FAQ:
>How do I activate Windows?github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
HWID2 generates and registers a permanent legitimate license on MS's activation servers
Usage: paste into Powershell, run.
irm https://get.activated.win | iex
>and Office?Same method, use Ohook
You can also use Office.com if your needs are very minimal
or try OnlyOffice/LibreOffice and set it to save in MSOffice file formats
>What version should I install?W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
>Binary identical to Enterprise except no MS Store or apps>Preinstalled with: Edge & Win32 system apps>10 years support on "IoT LTSC", 5 for "LTSC">Manual version upgradesIoT LTSC 2022: https://pastebin.com/rHcgvYS7
W11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2024
>Same as W10 version except:>UI written in React Native aka JavaScript including: Start, Taskbar and Explorer that lags even on i9s>Use only if you fell for the 12th+ gen Intel meme and need the new CPU scheduler>Wait for IoT LTSC 2027 if you canInstalling apps on LTSC
>use WinGet or install MS Store in CMD with: wsreset -iW10/W11 Home/Pro/Education/Enterprise/Enterprise IoT
>Preinstalled with: Edge, Win32 system apps, MS Store, OneDrive, Weather, Movies, Music, Candy Crush, etc>Auto-reinstalls apps on feature updates>1.5-3 years support>Forced version upgrades>ISOs:Windows IoT LTSC https://pastebin.com/ywkasnhM
Windows https://pastebin.com/nUMgAr0b
Office 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/windowsinstallguide
https://rentry.org/concisewin10
https://rentry.org/ltsc
https://rentry.org/fwtarchive
Previously on /fwt/:
>>105494197
>>105545831 (OP)How to sandbox Desktop applications properly (android-like)
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I love Windows!
based OP, madlad used the image
>tfw past 2 OP images were posted by me ITT
>tfw I don't even use windows
>>105545831 (OP)I'm trying to install windows 11 iot ltsc using the iso from the pastebin in the op. It does match the checksum, however the first screen I'm presented with is asking for missing drivers. It doesn't say which ones, just "media drivers"
asus proart x870e wifi
9800x3d
rtx 3090
samsung 970 evo plus 256gb
>>105546619Installing in virtualbox works fine, so I'm thinking it's an issue with the etching tool I'm using. I'll use this vm to write the iso with rufus and see how that goes.
>>105546765You used BalenaEtcher? Doesn't work with Windows ISOs.
If you're making a Windows boot disk on Linux you need to use either Ventoy or manually make the disk yourself. If you're on a Windows environment you can just use Rufus.
>>105546619Are you using linux? There's this weird thing about making bootable windows usb on linux with missing drivers.
Using rufus to make bootable windows usb on windows works fine.
>>105546783>>105546803There's also WoeUSB-ng for those doomed to use linux.
https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng
>>105546803It's something about Windows ISOs not being "hybrid" so they have to be flashed in a very certain way that most Linux-based USB flashers don't do.
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>>105546783>>105546803Yeah, I was using kde's iso writer on arch.
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>>105545831 (OP)Do Win 11 fags really?
>>105546892So yeah, that's why it didn't work.
The USB you're making through a Windows VM with Rufus should work fine.
>>105546803>>105546839Huh, that's really good to know if I ever switch to Linux and regret it
You guys got any list of services I can just safely disable in win10?
>>105547476i only disable connected user experiences and temeletry, not really needed when you tick allow diagnostic data to 0 in gpedit but it's for comfyness sakes. beyond that, no, not really. you could disable windows error reporting service if you dont use it maybe, and windows search if you don't use indexing. everything else is either useful or not actively running unless needed, and you dont want to disable some service that for some weird coding reason is required for something else to function and then have everything break. operating systems are super complex, im pretty sure if you disable biometric service that you break certain sections in settings and if you disable an amd service it breaks freesync in some games etc
>>105547496I just want to get rid of everything that could potentially access my HDDs and spin them up from sleep.
>>105547476The ones that ShutUp10 disables when you choose the recommend settings.
>>105547531Used it to disable everything.
>>105547518There are none. For some reason W11 is making schizos go insane to the point where they create fake screen like pic related
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>>105547730Kek, this reads exactly like a /g/ post
Why is defender turning itself on.
>>105546906I'll take shit that never happened for 500$, Alex.
>inb4 muh defenderlearn to read malware definitions
it probably detected some pajeet malware embedded in your shitty rmvb CAMRIP or an infected PDF abusing some exploit in Adobe (piss be upon them) Reader.
bonus kek: it was actually an executable or a VBScript but your retarded ass didn't enable file extensions in explorer
W11 has its right share of problems and retarded decisions (probably right from a business stance, yet shitty from the end-user stance). There's absolutely no need to make shit up.
Im getting tons of seemingly random stutters in games in win10, how do i get rid of them
>>105547830The stutters or the games?
>>105547886the stuttering...
>>105547817How did you turn it off exactly?
>>105547817Defender always turns itself back on until you rip it out (or use Enterprise/Education so the group policy to turn it off stays off.)
>>105547830>>105547910"Fullscreen optimizations" used to fuck up with games, so you might want to check that up.
Also give LatencyMon a run to see what might be behind the stutters. See whether some driver is causing a ruckus, and then upgrade/downgrade if necessary.
>>105547942>>105547945I just turned it off in it's options, but it was silly for me to expect windows would care. Now I have disabled it in Group Polices. If that doesn't work I will look for some other hacks.
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>>105547960>Now I have disabled it in Group PolicesJust to be clear you have ENABLE the policy that turns it off
After restarting Windows, Defender should be off in the security settings and it should say something like pic related
>>105547986you have to* enable
>>105547960It says right there when you disable it in its settings that it'll turn itself back on. You gotta dig a bit deeper to actually turn it off off.
>>105547986Yeah, I did it like that.
Bump for the month of NT.
I think I'm due for a reinatall.
I have a valid Win10 education license. Is it still worth it to pirate IoT?
If I want to dual boot linux, how should I go about it? Make 3 partitions in my 2tb ssd? One for Linux install, one for windows install? And one for... Programs?
>>105549356>I think I'm due for a reinatall>I have a valid Win10 education license. Is it still worth it to pirate IoT?Ask yourself whether you aren't dependent on UWP/Microsoft Store-based apps that much, you are willing to use an OS edition that doesn't have them installed (sans for the system apps like Settings), and whether your HW supports LTSC.
Enterprise LTSC doesn't differ that much over regular Enterprise, feature-wise, except for the dirty-nuked WindowsApps and longer update timecycle, plus you are officially fixed to 21H2 (although you can unofficially install the 22H2 enablement package, see the "LTSC 2022" paste).
There are differences between IoT Enterprise LTSC and the regular one, particularly with the much prolonged update cycle, licensing -> activation and minor stuff. See: https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
>If I want to dual boot linux, how should I go about it? Make 3 partitions in my 2tb ssd? One for Linux install, one for windows install? And one for... Programs?Dualbooting Windows and Linux will be finicky (hell, even dualbooting a newer version of Windows and, say, Windows 7 might cause problems - AFAIK changes within the NTFS filesystem and shadow copies come to my mind - autochk will start tripping).
What comes to my mind when you have to deal with Windows+Linux dualbooting are two important things: system time conflicts (Linux uses UTC time while Windows uses local time - hilarity ensues) and Fast Startup (basically hibernation-tier shutdown) which you have to disable with hibernation as whole in Windows, in order to avoid corrupting your Windows NTFS drive when changes to it are done in Linux. (There should be failsafes implemented in Linux to connect it as read-only when it detects the drive being hibernated, but YMMV).
Make sure whatever distro you will install uses Paragon's NTFS kernel driver that was mainlined, instead of NTFS-3G.
See this, it will be useful: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows
>>105549356Just keep in mind that if you install Windows and Linux on the same drive, Windows will sometimes replace your bootloader with the Windows one when updating, and you’ll have to fix your bootloader to be able to boot into your Linux install again
>>105549603...or chainload GRUB or whatever boot manager the distro uses from the Windows Boot Manager.
>>105549356For now you could just use MAS to get the ESU license and have the Education install last until late 2028.
Are the fonts and sizes different in win10? Everything feels of compared to 7 but I'm not sure where.
>>105549858>>105549603>>105549580Thanks. Maybe I'll install windows and linux in separate nvmes and use BIOS to choose which to boot from to be safe, and then partition my 2tb into ntfs for windows+windows programs and gpt or whatever for linux programs.
