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/: >>105585566

How to make WinXP a viable OS in 2025?

So i used 0&0 shut up to disable everything, especially updates, but stuff just turns itself up anyway.

Friendly Windows Thread? More like Friendly Chicken Boy Thread

>>105610257
"Viable" means "run a modern browser to actually use the net" so just use the latest version of MyPal68 and you can basically use XP like normal (mostly.) Just make sure to use a firewall and block everything except the web browser.

>>105610515
Make sure you're using Enterprise, anon.

>>105610554
I'm using Win 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC

>>105610562
Are you not running it in admin mode? Nothing should be turning back on after running the recommended settings.

>>105610574
Yeah, I'm running it as Admin. Windows Update just turns back on immediately after restart. And then eventually other things.

What's the winget command to see all installed things via winget?

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.

Someone mentinoed somethinga bout an IMG from MAS. I'm using their w10 iot enterprise. An error comes out when I try to install the $0.99 one from microsoft store though.

>>105610612
you can google that

>>105610636
https://codecguide.com/media_foundation_codecs.htm
This link should be added in OP at this point considering how many people asking the same question.

>>105610636
You download that IMG file from the MAS site, mount it and run the setup.

>>105601097
>2025 June cumulative update for 21H2 64-bit
I'm guessing it's this one?

>>105610257
Wouldn't think of using XP as a daily OS unless you're daring enough. NT5 compared to NT6+ feels fundamentally inferior (although it has certain advantages over the latter, especially when it comes to full compatibility with older programs), and the default security policies in the OS feel stale compared to the newer ones (the defaults from the newer systems should ameliorate that, mostly. There was some faggot on YT that made a vid experimenting with that.)

There are many steps to make your XP SP3 image fully updated (unofficial SP4 with POSReady updates), with library/application addons added with nLite (WinCert seems to be the hub for these, these days. ryanVM forums are dead. I believe MyDigitalLife's XP section will also be interesting, along with MSFN's), and drivers being slipstreamed (especially networking and storage drivers). With the activation system being circumvented nowadays, you can even generate a key with stuff like UMSKT or xp_activate32, so that you can activate the OS.
Then you check MSFN and MyDigitalLife for the software compatible with XP - like MyPal68, roytam1's browser builds or Supermium. Hell, you can even enable TLS 1.2 encryption if you are fully-updated, for the schannel-using programs and IE, plus having the latest root certs installed.

And if you can't be arsed to do the modifications and want something "pre-built" - zone94's Integral Edition should be good. Make sure you have that firewall from the Extra Goods installed and enabled, as the default Windows one is inferior (only handles inbound traffic - the default firewall is already disabled in the respin, so yeah).
And make sure that your network is secure - the hardware firewall working as it should, NAT, et cetera. Common Sense is obviously required, and having some lean antivirus with good detection and real-time scanning.
https://msfn.org/board/topic/184730-antimalware-firewall-and-other-security-programs-for-windows-xp-working-in-2023-and-hopefully-beyond/

Can you even disable Windows Updates in Group Policies or that thing does nothing?

>>105610515
Relaunch O&O - it should prompt you whether to restore the earlier settings that were reset.
I believe O&O applies the Policy configuration directly to the registry, so if you have something that will prompt Windows to update the Group Policy configuration, it will (re)apply the configuration from %SystemRoot%\system32\GroupPolicy\{Machine|User}\Registry.pol, and that will cause the configuration to be reverted. (so if you launched gpupdate for example, it will do that.)

Make sure that when it comes to automatic updates that you don't have these couple of updates installed that will make sure it's set to the defaults. One of them is the Update Health Tools (AKA KB4023057), and the other as of recently is KB5001716. They seem to be offered by the Windows Update client only - the fact that they aren't offered by WSUS should tell you something.

>>105610830
You can less "remove it completely" and more so just "push back updates for a really, really long time" and also "freeze the feature pack number."

>>105610835
O&O can disable everything but Updates. I checked and I don't have those 2 updates. Unless they are already included in system iso?

