I love Windows!

https://youtu.be/qhQRSUYnVG4

he doesn't say anything new here except the china thing about researchers having to report vulnerabilities to their government first. He brings that up because a chink was the one to report the vulnerability

>>102000571
sex
with bill-chan

>>102000571
stupid sexy bill

>>102000571
>tfw you fell for the estrogen-cores meme
now what?
i dont want to use w11

>>102002509
Just use LTSC and be done with it, whatever

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>>102002509
>he fell for the e-cores meme

>>102000932
>china

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>>102000678
Me too!

>>102002933
UOH

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W11 IoT LTSC or wait for W12 IoT LTSC?

>>102002509
Well you don't need to use 11 and can just use 10 if you want, but the e-cores will be used like p-cores so some things might rarely chug. Also if it was a 13th or 14th gen there's like a 25% chance that it'll just stop working because Intel are cool and based.

>>102003029
You'd be waiting a good number of years if you wanted to wait for 12 IoT LTSC (if that'll be a thing), like a *real* long time, so just use 11 IoT LTSC instead. Either get the open preview ISO from massgrave or wait till early/mid October for the retail release ISO to come out.

>>102003029
giwtwm

Is Windows 12 even a real thing? How did we go from "Windows 10 is the last one" to "Windows 11 practically just came out, Windows 12 coming soon?"

>>102005061
What looked to have might've been a very early prototype for Windows 12 was shown at an Ignite event late last year. Also how 24H2 was originally talked about like it was going to be Windows 12 with how "different" it was.
But yeah the whole deal with "10 being the last Windows" was naturally hogwash.

>>102005061
>How did we go from "Windows 10 is the last one"
when braindead niggers like you keep spouting off fake news by literal nobodies as fact

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>tfw you never fell for the estrogen cores meme

>>102005559
After hearing how much Intel fucked up when it came to the 13th/14th gen Intel Cores and how shitty they were about them I'll probably never buy an Intel CPU ever again. Ryzen till I die at this point.

how do people develop good software in C on windows since C is not a first class citizen? no i dont wanna learn the msvc flag incantations

>>102005614
Using MingGW with CMake or CodeBlocks?

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>Suddenly, PC stops being able to connect to my Wi-Fi
>Restart PC
>Tomorrow (today), this starts happening again
>Decide on a whim to let the troubleshooter run
>It actually fixes the issue
This must be first time the troubleshooter did something useful for me, holy shit.

>>102006351
First time for everything lol

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>Why haven't you upgraded your Win10 to Win11 yet, Anon?

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>>102006512
But I have upgraded. I prefer the new UI — apart from the file explorer context menu, but a little registry edit took care of that.

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>>102002509
>he bought intelaviv

>>102006351
If it happens again it wouldn't hurt to run SDIO. There's some drivers Windows doesn't download/update automatically. For instance the audio drivers on the machine I'm posting from or the wi-fi drivers on another machine I installed IoT LTSC 2021 on

>install windows to NVME drive
>after initial stage of copying files, said drive doesn't appear as boot option
>boot from it anyway
>get the same windows setup initial stage I just did
I know I'm retarded but how, exactly?

>>102006730
Noted.

>>102006701
meds

>>102006512
As soon as NT 4.0 launched in 1998 I installed it. It was literally new technology.
Now, I despise Win 10 ltsc even and don't want to "upgrade" because rounded corners and convoluted ui design is not my idea of operating system.
Gomenasorry.

>>102007696
1996 typo but whatever

>>102006512
w11 is a downgrade

>>102006765
>NVMEme

>>102005175
>fake news by literal nobodies
Historical revisionism from braindead niggers such as yourself. Microsoft was absolutely salivating at the prospect of the final windows, as a service.

>>102007696
i doubt anyone would say that explorer wasn't a straight upgrade from program manager

>>102009222
You never know about these zoomers.

My laptop, 12yo Win7, today didn't boot and I want to save some files before reinstalling. Any suggestions?

>>102009309
Backup your files, reinstall,

>>102009309
Make a HirenBootCD live USB to have access to a live Windows environment which'll hopefully let you get any files off the drive, even if it can't boot anymore.

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is there any good password manager like keepass but that don't need a password to open?
just to keep less important shit I access often, my hard drive is already encrypted

>>102009358
Nobody cares about your encrypted pedodrive anyway.

>>102009372
Cool, now you can go and kill yourself so someone less retarded give me a proper answer

>>102009358
So you want a local password manager that doesn't use a master password to open? What's the point then?
You might as well just put your passwords in a plain text file and encrypt it in a password-protected 7zip archive. KeepassXC is basically the best local manager.

I have a 5800x3d so I had to get windows 11 enterprise edition. Should I change to the IoT LTSC version?

>>102009445
The base Enterprise edition is fine. You can do all the usual stuff to it to make it behave.

>>102009459
I used to use the IoT LTSC version of windows 10 and loved it though, would the windows 11 version of it be similar?

>>102009468
Yeah, IoT LTSC 2024 is very similar to 2021 just with an 11 base. If you want to swap already you can use the open preview ISO offered by massgrave to install it. Or you could wait until early/mid October for the full retail release.

Anyone on IoT LTSC 2024 can confirm if Windows Sandbox works now? It's a pretty useful feature for me.

>>102009491
Will I run into any problems if I install the leaked version?

>>102009717
You shouldn't. The open preview is still part of the normal 11 24H2 line and not the closed insider preview line like another leaked LTSC 2024 ISO was so technically when the October update rolls around it should basically just become the retail release.

