Would it be possible to fix ssd issues if I made a new partition with the free space, copied my files over, formatted the old one, and extended the new one without formatting the entire drive?

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Im doing some Udemy course (dont ask) and need to do some work in Windows Server. I saw its has "some" free - think Ill be fine with that for a bit or should I go nab a key off the web somewhere

>>108975462
first of all what you mean by SSD issues?

>>108975694
>go to massgrave
>grab the ISO
>use MAS to activate
>profit

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I love Windows!

How does tpm+pin work? If I put my drive into another computer windows will get unactivated no doubt, but what about encryption? Can I access disks?

>>108975701
Bit tricky to explain, but one of the issues I ran into was not being able to use chkdsk to fix it not letting me shrink the drive. And it kept running that command each start-up until I manually excluded the drive from scanning each startup. And I have permission issues when using linux to auto mount it, where I have to keep using ntfsfix -d each time I install a new linux distro, and only read permissions with some apps whenever I use any arch based one.

>>108975792
based
fuck that fat kike
pirated everything since steam released

>>108975035
uoh
>>108930465
UOOOOOHHHHHHH

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I installed a fresh w11 and created a new microsoft account in the process (of course a random throwaway adress). Is there any way to un-fuck that and only have a local windows account?

Am I the only person who prefers using Massgrave's TSForge activation over HWID? I feel like reverse engineering the activation system to permanently activate your OS offline is more elegant of a solution than planting a fake license on MS' servers.

>>108976435
You can turn an MS account into a local account within the account settings

>>108976917
It works great, but the activation has an easier chance of disappearing when a feature update is installed for example. Just minor annoyances you don't need to deal with when you use HWID, but it's still a clean activation, especially if you want to activate offline.

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>>108976917
>permanently activate your OS offline
You need internet access for the TSforge activation process too and in both cases you don't need internet access anymore once activated

>>108977056
Ah, that's a new thing then. Guess it needs to fetch activation data, but I wonder if you could fetch it on a different machine, move it over and then still activate fully offline.

>>108977056
Actually there's a module of TSforge called KMS4k which allows it to activate the system if no internet is found. ZeroCID is the one that use to work offline completely but a "bug" that was added to a newer version of Windows broke that functionality and it became an online activation.

>>108977056
I like Ohook for old Office (2016) since it's doesn't get updates anyway

>>108977168
Ohook is the recommended Office activation method for all versions anyway

>>108977168
Ohook is all you really need for any version of Office post 2010.

what happened to shamiko

Dumb question.. if I am thinking of reformatting my PC, what IoT LTSC should I consider installing for gaming? Windows 10 or Windows 11? Thanks in advance.

>>108978916
Newer machine? 2024. Older machine? 10 22H2 with ESU activated.
For 10 when late 2028 passes, move over to LTSC 2027.

>>108978966
Thanks, Anon.
Will 2024 eventually implement the same features and build of 2027 when it rolls around? Or will that require another format?

>>108978979
You can just in-place upgrade to 2027 from 2024 when the time comes, like with all LTSC upgrading.

>>108978986
This has been super helpful. Thank you kindly, anon!

>>108978990
All good friendo

Hello, I am trying to install windows 7 in a virtual machine using qemu, where do I get win7 isos with the latest updates and stuff so i don't have to spend a lot of time updating inside my VM? Also any general tips on using windows 7 now? it's been so long since I used it and last time i tried creating a win7 VM I got errored out the ass by missing DLLs and mismatching .NET versions when i tried to run apps in it

I'm on Linux currently but one of my pcie hardwares is unusable here. Is it possible to do something like boot windows 10 from USB, with a specific program and drivers pre installed?

>>108981063
sure, it's not that different from dual booting except you're doing it with removable media

>>108981115
How would it be done? Just have the installers on the usb?

>>108981126
Uhhh, I think you would need 2 USB sticks, one with the windows installer iso flashed to it, and the second one is the one you intend to install windows on, during the partitioning step in windows installer, select the second USB stick and install windows on it, i think that's how i would do it, but i don't know, it's much easier to have linux on a USB rather than windows.

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I have an incredibly specific question, but I would hugely appreciate anyone who answers. On Windows 11, you know the picrelated multi-desktop management icon? I have an Nvidia graphics card (RTX 3060 Ti in case it matters). When I hover over that icon, and then move the mouse away, the following things happen:
1. The screen briefly flickers black
2. The transparency effects of the taskbar go away
Does this happen to anyone else?

>>108982134
I forgot to mention, you also have to be looking at the desktop to see the screen flicker black. So it would be more accurate to say the desktop itself flickers black. Also, this doesn't happen on integrated Intel graphics, only my Nvidia card. Trying to figure out if the piece of shit is subtly dying.

>>108982149
Could be the drivers, I once had heavy artifacting on a 1060 that made me think it was dying. It was the drivers, the card is perfectly fine to this day.

>>108982134
>>108982149
type winver in start menu and what number it says besides 11? there were nvidia graphics bugs not too long ago with older numbers.

>>108982157
>>108982160
I should have mentioned to start with, this is a completely fresh install. Reinstalled the whole OS after doing a fresh install of the driver did nothing. Windows 11 Pro Version 25H2 (OS Build 26200.8457)

>>108982198
try this registry and reboot. if it still happens your gpu is dying.
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5157/~/after-updating-to-nvidia-game-ready-driver-461.09-or-newer%2C-some-desktop-apps

>>108982218
I'll give that a try if no one else reproduces the issue. Would still appreciate if anyone else could give it a try

>>108982246
you already did fresh install of drivers & windows. the only thing left could be hardware.

>>108982258
The card could well be fucked, but it could still just be a completely normal quirk of Windows + certain Nvidia cards. Like this anon >>108982218 pointed out. Some kind of hardware acceleration or some shit that Windows attempts to do when an Nvidia card offers a certain technology. But before I go messing with the registry on this fresh install, I'll wait a while and see if any other anons try to reproduce the issue.

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>running w11 iot on an unsupported machine
how long do i have?

>>108982682
Anon the whole point of IoT LTSC 2024 is that it can run on really old things. It can be installed on MBR/BIOS machines no hassle, the only thing you need is a 64-bit CPU.