>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

>>105611029
Poor anon has dementia :(

>>105610695
The 10 LTSB related one.

>>105610636
https://massgrave.dev/unsupported_products_activation#hevc-video-extensions
https://store.rg-adguard.net/
Search for 9nmzlz57r3t7, download the .appxbundle then run it.

>>105610830
at best you can set it to check for updates automatically without downloading anything.
Disable the update notification as well

Is a Type 2 Hyper-V VM supposed to be as performant as VMware? I'm trying it out (W11 host, W11 VM) and it feels just like VMware is before you install its drivers, which is rather slow.

Could I get some help with this W11 VM?
God knows why I used the "compact disk" tool in VMWare and now my VM won't boot, pic rel
I hooked up a windows media iso thing and all my files are still there
Pic rel also has the diskpart output
Volumes 0 and 1 are just the recovery isos I was trying
Volume 2 is what used to be my C: drive
Volume 3 used to be F:, secondary drive
Volume 4 is the boot partition
Volume 5 is the recovery one
I'm guessing the issue is with the boot partition and the way things are pointing at each other
I found a bunch of info and tried some stuff but I think half of it was for MBR and nothing really worked really
Anyone got some tips?

>>105611029
>>105598454
>>105578941
>>105579011 told you why days ago, retard.

>>105611575
VMware is designed for interactive, desktop type virtualization. Hyper-V is a server consolidation product. They serve entirely different markets, and have entirely different priorities.
If you're just dicking with unimportant, semi-disposable VMs that you click around in instead of remote manage (like most anons on /g/), stick with VMware.

>>105611646
:( So I guess the answer to my question is that the performance is inherently inferior to VMware? I am indeed just dicking around, but I'd like to know how different they are.

>>105610240 (OP)
I have a media pc with a shared movie/tv folder. it used to be visible across the network but I can't see it anymore. I think it stopped working when I installed a Canon printer but I'm not entirely sure. any ideas?

How do I get rid of this annoying 260 character limit for file names?

What services and svchost processes are safe to block in Windows 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC?

Not again...

So far I'm liking w11. Had 1 micro freeze tho. It happened when I was burning ISO image to USB and opened yt at the same time.

>>105612743
this is why you need to use extra firewall and disable processes via regedit
i just deleted edge and don't get much stutters

I love Windows!

>>105612992
I'm more of a binbows guy myself.

>>105612701
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=registry

>>105610907
>I checked and I don't have those 2 updates. Unless they are already included in system iso?
They shouldn't. Did a clean install from a May 2025 Win10 ISO recently and the Windows Update client offered these two updates.
The "Microsoft Update Health Tools" utility should appear as a regular program in appwiz.cpl, if you were checking the "Installed Updates" view it won't be there. Otherwise you don't have them installed, I think.

If you want to make sure the update policies won't be overwritten, then just configure the official way - by setting the policies within gpedit.msc: Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update. The "Configure Automatic Updates" policy should be interesting to you.
This way when something calls for a Group Policy update, you won't have to worry about it being replaced, as the configuration is set in the said Registry.pol file along with the registry change in the Policies key.

Is there a simple program to make video collages?

>>105612992
ProgDVB was a much better program for watching tv

>>105613646
shotcut

/fwt/bwos, we will have our own nano: https://github.com/microsoft/edit

>>105614387
I tried it out, it is neat, I've already adopted micro though, I dont think i'll switch, if someone forks this to add, or if microsoft adds, plugin support it could grow to be neat

I want to make my Windows 11 LTSC to look like MacOS. What is the best way to do this? I think I will need to replace explorer completely and reskin every window and replace icons and fonts.

>>105614616
Run proxmox on it or something

>>105614387
>>105614520
>actually based on ms-dos edit (which predates nano by about a decade)
>written in rust-ACK!
>doesn't do anything notepad.exe doesnt
I don't see how this could possibly impress anyone who's used Windows (or even MS-DOS, for that matter) for more than five minutes.
I think it's simply because it's a console-mode program, so you can LARP as a real live leet haxor.

