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 upgrades
IoT 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 can

Installing apps on LTSC
>use WinGet or install MS Store in CMD with: wsreset -i

W10/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-proofing
https://pastebin.com/Zh7WSbJ2

>Useful programs (new installs, essentials, utilities, adobe, etc)
https://pastebin.com/hN8nnwns

>I miss Windows##
OpenShell/RetroBar/WinClassic/StartIsBack

>LTSC Install Guides
https://rentry.org/windowsinstallguide
https://rentry.org/concisewin10
https://rentry.org/ltsc
https://rentry.org/fwtarchive

Previously on /fwt/: >>105545831

>>105585566 (OP)
iTODDLERS BTFO

Win 11 has given me 3 problems in the past 2 months.

1) one computer just completely fucked itself up one day, networking all gone, I went deeper and deeper trying to fix it, the Windows Defender firewall service had killed itself and taken all networking with it. I couldn't do anything to repair the install so had to do a clean install.

2) another computer also fucked itself up. Not as badly, but updates all started to fail. I tried the DISM stuff and it couldn't because the image was missing or corrupt or whatever. This time I did an in-place repair, and it worked, but still a fucking hassle.

3) Same computer as in 2). A laptop. Went to sleep and just wouldn't wake up. Wouldn't even hard shut down with the power button. Internal battery these days so impractical to remove battery. Had to do the pinhole thing to do a hard reset. Never had such a problem even with various w10 computers for nearly a decade. I cosuspect this is to do with w11's shitty impementation, their re-envisioning of sleep and what 'Sleep' should actually mean on a device. Fucking retards. They want computers to be like smartphone, to not actually go to sleep, but basically just to switch the screen off. And then if it stays asleep long enough, hibernate. No normal classic sleep mode any more. These fucks have been trying to turn Windows into a mobile OS since 2012 starting with Windows 8. Don't they fucking realize people want a normal computing experience on their computers, and a phone experience with their phones? This was a much smaller issue than the other two but still a fucking hassle.

I'm honestly starting to believe that Windows doesn't just-werk any more. That was one of the big arguments vs Linux. That for all its faults, the bloat, the botnet, it at least JUST WERKS and it doesn't break every month. Now I'm wondering if Linux is actually less break-prone than Windows. Honestly thinking of switching to Ubuntu LTS. Thoughts?

A lot of movies and videos are blurry after I moved from w7 to w10. Seriously don't know why. It affects all players.

Question
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?

>>105585769
>Now I'm wondering if Linux is actually less break-prone than Windows. Honestly thinking of switching to Ubuntu LTS. Thoughts?
I'm using a debloated win11 24h2 with delayed updates for my gaming pc, the rest is either linux mint or windows 10 iot ltsc.
It's all very stable, but the linux experience is so easy nowadays, I could install mint with a windows theme on most the laptops of my family members and they didn't see the difference since all they do is using a browser, "word"/"excel" (onlyoffice), and zoom style meetings.

>>105581495
i don't know but it works in an image viewer called qView. kind of, depends on what you mean. here's how it's working for me.

>folder of 5 images
>open one
>depending on how you've configured qview to scroll through the photos, that's what number it'll assign
>by date, going one way, most recent image will be 1/5
>by date, going the other way, most recent image will be 5/5
>anyway, whichever number you're at, you can scroll though
>and the titlebar, again depending on your config, can display it. it displays it first thing, you you can even catch it on the windows task bar at a glance if your task bar isn't crammed
>ok let's say were' randomly cycling through it, and we stop at 3/5
>i then save another may-may image from 4chan into that folder
>it's doesnt auto-update, the titlebar into still says we're on image 3/5
>but then we go forward one step in qview
>the titlebar then changes to 4/6, and you can encounter the new image while scrolling

Is that good enough for what you're looking for?
https://interversehq.com/qview/

Is there any decent software to send windows desktop notifications to my Android phone? Searching online KDE Connect is supposed to do this but when I tried it it never worked, even after enabling the setting.

>>105585770
Upgrade to the Windows 11, sweetie!

The Microsoft always knows how to satisfy their customers!

Newer is better!

I like Liquid Glass and Aero.

What is the ideal way to add .webm, .webp, .mkv, .heic and other thumbnails in Windows 7?

I love Windows!

>>105585994
My method is:
>Let WU install the driver
>Download DDU and NVCleanstall (or have them already on a USB or something)
>Restart into safe mode
>Run DDU to completely remove all graphic driver files and restart
>Make sure internet cable is unplugged as you get back, running NVCleanstall
>Connect the cable when it gives the A-okay and install the driver with whatever tweaks you need
Easy peasy.

>>105587610
Are you kidding me? Is this really necessary?

>>105587807
Cleanest way to do it

Is it possible to convert Windows 11 Pro into Windows 11 LTSC?

>>105587997
Only in a hacky registry-editing way combined with faking an in-place LTSC upgrade with a mounted ISO setup.

>>105587997
check https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol

>>105588013
>>105588023
Thanks!

>>105585994
Unless you run into any sort of issues, Windows has always just used the proper drivers once they're installed and ignores the old ones. I could be wrong, but I believe it'll just install generic drivers like in your case until you replace them.

>his startup process count isn't under 100
kek

>>105585769
I prefer Mint over Ubuntu personally. Just seems to be less buggy and I like the default layout better.
As far as being break-prone, I would say it's about on par stock. The only major difference I would say where Windows really outshines Linux is in NVidia GPU Driver support, particularly with video games. NVidia does a pretty ass job in supporting Linux, plus their drivers aren't even open source to begin with.

>>105588076
>3.7GB ram usage

>>105588076
windows users say the weirdest things
is nearly 100 processes with nothing open meant to be a good thing?

>>105588088
NTA, but nvidia proprietary drivers are pretty good on linux. Had no issue for over a month I've been on nvidia.
That being said, installed w11 because of HDR (I've upgraded my monitor)

>>105588098
That's normal now, considering the new baseline standard is 16GB of RAM for desktops and laptops. 5 years ago no one would have put up with that much RAM being used in idle.

>>105587176
K-Lite Codec Pack

>>105585994
enable this gpedit and just install the driver from the manufacturer it will override whatever windows installed
>>105586969
I don't have an Android but heard that Phone Link would do that
>>105587807
no
>>105587997
MAS can do that yes
>>105588105
no

Which pajeet decided that having this on by default was a good idea?

>>105589474
>very good design sirs
>it looks just like first copy apple design

>>105585566 (OP)
Hey, I'm retarded, I know, but I need someone to explain this to me. How does MAS work on a technical level? Generating activations keys is probably cryptographically secure, so I'm assuming it's just editing some registers? But doesn't windows kernel or av periodically check the activated key's validity? It's MAS neutering or manipulating the AV in some way? I'm reading through the repo and there's no mention of how it works on the technical level...

>>105585566 (OP)
where should i get started if I want to become a power user?

>>105589539
They have write-ups on all the activations on their website/blog.

