Don't die aboddi :(

File: file.png (44 KB, 589x300)

44 KB PNG

>>107202403
they got him
https://gitlab.com/stdout12/vcredist/-/releases/v0.102.0

>>107202529
Well it's good that he has a Gitlab backup.

>>107202388
my wife momoka is cute

>>107202529
What is the github matter? Did he say something bad about the alphabets?

>>107203623
aboddi's whole github was deleted randomly

>>107201068
You can install updates and drivers to an offline image. There are a couple tools that do this like microwin but there's not really much point because it'll be outdated again soon.
Can be useful for WiFi drivers

>>107202538
Would you not expect him to have a local copy..?

>>107203597
Never liked the XP design. Vista was such a big improvement.

>>107204222
Well I don't know him personally but he naturally seems the type.

I'm 65 years old and going to retirement. All my life I worked with Linux. Now I'm buying a gaming PC. Windows 10 or Windows 11? What should I install?

>>107204393
If it's a PC of modern parts then you'll have the best time with 11 Enterprise. Though if you prefer something completely static besides security updates as of November this year then go with 10 Enterprise 22H2 with the ESU updates enabled.

>>107204393
>I'm 65 years old and going to retirement. All my life I worked with Linux.
linux hasn't existed for more than half of your life
>Now I'm buying a gaming PC. Windows 10 or Windows 11? What should I install?
these days ironically you may as well use linux if all you want is a gaming box

>>107204449
Or wait for the GabeCube

I have if 19045.6466 version of Win10 Enterprise. Some anon said this is not good in the previous thread, but I was able to activate ESU and get cumulative update 5068781 for November.

So is that version good or no? I switched from Pro to Enterprise, it's 22H2, did not upgrade it from ltsc or whatever.

>>107204978
19045.6466 is haram because it indicates you got the out of band update instead of the security one

>>107204978
>>107205181

Huh now winver says the version is 6575 I guess updating changed it

>>107204978
looks like you are not on the ESU
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/november-11-2025-kb5071959-windows-10-version-22h2-os-build-19045-6466-out-of-band-565c78a7-5b5f-4cbd-8ca8-2a73a48f4e2b

this is the ESU update
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/november-11-2025-kb5068781-os-builds-19044-6575-and-19045-6575-7fe13257-9079-49af-9369-e0e6242701dd

File: screen.png (59 KB, 979x622)

59 KB PNG

>>107205217
well i got all this and windows version is now 19045.6575 in winver

>>107204978
If you're on ESU on 10 Enterprise 22H2 you would be on version 19045.6575 thanks to the first ESU update from this month.

>>107205260
kb5068781 is the ESU update so you are good

>>107205281
yeah i guess it should be fine then? i mean first it was the out of band version but i did the hwid activation of enterprise after switching from pro, activated esu via tsforge, did updates, restarted and the ver changed.
>>107205293
thanks

File: 1735577856416534.png (2.75 MB, 1920x1080)

2.75 MB PNG

consider windows 11

Dad called me last night asking about his Windows 7 machine that he's still running. My bro-in-law and his friends are giving him a hard time because he's not running a Win10/11 machine, mostly security concerns.
I told him as long as he's checking sites that he knows well, and emails (which is all I think he uses the machine for...) he'll be fine.
I'll have a chance to see the machine in person over Christmas. Is there anything I should look for on it? Idk what browser he's using or what level of update it's at.

>>107205552
make sure the browser is up to date with ublock origin

>>107205570
This. Make sure he's using either Firefox ESR or Supermium which are still working on 7.

>>107204978
Enterprise LTSC or non-LTSC?
MS has over 9000 versions with similar name.

>>107205626
LTSC is also on .6575 as the extended updates are for ESU'ed normal 22H2 10 and the 21H2 LTSC branches.

can anybody who is on ltsc with 22h2 enablement package check if the top update can be installed manually?
https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=Windows%2010%20LTSB%2021H2%20x64

can i use ShutUp10 to prevent the automatic upgrade from W10 to W11?
i need to enable my CPU's TPM2.0 module for certain games and keeping that disabled is the only way i know how to absolutely definitely prevent W10 from upgrading itself whenever it fucking feels like

>>107205727
it won't upgrade itself until you explicitly let it by clicking agree

>>107205752
i have had this trust violated by periodic updates before

>>107205652
So I can force update LTSC 21H2 to 22H2 and still get those security patches and fixes?

>>107205727
You can also set the Windows Target Version to 22H2 in the Gpedit. That way it won't show you any new versions of windows through windows updates.

>>107205798
No, ESU through Windows Update is broken when you use the enablement package to go to 22H2.
IIRC if you want to update it you gotta use the update catalog.

>>107205626
non ltsc enterprise

>>107205323
fuck off satya

File: Image58.jpg (55 KB, 480x640)

55 KB JPG

I love Windows!

>>107205570
>>107205608
Good deal. I’ll check the browser. I also need to take a look at the hard drive to see how old that thing is. It probably needs transitioned to something solid state. If it still has the original hard drive it’s gotta be pushing 15 years old.
If I need to move the windows seven installation from hard drive to SSD, what utility should I use for that work?