I don't use any windows store apps but I'll have to see if there's any 22H2 features I might care about like stuff that increases performance.
Thanks for the detailed replies.
I have a "neighbor" with a pc on win10pro, they are scared about security updates ending in October...
>nudge, nudge, you're good with computers, anon, help me out
Is it possible to extend security support for win10pro for a few more years, like ltsc?
It needs to be granny proof, so no fiddling with it, nor do I think reinstall is in the cards, since I don't think she wants to start all over with whatever programs she has and so on. The desktop is not win11 compliant, and I have not been able to find a cheapo 11 compliant replacement, so dunno what to do.
Can I convert a 10pro license to 10ltsc without reinstall, so she can get a few more years of support? Some other idea?
>>105550055You need to convert it into an Enterprise install then you can use the ESU license through MAS to give it another three years.
>>105550069That works without it exploding? I don't want to hear an old lady yelling at me.
>>105550155Windows editions have been hot swappable for over a decade now. You just need to re-activate it with MAS after changing the edition
>>105550316I thought there was a separation between home/pro and enterprise/ltsc.
>>105550354Enterprise has two variants, regular Enterprise and Enterprise LTSC, Home and Pro can easily be upgraded to Enterprise through MAS
>>105545831 (OP)What's wrong with 24H2 LTSC IOT?
Isn't there a huge performance uplift for Zen 4 and Zen 5?
Also, software updates and new release will soon stop supporting 21H2 because normalfag Windows 10 supports ends in october, right?
>>105551783>What's wrong with 24H2Changes deep within internal structures made that certain applications relying on undefined behavior and assumed it won't ever change get fucked.
Most notable example would be GTA SA. Not surprised as Rockstar of David's code standards are shit.
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/2025/04/23/gta-san-andreas-win11-24h2-bug/
But for the end-user it looks like Microsoft fucked up for a quick glance, since it did work on previous versions and it doesn't on 24H2. Still deals a blow toward the apparent SOTA-standard of the OS' backwards compatibility.
>Also, software updates and new release will soon stop supporting 21H2 because normalfag Windows 10 supports ends in october, right?Nah, it won't be that quick like it was with Windows 7. The marketshare is still fairly strong, and I'd argue there are much less key architectural differences between 10 and 11 than it was with 7 and 8 to drop support. (11 is still NT 10 under the hood lmao).
You may expect some of the apps that will "not work" on 10 and will on 11, and all it takes to make them "work" is lying about the OS version or patching out the check.
>>105551783w11 22h2 is what caused the massive performance drop in the first place
>>105551783>will soon stop supportingno
21h1 support will last until 2032, which means chrome support will last until 2032, which means all support will last until 2032
there has never in the history of windows been people dropping support before official ms eol
I want to put Windows 10 on and old laptop with Windows 7 but without losing access to Windows 7; will Windows 10 handle that on its own? Like create a sort of grub-like bootloader where you can choose between both? Because I have the fear it will just overwrite the Windows 7 bootloader instead
>>105553296I wouldn't be so sure about that. In one or two years there will be plenty newly released games that will officially only support Win11 (doesn't mean they won't run on 21H2).
Keep in mind that 90%+ of Windows users are on the consoomer versions Home or Pro and they will be EOL in october and won't receive security updates far beyond that.
>>105553338Windows 10's bootloader detects other Windows installations and let's you choose which one to boot, so it's safe.
But just in case it doesn't work and W10 messes something up, you can just use a W7 install disk and repair the bootloader
>>105553443Ok thanks. Should I choose upgrade or custom installation though?
Anybody try running the new June AMD drivers on Windows 10 IoT LTSC?
I got no software for the 9060xt
>>105554182custom since it's a fresh W10 install, what you want is to install W10 in the unallocated space you created
>>105549932Fonts and text rendering change with every version pretty much, there's a difference even between W10 and W11, especially in uwp apps
>>105549932the Segoe fonts themselves look different.
Same thing between 10 and 11 with the variable font stuff.
Anyone having trouble getting the latest cumulative update? My secondary machine only shows the optional preview of the May update.
>>105553296>there has never in the history of windows been people dropping support before official ms eolBrowsers might make it to 2032, but Windows 7 ESU ended in 2023 and lots of software started requiring W10 years before that (Dolphin emulator for example), and that's just GAC ESU which isn't even that long
IoT is 4 years longer than ESU, so I wouldn't be surprised if software other than web browsers stop supporting W10 before 2032
>>105546377>>105549299You boys are so cute and silly!
EASIEST WAY TO GET WINDOWS STORE ON 11 LTSC, NO POWERSHELL REQUIRED.
>search for Xbox windows app and download
>once installed, go to 'show queue' in the bottom left corner
>click 'install options' in the upper right
>click 'App' in side menu
>install 'app installer' and 'store' and optionally any other of the depencies you need
For some reason 'wsreset -i' in power shell doesn't work for me, so this method should work for everyone.
>>105555611Forgot to mention after you install the dependencies you can just uninstall the Xbox app.
>>105555500apparently they slowed down release because they broke something again
>>105545831 (OP)>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021When was the last update of this LTSC version and when will be the next update?
>>105545831 (OP)Recommendations for best email client that has AI functions?
>>105555955LTSC versions are permanently frozen on the features from when they came out, so IoT LTSC 2021 is frozen on 21H2
It gets constant security updates until 2032, but ONLY security updates, so if any software requires more recent features it won't run on it
Okay so I got Win 10 IoT LTSC running on a mini PC. I'm using Launchbox as a front end with Kodi as my main non-vidya media player. It's pretty comfy, and Windows isn't nearly as intrusive as I thought it'd be, especially after I disabled the windows shell.
IT'S PATCH WEDNESDAY
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PATCH WEDNESDAY
(it's still delayed for a lot of people)
How do I bring up the system information prompt like you see in the desktop threads?
QRD on W10 end of life? I'm using Windows 10 Pro, should I worry?
I could upgrade to W11 but I don't want to
Will the update center not work anymore for Windows that are not LTSC?
>>105558620If you don't want to upgrade to Win11, you can use MAS to enable ESU for security updates until 2028.
>>105558635Just did that, thanks
Hey fuck jannies, why did you delete
>>105547730 (which is the full truth), but left
>>105547610 (a crop created for lying) up?
Are you THAT used to getting away with bullshitting your userbase?
>>105546906Like most things baby ducks post, this is a lie to make themselves feel better about being poor and worthless.
I have 11 on my new pc running completely fine, I was surprised zoomers are creaming their pants over 10 to 11 migration so I tried installing 11 on my old laptop and it actually runs like trash compared to 10 i had for few years here + defender is overly aggressive
however the laptop wasn't new and like 150$ 4 years ago so no wonder poorfags have lags on their crusty thinkpads
windows finally stopped using 100% of my hdd to update
now i can use my computer
yippee
>>105545831 (OP)Guys, how do I get my new windows 10 install to recognize webms and webp and windows photo viewer without installing the ms store? Without installing a 3rd party image viewer like irfanview and all that junk.
anyone using aero lite aka windows 8 theme on winboobs 10?
>>105559020Use asheroto's winget-install script to get access to MS Store repos without needing it. Then you can get the VP9 extentions through that.
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I'm seeing this error A LOT recently at numerous companies, and the only fix I've found so far is just to reinstall windows. Anyone else seen any actual fixes for this?
(Wireless adaptor stops working, a network reset then knocks out ethernet and bluetooth as well)
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>>105559009dude bill fuck off already
will this shit stop after 10 is no longer supported?
>>105559463Do you use a hard drive still? I've only really noticed this kind of stupid disk usage on those and not on SSDs.
>>105559009>>105559463>windows 10>on an HDDhow fast is the platter spinning, anon?
I woudn't be surprised if it's 5400RPM and it sucks mad dick.
>>105559009do you seriously leave automatic updates turned on? are you also running stock windows too? have you tried changing that or doing anything about windows behaviour you don't like? tip: iot ltsc + gpedit edits
>>105559858I mean all I do is just leave my Windows to install the latest monthly update when Patch Tuesday comes around after refreshing the update page. Does it's thing, back to using it as normal.
>>105545831 (OP)Alright, what exactly is the catch here? There has to be one. Why would I take my chance on this rather than just buy a legitimate license?
>>105560355There's no catch. Just werks.