>>105585769
> Don't they fucking realize people want a normal computing experience on their computers, and a phone experience with their phones?

You realize it's the phonefaggots that brought us into this current mess, right?

>Use Windows 10 Pro Education edition since years
>A few days ago, the Activate Windpws watermarks appears
>Windows only says "there are issues connecting to verify W10 activation" and similar.
>Editing Registry and other methods dont work, or work at start but then dread mark appears again
Did the latest update fuck up W10, or its just me?

Windows needs to stop fucking freezing randomly.

Are there even any good alternatives for Explorer in win10?

>>105590172
There's Files from files.community, that seems fairly popular.
There's also ones like Explorer++ and Xplorer. People also seem to like Directory Opus, but it's pay-to-use so you gotta get a warez version of it.

>>105590172
am using double commander half the time, its alright but files >>105590186 might be what you want idk

>>105590172
Not a replacement but I use the Aerexplorer mod in Windhawk, which lets you get the look and feel from previous explorer iterations, which i find more usable.

>>105590280
I should note that it only works on 10 because explorer has been rewritten in 11 and the code that it's hooking doesn't exist anymore.

>>105590186
Directory Opus seems kinda nice.

I'm losing my fight against windows and this shitty system spinning my drives. There is absolutely no logic. I can open new tab in Firefox and it spins them up.

>>105590535
Are your disks spinning right now?

>>105585769
My experience with w11 is that it's a pajeetware script layer.
Fucking Microsoft. I can't even imagine how normies think w11 is enjoyable experience

>>105587047
>>105587148
>>105587339
Good posts.

>>105585769
Sounds like personal, (You) problem, issue. Dell free to 'do it' with Ubuntu.

>>105590555
It's just his hormones acting up.

>>105590633
Bot post.

>>105590555
I'm already spinning too.

>>105590172
I bought directory opus and completely ditched explorer years ago. It's more stable, can save sessions, very happy with it.

If Linux monkeys have arrived in force to disrupt our thread, should we go ahead and pay a visit to /fglt/ too?

>got new laptop
>put win 10 ltsc on
>there's no drivers for win 10...
it's fucking over...

>>105590789
Could always try running SDIO on it and see what it can get for you

>>105590678
Why would you want "sessions" in a file manager?
Let me guess it also has "tabs" too what you can hoard?
>sad noises

how in the everloving fuck do i fix night light not automatically turning on and off? I'm using w10
It was working until 2 weeks ago

>>Wait for IoT LTSC 2027 if you can
What is the rationale for this?

t. has not used Windows 11 yet

>>105590820
OP doesn't like 11, ergo no one should like 11.

>>105590803
Yes

>>105590535
Firefox writes to disk cache a lot if you haven't turned that off.

>>105590803
It's just open tabs for specific uses.
I have tabs for editing stuff, tabs for specific games, tabs for various ai related things I do, and so on... it's very useful to me.

>>105590820
>What is the rationale for this?
Probably will be one of the last features rich versions of windows 11 before the ms team moves to 12.

>>105590820
Scroll up if you want see how great W11 is. I thought it was just lies and a matter of configuration or something but W11 is trash. No other way around it.
Stay on W10 iot ltsc and if you want to change something rice the desktop or something.
I'm going to reinstall W10 tomorrow.

And gaming? Call of Duty gets random cpu spikes what is not related to anything what's happening in the game. First time my cpu hit 90 degrees celsius because I didn't notice it at first. Jesus.

It seems that wmiprvse.exe is accessing my offline hdds. But it doesn't seem to be so easy to disable.

>>105589474
It was like that since W95...

>>105590927
You could try looking through Event Viewer for operation WMI errors and check what PIDs are causing errors? Find out what program is actually getting it to spin the drives up.

>>105591002
There is a log, but no errors. And it really doesn't tell me much. Only stuff like CIMWin32a provider started with result code 0x0. HostProcess = wmiprvse.exe.

>>105590927
Disable it? If I remember correctly it's related to some faggot service.

>>105591190
It's apparently system critical? Stuff like Task Manager, Event Viewer, Device Manager and a lot others depend on it?

>>105591212
If you would bother to google you'd learn that some other service causes it to have high cpu usage.
No, reading Google's AI generated summary or clicking the "is wmiprvse.exe safe?" does not count.

>>105591224
What are you even talking about? Are you telling it's useless and does nothing? I checked multiple sites and it says its needed for various reasons.

>>105582566
>Could've sworn it was already off by default in NT 10, but I guess the schneegans kraut was actually right.
It's actually been off since Windows 8.0, when MS finally combed through the Windows codebase and removed all dependencies on 8.3. The problem is, the two GUI formatters (Disk Management and the Format Disk UI) leave it on for backcompat; Windows Setup will format a drive with 8.3 off (but let's be fair, not many people actually USE that to format their drives), and of course format.com lets you choose.

>Speaking about krauts
Yeah, there isn't a lot in his rant I disagree with. I do have my own thoughts on a few points, though:

>Short 8.3 filenames are a (completely superfluous) cruft from the past of MS-DOS
And Win9x. You'd be surprised how many programs from that age - which still run fine on Windows 11 - go a bit bonkers when fed long paths (as opposed to long file NAMES), even below MAX_PATH. There were also a lot of COM servers that registered themselves via 8.3 name back then, too. I have a number of utilities from the 90s that I still use daily. As usual, it is a backcompat thing. But, to be completely honest, for the hoi polloi, it can go.

>No qUACkery any more
There's more to UAC than just elevation. Another anon righteously said a thread or two back that people forget about the FS and registry virtualisation it offers. It's also the bedrock the AppX security model is built on: only since Windows 11 can AppX function with UAC disabled (for example, when running in the context of the RID 500 Administrator). Thankfully, this guy "disables" UAC "the right way" by not actually disabling it at all (which a lot of memescripts do, causing much mayhem among Dunning-Kruger sufferers), and just doing the RegEdit equivalent of whacking all the sliders up to the max.

(cont'd)

>>105582566
>Disable user authentication via Microsoft Accounts
I personally have no problem with MS accounts. I don't use them myself, but I can understand the hoi polloi wanting/needing/using them for SSO, settings/program sync, and BitLocker key backup. Especially on the last point, I've been laughing at idiots circumventing BitLocker recovery key backup for decades, who start crying when something goes wrong and the TPM won't release the SRK. Further, the security for MS accounts is actually considerably better than local accounts using the SAM, as it's essentially a cut-down version of the Active Directory protocol. I think where you stand on MS accounts is based on how much you trust Microsoft not to leak your BitLocker keys, LSA secrets, clipboard contents, etc., not any real or imagined technical merits or deficiencies.

>Log the command line with process creation events
This seems excessive outside of hisec or debug environments. Nice .REG to have in your back pocket, but certainly not an everyday-use one. Not to mention it provides little extra security in the case of (for example) malware, with process hollowing techniques and creation of remote threads meaning such logging would be useless.