>>107206024
I used to have a boxed copy of Windows 1.0. I thought that was the first one.
I have never seen that version before.

>>107206101
if you are getting new drive might as well install w10 iot ltsc

to fully remove amd video drivers
do i use the amd cleanup utility or DDU?

>>107205811
what happens if i use enablement package to 22h2 and set gpo to target 21h2? will i get updates normally while also having 22h2 for some stubborn programs?

>>107206293
I'll see if his system will support that... I think he just likes the older OS b/c he knows it.
What's the min-spec to run that OS version?

>>107206673
hard requirement is ssd, for anything else even single core amd cpu worked with two gigs of ram

Man, fuck it, I will patch to 22H2, and manually update, not like there is a lot, only security patches from now on.

https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=ltsb%2021h2%20x64

how much space should a W10 partition need on a 2TB NVME? it's just for gaming and maybe fucking around with Blender and LMMS, all my media/games/etc will be on the other partition or on other drives

>>107206799
give it 128gb

>>107206755
Hm, maybe I will think about it again.

Didn't know you can spoof your Windows version/built.

File: 1738393444612261.png (29 KB, 587x240)

29 KB PNG

https://x.com/massgravel/status/1989316875881238530

>Some users were manually installing the 22H2 EKB on LTSC 2021. We recommend not creating such a hacked build.

>W10 LTSC 2021 with 22H2 EKB no longer receives the latest cumulative security updates. If you need to use 22H2, just use an official 22H2 build.

so im back on my w10 partition after like a year of using linux. nothing really scared me away i just got the itch to go back. but im having an issue where i cant make any folders in program files because "the device is not ready". does anyone know what the cause of this is/how to fix it? im assuming using another OS with a different filesystem fucked it up

how do I fix my shift+a not working? No matter what I tried on windows 11 both the virtual and the hardware keyboard cannot put in a capital A nor a capital F its simply ignores it. Only can input A or F if using capslock. Worked fine on Windows 10.
Changing keyboard didn't help nor did reinstalling keyboard drivers. Any idea what to try next I am sick of reading MS forums they all suck.

>>107204978
Always listen to autistic teenagers online

>>107205323
It's fine I guess? Nothing that can't be worked around
My PC definitely feels snappier than before on W11

>>107206936
Babyduckies grapple at anything they can even the slimiest most disgusting tinker troon hacks all to delay the inevitable end of man-childhood

File: efefe.jpg (75 KB, 1021x471)

75 KB JPG

can't decide what it wants to be

>>107207870
looks normal since eol message was a bug fixed in 2025-11 update

How do turn off data collection fully and make sure that nothing gets sent to M$? I am using Windows 11 Enterprise.

>>107202388
momoka marriage and consuming

Will I have any issues gaming with Win11 IoT LTSC? Incompatible software etc.?

>>107208645
Not really, I don't even have problems with Win 10 LTSC 2021, gaming works just fine, a few sys admin tools gave me trouble some time back, because they wanted a paid license for running on Enterprise editions, but that problem has nothing to do with LTSC.

Generally speaking problems will be very limited, there is not a big difference between GAC and LTSC for as long as the GAC version of the same build is supported, so unless software specifically checks for the update channel, it will work. Win 11 LTSC is build 24H2 and the GAC version will be supported till October 2027.

>>107208792
No problems with GPU drivers, other software for pc hardware updates/managment, any of the GPU/CPU features…? Programs all work fine (Steam et al)…?
I run 10 IoT LTSC on my laptop but that thing is just a work computer and I don’t care too much about it. A gaming PC I might be prissy about.

>>107208813
Drivers just work like on SAC/GAC, but I don't own any Nvidia GPU anymore, so no idea about them, but my 5700xt and 7800xt with 13th gen Intel CPUs work fine, even on Windows 10. And if possible I use SCCM packages to install drivers, or some open source tool like g-helper for Asus stuff. And the best driver install I ever experienced was Framework, great driver bundle for Windows.

>>107204214
>>107201068

i used to do this for a living. It's not that difficult to learn how to sysprep/capture and maintain images, as stated you can slipstream drivers, hotfixes, etc., you can capture the image with pre-installed software pretty much as you wish. you can also deploy an image then apply hotfixes to it. and you don't have to learn the whole microsoft deployment toolkit to do this.

i used to script the whole thing - prepping, capturing, and partitioning/formatting/deploying image/post deployment configuration. was doing these when powershell was still complete shit so used (of all things) mostly AutoIT, many thousands of lines of it were written.

if i had to do it again would probably do with powershell which has improved a lot over the years but you can use whatever including simple batch files or doing it manually.

diskpart is both your friend and foe

>>107206468
Always DDU

>>107209194
Kinda reminds of how I also thought about using scripting to carve out a recovery partition on a PC that didn't have one, but I didn't know where to begin with that. One of my main concerns is that there is no guarantee that the disk it should be doing its thing on would be Disk 0.