You can go to the MAS website and read up on how their methods work, and it even shows how to do them manually without the need of the script if you're paranoid.
>>105558382You mean screenfetch-likes in the terminal? Get cygwin or msys2 and install the neofetch package.
But what you should really do instead is use WinFetch. It might be a VerboseShell script but at least it's running under a native shell and should load instantaneously.
https://github.com/lptstr/winfetch
>>105560355The catch is massgrave unlocks windows by phoning home to Microsoft by sending them your hardware ID. The idea is that MS is not going to give a shit about (You), a single person, pirating their software so they won't do shit.
So if you care about MS not knowing you're pirating their OS, use KMS, otherwise use the massgrave script.
>>105561172You can use MAS to KMS activate too, anon. Especially using the new KMS4K method through TSforge.
>>105561136No, that gui system information prompt with the logo that some windows users use instead of a fetch.
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How do I stop Windows 10 from automatically rebooting after updates?
I already looked through the GPO and turned off automatic reboot but it still does it.
What am I missing?
Where can I download Affinity for free aka pirate?
>>105561410lord forgive me but just check the piracy reddit
>>105561308is your PC actually connected to a company or something? or you used a debloater? it's kinda odd that it doesn't let you do that, specially from GPO.
>>105561789NTA but I know "eww yucky reddit" but their piracy sub is legit
>>105561826I googled this some time ago and used gpo to disable automatic restart so now it has that warning, thats what happens when you use gpos.
i have it debloated yes.
idk if set the wrong gpo or there are others that need to be applied.
>>105561789fuck those faggots, I'm downloading Adobe InDesign and Illustrator from M0nkrus website. Thanks man
>>105561308What exact Windows Update group policies have you configured?
What I would just do is to enable the "Configure Automatic Updates" policy and set it to 2 - notify-only.
>>105562205i honestly dont remember, and gpo doesnt have a search feature.
where is "Configure Automatic Updates" under?
>>105563322the same path where you changed that auto-restart policy - Windows Update under Administrative Templates->Windows Components.
I think my Windows 11 installation is fucked. Whenever I want to update Discord, for example, it says ‘HELLO THE PROGRAMME IS STILL RUNNING’ but it won't run any more. It only works when I start the safe mode...
does anyone know what regestry key is used for Tasks Manager Windows Explorer icon file?
It intially used a another program's icon but I uninstalled it so now it shows blank, not sure how that happened in the first place.
>>105564453>does anyone know what regestry key is used for Tasks Manager Windows Explorer icon file?Assuming you haven't modified system files, customization-wise, it's more than likely that the icon cache just shat itself. Run this command to rebuild it.
ie4uinit -show
>>105564585no luck still after running that command
I haven't but it was using an app's (easy robocopy) icon for some strange reason then I uninstalled it to see what would happen, now its just blank
What is "WPA count" when the MAS activator is doing its thing?
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>>105563961whats the exact name and is it under computer or user config?
>long day of sorting thousands of files with thumbnails in directory opus with lots of tabs open
>later randomly putting together a star in space engine
>tab out to librewolf to read up an article
>entire system suddenly hangs
>awshitherewegoagain
>after a minute it blacks screens, and the system restarts on its own
>nothing in reliability history
>check event log
>The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.
dafuq was that
>>105556554How about DirectX12? I heard rumors that some games won't run without the Ultimate version that can't be installed on Win10 (IoT) LTSC. Ultimate however is included in Win 11 IoT) LTSC.
Any info on this problem? Anyone here?
>>105565802>later randomly putting together a star in space enginePutting together a star? I know what Space Engine is but your post doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
Anyways corrupted shader cache can cause hard restarts among other things.
>>105567160Honestly it's pretty fucking cool that this wallpaper is actually a real photograph they did with glass panes and stuff. The way it looks I always thought it was CG
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How do I remove this annoying help button guys? Why did microsoft think it was a good idea to put a help button near the X. I keep opening edge by accident.
>>105559184Are there any downsides to installing winget this way? What's the difference between this and the github releases?
>>105567825The script installs all of winget's dependencies as well so it fully works without needing the MS Store existing as well.
>>105567373Anon... apu isn't real
>>105567836he's real in my heart
>>105567813sirs is good idea we get more traffic to bing.com
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>>105567813As far as I know the only option is using a third party file explorer
Honestly it never bothered me with how tiny it is
>>105545831 (OP)>Usage: paste into Powershell, run.>irm https://get.activated.win | iexI just did this on Windows 10 home and it worked. But will the motherboard now always have a valid Windows 10 home license attached to it that automatically activates after another owner of this pc say re-installs completely? The way normal OEM licenses for motherboards work.
Or do you have to run the command again? I want to sell the pc in a bit but can't ethically say it has activated windows if it stops being activated if they mess with it.
>>105567914I don't know what the exact hardware change threshold is, but if you activated with HWID the machine has a permanent license attached to it's hardware, though it needs to be connected to the internet at least once after a clean install so it activates
Basically when Windows will connect to the internet it'll check the ID the hardware generates and check if that specific ID has a license in their servers and they'll automatically activate the install if there's a license associated with the ID
>>105567914Yes, whenever 10 Home is now re-installed on this motherboard it'll automatically activate when it connects to the net on a fresh install.
HWID activation is only lost when a large amount of the parts connected to the motherboard are changed, or the install drive is swapped to another motherboard.
>>105567954>>105568099Great stuff amigos.. gonna save me some money; I'm fixing up a bunch of pcs for resell and activated windows is a feature people want to see
>>105568111It's obviously a grey area if you do it like this and sell them, but the HWID activation is so real it doesn't even matter. Keep in mind that even certain MS phone support techs have remotely used MAS one peoples' PCs to fix not working licenses cause it's just easier.
Please forgive my retardation, when the OP says you need shell to install apps on LTSC does that mean just the ones from the app store or every application?
Should I "upgrade" to Windows 11 now?
I'm currently using W10 Edu and was planning on waiting for 25H2 before installing it. Maybe they'll polish it before 10's EOL.
>>105568303just the store
>>105568447Just activate the ESU license with MAS via TSforge. Education has an extended EoL of October 2028 like Enterprise.
>>105568447Hold on to W10 using the ESU upgrades from MAS, then wait to see if 25H2 is indeed good or not to make a choice
>>105568447What the other Anon said
Just activate ESU with MAS and you'll have until Oct 2028 to make a choice
>>105545831 (OP)Quick question... does /fwt/ recommend any app firewalls like LitteSnitch on Mac or OpenSnitch on Linux? I'd like to be able to control which applications have access to the Internet.
I came across GlassWire, Simplewall and Portmaster. I've tried GlassWire and Portmaster so far. Both seem to be do different things. Portmaster is more of a malware/ads blocker.
Any recommendations?
>>105568504i use simplewall on windows
>>105568504Try Fort. It's a FOSS no-nonsense allow/deny firewall with an easy to use UI.
>>105568512I'll give it a try. I didn't like the other two at all.
>>105568515Thanks! Will try next as well.
>>105568504Those are usually the most common ones, I've been using Fort in one laptop and it runs fine. Although one anon said it doesn't work if you have Core Memory Isolation enabled in Defender because dev is a dick
Fort is almost the same as Simplewall, a few more features and it doesn't come with telemetry blocklists but that's about it
>>105568537Thanks!
Can't wait to try it. It's a shame it's not in Chocolatey...
>>105568537>Although one anon said it doesn't work if you have Core Memory Isolation enabled in Defender because dev is a dickCrap. Can't even install it.
>>105568576Why do you even keep core isolation enabled? It's a performance problem and useless anyway.
>>105568698>Why do you even keep core isolation enabled? It's a performance problem and useless anyway.It's a default.
I disabled it. Managed to install Fort but I can't really run it for some reason. I'm running it as Admin..
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Just installed windows 10 iot enterprise and ran the standard privacy.sexy script. I'm trying to install microsoft photos and video player with the microsoft store ids in powershell with winget, but i get these 0x80070422 errors after I press yes to the prompts, did I mess something up with the privacy.sexy scripts? This worked before after installing winget with asheroto's script.
>>105569251I went into services.msc and manually started these services
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Windows Update
Windows Update medic service
and even ran
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
all from administrator powershell and still same error.
>>105565843>DirectX12works
>>105569251you killed the Update Service
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What causes this? hibernation?