>Disable execution of .hta files
>Disable Windows Script Host
I use VBScript extensively, both at work and at home (I'm baby ducked on VB, and hate PowerShell), so would never do this. But again, for the hoi polloi, it should be all right.

(cont'd)

>>105582566
>Seventh Commandment: Privacy
>Eighth Commandment: Annoyances
While decent, it's pretty incomplete - I hope nobody's relying on this section exclusively. I'm also noticing a pattern: this guy goes straight for tapping directly on registry keys, instead of using Group Policy - a common mistake, born from a misapprehension as to what GP actually IS. Too many people think it's just a front-end for setting registry values in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies - no, it also includes a mechanism to protect those values from being reset or overwritten. If you've ever seen a Dunning-Kruger bitch and moan that all his customisations got reverted when he (for example) installed the latest Feature Update, now you know exactly how he performed this particular footgun.

>Ninth Commandment
He stops explaining what he's doing here, which is never good: people with brains will question what you're up to, people who don't will mindlessly run your commands, break things, and have no idea how to undo it. Either way, I can't recommend this section to the hoi polloi. GAC editions of Windows don't have Win32 fallbacks for the AppXs he's mass-removing here, Windows Store is the bedrock that AppX updates are built on, and a lot of games require or use AppX infrastructure, too. This is one of the reasons why such a large number of programs aren't supported on LTSC SKUs.

(cont'd)

>>105582566
>Tenth Commandment
Again, a wall of completely unexplained registry values. I get what he's trying to do here - strengthen the shell's executable identification to mitigate any "accidents" - but if you're still at the "run every program I find on 100%-free-programs-no-malware-promise.cnet.xyzzy.ru" and "randomly double-click everything I can see in system32" stage of computer experience, you have bigger problems, that these won't really solve. He's also re-enabling the old Win32 Photo Viewer (but failing to mention this, or that this procedure requires TrustedInstaller privileges on a lot of versions of Windows): while I've always liked it since it debuted in its current form in Windows Vista, the bottom line is that, for anyone who has low-impact photo viewing/editing requirements, the Photos AppX is sufficient. If it's not, everyone else installs something third-party - such as ImageGlass, Nomacs, etc. - with a bit more grunt.

>Prevent the installation of Apps like Outlook for Windows during the OoBE phase
Another thing that is completely to his personal tastes. At least he's nice enough to mention what it DOES this time.

Overall, it's not too bad - but he does seem to be assuming a certain level of familiarity with Windows, the registry, and how everything ties together. If he explained every step he was making, why he's doing it - and just as importantly, that disabling Outlook updates, or enabling the Win32 Photo Viewer or whatever, is HIS personal preference, it would be a whole lot better.

>>105582571
I rather liked both 8.0 and 8.1, and still have a dev VM floating around with the latter installed.

>>105591813
I think biggest issue with gpedit is that it's a lousy tool - signature Microsoft mark - it can't even remember its size and position or the width of the tab separators plus would be cool to have an easy way to import and export settings (sure you can copy them from the directory manually via explorer).
It's half assed just like everything else MS does.

>>105591892
>it can't even remember its size and position
It's actually the MMC host that's at fault here - you'll find ALL your management consoles don't remember their position and size. I seem to recall there's actually a quick and easy fix for this - but not the details of it.

>an easy way to import and export settings
Would be nice, yes. But GP is a domain-first technology, where you have the Active Directory schema backing you, logging every change you make, etc. Adding a feature that's only useful for local policy (and having to invent a schema to express it - remember, GP implements a LOT of things that aren't backed by registry keys, such as your LSA security policy) obviously isn't high on Microsoft's TODO: list.

I'm doing a fresh install of Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC on a relative's old laptop which had a regular Win10 previously. There is a weird issue I'm facing that Windows does not automatically install any Windows updates at all, not even Defender or Edge updates. Or Office updates. But if I run the updates manually they work without errors. System is activated with HWID.
Only thing it seems to automatically install from Update are driver updates.

First I thought it's some setting I made but it behaves like this straight on a clean install. When I install the same image, which is the vanilla iso, on a VM on my PC and leave it running for 15 minutes it starts installing updates from online, updates Edge etc. so it's not the .iso or my network.
But the laptop I can leave on for the whole night and not a single update has been installed.
Doesn't matter if it's Wifi or ethernet either.
Could it be some conflict for the IoT LTSC or the license that it doesn't work with some consumer laptops? Or some hardware thing? I'm really at a loss here it's so weird.

I was able to create scheduled tasks for Windows and Office manual updates which work but it's just a hack really. For Edge the tasks Windows has created will run "microsoftedgeupdate.exe" but it just hangs there doing nothing. Similarly if I run it my self.

>>105592113
Is metered connection enabled? It can be on even with a wire plugged in.

>>105592159
No It's not set as metered.
And for the battery, the BIOS sometimes complains that it's past it's prime but still shows 100% in Windows when plugged in. And I tried on one install a trick to disable battery from Device Manager but that didn't affect anything.

>>105589574
people want smartphones to work like smartphones and desktops/laptops to work like desktops/laptops
It was microshart who decided to change desktops/laptops to also work like smartphones for no good reason.
Top down change, not something ordinary people were clamoring for.

Why should laptops 'sleep' like smartphones instead of the classic computer way? Who whips out their laptop, checks it for a few seconds and then puts it back away, constantly? Every 30 seconds. On the street, on transport, at the airport? It's practical with a smartphone. Not with a laptop. A laptop has no need to copy smartphones' sleep mode.

>>105590535
I told you in the last thread, this is something deeply baked into the very core of Windows. It will wake all disks ~3 times an hour, and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.

>>105590535
blizzard application spin up my drives so i got rid of spinning rusts

>>105592296
I think it may be some SMART monitoring that checks my HDDS and wakes them up. Not sure how to disable it yet.

wtf windows I installed av1 codecs now generate thumbnails for my avif images!

What does 'disable background apps' setting actually does? Is it just snake oil.

>>105592350
If sending s.m.a.r.t. commands to your drive starts it spinning, wtf is your drive manufacturer doing

>>105590535
the only solution I can think of is to just unmount the driver altogether, but it'll be annoying if you use the drive frequently

I have a LG7 series EVOO laptop (Walmart brand made by Gateway Computers) and every. single. device that upgrades to Windows 11 has the ethernet driver as error code 48. Meaning that this driver is unsigned for Windows 11 but works without issue on W10.
I reached out to Customer Service and they gave me all of the drivers for this LG7 series laptop (2.8gb) and the LAN driver does not fix the error code on W11.
Last I knew this was a problem for the vendor to fix but they're still giving out drivers unsupported on their laptops for W11.
Any suggestions? Rolling back to W10 is only a temp fix since the need to be on W11 (for corporate solution)

>>105585566 (OP)
idk if i should ask here but a few months ago i tried defenderUI, as i use only defender on my pc (win10), and thought maybe it would be useful. All it did was changing defender to basically flag and block literally every program (even fucking games, not even pirated but steam games and whatnot) if run for the first time. I removed it but defender has been permanently tainted and still does that, i tried disabling the cloud protection thing and it didn't change anything and i don't want to disable tamper protection or block at first sight cause all that shit was on before and never gave me these issues, it only started doing it since i tried defenderui that one time. Basically the only option left i know of is to just format everything but i don't want that, i currently have no place to store the shit on my main drive
wat do

>>105593562
Seems my answer is to disable VBS via registry.