I actually brought it up before. I asked Copilot about I and it gave me a Powershell script (that I never tested). I'm not fluent in Powershell, so I had no way of judging how viable or safe the output would actually be.

>>107204449
Do Nvidia drivers still suck on Linux?

>>107204449
>these days ironically you may as well use linux if all you want is a gaming box
depends on what you want to play, a lot of shit is slower with proton or just unavailable on linux entirely

>>107209564
kek it's worse than you think - "SELECT * FROM CIM_DiskDrive" in a WMI query at least gives you a correlation between "\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE<number>" and an index number you can use for stuff like diskpart but - the actual enumeration of the drive has to be observed in WinPE for your scripting because full Windows and WinPE are not the same environment - so you have to make the WMI query in the WinPE environment you will be using to build your script ...

so: you first have to make a PE environment that you can make WMI queries in to develop your scripting, you can use an old tool like WMI Explorer from https://www.ks-soft.net/ in PE ..

I recall finding a fun bug with old hardware where AHCI enumeration of drives will sometimes put the drives in different orders because the enumeration is timing dependent, if a drive takes a little extra time to report in to the hardware it might be disk 1 or 2 or 3 sometimes where it's normally disk 0 - that was some fuckery right there.

It's all jolly good fun, I swear. At least, I remember swearing a lot...

Notwithstanding all that I never saw value in having a custom recovery on my boot disk - if the disk dies, so does the recovery. I backup my data so it's offline from the PC, but I don't bother with full system backups any longer, nor do I maintain a USB with updated WIM image - I can just re-install my crap in a day if I need it.

I worked in the industry for so long I have no desire to do this crap any longer, I just want an OS to shitpost from.

File: 0Xh610n.png (468 KB, 800x440)

468 KB PNG

>>107209565
Everything sucks in Linux because Linux is objectively shitty in every ways.

>>107207620
sfc /scannow?

does anyone know what was the last version of office before the new WinUI3/webview look?

File: buttox.jpg (75 KB, 864x960)

75 KB JPG

>>107204393
ahh, finally, someone older than me. i'm only 61.

>hows it goin' gramps?
>what did you do in the *nix world?
>did you use *nix at home?
>what else besides /gayming/ will you use the system for?
>opinions are like assholes so, as a an /fwt/ lurker I will present mine:
>you can easily have both environments on a modern PC and use whichever you need for the task you are working on
>i have Windows, Linux, and MacOS in my house
>also Android and iOS phones and tablets
>Windows 11 is where the target is for the /consoomer/ who wants to just buy whatever crap hardware or software they need and have it work with their off-the-shelf "productivity" software or accessories, plus it can still play a lot of older /gaymes/ and will run a lot of old software in general.
>Win10 is end of life, if you're buying a new PC don't bother.
>Linux is excellent with wide system compatibility these days and the FOSS softwares are getting better each year. With this you have good control of what is going on in the system.

>>107210155
Pihole is a godsend thoughever

>>107210291
Do you mean the most recent style? Office hasn't changed much in style since metro

>>107210846
yes the recent one that the windows 11 style

should i downgrade to windows 11

>>107211009
wait until 27h2 ltsc

should i be using the highe performance power plan on a laptop on windows 10?
whats the best way to add back the high performance power plan?

>>107211400
The ultimate plan and such should only be used on a desktop PC

File: file.png (1 KB, 640x400)

1 KB PNG

>>107206024
>>107206163
https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-20/windows-286
>Windows 2.1 came out less than a year after the initial 2.0 release and was released in two variants for the Intel 286 and Intel 386

>>107210155

they be this is great were welcome [to linux]

where Sophie?

>>107210978
You're probably looking for 2019

File: Screenshot 2025-11-15 001759.png (5 KB, 608x100)

5 KB PNG

Can a partition setup like this actually affect boot time?

>>107212178

i have no idea why but you maybe should triple efi

Which dns does /fwt/bwos use? I use quad9, but I want to hear you guys' preferences

>>107212523
I go between quad9 and adguard.

>>107212178
kek windows screwing up it's recovery schema

>>107212523
Since cloudflare decided to go to shit I switched to quad9 and adguard as a backup.

File: 1304175760470.png (707 KB, 867x1054)

707 KB PNG

W11 Home motherfucking piece of shit keeps installing AMD driver on top of AMD drivers! What a travesty, even after I told it not to through all the methods available!
I mean it's my own fault for keeping Home version, but god dammit Microshit!

>>107212916
>decided to go to shit
it got blocked here, so half of internet doesn't work anymore without methods.

>>107213054
Literally just change to Enterprise with MAS and re-activate.

>>107213132
I didn't know you can do that, thanks, planned to reinstall whole thing

>>107212523
Used use use libredns but it went down too often
Don't bother with anything other than cloudflare now

>>107213166
You've been able to hotswitch Windows editions since Vista IIRC. MAS makes it super simple, just run the edition switcher, choose Enterprise and it'll do all the work and restart. Then just activate using MAS again.