>>108982134
Happens to me too
W11 Pro 25H2, Nvidia driver 566.36, haven't done the MPO fix yet

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what exactly is this windows k2?

>>108983104
Initiative within MS lead by an old guard engineer that's being run to make 11 not shit anymore, basically. Native WinUI3 apps, more optimization on the backend to make it feel faster/responsive, removing force Copilot integration from stock UWP apps etc. It being launched from around a month ago to late 2027.

>>108975206
b

>>108983028
566.36 is an ancient driver. I know new Nvidia drivers suck but WDDM mismatch is even worse.

>>108984737
I didn't have any problems with 596.49 on 10 LTSC and 11 LTSC with a 3090, and I moved on from 566.36 due to pirated Topaz software and Resolve demanding newer CUDA. It's about time to let go of the stigma and move on. Much like Win11, the modern Nvidia drivers are not as bad as people make them out to be.

>>108984833
If you use latest IHV driver you have to pair with latest Windows Update because of DX12 Agility and the DWM/WDDM is DX12 since 10.

You know how when you lock Windows and then go to log back in it shows a splash screen and you have to press a button to bring up the password box? Where's the setting to disable that in W10?

>>108985042
It's a policy called "Do not display the lock screen" that you enable. Directly goes to the login box instead of needing to click the lock screen.

>>108985074
Perfect, thanks

>>108984833
>>108982134
You don't have this problem? Maybe I should updoot... They ditched the old control panel in the new 6xx branch, curious

>>108986726
Yeah stick to the last 590 driver for now, the 610 branch is fresh so avoid being an early adopter.

Bump

Where Sophie?

>>108975206
so from reading this, im best off with w11 enterspise iot if im setting up a pc for someone that needs to be rock solid? will it update to ltsc 2027 on its own or is that a totally new install?

>>108990694
ltsc editions are like classic windows versions, manual upgrades only
security updates are still auto unless you turn them off though

>>108990694
LTSC doesn't get features updates automatically
If it's for a normalfag gamer friend it might not be a good idea in the long run

>>108990806
>>108990916
ty, ifs for my mum, shes fine using linux, but she needs office that has perfect compatibility which is why the windows partition.

>>108991005
Office is also easy to pirate. You can install Office 365 Pro Plus for her and activate it with Ohook, which turns it into 2016 Mondo (basically just 365 but local.)

>>108975206
wheres the feet pic

>>108991390
Here >>108965329

>>108991021
done, too easy ty

>>108983028
Thanks anon, good to know it's not just me

>>108975206
i have win 10 Iot i removed edge before instalation but now i see that windows downloaded it and installed it in background
i managed to remove it but how do i prevent it from installing again?

>>108992116
If it's the WebView that gets installed, then don't bother as the Edge Update service will still keep it up-to-date
>you may fiddle with uninstalling that component too along with removing the Edge Update service and tasks
>don't be surprise windows' autohealing mechanisms like SFC will restore it anyways
But if you parse the force-uninstall switch to the Edge installer like this script does, you should take care of the browser component at least
https://gist.github.com/ave9858/c3451d9f452389ac7607c99d45edecc6

Then you may pair with MSEdgeRedirect for the stubborn system components that will still try to invoke Edge with the URL handler
>EEA locale Windows installations are apparently capable of uninstalling Edge easily, though I still had a "Repair Edge" regardless on 10 22H2, so YMMV
>If the browser still gets restored, then there used to be a fork of AveYo's script on GH that you may try, that and ShadowWhisperer's utility

>>108992908
hmm not sure
it installed web wiew too
i will see in few days and try your solution if edge is restored thanks

I just got a random "restart to repair drive errors" notification. I did chkdsk scans and it gives some corrupted errors about Edge I think.
>Found corrupt basic file structure for "\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\SHADER~1 <0xbc,0x2b318>"

Two other lines like this. Is my SSD dying? It is probably 5+ years old now.

>>108993030
could be a random error, but doesn't hurt to use CrystalDiskInfo to see if there's something wrong with your drive already

>>108993362
I did restart, windows did whatever fixing thing. chkdsk still said the same thing and the notification popped up again. CrystalDiskInfo says good at 60% health.

>>108993528
Tried again. This time windows said could not repair, took me to that blue advance startup screen. Let me boot into windows as usual though.

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Is there a reason why I've never seen the Windows 11 upgrade? I've enabled both fTPM/TPM 2.0 (HWiNFO confirmed this too) and Secure Boot yet nothing under Windows Update. I'll probably clean install but curious.

Is it possible to have a fully self contained development environment on windows? No registry bs, can just stick a usb drive and move it all

HEY MICROSOFT LACKEYS (YEAH I KNOW YOU'RE READING THIS), GIVE US THE OPTION TO TURN OFF ROUNDED CORNERS ON MICROSOFT EDGE, YOU REMOVED THE EXPERIMENTAL FLAG TO DO IT SO NOW WE'RE STUCK WITH THESE GAY ASS CORNERS THAT BREAK DARK MODE ON EVERY WEBSITES AND LOOK ASS, I'M CHANGING BROWSER UNTIL THIS SHIT IS FIXED.

>>108993754
W11 is not supported for some CPU (i think 8700K and its generation is the bare minimum), could be why. (but you can still install it regarless, i use W11 on another PC with a 7700K).

I just installed w11 on my mom's pc but it doesn't say anywhere that it needs activating. Is it fine or will it start bitching in a few days that it's not activated?

>>108993754
It doesn't nag me either, but I'm on Enterprise and I ran ShutUp10

>>108995023
change edition to education and activate anyway

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Windows 1.01 was a TWM OS.

>>108994153
I don't think that's it. I've a 3700x which is supported.
>>108995168
Never ran ShutUp10.
No idea. A straight upgrade would save me a ton of time/pain but clean installing is probably for the best anyway.

Win 11: when I take a screenshot using win+shift+s snipping tool with quick markup feature enabled, ctrl+c copying the image copies a 0 byte blank image. how to fix? tried resetting snipping tool and nothing.

>>108997086
Have you tried just looking into a third party tool like Flameshot? You could also try force killing ScreenClippingHost.exe and then pressing the hotkeys to bring it back and see if it saves screenshots normally.