>>105590606
Thanks, lad! :3

>>105590644
>>105590660
>>105590662
You boys are so silly! :3

>>105594026
why not installing it again, enable and disable all the shit you changed and try uninstalling again?

Or maybe search if there's a registry key related to that setting, but that isn't a safe option if you're not sure

>>105595331
i had already tried that but the only meaningful change comes from disabling the anti-tamper protection and then manually set what i want the thing to do for each kind of threat. But for that to stick the anti-tamper protection must stay disabled, and i don't want that, given reenabling it makes those settings go default again

I like WSL, but I also like to emulate Android. What should I do?
I need to disable HyperV in order to use android emulators, but WSL requires it (2 at least, I think 1 also benefits heavily from it).
Ideally I'd get a hyperv compatible emulator, WSA was the best option but M$ shafted it.
Currently I use LDPlayer because I can allow only virtualbox internet access and block everything else, I don't get any ads and I'm free to switch the launcher.
Do you guys have any suggestions?

Fucking garbage os AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

>>105590172
Not really.
TotalCommander/Opus are usable and fast but extremely dated in layout and functionality. If you don't mind that, go for it, this will likely be your best option
Files is basically the pretty option. Looks really nice and fits with Windows aesthetically and functionally. Downside? Runs like absolute dogshit even on a super computer
OneCommander is the one I consider to be the best between functionality and performance. Downside is it's paid if you want all the features (and frankly, some of those are very standard features like terminal integration)

Honestly once W11 gave Explorer tabs I stopped really trying to use alternatives. It's not perfect but I feel like all the alternatives have at least 1 major problem that make them worse.

Since simplewall dev went apeshit and archived his project before resuming dev later for some reason (and I got a bug with games installed through gamepass had their firewall rules broken again), I'm trying to migrate to fort firewall that seems to have less of a schizo dev :
https://github.com/tnodir/fort

It's so much more complicated to set up, but it has cool options.

>>105595817
You pick one or the other, sad reality. It's the same reason I still use VMWare over VirtualBox. I'm not disabling WSL to use VB, I use Docker and WSL itself way too much.

Why does gnome break extensions? Is it done on purpose? Is it hard to design? Do devs just not give shit?

>>105596413
The devs have always hated changes to their precious GNOME 4x

>>105596423
I fucked up and posted in the wrong general, now windowschads will laugh at me while i piss my pants because it takes too long to delete the post.

>>105596201
it's pretty nice, you can apply rules to a folder and subfolders, very useful

>>105596201
less schizo but apparently lazy since he hasn't fixed the issue with not being able to install if you have Core Isolation on

>>105595892
This is a skill issue and it's an IQ issue! ;p

Also.
>using Asus trash
>2025
Kek! More like Anus!

>>105596561
Dipsy-chan don't be mean :(

>>105596230
No... it can't be... I can't just stop playing gachaslop...

Well okay, after tweaking my W11 installation a little bit it's not that bad. I was overreacting.
Gaming wise it's still heavier on the cpu side than W10. I have ensured that both systems were pretty much identical in terms of services and security features and so on.

>>105596824
I mean higher cpu usage isn't bad per se: it's a sign that the system handles its tasks more efficiently or some bottlenecks have changed. It's tit for tat.

>>105596450
Just remember to mop the floor afterwards. We keep a clean thread here.

>>105596556
SimpletonWall is just a front-end to Windows Firewall, and always has been. It hitches a ride of the Windows Filtering Platform driver, which is signed by Microsoft.
Fort is an actual firewall however, with its own filter driver. The real issue is that the author can't afford to have the driver signed to MS specs for core isolation; it's not due any laziness or deficiency in the code.

is there a way to get GPU acceleration or reasonable performance inside a win10 VM running on win10?

I'm not too familiar with VM stuff but I got a win10 VM set up using QEMU

>>105598137
not sure about QEMU, but VirtualBox and VMware have very easy 3D acceleration setup

does anyone know what this is and how to get rid of it?
I don't have the store installed, nor do I have any version of Outlook installed, so it's probably some Windows component inserted somewhere in the system files that can probably be removed once located.

am on Win11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2024

>>105598169
I guess I will have to try those then

>>105598339
Settings / apps / share across devices? Idk there are other sharing options somewhere too.

>want to shut down PC
>can only choose between update and restart or update and shut down
>choose update and shut down
>it restarted
It's so tiresome

>>105589474
First thing I turn off when installing windows. Why yes, I want to open BigBoobs.jpg.exe

>>105598474
>he don't want to install big boobs on his PC
Why are you gay

>>105598454
You've posted this in the last three threads. It was explained to you in the last three threads.
I hope, for our benefit, your ABI-related short-term memory loss clears up, anon.

>>105586843
It looks like qView does update properly which is nice. I can't seem to find a way to change mousewheel to scroll through images rather than zooming..

Wintards are the worst
>anon: "recommend me an antivirus"
>wintard: "Common Sense 2025"
>anon: "I will use a 3rd party app to disable Windows Update"
>windtard: "WHAT?! WITHOUT THE LATEST SECURITY UPDATES YOU WILL BE UNPROTECTED!"
>anon: "Common Sense 2025"
>wintard: "REEEEEEEE!"

>>105598419
no, that's not it.

this outlook button can only work if 'sign in options' is set to 'Microsoft apps can sign me in' at Settings / Accounts / Email & accounts (see pic related, both of those icons are myself)

I use a local account with a Microsoft account signed in under 'Email & accounts' for things like Xbox services. I have 'sign in options' set to 'All apps need to ask me to use this account', but knowing that a 'lite' Outlook client is somewhere still irks me.

interestingly, after messing with it, I've found that the 'send' features don't even seem to work at all. If I click Outlook at the bottom, I can input whatever contact I want, but it doesn't send to the recipient. It only shows up in my 'Sent' folder if I view my account online. So it doesn't even work, but that could just be an issue with my account.

If it failed to communicate with Outlook at all, I wouldn't be bothered, but since it still has the ability to send files to a server from Windows itself, I want it gone.

Task Manager seems to indicate that it's a function of the Windows Shell Experience Host, but that's all I can surmise.

>>105598564
nobody cares about antivirus retard
>>105598633
just revo uninstall it

>>105598564
Sure thing, bud.

>>105598564
Can you point to the imaginary ghosts in your head that had that conversation that drove you to madness?

>10 is snappier
>11 is better overall
I am forever stuck in a Windows distrohop

>>105599094
Don't worry, Windows 12 will be streaming only operating system and you will own nothing and be happy!