>>105614665
>I don't see how this could possibly impress anyone who's used Windows
It isn't meant to impress, it is meant to solve a niche problem, sometimes when you remote into a windows machine, you only have terminal access, the old edit.com isn't supported on modern windows, so they had no 1st party terminal editor for those rare situations

>>105614616
Just wait a few more builds, windows will look like macos.

>>105614616
install vista

>>105611596
Unmount those ISOs, mount 1 ISO that will get you into WinPE/WinRE. I think you can use the W11 installer.
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000124331/how-to-repair-the-efi-bootloader-on-a-gpt-hdd-for-windows-7-8-8-1-and-10-on-your-dell-pc
Rebuild BCD - skip the steps about repairing the EFI bootloader, it doesn't look like you need it.

>>105614387
>we will have our own nano
nigger, every fucking 32-bit windows version has the fucking EDIT tool, inherited from the DOS days.
hell, there are even win32 clones of it. i'm fidgeting with yedit, from the yori shell (which i guess is a nice alternative to cmd, shit even works in fucking nt 3.5x)
but there are also other CLI text editors for windows that existed way before nu-edit was made
https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/02/15/wanted-console-text-editor-for-windows/
and at least they aren't made
>in
>fucking
>Rust

>>105614705
>only terminal access to windows servers
>when we've had terminal services/remote desktop for 30 fucking years
That's right, I keep forgetting that there are people that still Telnet/SSH into machines like it's the 1980s because... reasons (again, probably just to LARP as a leet haxor).

>>105615049
...you do know there are Windows Servers without the GUI, right anon?

>>105615122
>tries to be smart
>instead
>embarrasses himself by showiing that he doesn't know that server core
>fuck, even windows pe
>comes with notepad absolutely fucking stock standard
Don't ever change, /g/.

>>105615146
Holy shit you fucking gorilla nigger
>PS Remote into server
>no GUI access
>only terminal access
>tries to flex, can't fucking read
>lole just use notepad
I'm not even the first guy. You're projecting your retardation onto the both of us. RDP isn't always enabled. It's not a LARP, and he said it was RARE.

>>105615187
>n-no we're not running retard telnet like its 1985
>we're running slightly different telnet like its 1985
Nice goalpost-shuffle. Typical /g/ - creating a problems for themselves.
Protip: PS remoting isn't on by default either. I know you're going to shuffle the goalposts to security next - not realising that PS remoting is way more attack surface than ordinary RDP, because it leverages WS-Management and all the RPC horrors around it, instead of opening one (1) TCP port.
Further, in a workgroup environment (something NEETs like you are stuck with - none of you have any idea about NT domains), setting up WS-Management is even more of a security nightmare, again only done by idiots who bought the "RDP insecure, ark ark" kool-aid.
Drop off tranny, you demonstrably have no idea what you're talking about.

>>105615280
Your spelling has outed you. You're either Eastern European or a fucking jeet. Carry on. See if piling more names on makes your point any clearer.

>>105615280
Oh, and since you're eager to accuse people of LARP-ing
>Protip: PS remoting isn't on by default either.
Is it now?
>PowerShell Remoting is the recommended way to manage Windows systems. PowerShell Remoting is enabled by default in Windows Server 2012 R2 and higher.
Fuck right off.

>>105615146
Anon, the other guy* said nothing but "there are Windows servers without the GUI", implying notepad.exe doesn't come with every version of Windows ever, both of which are categorically wrong.

* Frankly I don't buy that there's any "other guy" - you're taking it way too personal for that to be convincing.

>>105615324
>can't actually refute any of the points
This is why you're a joke.

>>105615338
>makes up more shit
Of course PS remoting isn't on by default, just like NO remote management of any sort has been enabled on Windows OOTB since Windows Vista.

>>105615340 has you nailed, methinks. Go be a retard elsewhere.

>>105615356
>>makes up more shit
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/security/remoting/winrm-security?view=powershell-7.5
Fucking moron.

