FAQ:>How do I activate Windows?HWID2 generates and registers a permanent legitimate license on MS's activation serversgithub.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-ScriptsUsage: paste this into Powershell, run.irm https://get.activated.win | iex>and Office?Same link, select Ohook optionYou can also use Office.com if your needs are very minimalor try OnlyOffice/LibreOffice and set it to save in MSOffice file formats>What version should I install?>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021Binary identical to Enterprise except no MS Store or appsPreinstalled with: Edge & Win32 system apps"IoT LTSC" supported until 2032, "LTSC" until 2027>W11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2024Same as W10 version except:UI written in React Native aka JavaScript including: Start, Taskbar, ExplorerUse only if you fell for the 12th+ gen Intel meme and need the new CPU scheduler>W11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2027Same as 2024 version except:UI being rewritten in native WinUIETA: 2027H2>Installing apps on LTSCUse WinGet/Scoop or install MS Store in CMD with: wsreset -i>W11 Home/Pro/Education/Enterprise/Enterprise IoTPreinstalled with: Edge, Win32 system apps, MS Store, Candy Crush, etcAuto-reinstalls apps on feature updates1.5-3 years supportForced version upgrades>ISOs:Windows IoT LTSC https://pastebin.com/ywkasnhMWindows https://pastebin.com/nUMgAr0bOffice https://pastebin.com/G8w5qu6z>Should I debloat / build my own ISO?If you need to ask, then no.If you know what you're doing:https://pastebin.com/S5VKBirt>Portable programs & reinstall-proofinghttps://pastebin.com/Zh7WSbJ2>Useful programs (new installs, essentials, utilities, adobe, etc)https://pastebin.com/hN8nnwns>I miss Windows##OpenShell/RetroBar/WinClassic/StartIsBack>LTSC Install Guideshttps://rentry.org/windowsinstallguidehttps://rentry.org/concisewin10https://rentry.org/ltschttps://rentry.org/fwtarchivePreviously on /fwt/: >>109276249
What's next after 10 LTSC becomes too outdated to be usable? 11 is unusable straight up and the native rewrite won't make the crappy Microsoft philosophy go away, even with 10 I feel at times Bill is breathing down my neck or that I'm not fully in control of what my system does.
>>109367979I'd probably switch to 11 iot ltsc in 2027 when the new version is out. I don't really have any issues with windows 11, but it sucks that it's so memory hungry compared to windows 10.
>>109368078>it's so memory hungrytry ntlite
Any other schizophrenic-tier options that I should change other than these?
>>109368355If you're a real schizo use simplewall
>>109368355>>109368415For the options use https://rentry.org/ltsc
I love Windows!
Say goodbye to KMS activation
>>109370170bye KMS
>>109370170KMS4k via TSforge has basically overthrown it.
>>109367004
Massgrave has links to this Buzz website, is it legit? Never heard of it. Or should I just use Media Creation Tool? I only want the ISO for DISM repair.
>>109371910Buzzheavier is a good file service.
>>109371910you can download isos from microsoft directly, just google windows 10/11 downloadyou have to download isos for windows 10 on a phone or tablet or something, since windows won't let you do that. it's no biggie though, just plug in a cable and transfer it afterwards
>>109371910You can indeed use the MCT if you want, just run it via command line to force it to create an Enterprise ISO.But downloading ISOs from massgrave's repo via buzzheavier is also fine.
>>109372142>>109372152My problem is: I've read somewhere that for DISM you need your ISO to be the exact same version as the system you have right now. I don't know if I want to fiddle with this shit, should I just use MCT or the reset option from Settings to get my PC to work properly? My general problem is that updates glitched out and I haven't been able to install cumulative updates for like 3-4 months.
>>109372208Well it all comes down to what edition of Windows you're using as you can just get the latest July cumulative ISO that includes it and repair upgrade with that.
>>109373406yes
>>109373406based
>>109373406naka-dashi
I hope they'll implement a true dark mode. Why are the properties still fucking white?
>>109376140At this point the only way you can get a true dark mode is if you use a Winhawk mod
>>109376140I stopped caring anon.
>>109366891>UI being rewritten in native WinUI>ETA: 2027H2What's the source for this? Is it confirmed?
