The last thread was just 404'd out the blue? Why?

>>101305948
A fairy told me it happened accidentally. She says she's sorry!

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Is Microsoft trying to get people with unsupported hardware to upgrade to Windows 11 IoT Enterprise 24H2, provided they have POPCNT & SSE4.2?

>>101305917
skib

>>101306034
Yes, in business environments that can't or won't upgrade system critical architecture hardware that's already running 10 IoT LTSC. Thorough what they're doing they can upgrade it to an 11 backend without needing new parts.

Shamiposts always make this board feel more homely, thanks Anon.

>>101305917
i want to plap shamiko

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w11 made me realize that i dont even need to use the start menu that much. everything can be launched just by pressing the windows key then typing the first few letters of the program
i prefer my taskbar on the left though so thats been a bit harder to adjust to but its not the end of the world

>>101307395
You should try Flow Launcher.

>>101307395
>>everything can be launched just by pressing the windows key then typing the first few letters of the program
>not just having your most used programs pinned
retard take

>>101307414
my most used programs are never closed so thats pointless

>>101307395
>w11
found your problem

>>101307762
this board is just as fickle as any other online forum
it wasnt that long ago that people were shitting all over w10 and swearing their undying allegiance to w7

>>101307940
windows 11 is a pile of shit
it has even more data collection than 10 and the new UI toolkit is completely unoptimized, its slow as fuck and microsoft doesnt care

does vmware work fine on potato PCs?

>>101308588
It helps if you can give your VMs at least 4GB of RAM and 2 CPU cores so they actually feel worth using in the first place, so if you at least can't offer that much performance to them then don't bother IMO.

>>101308595
i used vmware before on this machine
for school we even had 3 VMs running but it was years ago
i dont know if newer versions require more hardware

>>101308425
heard the same sentiments when w10 was the new kid on the block

Sorry to be an idiot but I've stumped at the start of installing W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021. Got the ISO, in the installation screen and now it's asking for a product key. But from what I've understood, MAS is for when you've installed Windows, no?

Also another silly question, but I assume this will still phone home to Microsoft, right? If I'm trying to be more privacy focused is it better to just go with Linux?

>>101308715
Select "I don't have a product key."
You activate Windows a bit later on after you've gotten your cumulative update/drivers installed and the like.
If you want the activation to not call home (like MAS's HWID does) you can activate with KMS_VL_ALL or MAS's KMS38 module to activate without having it connected to an MS activation server.

>>101305917
how do you guys disable windows defender on IoT LTSC?

>>101308984
https://github.com/ionuttbara/windows-defender-remover

>>101308639
thing is w10 was improved year after year especially with ltsb/ltsc releases
w11 has been getting worse and worse and 11 ltsc fixes none of its worst problems

I bought a used elitebook g6 850 without an OS.
I tried installing win10 and win11 and it requests the intel rapid storage drivers before showing the screen for the disk formatting.
I searched the web, I extracted the inf files from the driver provided by HP and intel separately and it tells me that they are not compatible.
I tried Win11_23H2_EnglishInternational_x64v2.iso and Win10_22H2_English_x64v1.iso
Is there a more recent version of windows that works with this piece of shit?
I tried disabling VMD from bios but there isn't there any such option.
any idea what to do?

>>101309325
Remake the USB? Try using Ventoy instead of Rufus if you went that route?

>>101309362
>Remake the USB?
could this be the problem?
I used dd, because I am on linux.

>>101309388
Oh yeah that's definitely the problem. Making Windows USBs with dd never works.
You should use Ventoy in this case because it works on Linux as well. The other way being making the USB manually via formatting it as FAT32 and then installing wimlib from your package manager and splitting the install.wim file so it can fit in a FAT32 filesystem. Using Ventoy is easier (make sure to format it as exFAT/GPT with secure boot support.)

>>101309420
damn, it worked.
thanks man.

>>101309694
Ventoy's pretty good lol

Is the preferred fresh install windows still 10 IoT LTSC or did the new 11 IoT make it usable?

>>101309784
From anon reviews the latest cumulative updates for IoT LTSC 2024 have made it very good.

>>101309784
11 iot is fine, only good version of 11

>>101309784
>did the new 11 IoT make it usable?
nothing will ever make 11 usable
it's abandonware that even MS has tossed in the trash already to work on 12

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Unfortunately I think I'm gonna have to go with Win 11 Edu, at least temporarily.

How should I install it? I assume Microsoft's own's media creator is a no-no. Download the plain .iso and burn it wth Rufus? How do I make it so I'm not forced to connect to the internet and sign-in/sign-up to a MS account?

>>101310910
>edu
Why not pro? It's free either way after all

>>101310910
Download ISO from Microsoft.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11/
Use Rufus to make a bootable USB.
Later activate it with MAS.
>How do I make it so I'm not forced to connect to the internet and sign-in/sign-up to a MS account?
Rufus has an option to disable that.
>>101310952
Edu and Enterprise are better than Pro.

>>101305917
What is the recommended CPU fan control software? I'm using Windows 10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021 on a Dell Inspiron 5448. I suspect that the small freezes I'm experiencing just before the CPU fan goes BRRRR- are related to poor default fan settings.

>>101311238
https://github.com/Rem0o/FanControl.Releases

Realistically, how long after Oct 2025 will Win 10 be safe to use for? I know there won't be any crazy risk straight away. As long as Firefox gets updates, and Defender gets definition updates, should be a good while, right? At least 3 years?
How long was 7 good for until even the average holdout started thinking, "yeah, time to move on"? Until it because riskier and/or more of a hassle than not to stick with?