>>105595892
thats what you get for using an ai/jeet os.

any good note taking software out there? opened onenote and it told me i was not connected to the internet and could not create a new note, despite being connected to the internet

>>105599204
i've been using triliumnext notes

>>105599204
There's plenty of good ones. Obsidian is a favorite, also Standard Notes, Notesnook, Joplin and Cryptee.

>>105599243
>>105599252
ty

Fort is way better than Simplewall. Thank you.

Its June 2025. Is Windows 11 good and safe yet?

>>105599508
depends on your use case

>>105599508
It's okay but you will need to tweak its settings a bit. Perhaps not a common opinion but its interface makes sense, start menu kind of replaces your desktop shortcuts and it's always there etc. It's easy to become too conservative because Windows 10 is already ~10 years old anyway, you kind of get mentally attached to it.

>>105599305
Like that other anon said, Fort is its own firewall system while Simplewall was always just a frontend to Windows' own firewall-leaning filtering system. Plus with Simplewall seemingly in maintenance mode for the foreseeable future, Fort is pretty much the next best thing besides maybe Safing Portmaster.

I used Linux for 48 hours now I'm back on Windows because apparently Explorer isn't actually as bad at handling a lazy dump folder with 20,000+ unorganized images in it (especially if it's on a SMB share) in comparison to what I tried dealing with lol
also I couldn't use wildcards in the file picker search and that pissed me off
didn't know how good I had it

>>105599854
If you're moving tons of files somewhere else you shouldn't be copy/pasting in Explorer you should be using the command line tool robocopy.

>>105596187
OneCommander seemed nice but it has no List View.

>>105599094
>>11 is better overall

no.

>>105599923
I'm only browsing files that's the problem, not moving them

sad day for me finding that Win11 is better for my HTPC because "auto-hide taskbar" doesn't leave a fucking 1 pixel gray line on the screen edge to remind me that the taskbar is there like Win10 does

>>105598483
I'm not that anon. I installed windows 11 yesterday, dummy.

I just realized I accidentally installed Office 2021 instead of 2024, any reason to uninstall it and install 2024 if I only need the surface level casual stuff like opening or making the odd document here and there?

>>105600243
It's better by 3 years. Imagine how much software evolved in 3 years.

Can I delete O&O ShutUp after disabling what I want?

>>105600253
Not much? Especially given the absolute state of Microsoft software like Windows 11

>>105600264
ShutUp10 only adds registry entries and disables services. You can just delete it afterwards if you want.

>>105600243
Honestly you probably won't be able to tell the difference. Office has basically just been Office 2016 being treated like a live service game from then to now.

>>105600243
no reason. people still use excel 2007 and it works lol.

Do those aerodwm glass apps actually work for windows 11 or are they all broken resource hogs? I want your opinion.

>>105600352
I still use 97 and it does everything I want. SR2 has Y2K patch and fileformat patch works (XLSX, DOCX etc) so it can open newer documents too. It's also abandonware so basically free. If it wasn't abandonware I would just buy the key for that version and would use it forever.

Win10 explorer somehow hurts my eyes compared to 7.

I haven't installed any updates period since installing LTSC in 2021, where can I download every security update that has been released for Windows 10 and install them manually?

>>105595817
Are you emulating android games or normal apps?
For normal apps MS WSA (WSABuild on github) works way better than any other emulator.

>>105601038
You'd just need to install the 2025 June cumulative update for 21H2 64-bit to get all the patches/fixes since mid/late 2021. You can get it from the MS update catalog.

>>105600243
idk about other Office programs but Excel is constantly evolving, even surface level features get added all the time.
for example 2024 lacks the ability to snap image files to cell grid (to move and resize images automatically) that was added to 365 after feature freeze.

How do I disable Edge?

I just installed Windows 10 IoT LTSC and now the fonts on my browsers look blurry like the one on the right when they used to look sharp like the left image, anyone know how to fix it?

https://litter.catbox.moe/syz06k5uhtnuuadk.png

I hate Linux/Gentoo and the people who use it. if you use Linux or Gentoo and 4chan at the same time - but not Linux or Gentoo before 4chan - only after - you are a stupid, retarded, bought boy bitch goy NPC and you probably dont have a soul

>>105585566 (OP)
Based advice OP

>>105585769
first two sound like a big you problem
was the laptop in the third a Lenovo Thinkpad/DELL?

>>105601301
next time during windows setup if you selected english (world) instead of english (america) it installs windows without bloatware or edge.

if you already have edge you can run this bat script
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ShadowWhisperer/Remove-MS-Edge/refs/heads/main/Batch/Edge.bat

>>105585770
check GPU/graphics settings, especially if its INTEL
probably in the "video" section. to get to the tool, type your GPU brand into start, or check the taskbar (expanded)

>>105601354
try adjusting dpi setting or cleartype. if those fail then chrome lets you adjust font in settings or flags. not sure about firefox.

>>105601427
whats wrong can GIMP not edit that photo to do that without cropping? GIMP faggot

>>105601514
It was a joke retard, calm your tits.

>>105601569
wasnt funny. kill yourself.

>>105596561
Dumb whale needs correction!

>>105601587
>I'm the life and soul of the party
lmao

how do i get windows to show me av1 video thumbnails

>>105601801
try using icaros

>>105601665
hahahaha

>>105601817
the thing is, i already use icaros and i have av1 selected in the thumbnailing options

>>105602099
sorry i meant, i already have .mkv selected not av1

Should I turn off Smart app Control?

>>105602259
There isn't a consensus yet because it's quite new, some say it's good at blocking malware although prone to false positives, but it's cloud based and needs you to have telemetry on apparently so if you don't trust it then just disable it, just keep in mind that re-enabling it is not possible without a full reinstall, kinda retarded

>>105601097
>cumulative
Does that contain feature updates as well or just security patches or can I pick and choose? I guess I'll find out.

Until Windows allows me to completely disable automatic updates I will never use it again.

>>105602792
already possible

>>105601801
https://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
Standard and above includes thumbnails for every single video codec

>>105602792
>Until Windows allows me to completely disable automatic updates I will never use it again.
1. You can already do it
2. You should just install IoT LTSC instead as it only gets security updates

>>105602912
>2. You should just install IoT LTSC instead as it only gets security updates
I don't want those either (automatically).

>>105590535
This is what drove me over the fucking edge and made me switch to Linux. When my system starts behaving in a way where I can't distinguish between normal behavior and a fucking crypto miner infection anymore, it's time to let go.

I made one attempt at killing a bunch of on-idle scheduled tasks, but after restarting I had to do a 30 minute microsoft defender humiliation ritual, because ironically Defender insisted that me turning on those tasks must have been from malware.

>>105585566 (OP)
Probably a dumb question but on mas I have the option to change my windows 11 home edition with IoT Enterprise. How does this work exactly? Will it automically remove all the default bloat programs or what?

>>105602934
Then just disable updates
What's the issue?