Best/cleanest way to disable rounded corners in Win11? I want know my options before using https://github.com/valinet/Win11DisableRoundedCorners
Since I don't want portable software laying around, I might also have to create a local scoop package for it as well...

>>108997884
IIRC Windhawk has a mod that removes rounded corners.

>>108997900
Initially I was a bit apprehensive towards Windhawk since it felt hacky, but seeing as I can get it portably with Scoop, it looks to be a fine option. Thanks anon

>>108997926
Using that Windhawk mod is basically the safest way to alter dwm.exe without Windows getting pissy.

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Im hoping to get some help migrating a current installation of windows 10 on an AM4 older computer onto a newly built am5 rig.

I built a pc for a friend of my mums for work, the new computer is ready and now i need to migrate the windows to the new rig; IT HAS TO BE MIGRATED AS IS. Installations passwords etc since she uses it to work and under no circumstance wants to start on a new fresh windows install (i will try to broach that on a few weeks once we have crossed the current bridge).
So what are my options? my first idea was installing an external hd or an ssd and use Macrium reflect to create a clone of the w10 install and then put that disk on the new rig and clone it onto the new pc's disk.

I assume there will be a bunch of hurdles on this and before i go to chatgpt with the issue i was wondering if you guys could tell me if im approaching it the wrong way.

Thanks

>>108998177
Either clone it or just stick the existing drive in the new PC

>>108990567
I don't think you can ask that.

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Macfag here. What mouse should I get? I bought a Logitech M650 L in the fall of last year and it has lasted me this long. I read here that Logitech mice can falter after a while. The mouse I use now has a Bluetooth dongle which is not a real problem for me. Don't know how a Bluetooth mouse that connects directly to the computer works on Windows though I reckon if that's not a real problem there it shouldn't be a problem on Mac either.

Thank you in advance

>>108998753
Look into the MX Master 4 or 3S.

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>>108995684
>Windows 1.01 was a TWM OS.
When you don't learn form the past, you are doomed to repeat the same mistakes.

>>108995684
Windows 1.01 wasn't an OS, it was a desktop environment, the OS was still DOS at that point

are custom isos still shit

>>108999738
They're not worth it. Live debloating a default ISO is better, plus these days Rufus allows you to debloat an ISO directly as a customization option

>>108995264
Why education I installed pro?

>>109000088
Business editions like Education and Enterprise give you much more solid control over your system without it reverting things and such. Also can disable the vast amount of all telemetry with policy or dashboards like ShutUp10

>>108999738
all you need is rufus, education or ltsc and group policy changes

>>108999738
not if one knows what to do, take IoT LTSC iso + add latest LCU with W10UI + Optimize Offline (gdeliana version)

>>108999738
Call me a schizo, but I don't trust custom ISOs

>>109004023
Well that's natural because unless the custom ISO has a github that you can look through to see exactly what the creator is doing to get what it says the ISO does, then you have no idea what the hell they've done to it besides just trusting them. Using standard ISOs from Massgrave and getting them debloated via Rufus's new debloating option before flashing is much safer and easier.

>>109000977
this but just group policy edits.

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Good day esteemed Wizards. I never asked for this fucking driver and I don't want to restart for this nonsense. How do I turn that shit off?

>>109005761
Stop the Windows Update services in an admin command line
>net stop wuauserv
>net stop bits
Then run this command to delete the temp update files folder (it'll come back when you re-enable the services)
>rd /s /q %windir%\SoftwareDistribution
Then restart the services
>net start wuauserv
>net start bits
That update will now be gone from the pending list. Then you can just disable Windows Update from downloading drivers via a group policy.

>>109005809
thanks

You know what I like about Win11's UI?
-The new Settings app with WinUI3 design is genuinely nicer, feels like something designed for desktops rather than the half-assed port of the Ballmer era "tablets are the future" design.
-Mica is genuinely pleasant to look at, more pleasant than 10's Acrylic.

Obviously, the main criticism points remain the same.
-The new context menu is stupid. Microsoft wanted to solve the issue of it being cluttered, so they've thrown out the parsing of the classic context menu hooks and registry entries, so now you either have to do another click to get to where you want to be or apply a registry tweak to skip the new context menu altogether.
-The new start menu is a regression to 10's, but after many years they've finally learned their lesson and you can configure it to display a list of installed programs on the first opening.
-The new taskbar. It being WinUI3 wouldn't be as bad if not for the fact that they've thrown out just about every bit of functionality it had ever since it was introduced in Win95 when it was so good even today every Linux DE apes that concept, only to now half-assedly start adding back it's functionality. Even then, unless they re-implement DeskBands within that fancy new WinUI3 taskbar it won't ever be the same.

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Windows 11 is killing my wallpaper. Couldn't really identify the probable cause. Sometimes when I hover over icons they turn black, and it means that if I do ctrl+a to select all of them, the wallpaper will turn completely black.
Restarting explorer from task manager brings it back.

>>109006914
Have you tried clearing/resetting the icon cache? Disabling/enabling desktop drop shadows in the performance dialog?

>>109007231
I shall try the cache. Never had the drop shadows on.
Also I forgot to add, it started happening after I changed my wallpaper. To some from 4walled.

I upgraded my PC a few weeks back and I'm having a weirdly specific issue I don't know how to fix. Everything but the SSD and GPU was changed out. Prior to doing so when I used gyro with my DualSense in Genshin Impact it worked 100% of the time without any issues at all. After swapping to the new parts (But using the exact same install on my SSD) I now have an intermittent issue where the gyro will just cause me to jerk left or right even if I am completely still when it's activated.

I've tried different ports (USB-A and USB-C), I've tried calibrating the gyro via Steam and it pretty much 0's it, I've run dism, I've run sfc, I've rebooted, and I've cold booted and nothing has fixed it. dism found no issues and just messed up my file associations so that was a fun five minutes to fix, sfc never found an issue at all, reboots and cold booting has done nothing,

My only thought is to maybe Hail Mary the preview build update and see if that fixes it but can anyone think why it only happens in Genshin Impact and only on this new machine even though there was no major update to the game in this time period and functionally my system has not changed in any serious way? Could it possibly be interference from the case going through the USB ports which then causes noise that disturbs it?