>>102009795
I see I see, thank you so much for your insight.

>>102009809
I recommend using Rufus to make the boot USB currently as Ventoy has trouble booting it.

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>>102000571
>Install Chromium Web Store extension and pin it
>Privacy and Security -> Always use HTTPS connections
>chrome://settings/content/siteData -> Delete data sites that have been saved to your device when you close all windows

Is there anything else I should do for an ungoogled chromium fresh install? Any extra flags I should activate?

>>102009928
Well there's no google related shit in it at all so it's pretty safe overall.

>>102009946
Oh, I forgot to ask if there's a way to automatically delete history after closing the browser.

>>102009999
That isn't just a normal setting you can enable in the settings menus?

I have a very simple question. Maybe I'll get a real answer this time.

Anyone know of a single program that has MSI Afterburner + RivaTuner's on-screen display feature with stats so I don't have to install 2 separate programs? Seems retarded to have both running just to do one simple thing smfh. I just want to see how much wattage my games are using.

>>>101983729
Not what I asked, faggot.

>accidentally got an AV to delete SppExtComObjHook.dll from KMS auto renewal of office
oh well, windows is activated via MAS before it could also work on office iirc and well before installing officetoo so whats the worst it can happen? Office 365 deactivating? didn't really needed it much that the cloud version oon the website wouldn't offer, or libreoffice too

>>102011047
Yeah, any AV you install/use that isn't Defender will delete the local KMS server unless you put it in its exceptions vault. If you want to keep Office activated just run the Ohook activation to replace it.

>>102011089
So run the script in powershell and follow on screen instructions?

>>102011136
Yep, easy as that.

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>>102011155
well yes, looks it was

Do you ever use winget?

why us ms office when libreoffice is much better

>>102011337
I hear the opposite a vast majority of the time

>>102011357
skill issue. i find myself going back to when office was good (2010 or 2007) or sticking with libreoffice. openoffice is bad tho

>>102010310
Where? I can't seem to find it.

>>102000571
Why are there two /fwt/ now which one do we bump?

>>102011616
This one was first.

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>>102011640
Uh, we can all see that this thread was posted over three hours after the other one, anon.
I don't know what's more galling: that you're this stupid, or that you think we are.

Let's say you deleted your boot partition, how would you either make a new one or trick linux GRUB into booting windows

>>102010756

>>102011407
skill issue?
tranny this is a windows thread, we use better software here and don't care

>>102012401
actual tranny, literally dilating rn because someone said that current office is bad (which it is)

lmao

>hardware from 2012
>install Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024
>setup goes through fine, goes to reboot. pull flash drive out
>boots and shows error msg "reboot and select proper boot device issue"
>install windows 10 IoT LTSC 2019
>it werks
is it hardware or is it shitty software (win11)?

>>102000571
Is there an actual good reason to use W11 IoT LTSC instead of W10 equivalent?

>>102012979
If it doesn’t have TPM 2, Windows 11 won’t install properly.

>>102013163
the clock is ticking, that's the biggest reason. just because that version of 10 will be supported until 2032 that doesn't mean most software developers will maintain their apps for w10 that long. they will start pulling the plug very soon after normal 10 goes out of support

>>102006730
SDIO stands for "Snappy Driver Installer Origin", right?

>have LTSC installed
>microsoft manages to force Teams, Outlook, OneNote and Sticky notes back
I need a software that scans my PC on startup and deletes all this shit, because I'm at my wit's end here. Already tried debloating on another PC and after a few months it was back to zero. O&O ShutUp & co are not only way above my knowledge base to know what I shouldn't touch to not fuck up my install, but also atrociously machine-translated in my native tongue and just skimming through it gives you an aneurysm.

>/fwt/ is just the same boring ass questions repeated
what a worthless general

>>102000571
How do I clean install intel arc gpu drivers?

>>102014366
What version of windows should I install?

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they need to bring these back.

>>102016089
Windows 10 IoT LTSC

>>102000571
What's the best program to visualize the folders taking the largest amount of space on my disk?
I've been doing a lot of webscrapping for websites and even after I've deleted the files, my disk space is not going back up

>>102016325
WinDirStat?

Just a quick question about the Installation Guide. In Step 2, do I need to do any partition management before using Rufus, or only on the PC I'll be using the USB on?

>>102013494
Yes
https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/snappy-driver-installer-origin/

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>>102016347
Also, what happens if I don't select any of these when prompted after selecting START in Rufus?

>>102015378
Just use DDU: https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-DDU-

>>102016345
This worked out great, thanks! Turns out Windows.edb was eating all my space

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which brand hdd is best for reliability?

>>102016760
if I am not wrong that is search index database,so it will most likely balloon again.

>>102011835
boot into a linux distro from a bootable USB. use the application boot repair. that should fix it. most distros should have it. I use zorin but mint should have it as well

>>102012979
>>102013225
you can use Rufus to disable the tpm requirement IF that's the issue. I use win 11 IoT LTSC 2024 on an i3-6100u and it works great

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So, I don't know if this is the right place to ask it but I'll try it anyway. I have a strange problem with my external hard drive: every once in a while it fail to correctly appear in my file explorer (like the icon and the remaning/occupied space don't load at all) and it slows it down until the explorer finally crashes.
If I unplug the hard drive everything works fine and the file explorer doesn't crash anymore. Is there any way to fix this? I already checked with CrystalDisk and everything seemed working fine.