Really at a crossroads here between installing 10 Edu vs 11 Edu on new hardware (I HATE SETTING UP WINDOWS FROM SCRATCH WITH A PASSION. WOULD RATHER ONLY DO IT ONCE INSTEAD OF TWICE. But it's that hassle vs the hassle of using shitty 11 for a few extra years unnecessarily. That's the debate. Really depends on how many years I can realistcally use 10 for after EOL.)

>What about LTSC bro?
I just don't trust the ISO. I'm 99.99% sure it's fine, but I just cannot take that risk. The Edu ISOs are direct from Microsoft, it gives me peace of mind. I hope you understand.

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Is it better to use Ohook or online KMS to activate an older version of Microsoft Office? I'm using MAS.

>>101312788
>retard doesnt understand the concept of sha
ngmi

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>installed windows 10 iot ltsc on my laptop
>mouse cursor is gone
what gives?

>>101314034
i do, i check whatever software i can that i donload against the offcial hashes using 7zip. but in the case of the windows iot ltsc iso, what am i checking it against? i have to be sure that what im checking it against it legit.

I do online banking. My banks aren't gonna give me my stolen money from my accounts back if something happens and I was using a Windows I found on some forum instead of downloaded from microsoft itself.
>B-b-but /g/ and /fwt/ said it was fine! It was in the rentry paste! My digital life! Heidoc! They said I could trust the hashes, the paying MSDN subscribers paste them regularly! I checked them bro!

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>>101314769
retard
https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads

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>>101315023
says i need a sub, i thought goal was trying not to give M$ any money?
anyway, mind checking this sha, anyone who got a sub?

>>101315215
>says i need a sub
learn to read, i know it's hard, i don't really believe in you though so i'm not going to lie and say that i do

Privatezilla seems dead. Any alternatives to debloat win11?

>>101315493
Win10

>>101305917
>install bitdefender total security free trial because it has the best virus detection rate
>the initial launch of some programs can take up to a minute
>uninstall it and go back to windows defender
>programs launch fast
>decided I'd rather have an ok antivirus and a fast computer rather than the best antivirus and a slow computer

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Is there anything one should know when downgrading from Windows 11 to Windows 10 for gaming? Are there any reasons not to do it? I see that gaming performance is slightly better on Windows 10, and RTX HDR is apparently better than auto HDR, so there's no reason to stick with Windows 11, that's the extent of my knowledge on the matter.

going back to windows 10 ltsc after a couple months of windows 11 ltsc feels horrible

windows 10 ltsc feels like a beta in comparison to the new ltsc, microsoft really nailed it

>>101315941
street shit harder 11jeet

>>101315941
Agreed.
With the permanent partition bug that Microsoft said they wont fix, there is literally no reason to use Windows 10 LTSC anymore. Even Windows 11's LTSC ISO is a smaller size, because it's more debloated.

>>101316241
>remove tons of backwards compatibility
>THAT'S BLOAT
kys 11igger

>>101315834
DirectStorage is Windows 11 exclusive but games that use it should still work on 10 but with slightly decreased performance.

>>101315834
just use windows 11, there's no reason not to in 2024

>>101316241

i noticed that too, very cool, and yeah the fact they abandoned w10 ltsc with such a massive bug is funny

>>101313053
You use Ohook to activate Office 2013 and beyond. 2010 for example still needs KMS.

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>>101315023
ok, interesting

also reading that with a 12th or 13th gen Intel cpu, w11 is better
but what about AMD? my new laptop has a Ryzen 7000 series cpu. specifically, Rembrandt-R (7035 series, Zen 3+/RDNA2 based).
11 better here too? or no difference whether 10 or 11?

it seems half the internet (Reddit, YouTube comments, other forum posts) claim win 11 is buggy and slow as fuck compared to 10, while the other half say no problems at all. how the fuck should i decide who to believe?

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>>101316801
just use windows 10, there's no reason to use troondows11 ever, fps measurements literally have to do faked cut off bar charts showing 200fps-220fps to exaggerate the difference between 210 vs 215
the currynigger shills here make up bullshit about how amazing troondows11 is all day in spite of every real user knowing full well it's been complete shit ever since release with zero improvement
w10 was total shit at launch too, but at least it got better instead of worse like 11 has been every month

>>101316801
AMD doesn't have estrogen core problems.

>>101316670
Cool, thanks.

>using the default 10 or 11 start menu
nah you're just retarded.

does WSL2 consume resources if the instance is shutdown?

>>101305917
>>I miss Windows##
>OpenShell/RetroBar/WinClassic/StartIsBack
This is not enough and doesn't get rid of flatshit.

>>101316801
amd still performs better on windows 11

>t. 7800x3d owner

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>>101315834
>the fucking flags on the RAM

>>101316849
Honestly the differences are so tiny it's within margin of error for testing. Which makes W11 pretty much pointless.

>>101316849
why would anyone listen to someone this clearly unhinged and illiterate lmao

>>101317394
why would anyone listen to someone like you that clearly shits in the street lmao

>>101314716
You didn't pay for mouse cursor subscription. That's $9.99 month.

Installed Windows 11 iot ltsc. windows shift s opens the new screenshot tool, but it doesn't actually save anything, only the old snipping tool works for screenshots. How to fix?

>>101317738
It does work, it saves it to your clipboard.

>>101317738
Why not just install a third-party one like ShareX/Flameshot/Greenshot?

>>101317761
sure, but I want it to save a copy to the pictures folder, or have the option to

>>101317811
Windows + Printscreen.

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>>101317738
>Installed Windows 11
it's over.

Safe to allow a fresh W10 IoT LTSC to connect to Windows Update and download the latest shit or will it trojan me with complianceware for W11?

>>101317864
The majority aren't using GNU/Linux retard there using windows keep coping bitch

>>101318017
IoT LTSC 2021 will always stay on 10 because that's the point of it.

>>101318045
People use shitdows because it has been preinstalled on most computers for decades, and they don't know that other systems exist. But if you are on /g/ then you must know about GNU.