>>105569483If hiberfil.sys is in your install you indeed have hibernation turned on. You can turn it off via an admin cmd with "powercfg /h off"
How do I get the HEVC codec from mirosoft store without paying 99 cents for it?
>>105569441Oh no, how do I re-enable it? I'm looking for what ever I turned off on privacy.sexy, only thing I can think of is Privacy Over Security> Disable automatic updates (revert), just ran it back as revert and nothing.
>>105569678>privacy.sexyrevert everything you did there then run
sfc /scannow
and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
>>105569712I reveverted everything, sfc, dism, still nothing. I gave up and just reinstalled w10 all over again. I made sure all the services were on and still kept getting that same error in the settings and winget.
>>105565615Are you far-sighted, anon? It's literally in the picrel.
>one entry above the highlighted>>105569599 (dubs)
https://store.rg-adguard.net/
>ProductID - search 9N4WGH0Z6VHQ - Retailand install the appxbundle.
>>105570111 (trips)
>I gave up and just reinstalled w10 all over againHopefully from an untouched ISO, and not some hacked trash.
By any chance - do you use any kind of network filters that might've blocked windows update domains, IPs and the like? (HOSTS, Pi-hole, etc.)
Anyone here tried sideloading NTFS Deduplication tools from server into regular desktop windows?
>>105545831 (OP)do you guys update to IoT LTSC 2022?
>>105570900I haven't bothered, but the instructions to do it seem fairly straightforward.
>>105570900The fuck is IoT LTSC 2022, some kind of leaked beta? custom modded system? There's only 21 and 24.
Or do you mean non-LTSC IoT?
>>105570970It's IoT LTSC 2021 with an package installed into it through DISM that ups the version number to 22H2. That's it.
What is "reinstall-proofing"?
For the e-corelets that want to run Windows 10 and don't want to disable them outright - these power plan policy changes should make it more adapted for heterogeneous CPUs.
https://pastebin.com/YqGCt33c
>https://pastebin.com/Zh7WSbJ2
dang...
Does anyone know of an alternative to Window Centering Helper app? I scanned it on virustotal and it looks fairly clean, only 3 hits by some random noname AVs, but it's still proprietary and constantly running on startup in background for it to work, so I was wondering if anyone in /fwt/ had an alternative for it that's FOSS? Preferably something lightweight. My OCD doesn't let me use windows if I can't center every windowed app.
"A device which does not exist was specified."
Does anyone know why this error comes up when using USB SSD sticks 1tb and up, and not with regular non nvme 32gb thumbdrives? The usb ssd works on my computer from 2015 just fine, but it won't get picked up on another w10 computer. Both ssd and non ssd drive work fine on the old computer, but not on the new one. It worked fine the first time, then after I removed it and tried to use it again, it stopped picking it up and gives a Location is not available error. It even shows up fine in Device Manager, but says the correct driver is already installed.
>>105571172Oh, I see... another partition.
Why the hell does Windows 10 iot not detect a USB Attached SCSI (UAS) Mass Storage Device on newer laptops. Is this an amd ryzen 5 or 7 problem on a pc less than 5 years old? Old intel laptop has no issues. windows usb Drivers are the same on both computers. It just keeps saying that the device does not exist.
I installed Windows 11 on a bland drive of a small laptop. The OS is taking over 100GB of space. Why so much? What's consuming so much? is there a way to reduce it?
>>105566003>Putting together a star? I know what Space Engine is but your post doesn't make any sense whatsoeverMeant to say Universe Sandbox, was working on a new simulation and setting up some star parameters. I booted up the game again today, turned on V-Sync and then immediately a black screen followed by a restart a minute later.
Wondering if this is an issue with AMD's SMT that I can fix by assigning core affinity or something.
>>105571263A fairly famous placebo. Been doing the rounds at Guru3D and the like for years.
Remember that Windows 10 can't tell the difference between an Alder Lake (and later) P-core and an E-core - as far as it's concerned, they're all P-cores.
You can twiddle these settings all you like, they won't have any effect.
>>105572056a fresh installation of w11 can only take up to 64GB with all drivers and updates and system requirement points set up. im guessing you didnt do a clean install with a proper usb stick and clean iso from microsoft and have some OEM bloatware on the machine or you did an upgrade so there's a windows.old folder on your computer. But realistically W11 if installed cleanly should only take up like 50gb max after all the updates are done including drivers and microsoft store apps and system restore point taking up 5gb and hybernation taking up 5gb. If you remove everything you don't need it can go down by half
>>105572226Don't forget the pagefile. Since at least Vista, Windows has defaulted to making it at least the size of your system RAM. If you have 32GB RAM, you've likely got a 32GB pagefile.sys on your boot drive.
There's a good technical reason for this, but /g/ doesn't generally understand those, so I won't bother explaining it.
>>105572273*clap clap clap*
>>105572056Let's see:
>base Windows install image (you may check details for each edition in install.wim with DISM, or even use 7-Zip to check index information)>pagefile and the hibernation state file (you can configure pagefile stuff in sysdm.cpl or keep it in recommended settings, hiberfil.sys rises proportionally to your installed RAM size - mine's roughly 40% of the total 32GB RAM)>Windows Update packages that are stored in the Component Store, including superseded packages; can be cleaned with dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup>bonus points if you add the /ResetBase switch to the command to rebase the component store (keep in mind you won't be able to uninstall the current cumulative update in case it breaks something, as it will be practically baked into the install)>driver packages, including older ones - use PnpUtil/DISM to delete them, depending whether you're doing on a running install or offline>(DriverStoreExplorer is a good GUI front-end)>OEM bloatware - hope you didn't install from the OEM Recovery, or have some scumbag OEM hardware that injects their shitware into a Windows install from the WPBT table>(looking at you, Lenovo)>shadow copies, including system restore points>memory dumps from a program crash or a BSoD>user profiles>program configuration data - whether in user's AppData or system-wide ProgramData>temporary files>installed programs and populated registry hives, over timeScan your drive with WizTree and check how's the situation in your system drive. Should be blazing-fast as it leverages upon NTFS' MFT table (speaking of NTFS, it also displays its metafiles and their size). I might've missed some details but these stuff should be where you have to pay attention to.
>>105572207I see, I guess these would really pertain to the few big.little-based ARM SOCs that are 10-compatible? (if there are any at all, correct me if i'm wrong?)
>>105572348I always assumed they were for the benefit of NUMA architectures. But I suppose big.LITTLE ARM architectures are just as likely an explanation.
>>105572226>>105572260>>105572348Here's the screenshot of the WizTree,
Hibernation file is huge! Any way of getting rid of it if I'll never put the laptop to sleep?
>>105572983Open an admin cmd and type powercfg /h off
Hibernation will disable and the hibernation file will delete itself. Now also something like Fast Boot will never happen again when you shut your PC off.
how do I stop my computer from updating randomly, and make it update at a fixed time? For example, restart every week on Sunday at 11pm?
also, random applications on my computer keep quitting. Some of them restart on their own. Some of their functionality changes when it restarts, like the locale changes. I searched on google for an answer and it says that the computer just does that. Can I stop my applications from auto updating, or make them only update once a week?
>>105572348>>105572983>>105573026Situation right now after running the commands you provided... a lot less space wasted! Thanks.
Still, there's a bunch of stuff I have no idea what it does but at least there's less.
>>105573176Stuff to do with WinSxS is update based. Windows usually cleans that out itself.
>>105573219Thanks!
Any thoughts on changing the paging file size? I have a fair bit of RAM and I don't plan on using it for anything memory intensive...
I found instructions on how to reduce it and I'm on this screen but I'm not sure what's a good size.
>>105572684Yeah, I think that would explain it. Thanks for the 411.
There are not that many 3rd-party resources that document how do Windows components exactly behave without all kinds of snake-oil information being circulated all around or misattributions to the point that even Andjeet-related resources from communities like XDA and the like feel more accurate in comparison. Have seen wide misconceptions about SysMain/MMAgent on Guru3D too.
>admittedly, it isn't that much documented on MS docs, either, especially on how it evolved throughout NT6 releases. i might be looking at wrong places though. gotta give Yosivovich & Co.'s Windows Internals a read, one day.I recently came to like MSD-i mean Microsoft Learn, though. It seems fairly documented and organized, even tho I prefer MediaWiki-based stuff.