>>107213194
I feel that Quad9/Adguard/Cloudflare is pretty much the trifecta of good alternative DNS.

>>107213227
What about opendns? I felt like that was the default go-to back then

>>107213212
yup, just did that, overlooked MAS can do it
what is the reason for Enterprise vs Pro version?
One thing I don't like it got a lot of remote access tools.

>>107213386
I don't hear much about it anymore and recommendation sites don't list it.

>>107213401
Can disable the main telemetry by default.

>>107213407
I'm in a freaking Russia, US glowies can read my mail, I have bigger problems to worry about. Like, not hypothetically, people checking my "search history" through ISP, I can do little about.

>>107211967
is there anything wrong with using EOL office?

what's the best source to get gnu utils for windows?

It turns out if you convert a W10 MBR disk without an MSR partition into GPT and delete the recovery partition, but NOT extend the main partition, you'll still have unallocated space at the end that won't be enough for Windows 11's recovery partition. Wow.

>>107213054
get enterprise, go to group policy of windows update and disable driver updates there

File: lfkdhgfdgdfg.png (7 KB, 1090x66)

7 KB PNG

this cant be right can it?

>>107215312
its also making my cpu jump up to 80c when its usually at 50c

>>107215320
windows checking for win 11 compatibility 20000 times a second

File: 1684705491550373.jpg (85 KB, 901x982)

85 KB JPG

>>107215381
things have gotten so bad i dont know if you are joking or not

>>107215388
he is not joking, it's windows update doing something in background while checking for updates, it's so stupid, I wish I could drop this retarded OS but game devs do not want to play ball
how come nobody in MS though up a Gaming Edition? without the all the office things? I guess next xbox is sort of that but I doubt they will let us use it.

File: 1744134769336226.png (3 KB, 840x31)

3 KB PNG

>>107215312

File: __toki_blue_archive_drawn(...).png (3.77 MB, 1923x2021)

3.77 MB PNG

I installed Hyper V to play downloaded games in a VM, to be safe. It works, but...
The mouse doesn't work in FPS games, the cursor stops when it would have reached "the edge of the screen". So you can only turn so far with the mouse.

Have any of you tried to do this, and have you found a fix?
I'm assuming the HyperV client just send the mouse cursor positions from the parent OS, so whatever game is running inside cannot capture the mouse properly.

>trying to upgrade from W11 24H2 to 25H2
>windows update seems download and then just stall and eventually error out at installation
>the installation assistant tool seems to get to 71% completion then throws an error
>deleting update cache in case of borked download changes nothing
Any ideas what might be causing this? The user has admin privileges and the windows partition has 60gb free space so I doubt either of those are causes. The error codes it spits out are unhelpful as they seem to be generic "err, source might be fucked or it is tuesday or I dunno lol".

Apparently a floppy drive can't be seen by Windows in UEFI mode. Or is that just a VirtualBox thing?

>>107216512
Are you on Windows 11? 11 dropped native support for floppies, you need a driver.

>>107214123
scoop

File: file.png (19 KB, 1566x117)

19 KB PNG

>try an upscaler model program to see what it does
>PC kill

Does anyone know of any modified versions of Windows I could run that renders
"I accept the terms and conditions"
checkboxes as
"I do not accept the terms as conditions"
so that I can run software without accepting the terms and conditions?

>>107216857
Actually I made this discovery while messing with Windows 10.

FWIW I also tried loading Linux into a VM and it turns out even there, the floppy drive is visible in legacy boot mode, but not UEFI mode, even in the UEFI itself.

Gonna freshly install W10 LTSC in my language first, maybe I will upgrade to IOT later.
I am gonna get the MS store first and check what programs I need.
Should I create a system volume for the big SSD, e.g. 192GB, so I can simply wipe it
and eventually (forced to) clean install W11 LTSC.

As an average gaymer there is no way around it to prepare to go to W11. But as long as I can stay on W10 I will do so.

File: Screenshot 2025-11-15 141626.png (369 KB, 798x741)

369 KB PNG

Is there any way to remove these store results from the search in Windows 11? I've successfully disabled web results, but none of the registry tweaks or options I've found will get rid of app recommendations from the Microsoft Store.

>>107217761
Is there a reason why you use notepad3 instead of notepad++? Just curious because although I do like n++, his political rants/names for the version number just prevents me from using it

Did they just happen to have a "after 2025 dont allow the user to set up windows without internet lol" killswitch set up with their old installers??

How the FUCK do i disable updates, 100% off, for real this time? W10 is out of support but it still aggressively and randomly updates no matter how hard you fight it. Just lost a shitload of work to it this morning.

>>107217921
more than likely

>>107217891
>Just curious because although I do like n++, his political rants/names for the version number just prevents me from using it
dude if you knew what sort of insane troons develop most of software you'd probably stop using computers
stop caring about this shit

>>107218142
set gpo of windows updates to notify to download
it will notify you but you can always disable the sound of notifications

>>107217761
The only way I found to remove these suggestions was to uninstall the store app

>>107218242
Honestly though, I haven't seen any that's as blatant as n++'s.