>>101317811
it's an option in the settings, it saves to pictures folders when enabled
>>101318017
it'll never update to windows 11 but your windows update will be permanently bugged unless you fix your partitions
microsoft said they're never fixing it

>>101317864
>linux
>can't even run multiple VMs bifurcating the same gpu like Hyper-V
why would I use inferior software? lmao

>>101318108
I'd rather use nothing than a proprietary program that claims to be capable of something that libre alternatives can't do. You either keep your freedom by running only libre software and refusing proprietary software, or you lose all your freedom to a greedy corporation.

>>101318157
>I'd rather use nothing
well that's good, because that's your only choice

>>101315941
same situation here. I reinstalled W10 IoT LTSC to see if I could get better performance in Red Dead Redemption 2 on my 4790k, but the stuttering was much worse. W11 IoT LTSC had no stuttering at all, not sure why.

>>101318165
well you're telling me that giving away my freedoms in exchange for running multiple VMs or whatever is worth it. i think it's just ridiculous. i'd rather go for a walk in the woods.

>>101316935
>using the start menu at all
jobless retard detected

Good FOSS alternative to a all-in-one program for installing drivers? like i formatted a laptop and fuck if i want to hunt for every single shitty propietary driver

>>101317811
that's weird, on W11 the snipping tool saves screenshots automatically
>>101317864
the only viable alternative to Windows is macOS
>and they don't know that other systems exist
except that they do, there's a bazillion billion videos about "switching to loonix" and "loonix is crap"

>>101318407
SDIO is the go-to for scraping drivers if you don't want to use WU or look through the OEM support page for your PC model.
https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/snappy-driver-installer-origin/

>>101318407
don't most laptop manufacturers have their own programs to get drivers and software updates

>>101316849
How did 11 get so bad?

>>101318428
thank you friend
>>101318459
manufacturer site is no more

>>101318469
Jeets

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>>101318469
Java sirs

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OEM support pages for laptops Just Werk(TM).
Get there instantly with web search, download them all, then select them all and hit Enter. Everything installs all at once moments later. Then a reboot and done, time to load up on Photoshop, Office, utilities, etc., whatever you will use.

What image viewers do you all recommend?

I’m trying to get my quest 2 to work on win 11 LTSC IOT but it’s not picking up the headset for me to use link. Any ideas?

>>101319311
>Nomacs
>JPEGView (Sylic fork)
>IrfanView
>qimgv
>XNView MP

>>101319311
Ifranview
honeyview

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>>101319311
qView trumps everything. No stupid outdated UI, just left and right to cycle through and scroll to zoom. Thats all you need.

Post desktops

>>101319496
this is the most goy picture i have ever seen

>>101309168
so w11 has improved with ltsc. good to know

>>101316309
im not gonna use old hardware or programs so yeah its bloat

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iykyk

>>101316849
>w10 was total shit at launch too
Was it? I used 10 since launch and never thought it was shit. I did a reinstall and I thought I might as well use Windows 11. I can't believe this piece of shit has been out for nearly 3 years and all they've done is change the UI. They constantly rewrite the UI, forget to program in features that the previous version had until the next feature update. I can't believe anyone actually uses this without ExplorerPatcher.

>>10d1318700
>Java
>image has JavaScript
It's retarded to use JavaScript in an OS but so are you.

>>101319311
My list in order of personal preference:
1) JPEGView (Sylikc fork)
2) Nomacs
3) qimgv
4) ImageGlass

>>101318700
>Java
>image has JavaScript
It's retarded to use JavaScript in an OS but so are you.

Can I use the version switcher in MAS to change from pro to IOT without breaking anything

>>101320008
No you can't change to the LTSC branch from a mainline branch natively. You gotta backup your shit then just clean wipe and re-install.
You could just use the version switcher to change it to Enterprise though if you want.

Why is my laptop screen glitching only while on Windows? But it's fine while on booting screen or bios or while I don't have the GPU driver installed (aka using a generic driver). It's an old laptop with an R3 APU (AMD A4).

>>101320121 (me)
I just found out that the glitching only happened while the screen brightness was under 100%, is it some capacitor problem or what?

Aside from GPU drivers, do you guys always get the latest drivers when clean installing a laptop or the "stock" drivers from the laptop manufacturer website?

>>101320726
Windows gets almost everything. Thats good enough. If it cant, then I do. I have an audio interface it doesnt like to install properly so I have to do that. 11 lets you install a wifi card driver from a file from the install setup menu thing now so I always keep that on a storage drive somewhere

I'm just waiting for W11 24H2 LTSC, so I can finally try W11 and strip the fuck out of the install ISO.

>>101320746
Well the open preview for it has been out since around March/April if you want to mess with that ISO.

>>101320758
I'll wait for the official release

>>101320726
I always use the stock drivers from the manufacturers website because they're tried and tested. I don't even trust Windows to get the right drivers either because I've also encountered issues there. I install the ones off the website and disable driver updates, this is the most rock solid stable combination in my experience. I've had like a half a dozen laptops in my life and I've had issues where I would just get the latest version of realtek or intel shit drivers and the laptop would have tons of issues after. The laptop manufacturers only test the machines with those specific drivers on the website and if they change anything in the later drivers then you're just fucked. Laptops are much more finicky about that shit than desktops for some reason

>>101320777
the manufacturer never updated the drivers for my laptop since release
thats why i sometimes use SDIO when i reinstall windows

>>101320777
checked and based stability enjoyer

>>101321432
>the manufacturer never updated the drivers for my laptop since release
That's normal. You don't need updated drivers. What benefit are you exactly expecting from the latest synaptic or realtek or intel/amd shit? You're just adding an unknown factor to your system for no reason. Unless something doesn't work then always use what the manufacturer knows works.