>>105602903
Thanks, that worked wonders

>>105602508
LTSC doesn't include feature updates

>>105602792
learn Group Policy or else

while you're telling that guy how to disable updates you should tell me how to stop real time protection from turning itself back on

>>105601059
Games, took a little while but I've debloated BlueStacks 5 to a point I'm satisfied with.
I'm feeling really happy right now.
>>105596230
I could share everything I've done to get a nice BlueStacks if you want, I usually write everything I do down anyways. The performance is great.

>>105603406
have you tried installing linux

>>105603423
I've used Gentoo for a few years, why do you ask?

are there any good night light filter programs?

>>105603854
Windows already has one built in, but if you're looking for 3rd party software, then try f.lux

>>105601608
I already ate the whale, you silly boy! :3

Any replacement for Phone link that isn't KDE connect?
Basically :
- able to see messages
- able to get an alert when being called
- able to exchange files

All of that locally or e2e encrypted.

>>105603201
https://superuser.com/questions/1757339/how-to-permanently-disable-windows-defender-real-time-protection-with-gpo

>>105604091
"In newer versions of Windows, Group Policy settings for Microsoft Defender are reverted back.
To prevent this, before changing them:"
You will be doing dumb shit like this all the time. Microsoft will never stop.

>>105601354
Firefox updated its font rendering engine and it's apparently bugged. Issue is not that visible on normie websites which are using BIG fonts for retards but 4chan clearly shows the issue.
Here is the fix >>105578674

I will use Windows 8.1 on 2015 hardware for as long as I can.

>>105603010
I keep reading that shit like this doesn't work, or it gets turned back on by itself.

>>105604199
You're probably mistaking this for people who try turning Defender off from the normal settings

>>105604115
Just tried this and after a reboot Defender is back on. I guess the second best option is to exclude every drive. At least it won't run (afaik) automatic scans in the background then.
Gpedit should override everything but this is not the case with this malware.

>>105604138
based

>>105604138
>he still uses a shitty i7-6700K and a shitty GTX 960
>in the year 2025
I actually received my first Gaming PC in the year 2015 which was an MSI GE62 that had an i7-6700HQ and a GTX 960M. Good times!

>>105605239
I fucking hate zoomers.

>>105605239
I fucking love zoomers.

>>105605239
I fucking don't mind zoomers.

>>105605146
that pic would have made me install windows 8

>>105605313
>>105605328
>>105605334
PESKY little same fag! PESKY! :3

Stay dumb and butt hurt!

Let me guess, you're going to use the Inspect Element to "prove" that you're not same fagging! KEK!

>>105605370
Wasn't me.

>>105605435
Good ol' shaggy defense.

>>105605435
>>105605524
You silly boys!

>>105585769
>I couldn't do anything to repair the install so had to do a clean install.
Ah, the Windows experience since 9x. Reason why when 10 kicks the bucket, I'm going full Arch (which I use, BTW). Tired of MS's plantation and lack of sane log files (event viewer is shit).

>>105590584
Even normies hate Win11. It's just they deal with it because the only option (for them) is: Windows 11 or Apple, and given Windows is the cheaper (and used in their office) option...

>>105589574
His point is that MS is (stupidly) trying to shove all the phone shit into the main OS (Windows). Why do you think Apple of all people split their OS's into distinct "flavors" of "Watch, Phone, 'Mac'/OS XI+"?

>>105590172
Place I was working at used TotalCommander for file migrations and it works, but for actual UI purposes? It blows ass unless you're needing to move files.

Better keyboard navigation than Explorer, though.

>>105601428
>Dell
LMAO, fucking Dells. Knowing them, they'll be like:
>Oh, you have basic support?
>Too bad, you can't use it. Get fucked. :)

>>105605675
It's the same shit on Linux, you only think it's not because things on Linux fuck themselves way more often.
Yeah, you can fix your xorg conf after pacman fucked it up, but Windows would never* fuck itself the same way, and fixing menial shit is pretty much the most you can do if you're not willing to waste hours figuring everything out. And by that point you could do the same thing on Windows too.
For me, I just keep my main configs and programs on a separate drive and symlink them after a reinstall, I even use most of my configurations (mpv, firefox, thunderbird, emacs, freetube) across both OSs, I just symlink those bitches right after a install and I'm done with it.
If you don't have a 10k line .reg file to run right after a reinstall you're doing Windows wrong. Same thing on Linux.
The only default that's sane is my own, everyone else is stupid and retarded.

>>105603010
Windows doesn't accept GPO anymore. It'll turn shit back on that you turned off.

>Do you want Edge? :)
No, Microsoft. I already have <insert browser here>, *uninstall*
>(PATCH TUESDAY ROLLS AROUND!)
>Here is MS Edge. :)
>BTW, you can't uninstall it now! :)
Fuck MS.

When using Fort should I also disable Windows Firewall via the control panel?
My logic says yes but it's so hard to know because Windows is full of unknown factors.

>>105605749
Read the fucking github before asking shit nigger.
https://github.com/tnodir/fort/wiki/FAQ
https://github.com/tnodir/fort/wiki/FAQ
https://github.com/tnodir/fort/wiki/FAQ

>>105605765
How friendly of you. American hours are obviously on.

>>105605765
Please be nice to him, you butt hurt chump!

>>105605816
Don't blame the American people. Blame the Indian people! It's obvious that Indian people are really aggressive in /g/, especially in the Smartphone General Threads!

>>105605869
Do you have any idea what time it is there? About 5 am something, retard.

Friendly Windows Thread

not so friendly no mo

Windows 10-chan is dying :(

>>105605972
>>105605952
>>105605869
>>105605816
Friendly doesn't mean "place where you waste people's time on something you could've figured out yourself if you thought about it for 5 seconds".
The bare minimum amount of courtesy you should do would be to at least TRY doing something for yourself before asking.

I’m about to reinstall win10 after trying win11 like a retard. Weird bug that I can’t seem to figure out. Programs don’t seem to remember the volume they had been assigned the last time they ran. Every fresh start of a program, the volume is at 100%. Has anyone seen this before?

>>105605908
>>105605952
>>105605972
>>105606011
>>105606012
You butt hurt boys are so cute and dumb! :3

Keep up the good work! c:

>_NSAKEY

>>105606124
meds

>>105606139
I miss that show's character design.

>>105604138
As long as your programs still work I don't see a problem

Alternative to ClamTK? Kapitano?
Or maybe, no need? Since ClamTK is just the GUI interface, not the actual antivirus scanner, would it be fine to keep using it if it doesn't get updated anymore, as long as the ClamAV definitions get updated? Or would there be some kind of security vulnerability?

>>105607113
I don't really feel like there is a need, keep proper backups, encrypt sensitive data, don't download from shady sources, and that covers the vast majority of vulnerabilities, you can block javascript/malvertisements by default from the web browser, and stay as a non-privileged user is also another good practice

>>105602508
Feature updates are their own update files. 21H2 is still getting cumulative updates because of LTSC 2021.

What the fuck is svchost AppID Certificate Store Verification Task accessing internet? I have IoT LTSC, I shouldn't have any windows store shit in the first place.
There is always something going behind my back in Windows, holy goddamn shit.

