it's because they turned on or accepted some setting that has weird sync or ad personalization and they get creeped out. If you make a local account and just toggle all annoyances in settings you are pretty much set when it comes to not worrying about that shit.

>>100182382
I know windows has telemetry I'm specifically talking about third party apps. If I have a game running, or a program from work open, can it see what my other programs are doing?

>>100182414
If you installl something with admin permissions, yes in theory it could track anything on your PC if it's a malware, but realistically no bigger company would risk ever doing anything like that, that's literally suicide. Definitely not fucking Blizzard lol. That was just a meme article. As long as you stick to only installing stuff that's safe and well known you don't have to worry about anything like that.

>>100182356
you usually need at least admin permission to read/write with other processes (that's why browsers have all those processes), though this does depend on how processes were launched iirc, sometimes debug permission on top of that i think
windows actually has an extremely granular permissions and access model that for some reason barely gets used so you can really isolate the shit out of stuff, ignoring a lot of the more modern features which help even more

>>100182442
>>100182462
thanks a lot

Wasn't sure wheter to post this here or in /pcbg/

My build with a ryzen 7 5700 and an rtx 4070 super shuts down the signal to the monitor and turns the fans of the PC (i'm not sure if its the processor's or the gpu's, or both) to 100%, loud as fuck. And I can't do anything. This only seems to happen on Windows 10, not in Arch. And just started to happen two or three days ago.

Any idea on how to troubleshoot this?

Hi. Whenever I open Explorer with thumbnails on, the progress bar constantly loads. Icons start going blank(white icons) and the recycle bin icon disappears. If I quit and open Explorer, the navigation menu and "This PC" don't load. The progress bar keeps loading. If I turn thumbnails off, it's okay for a bit then the Explorer does the same shit again. This happens even in a folder with 14 videos. I opened the Photos app, the thumbnails don't load in it either.

I've tried turning indexing on and off. Did a fresh re-install twice(but from the same boot thumb drive). I've disabled most of the annoying and resource-hungry MS processes and uninstalled bloatware. I did a DPS self-check on the drive and did a used chkdsk during the boot. My drive is good, and even the SMART status is OK. What could be causing this?

I don't think it's the graphics driver since I installed the only official one. I don't think it's my RAM, I have 32 gigs. I've done all kinds of tests, installed updates, and checked this with a fresh install(the first Win10 version, no updates). I've disconnected from the internet and scanned for viruses using Bitdefender and Malwarebytes, Hitman Pro, and Avast. My PC is clean. I'm lost. I hope someone can help me, it seems like a unique issue to me. MS help is fucking useless, all they can come up with is "sfc /scannow" and "upgrade to 11(never)".

>>100182679
Task Manager may yield some clue or another of what's going on just before you lose visual.
Event Viewer may likely yield more light on the situation (no pun intended) if you didn't go full retard and disable the services that help fill Event Viewer's logs.

Running a check of your main drive with the OS on it is a good idea, too, just to make sure you don't have data corruption that is affecting your system and cannot be fixed by dism and sfc scans.

>>100182679
>>100183180
Afterwards run cmd(dot)exe with admin privilege and enter
>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
>sfc /scannow
letting each do its thing in that order. These will make sure that the OS gets fixed if it has corruption. There are rare instances that they will not work. Try rebooting your OS afterward. If you still run into issues, try reinstalling the Nvidia drivers and software.
But first, again, try investigating using Task Manager and Event Viewer. They may even yield info telling us that all these steps I pointed out might be unnecessary or a completely different procedure might be what's needed.

I’m gonna install W7 on a very old laptop.
Is there any point in also installing the incredibly suspicious russian update tool that is in the ISO page?
Or should I just leave it as is?

>>100184215
Simplix is fine, though I'd recommend instead to use this ISO (https://archive.org/details/win7_gen2) to install it.
Also remember to install either Professional or Enterprise so you can KMS activate it.

>>100180686
tweaked Firefox

>>100183180
>>100183185
I'll check it out. Thanks anon.
Will post tomorrow if I can find something.

>>100182113
>God I hate tech illiterate boomers that make these shitty clickbait videos, I literally installed W11 23H2 Home on a cousin's computer last night and it let me skip with no issue. Total eceleb death.
I think this was about the 24H-something version.
Before I knew about the workarounds I just used a MS account to set it up, add a local account with privileges and then delete the MS account. Not that I believe MS would never think to prevent that too.

>>100184732
The name of the original MS account used during the OOBE is still inside the registry in certain places even if you delete the user account itself.
It all really comes down to if the OEM has disabled the Shift+F10 command prompt in the OOBE. If it has, you can do a kinda annoying/tricky workaround where you invoke sticky keys to get access to shit like Win+R to run admin powershells and do shit in there, but otherwise no@thankyou.com still works when it comes to the OOBE account login failing and taking you to a local account creator.

if i install windows 10 on my second SSD can i keep it from accessing my main m.2 where my linux and all my personal files are installed so i don't lose out on my privacy concerns?
what's the difference between LTSC and LTSB?

>>100185445
also, how do i do the install?
do i just disable the m.2 while installing windows 10 on the ssd?

>>100185622
If you don't want any Windows files to most likely place themselves on your Linux M.2 then yes you can open the shift+f10 cmd and use diskpart to get the M.2 to be seen as offline to the installer.

>>100185685
and both OS's work fine still? i just essentially want two separate systems where i pick which one boots through uefi boot menu.
i've never done a dual boot and i'm worried about complications i don't know about.

>>100185727
That's how it'll work. The M.2 won't be seen during install but will be seen after you get into your Windows system, clean as ever with no sneaky Windows files.