>>107211615
Wild. I'll need to check it out. The first one i ran was win 3.11. I wonder how the 286 version ran irl... i only ran msdos on those.. .Assume there's emulators for it now.

will w11 let me put the taskbar vertically on the left side of the screen yet?

>>107219191
doesn't sound like a ms thing bwo

>>107219213
I am apparently mentally deficient and I was somehow installing the 64bit version on this decrepit laptop. I deserve a million years of shame but I am just going to close this tab and pretend that the last couple of days of flailing around like a retard never happened

>>107219233
hey bwo, if you're still here to see this, no shame. It's easy to forget that 32bit exists in the modern age when memory is so cheap nowadays

is there any way to do batch image search in windows

>>107213784
Office is notoriously a security nightmare. You will want to at least
>don't open anyone else's documents
>block network access
>block spawning child processes
The last one is actually in MS' security baseline and you probably should be blocking it regardless of version.

>>107220498
>block spawning child processes
You don't have any control over it

>>107202388
Am I retarded or is Windows 11 just Windows 10.1? I've recently installed it and I haven't seen any performance differences, better or worse.

What use is the MSR in a GPT disk anyway?

>>107220845
Its a defender rule
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/attack-surface-reduction-rules-reference
>Block all Office applications from creating child processes

File: file.png (254 KB, 996x853)

254 KB PNG

By the way Monkrus's site is back up

>>107222657
It always goes back up, he just adds to the number in the address.

>>107222657
how are you guys so comfortable pirating software?
besides games the only software i have pirated in a long time was IDM and even then i was really paranoid about it

>>107222691
I only pirate from trusted sources
Monkrus has been doing this for a long time and is trusted in the piracy community

>>107222691
m0nkrus is the most trusted Adobe program repacker out there. If you don't want to use his repacks you can always crack Creative Cloud installs using GenP.

File: file.png (608 KB, 1920x1080)

608 KB PNG

omg you poor miserable fucks, here let me help.
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
Chris Titus + windows 11 + O-Oshutup + a custom start bar like startallback = no more updates, no more tracking, no telemetry/spying
combine that with an 11 iso image in rufus to rip out the tpm and account bullshit and you have pure windows bliss latest os without the negatives. if you think staying on 10 makes you safe from windows 11 jeet and auto ai update jank think again, they backported all that instability with the updates you all keep downloading.

File: file.png (55 KB, 1386x1014)

55 KB PNG

>>107222975

File: file.png (39 KB, 624x549)

39 KB PNG

>>107222691
can just use ai to clone and modify github code for existing / defunct shit and modernize / make it niche to your personal tastes or make it completely from scratch, been doing this with grok and its awesome custom shit is epic

File: file.png (38 KB, 548x473)

38 KB PNG

>>107223100
custom cookie manager for brave

>>107202388

Anyone been banned on Mega for using multiple free accounts?

>>107204393
>>107210378
unc tell us about the dinosaurs

b

this thread sucks

>>107221519
Oh, I see. Didn't know about that. Are there any guides on stopping Office from phoning home similar to those for Edge? I deleted Defender from my ISO via Optimize-Offline so I probably won't be able to what you've just mentioned.

How to allow all UDP traffic from one address in Windows Firewall ?

I've created an inbound traffic rule:
-Protocol UDP
-All ports
-Remote address 212.27.38.253
-Public, Private, Domain networks
-All interfaces
-All programs

Windows Firewall still logs the following packet drops:
2025-11-16 15:36:28 DROP UDP 212.27.38.253 192.168.0.12 56523 58458 1356 - - - - - - - RECEIVE

Fuck Windows Firewall with a rusted rake.

>>107225233
ok I had a second broader rule that blocked it

still fuck Windows Firewall

What's a good offline music visualiser/player? I'm looking for something that will spit out pretty neon lights or whatever in beat to the music. When I Google music visualizers it's all either online or something to do with cars.

btw if you are on a laptop on windows 10 just use the balanced power plan that comes by default and use the slider on the system tray to adjust performance
i added back the high performance powe plan and it definitely causes some weird behaviour, selected it and for some reason that made windows spotlight desktop to stop working

Can you help me please?

I used Windows 10 Pro Education license that I got from university for years. Today I updated to Win11 and this license is not activating. I checked the key version and I have Volume:MAK, so at least that explains it.

Will irm https://get.activated.win | iex work in my case? Windows does see my current key, even if it doesn't want to activate it.

Or, if I have to buy a fresh license, can I buy one for Windows 11 Pro and activate it on Pro Education install without reinstalling whole system?

>>107225704
switch edition to enterprise and activate with mas

>>107225834
It went without a hitch, thanks anon.

How do I block updates on Windows for ARM specifically? All of the guides I've seen are for x86 Windows.

>>107225319
>What's a good offline music visualiser/player?
Foobar with the plugins of your choice.

>>107226397
Does windows for arm not have gpedit?