>>109007339
Changing the motherboard around would 100% do some kind of weird shit somewhere. Probably the old install trying to contact old ghostly chipset drivers and such that don't exist anymore, with those jerking motions sounding like bursts of raw input data coming from somewhere randomly.

anyone try that preview update meant to fix performance issues yet? did they actually do anything or just make all the animations faster

What's the best way to enable classic theme on 10 without fucking things up? OpenShell/RetroBar made me miss old windows so I kinda want a full system-wide theme now.

I'm on Windows 11 Education version 23H2. Apparently it reaches EOL in november 10. Should I upgrade to 24H2 or go directly to 26H2?

Is 26H2 unstable? Does it run worse than 23H2?

>>109007884
I'm afraid you can't. Much of the UI now has a hard requirement on the DWM, and go as spastic as a 4ni/g/ger who heard the word "Macintosh" if you've terminated it.
This is why, since Windows 8, the recommendation has been to find a Classic look-alike theme. But just like Troonix DE theming, none of them are particularly convincing.

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>>109009132
There is no 26H2 yet - at least not one that isn't a Insider build.
You're likely thinking of 26H1 (build 28000), which is indeed a released product - but it offers precisely zero benefits on AMD64. It's best to think of it as an ARM64-only release.
As such, I recommend 24H2. 25H2 is just an EP for 24H2, and 26H2 (when it gets released) is too from what I've heard.

>>109007394
Short of a complete reinstall what are my options here? Should I just try the preview build?

I'm a drooling retard that is currently on extended security updates for 10 and despite gaming on PC for decades I don't have any real understanding of them, I have no idea what BIOS actually is or how to access it for example, and I generally don't touch anything because I'm afraid of breaking shit. Should I just bite the bullet and let 11 install when coverage ends in October? I really don't want to spend hours fucking around with manually installing an operating system or registering it, I always just buy prebuilts so I never have to mess with this shit.

>>109011499
you have to first ask yourself why you're asking us, like, do you have a reason to not install 11 once your extended support ends?

>>109011532
I've heard it's bad. Also I'm used to 10 at this point and don't want an uglier UI with worse performance.

>>109010926
You could always repair upgrade to basically "re-install" your system, naturally keeping your files/programs. Refreshing the install like that could make it better for the new mobo.

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https://archive.org/details/windows-7-updated-v5
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?t=737

Do you boys think it's good?

>>109013398
Those ISOs are fine. You could either use one of them or make your own with a 7 Ultimate ISO and the Simplix update pack.

Found the best dark theme so far
https://github.com/winui64/Full-Dark-Theme-for-Windows-11

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>>109015406
Don't talk to me until they bring back Style XP

>>109015406
Show us how it looks. I ain't downloading dat

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>>109015602
It's the same shiz, just dark everywhere. Point is, it's not too funky and plays well with just about everything.

Anyone downloaded KB5094126 already? Did anything explode?

Is there a link somewhere for the 2022H update for ltsc 2021

So basically, occasionally my Windows laptop, while sitting in sleep, decides to hibernate. And occasionally after such hibernations (not always), I can't log in and get the "something happened and your pin isn't available" error. What's the problem? Restarting the laptop fixes the problem, but I don't want to do that because I typically have some windows open.

>>109016237
Bit the bullet and update immediately, shit was installing longer than any other update and it did 0 changes, still had to use Vivetool for low latency trash.

>>109011499
pay somebody to do it for you

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IT'S PATCH TUESDAY

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PATCH TUESDAY

>>109017544
DELAY

>>109017907
fuck off, searching in explorer is so much faster now

He updated?

On the subject of Explorer, I sometimes have painfully slow lag when selecting a file/folder and it can take up to 10 seconds before it's selected/highlighted. Same with right-click menus. The only fix was killing and restarting Explorer. Anyone else had this problem? I've had this problem for a while and no idea when it started.

>>109018658
I updooted
Windows removed my mpv file associations fml
Now I have to reassociate them like a cuck

Why does every update break some random subtle thing (THAT YOU SEE! who knows what else is broken under-the-hood). Is this the power of india?

>>109018811
What did it break for you anon

Never update your software
>b-b-but muh security fixes
These days they're just as likely to introduce new vulnerabilities as close old ones

I always wait few months before updating, between big updates.
It's not Linux that will shit its pants after not updating for a long time.

for years before today's? edge update i was able to use my trackpad to pinch-to-zoom COMPLETELY INDEPENDELTY from the browser's zoom and it was super smooth
now pinch-to-zoom just controls the browser's zoom level on *most* websites (and it's super janky), 4chan being an exception for some reason

how do i revert this? shit sucks

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You DID updoot, right?

can someone help me with the magnets of monkrus illustrator and photoshop 2023 pls

pb.wtf kikefare is blocking me and the other russian sites ask for registration

>>109020316
You can't even get magnets without an account anymore on pb.wtf, you have to actually download the .torrent file now
I can catbox the .torrent files of the stuff you want, just post links to the exact releases you want

>>109020316
>and the other russian sites ask for registration
making a rutracker account isn't that hard

>>109020357
these two pls:
https://w18.monkrus.ws/2023/01/adobe-illustrator-2023-v272-multilingual.html

https://w18.monkrus.ws/2023/02/adobe-photoshop-2023-v242-multilingual.html

>>109020361
their page is broken I think, tried using a temporal mail and I got a smtp error during registration

>>109020384
>their page is broken I think
.org domain has been kinda fucky lately, try .net and see if it's any different

>>109020384

Adobe Illustrator 2023 (v27.2):
https://files.catbox.moe/vir4in.torrent

Adobe Photoshop 2023 (v24.2):
https://files.catbox.moe/0xuzob.torrent

>>109011539
Install Aurora linux

>>109020406
thx

>tfw ESU updates install super quick and nothing changes
Truly the way to live

test

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>>109020818
Yep, it's great
No worries until Oct 2028, which is when we'll have to choose between W10 IoT LTSC 2021 or W11 IoT LTSC 2027

>>109021094
By then I might actually have a new PC and just go with 2027 until its EoL because it sounds like it'll be the 2021 of 11.

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>>109021098
>sounds like it'll be the 2021 of 11
W10 got four LTSC releases, so I doubt 2027 will be the last

>>109021106
Most likely not but 2027 will be the first truly worth using 11 LTSC because of it including all the K2 fixes by default most likely.