If you notice your Start Menu on LTSC 2021 takes well above 1 second to launch when clicking, make sure to set the registry "EnShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode" (if it exists) to 2 in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds. It fully disables the "News and Interests" widget. If it doesn't exist, that also disables it.One-liner commmand prompt to add or edit it to 2:REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Feeds" /v EnShellFeedsTaskbarViewMode /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
>>109377042no, it's just OP guessing it. It is confirmed that more windows components are getting rewritten but no 27H2 LTSC is confirmed, it's just assumed based on previous releases
>>109372142>you can download isos from microsoft directlyAs far as I know, you can't download W10 LTSC 2021 directly from MSIn any case it doesn't matter anyway since you can just verify the ISO's checksum
Henlo, I've decided that I will format and reinstall my windows install since I have a bunch of bullshit and it runs like ass after 8 years, what should I know/do to make my next install smoother and what programs should I install?
>>109381805>Use diskpart's "clean" on the target drive while in the setup>Use a local account>Reach your desktop offline firstly>Disable telemetry before connecting
where Sophie?
>>109382028I might still need my MS account for study stuff but thanks
>>109382109Could always just log into Office 365 with the MS account but not system-wide.
all good, win11 sisters?
>>109383214KMS activation hasn't been the norm for a while
>>109383214>KMSI'm feeling old...
>>109376140Unless you use StartAllBack (alternatively ExplorerPatcher or various Windhawk mods), it is what it isOtherwise feel free to experiment with custom visual styles that try their most to remedy it, at least with the Win32 side of the GUI (apparently the one that is bundled with Rectify11 seems to be faithful)>bear in mind potential visual glitches coming from using such skins, e.g. dark-on-dark unreadable text in Office apps
>>109383214>KMS
Do you guys still like windows?
>>109378070Just use OpenShell chuddie
I need to test something on windows. do you know where I can find QEMU images of windows installations? I found this one blog offering them but the download is super slow
>>109386970one hour left is not slow, try torrenting something nicheuse aria2c with 16 threads to speed it up
.... she was just here :(
OK, I'm fucked...I've tried everything that I can possibly try and maybe I'm just doing it very very wrong.Breakdown:>have a shit box laptop that is nearly dead, it had a good life.>buy a cheap arse former business machine to replace it (not for gaming, just for my online life and other things too survive)>it has a SSD>but no OSI've tried installing a portable winX from USB, but nothing.Everything seems so damn hard, I was even thinking of all the versions of Linux, but because I am retard.... that would be even more stupid.Please help. :(
>>109389632cheapshits are cheap for a reason mate
>>109389632Okay so you have a Windows install USB, but it didn't work when trying to install to the new machine? You need to give more details.
>>109389632You don't install with a portable version, you run the portable version from your BIOS. If you want to install it to your SSD then put an installer on your USB. It's very easy to look up how.
Is windows 11 iot ltsc decent? I installed linux on my laptop to play around with but now I'm going away for a week or two and being able to play games and watch anime without dealing with troubleshooting would be nice
>>109391222IoT LTSC 2024 is great if you want an 11 install that starts baseline very clean.
>>109391231okie doke, will probably be fine then
Retard here.While I despise windows I reset my original windows installation with a windows 11 LTSC installation for my grandma’s (formerly mine) computer. Now, I tried to get phone sync working since it’s supposed to conveniently support phone notifications and she likes it, while the Bluetooth part of syncing seems to work entirely fine (phone shows up, syncs just fine), the actual widget/app or whatever the fuck for phone syncing will bitch and moan about it not being connected, how do I fix this?I suspect it’s because the phone itself (IPhone 4/5S?) is too old itself, or because windows is retarded and fucked something up on installation.
>>109389632Can't you just get an .iso and use rufus to create a boot drive? just make sure the usb comes first in boot order and it should be fine
>>109392355Set up KDE Connect for this instead.
Windows 10 just introduced me to a brand new issue I didn't think possible. When I press the Sleep button in the Start menu, the monitor just goes black, like when you don't give the PC input for too long. But that's it, it doesn't enter sleep mode, and moving the mouse turns the screen back on, again just like if it turned off due to inactivity. This started happening yesterday evening. Does anyone know how to fix this?
>>109392821Might be a program blocking the full sleep. What does "powercfg /requests" show?
>>109392840
>>109392876Seems like Brave's WebRTC extension is the culprit? Maybe try disabling it in the settings.
>>109392887Doesn't work, I'm not giving many options. Exiting Brave also doesn't let my computer sleep.
>>109392907Could try closing Brave with "Continue running background apps when Brave is closed" turned off and see if sleep works then?
>>109392926Didn't work.