>>105615340
I am the other guy, I have been arguing with this >>105615049 anon for months on /fwt/ if he is who I think he is, So I just didn't reply to him because he said
" because... reasons (again, probably just to LARP "
basically admitting he can't think of a reason, and that it is "probably" not "definitely" a LARP, which is about the most I could expect from him. I am not trying to change his mind on that, only that new Edit isn't meant to impress but to solve a problem

>>105615403
Hello other guy. Have fun with your dedicated anti. What an oaf.

>>105615411
he isn't my anti, we just disagree often, so I avoid talking to him when the insults start flying

>>105615425
I'll try and steer clear in the future too.

>>105615338
>PowerShell Remoting is enabled by default
Also categorically false. Like any remote access, at the very least, the firewall rules are disabled by default.
It's more likely that you're misinterpreting what MSDN is trying to say: they mean ON THE CLIENT it's enabled by default - of course you still have to set up the server side to accept remote access. It's absolutely insane that you think it could possibly be any other way.

>>105615356 (H/T)
You're doing gods work, anon. Fact check these "I misread MSDN so I'm an expert" types, and watch them go schizo and destroy their credibility.

>>105615431
It is only disabled by default on client versions of Windows. Neither of you two have ever touched a server in your life.

>>105615392
>>105615403
>>105615411
>>105615425
>>105615429
/g/: come for the LARPing, stay for the MPD breaks from reality.

>>105615453
>ps remoting
>giving you full access to the server
>is really on by default honest guize
>when literally everything else (down to rpc) has been disabled by default since windows server 2003 to reduce attack surface
At this point, the only correct response is "meds".
Savor this (You), as it's your last.

>>105615477
Yes, you stupid fuck. It's especially hilarious that you called me out on "using a heckin workgroup" because that is the ONLY fucking time you cannot use WinRM to "Enter-PSSession" on a fresh fucking server without configuring the remote client to accept the connection. WinRM is and has been enabled by default since WS2012, and will just let you the fuck in via AD credentials.
Never post again.

Thread got unfriendly again, have a Power Pup

>>105615477
My favourite part was where he - singular - thinks we can't check this in seconds. Even VPN'd into work so I'm on the domain, and in the same (logical) subnet.
As an aside, the PS configuration on this server is completely stock, mainly because we're an Exchange house, which famously doesn't run on Server Core (at least our version, anyway).
And surprise surprise, pic related. As you rightfully point out, it would be utterly bonkers for it to be on by default.

I'm not requesting help, just informing you you fine niggas that Windows 11 is STINKY and SMELLS. I'll be sticking to Windows 10 with ESU then make the switch to Linux. I'll be using the three years to settle into a distro I like. That is all, thank you for reading.

>>105615585
I'm certain he's just manufacturing casus belli against RDP: they have an irrational hatred for it that's very common among NEETs whose only server exposure is their Linux "appliances" /hsg/ memed them into.
I think it's because you're stuck with nothing but telnet derivatives on that platform without work, and Linux NEETs have always had a form of sour grapes where "if it's not available inbox on my distro, it's evil and wrong", always believed any put-down of Windows security no matter how insane or outdated it is. And above all, they've never been able to control their emotions when they're corrected.

>>105615585
Is "Server" in your hosts file? Is your current computer on the smae domain?
Cause if not you need to use full computername.domainname names.

>>105615642
You're like a 4th grader on a playground telling the 3rd graders that you're an adult.
Congrats on planning to drop Windows maybe in the future, a decade after the last call for any remaining non-retards to do so.

>>105615688
>assuming "they" means "freetards in general"
Yep, they're tribalist nutjobs. Here in the real world we tend to use what works - but these guys and their hateboners for Windows makes them spew the weirdest shit. My fave is
>hurr most webservers run linux - so most servers must run linux durr
Because they're unemployed LARPers, this makes perfect sense to them - web servers are the only type of server they will ever connect to, without security/police being called.