>>109021118
>it including all the K2 fixes
I genuinely hope so. I didn't switch to LTSC 2024 because it's the old shitty unfinished W11

>>109021124
Like LTSC 2024 is more then fine right now if you want to use 11 but don't want to deal with most of its shit, but I'd say in-place upgrading to 2027 will be something you'll want to do.

i have a problem
>decided it's time to reinstall windows with a fresh win10 ltsc
>flash a usb stick with rufus
>try the boot menu when the pc restarts (asrock p67), the menu flashes for split seconds and then ignores everything and shows a windows bootloader
>weird, it didn't do thhat when i tried some linusx distros, but okay
>switching to usb-first in bios does nothing
>read up a bit and determine that maybe my usb was formatted in a wrong way, so i reformat it with rufus again and insteasd of GPT i choose MBR
>boot it up again, the boot menu flashes for a split second and the usb stick boots by itself
>shows a windows install menu, i choose my old system partition to format nad it says "Windows Cannot Be Installed To This Disk. The Selected Disk Is Of The GPT Partition Style "
i'm honestlly getting a bit lost here. any advice is appreciated

>>109021559
So you mean the F11 boot menu, right? So you can choose the USB to boot from?

>>109021563
yes, that's exactly what i mean. i mash F11, after the bios screen finishes it's thing the boot menu flashes for a split second and disappears

>>109021566
From what I can tell your mobo has a version of UEFI that's really early and doesn't play nice with Rufus's UEFI setup.
Also as it seems that running MBR worked totally fine for you that you can just open up a terminal with shift+f10 within the setup and use diskpart to clean the disk of all its partition data, which then if you chose to install it it won't complain the disk is GPT and instead will install IoT LTSC 2021 in an MBR format cleanly.

>>109021579
thank's. the problem with mbr is that i'd rather not wipe the whole disk, since it's the only one i have right now and there's some important data on the second partition

>>109021598
Well then you should back up everything that you need to before re-installing. Or you could just repair upgrade your current system with an ISO setup.exe to make your system feel cleaner/newer if that's an issue for you.

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>>109021559
Might be this

>>109021615
Current Rufus versions have injectable 2023 UEFI certs you can put into any Windows USB now too.

>>109021629
Really? I haven't made a Windows USB in a while but if that's true, that's pretty neat

>>109021615
thanks anon, i'll take a look

>>109021650
Always make sure you have the latest Rufus version when you create a USB drive
Rufus actually genuinely gets even better with every version

>>109021670
i'm on 4.14, it was the lattest on i saw on their website

>>109021644
Yeah, makes it that you can install something like 2021 on a modern mobo no problem.

I'm going to be upgrading from a 2019 APU to modern hardware soon. Should I switch from Windows 10 to 11 as well? Especially wondering about the supposed improvements to Game Mode, CPU scheduling, Borderless Windowed, any other stuff like that.

>>109021720
Go with IoT LTSC 2024.

>>109021724
I plan to. I'm already on windows 10 iot because of you niggas

>>109021559 here
i managed to run the installer, the problem with the disappearing boot menu was because of a second usb keyboard that was connected and fucked things up for some reason

however i've installed the system and within a minute of booting it BSODs with a kmode_exception_not_handled, so i guess i'm gonna be spending some time with this

>>109021720
Yeah 11 LTSC is a-okay. The UI is a tad more jank in a few places and a part of it relies on Edge WebView but that's about it, it'll likely get ironed out by 2027 with the K2 initiative.

I don't think there's been a more obnoxious, nauseating and childish word being smugly thrown around left and right by two-digit IQ mongoloids than "Microslop". At this point it's safe to assume that anyone using this term is in a dire need of mandatory castration for the sake of maintaining a high quality gene pool.

I can't get ex4fsd to work on my drives. They come up as EXT3 when they're EXT4, not that I care much, but they can't be read on Explorer, saying it needs to format them. I know it worked a long time ago, now I'm wondering if I need something reinstalled or removed.

>>108980401
>I am trying to install windows 7 in a virtual machine using qemu
ngmi, qemu sucks ass for win virtualization (at least hw accel wise, otherwise its good), get vmware workstation instead
>where do I get win7 isos with the latest updates
torrent but you better get the official iso and setup legacy updater or whatever its called and manually update
>Also any general tips on using windows 7 now?
drop it if you're going to use it for nostalgia sake, it's not worth it, only consider if the software only works with old versions of windows

>>109022121
its ok to admit they fucked up and deserve the microslop term anon, even if you love windows, it's for the greater good

>>109022263
K2 is definitely bringing them a bit more up after they were legit Microslop for so long with all the forced gen-AI pushing. Now they at least can tell that no one fucking cares about Copilot.

>>109022263
It's childish. Making up new names for people or entities that are already synonymous with "bad" is childish. Even more so when you can't go anywhere online without a bunch of mindless automatons repeating that word with their Clippy avatars while they think they're doing something good.

That's what "Microslop" has become for me, a self-report of being a complete midwit that should stay away from technology altogether. It's a "Reddit" word, genuinely fucking stomach churning to see. No serious person ever says that, they'll just say "Microsoft" and you don't need anything more to know you're talking about a company that got ruined by Indian nepotism and insistence on using text hallucinators in absolutely everything without any thought.

>>109022325
haha microslop hahahahh

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>>109022329
>t.

>>109022336
This, but change the file name to updoot something. That's how Linux users see you.

>>109021865 here again
well, after some time with the system basically crashing every other minute, i managed to get a crash dump analyzed and googled enough to understand that my computer was basically dividing by zero for some reason and it's supposedly not the windows' fault. something to do with microcode, whatever that is
so i updated my bios, since that seemed like the best thing to do at that moment. pretty nerve wracking, because i thought it'll ask me some question like 'are you sure?' or something, instead of immediately starting the operation
and after that windows stopped booting at all, this time with a 'boot device not found' bsod
after wiping the partition and reinstalling for a second time it worked, and it seems to be stable for now, which is surprising since i was mentally preparing myself to install mint
if anyone knows what was all that microcode malarkey about and why was it dividing by 0 i'd appreciate the explanation

thanks for reading my blog

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>>109022369
>That's how Linux users see you.
And this is how I see Linux users.

