Are cleanup tools like trashreg obsolete?

>>106761388
that specific tool or in general?

>>106761453
Yeah. I still have paranoia about windows registry rot, prefetches, temp files after installs/failed installs, and other crap littering my C drive. Don't know if trashreg alone is sufficient though or if it is up to date for Windows 10.

>>106761626
it was useful for me, blender used to do a thing where it created autosaves all the time but would not delete older autosaves, a 1gb file autosave would add up fast

best way to clone my w10 installation to a flash drive

>>106761131
nakaԁashi sahmiko

>>106762425
Macrium Reflect 7 Free Edition

But do you mean for your install to be backed up to a flash drive? Or to be able to run Windows 10 off the flash drive?
You are better off using an SSD in an enclosure or something like a Samsung T7 if you intend to run Windows, no?

I have a utilitarian Win10 install on a 2.5" SSD in a USB enclosure for testing machines, though I hardly use it anymore. I can also clone my main OS with it when I want without having to boot into it.

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>>106759833
In my experience deleting these two selected folders is enough to break Edge. No more Edge, but without screwing up Windows. Even Windows Update and Edge's own update service cannot fix it because the required folders and files for updating the browser are missing. I think the update that added the Copilot shortcut in the Taskbar for all non-ARM users is what reinstalled Edge, but then re-deleting these folders breaks it again and keeps it broken. I'm using Outlook, so I'm keeping Edge just so that works for me, but its services can be disabled within both Services.msc and Edge's Settings, System tab. No need for scripts and third party apps to get rid of Edge, just a simple folder deletion breaks the app. Webview2 has to be avoided, deleting that screws up Windows 11, I don't remember what applets and settings windows and stuff get screwed. Brave browser has me covered for the rare website that doesn't want non-Chromium browsers like Firefox, which I have sworn by since Windows Vista and 7.

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Yeah, Asus knows the garbage Microshaft threw in sucks:

>>106762913
>dislike ads?
>here's some more ads

>>106758489
You goofed some setting, if I recall correctly, Win10 usually doesn't need to reload thumbnails often unless changes have been made to the given folder. Messing with this is likely in the registry.

>>106758435
The pajits at Microsoft probably did just vibe code and release. I do believe they are stupid enough. How often do they make end users beta testers without notifying or asking for consent? It is a trend among big corpos. It is not constant, but Microsft occasionally does it, too.

>>106756376
Win10-compatible software dropping Win10 support in this age of Win11 is politically-motivated. Not government politics, but bad corporate/market politics. There's good reasons why companies are being pushed by idiotic normies to churn out updates even when it is not really necessary. I have not lookede into the obsession over updates, but it exists, that's part of why Microsoft now no longer wants to sit on any major version of Windows too long. They don't want to look like they are "falling behind". This is likely a part of why Windows 11 exists despite ultimately just being mainly a Win10 reskin with some networking security enhancements.

>>106753542
You can stay on Windows 7 for that if you want. There's Supermium for it.

>>106752350
GUI bug you developed somehow. The software layer that handles input from mice and keyboards must be goofed up.

>>106762957
they don't sell anything through that, that's not how ads work, retard

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Now that I bother looking, the content is all Japanese.

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I had not tried out the meme generator function.
Simply has TX Mascot graphics and you add text with a simplistic editor.

>>106762913
Asus's mascot is an anime girl now?

>>106763155
Miku as well, apparently: https://rog.asus.com/event/ROGxHatsuneMiku/

So Google appears to be expanding their Google Play Games software to have a Windows version that can run Android games in Windows.
Anyone heard more about it or have any of you tested it?

I asked about this a few weeks ago but got distracted before I could finish troubleshooting it with another anon

On both the W11 laptops I have, randomly, I'd say once or twice every hour, I won't be able to switch to a different window: The window I select will flash on screen for like a frame, but then the previous active window will move up front again instantly. If that happens, I have to minimize the current/previous window, then click whatever window is visible beneath it, then switch to the window I actually want to switch to which will actually stick this time

Anybody have an idea of what causes it and how I can prevent it?

I don't believe it's limited to occurring with specific programs. I do have a program called Deskpins installed to keep specific windows constantly on top, but this issue happens with other windows, not those, and it happens even if Deskpins isn't running

Is there a way to run a log that will read what Windows is doing and I can look at what's happening at the moment the issue occurs?

>>106763065
chinese motherfucker

>>106763450
I've gotten rusty at being able to distinguish the two. I'm blaming this on you,faggot.

>>106763378
Have you checked Event Viewer for errors?
That's usually one of the first places you want to go and take a look at what's going on in the background and can often clue you in on what's wrong, even if the errors don't directly indicate the exact culprit, at least you'll have clues to narrow it down and figure it out.

>>106763247
Great news considering MS killed WSA.

>>106763531
I haven't, because I don't know how to read/interpret anything in there

If you do though and tell me what to look for, I can do so

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Is there some bug with Win 11 not reading Micro SD cards that I need to be aware of?
I've tried two different 32gb microSDs, in three different micro to SD adapters and a USB adapter with an SD and Micro slot, on a desktop and laptop.
It shows up in the sidebar on the file explorer, but won't open the fucking thing.