I want to rice windows and rainmeter alone doesn't quite cut it fully, what else do we have?

>>101321475
You don't even need OS updates. 99% of those "security fixes" don't do shit for the home user.

>>101321569
SecureUXTheme and WinAeroTweaker are two things you can look into

How do I select Windows 11 Pro when installing with Ventoy? I can't choose the edition I want and it defaults to Home because it was preinstalled on the laptop.

>>101323528
You'll need to edit the ISO with AnyBurn to add ei.cfg to the sources folder to bypass the forced Home selection. This is easier with Rufus because you can just add it after the flashing is done.

>>101320008
>>101320018
You don't need to wipe anything. Change the following registry keys in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion:
CompositionEditionID: EnterpriseS
EditionID: EnterpriseS
ProductName: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019
And install (IoT) LTSC over Pro by running setup.exe

What changes does Tiny10 make to the ISO exactly? Are there any ISOs that actually bother to try and rewrite parts of the OS to remove FeatureUsage and telemetry/host file whitelists?

>>101324876
You can just strip shit out yourself, but it'll cost both money and time. Tiny10 and the rest all use the same software.

bump, good job op

>>101321569
Wallpaper Engine if you need to use unsigned drivers and don't want the watermark in the bottom right corner of every monitor

so i installed this windows iso https://archive.org/details/win10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_cleaned

it changes dns to 1.1.1.1 how can i check if it worked? will it fuck shit up if i start using mullvad without configurating anything?

>>101318045
That's why we're informing everyone so those who do care can move to another OS

I have an xp machine for gaming. I was wondering if the 64bit version of xp would work okay with 64bit games like modern source ports (force engine dark forces, vmtb ports, deus ex overhauls, etc.). Online all I see is "i don't recommend it" without a clear explanation of why and if they even tried.

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what is this icon and how do i remove it?
also it would be nice if i could relocate that
"type here to search" or at least make it smaller.

>>101326938
>https://archive.org/details/win10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_cleaned
>SHA-256: f0e24b85089719da906f94615f401a4538048475b0789b68578026ff75d0d68e
>expected SHA-256: A0334F31EA7A3E6932B9AD7206608248F0BD40698BFB8FC65F14FC5E4976C160
kek, who is going to tell him? Anyway, get rid of this garbage illegitimate iso and use the paste links. You can confirm the hash with a free Visual Studio account.

It honestly sounds like you have no clue what you are doing and just followed this random guide for whatever reason. Please just follow the guides in the paste for this thread, they literally tell you how to do everything.
As far as whether or not DNS is configured correctly that depends on how you want shit to behave?? If you want to check for a DNS leak use this https://www.dnsleaktest.com/. You're better off configuring your DNS at a network level by the way.

>>101327919
well no shit the SHA is different its a modified iso as in its debloated and shit like tiny10 right?

i dont know what im doing. some anons here linked the iso and ive seen several here install them with zero replies protesting the link.

>>101327951
>i dont know what im doing
This is one of those things where it's really best to dig in and learn a bit, mainly just because it's vastly safer. If you absolutely don't want to create your own ISO, simply opt for post-install tools.
Unfortunately support for Optimize-Offline appears to be sunsetting, but for the moment it's still the best transparent tool for ISO creation and there is a guide for that.

>some anons here linked the iso and ive seen several here install them with zero replies protesting the link.
Anyone who is posting random ISOs and not directing you to DIY your own from the source ISOs is poisoning the thread.

>>101328075
Ok ugh i gotta reinstall. im so sick of fucking reinstalling operating systems.

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Sell me your OS /fwt/.
I have two monitors, one in portrait mode.
Is there an image viewer that would send an image to the monitor better matching the image aspect ratio while browsing a folder with images?

>>101321569
i use startallback for the taskbar and start menu, has improved 11 and also an almost 7 and 10 mode

>>101328444
This is one of those times where you have to weigh the cost:benefit of this autism. If this is something that you're doing on an irregular basis, literally just use Super/Windows Key + Shift + Left/Right (depending on where the monitor is mapped).
>Automation
If you need to mass open a bunch of files and have them sorted by monitor, create a python automation or maybe a script?? that checks the ratio of each file and then opens it based on closest match per monitor.
>Image viewer
As far as controlling the behavior of opening images, qView for Linux and JPEGView for Windows have highly customizable config files but to my knowledge the monitor preference flags can't be dynamic.
You also wouldn't be able to create persistent monitor preference through the image viewers themselves as well, so that would again rely on whatever automation you create.

At that point you're basically creating your own application, any other anons feel free to call me retarded if I'm missing some existing tool. The only other shit I know of is this https://github.com/rlv-dan/PhotoSift or Adobe Bridge, but I'm not really sure if those fulfill what you're looking for.

>>101327852
shutup10 will get rid of the search and the garbage widgets

>>101328081
If you're not creating your own ISO use BloatyNosy or ShutUp10 after install.

>>101328444
Bump

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The absolute state of me. I just installed Windows LTSC 2021 only to realize it's not the ioT version and this one will only be supported until 2027 instead of 2032

>>101329970
You can use MAS to change it to IoT LTSC via its edition switcher

>>101330041
you mean the Microsoft Activation Script? I'll try that out

>>101324288
Why would you jank your way into it though? Why use a jank install when you can install fresh?

I really miss Windows 7's aesthetic. I have Startisback on my Windows 10 system but I would really like to replace every other element of the UI to make it look like Win 7. There are a ton of shady russian/chinese programs that do that, but is there anything open-source and safe that I can use to skin up my Win 10 to look like Win 7 aero?

How do you prevent an application from automatically installing?

I have an HP Mechanical Keyboard, and multiple times it has automatically installed the HP Omen Gaming Hub in the background without asking. How do I stop it from doing this? All I know is it's likely triggered by plugging in the USB receiver.