I'm swapping motherboards and I need to reinstall 7 and 10, but I don't know what the proper install order should be. Is it 10 then 7, or 7 then 10?

I'm on W11 home with the version of Notepad that has minor formatting and will save/reopen unsaved documents

My laptop recently had a restart from a windows update, but when I opened notepad up, it's not reopening all the unsaved documents (or saved ones) I previously had open like it normally does

Is there a way to still recover those files?

>>107227592
I was able to find some (all?) of them in the user appdata folder, so now I'm wondering how to just get Windows to recgonize they're there and to open them all as it normally would

Interestingly, I do see there is a notepad process running right now, and if I go to delete some of the files, it tells me that I can't because it's open in notepad, but there's no actual notepad window on my taskbar, so maybe notepad is running with them all having been reopened, it's just fucked and is "invisible"?

Suggestions on how to fixx that?

>>107227592
>Notepad that has minor formatting
Like what? I have WIndows 11 only work laptop and I hate nu-notepad, so I set it to use the old version.

>>107227863
I'm probably just talking about the same nu-notepoad you are, by "minor formatting" I mean how it has text size settings and italics and shit

>>107227879
>by "minor formatting" I mean how it has text size settings and italics and shit
What the hell? I never noticed anything like that.

>>107227879
>>107227915
It has markdown support

>>107224733
There's a heap more that defender has settings to block that I probably should've mentioned too
>block Win32 calls from office macros
>block office applications from injecting code into other applications
>block office applications from creating executables
>block VBscript from launching downloaded executables

>Are there any guides on stopping Office from phoning home similar to those for Edge?
These are for 2019 but there's similar pages for 2021 and 2024. If you just want to block everything including update checks then just block it in your firewall (or Windows Firewall). For click2run editions that's the application itself (i.e. winword.exe), sdxhelper, click2run and one more I can't remember.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/compatibility/manage-the-privacy-of-data-monitored-by-telemetry-in-office
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/2019/update#use-group-policy-to-specify-update-settings

Trying to install Win11 on an IdeaPad Slim 3 (15ARP10) for my cousin. LTSC installed but had no Wi-Fi, so I wiped it to install Pro instead.

Now the Win11 installer won’t finish without Wi-Fi drivers, and it refuses to see any files on my USB — folders show up, files don’t. Tried multiple drives, same result. No Ethernet port either.

What’s the trick to getting this thing to read drivers during setup?

managed to solve it by having a homie use the exe file, and extract the files instead of installing them since it gave that option
but for some reason it didnt work as a 7zip file but it did as a winrar

>>107229453
USB tether from your phone?
>installing LTSC for someone else
Not a great idea unless you like getting calls in 3y that something doesn't work because it requires a newer release.

File: tonari.jpg (324 KB, 1000x1000)

324 KB JPG

Can windows 12 be good?

>>107229944
The MS CEO is way too focused on LLM/"agent" shit for Windows 12 to not be "AI" focused at this point.

>>107229944
if windows 12 is really that unusable it will be year of the linux desktop/MS will consider it a failed abortion and not discontinue 11 until something better comes out. whats more likely is that itll be another iteration of nt 10.0 with an even uglier ui and more bloat/ads

File: Screenshot 2025-11-16 190017.png (10 KB, 914x85)

10 KB PNG

I think 6 months is the amount of time I haven't been able to download cumulative updates, pic related always happens.

should I follow these instructions or pause my updates another month?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files-79aa86cb-ca52-166a-92a3-966e85d4094e

>>107230588
The error code means that certain system files are broken/corrupted and Windows Update can't install/apply it to the system because said files are broken/corrupted.
IMO first do "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" and then "sfc /scannow" and see if it says it found and fixed system files. Then restart and try installing the update again.

File: 1746486955329688.png (143 KB, 1142x785)

143 KB PNG

we're so back

>>107230928
literally

>>107230928
wat if we have put 24H2 on our IoT?

>>107231277
It doesn't matter for 11 because it's not going to reach EoL for a long time.

>>107230928
Ltsc 22h2 literally doesn't exist, why did you used a frankenbuild

>>107231302
aha

>>107231305
thats the part i was missing

thanks anons

>>107231305
Anons used the enablement package because of the arbitrary 22H2 lock some people add to their programs but they wanted to stay on IoT LTSC 2021. At this point it's literally easier to just use normal 10 Enterprise 22H2 and enable the ESU licenses with MAS to use it until late 2028.

File: pro retard.jpg (48 KB, 700x734)

48 KB JPG

Alright /fwt/ I have questions and maybe anons can help, pls assume i am pic related

>have ordered parts to build a new PC after saving dough for a while, i have the money for a full retail license for this

>should i just buy a W11 Pro license since it's in my budget to do so, or should i just use MAS for the new system?

>what is the real advantage, if any, to using LTSC vs full retail license in the above scenario (assuming i can buy either a retail LTSC license vs a retail Pro license)?