>>109022391
looks like he knows his way around computers

>>109022400
because he is unable to lift his feet to step over them

>>109022403
funny, you're still a turbo pleb though

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>>109022408
>enter /fwt/
>friendly
>windows
>piss and shit yourself

>>109022418
just laughing @ plebs, sorry, get well soon

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>>109022434
>just being a cunt on purpose
And (You) wonder why everyone despises Linux users.

>Windows 11 KB5094126 & KB5093998 cumulative updates released
>prevent solid color wallpaper fallback
Motherfucker that's exactly my problem.
>>109006914

>>109022505
Ain't it nice when a monthly update actually includes a fix to an exact problem you may have?

I have the week long delay on WU from WinUtil, also using LTSC so I don't have to deal with such peculiarities thankfully.

the guide recommends using portable apps, and i agree. however, when using firefox portable, it'll still create it's profile in appdata, no? or will there be a prompt to choose the profile folder or something?

>>109022611
You don't need to always use portable apps, but interfaces like Scoop make using only portable stuff very easy.
And IIRC the best ways to use Firefox portably is by either using the PortableApps version of it or installing it with Scoop.

where do I find md5s for windows 10 I can't find them

>>109022890
Massgrave offers sites to check for MD5s/SHAs like files.rg-adguard or the MVS Dump.

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>>109022252
>ngmi
Well guess what, I fucking did it, not only that but I manage to passthrough my GPU to it, this took like 10 miracles to get it working, however my GPU is not functional, I asked AI and told me it's because of the missing subsystem ID because my GPU doesn't have VBIOS (not sure what that means honestly).
This drove me nuts, I made another VM, this time a Linux VM (Debian 13 specifically) and tried passing my GPU to it for debugging purposes to see if my system is capable of GPU passthrough, and low and behold I encountered a similar issue, the nvidia driver installed, and the kernel reports that the nvidia driver is in use by the PCI device BUT it's also missing the subsystem and I can't use the GPU.

I have been losing my sanity trying to get this working for the past few days so tell it to me straight am I not capable of GPU passthrough? if so then which hypervisor has the best guest drivers for windows 7 for graphics acceleration?

>>109023139
>passthrough
ngmi even harder
>am I not capable of GPU passthrough?
it's really tricky and weak at best, you never know when it'll break, a lot of anons complain in the linux thread that their passthrough setups break, for once mine broke and i send it to hell
>which hypervisor has the best guest drivers for windows 7 for graphics acceleration?
already told you, vmware workstation

>>109023139
>>109023800 (me)
oh I know what your problem may be, you have to disable the qxl vido driver and output directly to a monitor, make sure all virtual video outputs are disabled

>>109022325
If you're getting genuinely triggered by stupid zoomer words then you have bigger problems in your life than that. Yes it's annoying, and most of the people who use it are likely linuxfags, but it's not "stomach churning" infuriating.

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so whats the verdict on 10 ltsc vs 11 ltsc
is 11 ltsc worth putting on a pc thats still performant but not supported on regular 11

>>109025013
It becomes really fucking annoying when you can't go into any space related to your hobby and not see some fuckwad regurgitate it thinking he's cool. That's when it starts getting on your nerves.

>>109025031
For the Win11 under-the-hood changes, definitely. Stuff like better HDR support, better WiFi support, hell, Mica since Mica is goddamn pretty, I swapped from 10 LTSC to 11 LTSC and it's pretty comfy.

>>109022325
I just call it saarsoft shitdows.
>release a new ((feature)) update
>influx of hypervisor crashes when people try to run software because shit cannot virtualize properly (L4D2, etc)
>repeat every update cycle on home editions
I know LTSC exists, but it’s pathetic that Microsoft is expected to break every fucking update cycle, small bugs that get quickly patched is fine, but force updating people to a new version that has them BSOD whenever they run software is just incompetence.
That and windows file system organization is awful for trying to uninstall or manage software, and half of the time you’re relying on a uninstall script that might break if file paths shift around or change.

>>109025080
thanks, im looking to wipe my pc and start over and reinstalling 10 is such a hassle at this point with all of the updates you have to get even on 10 ltsc
i would honestly just use regular win 11 pro but i dont like the idea of bypassing requirements since ms could make them hard requirements at any time, whereas ltsc disables the cpu and tpm mandates

>>109025114
My PC is new enough requirements weren't an issue. My biggest gripe with 11 is that for some reason it doesn't launch all autorun programs on login and I need to relog for it to load things properly, but besides that it's a mish-mash of good and bad UI changes that's the biggest front facing difference.

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>>109023800
Okay, you sold me out, I'm going to use VMware, I hope the overhead isn't too bad I can't play some old games like RA2 in the VM
>>109023810
>oh I know what your problem may be
No you don't, I checked dmesg output in my linux VM and found the problem, it is VBIOS related (see picrel, it's from the guest VM), at this point I'm done with qemu, I could probably make it work if I could dump my vbios, and I tried doing that with no luck, I'm not even sure if my GPU has a vbios.
>you have to disable the qxl vido driver and output directly to a monitor
I cannot do this because I'm passing a laptop dGPU with no HDMI or VGA port, the HDMI port on my laptop is connected to the integrated Intel GPU.

>>109025398
> it is VBIOS related
yeah, that's common, a workaround is to download your GPU's vbios and inject it via libvirt, and it almost never works
>no HDMI
fuck, bad luck, some laps have the outputs wired to the dGPU and you can passthrough, I´ve done it on a Legion 5 and it was alright
>Okay, you sold me out, I'm going to use VMware
Good luck, I recently installed Win7 on VMWare and Win11, it was pretty ok for desktop, unsure about games tho

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What are these weird spike on those amd cards at idle? I connected my monitor on the 4070ti

>>109026433
Background memory polling. Totally harmless.

How do I disable windows 11 stuff permanently again? I remember going into something like task manager or something more internal like that and just permanently shutting off windows 11's updater and other crap but I don't remember what it was.

>>109027428
You can disable things through group policy, dashboards like ShutUp10 which set policy-based registry data themselves.
You need to be using a business edition like Enterprise or Education for any deeper changes to stick though, which is easily done.

Does water(fire)fox have a key combo for F5ing all open tabs?

>>109027661
There's no key combo, but you can select the first tab then hold Shift and click the last tab, which selects every tab. then you can press the Refresh key and every selected tab will refresh.