>>106763846
Yes. Go Event Viewer > Windows Logs > Application
Once it loads, look for "Error" entries. They say "Error" on the left and have a red icon next to that. For every entry, web search the error message with "Event ID" displayed for that same entry you are looking at to learn more.

Repeat the process with Windows Logs > System

>>106763960
Check Disk Management to see if it gives you some clue.

I have no issues accessing my camera's SD card. I take it out and read it with my USB hub. Just works for me, so something is wrong with your OS. Hopefully an easy fix.

Has anyone used MAS to upgrade from 11 Home to 11 Pro? You can keep your files, right?

>>106764207
Yes, you keep your files.
Edition switching without altering personal files as we know it basically started around Windows 7 with Windows Anytime Upgrade.

>>106764216
Thanks!

If i do the manual update to iotc instead of doing it from the start, will the installed stuff still work?
I installed the iotc iso and activated it but half of my programs dont install bc some dll is missing.

>>106765075
Install the VCRedist AIO from abbodi's github.

How safe is Massgrave?
Want Office 2024 with Outlook for my mother. Fuck the $379 AUD they want for it. Needs to be able to read .pst files (old emails from Outlook 2010) so Thunderbird is off limits.

>>106765256
It's recommended by everyone in the Windows hobbyist and hacking spaces.

>>106765271
Testing it out on my PC currently. I have backups and can just nuke the install if required.
Looks to be just fine. Defender scan has no issues either.

>>106765281
The ways it can activate Office don't actually alter any files that makes Defender wary, same with Windows activations. You'll be fine.

>>106765290
Yeah I'm okay with it but it's convincing my parents.
At the end of the day they are the losers for paying Microsoft $379 for it.
They wanted to everything legit so the PC purchased also had a Windows 11 install despite me saying otherwise.

if im gonna have multiple drives of storage is it ok if I just put all of them in before installing windows on one of them?
I read something about the partitions getting fucked if you have multiple drives during installation but I would like to avoid reinstalling the gpu once the case is upright to add the other nvme in the slot right under it

>>106765664
I've seen several posts saying this but I've installed Windows on machines with multiple drives several times and I've never had any problem

>>106765664
Easiest thing to do is to either disconnect the other drives leaving only the target before running the installer USB or using diskpart within the installer's command prompt to manually take every drive offline that isn't the target.

>>106765775
I rather use the diskpart then, could I get spoonfed on how to do it?

Kde vs gnome vs cinnamon? Help me to decide

>>106765835
>/fwt/
Gnome is easily the least bad of those three

>>106765803
You can just look up an MS Learn page on diskpart commands but for starters you just run it in the command prompt, run "list disk" to see the disk numbers, then "select disk (x)" to load one of the disks into diskpart (don't use brackets) then use "detail disk" to find out what exactly the numbered disk is. Do this to all the disks to find out which ones you want to disable then just run "select disk (x)" and then run "offline disk", which'll make it unseen by the installer. Do that until only your target disk in online.

>>106763037
i thint windows resets the thumbnail cache on folders with a lot of file
i remember reading that

>>106761131
>AI slop

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i used autoruns and found these dlls that aren't found, can i delete them in regedit?
i tried to but i just get an error, is it an issue leaving them there like this

>>106765835
Wrong thread but KDE never served me wrong. The krashes memes are vastly overstated.

>>106762735
I just dont want to install and configure everything again

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>>106763155
Not buying Gigabyte ever again.

>>106761131
>Wait for IoT LTSC 2027 if you can
but why

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The default Windows Photos image viewer is driving me insane with its slowness even when everything is on a fucking NVMe. What's a quick and lightweight photo viewer that integrates well with the OS (Dark mode) that also allows me to see exif data and view RAWs, and without library bullshit?

>>106770021
the most recommended image viewers here are jpegview and nomacs, the later being a bit more feature rich while still being lightweight

Today i learned that windows 10/11 can come is S mode. Kill everyone involved in that decision

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So yeah, remember that fake Wallpaper Engine github repo I downloaded and ran somehow on August 10? THIS SHIT CORRUPTED MY FILE INDEX SOMEHOW AFTER REMOVING THE .DLL AND THE ENTIRE FOLDER! I only discovered this after installing a new Windows instance on my second SSD, dual booting a few times. I have no fucking idea what the extent of its fuckery is but it looks like it didn't like me writing stuff to the drive from the second Windows after a while. I first notice something was wrong when running Everything and it started crashing, so I removed and regenerated the db file, then Librewolf stops working with an exit code. Event log reportd Windows Updates consistent with me using Wireshark all the time, though I cannot access the settings for it any longer. Event log pointed me to online scans being needed and other reports of corrupted indexes. Too much weird shit to go on explaining. For all I know this drive has AIDS now and will infect anything I plug it into like viruses of old.

Who knows what nightmares I have created now through my carelessness.