>>109392928Check in the advanced power plan settings in control panel and see if "Allow Away Mode Policy" is there under sleep settings and you can turn it off.
Are there more recent win11 iot ltsc iso available? I'm using the mas one.
>>109392955No, there's only one kind of IoT LTSC 2024 ISO ie the MAS one. It should work fine.
>>109392965OK thanks.
>>109392950It's not there.
>>109393045Fast boot enabled? If it's not, you could also try running "powercfg /requestoverride PROCESS brave.exe EXECUTION"
>>109393066Invalid parameters.
>>109393145I'm running out of ideas, sorry.
>>109392821For me, my computer just simply refuse to sleep and turn back on instantly.This isn't Windows issue, happens on my Linux installation too.
>>109366891Hi, my father is kind of a boyscout, and refuses to use massgrave. What is the most legit way to obtain a Windows 11 pro key without also price gouging?
>>109393504Seems like an ACPI tables issue, anon.
>>109392955>>109392991Just disable secure boot in your bios if it prevents you from installing it, then after installing and updooting, turn it back on
>>109395609Yeah that's fine, I just made it in audit mode and it all worked.
Just got a random preview KB5101684 show up, susge.
>>109395609Plus there's the whole deal where in the latest versions of Rufus that you can just slipstream the new UEFI/secure boot certs into any Windows boot USB that needs them.
>>109366891Is there a way to make windows 11 not terrible?
>>109398664Use the GAC Enterprise or IoT Enterprise LTSC versions of it.
>>109394812its $200 dude
>>109394812You can give unactivated Windows 7 to Windows 10 free upgrade a try even if Microsoft claimed that they shut down that method 3 years ago.If it works, upgrate to W11
>>109398939The reason why the original version of HWID stopped worked was because MS disabled the free 7-to-10 activation.
>>109398664no
>>109398664buy pro (retail)do the usb manuallyoffline install (the command does still work)run through gpedit/settings real quickdone
What's the current state of spying in w10 iot & w11 iot (unbloated as much as possible)? Like what data it sending and how much? If to go full shizo, *in theory*, could microslop or some 3letter group remote access my pc via system tools?
>>109399384When you set everything to security/lowest level in Enterprise-based editions the only stuff that gets sent to MS is very generic hardware info so Windows Update knows what to do.
>>109366891How do you guys deal with not having wifi during installation? How do you find your wifi drivers if they aren’t on your motherboards drivers (msi)
>>109399699If the generic drivers that Windows includes don't work for you you can always just use your phone to download the wireless driver for your MSI motherboard and move it over to the tower. You could also in the future use Snappy Driver Installer Origin and download its network driver package to just have on a USB with you so you don't need to worry about shit like this again.
>>109366891What are some programs you guys would consider essential? I plan on making custom ISOs for a bunch of Windows versions that include additional software. So far I have 7-Zip, VLC and WinDirStat.
>>109399699If you really can't plug in an ethernet cable, some solutions are either putting the specific driver you need on a USB drive, or using SDIO on another machine to make a USB drive that contains every network driver and will detect and install the one you need
>>109398754$140 on Newegg tho
>>109399699USB tethering from the phone
>>109399797>WinDirStatWizTree is much faster in my experienceHmm what elseVeraCrypt>Everything (+ disable Windows Search service)IrfanView>yt-dlp + ffmpegLibreOffice maybe? It sucks in comparison to MS Office but could be nice to include for ppl who don't wanna crack it>OpenShell (imo)And stuff likeVisual C+ Runtimes>.NET FrameworkK-Lite Codec Pack Mega maybe?
>>109399797How do you plan on making this btw? I've always wanted to make a custom Windows .iso that has all the settings from the settings menu (including shit like taskbar position etc), Group Policy edits, Registry changes and programs I use daily installed myself
>>109400931NTLite is the easiest GUI frontend but IIRC you can also use just straight DISM.
>>109401141> saw a "Pricing" link on the site> closed the tab
>>109401156You can download cracked full versions of it from certain sites, but the free version is still fairly usable.Otherwise learn how to slipstream shit into an install.wim file via DISM.
> mfw msstore keep permanent history of installed apps
when i use linux there's systemd going all matrix when the computer shutting down, showing how everything unmounts etc....so i was wondering how does the shutdown process for windows look like behind the scenes, what happens?
>>109401433it also keeps track of windows version btw (or it used to be i think). the global id thing didn't really surprise me since i always knew that they track your hardware. how else do they keep the key etc? on iot i could see my pro activation and on pro i could see my iot activation.