>>109027679
good enough, ty

I refuse to update and I keep both Defender and Update turned off. It's how I've been rolling for the past 20 years and it's how I'll keep on rolling

>>109028087
I was the same when it came to running an outdated 7 install for like 3 years cause I didn't want 10. I just let WU do its thing though these days.

>>109027679
I already use this to close multiple tabs at once, but for some reason I never thought about using this to refresh multiple tabs at once

>>109028631
You can do a multitude of things with a selection of tabs besides just closing and refreshing them.

>>109020217
apparently it kinda just fixed itself today?

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>>109029064
>You can do a multitude of things with a selection of tabs besides just closing and refreshing them.
Such as?

>>109029143
Anything in the right click menu, like duplication, pinning, bookmarking, muting, unloading or moving all the selected ones to a new window. It's pretty nifty.

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>>109029174
Thank you for the list of right click tab options in Firefox

How the fuck do you use ventoy om arch linux to burn a windows iso to a usb, nothing I try to do can open it up, I've done everything I can find online about it and it still will not even try to open.

>>109030247
>install ventoy to usb
>copy and paste windows iso to ventoy partition
>boot from usb
>select windows iso, wimboot
profit

>>109030247
You install Ventoy to a USB, then you place ISOs on the data partition to then boot directly as you boot from the USB.

>>109030331
You only need to use wimboot if the normal boot doesn't work for whatever reason

when the fuck are we getting the small taskbar on stable, tired of this chopped fat cunt

Nothing I do gets ventoy to work, it won't start up at all, I can't partition my usb with it or anything. How the fuck do people use this shit.

>>108976435
use unattended installer next time.

Hyper-V or vmware for Windows and Linux vms with W11 as host?

>>109032523
Hyper-V, just works better.

>>109032523
depends on your host usecase
>servers
hyper-v
>desktop
vmware

>>109030990
The only reason to use Ventoy is if you want to have multiple ISOs on your USB drive. Aside from that Rufus is better in every way, especially for Windows ISOs

>>109030990
Oh wait, you’re on Linux. Try this then:
https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng

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Dualboot chads be aware with this month's 8655 update.

How do i fix 0xc0000001 error code on win 10? Google and yt are only filled with indians with no solution

>>109034021
Seems like serious boot/system file corruption. Try the troubleshoot shit in WinRE like the startup repairer, repairing the BCD in the command line and other shit like running a chkdsk and sfc scan.

>>109011682
Just did it yesterday (Lost power due to tornadoes and storms going through my state so I couldn't comment earlier). Didn't fix it at all. I unplugged a bunch of stuff I thought might be causing any sort of interference which didn't do anything, I've tried multiple USB slots and cables, and I've tired both a DS4 and DualSense. I'm currently repairing Genshin to see if that will fix anything. Next choice will be a full reinstall of the game because for all I know that specifically corrupted or something.

>>109034635
Hard power outages like that could do all sorts of weird shit to a motherboard. Have you tried doing a hard power reset? IE turning off the power supply and removing the plug, then holding down the power button for about a minute? It drains all the residual power from the capacitors which might fix any hardware issues you may have.

>>109034697
This was happening before any power outage, it's been like three weeks now. That didn't do anything to affect this.

Dumb retard question here, do I need the windows iso from massgrave to run the MAS or will it work with an ISO from Microsoft?

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i might have to work with active directory soon, it's probably been 15 years since i touched it when i was still in HS.
anyone got an online video and/or guide i could check out to get an overlook on how things are done nowadays?

>>109035895
The ISOs on Massgrave's site are all genuine MS ISOs, so there's not difference

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>>109006914
I've had this issue on Win10 when I used some program to control mouse transitions on multi-monitor, forgot its name

>>109022391
this is the only guy i'd ask about portage issues and expect something other than "wtf is portage?"

>>109029230
it's a damn shame what happened to GDQ. i started watching it from about 2013, and these days sometimes i'm tempted to click on one and you can't go 10 minutes without a "trans rights!". it's so fucking gay now i can't even

>>109037281
The supreme /g/entoomen

>>109037346
right?

i actually, literally, "unironically", use gentoo as my only operating system, but i don't hate windows. i've made a lot of money supporting windows systems, it is what it intends to be.

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I was retarded enough to update w11 LTSC and now Start menu is fucking huge for no reason. Found regedit hack to disable "categories" but haven't found a way to scale down menu itself. Any ideas?

>>109037518
Install Windhawk and use its Windows 11 Start Menu Styler mod to customize it how you want?

Just use Winutil.

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>>109037532
Just wanted to get pre-update view instead of customizing it.
Got weirded out by this in Windhawk:
>Malicious mods can damage your computer or violate your privacy. Install mods only from authors whom you trust.
but mod is made by program dev himself, so if he goes trans then whole program will be compromised either way.
>>109037554
Oh, they added it in Essential Tweaks? Will check it out.

>>109037668
Windhawk is basically a framework for compiling C/C++ code into DLL files and injecting it into processes to modify their behavior. Malware behaves much the same way, but so do ASI mods for fixing old games for example. In case of Windhawk, it is designed to be as open as possible, so you can review the code before installing a mod, and by installing a mod, you are only pulling the source code, compiling it into a DLL and only then does it get injected into processes.

>>109037807
And because it loads the mods into RAM Windows doesn't get pissy about the modding, unlike with some other ways of modifying it.

>>109037817
While Windows won't get pissy for modifying system files, other processes, especially anti-cheats, will definitely fuss about arbitrary code injections happening in your system. As for how overzealous a given anti-cheat is about these depends of course.

>>109037824
Oh yeah that's definitely something to think about. Like if you play LoL or something and have Vanguard on your system it's gonna get real mad because it thinks any kind of injection is a cheat being loaded.

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>>109025080
>Stuff like better HDR support
Is this still considered an upgrade incentive if you run Special K on 10? I'm not sure how 11's Auto HDR compares. It used to be a significant reason why I'd use 11.

I'm going to update Windows 11 for the first time since June 2024 today, I'm hoping whatever issue I had with the updates from back them is already fixed by now.
If I regret it, is it going to be possible to uninstall/revert the cumulative updates or is Windows gonna hit me with the "sorry, we can't uninstall this update ;)" BS?