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>download Rufus 4.10 to upgrade from W10 to W11
>saw someone say that Rufus is the type of program that you should always use the latest version of
>realize that Rufus 4.11 just realized minutes after I started the W11 setup
>use Task Manager to cancel the W11 to reformat my USB from its Rufus 4.10 configuration to 4.11
>try the set-up again after this
>it now just gets stuck on the "Preparing to install Windows 11" window
Am I going to have to buy another USB or something? what a pain in the dick

Ah,well gonna edit the registry like that anon suggested in the previous thread.
FML YOLO

>>106761131
Anyone else in here running debloated Windows 11 using Talon? I love it.

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This is going to take all day and night with how little disk activity there is during the process, sure taking its time... god knows what else might be corrupted or infected.

I don't want win11 but I don't have time to reinstall the extended ltsc version. is there a hack to enroll for extended security updates for free yet? or an easy way to switch from win10 home to ltsc?

>>106771022
you dont need to hack anything, everyone can enroll in 1 year free security updates

settings > updates > enroll

does anyone know of any software that can be purchased on a website and then activated offline.

>>106771103
it's not free tho, costs $26 for me
I was about to delete that post because I found the solution in the OP, but thanks anyway

>>106770928
FUCK YEAH ! It worked!
Fuck you Satya Nadella and fuck me for being in this 3rd world cultural shithole.
>in b4 my fellow 3rd worlders make me disappear.

>>106771550
being born*

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>>106772669
No sex for you, buster!

hi fwt
Is there a way to enroll in Windows 10 ESU without creating a Microsoft account?

>>106772873
Yes, just use MAS to activate ESU with TSforge
You even get 3 years of ESU that way
https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

>Windows Photos winget install -e --id 9wzdncrfjbh4
>Movies And TV winget install -e --id 9wzdncrfj3p2

What are some of the first things you winget from the microsoft store without downloading and installing the Microsoft store after every fresh install? Any other useful apps?

>>106770021
It must be your computer. I'm on a 7th gen i7 and it works fine for me. No other image viewer compares. I watch photos, videos, and webms right from my Windows Photos app.

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Is there any way to install Windows 11 from a USB without this (picrel) happening?
I'm using this video https://youtu.be/0PA1wgdMeeI

>>106773586
>>106772873
this isn't a virus!?

>>106773700
Yes, the open source project that's been on Github for over 5 years with over 150k stars is a virus

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I downloaded all of the .appx files for all the store programs I need. I install them from winget while I'm online, but I live in an area where the Internet is cut off regularly for days. How would I go about seeing which appx number version is currently installed for each app that I installed using from the store using winget, i'm assuming the highest version number_x64 if I'm on 64bit right? And is there a way to see the dependencies from each of those apps like which Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8_8 version it installed, which Microsoft.VCLibs, which Microsoft.ZuneVideo, etc?

If I double click the 64bit.appx for the app, will it automatically check the folder and find its own dependencies like Microsoft.VCLlibs and Microsoft.ZuneVideo?

If that isn't the case, that's why I want to know which other dependencies are installed so I can also double click and install their .appx bundles.

>>106773841
How would I automate installing these silently as a script? Is there a special command I should be aware about for running these silently via powershell in a cmd or powershell script?

>>106773749
it looks risky

>>106774052
Well it's not

>>106774143
well thanks. I'm doing it for an elderly family member so
their BIOS doesn't boot right so I can't install windows 11 off of an ISO and they just want it to last a few more years til they (probably) die.
haha, grave humor...

>>106763065
How can I get this cutie patootie on my non-asus machine?

>>106770767
Try ventoy, no need for flashing. Just drop the iso in

>>106770767
Use diskpart to completely reset/wipe your USB
>Win+R
>diskpart
>in diskpart type in "list disk"
>select disk x (x being the disk number of your USB drive. You can tell which one it is from the size)
>type in "list disk" again just to confirm the right disk is selected because if you fuck up you'll wipe the wrong drive. The selected disk will now have an asterisk. MAKE SURE THE RIGHT DRIVE IS SELECTED
>type in "clean"
That's it. Rufus should be able to use your USB drive again now

>>106773618
it doesnt play webms?
it only plays mp4 when i use it

Say I don't give a rat's ass about 10 not being supported anymore and just squat it for the rest of my life, how exposed to bad shit would I be?
I don't exactly browse dodgy websites or download anything, if that matter.
Yes I'm clinically retarded when it come to computers.

>>106775002
You can enroll in the ESU program to have security updates for another 3 years with MAS, the tool that's also used to activate windows.

But to humor your question, if you do relatively safe browsing, and use adblockers and maybe even a firewall, then you'll be safe for a few years, or until a big vulnerability gets discovered, so that's why it's good to keep yourself informed about recent discoveries and malware trends

>>106775002
I would just convert your 10 machine to Enterprise, re-activate, then activate the ESU licenses via MAS so you'll have three more years of updates.

>>106775333
I definitely wouldn't use unsupported W10 for too long tho, even if there are people right now still rocking Windows 7 without issues, you're basically just living in a house with no doors trusting that no one will notice or care

>>106775333
I was able to to use 7 years past its extended EoL with just Firefox and UBO installed.