What do you guys use to manage podcast subscriptions? I was using iTunes but after reinstalling Windows, Apple has decided to stop me from logging into iTunes, throwing up an error about how I can't use my phone number to log in. Frustrating.

>>105615768
>paying for any subscription beside ISP and sim card

>>105610257
Windows XP Pro has a version of Remote Desktop. So, you could log into a windows 11 pc with your XP Pro laptop through a shitty local wireless connection. It would look fine on the W11 PC, but probably look ugly as sin on the XP Laptop, since it's wireless will be pretty slow.

>>105615782
im not paying, i mean just having a list of self-updating podcasts so I don't have to navigate and manually download each new release

>105615701 (No more yous)
>"hosts file" completely unironically
>like some workgroup pleb
>bonus points: thinks that im not going to edit out our server names

im on windows 10 iot ltsc but thinking of switching to 11. how bad is the telemtry and microsoft tracking in 11 vs 10

>>105615782
I was about to correct you, until I realized this is /g/, and your mom pays the utility bills.

>>105615807
It's the same really. I like W11 more, should have updated long time ago alredy.
Some things are faster...

>>105615768
>podcast subscriptions
so fetching RSS feed entries with media src to the media player for playback, basically?
first thing that comes to my mind is Winamp (but not the NFT-infested one for faggots - use WACUP). the Media Library has a Podcasts tab that you can add to.

>>105615823
I wish my mom paid any of my bills let alone her own bills.

>>105615835
Quite a lot of things are faster if you have a pseudo-NUMA architecture (asymmetric V-cache Ryzen, Alder Lake or later). It was hilarious to watch /g/ bitch for years that LTSC 2019 didn't have the "Ryzen scheduler" and slowed their machines down by 8% or less... but they gonna stick with LTSC 2021 until the sun goes dim and lose up to 40% performance.

>>105615849
Just wait until you have to bury her. I'm actually reasonably well-off, but it was still a pain in the ass to have to pay off all her debts she didn't tell anybody about, cough up $3,000 here, $4,000 there as funeral homes/lawyers/any other random demands, etc.

This is my second post in thisthread all I wanted to say is that it's a generic error that happens when client can't connect and/or find host to connect to and that does not prove anything about windows server default settings either way.
Btw my work network is completely physically isolated (government shit) so I'll only be able to try it for real tomorrow.
And we do sometimes use hosts file for systems on the same network but not domain joined. not for any permanent setups but for testing it can be useful.
>thinks that im not going to edit out our server names
That's one very elaborate edit. Really makes it look like you tried to connect to a machine literally named "Server".

>>105615807
slightly more by default, but with telemetry turned off they're basically the same

>>105615823
Is utility bill a subscription?

>105615918
>type server
>screenshot just that line
>backspace and type actual server name
>take screenshot
>paste former over latter
>"OnE vErY eLaBoRaTe EdIt"
If you're that easily impressed, this pic of a 43 year old computer will make you cream your pants.

Anon
The error message contains the name you tried to connect to
Notice how your screenshot says "Server" twice in red where my screenshot says "computername"

>>105616030
Can't tell if autistic enough to try to draw a distinction or so sheltered it genuinely doesn't know.

>>105616073
Utility bill is not a subscription, sir.

>105616070
You got me anon: copying 2.2 lines instead of 1 makes it much effort, very elaborate.

I have blocked Windows Start Experience Host and Local Security Authority Process.

>MS docs say ps remote is enabled by default for domain credentials
>random anon claims MS docs are wrong and posts random unrelated error messages that don't prove anything
Honestly not sure which way would be more retarded if true

>>105612992
People shit on XPee for the glossy plastic Fisher Price look but at least it had an aesthetic
Modern Windows has no personality

Do you keep Defender enabled?

>>105616803
yes, microsoft has the most vested interest in keeping windows safe, i've just used 1st party tools for this since MSE got popular during W7 days

>>105616803
I don't even know if it's enabled or not!