>>102016386
For a 10 USB I'd select the bottom two options for general use

>>102017162
For spinning disks I always go for WD

>>102017162
I had a Seagate and a Toshiba in my build, but removed them recently because they started making weird noises. Not the typical clicking a failing/failed drive, but enough noise to make me worried. I used them for about 4 years and they still work, but I plan on getting SSDs and transferring the data over in case they do end up as paperweights.

Bros I installed a bunch of drivers and now display is crashing in settings, cant even open the damn thing... I installed like 100 drivers

How can I pinpoint the guilty one?

>>102009159
>more fake news by literal niggers such as yourself
post the official PR release stating w10 is the last windows version or fuck off nigger

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>>102009159

>>102017900
Did you use SDIO or just installed them manually?

>>102000571
I want to thank this thread, not only do i get windows for free, i get a bloat free enterprise version that adds another three hours to my battery life!!!!

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Any alternatives to this shady as fuck program?
I was checking it out, and sure it works, but after reading through the github page, I saw some interesting things.

For instance, this

https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/discussions/2892

So if by mistake you select Business during installation, you'll get locked out and have to buy a license (or ask for support to get a 3 day license that allows you to change the setting).

Now, what the fuck does it install on Windows that locks you out of selecting Personal or Business? A Certificate?

I checked everywhere on my system, files, registry, certificates, but I cannot find anything.

At this point I just want to get rid of it entirely and whatever shit it did to my windows install.

>>102018156
Manually, just went through Lenovo's page and installed everything for my current W10 version (IoT LTSC).

>>102018697
Things I've tried:

>sfc /scannow
>DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
>DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
>DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
>New profile

>>102018821
Also, resetting the apps and reinstalling the Windows apps.

>>102018156
>>102018697
>>102018821
>>102018834
>>102017900
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-yoga-type-20jd-20je-20jf-20jg/20je/20jes4fn01/r90pp7j4/downloads/driver-list/component?name=Display%20and%20Video%20Graphics&id=635380F4-448F-4129-AA77-265289D96F6F

I imagine it was one of these

>>102018523
>Any alternatives to this
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview

>>102019364
Doesn't work on LTSC 2024 sadly.

>>102017162
Toshiba tend to be the most reliable. Check out Backblaze Drive Stats.

>>102014366
All the smart guys have long abandoned this thread. It's a shame, it used to be a go-to for deep knowledge/configuration of Windows.
Now it's just "what media player should I get", "Windows 11 won't install on my shitbox halp" and "SPYWARESPYWARESPYWARE".
I suppose that's what you get when you let a no-life fuck janny take over a thread.

>>102020190
recommendations for media players and shutup10++ should be in every OP (the media players in the pastebin are outdated) also 10/11schizos should be banned. 10 or 11 it doesn't matter as long as its IoT LTSC versions

Anyone know how to fix the 0x800705b4 winupdate error on ltsc iot w10

>>102020320
>the media players in the pastebin are outdated
Recommend media players.

are the whole slowness issues of win11 ltsc a huge schizo falseflag or something
i'm not facing any of these problems on my 10 years old stinkpad

>>102020631
>huge schizo falseflag
yes.

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>>102019598
>Toshiba

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>>102020631
>>102020708
do the needful street shitter shi11

does win 11 ltsc get updates?

>>102021459
Yes

shutup10++, privatezilla, or...? ive always used privatezilla it never permanently turns the telemetry off. it's good for everything else though

>>102021713
I've used ShutUp10 for years and it does the job. Keeps the telemetry off too, at least if you're using Enterprise/Education.

>>102010756
>>102010756
>>102010756
>>102010756
>>102010756

when i record a video, there's metadata written in the file about the encoder used
currently it's like LAVF 58.xx.yy

I want to know when such and such versions of LAVF were issued, is it possible ?

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Can someone help me understand how MAS and HWID2 works? How does it generate a key out of thin air? If it changes my HWID to a flagged device that's activated, do I share a HWID with someone else?
How does it all work? Can Microsoft see that I don't have an actual key? Is my license legitimate, if so, how?

>>102022208
you can check the ffmpeg commit history for libavcodec/version.h (and version_major.h if more recent)
having a quick look, 58>59 happened here;
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/85ba17f36dbfde1baeaa47e14d30c337add52c0d
on 27 april, 2021 (note that this doesn't mean a release of ffmpeg happened on this date)
so your 58.xx.yy encode was made on a build older than that
libavformat was bumped from 57 to 58 here;
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/07a2b155949eb267cdfc7805f42c7b3375f9c7c5
on 23 may, 2017

>>102022244
massgrave's site literally tells you how it works

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I wanted to download 40 videos from a website, but it prevents their download, so I decided to record them. They use the web player https://info.jwplayer.com/learn-more?e=6
One other prevention by the player is a pop-up with the name of my account appearing at random times and which pauses the video until i click ''continue''. I just play the videos on an external monitor and as soon as i see the pop-up i click continue.
It's tedious to record that but I still managed to do it.

My problem is that I didn't see the pop-up was nominative, and I prefer to have clean videos without any authentication.

So I seek a video editor which displays tiny miniatures chronologically. so that in the miniatures I can see when there's a pop-up and I just go to the frames and delete them.

I wanted to use portable free software, so I downloaded OpenShotPortable, ShotcutPortable, LosslessCutPortable, AvidemuxPortable but they don't have miniatures.

I there a free software like in picture which display the timeline of the video?

>>102022531
it took me a while to realise you meant thumbnails with "miniatures"
why not post the site in question? there's almost certainly a way to download the original videos instead of clearning up screen recordings

Anyone? >>102017289

>>102017289
>>102023142
Could be all kinds of things. Maybe replace the cable, or check for USB selective suspend, or some kind of sleep mode setting on the hard drive itself.