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How do i destroy and rape microsoft edge off my system? Every time I kill it it comes back from the grave and hogs 50% of my cpu at random times

>>106775736
Have you tried this?
https://windowsforum.com/threads/how-to-uninstall-microsoft-edge-completely-on-windows-10-and-11.352449/

>>106761131
>Upgrade to windows 11.
>Some games which worked buttery smooth on ultra settings now crash every 3 minutes and are unplayable.
Fuck Windows 11. Fuck everyone pushing windows 11. I hope they go bankrupt and they're replaced by some random Chinese company.

>>106776140
I just did it. It seemed to work

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>>106776191
>Upgrade to windows 11.
>Upgrade
>windows 11

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>>106776499
>yes even streetshitters are richer and smarter than me
They keep kicking this own-goal, no matter how much they're mocked.
I remember someone pointing out that 9xoomers were actually pretty insightful, XPedos were quite a bit dumber but still had some clue about their systems, 7iggers have 60 IQs and know about as much about computers and OSs as a paramecium knows about nuclear fusion - so how brain-dead were 10ddlers going to be?
I think we're getting our answer.

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Free for me for whatever reason. gg

>>106776801
If you're from the EU you get a year for free no matter what because they forced MS to do it.

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>>106761131

>Bought new laptop
>Install windows 11 ltsc
>Let windows update , updates the entire drivers
>Done

Do i miss something?
This acer laptop comes with bloated apps and spyware

>>106776191
no you didnt

>>106776824
Well it works fine so it seems no?

>>106776846
Anything i must do ?

>>106776815
Ausbong. It's a legit copy, though if that matters, no idea.

>>106776860
*shrug*

Why does every locale default selection include the rupee with the dollar and euro? What's wrong with you guys?

>>106776920
Not just en_US and en_GB. Every single one!

I know people shit on MS a lot, but WSL2 on Windows 11 is surprisingly really good.

>>106776405
you will wish you hadn't

I'm sure this gets asked four thousand times a day if not more but what browsers are recommended these days?

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>>106776920
>>106776928

>>106777350
>Firefox with UBO
>Brave
>Ungoogled-Chromium
>Mullvad Browser (if you use a VPN)
Go with either of these.

>>106777375
Is it worth using any of the various firefox forks?

>>106777415
You can if you want I guess, ones like Zen or Librewolf. It's easy enough to just do what they do after you open a fresh base Firefox install anyway via a settings sweep and about:config.

>>106777415
No
Arkenfox user.js

How is 25H2?

>>106778167
Snappy

>>106778167
Dunno, like everyone who values stability WU won't offer it for another 3 months.

>>106776191
When I played CoD I had this strange issue with W11 that it couldn't keep vsync and was also having CPU usage spikes which never happened with W10. After some testing I needed to force vsync via NVidia control panel and enable HAGS.
Otherwise games have been smoother because the new flip model has way less input latency than anything on W10. It feels somewhat snappier. Of course this is system specific in some cases.

>>106776920
Probably because:
>streetshitterland, being part of the british empire for four centuries, speaks a lot of english
>you'd be amazed how many yuropoors speak english
>nearly every other english-speaking country (us, canada, australia etc.) uses dollars - airstrip one is the only real odd one out
I have no idea why the Swiss Franc is there, though - English is one of the few big Euro language that aren't official there, and it could be someone at Microsoft Tower's idea of a joke, like how they made the default backscroll in conhost 9001 lines a few years back.

>>106778416
>Swiss Franc
This is "not official" locale English (Switzerland) which I have installed.
>a joke
I heard about it when I saw the locale in KDE, but I'm not sure if it's true.

However, why is the Indian Rupee present by default when it should only be offered for the regional format? I understand the number of Indians in the US, at Microsoft, and in the UK. But the Indian Rupee can hardly be considered an international currency.

>>106776801
>only 1 year
MAS gives you 3 years for free

im currently on windows 11 education, any benefit going to ltsc iot?

>>106761131
>Manual version upgrades
>IoT LTSC 2022: https://pastebin.com/rHcgvYS7
am I reading this wrong or is it implying you can upgrade a W10 home/pro edition to IoT LTSC 22H2 through changing some files?

also, primarily making this post to ask if massgrave is still fine to use? no reports of anyone having problems with it?

>>106777350
Edge is great. I would run shutup10 before use though, and turn off everything in the new tabs page.

>>106779920
that guide is for users who are already in IoT LTSC 21H2 and want to upgrade to 22H2, which needs a hacky way to do it

If you want to go from Home/Pro to LTSC you need another guide (it's on the massgrave page, Windows 10 EOL section)

And yes, massgrave is still fine

I'm so glad most of my files are stored on a server. I never have to worry about nuking my OS install and can just do it whenever.
A virus? Nuke and reinstall.
Something is corrupted? Nuke and reinstall.
It's slowing down for some unknown reason? Nuke and reinstall.
At most I might have to waste half a day to reinstall my games and some of my programs but that's it. I already have an automated script to install everything for me so I can also just leave it overnight.