>>105607379

>>105607437
?

>>105607379
>he fell for the ltnpc meme
LTNPCs will never cease to be entertainingly stupid. Your "no winblows store apps edition honest" has almost 40 UWP apps installed, from your Settings app, to the Notification sidebar, to the Start menu. These of course need signing, updating, security checks etc.
If you're genuinely stupid enough to fall for LTSChizo BS, and base your OS choices exclusively on their lies, be honest with yourself and fuck off to Troonix.

>>105606124
sex
with shamiko

>>105607448
That's tough but fair post I guess.

>>105607379
that's for digital certificates, retard

can't we have a single thread without niggas coming to vent about shit they don't even bother to investigate before posting?

>>105607448
I don't even bother anymore, those are the worst types of people to reply to. I'd rather answer some retard asking how to make discord stop opening at boot 500 times a day than explain shit to ltschizos that are oh so in tune with what every single system process is doing yet are incapable of figuring out the most obvious shit ever.
It's so damn pathetic, this type of people should be trying to build linux from scratch so they can know every single thing that's going into it but take the easy way out and end up shitting up the place with their fucking inane questions.

>>105607467
>>105607448
You are clearly replying to your own post.

>>105607448
TOTAL LTSCHIZO DEATH

>105607467
>thread's moderator is angry

>>105607472
Oh look, the LTNPC is coping with his retardation. How cute and predictable.
Fuck off to Troonix where low IQ Dunning-Krugers like you belong.

@105607484
How old are you? 16? You have already learned how to parrot some big words.

>>105607484
Look who has blurry fonts... who's the ignorant one now? Oh wait should I call you "Dunning-Kruger" would that be more fancy?

This is my honest reaction whenever a system process accesses the internet (they are sending my information directly to bill gates so he can laugh at it with his billionaire friends)

>>105607491
>ltnpc falls for brown poorfag loser propaganda
>doesnt even understand the basics of his os that would be written on the box (if we still had boxes)
>gets spastically angry about this
>gets even more spastically angry when corrected
>"REEEEEE UR ALL STUPID IM REALLY SMRT HONEST"
Seeing these sorts of copium overdoses is why I keep coming back to /g/.

>>105607515
It's way past your bedtime.

>>105607499
>poor brown dunning kruger ltnpc doesnt have a 1440 screen
I did not see that coming.
(of course I saw that coming)

Kek, haven't seen an ltschizo losing his shit in weeks.

Real talk, if you lose your shit even when your pc connect to an ntp server why the FUCK are you not schizoing out on /fglgbt/ instead of here? I'm certain that there are so many lovable transgender thinkpad sisters just waiting to help you out with your transition.
Why do you feel the need to destroy an OS with your retarded scripts (then whining here when shit breaks so people can help you out for free) instead of building on linux something you'll be fine with yourself?

>>105607547
>building on linux something you'll be fine with
His IQ of 60 precludes that.

>105607529
>wikipedia

>>105607547
>>105607561
What do you mean?

>>105607529
Why are you so obsessed with Indians?

>>105607577
>poor brown ltnpc
>doesn't understand english
Not beating the accusations.

>>105607466
this: >>105607448

>>105607588
Are you sure?

>>105607491
>>105607476
>>105607379

I have bunch of other services which are accessing internet
>Microsoft Windows Diagnostics Tracking
>Microsoft® Account Service
>Network Profile Service DLL
>NT Kernel & System
I have block these all, so far nothing is broken yet. My i5-6500 went running pretty hot before I disableled these.

>>105607615
Well if we're being fair those collective 5 bits of information being sent every 24 hours do add up...

>>105607620
I don't understand your post

>>105607621

>thread moderator is less upset

What is BITS service?

>>105607621
See >>105607588

>>105600271
>he doesn't know

>105607671
>obsessed with indians

God, these threads really went to shit. Same as windows itself.

>>105607809
It's like one guy spamming like a monkey

i blame the jews

>>105607809
It's what you get when a mod decides he "owns" a thread.

>>105607113
>>105607166
Ah shit, posted in the wrong thread, sorry.

>>105607448
There is a reason to install LTSC though, which is getting security updates for longer on W10
But yes, a lot of people keep parroting misinformation like the misconception that LTSC is faster and snappier (which even Massgrave says is not true)

>>105590535
>I'm losing my fight against windows and this shitty system spinning my drives. There is absolutely no logic. I can open new tab in Firefox and it spins them up.
If you haven't disable every single part of windows update in services, BITS, the update service, the modules installer and the update orchestrator service.
It's going to turn them back on every single day unless you block the medic service from running though.

Any onedrive users here?
Has this sidebar button ever worked for anyone?
For me clicking it does nothing on four different versions of windows.
Is it because I use local account?

>>105608217
I figured, so I just kept my post OS agnostic

>>105608253
I was initially surprised to see this on the MAS site, because when I reinstalled Windows 10 on my shittop (upgrading from home to ltsc) I did actually find it to be faster. Now I know that's purely anecdotal and probably because my shitty laptop was slow as balls running Windows 10 Home, so any debloat was going to give it some notable breathing room.

>>105608893
It was probably simply bloated in general, as in not just because of W10 Home
A clean install of a GAC edition would have probably felt faster too

>>105608644
>OneDrive users
>In /fwt/
Come on, now.

>>105609022
I'm forced to use it to access a shared folder.
I won't trust any of my personal files to it after all the news about ms deleting "bad" files without warning.

>>105609060
Well the whole deal is that if you sync your files with OneDrive MS basically owns all of it and can do what they want. It's dogass garbage.

>>105609071
That's every remote cloud, but not every cloud deletes not-shared mp3s and jpegs they don't like.

>>105585566 (OP)
Guys how do I install HEVC Video Extensions? I remember I was able to do it with winget before from the microsoft store and I didn't have to pay the $0.99? I don't remember if it was a different app code or what though? I don't remember the one I used having $0.99.

>>105609343
You can download an IMG file from the MAS website to let you install it for free.

>>105609343
Nigga just download any decent video player like mpv, mpc-hc, or VLC and you'll be able to play HEVC videos

>>105608923
That's the thing, I reinstalled all of the same programs I had on the home edition (even the shitty ones I never used). It was part of making a reliable control test. I've concluded that for computers and laptops that are under-spec'd (cannot install to Win11), LTSC makes a notable difference from Home. Otherwise, no, I haven't seen a good enough difference on machines that were considered standard gaming hardware 5-7 years ago.

>>105609465
>>105608923
Btw, the shittop I did the test on was barely on-spec 10 years ago (1.6 GHz CPU, no dedicated GPU, 4 GB RAM).

How do I setup python environment variables cleanly so I can use pip commands and the like straight from the command line without having three different python versions neither of which know where they're located or when they're being called upon

>>105609403
Adobe suite and some games require those codecs.