>fuck them for nuking older MSDN resources, though. I get nuking executables that won't be ever SHA256-signed - still a dick-move - but text-based resources?>if the fucking BBC can archive old news pages (text, images and fucking RealMedia files) as early as late 90s and still have them published online, then so can Microsoft
>>105573176if you did all the updates and your system is stable, and you are willing to risk not having any system restore points and no older windows update backups then you can also run this if your shit is stable rn, but i'd suggest first running dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth and sfc /scannow, restarting, then
Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
>>105573296Fantastic! I'll definitely run it later today after I install few drivers and restart a few times to make sure it's rock-solid.
>>105573254I've seen some comments claim that peak memory management performance happens if you manually set page file to same size as ram but idk if there is really any difference.
What I can tell from my own experience is to never disable page file nor set it way too low, some programs misinterpret its size and/or do retarded shit that crashes when swap is way smaller than ram.
>>105573219>Windows usually cleans that out itselfWinSxS conatins multiple versions of same libraries for compatibility, they are only purged on complete sustem upgrade.
Manually deleting older versions from it can cause system components to stop working.
>>105573176OK, after implementing all the suggestions, I ended up with this. Reduction is quite nice.
Also, I removed xbox and onedrive stuff which was around 1GB IIRC.
New to Win11. Is there any way to make the taskbar half as tall as it is like back in Win10 without running scripts that'll get reset with every upgrade? And rounded corners, can I get rid of those?
>>105574030>Is there any way to make the taskbar half as tall as it is like back in Win10 without running scripts that'll get reset with every upgrade? And rounded corners, can I get rid of those?ExplorerPatcher:
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/
You can see how it removes rounded corners here:
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/wiki/All-features#disable-rounded-corners-for-application-windows
If you scroll up, you can see what it can do to the Taskbar... it basically makes Win10 taskbar the default.
Sometimes it does not survive updates and you will have to wait for updates from devs.
I do not run this anymore and have settled on auto-hiding taskbar of this style as in pic related.
But give it a try nonetheless and see if you like it. You can easily uninstall it.
>>105574030windhawk can do both and it patches memory, not files on disk, so it will keep working until some update actually breaks compatibility, not until any update or sfc reverts file patch.
>>105574810Nice. On paper, it sounds better than ExplorerPatcher but I haven't really tried it yet.
>>105574806>>105574810Alright, thanks for the options. I think I'll just hide the taskbar and deal with the rounded corners. Running a utility just for minor cosmetic annoyances is too much for me.
>>105572200Cool, that made me to update my Space Engine install (via rutracker..). Haven't dabbled with it in couple of years. Still had an old installation.
I'm using nvidia and by all means my power supply is perfectly viable but if I get an abrupt shutdown it's always related to some game (Call of Duty in particular) and it's sluggish shader caching. I don't know what actually causes this except that I have undervolted both my gpu and cpu (intel).
Could be that my cpu undervolt is bit too much or my motherboard is not that good at regulating voltage and this causes the sudden failure in rare cases.
>>105572200Cool, that made me to update my Space Engine install (via rutracker..). Haven't dabbled with it in couple of years. Still had an old installation.
I'm using nvidia and by all means my power supply is perfectly viable but if I get an abrupt shutdown it's always related to some game and its sluggish shader caching. I don't know what actually causes this except that I have undervolted both my gpu and cpu (intel).
Could be that my cpu undervolt is bit too much or my motherboard is not that good at regulating voltage and this causes the sudden failure in rare cases.
I can't figure out anything else.
Just bought a basic little Ugreen USB-C dock. Model number CM818.
https://uk.ugreen.com/collections/hubs-1/products/45363
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1XLNWP2
It seems to function, at least for basic stuff (wireless mouse & keyboard, playing video file off a USB stick, game controller). But every time I insert it or start the computer with it in, it's giving the error message in Windows notifications
>the last usb device you inserted was not recognised, port reset failed
with an ominous yellow and black little icon
And then when I go into Device management sure enough there's a little yellow warning sign thingy and picrel is what it shows on inspection.
I've tried
>disabling selective USB suspend in power options - no effect
>uninstalling it in Device Manager and then restarting - no effect, multiple tries
>starting the computer up with no other peripherals attached, only the dock + a usb stick - no effect
>starting the computer up with no other peripherals attached, only the dock, and nothing else downstream from the dock, just the plain dock with nothing else attached - no effect
>windows update, drivers - nothing available
>bios options - nothing relevant in there
>making sure fast startup is disabled - it already was, no effect
I really don't want that error message to pop up every time the computer is switched on. Any suggestions, or should I just return it?
>>105575366 (dubs)
These chink docks are hit-or-miss. Wouldn't be surprised if it's the hardware being defect, but it may turn out that the dock just doesn't like Windows (and vice-versa):
>dock doesn't respect USB standards>dock does some non-standard, weird shit>Windows has doubts regarding the dock's behaviorSee if the dock works under different OS than Windows, and whether any dock-related problems are reported. Connect it to your phone/tablet, test it under a Linux live media. Chances are their OS might be lenient when it comes to these stuff. (or just don't display the device's issues to the end-user and ignore that)
Quite possibly the USB dock might not specifically like Windows 11, also. (or at least the Amazon listing doesn't claim Windows 11 support)
By the way, how is the USB dock shown in the Device Manager? (set view mode as Devices by connection.)
Make sure the device tree is fully expanded.
>>105575928Here it is. I don't know how to interpret any of this desu.
UPDATE
Interestingly, I just tested it on a different computer. Also on Windows 11, on the same version. But an AMD laptop from 2024 (this laptop where the error is showing is an Intel laptop from 2019). And absolutely no problems on the AMD. What conclusions can I draw from this?
>>105576084Looks like it's directly connected to the root hub of the controller. I'd consider uninstalling the XHCI controller device and reboot (Windows should automatically detect the controller and reinstall the drivers after the reboot, ditto for the devices that were connected to it). Think of it as a hail-mary-pass - it used to fix the weirdest problems that I had with USB devices.
Otherwise the laptop might not be compatible with the hub? Maybe the USB ports of the laptop's controller just can't efficiently power it?
Speaking of, have you tried connecting to different ports to see whether that's the case, firstly? I know it sounds obvious, but still. You'll then see whether it's a specific port that is the problem.
>I just tested it on a different computer>But an AMD laptop from 2024 (this laptop where the error is showing is an Intel laptop from 2019).>And absolutely no problems on the AMD.Different chipsets - different USB controllers - different handling of device-port-controller negotiation. Wouldn't be surprised if it's intlel being intlel.
Welp, at least the OS can be ruled out.
>>105574806>he fell for the 4K meme!>and to make things worse he doesn't even get 4000 pixels at all!>in the year 2025!You're such a silly boy!
Which laptop do you have? I can clearly see the battery icon at the bottom right corner of the screen!
>>105576249>>he fell for the 4K meme!I like it.
>>and to make things worse he doesn't even get 4000 pixels at all!It was capped with Snipping in rect mode so some pixels are missing.
>Which laptop do you have?old Razer Blade. got it for cheap on craigslist. It was not working but I managed to replace few things and got it working.
>>105576231There's only one USB-C port on this laptop. I just tested the power output by charging my phone from it. The port gives at least 10 watts.
UPDATE
Another observation, when I power the hub externally (like in picrel), the computer doesn't recognise any data from it whatsoever. Tried 2 different power sources. Same thing, computer isn't even talking to it data-wise. When I remove the external power source, i.e. relying on the computer port itself for power, it's reading the two pen drives I have plugged into it just fine. Weird.
THOUGHT
Just had a thought, could it be because yeah the computer is too primitive? This Intel HP laptop has 2 USB-A ports and one USB-C port, but they're all just for data. Nothing more than that, simple old skool data USB ports. 5Gbps each apparently.
USB-C today apparently has all this other stuff going on. Charging/powering the laptop itself (which this Intel laptop isn't capable of). Also display input/output, which it also isn't capable of. So maybe the device is looking to do things upon connection that the laptop just doesn't understand, hence popping up with an error? The pen drives etc still work from it. But yeah, maybe the hub is trying to probe whether it can charge the laptop and the laptop has no idea how to interpret that so is saying "ERROR!"?