>>105612992
royale was peak windows ui

>>105616803
yes, it's not that bad

>>105616803
Yes
My hardware isn't 15 years old so it has practically no performance impact

>>105616803
If your computer parts aren't from 2011 then you don't even notice it

>>105617008
>>105617011
Wow, you boys must have a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and an RTX 5090! :3

>>105617033
Nope, Ryzen 3600.

>>105617033
Nope

>>105616803
I pretty much have to because it enables itself despite gpedit policies etc.

>>105617231
I think you have to disable tamper protection before disabling it or something

the only reason I still use windows is to play gacha in 4k

>>105617271
Won't help my tampon protection is already disabled and it will still turn itself on after a reboot.
Doesn't matter I have excluded every drive and turned off every setting.

>the "windows server has full remote control on by default and world-connectable honest guize" joker
>kept harping on for A FULL HOUR AND A HALF after i left
>despite being given screenshot evidence (h/t >>105615585
>(shouldve mentioned i saw what you really did there, well played)
>provided no evidence of his own
>except an excerpt from the often wrong msdn
>despite being the head honcho domain admin of a fortune 50 company honest guize
>couldnt even spin up a vm and dcpromo it
>(would have taken 1/9th the time he wasted and he would have gotten a screenshot out of it)
In a way, I'm impressed. If nothing else, you have to admire his dedication.

>the hundreds of servers and Hyper-V setups I've done this on are just a figment of my imagination

>>105615585
Can you fucking read the error in your screenshot, you idiot? Try it on a server that's actually on a domain. From that domain.
>VPN'd into work so I'm on the domain
On a computer that isn't joined to AD?

>>105615688
I administer Windows servers for a living you nigger.

>>105615701
It's a moron projecting. If they actually fucking used PowerShell at all that'd be a pwsh screenshot.
>>105616204
It is.

>>105617362
You are out of your fucking mind if you think I'm going to waste any energy proving you wrong, shitstain. I haven't posted since >>105615515
>everyone I disagree with is one person
And there were in fact two people telling you to fuck off.

>>105617362
>world-connectable
Disingenuous fuck. I never said that. Nobody did. Stop shitting up the fucking thread.

>>105617759
>>105617780
You are very angry.

>>105617796
And?
>started with complaining about a text editor
>done nothing but shitpost, spread misinformation, and accuse everyone else of being a NEET LARPer since
>everyone who disagrees with me or replies to me is the same person
Schizophrenia

>105617759 (Seriously, how is this kind of transparent)
>105617780 (samefagging meant to convince anyone?)
This is absolutely mint. People with low functioning autism, emotional control issues and multiple personality disorder don't get near production servers without being thrown out of the building.
No, your ten year old laptop that you've hung USB 2.0 hard disks off of and stuck a Cat5 cable, all sourced from your local thrift shop for a $20, don't count.

just kiss already

>>105617833
>its simply IMPOSSIBLE for more than one person to disagree with me
>and obviously that one person must be a liar or have mental issues
And there it is. Welcome to /fwt/, you'll fit in well with the LTSChizo, who has the same paranoid delusions and inability to express anger beyond screaming "nigger" like it's a Klan meeting.

have any Win11 IoT LTSC users figured out how to remove this? I don't have Outlook installed so I have to assume it's some Windows component that can probably be removed.

>>105615280
>all the RPC horrors around it, instead of opening one (1) TCP port.
Wait a second. Isn't the whole argument about two related but still very different concepts?
>PowerShell Remoting isn't the same as using the ComputerName parameter of a cmdlet to run it on a remote computer, which uses Remote Procedure Call (RPC) as its underlying protocol.
>PowerShell Remoting with WinRM listens on the following ports: HTTP: 5985 HTTPS: 5986

Also
>Sessions are launched under the user's context
>the default authentication protocol is Kerberos
>NTLM-based authentication is disabled by default

>>105618111
nta but I dont like being called out for having a old laptop with usb hubs and hdds hanging off it, all bought at second-hand stores

>need to install .NET Framework 3.5
>download offline installer
>it needs internet connection
>I have disable all the store and update cancer
>can't install
fucking great

>>105619131
Windows 10 comes with it.
What's the point?