In the middle of building a pc for someone else.
14700k, 3060, MSI Z790-P
What version for the least annoyances with all the performance capabilities?

>>101330636
I'd just go with the latest 11 Enterprise ISO from massgrave.

>>101330636
7900X3D so you don't get fucked by Troondows 11.

>>101311238
airduster the vents

>>101316801
>it seems half the internet (Reddit, YouTube comments, other forum posts) claim win 11 is buggy and slow as fuck compared to 10, while the other half say no problems at all. how the fuck should i decide who to believe?
The people who've actually run 11, rather than poorfags coping with 2500Ks.

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>>101330681
This one?

>>101329970
You're going to upgrade to Windows 11 when the poorfags start finding Alder Lakes in dumpsters and not at all coincidentally start hiveminding "Win11 is good now", so why are you worrying?

>>101330825
No, the Business ISO. It includes Enterprise.

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>>101330845
Thanks fren

>>101330838
never downgrading to troondows 11
seethe currynigger

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I have a weirdly specific problem that I cannot find a solution to on google

Halfway through today this menu randomly changed from the normal one that included "Date Modified" (the option I need and frankly depend on) to pic related. I was messing with folder options with WinSetView much earlier in the day but after I was done the menu was still normal. I don't know what else could have happened to switch the menu. I've reset the settings to default for WinSetView and the problem persists.

>>101331082
sort by or arrange by

>>101305917
>W10/W11 Home/Pro/Edu/Enterprise
>-Avoid
Fugck i installed home edition :(
Is there a way I can change editions without reinstalling windows? Or can I reinstall windows while keeping all my files if they're on the same drive/partition?

>>101332191
Arrange by, the one available in Library folders

>>101332250
im using windows 10 btw in case that matters
fuck windows 11

>>101332250
The activator in the OP (MAS) has an option to change the edition natively, which you should change it to Enterprise.
The OP pasta is very subjective and Enterprise by itself is fine.

>>101327852
if you right click the taskbar you might find an option to disable that and all the other trash they put on there

>>101332268
Alright sweet thanks. I was going to ask where to buy a key in the pc building general but they linked here in the OP. Fuck microsoft I don't want to give them any money.
Actually that script got my home edition activated already. I didn't see the option to change the edition but it was under extras so I'm going to reboot and see if I can get that to work. I really hate the shitty programs and options they revert on every update.

>>101307395
>everything can be launched just by pressing the windows key then typing the first few letters of the program
I've been doing this for years. Pin a few things to the task bar and use this method for everything else. It would be better if the retarded edge bing search feature wasn't built into the start menu. Sometimes the menu lags behind because of jeet code and then you end up searching for your program on bing.

>>101332268
>3 years support before you get force upgraded
>fine
lol
lmao even

Building a new PC and it has a AMD 7950X3D, so if I'm going to have a Windows install at all, its gotta be Win11 to get the latest scheduler/threaddirector2 . In addition, if I'm going to game at all, I read that apparently those with multiple CCDs and X3D cache, at one point it basically had some sort of stupid relying on the Xbox Game Bar to decide which cores to toss to which applications in an oversimplified
>IF Xbox Game Bar active for this application
>THEN prefer Cache cores , its a game
sort of shit. Now I'd hope that things have gotten better for scheduling and to not rely on a proprietary Xbox bar to decide what cores do what on a fucking halo tier product, but maybe it hasn't changed? Yes, I know you can fuck around with process lasso and manually do it all yourself (is there a Linux equivalent of process lasso?) but it shouldn't require it for general use I'd think, or at least have some built in profiles or heuristics.

So with all that in mind, I'm guessing I should try and get Win11 LTSC Enterprise but NOT the IoT version?

>>101332529
Don't worry, I didn't settle for normal enterprise. I'm burning the 2021 iso to a usb. I will never use windows 11 so this should be worth it.

>>101332612
IMO just install the basic Enterprise from the Business ISO.

>>101332612
>LTSC Enterprise but NOT the IoT version?
there's literally no difference besides 5 years of support and some enterprise remote management shit

>>101332250
>>101332629
Ok I got the 2021 version activated. It took me about an hour. The only hiccup was not knowing what to do with the iso but I figured it out. Installing from the usb put all of my files into a windows.old folder which is great.
Thanks for this thread. Instead of paying for a windows key I'll donate to a foss dev.

>>101332925
>Instead of paying for a windows key I'll donate to a foss dev
Definitely way better then giving another hundred bucks to a trillon dollar megacorpo

>>101332612
It's acceptable that you got an OS that has drivers for your hardware. Next time, I'd suggest you to by a Xeon CPU (at least some of them don't have E-Cores).
Even my i5-5200U shitty laptop can emulate Amiga PowerPC (not games) with decent speed in WinUAE. I'm going to buy AmigaOS 4 for Pegasos II and try it with the latest Qemu. If it works well then I may get some Dell server with a Xeon.

>>101333120
For the interested:
Booting AmigaOS 4.1 on QEMU with BBoot
http://zero.eik.bme.hu/~balaton/qemu/amiga/aos_bboot.html
Install Amiga OS 4.1 Final Edition on WinUAE
https://thomas-rapp.hier-im-netz.de/os41uae/index.html

>>101332925
>Ok I got the 2021 version activated. It took me about an hour.
imagine being this retarded

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>>101333208
thanks

Hey fellas, is it possible to move your Users to a non C: drive without shitting everything up?

>>101333352
You can change the location of your user folders like Documents to another location on another drive, yeah. It's in its properties tab.

>>101333450
I meant more on a deeper level (think like how linux has /home), but what I particularly want to move is the AppData folder.

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>>101305917
Is there any way to display pdf thumbnails in Windows explorer without having to download Acrobat Reader and setting it to default? Or maybe another file explorer?