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Apologies if this isn't the right thread for this, but in the /vm/cs2g they onyl talk about esports.

In CS I play on 1280x960 on a 1440p monitor. On exclusive fullscreen everything looks fine, my crosshair looks as it should (1px black border) and ingame text is rendered as it should.

When I try borderless fullscreen my crosshair's outline somehow bleeds (?) into the actual crosshair and I essentially get a black crosshair, on top of that some text rendering is garbled and looks very strange.

Fullscreen alt-tabbing naturally takes forever and sometimes makes the game crash due to desktop and game resolution mismatch (that's fine, expected behavior). The only solution I can come up with is having desktop res match game res in borderless. I don't even know if this whole thing is a game or windows scaling problem at this point, would love some input on this.

p.s. No, i won't play native or change my crosshair

>>106780331
based

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>>106770959
I'm interested in Talon, what was your experience with it? What does 'debloated' actaully translate to? Am I likely to lose or mess up anything by running it on my windows 11 install that i've been on for a few years now?

>>106770467
I had never even heard of that.
And after a quick search, oh wow.

>>106771119
Mostly old software, as far as I know, and that stuff tends to have keygens. I do not know what modern software works that way, but cracked versions can be had of a lot of things these days. They won't require internet most of the time.

>>106780331
I sure hope that server is not managed by bumbling pajits.

>>106777127
I don't see folks bashing WSL2 around here much.

>>106776191
Skill issue

>>106773677
There is none, as far as I know, or you must install 11 while having loaded Windows 7/8/10 first. Your drive gets wiped if you install without loading older Windows, as shown in the video. If you don't like it, backup your files to an external drive first, then proceed with the install. A clean, new install is recommended, and your drive getting wiped is simply a part of that procedure.

>>106761131
I tried to update IoT LTSC 2022 from the pastebin, and it had an error.
Do i need to run this script and put the cabinet file somewhere else? I just have it sitting in its own folder in downloads.

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>>106781891
May as well upload picrel, not like there's any PI in there.

>>106781655
thats fair. I'm ok with it being wiped then. Thank you
I'm using Chris Titus' tool to make an ISO, then I plan to use Windhawk/Shutup10/Appbuster
are those still recommended?

>>106781891
Wait ignore for now. I think i was trying to update my 22h2 version to 22h2, not the 21 LTSC. I've now seen the links for LTSC and am trying that.

I'm not seeing the ESU option on W10 Education 22H2, is it because I absolutely must have at least Pro Education or because my region (Eastern Europe) isn't ready for it yet? Can I force it to appear somehow?

>>106782430
it may be because ESU offerings for Home/Pro (Consumer versions) are different from Enterprise/Education, which need to be requested through an actual company.

In any case you can sign up to the 3 years of ESU with MAS

>>106781947
It says the file is missing or corrupted what is wrong with you you don't understand what 0x80070002 means?

>>106778299
Getting problems with Age of Wonders 4.
It isn't even an old game. I'm getting some graphics driver error crash which just wasn't there on windows 10. Maybe it's the same issue you've mentioned.

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Fucking finally, that took forever. I better pray nothing else is corrupt after this.

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>>106782091
>>106782503
I figured it out, those instructions were not what i was meant to be doing. I'm now finally on 2021 LTSC and all activated. Was kinda scary just waiting in anticipation i did everything right and my SSD wasnt getting wiped.

Just had to reset my lock screen image, move about desktop icons and remove startup apps, all good now yay.

>>106761131
What's the stance on keeping W10 or upgrading to W11?

Is there any well estabilished "debloater" for both? I'm not keen on sending telemetry and having a bunch of scrap applications I never use like xbox live or 3dpaint

>>106784811
Through MAS's ESU activation methods any person on Enterprise/Education (and I think Pro?) can get a free three extra years of updates on 10, plus if you live in an EU country you get a legitimate extra year of updates. You can change to 11 if you want, though personally I'd just use IoT LTSC 2024 here. And for disabling the telemetry and shit like that the easiest to use frontend is ShutUp10++, and WinaeroTweaker for tweaking certain things pertaining to processes like explorer.exe

>>106784811
>What's the stance on keeping W10 or upgrading to W11?
For me it's simple: I'm staying on W10 IoT LTSC 2021 until there's software I want to use that doesn't run on it

DROP THE 25H2 LTSC IOT NOW

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This is a gaming PC, idgaf about security and want to squeeze out some performance.

I have pressed on the "Disable" buttons but nothing changes inside the box.

Why? :(

>>106786265
Because that's a 7 year-old utility, designed for Windows 10 1803 and before. There's been about 10 releases of Windows in the interim which moved more and more sidechannel attack mitigations deep into the kernel (as opposed to bolt-ons delivered as security updates), where they can't really be disabled.