The AMD laptop I tested is capable of both those things. Getting charged from USB-C. Potentially outputting its display to a monitor from USB-C (Displayport?), in addition to its normal HDMI port. Actually even both at the same time, I think. That all-in-one USB connection where I could output the display to a monitor but also charge the laptop itself from that same USB-C connection, and also data transfer to and from devices plugged into the monitor's own built-in USB hub again through that very same USB-C connection. The modern AMD laptop is capable of all that shit, hence no errors, while the old Intel is getting confnused?
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Had to clear my system of old Nvidia drivers, shaders, and files and I wanted a clean slate so I used DDU in safe mode and manually deleted any leftover Nvidia folders before rebooting. Everything ran smoothly and rebooting and reinstalling the drivers works just fine with one major issue: The Nvidia app doesn't work at all and I absolutely need it for Shadowplay and screenshots.
If I use the taskbar icon to boot it it pops up with a black screen and immediately closes.
If I run it via the shortcut as administrator it circles for like 10-20 seconds and then gives me this error.
I have already done every step I can possibly think of.
>I've uninstalled and reinstalled the app.
>Used an older version of the app to reinstall it.
>Done a full clean reinstall of the drivers with the official installer and with the "Clean install" option.
>Done a full clean reinstall of the drivers with the official installer and with the "Clean install" option with the app already installed.
>Used Nvidia's official cleaner app and did all of these steps.
>Gave ProgramData permissions.
>Set WpnService, WpnUserservice and WpnUserService_xxxx to '2' in regedit then rebooted.
>Turned off all the internet and tried booting it because some people said it might be failing to log in.
Nothing works. I've been at this like three hours now, I'm at my wits end. The logs don't point to anything being an issue either. Has anyone ever had to deal with this mess? Nothing people recommend works.
>>105545831 (OP)I suddenly can't snap windows properly on Windows 10. It's snapping from fullscreen to 16:9 rather than a proper half width window on my 21:9 display. Still works fine on my 16:10 one. Anyone know how to fix this?
>>105561308Are you using Home or Pro? There's no solution for Home.
>>105561308Assuming you still want Windows to download and install updates automatically and you just want it to never reboot by itself:
>in the Group Policy Editor, go into Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Windows Update>change both of the policies in pic related to be like in pic relatedThe policy on the left has to be changed to pic related because as it says in the no auto-restart policy:
>This policy applies only when Automatic Updates is configured to perform scheduled installations of updates. If the "Configure Automatic Updates" policy is disabled, this policy has no effect.TL;DR if both policies are configured exactly like pic related, you'll download and install all updates automatically but NEVER auto-restart
It's my configuration and my machine has never restarted by itself ever since I've set it like that
How's HDR gaming on win11?
DurgaSoft Windows Sirs, I have prepared my Rufus with Windows 11 IoT LTSC... Polishing up Finishing Touches and I am ready to Update from Windows 10 IoT LTSC...
Wish Me Luck.
>>105578644Good luck, sir!
Is there a way to set portable programs as the default on Win 10? I just did a fresh install and I don't want to run a bunch of installers again.
>>105578629Auto HDR is one of 11's main advertised features for playing games
>>105578834>Auto HDRAre you pulling my leg? I'll unironically install w11 if that's true.
>>105578897Nope. Like I said it's one of the big features that 11 pushes, like the DirectStorage API so games that use it can load on NVMe faster.
>>105578916OK, I'm moving win11 to my main PC and linux to my backup PC then.
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>time to shut down pc, right click windows icon
>oh boy, i got the option to update and shut down or update and restart
>pick update and shut down, as i always do
>pc always restarts, every fucking time
why??
>>105578932One more thing
Are nvidia drivers fixed by now?
>>105578941"Update and shut down" basically still restarts the PC but as it gets to the login screen it then shuts down. Windows being Windows I guess.
>>105578950Haven't heard any buzzing of cards not working? Though the most recent 50xx series has seemingly had a couple issues?
>>105578984Huh? I don't follow any news related to windows. Just read headlines about black screens and failures to boot.
I'm on nvidia rtx50 card, but linux. Considering w11 for HDR gaming
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>>105578941>why??Because completely installing the update requires finishing the installation after a restart
You can choose to just shut down, but next time you'll start your machine you'll get pic related (though it's usually not that long)
>>105579002It's been a while since, so you should probably be just fine.
Are there image viewers that work like the UWP Photos app or Impression Eyes? Scroll wheel to scroll through pictures, and Ctrl+Scroll to zoom in and out, and with support for camera formats.
>>105546906liar lair,
pubes on fire.
>>105550055Interesting digits.
https://www.deviantart.com/yashlaptop/art/Windows-10-FCU-Wallpaper-in-2560X1440-P-747820453
What is the patricio tier way to format an SSD
>>105574028One more thing: your Transactional Resource Manager logs seem pretty damn fat at 11.2GB.
Grab an administrator command prompt, and type
fsutil resource setautoreset true c:\
Reboot (resetting RM TxF takes place at NTFS mount time), then if you want to, turn auto-reset back off with
fsutil resource setautoreset false c:\
Should get you a big chunk of that 11.2GB back.
>>105579961>Open terminal/powershell/cmd>diskpart>list disk>select disk numberofthediskyouwanttowipe>list disk (again just to confirm you selected the right disk by looking at which one has an asterisk now)>cleanBe careful because when you hit enter on clean, there won't be any confirmation asking if you're sure
This wipes everything (partition table, boot sector, marks everything as unallocated) to the point where you won't even see the drive anymore in File Explorer
To make it usable, open Disk Management, double click on the disk's unallocated space, and a wizard will let you set it up extremely easily
>>105580156Running "clean" on a target drive during Windows install is also best practice. Windows install doesn't complain about anything because it's a blank canvas for the setup.
>>105580156>>105580185This, just de-initialize the entire drive and let windows installer sort it out.
If you want separate disk for user data, downloads etc - get a separate physical disk.
Windows Sirs, okay - I installed W11 IoT LTSC over my old W10 ltsc, and the first impression is pretty awful. Wtf might go back to W10.
Thought my post installation tweaking should be over pretty quicky but this is first time in my life feel I'm lost when using goddamn Windows.
What happened to forums where people would post keys? I need a W11 Pro key but I don't wanna give my payment info to some shady G2A seller/website, and I don't feel comfy using MAS.
>>105579735>liar lairalso known as /g/.
>>105578675"Open With" dialog - browse and select the app.
That would technically make a portable program "non-portable", as the file association stuff is set in the registry.
>>105576980>uninstalled and reinstalledWas it by the Settings app? I had something similar with Dell's shitware and what I had to do is to remove the AppX package entirely with the PoSh cmdlets, e.g.: Remove-AppxPackage -Package "[PackageFullName]"
You will have to acquire the PackageFullName with Get-AppxPackage -Name "Nvidia*".
Then reinstall it back from the Store, hopefully it will work.
I believe winget is also capable of uninstalling it, but I guess it's better to entrust ThesaurusShell with that.
Otherwise, if it fails, dance the tango with DDU once again, and install the driver with NVCleanstall (which you shoulda done it b4 - make sure to download it before the DDU stuff). I believe one of the default switches for the driver customization is to install the control panel. Make sure you unplug from the Internet until you launch it - WU will be cockblocked from autoinstalling drivers from its online store, during its run.
>>105580343>What happened to forums where people would post keys?it's $CURRENT_YEAR. HWID and TSForge activation is virtually indistinguishable from a legally-activated system, as it shouldn't leave any file residue (yeah yeah i know, frequently used files and all that).
>I don't feel comfy using MAS.>while it's trusted by communities worth giving a damn such as MyDigitalLife>(birthplace of many windows activators and hacktools)>FOSS - you can audit if you want>(assuming you do understand the code)>don't even have to use the powershell script to activate>these tools are available for manually activating by yourself - MAS is anything but a toolkit>>105580015Does Windows intelligently take care of that, or is it one of these cards every relevant windows sysadmin has to have up his sleeve?
>>105580343Use MAS. In practice you have already paid Microsoft, and now using MAS to switch the license to something else. Life is already difficult as is, don't make it more difficult.
>>105580446I ended up just reinstalling W11 and called it a day. I uninstalled using DDU, NVCleaninstall, and the Settings app. None of them fixed the issue. Chcolatey wouldn't even recognize it as installed at times and starting the uninstaller through it would cause it to reinstall the App and then cause Chocolatey to hang.