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i hate how winutil still needs to open additional third party tools to debloat

Would I have any issue installing 11 LTSC IoT for gaming / GPU drivers? or is the same and everything needed could be installed eitherway?

>>109040168
LTSC IoT is just trimmed down, version frozen 24H2 and 24H2 still has full support. Practically same shit as with GAC 24H2 all things considered.

>>109038963
Unless there's something I'm missing, you should be able to uninstall updates as long as you don't cleanup your WinSxS

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Is this the thread?

>>109039018
Speaking of winutil, how does it compare to editing group policy?
For example, it removes telemetry by changing a bunch of registry keys, but I can remove telemetry by just changing 1 group policy line.

>>109037518
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/1tp08u7/vivetool_doesnt_work_anymore_for_disabling_new/

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i'm preparing to reinstall the OS on my other machine. previously i followed the guidelines here and installed W10 Education and then did some tweaking but the system was operating kinda crappy (might just be W10 in general though)
i have a ready to install, newer setup with W10 IoT LTSC 21H2 plus debloating stuff and whatnot that i'm currently using and i'm planning to install it on the said machine but i'm wondering if anything changed since 2024 when i first followed the guide. the rentry for LTSC looks kinda same but not really
any new one-click scripts that take care of the registry/services/scheduler or something similar that i should be aware of?

>>109041729
if using ltsc only group policy changes are needed

>>109041744
okay so any one-click-do-all or do i have to dig in registry again as per official Microsoft guide, which is orders of magnitude longer than the guide in the OP?

>>109041847
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Cloud Content > Turn off cloud optimized content
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Data Collection And Preview Builds\Allow Telemetry and set it to a value of 0.

>>109041869
this looks suspiciously simple. i remember using tools like NSudo to disable things in task scheduler
but i'll give it a try tomorrow

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>>109037554
Winutil worked for exactly one reboot, then Start Menu became huge again. I thought Windows was the choice of people that do not want to fuck with their system 24/7 yet here we are, guess I have to give up my system to Windhawk. It's all so tiresome.

>>109044920
Why act like Windhawk is bad when you haven't even tried it and it's completely open and transparent? Just give the start menu styler mod a go and see if it's what you actually want instead of being all "woe is me......."

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>>109044954
They openly and honestly said upfront any author can anally probe me upon installing their mod. This discouraged me from using Windhawk.

>>109045028
I mean, you're injecting code into RAM to mod your system. You gotta actually be careful (at least with mods with much less users, the most used ones, like said start menu styler, would be more then safe.

new windows update is pretty good. used vivetool to force all the new stuff on and bluetooth audio sounds a bit better.

>>109045070
It's cool that K2 actually seems to be real. LTSC 2027 is gonna rock.

What is this thread's opinion on Microsoft Powertoys? Do you like it, dislike it? Also, what do you find particularly useful about it if you do use it?

>>109045650
Keyboard Manager can overwrite Windows' keybinds and File Locksmith is a nice alternative to third party file unlockers.

>>109045650
I only use it for Fancyzones because I have a fuckhuge 4k monitor and I haven't found any better way to divide it up into 4x1080p sections, but for that purpose it does its job well

>>109045650
I like the text extractor, file locksmith and always on top.

>>109045673
GlazeWM? I use it on a 1440p screen but I already rewired my brain to the TWM workflow.

>>109045650
It's a cool set of utilities that've been around since Windows 95, though these days they're open source.
Stuff like FancyZones or its Run program launcher are nifty.

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>haa Microslop Microslop look I said it again Microslop
>no we're not switching to Linux cuz muh Adobe and muh effort
At this point people bitching about Microsoft are as obnoxious as people that shill Linux. People only like romanticizing with the idea of using Linux and sticking it to Microsoft but they refuse to put in any effort into making their digital lives ever so slightly better. Cattle doesn't even cut it.

>>109046643
>>109046811
reminds me of my last days of school. almost half the computers were in a bsod lockup.

Any free pomodoro offline program for windows?
I'm using the default stopwatch for now but I want something that shows me when it's time to take the longer rest period.

>>109047174
there's like 10 billion youtube videos for that

>>109046643
Much as I'd like to dunk on Microsoft for being utter dogshit, which it is, in my experience BSODs are almost never a "Windows" problem but most frequently a bad hardware problem or bad 3rd party driver problem (I experienced this one with Focusrite relatively recently, absolutely terrible software).

>>109047235
People misunderstand what BSoD's even are. They associate it with some spite Microsoft has against their customers and that it's 100% Windows' fault since people just absolutely love to be perpetually mad at Microsoft, while in reality a BSoD is just a symptom of a problem, and not the problem itself.

Linux has kernel panics to do the same thing, and like you said, most of the time when shit like this happens it's because the hardware is failing, the OS catches that there's something severely wrong and shuts itself down. Most of the time it's the RAM failing, Linus Torvalds had an anecdote about that on his LTT appearance when he was talking about why ECC RAM is so important to him, it basically keeps the RAM modules in check to make sure you don't end up with BSoD's/kernel panics due to the RAM failing.

The last time I experienced a serious BSoD was because of a faulty Nvidia driver, one rollback and it got fixed. The BSoD was the symptom, the Nvidia driver was the problem.

>>109047284
na i just disconnected the Check Engine light. problem fixed.

>you never know when it'll break
If updates are disabled in theory, would there be any reason it would break?

>boot up my pc
>open windows explorer
>notice that a folder i never use is shown in my "Quick Access"
what's going on? is it a bug? did i get hacked? its very strange to see a folder of personal files that i havent touched in 5+ years suddenly getting a bunch of activity.

>>109047522
meant for
>>109023800
but im retarded

>>109047555
it's joever bro what did you install...

How to avoid having the annoying popup "we can't open ms-gamingoverlay' link?
Win11 IoT LTSC

>>109045673
>>109045671
>>109045676
>>109045699
Thanks anons

>>109047903
IIRC disabling the game bar gets rid of it, at least it does in W10 LTSC
Search for game bar settings in your start menu and try disabling it

>>109048570
Oh yeah the game bar can be disabled from the settings but if you remove it without disabling you're gonna be getting those errors if you're gonna invoke the game bar shortcut and such