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>>106761131
is ltsc worth the hassle?
i am tired of my linux laptop raping my battery and i want to move to windows. /fwt/ is dead.

i have dabbled around with 11 ltsc and managed to turn off most telemetry with just two group policies. now the only two domains left were some microsoft domainst that did not have anything to do with windows uldate so i blocked those in the hosts file. my laptop is now sending literally 0 information to microsoft and i can prove it with wireshark.

i want to know if ltsc is the right choice. in the installer i didnt have network or touchpad support. i had to wait for lenovo drivers to get dowbloaded.

all my windows buddies are obssesed with downloading drivers from the interwebs instead of letting windows fetch them automatically. since all my drivers are inside the linux kernel, i never downloaded anything. but my wifi chip seems to be fucked on windows. sometimes it connects, sometimes its awfully slow, most of the time the wifi randomly turns off. any ideas what to do? do i really gotta search google like a moron for lenovo x1 carbon drivers?

im not sure if regular 11 pro would be better, as its easier to install wsl and winget on it. problem is, i deeply dislike the microsoft account integration and i am cautious of ever logging in with microsoft on an app.

>>106787020
LTSC is literally just Enterprise with a further away EoL date, license and no UWP apps installed besides system ones like Settings. If you're installing Windows fresh to a system then LTSC is naturally a good pick because of its bareness. Windows Update is usually pretty good with installing drivers that might be needed, plus using LTSC with a local account is incredibly easy, especially with boot USB makers like Rufus setting it all up before hand for you to do this. Also for your wireless card you could always just look up your OEM model on the Lenovo website and get its wireless driver from there.

>>106787047
thx for this. any idea why middle click button on top of the touchpad just doesnt work? on linux i could open links or close browser tabs with it. now im cucked doing right clicks and open in new tab

>>106787101
Could be a chipset driver issue

>>106786571
Thanks, I will leave it all alone then.

What’s an mp3 player I could use seamlessly with windows 11, as in plug it in and just drop my music on there?

>>106787313
I've always used foobar2k as my local music player.

are there any image viewers that follow the explorer folder sorting like the default photos app?

>>106787313
Foobar2k has been a boring basic bitch standard for more than a decade now, just use that.

I think I'll upgrade to Windows 11 bros... Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. I'm on Windows 10 LTSC.

>>106787657
Game Pass's value is so ass now with MS upping the price so much though. And you can set up the Xbox app to work properly if you follow this guide: https://sysconf16.github.io/information/technology/lists/installing-the-microsoft-store-xbox-app-on-ltsc.html
Though you don't need to install the MS Store and can just install winget with the winget-install script from asheroto and install the Xbox app through that.

>>106787528
I mean it's simple and does the job. Don't need much else besides if you want the player to look "pretty" I guess.

>>106787380
all of them i think? nomacs is my favorite though cause you can zoom in and keep the zoom as you flip through images

>>106782702
Try, it's a matter of testing unfortunately. Because they changed some things under the hood in W11...
I thought I'd install Linux as I'm an experienced user but it's been a while since I last had an installation at home. I think I used XFCE3 or something and that was 10+ years ago. Didn't have much trouble. Now?
>undervolting nvidia gpu is pain (because you can't just undervolt it per se it needs to be overlocked and power limited instead which is sort of backwards logic to me)
>setting up custom fan profiles is equally as disturbing
>undervolting cpu needs to be done via some script
And when testing these I managed to somehow lock my gpu's fan to 30% and every time I do something I need to write 'sudo command' along with my password...
XFCE4 is shit too. Fedora didn't even have the proprietary nvidia drivers installed but I needed to install those. Audio - I can press one button to toggle audio normalization in Windows but in Linux.. I need to install bunch of scripts and tweak for 30 minutes.
Adjusting mouse scroll wheel wasn't possible out of the box (I don't know why) but need to use external utility called 'imwheel'. Well my wheel begins to skip and automatically scroll if I use that so I need to use the default 1 line scroll. Never happened anything like this in Windows...
Etc. I'm thinking about wiping off this turd, what a GIANT waste of time.

tl;dr Could be much worse. Windows is actually damn cool for what it is. You get so much more control for everyday things. And I'm not a new user in this sense, I use vim for fuck sake.

>>106765835
anything BUT gn*me

>>106788263
i havent used nomacs
but most image viewers use their own sorting that you can match to the one in the explorer forder of course
the photos app shows the images in the order they are in the folder

>>106787101
Need manufacturer's chipset driver + touchpad driver

>>106787528
>boring basic bitch standard
No, that's the Microsoft media players, Foobar2k blows those out of the water and out of orbit in customizability, versatility, and complexity. Retard.

>>106788908
>customizability, versatility, and complexity
I haven't ever found a way to dock Foobar to the side of the screen similar to Winamp and let it disappear when not in use. Feel free to call me a retard too. Also friendly reminder, this is /fwt/

>>106761131
Hopeless tech-illiterate reporting in. I was planning to install IoT LTSC 2021 on my first build, but there's no way I'll have all the necessary parts before the Oct 14th cutoff date. Would I still qualify for the ten years extended support?