>>100184732
I doubt they'll make any changes in 24HX that will force you to make a MS account, the workaround of simply not connecting your ethernet cable on a desktop computer during usb stick installation should always work, especially on education version which is enterprise iso based and has to function that way for company/institution offline install support. And then after installing edu you can just switch to Home/Pro if you are too scared of MAS. And even if you don't want that workaround there's still typing in admin as email and password as password that lets you create a local account, or doing OOBE\BYPASSNRO.

I've been using winget to install my app exclusively now. I've noticed with cli programs like yt-dlp, gallery-dl and ffmpeg, after an upgrade with winget, I'll be able to call the program from terminal, even after a reboot. I'll have to uninstall and reinstall the same program and then it'll work. How do I stop this? On win 11.

>>100187083
My opinion? Just download mpv, extract it somewhere and run its updater batch file. It installs/updates it, yt-dlp and ffmpeg. Then you can easily just add the mpv folder to PATH.

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Any way to clean this folder? It's a folder you get to by pressing up in the This PC folder.
Even if you have no desktop icons that first row of Windows stuff will still show up on here. Any solution?

If I install the Windows 11 iot ltsc leak now, will it be easy to install the official release over it once it comes out? Or would it make more sense to winstall win10 iot ltsc now and update to 11 in october?
I just got a new computer and don't know what to install.
(For reference, I was still using win 7 up until now)

>>100188852
You need to do a clean install. I don't understand why are you even asking.
In most cases you should probably go with 10 iot ltsc but that's just me. Do wah you want.

>>100188993
Is it true Windows 10 ends support next year?

>>100188852
We have no idea if when using the RTM candidate leak you can upgrade it to the actual official LTSC 2024 release coming in October.

>>100189128
GAC/SAC 10 is reaching its EoL in October 2025. 10 IoT LTSC 2021 is reaching its EoL in 2032 while 11 IoT LTSC 2024 is probably getting an EoL of like 2036/7 or something.

>>100189164
Ah, so with 10 IoT LTSC I'll be safe for quite a while. Thanks.

>>100189194
You might as well switch to IoT LTSC 2024 when it comes out. It basically has none of 11's requirements and just acts like 2021, but you'll get 11's new features like DirectStorage/HDR and programs won't complain your feature pack number is too low on those rare occasions.

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wpd seems to be abandoned
What can I use instead?

>>100190274
just debloat it yourself, if you are too low IQ then ShutUp10

Is there a way to rename all the files I have in a folder with random 4-6 digit numbers?

>>100190274
I've just used ShutUp10++ for the past couple years. Its recommended settings AIO toggle gets all the registry edits/services set up quick.

>>100140595
Does windows report on pirated software?

>>100190457
No

lets say i have a local account on a computer and install some drivers like printer and amd graphics, then i log in with a network domain account, will i have to reinstall the drivers when on that account?

>>100192337
you can tip your hat on /b/, shitter

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>>100140595
so when doing a new windows 10 installation, do I let the install fully update over the internet before installing all the anti-pozzware, activators and stuff or do I install all that stuff before letting it update?

Fellas, is it over? Did I get cursed by loonix?
>>100192520

what is wrong with my folders if i open pic 16, but when pressing left for pic 15 it sends me back to pic 1 or 2?
something happened that makes my folder try really hard to ignore new pics i add
i can open the pic but the browsing order while open is completely fucked

Should I use w11 if I'm using OLED HDR screen

>>100140595
Looks like Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 Build 26100.1 is indeed the RTM/OEM build.

Just received a cumulative update through Windows Update despite not being enrolled in Insider Preview and build number has bumped up to 26100.268.

No reason not to install LTSC 2024 now.

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Do you know where to find reputable, portable version of Office 2010 or 2013? all i can find are one off sites like this
https://getintopc.today/microsoft-office-2010-portable-free-download/
I don't trust them much.

>>100192387
Personally I always install Windows offline then connect after I've ran ShutUp10++ on it.

>>100196377
Well shit. Guess it's not that risky to use that leak now then.

>>100196453
Massgrave's ISO repo also includes MSI installers for Office 2016 to 2007.

>>100196792
why shutup10++ over privatezilla/privacy.sexy/wapp etc

>>100197115
They all do the same shit pretty much. I also tested it between two PCs and SU10++ disables more things overall compared to Privatezilla.

I went into Disk Management and disabled a hard drive. I need to access the hard drive now but it doesn't show up in Disk Management anymore so I don't know how to enable it. Any ideas?

>>100198733
Re-enable it with diskpart. Should show up in there when you "list disk"

>>100198745
Had forgotten to try this out and did so now but the disk is actually still not visible with that command. What the hell.

>>100198858
You might need to restart the computer for the disk to show up again after making it go offline.

>>100198869
I have restarted my PC but no luck. Will try plugging the drive into a USB dock later I guess.

>>100199059
How strange. Hope you can get it noticed again.

Messing with high contrast mode and now I can't see greentext anymore :/

>>100199335
What are you a grandpa from the 90s

Installed and activated win 10 iot ltsc successfully. Thanks a lot guys

>>100201475
Good for you, anon. Enjoy your puter.
When October rolls around you can upgrade to 11 IoT LTSC 2024.

can someone drop a link to the LTSC windows 10 iso thingy?

>>100201652
The links are in the OP, anon.

>>100201695
yeah, but the link is down :(

>>100201703
What link is down. Use massgrave's repo.

>>100202147
>>100202147
>>100202147

why does every video i play have weird video glitches while on my other screen this does not happen

Is there any reason to not use edge on windows? I assume my browsing habits are being collected by windows anyways regardless of the browser I use.