4790k guy here
when windows 10 stops being supported around this time next year, should i force the w11 switch even though it doesn't support my cpu on paper?

>>102023298
The weird thing is that this exact same hard drive used to disconnect continuosly until a month ago but now it doesn't do that anymore and works as it should (except for the problem I described).
Maybe I'll try checking USB selective suspend and see if anything changes.

Why does nobody read the OP before posting?

>>102023333
10 is getting extended security updates that'll most likely be hacked into being free like 7's were, so at this point just hold tight if you're using non-LTSC 10.

>>102023339
It's like that for any general

>>102023339
Maybe they read "W11, avoid" and correctly assume that the rest of the OP is nonsense.

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I want to run some old windows games from 00s/10s, in a virtual machine.
But my machine is a toaster, with barley enough resources.
Is there a windows 10/11 spin like MicroXP back then?

>>102023712
you could try ntdev's tiny10/tiny11 images. you can find them on archive.org

>>102023813
https://ntdev.blog/2024/01/08/the-complete-tiny10-and-tiny11-list/
An official list from the Tiny10/11 dev.

>>102023813
>>102023848
Thanks man.
Is there a minimum virtual machine size to install it?

>>102024304
The install is around 10GB IIRC, maybe even less.

>>102024934
No there isn't, you need to continue to use both programs at the same time to get what you want.

>>102013459
you've been street shitting this lie for half a decade
get a toilet currynigger

Windows 11
No internet connection, just globe with a veto sign.
Had Internet last night, but not this morning.
Things I've tried that didn't work.:

Different router/modem ports
Different Ethernet cable
Unplugged and replugged Ethernet from PC
Flushed and renewed DNS
Deep virus scan (thought it helped since I had the Internet connected icon on the login screen but after logging in after a minute it went back to disconnected.)
USB Tethering
Tried Ethernet on different device, it worked fine.

>>102025630
Tried re-installing your network drivers?

>>102025630
Safe mode with networking?

Chocolatey, Scoop or WinGet?

>>102025783
If you want to use a CLI manager like that just go with Scoop IMO. Winget otherwise, Chocolatey has gotten pretty bad the past couple years.

>>102025732
I haven't done this but I did reinstall network drivers.

>>102000571

>>102025732
I just did this, still not Internet.

>>102025966
Maybe try booting to a Linux Mint USB stick, if that's possible. If it works, there's a problem with Windows. If it doesn't: reseat the NIC -> check BIOS settings -> try everything all over again -> replace the NIC. Google and/or ChatGPT for more troubleshooting steps if you prefer. Good luck.

>>102025630
Is it a laptop? Maybe you disabled networking with a Fn key combo by mistake.

>>102026191
No, it's a rig I built myself.

>>102026240
At this point I might offer you to try using an install ISO of your edition of Windows 11 to repair upgrade the system via mounting it and running the setup.

>>102025783
Which one offer boomer free experince?

currently using win7 as my only OS for everything
its slowly breaking and im willing to try iot 10 ltsc from dual boot
how fucked will my shit be if I hate it and want to retreat back to the 7 boot, and if I open things like d*scord or steam will they be newer and bricked versions back on 7?

>>102010756
i have the same question
isnt there a FOSS for it that gets shilled all the time here? i didn't find anything in the OP

>>102027379
I just turned my VPN on and off and it seemed to fixed my issue fully.

>>102025805
>Chocolatey has gotten pretty bad the past couple years.
Why?

>>102028066
>VPN issue
I see. Many such cases.

Is there any way to open this window through "Run As..." or bat file?
I've managed to Pin it to Start but that's it

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>>102028853

>>102028853
>>102028868
Disregard that, I'm retarded
https://4sysops.com/archives/list-of-ms-settings-uri-commands-to-open-specific-settings-in-windows-10/

>>102023333
>checked
and hey I had that same CPU a while ago

>>102025783
I like scoop. I try to avoid winget because it's not an actual package manager, it's just an installer manager. All it does is literally download the installer of the software you're trying to install and then runs it. You even get the UAC popup and all. Scoop installs everything to the scoop directory in the user directory and it's pretty clean. It also tries to use a portable version for most softwares if there is one, as far as I know. Never used chocolatey that much but I don't like it from the looks of it.

>>102009309
>>102009353
back a day later, I tried Hiren Boot PE live USB and it didn't boot. I'm a tech retard, how can I recover a couple of folders before reinstalling?

>>102009309
>>102030489
Assuming you didn't encrypt it, take the disk out and attach it to a real system to get the files off.

If you have quick boot on, windows prevents you from getting into bios to change the boot order.

>>102017900
Help...

>>102030594
no quick boot on, I can boot from USB but Hiren Boot PE doesn't work on Win7. do you know other ways to recover a couple of folders?

>>102030745
>Hiren Boot PE doesn't work on Win7
It's a completely separate OS environment. It runs from ram.
If it doesn't work then try a livecd variant of some linux thing, like Mint.

Could someone explain to me in simple-ish terms why some software requires a min. Windows version? For example, I was trying to do something on WSL1 but it required me to enable Systemd at boot but this feature isn't available until version 1.0.0 which REQUIRES (nags and doesn't install) versions 19xx and above.
My old laptop has a shitty celeron on it, it flies on LTSB (2016) and starts to struggle quite a bit when I move it to LTSC(2021), are those requirements absolutely necessary or are there ways to "backport" the necessary features?

>>102008149
>>102025313
you made these exact same posts during the 7->10 era
don't you get tired of acting like a bot? are you even capable of self thoughts?