After about nine hours I threw my hands up, nothing I did could fix it and no one else seemingly had this issue. There's a few people posting the same screenshot on Reddit from the two results that did pop up but it doesn't seem to be this issue specifically. The only thing I potentially tied it down to was the Nvidia Web Helper, but looking at my current "Details" page on Task Manager and what's actually running I had like half of this stuff running. The overlay .exe wouldn't even boot. Going to GeForce instead of the app also caused a 0x0003 error which led nowhere as well.
I have zero clue what caused it, but it only happened after I ran DDU in safe mode.
>>105580343>I don't feel comfy using MASWhy? MAS has been completely open source on GitHub for over 5 years now
>>105580494>I have zero clue what caused it, but it only happened after I ran DDU in safe mode.Pester Wagnard about it in his forums, then. You were properly using his software - ran it in safe mode. Only after that did you encounter the problem.
>>105576583>Just had a thought, could it be because yeah the computer is too primitive? This Intel HP laptop has 2 USB-A ports and one USB-C port, but they're all just for data. Nothing more than that, simple old skool data USB ports. 5Gbps each apparently.Yup, chances are the Intlel laptop's USB controller is compliant with some older XHCI/USB 3.x GenTOO 6x9 & Knuckles spec (sidenote: the standards are a complete clusterfuck, especially the naming) - whereas the AMD one is compliant with the newer standards.
Note there are devices that might have an USB-C port, but the feature set is still fucking USB 2.0-tier in these current times. Ask Applel, for instance.
Anyone uses truecrypt or veracrypt for mounting disks here? How do you unmount the volumes added to quick access because the system just wont allow it?
How do I stop win10 from spinning up my drives? It's driving me crazy.
>>105581034Disable search indexing?
>>105581058I did. And 20 more things. It doesn't care. Just spins it up randomly. I even used Process Monitor to see what accesses the disk but there is nothing. Drives me insane.
>>105580015Sweet! Thank you so much anon!
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How do I force Windows to live within a certain disk size constraint? The only way I can think of is maybe Windows will self-regulate if I make multiple partitions and put only the OS on C: and everything else (data, programs) on D: drive.
Okay, I'm running Privacy.Sexy with Standard settings on W11... Takes horribly long and seems quite autistic.
Not sure if this was such a good idea after all. I know this is a recommended thing to do but I only used OOSU with W10.
>>105581078If these are your backup drives and you don't need them you can disable them in the device manager (from driver settings).
If they are not you should add them to windows defender exclusion list because random scanning will wake the disk up.
>>105581353ShutUp10's recommended settings is the recommended general thing to do. Privacy.sexy is more in the weeds with more stuff that could go wrong.
>>105581370I was reading one of the guides in the OP.
Well it's obvious privacy.sexy is bit too much at least out of the box but well I guess I'll see what happens if it ever finishes processing.
I just got everything set up right would be annoying to reinstall.
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Is there a way to actually make start menu useful? It's way too wide and I don't obviously want to pin anything unless it's some control panel items or something.
I wouldn't want to install a full taskbar replacement either because my aim is to avoid bloat, not add it.
Is there any solutions to this retardation?
Does anyone know which "component" or whatever it is of Windows 10 related to informing running programs about updates to folders they have open, that might break?
Background: I'm genning images, and I normally browse them with Honeyview, a popular (though sadly now defunct) windows. I can scroll to next/previous image with the mousewheel, and up till now, when a new image has finished rendering, i can stroll right to it from the previous last image in the folder with no problem. But now something "broke" and it's not getting updates. It won't display the new latest image in the folder until I close the program and reopen it (or browse to a different folder and then come back). It's a little thing but man is it annoying. Is there some service I can try turn off and on to fix this?
>>105580446>Does Windows...TxF, because of its very nature, does everything extremely conservatively by default. For performance and fragmentation reasons, it doesn't repack its metadata store as a rule, kinda like how NTFS never repacks the MFT without help.
There are other verbs in the fsutil resource section to make it more disk space-friendly, but they can theoretically compromise its functionality. Doing a one-shot auto-reset (and then setting it back to default) is, in my experience, the best way of dealing with a bloated, or corrupted TxF metadata store (the latter of which can cause installing updates or MSIs to break; if you have a machine that you've tried everything you can think of, and it still won't let you install updates, this may be the issue).
>>105565802You ran out of VRAM. Or something segfaulted on display memory. Or tried to access "shared" GPU memory and got told to F off by your GPU driver. And if you're on Windows, DWM threw a shitfit so hard that it crashed, and without enough VRAM for it to relaunch, Windows bid you adieu.
>long day of sorting thousands of files with thumbnails in directory opus with lots of tabs open>tab out to librewolf to read up an article>entire system suddenly hangs >after a minute it blacks screens, and the system restarts on its ownLook at allocated GPU memory for Firefox in Task Manager. Floorp has 640 GIGABYTES allocated to it on my machine right now. Tabs, even sleeping ones, squat on some VRAM in Firefox for whatever reason. In Edge I have to exceed 2000+ before it becomes an issue. Or open more than 2 or 3 YouTube tabs because Google's jeets somehow managed to make YouTube more bloated than launching Adobe Premiere to watch a fucking video.
7/8.1 were peak modern Windows
And I'm not even /babyduck/
I use 11 and Linux dual boot
But damn I miss the days
>>105573176What program is this? WizTree?
If so, I have it downloaded but never learned how to use it, and do want to remove ALL bloatware from my Windows 10 desktop
>>105582200>do want to remove ALL bloatware from my WindowsSo many wild debloat solutions
So little trust
What are some good customization tools for Windows 10? I'd love to change the overall UI, taskbar, start menu, and look of programs.
No themes in mind (although Windows XP/simplicity in general is good).
Any suggestions? My shit is on dark mode atm and it's just flat
>>105582211I remember using one that was just a script with WizTree using Powershell but I do not have it anymore.
>>105582213>I miss Windows##OpenShell/RetroBar/WinClassic/StartIsBack
>>105582169I don't think it's really a hot take to say that 7 and 8.1 were basically peak Windows.
>>105582213I installed this thing on a Server Core VM out of curiosity and partially out of necessity
https://cairoshell.com/
I've actually grown fond enough of it to use it on my old Surface (4GB RAM) and on my HTPC
>>105582340>>105582510These are both similar to what I am looking for (more-so the latter).
What would they call these? I'd like to research them more and then choose one for myself.
>>105581364>If these are your backup drives and you don't need them you can disable them in the device manager (from driver settings).Or just make them offline - be it Disk Management or diskpart.
>>105581851Good to know, thanks. This does seem useful. You seem to know your NT-fu.
I believe I used FSUtil recently, to strip off and turn off 8.3 names from the system drive just before restarting from the WinPE when the first-stage setup finished. Could've sworn it was already off by default in NT 10, but I guess the schneegans kraut was actually right.
Speaking about krauts, I recently stumbled upon a link someone at MDL shared. Some crazy/near-schizo Sicherheitsforscher stuff - but can't fundamentally disagree with the lack of strict separation between a regular user and an administrator-type one. Wondering what's your take on it.
https://skanthak.hier-im-netz.de/ten.html (don't be surprised if Defender goes apeshit - guy seems to preload the EICAR test file in the HTML for lulz).
>>105582346the "8.1 is actually alright" posting has been replaced with "10 ltsc is actually alright". nobody even remembers 8.x anymore
>>105582545Replacement shells I guess? Linux talk would be "DE". I originally found Cairo here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alternative_shells_for_Windows
It was the first one on the list in Active development, and it didn't need any of the shit that's "missing" when you don't have "Desktop Experience" installed on Windows Server to work. So I never bothered exploring the others kek.
All I originally wanted was a time-saver for when I had to do something other than remote pwsh commandlets on that VM.
>>1055825718.1 remained better than 10 until Anniv...Creat...one of those named updates like 2? years in. Whatever Server 2016 was based off of was the first half decent build. By 2019 it was great.
I feel like people have memory holed how awful 10 RTM was. Worse than 8, because at least 8 was fucking stable.
>>105582642>8.1 remained better than 10 until Anniv...Creat...one of those named updates like 2? years in. Whatever Server 2016 was based off of was the first half decent build. By 2019 it was great.yea, that's basically what i mean, once Windows 10 LTSB 2016 came out, there wasn't much 8.x posting anymore, so 8.1 only lasted a few years in this regard
ltsb 2016 is based on build 1607, codenamed redstone but advertised as anniversary update
>>105582571Oh, and 8.1 was faster. Measurably in some instances, hell it might still actually be faster than 10 for programs that will run on both. NGL I liked the tiles too, but the only device I ever used 8 (not 8.1) on was a tablet...I liked it more than 7.