>>101333757
If you mean not downloading any other pdf reader at all, idk, I use sumatrapdf and it werks.

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>>101333853
All the stuff that I found states that I have to download Acrobat and set as default in order to display thumbnails in Explorer. Acrobat fucking blows as a reader because I just want to READ MY GODDAMN PDF!

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How do I disable the auto-pinning feature in my File Explorer? I don't want my folders, such as my hentai folder, to be automatically pinned without my knowledge

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There are sometimes a couple Discord processes running in the background for no reason using lots of CPU. What do

how much data do you think microsoft collect on iot ltsc?

>>101335598
Typical amount if you don't disable Connected User Experiences and Telemetry (DiagTrack) in Services and set the AllowTelemetry DWORD in the registry to 0.

>>101335651
even when doing that
do you really think they dont collect any more data?

>>101335681
It's an Enterprise variant so the data collected is basically minuscule and non-personalized (especially if you use a local account which you should always be doing). You can also just use Simplewall and its default MS telemetry IP list and block those as well if you don't want for another burst of peace of mind if you need it.

>>101335651
>Connected User Experiences and Telemetry
How can I disable the auto start of this service? I just stopped it, but don't see how to change its startup type

>>101335948
Just right click it and go to its properties. Stop the service and set it to Disabled.

>>101330175
Some times it's too much of a hassle to get the system as it was before the wipe. Fresh installs are only really needed if there's something wrong with the current one

>>101335956
Goodness, my bad, thanks. I was looking for a tab header for some reason, missed that it was inside of the first tab.

>>101335958
It's not, really. It's a process. Takes few days here and there.
I have collected everything I need to a single place, including registry files and some scripts.

>>101335651
If I don't have that DWORD, should I create it so I can set it to zero? Not sure what it defaults to.

>>101336289
It doesn't default to anything. It's just the DWORD that's set when you enable the Allow Telemetry/Diagnostics group policy and set it to 0.
Though Windows telemetry basically defaults to optional telemetry unless you change that to "needed" in the OOBE. Off/Security only exists through said policy/registry tweak and only for Enterprise/Education editions.

>>101314769
Against what ISO do you verify the Windows 11 LTSC 2024 leak against? I only see adguard.

Why does Simplewall disable the Windows Firewall by default?

what does ltsc iot break?
is it fine for le epic gamers or should i just go edu with legit key?

>>101338232
i'm using the 11 version. it didn't break anything for me and neither should it for you. if anything i riced it up a bit and it still didn't break.

question
if I'm getting a new pc, is there any way to get all my drivers just simple and easy?
besides device manager because that shit wont find some stuff sometimes

>>101338776
get the gpu drivers from amd/intel/nvidia. some devices have weird drivers, especially laptops but snappy driver was able to fetch everything every time.

>>101338843
OK I'll admit my retardedness but everyone says driver managers are basically stds for your computer
hence me asking

I'm kind of retarded, want to install windows 11 for programming, games but also sensitive stuff like banking. What ISO do I use to not get fucked?

>>101331082
anyone have any ideas?

b

>>101338991
idk, does it say in the OP??? I feel like something like that would be in the OP...

Thinking of switching to mint, talk me out of it

A boomer coworker got an old laptop someone was throwing away and asked if I could fix it up for him. I'm just going to do a fresh install and download office for him using the massgravel scripts. Can you do 11 without TPM 2 still? The machine ran 7 originally, so I don't know if it has that. Should I even install 11 or just go with 10? He's a complete boomer normie, barely knows how to use a computer. I have no point of reference, I don't even have a Windows computer anymore.

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Thoughts on 0patch?

>>101321475
you are probably right, except for the amd video drivers
this laptop was released in late 2015

What is the least cucked version of Windows 11 and how do I download it?
I read somewhere here the EU version is the best but Microsoft's website only gives a multi edition iso with no other option available so how do I get the EU version?
I don't want to use any custom isos like in the OP only the official ones.

>>101305917
windows 10 cucks will NEVER have 24h2

hahahahaha, imagine losing out on gaming performance for no benefit

going back to using my computer instead of tinkering with it, losers hahahahaha

>>101342132
download mediacreationtool off microsofts website, then do this to download Enterprise

run powershell/cmd/whatever you use, then paste

.\mediacreationtool.exe /Eula Accept /Retail /MediaArch x64 /MediaLangCode en-US /MediaEdition Enterprise

change en-US to whatever foreigner you are if you want to, or you can just change it when you install
the best version is IoT LTSC though, as it's on the highest release version (24H2) out right now

>>101342239
How is the Ltsc version better than the regular version?

The way I was thinking of going about this was
>download multi edition iso from official website
>select Luxembourg or any other EU country as the region
>change language back to English and set my region to US once I'm in
>switch windows edition to enterprise and then activate it with massgrave
Wouldn't this work better?

>>101338232
all my steam games and even pirated snoy slop work fine

Is the W11 Government Edition legit or a meme? Read one article that set it's just modded windows from some guy which means you'd have to trust the guy

hey guys what was the cmd command to put windows store back to Windows LTSC 2021? I can't seem to find it

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>>101335314
use the browser version

>>101342839
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"

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Are there any alternatives, ones that don't require a prescription? Preferably ones that also work on Linux?

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if i download this verison can i remove the autoupdate mechanic?

I tried Linux again after more than four years. It's now more power efficient than Windows and more pleasant to use compared to my previous Linux experience. I discovered tools like Flatpak, Toolbox, and Bottles, which was exciting (though this may be due to chatbots actually answering questions instead of relying on Google searches). However, after several days, I still find it too impractical for long-term use, even though I no longer need a chatbot for assistance. While I'm not a developer, I'm also far from a regular user who complains about everything. It's just not practical for me in the long run.