>>102030805
windows 10 is multiple versions of the windows kernel using the same brand (windows 11 is actually still part of that family, just using a different brand) because windows uses a rolling release model
the changes in question require kernel changes, backporting them would essentially entail updating at least part of the OS to the newer version
especially WSL related stuff, which is kernel related and a little bit of COM
and the official WSL systemd support requires WSL2 which is based on the simplified interface to Hyper-V which requires at least the windows 2018 update

i don't know if i'm remembering right but iirc there were unofficial options, hacks, and workarounds for wsl1 though
could check MSYS2/cygwin to see if whatever you want to do is supported there

or just install linux somewhere
even if it's just on like a live usb
or use an android, you can get most shit done without root in termux

Since the keys are randomly generated, I can use the same .iso across multiple USBs for multiple different Windows installations, correct?

I installed Win 10 IoT LTSC which image viewers do i use

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This is a really stupid OCD thing, but I tried to make a new "Games" Library, and when I change the icon, it removes the little base / underline thing that the default library icons get.
If you create a new Library, it gives it a generic folder icon WITH the base, but changing that icon to anything else removes the base.

Am I missing something here? Is there a special icon library or something?
I just want it to match.

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>want to buy new hardware
>installing W7 will be a nightmare from start to finish
>W10 IoT lgbt edition is still garbage despite everything but simultaneously also losing support as the regular edition will soon become unsupported by ms
>lenovo doesn't even offer W10 drivers on its current laptops anymore, it's W11 or nothing
>11 is supposedly an even bigger pile of shit than 10 is and the IoT edition is only a leak so far
>spend hours trying to find specifics on laptop components so that I can find W10 drivers so that shit will work on an OS that I don't even want to use to begin with
I'm so fucking tired bros. I'll never forgive microshit for butchering a once great and comfy OS.

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Is Windows 11 LTSC stable enough for production/daily use?
I'm currently W11 Pro, and I like it so far. But I don't want Copilot and all the Microsoft bloatware on my system running 24/7. I just want to build a stable machine for work/casual gaming, without the fear of breaking when it updates.
>inb4 just use W10 IoT LTSC
I would, but I don't trust software developers to maintain support once Windows 10's EOL support comes. (Specially for the games/software I'm using for work)

>>102033056
It is more stable than Home/Pro since it's aimed at critical devices and applications, it (should) get feature updates every few years so it doesn't break anything, that's the point of LTSC

However only the leaked ISO is available, and official support for 11 LTSC comes on october so you might as well hold on for a bit more

Anyone know how to get thumbnails for icos in nomacs? Using the pre-release...

>>102025783
Scoop all the way;

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -scope CurrentUser
$env:SCOOP='D:\SCOOP'
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('SCOOP', $env:SCOOP, 'User')
iwr -useb get.scoop.sh | iex

I have all my software installed on a non-windows drive. I can reinstall Windows and not lose anything.
To do the same thing with Chocolatey you have to use the paid version.
Winget is not a package manager.

is mediainfo the best option to get useful info from video files?
like codec, bitrate, etc.

>>102033056
I tried it on an old laptop (almost 10 yo) which supposedly doesn't meet the requirements for w11.
It worked almost flawlessly. It seemed to use even less RAM on idle than windows 10 LTSC. I went back to w10 since I can't stand the shitty UI but if you asked me I'd say W11 LTSC will be amazing on newer hardware. I'll wait for the official release later this year.

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Time to play a game. Let me exit Windows and return to DOS.

>Microsoft(R) MS-DOS(R) Version 5.0
>(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1991.

>C:\>D:
>D:\>CD T7G
>D:\T7G>T7G.EXE

>>102034608
ffprobe?

>>102034670
i didnt know wtf ffprobe was
i had ffmpeg installed i guess i can use that

>>102028634
My VPN wasn't on, but turning it on and off seemed to have fixed my problem.

Did font rendering get worse on Windows 11? I feel like everything's either blurry or jagged. I go back to 10 and it's all crisp and clean except the shitty settings app which doesn't use cleartype for some reason.
I've run the cleartype configuration thing a dozen times and it still doesn't get any better.

>>102034771
it's ffmpeg's media metadata tool
it should in theory give you even more information than anything else
container, codec, the actually encoder used to create the encoding, streams, framerate, bitrate, audio channels, etc.

>>102035061
Windows 11 is designed exclusively for hiDPI monitors. Get a 4K display at a minimum and run it at 200% scaling. Will look much better.

>>102035194
>replace your 1440p screen with a 1080p pixel doubled screen just to have clear text again
No thanks, I'll just stick with Windows 10. Absolutely ridiculous. Same shit Apple pulled with their "retina" displays a decade ago.

>>102032161
Sylic's JPEGView

>>102009928
>turn off windows 11 theme
>allow extensions (always install)
>install the extension that allows you to install extensions from the google extensions store yo dawg
>set the new download UI if that's not the default
>set up the google query string for searching from the address bar
>always prompt for location on download

>>102020560
vlc, mpv, mpc-hc

>>102036034
Disappointing answer, if you're the same Anon. mpc-hc is in the pastebin, and VLC is old and has issues. I thought you were going to tell me something useful that I didn't know.

>>102036182
I mean, those three media players are still the best ones. Especially mpv.

I have a lenovo thinkcentre I got from a friend. I am having an issue where the wifi on the PC suddenly stops working. Initially the PC found my network but refused to connect, then stopped seeing the network.
The first time this happened I couldn't find a solution and ended up reinstalling windows which fixed it until now.