>>107231386
When it comes to any activation questions, the answer is always just use MAS.
And the advantages to using LTSC is that it comes with no third or first party UWP bloat besides system level UWPs like the settings panel and that its EoL is quite long, LTSC being 2028 (better to just use ESU'd 10 Enterprise 22H2 instead) or IoT LTSC 2021 (frozen on 21H2 but has updates until late 2032.)

>>107231386
advantage to ltsc is that it will be stuck at 24h2, microsoft can fuck it up with (feature) updates until oct 2026, after that it will be security updates only to oct 2034

>>107231414
>(feature) updates until oct 2026, after that
wat-if the feature update limitation tombstones me from getting some desired feature (like some miraculous fix for the abysmal 2d performance of the GUI)? should i even worry about it?

>>107231498
thats when u do in place update to 27h2 ltsc

File: hmmmm.png (86 KB, 660x574)

86 KB PNG

>>107231504
intredasting

>this of course assumes that AI doesn't create activation schemas we take advantage of into something we can't work around
>then again, i can afford a retail license if i save my shekels

>>107231408
13 jan 2032 isn't late 2032

>>107231386
if you're worried about what the scripts do, apparently installing then activating server-side then re-installing works, so nothing the script can do to your install will remain
they're already making big bux off your telemetry and market share contribution

>>107231624
not concerned about the activation scripts

>actually have understanding of that part at pro retard level
>am more asking from perspective of /consoomer/, have not build a new computer in 10+ years, and have not had a /consoomer/ grade PC for longer than that

>>107231498
That's a very good reason to just install the latest Enterprise, you'll get up to 3y of updates on a given release and its a single click to upgrade to the next version if you ever want or need it. Within the 3y of support there is no difference between LTSC and regular Enterprise in terms of updates. The preinstalled apps on Enterprise can be uninstalled from settings or with DISM, depending on the specific app (most are just from settings).

>>107232253
This. ESU'd normal 10 and LTSC 10 are basically getting the same security-focused updates for the next three years.

>>107232265
>10
If they're getting a new PC there's no reason bother considering 10 which probably doesn't support all the hardware.

>>107232338
Then 11 Enterprise would be the way until it gets ESU as well in like 4/5 years.

File: time to upgrade.jpg (80 KB, 1024x702)

80 KB JPG

>>107232253
good infos, thank you anon, i will take this into consideration. i personally am fine with updating and getting new features e.g. 25H2 gives the ability to restore folder tabs in explorer at logon and a little bit nicer Task Manager, these sort of things make life a little more pleasant as a /lusr/

>>107232338
this is technically correct, which as we all know is the best kind of correct

>>107232349
i think this could work for me especially if at the close of ESU i can just click and update to the next

my current system is circa 2015 so pic related, if i can stretch the new one out that long i'll be fine.

>or maybe even dead from old age at that point, kek

>>107232253
how do i remove those apps that cant be uninstalled from settings?

>>107233504
You can use an unattend file do remove the included UWPs you don't want, just put it on the root of your boot USB. Use this to make one.
https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

>>107233504
Which ones?

>>107233802
like the get help one, backup, etc

>>107231386
using massgrave (hwid activation) is perfectly fine, you can then do a full nuke of the OS and install it again with a usb stick using a generic key and have a 100% clean fully activated OS, then make a MS account and link it to your ms account and be safe for any future reinstalls too. Buying windows is absolutely retarded, especially if you buy grey market keys.

>>107229944
w11 is fine, w12 will be fine too. most nagging is pretty easy to turn off and software/hardware compatibility in windows is as good as ever

File: pirate_edition.jpg (269 KB, 1280x1024)

269 KB JPG

>>107233910
>if you buy grey market keys
yep would not. Pro key from a real store isn't out of reach for me budget-wise but ...

looked more closely at the Enterprise vs IoT LTSC vs the retail key, I think Enterprise is out for me. And the forced updates and enshittification of the retail really pisses me off, would not want to always be chasing down apps I don't want and uninstalling them.

>wanted to go legit
>know better than to step in shit barefoot
>have a habit of keeping PCs for a long time with minimal hardware updates
>pic very related

>>107234149
if you want to go "legit" you shouldnt be using anything but Home or Pro at your desktop PC, stuff like Education is "intended" for students who are given keys by their uni/college, or for professors and school institution PCs, while Enterprise is for large business general desktops who join a business domain and get their machine activated like that, and embedded/IoT/server are obviously for specialized devices and servers. Also do more research on what's possible and actual testing before writing off anything or being sure in things you read on the internet. It's factually possible to do the following:
>Disable automatic updates on Windows 11 25H2 Pro
>Use a local account on Windows 11 25H2 Pro
>Set telemetry level to 0 using regedit in Windows 11 25H2 Pro
>Disable other privacy invasive (debatable how intelligent it is to do so in terms of security) issues like Error Reporting, Routine Remediation, Automatic Sample Submission, SmartScreen, Web Search, Store, OneDrive)
Most people you talk to on the internet are low IQ cattle who cannot do anything on their own, try doing things yourself and learning.

test

File: queef malone.jpg (172 KB, 819x1024)

172 KB JPG

>>107234172
errrrm ... yes, i know about all that stuff, thanks tho

>try doing things yourself and learning
that was pretty much my whole career, thank fuck i got out before the AI came fer my job.