I'll likely return to Windows 10 soon.

I'm considering fully disabling Windows Defender. I usually just disable SmartScreen and every process with network access while still allowing updates, but maybe I should just get rid of it entirely instead of keeping some security measures (since it runs intensively at random times). It's not like it has ever really helped me due to my cautious approach (I use privacy.sexy).

Do you have any open-source recommendations to speed up my initial configuration and improve overall system performance? I typically start with SimpleWall.

Ah, and what could someone tell me about why we trust Windows 11 IoT LTSC? Does an official Microsoft site confirm its checksum? I would rather not touch it if not.

>>101343932
microsoft will collect your data no matter what
their stuff is hardcoded to do that
you can only disable the main thing that is called "Data collection and telemetry"

>>101343932
I find it hard to use simplewall. even the initial config brings up a bunch of services; asking me to allow or deny; without any indication of what they fucking are.

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there's a bunch of shit my Windows LTSC 2021 doesn't like and SDIO Tools ain't helping either

>>101344138
Just make a quick network search about the exe, then allow or block it.
It shouldn't take much time (except if you have hundreds of programs requiring internet access), and try to restart to speed up the detection.

Usually, most programs (the default ones) in System32 should be allowed, but I still block some depending on what I find online and my intuition.

Also, check the folders where the executables come from. Some programs try to act smart by creating new exes in another folder, which is why blocking everything by default is useful.

To be honest, this is just the most straightforward firewall I've seen.

>>101327086
Is this true?

>>101344901
Sounds like FUD to me. WU has never "remote controlled" my PC.

>>101344901
we dont know whats going on during the monthly updates, they dont even have patch notes except some times they say that they fixed and issue

>>101344945
>watching latina bbw porn vid
>ms cuck controls my mouse and clicks the red x on firefox before i can finish fapping
damn you michael soft

>>101344999
*an

>>101344999
>we dont know whats going on during the monthly updates
How do people know to blame issues they're having on the updates then? I remember one site would track the major issues and advise when to update and when to wait.

How would one accomplish the following:
>have no mouse plugged in on laptop, using touchpad
>sensitivity set to x amount, pointer precision turned on
>plug in usb mouse
>sensitivity automatically sets to y amount, pointer precision turned off
>unplug mouse
>set back to x amount with pointer precision automatically

I just dont want to go into mouse settings each time as I switch from mouse to touchpad on a daily basis

>>101345031
because they just know that the update caused the issue
i honestly think a lot of the problems people have with monthly updates its them doing something stupid or windows "updating" their drivers
we just have to trust microsoft
its a propietary closed source os after all

>>101345057
I've literally never had an issue when it comes to cumulative update installing. Though personally I disable hibernation on all my PCs so shutting down actually shuts down, which may be the reason why it's been pretty smooth for me.

What's the best win 10 ver rn? Pasta says education/enterprise. i'm kinda torn

>>101345292
If you want to clean install 10 today you should just use IoT LTSC 2021, which is a long term service version of Enterprise that has 10 years of support and is pre-debloated.

Anyone knows what exactly game mode does?
Trying to research whether I should leave it enabled or not, mostly so I can mark my games to use its optimizations with the game bar, since I noticed newer games aren't really marked such.

>>101310910
huh i wasn't intending to come here to coom

>>101345486
I've seen people test it on Youtube videos and give or take it like gives/removes a couple frames if it's on or off. Seemingly doesn't really do much at all.

so i haven't played with this stuff in years... can i just dd this iso file to a usb and have it work nowdays or do you still need some special windows iso writer to make it work like with xp

>>101345615
It's fairly simple these days. Just take the ISO and flash it to a USB with Rufus or flash Ventoy to a USB and place the ISO on it to boot it directly.
Really it's never been easier to install Windows these days after it became free to download in 2015.

>>101335651
huh you still have to do all of this even with the iot version? there should be a warning about it in the op so people don't miss it since this version often gets claimed to be something that doesn't come with all this crap

>>101345486
>Enables AutoHDR for DXGI based games.
>Enables VRR optimizations for games using Flip Model - Forces the screen to sync to game's refresh rate instead of any windows that may be on top of it.
>Disables Windows Update.
>Disables notifications.
>Disables file indexing, if "Respect Device Power Mode Settings" is enabled in Search settings.
>Enables CPU scheduling optimizations for Ryzen CPUs.

it used to be a meme but now its pretty important

>>101345672
Well the people saying that are lying through their teeth I guess. It's easy enough to just use something like ShutUp10 to disable all the telemetry shit in a couple clicks anyway.

>>101343932
i'd love to keep running only linux too but the modern amd drivers are all fucked up and i fell for the gaming meme so probably gotta dual boot this junk. maybe nvidia would work better but not gonna know that anytime soon. with both of my amd cards any game with heavier graphics will crash the driver which sometimes manages to recover with the reset function but sometimes requires a full power cycle to come back. luckily for other stuff like web browsing it works just fine so i can use it for most things

>>101345640
thanks. i always forget those names but trying dd first since i wont need to install any extra stuff to do that. i believe back in the day you had to do some wizardry to make it think that it was a cd drive or something but back then no one used usb drives for installing these things

>>101345693
Seems like most of those don't apply or are covered by my LTSC installation.
Think I'll leave it enabled for now.
Thanks anon

>>101345723
dd doesn't work with Windows ISOs these days. You'll never be able to make it through he setup because it'll constantly say it needs a driver to continue that doesn't exist. If you're on Linux, easiest would be to just use Ventoy, though you can also make it manually via mounting a Windows ISO, mounting a USB and formatting it as FAT32, copying over all the files in the ISO besides the sources folder, then making a sources folder and copying everything into it besides the install.wim file, then install wimlib with your package manager to split the install.wim on the ISO into two install.swm files on the USB so they fit in the FAT32 restrictions. Then you should be able to boot it like a normal USB because of the EFI executable.