Any suggestions?

>>102037067
Forgot to mention: The wifi works normally on install.

>>102037067
Try installing the wifi driver on the Lenovo support page for the Thinkcenter model?

is the new powershell faster than windows powershell?

>>102028409
Takes ages for packages to be updated. Focused on premium feature shit.

>>102038155
i believe so
both in terms of code quality and runtime optimization
.NET framework has been abandoned for years while the cross platform version became the "real" .NET some time ago

Help pl0x
>>102038738

>>102038778
You could always just set up Windows Subsystem for Linux in your Windows install so you can use Linux binaries within it. It basically drapes a wholly usable distro (Ubuntu, Debian or some others) invisibly on top of the Windows install.

Workplace switched me to Windows 11. The performance is horrible. Opening Explorer is now so slow. It feels like opening a website.

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How dafuq can I get rid of all these?

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This started appearing for me after a while, and I can't use the Office anymore. What should I do?

>>102039057
Activate it with Ohook

>>102038805
That's command line only, right? I'd like to be able to use my graphical Linux software as well.

>>102039162
Your graphical applications appear in the start menu when you install them through apt in the WSL bash terminal.
You do install it via the command prompt though, though it should be as easy as running "wsl --install"

>>102039178
I've got no problem installing them through the command line, so if that's the case I might actually try this.

>>102038178
holy fuck it is actually so much faster
why was i using dogshit windows powershell

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What's the best way to replace W10's retard-proof UI with the functional legacy one?
By now somebody must have made a patch right?

>>102020786
What does that have to do with HDD reliability?

>>102017162
I've had good experiences with WD and Toshiba btw. Just don't cheap out and you'll be fine

>>102033040
>installing W7 will be a nightmare from start to finish
Isn't it just about getting USB 3.0 drivers? That was the only thing I had to do manually last time I installed it.

>>102000571
How does installing fresh windows work these days?

Is it completely free? Even when reusing 2nd hand parts? It's been over 10 years since I built a PC and iirc you registered you're built PC to your Microsoft account? Or you at least had a product key or something? I really can't remember lol

>>102040386
Windows 10 and 11 can be installed without needing to use a product key, as the ISOs are easily downloaded off the MS website free of charge. You can use Windows without getting a license for about a month before it starts to get really naggy about it, but in this case we have MAS, which is an activation script that can activate Windows in three different ways (with the most recommended being HWID.)
When it comes to installing Windows, it's always recommended to run the shift+f10 command prompt within the setup to fully wipe the disk you're about to install to using diskpart via the clean command.

>>102040427
>You can use Windows without getting a license for about a month before it starts to get really naggy about it,

Wait, what happens with it after? So it's not really free?

>>102040457
It just gets naggy like I said. You can still use it fine, but there's a watermark on the screen that's always there and you can't customize the system at all.
But like I said, you can just activate it with MAS.

How do I stop my Windows 11 taskbar items to change size? When I visit a website in Firefox with a short title the button it small, but when the title is long, the button changes size to something larger.

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>>102040208
USB 3.0 is just one thing, there are lots of things that no longer get W7 support.
NVMe needs to be patched in as well, chipset drivers are unavailable, you need to check if you motherboard's network chip is something old like the Intel I219-V otherwise it won't have support either, things like SATA and audio drivers aren't available either, AMD and Nvidia's GPU's no longer support it, CPU's with asymmetrical cores don't even function correctly on W10 so you can image what it would be like on W7 and so on.
And that's only the hardware side of things, on the software side it's just as bad. GUI scaling on W7 barely works so you can't use a high PPI screen, modern software like Elden Ring or the latest versions of Photoshop won't run on it either, no DX12 support, Chrome no longer supports it, Firefox and Thunderbird only support it in their long term service branches, basically anything that connects to the internet will eventually stop getting updates and then it's a tossup to see if it'll keep working.

Basically running W7 now is much like running Linux, where you have to get used to the idea that you'll forever have to be jumping through hoops to keep everything working and even then, you just won't be able to do everything that you want with it.
For instance, there is a patch that lets you run Elden Ring on 7, but that's just one game. You'll have to get used to the idea that you must wait for someone to make a patch for every bit of software that you want to use just so you can run it, whereas a W10 user just clicks install and runs it.
Unless you intentionally run a legacy system with old hardware and old software only, it's just not worth the effort, and that's coming from someone who has been using W7 since release and still uses it today.

>>102040840
https://archive.org/details/win7_gen2
There's this ISO. Pre-loaded with all the shit you'd expect.

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https://www.pcguide.com/news/microsoft-confirms-the-trusty-windows-control-panel-is-on-its-way-out/
It's never been so over.

>>102041061
Why would the absolute fucking hell would they do that, unless they actually decide to make Settings as powerful as Control Panel. Hell, shit in Settings still just opens a Control Panel window at points. Literally every actual computer user that isn't someone's grandma would say a flat "NO" to this idea.

>>102041100
>unless they actually decide to make Settings as powerful as Control Panel
Wanna bet that they're just going to remove the control panel without even adding anything to the Settings app because they're deluded enough to thinks its good enough.

>>102041061
I find the settings app way more confusing than the control panel. I regularly have to Google where stuff is.

>>102040840
>CPU's with asymmetrical cores don't even function correctly on W10
Stopped reading there

>>102041130
>Why
Oh it's easy, they just hate you

>>102041152
Exactly. I know how Control Panel works and where everything is. Settings is just simplified for the sake of being simplified, I've never liked it.