>crusty oldfag here was using the web over dialup before Moot had curlies
>over three decades supporting windows in enterprise environments
>the last 6 years was doing bespoke Windows system deployment work e.g. image building, unattended installs, WDS in the labs, SCCM for the overall org, that kind of crap
>retired now
>hated 11 when it came out, really was seething with rage because it's clearly 10 with a boob job and fresh lipstick and they had the balls to call it new
>but my old and obsolete compooter has got to go to pasture so a new OS it is
>don't want to go through the effort involved in figuring out how to keep the OS on my shitposting box from adding unwanted stuff, i have too many other damn things to do

>would not disable automatic updates (security risk, i'm way too lazy to do my own patch management) but am totally on the fence about auto-updates potentially shoving crap i maybe don't want onto the system which conflicts with my desire to enjoy getting new features as i've already posted somewhere.

>would not even be thinking about legit except my wife thinks it's "wrong" to bootleg it (she works for a very large corporation based in Redmond, WA USA that has been making the worlds most popular consoomer operating system for a long time, but she is not working on any of the OS stuff), hell she offered (threatened, really) to buy me the Pro license. i also have through old business contacts the ability to get some legit IoT licensing but as it turns out no Enterprise keys are readily available to me.

>>107234219
fail, return NOOB

Do you nigs have an easy way to install the HEVC and whatever other codecs without having to install the Windows Store on Win10 IoT LTSC

>>107234588
doe this help?

https://www.codecguide.com/media_foundation_codecs.htm

>>107234615
The downloads are all appxbundles which I'm pretty sure need the store to install

>>107234588
You can get an installer for it through massgrave's website as a mounting ISO. You can also install the Media Foundation codecs.
You can also install winget itself via asheroto's winget-install script which will let you download things from the store via the msstore repo.

>>107234588
easiest way it to simply do a fresh install of a normal windows 11 and HEVC codecs come preinstalled, you can install HEVC for OEMs for free from adguardstore, also honestly best way to do it is just to use MPC-HC and if necessary klite codec pack

File: file.png (6 KB, 300x150)

6 KB PNG

>>107234818
Installed the K-Lite pack and now I get thumbnails on HEVC videos in File Explorer but they still don't play in Firefox. I seem to have HEVC enabled in about:config so I don't know what the problem is. Example video: https://files.catbox.moe/x702n5.mp4 pic related is what I see

>>107234946
Enable hardware acceleration

>>107234946
probably some issue with firefox, im on a chromium browser and the video plays fine, firefox is buggy a fuck and sometimes that shit happens if you have a lot of tabs or videos playing, try closing other tabs and refreshing

>>107234946
this works for me on librewolf

>>107235092
Didn't work

>>107235209
refresh Firefox?

Which k-lite option did you choose, std/full/mega/basic?

>>107235228
Standard

>>107235228
i dont think firefox uses the codec type k-lite installs
i use the standard version and havent had any issues with anything

>>107235268
i am on firefox with a pretty fresh win10 install, i did install k-lite mega. no problems with playback.

why u niggers like using windows? stop using windows and stop sucking on microcuck's dick u faggots! go to arch! its better!

>>107234946
works on 21h2 iot ltsc with https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n4wgh0z6vhq

>>107235436
i like to play vidya retard, fuck off to your containment threads

File: think.jpg (1.71 MB, 3200x3200)

1.71 MB JPG

>>107235436
"friendly windows thread"

at least we're civilized enough not to post crap like this in /fglt/

>>107235689
the whole point is to not use windows store
if i seriously need fucking windows store for a codec this whole operating system is cucked to shit

>>107235814
use Add-AppxPackage
https://gist.github.com/Aldaviva/d5f78c155eebfce561e5473a44615e3e

File: sophie.jpg (193 KB, 753x720)

193 KB JPG

>mfw dont use store/repositories
>just download .exe and install it

>>107235851
ltsc is not for average consumer, 22h2 with esu is

>>107235855
And honestly 10 22H2 with ESU seems like the better option compared to LTSC right now.

>>107235851
i love .exe's. had a thing that needed an older version of Java, the new version didnt work, and luckily i had the older versions .exe in my downloads folder, no need to run around and search for it, especially if it were for something that was no longer available on any site

>>107235851
>>107236529
Anons, just let it go, even Microsoft is trying to depreciate .exes in favour of .msix and to a lesser extent winget

if you're still using a MS product in 2025 blow your brains out.

>>107235901
Why?

accidentally formatted my driver 30 minutes ago
how fucked am I?

>>107236805
probably royally

>https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/photoRec

good luck

Has anyone else been having random BSODs since microsoft dropped support for win10?
My PC is around 6 years old so I can't tell if it's actually dying or if microsoft has something to do with it.

File: webview.png (23 KB, 627x285)

23 KB PNG

grr...

>>107235436
Linux has no HWInfo