>>101345747
wow that sucks. guess i'll do the ventoy thing then its pretty convenient anyway and i even used to have it somewhere

>>101321748
Citation needed

>>101345693
it doesnt do any of that shit on windows 10
all its supposed to do is stop the windows background shit from running like windows update, system maintenance, etc., while you are playing a game
i dont even think it works at all on 10

>>101331082
Could system restore fix this? I'm desperate and out of ideas

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How do I reinstall Edge again?

>>101305917
>W11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2024
I'm waiting for the retail version. Is the official release still in October? Or is it safe to install now?

>>101346619
The current open preview that massgrave offers has had plenty of good reviews from anons so you might as well try it if you want. The retail version will just be this open preview with the October cumulative update baked in.

>>101338862
snappy driver installer origin is free of malware and open source so you can check/compile it yourself.

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>>101345797
One of the big security events for Windows 10 that everyone freaked out about had to do with SMB. SMB isn't even installed by default on Windows 10. So no home users were effected. It also had to fulfill several other things to open up the exploit.

I'll need to reinstall windows for work
If I want to dual boot on the same ssd, I can just install windows first and make another partitition from there to install linux in right?
I have a second drive that I would like access to on both windows and linux, ntfs should work? or do I need fat32?

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just installed 11 ltsc. How do I get rid of this??

>>101347411
Install Windows first, then shrink the C:\ drive for the amount of space you want to give the Linux install. Then the Linux install should create an entry for the Windows install while it's installing in its bootloader, which you then should be able to make the Linux partition the main boot drive for your PC so it uses its bootloader but still let you access the Windows install. And yes, make the drive NTFS as Linux has been able to access NTFS drives for ages.

>>101347438
It's just a Win32 calculator, anon. It ain't hurting no one.
Though you could probably just remove it with Get-AppxPackage "UWP app" | Remove-AppxPackage

>>101347459
thanks anon

>>101347438
Linux exists. Imagine using an illegal os possibly filled with actual spyware from Microsoft and whoever you downloaded it from instead of just legally switching to to Linux...

>procexp64.exe
>procexp64a.exe
what are the sysinternals "a" .exes ?

>>101347515
im not that guy but i want to switch to linux
but i always end up coming back to windows
windows is just more familiar for me, its hard
and running into bugs just makes it harder

>>101343837
Notepad++ doesn't even auto update it asks if you want to update but yes.

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>>101334462
It's in the file explorer settings.

>>101338991
The one from Microsoft's site.

Are windows 10 updates even useful?
Can I not just pause them but rather turn them off and install only when I press the button myself?

>>101348956
You can just set the "Configure Automatic Updates" policy to just notify you when there's updates to download and download/install them as you please. Or just disable WU all together by disabling that policy and getting update files manually from the update catalog.

>>101348533
arm

>>101349017
Thanks, it's a pain in the ass not to be able to control what your PC does.

>>101307395
>i prefer my taskbar on the left though so thats been a bit harder to adjust to

Personalisation, taskbar behaviours, taskbar alignment - left

>>101349103
This is why /fwt/ recommends the Enterprise/Education editions because it actually lets you.

>>101345851
That's the point. It used to be a meme on older windows (10), now it's important on 11. You need it just to get Freesync/Gsync not to bug out with fullscreen apps. It's still a thing on 10 (that's why Nvidia and everyone else tells you only apply Gsync to borderless only instead of border+full) but this doesn't happen on 11.

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>>101349139
Wait, you ain't even allowed to do that in normal versions???

>>101349147
Not in Home, and barely in Pro (lots of restrictions.)
Enterprise and Education is basically "do what you want" as MS care more about businesses then people.

>>101344229
I tried updating the drivers again this morning and it seems to work if I do them one at a time with SDIO tool for some reason but it didn't when I did them all at the same time. weird

>>101305917
>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
So I've installed this on a couple of machines and pretty happy with it. On my brothers machine though, Adobe Lightroom is complaining it requires 22H2 for the latest version. What version should I switch to?

>>101349614
Either IoT LTSC 2024 or 11 Enterprise.

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is there a way to make my desktop stop asking if I want to upgrade to win11?

>>101349735
Disable secure boot

>>101349682
Thanks anon. Installing right now.

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I was having some insomnia when suddenly my pc boot up at 2:00 am by itself. I got up and went to turn it off and I got the message "someone is still using the pc any unsaved progress will be lost" or something like that. What the fuck happened? I'm using windows 11 ltsc if that helps.

Hello /fwt/, i forget which program was recommended to test that a flash memory is legitimate, could you guys remind me ?

IE to make sure a 64 GB flash memory isnt just a 4GB flash memory that falsely "reports" its 64 GB to your OS

I know h2wtest was good but it takes forever, there was one that was faster afaik

>>101350037
Validrive?

>>101349735
In Group Policy
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Windows Update for Business. Set it to "Windows 10" "23H2".

>>101349735
>>101350145
I forgot to say the policy you're looking for is "Select the target Feature Update version"

just updated to w11 ltsc 2024 from w10 ltsc 2019, 10/10 would recommend

feels good man

>>101350435
It really helps when it comes to the rare program that won't load on 2021 because of the feature pack or whatever. Though honestly I'm guessing by the time 2024 leaves open preview in October basically everyone will just use that instead for new installs.

>>101350127
thats perfect, thanks

botnet bros, are there other alternatives to windows terminal that might be worth trying?

>>101351182
cmder is pretty good

>>101345066
That's not what I mean, I mean Microsoft has had bugs in updates that have done unintended things to people's computers.

i just came back to my pc having automatically restarted
how do i actually turn of auto-updates (on 10 iot ltsc)

>>101350175
Thank you.

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