>>102040854
That's not even half the shit I mentioned.
Good luck getting DX12 support or convincing Nvidia to release W7 compatible drivers for their latest hardware.

>>102041354
They don't tho

>>102041100
>why
Because all the competent people were replaced by poojeets who have no idea wtf they're doing.

>>102041061
I'll believe it when I see it.

>>102041061
>11jeet shit
not my problem
t. ltschad with 8 years of support to wait for a good next version of windows

>>102042083
I guess you'll be going to Linux because its never happening. Everything that happens in 11 will carry over to 12 and beyond.

I need a free pdf editor (for editing text) do these even exist these days? found only some online scams. need this for an elderly windows user

>>102043320
Firefox has a native PDF viewer/editor within it that over updates has gotten pretty good for basic PDF editing if you need it at the time.

I updated wangblows 10 (I really hate doing this but I'm way too afraid of not doing it and something breaking) and now Service Host: Diagnostic Policy is using up 10% of my CPU. I'm looking at a few guides to fix this but I'm wondering if any of you guys know anything? I figure I'll just use this https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmanager/diagnostic-policy-service.html

>>102000571
I'm a habitual re-installer, and Windows gets reinstalled every 6-12 months or so.

I'm kind of sick of installing and configuring 30 different programs every time, setting up my WSL environment, etc. What's the best method to automate/speed up this process?

>>102043486
I got it. It was a little bastard in C:\WINDOWS\System32\sru called SRUDB.dat. I deleted him and my cpu temp dropped 20C. I hope this helps anyone else especially if it's from the latest update.

i use linux

>>102043351
that cant edit text. my dad got some maps in pdf and needs to edit text within pictures

>>102043881
Could you not just make a .wim image of your system and replace an install.wim file in an install ISO with it?

>>102044066
LibreOffice Draw can edit PDF text

>install linux mint
>a new thing breaks every 15 minutes
>install windows 11
>slow as fuck and disgusting ui and makes my pc noisy (somehow?)
>install windows 10 ltsc
>works fine
The perfect operating system

Has anyone here tried only having portable software on their pc and how has it been?

>>102030745
>>102030797
thanks, Mint USB works but it is unable to mount the hard disk

>>102044854
rip

I forget where I saw this but was there a workaround for getting an install ISO to work with Ventoy? Did it need a workaround?
Also do we have a list of MS domains to block that the OS is always trying to reach?

>>102030805
MS only releases a compiler for 'supported' versions of Windows. Or some retard on the project picked out a function that's only available in the latest version of libraries. To bugfix the change they made last week because we can't just leave shit well enough alone when it already works.
Under the hood, there is not much different.

>>102043486
Generally if things are working, you do not need to update.

Genuine question, I'm kinda scared of downloading from that russian site, what are your opinions on Affinity Photo vs. Photoshop?

>>102038965
unfortunately most of them are uninstallable but only with latest updates, except edge of course

I'm a fuckup and accidentally picked a super high resolution on my second monitor, now both screens keep blinking whenever my second monitor is plugged in.
How can I reset the second screen resolution without plugging it in? It has to be buried in some random registry key or something

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>>102047404
So here are a few ways I think I could solve this issue.
>Find a way to erase the monitor entries in the registry
I think that's possible because CRU displays it even when no other additional screen is plugged in.
>Find a way to set the resolution with a powershell/cmd/whatever command
I just can't find anything related to that on the internet.

I also tried rebooting into "low resolution mode" or whatever the fuck but it just boots me back into normal windows.

>>102047720
Found it
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-reset-external-monitors-settings/b3a53cef-e54f-4410-b09e-6846fa297a3f
Fixing shit like this is better than cumming

>>102032161
>>102035412
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/94414831/#q94419685
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/94257220/#q94311045
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/78555788/#q78562351
1. Open image with JPEGView
2. Right click
3. Settings/Admin
4. Edit user settings
5. Ctrl+F find"ShowFullScreen"
6. Set ShowFullScreen=false
7. Find "DefaultWindowRect"
8. Set DefaultWinowRect=max
Images will open in windowed mode as a maximized maximised window by default like they're supposed to

>>102002509
>>102002840
You will never be a woman.

>>102008967
>p4 poorfag cope

>>102014187
you have issues with settings somewhere, I've yet to experience the same thing in W10iotltsc

Every time I view pics or browse a folder timestamp metadata is written to and the $Mft file writes go up continuously.
Is there a way to prevent metadata writes on every file access, and disable $LogFile writes?
Also how many GB does your PC write per day?

>>102027808
W10iotltsc will want UEFI, which W7 is incompatible with. Just run W7 on a separate machine.
Why is your OS dying anyway? Are you using bizarro hacks and bullshit? Ever run chkdsk/dism/sfc scans? Registry bloat?

>>102040004
>W10's retard-proof UI
never heard of this, I might believe it if I ever see it

>>102044718
I just use Windows 11 and Ubuntu and they Just Work on My Machines (TM)
Excellent operating systems.

>>102044757
pretty hard to go strictly portable, only certain programs can be had that way, and yes, it is a good thing in order to reduce registry bloat

>>102050356
there actually is an option to not be updating file metadata, I once saw this somewhere. Web search "windows disable updating file access time" or something like that.

You don't have to worry about Windpows eating too quickly through your drive's TBW, unless you are on lowest-cost junk or an antiquated early SSD with much lower TBW than modern drives.

>>102044757
You can do that via installing all your programs through Scoop. It's very doable.

>>102044981
A workaround? Ventoy doesn't need anything special to load Windows ISOs. My GPT/exFAT one installs Windows fine.