>>106787020
>is ltsc worth the hassle?
Welcome to the thread newfriend. There have been a constant flow of idiots in the thread who complain that "upgrading" to windows 11 was a terrible idea despite all the people before them being examples of why it's a bad idea. If you want to install windows 11 with this knowledge, go ahead!

>>106787020
Install iot ltsc -> run windows updates normally -> gpedit don't include drivers with windows updates -> run SDIO
Simple as

I know basically nothing about networking, what can I do to make sure absolutely no data is sent by the various TCP port network connections being made on Windows from within the OS its self, besides disabling whatever component is responsible for phoning home?

Is it enough that I add the domain name or IP address in the hostfile, firewall, in addition to blocking them on a router?

>>106789364
sdio is fucking garbage

>>106789384
this is practically impossible unless you simply do not connect to the internet

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>>106789364
does anyone here know how to actually set the home/newtab page on edge?

even having all seetings like newtab is homepage, gooogle,com is homepage, nigger.com is homepage, it errors out. my mandatory stuff isnt overlapping so idk

i used this:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/configure-microsoft-edge

picrel

also for the life of my i cant enable dns setting, its says managed, but cant find it in policies..

>>106789384
use wha t>>106787020 did. regedit, gpedit, host file.
wireshark to check results

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>tapping away on my right alt and ctrl keys waiting for windows to load
>it fucking hangs and then frrezes on the welcome screen
>bsod with critical process died stopcode
>hangs on collrcting error info
I
HATE
EVERYTHING
ABOUT YOU
WHY
DO I
LOVE YOU

>>106790782
Oh cool the entire SSD somehow dismounted, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND?

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>system hangs upon booting in bios
>my main nvme ssd takes over as the main window boot manager somehow
>dont see the m2_2 ssd
>reboot and the old install is now the main one the system boots into by default
>it appears
>boot back into the new install
>still have to set my windows boot manager in f11 boot menu manually
>check event log
WHAT IS HAPPENING

I just got my first B(lack)SOD, yay!

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>>106791004
You're so cute and silly! :3

How did you get a BSOD anyway? :c

It must be a skill issue and an IQ issue!

>>106791004
NSOD

>>106770021
Honeyview is lovely and fast

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>>106791627
>he uses the Honeyview just like I do!
My nigga!

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why is the new context menu so fucking big?

>>106791867
a bunch of us do

>>106791909
faggotry, and stop spamming your question

Any experience with Windows 7 Updated v5? Would Simplix and Legacy Update play well with it?

>>106761131
ai slop

is installing a legit copy of windows 10 with my ethernet unplugged still sufficient to make my user account an offline account?

Years ago I think, I remember seeing something about users from countries that were part of the European Economic Area had more control over Windows 11, for instance being able to uninstall Edge.
Was this really the case and if yes, how are things today? Should I pursue this, like setting my region to Portugal or smth (Idk exactly has to be done yet, just giving an example)

>>106789200
You'll always have access to the extra support

>>106792042
A Rufus-made boot USB can let you make a local account no matter what, and yes installing offline is always recommended.

>>106791933
dafuq is that

>>106791909
every OS tries their darnest to make tablet and PC OS the same thing. In truth what's convenient for one is cumbersome for the other.
They won't learn though

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Is this normal activity or am I still boned? I don't see any activity in Wireshark or TCP View, only here.

For reference, I was hit by (VT MD5 hash)0842b091dc6a5b1486569d96e25cabb0 and so far I'm not picking up anything on scans since last time, I've taken a calculated risk to boot into my affected system and continue scans from within there. I am somehow unconvinced however that the C&C element is entirely gone.

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>>106792735
Specifically this thing, since I can't post SHA256 hashes without it thinking it is spam.

>>106792464
ok but can i do it without messing around with rufus or other tools

>>106792780
Enterprise doesn't stop you from making local accounts anyway

>>106792849
ok but i'm using a legit copy of win10 home edition

>>106792530
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?t=737
From what I can tell, it's a version of 7 with new drivers that makes it compatible with newer hardware, like Ryzen processors and whatnot.

>>106792852
If you're going to stick with your OEM 10 Home install then just use shift+f10 to open a command prompt and type "start ms-cxh:localonly"
If that hotkey doesn't work, open the task manager with ctrl+shift+escape and open a new cmd.exe task with admin privilege.

>>106793306
Yes, it's basically just a Windows 7 ISO with slipstreamed modern drivers so it'll instantly work with things like USB3 and NVMes.

>>106793333
>If you're going to stick with your OEM 10 Home install then just use shift+f10 to open a command prompt and type "start ms-cxh:localonly"
>If that hotkey doesn't work, open the task manager with ctrl+shift+escape and open a new cmd.exe task with admin privilege.
does this work during a usb-boot install process?

>>106793352
This is for when you get to the OOBE. Shift+F10 always works in a boot USB, but I'd only use it there for using diskpart to clean target disks.

>>106793375
thanks very much anon

I'M NOT SEEING THE OPTION FOR EXTENDED UPDATES HELP

>>106792852
I don't think even Microsoft cares that you pirate the OS.
Laws ain't shit without enforcement.