>>105582666Yeah that's the one.
I updooted day 1 from 7 to 10 on the stragglers that skipped 8/8.1 entirely. I actually rolled it back on my gaymen desktop until Anniversary. Surface and Stinkpad stayed on 8.1 until EOL (mainstream not ESU) or close to it, and the Surface was noticeably worse off on 10. Stinkpad not so much since it had 16GB RAM.
>>105582571A lot of people don't remember 8.1, but the people that actually used it thought it was the crispiest, quickest version of Windows basically ever.
So if I want to get new features on windows 11, the only edition that allows that and still gives me a cleaner install than pro is enterprise, right?
>>105583242Always install Enterprise if you can. No reason not to.
>>105583267Sure, but I was wondering if another edition was better outside of the "best" iot ltsc.
For example, I know edu is the same feature wise as enterprise, or maybe iot enterprise.
Do they give anything more compared to base enterprise?
>>105583282Education and Enterprise are functionally the same, though you might as well just get Enterprise anyway because it's the mother edition. Enterprise LTSC is just Enterprise without any first-party UWPs (besides Settings et al.) and the very long EoLs.
>>105583418Thank you anon.
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I don't know but I'm going to reinstall W10 LTSC. Fuck this shit. Look at this task bar and its font... what the fuck? What happened to readability?
Look at the clock.
Same thing when you compare Explorer from W10 to W11, there is something strange about W11's explorer - I have trouble reading it and I have used computers all my goddamn life. Something do with the font or spacing and contrast I'm not exactly sure.
Tomorrow I'll restore W10.
I can't understand how and why MS pushed out this product in the first place and at this point it is not that new anyway.
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You don't need to be Apple levels of pretender but what about normal rules of typography and readability? Oh yeah, this doesn't matter anymore because AI is here.
>>105575366>>105575928>>105576084>>105576231>>105576583>>105580662>Yup, chances are the Intlel laptop's USB controller is compliant with some older XHCI/USB 3.x GenTOO 6x9 & Knuckles spec (sidenote: the standards are a complete clusterfuck, especially the naming) - whereas the AMD one is compliant with the newer standards.>Note there are devices that might have an USB-C port, but the feature set is still fucking USB 2.0-tier in these current times. Ask Applel, for instance.Thanks for the help. Yeah, I returned it. I guess I'll just use a dumb USB-A splitter/hub thingy if needed.
>>105581034It's just a Wangblows thing. It will wake every drive ~3 times an hour. I've tried myself, there is just nothing you can do about it.
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>>105584068There is a service...
Don't care if it's tied to some autoruns.
Hibernation will also wake your hard disks which is ironic. And other power saving features.
>>105584068>>105584090I will find a way to stop those drives from spinning back up even if I have to disable every service, every task, every process and even remove regedit.
Is uninstalling copilot enough? I don't want that shit to take space with useless screenshots I'll never use.
>>105584174>disable windows "defender">disable the driver if it is a backup drive (mine has never woken up with this unless I re-enable it again)>various other shits like autoruns or scheduled tasks
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>set scroll bars big in some setting dialog
>browse Explorer
>they are variable width again
>mistakenly click on that question mark
>oh boy those Edge processes are not dormant again
Please kill me. This is a sick joke.
>>105584518My web browser has normal sized scroll bar but any Microshit application including Explorer and MSPaint are still using that tiny thing.
And I have changed it from the settings.
This operating system is a joke and I am honestly clueless why there wasn't more of a backlash?
This is unacceptable and I'm pretty normal guy with some history here and there...
Feels like X11 is a joke and insult.
I miss the look of w7. Everything in w10 is so white and gay. It kinda blends too.
I haven't used windows in nearly 2 decades.
Can someone tl;dr what do I need to install? Back in a day, on win xp I would go to mobo drivers page and download everything from there.
I tried doing that but fuck this... wtf is myasus, armoury, asus ai suite???
Do I install nvidia drivers or nvidia app?
>>105584677Windows Update will fetch most of the drivers you'll need, if you ever have an issue with some driver you can download it from the manufacturer's page, but for most stuff Windows gets it automatically
If some bloat shit from asus, hp, dell etc gets installed, usually you can uninstall those programs while leaving the driver
>>105584716now, if you are really having some issues with drivers, you can use SDIO, an utility to download drivers.
>>105584716That's not true.
If you have any software device (need to find it out from the device manager) you'll need to ad its long string to here.
This way it will be never installed and if it was, it will be removed.
>>105545831 (OP)>What version should I install?>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021>>Binary identical to Enterprise except no MS Store or apps>>Preinstalled with: Edge & Win32 system appsI've not yet used windows 10, still on 7. Can Edge be uninstalled completely from Win 10 LTSC?
I have Mint live on a usb. Put it in, booted it up to transfer some files from a broken mint on a drive to external drive, neither of whichare even on the same hd as my windoes partitions. Now my win10 bootloader is fucked up, won't recognize the OS and when using a usb win 10 iso startup repair or refresh points won't fix it. The Mint running was live, I didn't do anything to the system whatsoever, although when I was shutting down it did make me do something funny and instructed me to remove the usb media and hit a key before it actually would shut down.
Does running any instance of linux (not saving or installing, I know of efi partition overlapping issues and that doesn't apply) have chances of screwing up anything related to Windows? I'm trying to walk back everything that happened and for the life of me I'm drawing blanks. There were issues with setting my bios to boot legacy/mbr needing to be toggled, which is weird because all my OSes are EFI, but otherwise I can't think of hoe any of this would screw up a completely seperate hard drive.
I think I'm at my wit's end, this is the 2nd time my bootloader for win10 happened to be fucking up, I think the first time was related but I fiddled with so many partitions in multiple drives (because the whole point was to move win 10 off my m.2 that was dual booting onto its own dedicated drive) I assumed it was my own fuckup then.
Can I run a partial instal of the OS just to repair the boot and not actually add another C?
>>105584854Yeah but it involves you to be happy with the current update. Because whenever there's a bigger update they'll often try to reset stuff.
I was happy with W10 until I got FOMO and wanted to try W11...
Look at this screenshot example and why you should not ever install W11.
>>105584880>picI am long convinced that both modern desktop UIs and websites are designed to be used on ~150dpi displays with no scaling.
t. use 200 dpi laptop with no scaling.
>>105584880>I was happy with W10 until I got FOMO and wanted to try W11...No amount of enticement would ever see me moving on to win 11.
And thanks for the reply about Edge, that's all I wanted to know, as I don't want that shit on my system.
>>105584948No I wanted to try because I was curious and feeling FOMO. I can honestly tell you do not do it.
It is not even that obvious from some youtube videos because it is not you who is at the screen there.
I'm offended. I hate W10 but it's like 10% less shit than W11.
>>105584948Problem is that they are delusional enough to sell this OS to normies? I don't understand what is the market share.
It's not even normie friendly.
Or pretty, or readable. Or usable.
You don't need to be a doctor to know if you are able to read certain text or not.
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Every time I take look at the clock in the corner it looks like this.
This has to be a joke.
>Option to restore Favorites back into Explorer was silently removed with one of the updates
Now this is pure fucking evil.
>>105585212What about this - using a known directory to post images and W11 opens it like this.
It might not be that obvious but it's an image folder full of pics. But the left side tree looks like it's fuck what?
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I hate the antichrist.
>>105585237Is this default or did you mess up with it?
>>105584677>>105584716On my laptop Windows update installed some basic GPU driver but no software. When I installed the driver from the official AMD website my brightness control broke. I had to install the driver from the HP website. Shouldn't be as bad on the desktop.
I have w10 disabled updates. Fuck them. I have used w7 till last week and nothing ever happened. And each update just restarts all the telemetry shit and other cancer.
>>105585373Yep, same. Windows 10 is that partner who'll sneak a condom off during sex.
>>105584716>>105585348Question
W11 installed their own graphics driver without my consent before I installed normal drivers.
Do I need to uninstall what w11 installed or it's removed/disabled automatically once proper drivers are installed?
>>105581172I'm pretty sure that's something you'd set up in the installation process. You'd go custom for that, as shown in pic
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>>105585970Yes, when you install a new driver, the old one is removed but not deleted in the case you want to roll back