>>105609493
>C:\Python

>>105591793 (brace for the multipost)
>There were also a lot of COM servers that registered themselves via 8.3 name back then, too. I have a number of utilities from the 90s that I still use daily. As usual, it is a backcompat thing. But, to be completely honest, for the hoi polloi, it can go.
Fairs. I wouldn't consider doing that when dealing with an environment that depends on critical DOS/9X-era soft, either, but when you just occasionally fool around with these stuff - I guess ramping up a VM or an emulator like DOSBox/86box won't hurt. Depends on your needs, ofc.
Ya know, just came to my mind that since FSUtil does disable short-name genning either volume-level or system-wide (only have it set to the earlier), I guess I could workaround with a mounted virtual disk that will have it enabled as an "8.3zone" for the apps. Probly good-in-theory-yet-retarded-in-practice, but I guess it could work.
PS. Funnily, I actually set my 120 gig SSD drive up within the partition stage of Setup. Hence why I noticed the fact (along the reason why there was no Recovery partition created - disk space constraints?)
>There's more to UAC than just elevation. Another anon righteously said a thread or two back that people forget about the FS and registry virtualisation it offers.
Gonna stroke my own ego and admit that's me.
>Thankfully, this guy "disables" UAC "the right way" by not actually disabling it at all (which a lot of memescripts do, causing much mayhem among Dunning-Kruger sufferers), and just doing the RegEdit equivalent of whacking all the sliders up to the max.
"Slightly" above the sliders - ConsentPromptBehaviorUser set to 0 actually prohibits elevation for non-admin accs. Might be overkill but if you (and the apps) can handle it and follow the strictly-separated user/admin layout, I guess it werks.
(cont.)

Is there a codec to make Windows Movies & TV player play av01 mp4's with audio? It only plays the video. I have web media extensions installed too. VLC plays it just fine, but i like the movies & tv player.

>>105609718
I think the only nitpick (slight) I have reg. this point is enabling the default Administrator account in a client system, instead of just using one that is created during the OOBE as elevated. As far as I'm aware, there won't be no UAC dialog for the built-in account by default. Would keep it as-is - just for the Safe Mode.

I have UAC slider-maxxed, myself. Didn't really bother me that much in Vista days and now. Got used to whatever the defaults were set in NT6+.
>>105591802
>I personally have no problem with MS accounts. I don't use them myself, but I can understand the hoi polloi wanting/needing/using them for SSO, settings/program sync, and BitLocker key backup.
I have an MSA myself, but I ain't and won't seriously consider completely replacing my local account with. Just using within the MS store and Xbone where really necessary, and with Applel or Goolag molochs coercing you into having an account in their services, i guess it makes the MSA redundant in some ways.
Always keen on backing up your shit locally (or at least don't include your sensitive data in the web cloud backups), and haven't gotten into Bitlockering my personal devices myself as I find it overkill for my needs. There's no better replacement for keeping an eye on your valuable shit at all times when outside, and never relaxing around blacks. But yeah - when SHTF, it's useful.
>Further, the security for MS accounts is actually considerably better than local accounts using the SAM, as it's essentially a cut-down version of the Active Directory protocol.
Yeah, though I guess the Windows Hello authentication methods ameliorate that when it comes to local accounts?
>I think where you stand on MS accounts is based on how much you trust Microsoft not to leak your BitLocker keys, LSA secrets, clipboard contents, etc., not any real or imagined technical merits or deficiencies.
True. Different strokes for different folks. Just like with the HTA/VBS or CLI process logging hardening.
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How do I view which apps/ ms store extensions I have installed and uninstall them with commandline in powershell? I don't have microsoft store, only winget and powershell.

>>105591813
>I'm also noticing a pattern: this guy goes straight for tapping directly on registry keys, instead of using Group Policy - a common mistake, born from a misapprehension as to what GP actually IS. Too many people think it's just a front-end for setting registry values in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies - no, it also includes a mechanism to protect those values from being reset or overwritten.
Yeah, I'm pretty surprised how these tweak tools that touch the Policies don't try to do it the right way by modifying Registry.pol (hell, there's even a PowerShell module with the cmdlets for fiddling with), and I always thought the "mechanism" was nothing but that when the system or the user queries a Group Policy update (like somebody launching gpupdate - especially with the /force switch), it just (re)applies the settings from Registry.pol
Then again, I'm a lucky bastard - from what I know wpd.app, WuMgr (i think WUMT as well) and Win10Privacy do directly set up policy keys in the registry (currently using the last two), yet I haven't been fucked yet. Maybe it will backfire on me, who knows.
>If you've ever seen a Dunning-Kruger bitch and moan that all his customisations got reverted when he (for example) installed the latest Feature Update, now you know exactly how he performed this particular footgun.
I know for sure that there are a couple of updates that reappear sometimes in the client that are not offered at all from WSUS. One of them with the Update Health Tools - I was always convinced this was the primary reason why people complained about their update policy customizations being resetted when they have them installed (to be fair, update descriptions are meant to be checked if you were configuring automatic updates).
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>>105609767
You can use winget to list all currently installed UWPs and install/uninstall them through that.

>>105591813
>>Ninth Commandment
Yeah, I get his resentment regarding UWP apps, but I can agree it's overkill - especially when you also clear up the UWP app libs (.NET/VCLibs) that the apps might be dependent on - like the reason why Snip & Sketch doesn't work under LTSC by default due to dirty-cleaned UWP apps.
>>105591820
>Tenth Commandment
Like I said earlier - different strokes for different folks. I guess the guy wrote it for Windows-experienced peeps who have some grey matter in their brains to not blindly apply everything that share his views onto Windows, and the security-hardening ones (I mean, he's a security researcher). He seems to be into classic Win32 apps rather than UWP, so yeah.
Also with these Krauts, they're really stubborn on the security/privacy stuff. Then again - the East German part was invigilated by the Stasi, probably explains it.
Not sure if you have noticed the index page of his site - some of the pages oughta be interesting for you.

Also thanks for making me longpost on the Bavarian hop-harvesting BBS you magnificent faggot, let alone on this very damned board. Love ya (no homo) for the knowledge, though.

>powershell is supposed to be a replacement for cmd
>symlink isn't a thing on powershell
huh?

>>105609967
If it was a pure replacement the command prompt wouldn't still be included.

>>105607448
>>105607474
>>105607484
11jeet BTFO

>>105610233
C'mon LTSChizo, we don't need yet another confirmation that your poor, brown, retarded Reddit janny ass owns this thread, and deletes inconvenient facts that hurt his fee-fees.

>>105610233
based

>>105610240
>>105610240
>>105610240

>>105605239
fucking retarded 600 lbs avatarfaggot, i hope you choke on your burger and soda fatty.

>>105611512
He's far more entertaining than your spastic tantrums ever will be.

>>105611779
nice samefagging retard, but you're not fooling anyone.

>>105609729
>I have web media extensions installed too
try
winget install "AV1 Video Extension"

>>105611979
You've accidentally admitted multiple times that you're a fuck janny, you subhuman piece of shit - which makes your "samefag samefag ark ark" cope when you're rightfully and roundly shat on even funnier.