>>102044718
>>install windows 11
found your problem

>>102050499
I looked it up on the internat and can confirm that the following command disables the constant "last access" metadata writes:
>fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
This should boost performance and reduce SSD wear.
But what about $LogFile? Which setting disables the NTFS logging/journaling?

>>102000571

>>102052086
>But what about $LogFile? Which setting disables the NTFS logging/journaling?
Lol, you really don't want to do that if you don't want ReactOS tier stability. ReactOS is unusable precisely because their OS FS drivers can't do Logging/Journaling.

I tried to install Win 11 IoT LTSC on my laptop but couldn't get past the first step since it couldn't detect my SSD. Anyone know what the problem could be? Sort of new to Windows (currently on Linux)

>>102052885
Are you using an Intel CPU? You most likely need the Intel rapid storage drivers loaded in the setup. Either extracted from the setup file from Intel's website or from your laptop's OEM support page for your model, placed on your boot USB root to load when needed. The driver files appear as .sys files.

>>102041061
fake news

https://youtu.be/yDzVWqncMFA
just did a fresh 23h2 install wheres 24h2 next month?

>>102005580
shame as ive had nothing but good times on my 13600k its zen1-3 that had constant memory usb bios and other issues that never got fixed
the one i got to work was a 59x i miss it wish the 59x3d came out

>>102053188
Well you've seemingly got one of the good ones that didn't fail instantly, so good for you. The failure rate is at like 25%.

>>102053269
fuck really? i thought that was only on the high end 13700 13900k 14900k etc?

>>102052978
thanks! this worked

>>102053695
Usually the problem when a target drive doesn't show up. Guessing you just needed the OEM driver from the support page?

>>102053701
yeah lol

>>102002509
>now what?
use windows 11
>i dont want to use w11
>>>/fglt/

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>>102053152
It's on Microsoft's website.

whats a good download manager?

>>102054723
JDownloader2 is the best one IMO, though it comes installed a bit bloated. Though there's rentry guides like this one that tell you what advanced settings to disable to clean it up.
https://rentry.org/jdownloader2

>>102054528
I honestly have to wonder why they think that's a good idea in any way. Like what is their reasoning behind removing an incredibly solid settings menu besides wanting more people to use Settings for whatever reason.

>the Control Panel still exists for compatibility reasons and to provide access to some settings that have not yet migrated
>that have not yet migrated
So everything that we still need the control panel for will eventually be moved to Settings. They're not just going to remove advanced settings for Sounds, Power Management, etc., without putting a replacement in the Settings menu. So I guess I fail to see the problem.

>>102000571
I have installed Windows 10 LTSC IoT on my secondary laptop from 2014 and it works great. I might install it on my main machine as well. my only complain is the photo viewer even after enabling it in the registry being kinda primitive. Other than that, no complains at all

>>102057049
Why not just use a third party image viewer like nomacs or JPEGView?

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>>102057079
>nomacs
>supports macs

>>102057049
>>102057079
i use irfanview

>>102057220
That's fine enough too. I'd install it through Ninite though.

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>>102041354
/g/ never ceases to entertain with its copium.
>ryzen comes along, costing up to 10% performance without scheduler changes
>incessant reeeeeing and bitching for MONTHS until 1903 comes along
Fast forward a couple of years.
>incel shit.SHITTER comes along, costing up to FORTY FUCKING PERCENT performance without scheduler changes
>"n-no its not happening, its not real, im going to ignore it so i can hold onto win10 like a rubberduck retard"

>>102057079
>>102057220
might try it desu. I was just testing it so far. it seems the default program can't open gifs either.

>>102033040
Why W7 — is it just for the cosmetics? Have you looked into OpenShell/RetroBar/WinClassic/StartIsBack like the OP suggests?

>>102054750
>>102054723
Problem with jdownloader is the fact it needs Java bloat to be installed too which is a big no no in my books.
This one should work oob
>https://github.com/ugetdm
or if you want just a simple http 'loader
>https://erickutcher.github.io/

>>102033040
You should genuinely kill yourself, I mean that with a hundred percent, with a thousand percent.

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Are modded Windows versions worth looking into? Things like AtlasOS, RekOS, and other things that show up when you search "modded Windows" ? If they are not worth looking into, why?

>>102009309
back 3 days later and I tried Mint liveUSB boot repair and it says:
"The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would restore the [(generic mbr)] MBR in /dev/sda, and make it boot on sda2.
Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s"
Should I do it?

>>102058893
only if they come with tools to make the iso yourself like atlas

>>102058620
seething

>>102058993
Yes, I'm seething over the fact that people like you are allowed to live.

>>102058897
>>102030594
>Assuming you didn't encrypt it, take the disk out and attach it to a real system to get the files off.

>>102059044
cope

>>102058975
>>102058975
>>102058975

>>102009358
KeepassXC
Create a keyfile to unlock the database and delete the database password afterwards

>>102059047
I wouldnt know how to do it

>>102056555
they introduced the new settings uwp app in windows 8, which i'll remind you came out 12 years ago. you really think they're going to make Settings do everything Control Panel did?

>>102059225
No, I think they're going to leave the Control Panel in Windows for the foreseeable future, despite what that article claims, and despite that line on their website. I'm just saying that whatever happens, they're not taking needed configuration tools away from us.

>>102059297
they can't really do it, not outside something like putting a section in Settings for Control Panel applets, because of backwards compatibility. that is, programs used to put their own applets in Control Panel, so to keep compatibility there needs to be a way to access those

>>102000571
>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
Can i run any game with this version?