>>106793511
>Run MAS via running the irm command in the OP in an admin powershell
>Select the TSforge option
>Activate the ESU licenses
Easy as pie.

>>106791183
I just turned my laptop on from sleep mode and it immediately BSOD'd, faulty hardware error or something, I'm gonna assume it was just because I let the thing on sleep mode for several hours

>>106793803
I remember the first time my desktop got out of sleep and slapped an error message saying my RAM was getting fucked. Fully shut down your PCs sometimes if you don't, kids.

Welp, I converted to GPT. Thankfully, that went pretty okay (probably should have been expected; I already did this with a few other PCs). On the other hand, I thought it would cut down on boot time somewhat (the blinking cursor before seeing the Windows logo was almost 10 seconds), but now the overall process from button press to end of the spinning dots phase is just over 30 seconds.

My laptop from 2012 boots faster than that.

Should I have Secure Boot enabled when it comes to building a new PC? I know some games require it, but beyond that?

I'm in a brink of trooning out, send help!

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>>106795428

>>106795395
security, it's not perfect but some protection is better than no protection, also Linux plays nice with it these days so there's no much reason to disable it

how come shamiko is the mascot

>>106795712
She used a computer once

>>106795428
I've realized I would give the same advice to someone who would want to end their own life... Oh, and I love windows!

Is there any way to turn off the ram size prohibition when installing windows 10?

It's refusing to let me install to a 120gb ssd because it wants the partition to be at least the size of my ram (512gb) - for hibernation reasons, I assume. Is there any way to skip that? I don't have physical access to my computer at the moment, so I can't just take out some ram sticks and install it that way.

How to push a button that will make some computer program generate thumbnails for images that are stored in memory and are fethched from memory when I go browse a folder?

>>106796600
Disable hibernation within the install USB's environment via "powercfg /h off" with the shift+f10 command prompt and it shouldn't bother you about it anymore and let you install it.

>>106796661
Yeah, that's what I tried first, but apparently, the upgrade environment doesn't support hibernation, so powercfg /h off doesn't do anything. Windows 10 iot enterprise ltsc.

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>>106796600
Windows 11 doesn't have that problem btw.

>>106796725
you lost 11jeet
people sooner move to w7 that w11

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>when you finally try Windows 11

>>106796894
I first tried it in a VM. I do like its softer system soundscape honestly.
I wouldn't be mad if I was first to use it on bare metal let's say.

>>106796843
you made this exact same post back in the w10 days, mahmmud durgesh

>>106796894
until you try to take a screenshot of your desktop and it has a 2 second delay

>>106797261
you get instant screenshot with win key + print screen?

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>>106761131
Should I back up all my files before installing LTSC over my 10? UwU

>>106798495
You can do that to install it the officially sanctioned clean way or you can follow the guide on the massgrave website to basically hack your way into in-place upgrading to LTSC without actually starting with LTSC.

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>>106798516
I knew massgrave was based but not THAT based what the fuck?!?! I'm having trouble believing this even. Thanks anon

>>106796605
It's not exactly what you're looking for but your GPU's driver software has a feature to save the buffer as a video (see Shadowplay/ReLive) and then you just take that and split it into frames if you wish, or watch the video in a player like mpv and step through frame by frame if that's better.

Otherwise if you think those are for fags I haven't really found any other option besides OBS's replay buffer which lets you close it when you're not using it. Similar to the above you just open OBS and enable the buffer, bind it to a hotkey of choice, set up the output (video formats), and then you can output to a folder which is watched by another program, runs a command, splits it with ffmpeg, etc.

Sorry I can't be more helpful, this is all I know. I'm sure some other anon will swoop in to correct me and you'll get your answer.

>>106798708
These days you can basically get an LTSC amount of extra 10 support via just using at least 10 Pro and running MAS's TSforge ESU activation, giving support until late 2028.

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>>106798853
Oh okay so it's not really LTSC but it's similar huh? Nice. Whew, good I'm on 10 Pro I didn't even know there were tiers of 10 lol.

>>106795454
Funny, I once worked on a customer's PC a few days ago that had Manjaro on it (some tinkering they did made it unable to get past grub rescue, so they wanted to switch back to Windows). I managed to figure out how to make that kinda bootable, but I did see that it threw a fit if I had secure boot on

>>106798886
Home is the worst version, followed by Pro which is -less- worse, then you have Enterprise/Education which are the ones you should always be using. LTSC is just another variant of Enterprise.

>tranny is too dumb to read the op

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>>106798921
Thank you for the lesson! and wow page 9 already? /g/ is faster than i thought

Trying to install W11 LTSC on a newly built PC but I seem to be having an issue. Get my wireless drivers installed and then connected to the internet but about twenty minutes in it just blackscreens, fans still on and spinning but nothing. Trying to reboot just shows the motherboard logo and then goes back to black. Any advice?

>>106800106
might be the graphics driver? go into safe mode, if it works, try to uninstall the current one or install a previous version and see if that fixes it. Or are you suspecting it's the wireless driver?

Also check if your cables and hdmi ports are in good condition