>>105619188
It really doesn't come with it. It comes with "option" to install it from the net but it's disabled on default. Fortunately I found some workaround with install usb.

What backup tools and strategies do you people use?
I can't get legacy "backup and restore" to save on a network location, and the new ms backup requires ms account.

>>105620075
How complicated of a backup do you need? Look at Veeam Backup Agent if you just want a simple scheduled backup to an external drive.

>>105620075
I use FreeFileSync to backup my data drive to a NAS.

>>105620694
This is a good pick if you just want simple OS image backups on a timer.

>>105620694
>How complicated of a backup do you need?
Full copy of user profile to local drive
Incremental copy of specific directories to NAS
Wait for valid network connection before running (for a laptop)
No OS images
No external drives that I have to manually plug in

Actually, might I be better off putting a couple rdiff-backup scripts in task scheduler?

>>105620892
>Actually, might I be better off putting a couple rdiff-backup scripts in task scheduler?
Might've answered your own question lol. Free edition of Veeam BA only allows one "job" anyways

>>105620075
>I can't get legacy "backup and restore" to save on a network location
are you the same anon from couple threads back?
What about "File History"? It should work with network shares.

Albeit with Microsoft's own backup solutions, they tend to behave weird at times. Don't be surprised if it will regardlessly back a file up that hasn't been changed since the last backup, the folder exclusions won't work as it should, or that it wouldn't backup a file with a >=185 char full path length (though the scare seems a bit misleading - said files will have numbered names and put to the $OF subfolder of FileHistory).
And don't be surprised if the UWP Backup app will cause MSFT to deprecate this tool, just like they did with Win7-era "Backup & Restore" or Easy Transfer (the latter got removed, actually).

>>105618510
This is how my start menu looks like.

Hey /fwt/
I'm required to make wangblows 11, a specific installation, with no OS reinstall or format, somewhat snappy on a shitty cheap convertible 2-1 lenovo laptop with an garbage pentium silver and 8GB of RAM.
What I can do is basically get rid of any antivirus software present and install basically anything that will help. Including any tweaks. I can modify the system as needed (while still being moderately secure for a normalfag) but formatting is forbidden. What should I do here?

>>105621426
Are you using a HDD?

>>105621480
Nope, a shitty eMMC (Sandisk DA4128).
Non easily serviceable because it's one of those tablets with a detachable keyboard.

>>105621426
>>105621515
How old is that convertible? eMMC memory gets worse over time due to NAND degradation.
Also the speeds on the disk don't seem promising:
>The Sandisk DA4128 is a slow eMMC disk that is used in cheap laptops and tablets. It is not a SSD and usually directly soldered on the mainboard (single chip) and therefore not replaceable. The performance is noticeably slower than a slow SATA 3 SSD.
You can't make that ideapad/yoga garbage of yours run as a racecar. Especially with that shitty pentium.

Feel free to disable unnecessary startup tasks and services, though. There's the ionuttbara tool from github but note you will compromise system security.
Also make sure you configure the system settings so that something like UWP app prelaunch and the like is disabled. Replace the WinJS/React Native-ridden garbage explorer with StartAllBack, and hopefully you might squeeze at very least a percent or two of extra performance.

>>105621980
It's about half a decade old if I'm not mistaken. I'm not exactly sure when it was bought.
I figured it wouldn't be much better, but good luck trying to explain to a 70 year old man that this shit ain't supposed to be fast. Oh well.

Bought an NVME SSD, currently using a SATA SSD for Windows. Is it worth it to reinstall everything on the new SSD?

>>105623743
If your current SSD has good quality and speeds then maybe not too much unless you use it for gaming or have to access a lot of files. SATA SSDs are still pretty serviceable.

But if you already have it then why not, you can clone your install, the manufacturer's page of your nvme ssd should have a free tool for cloning, or you can use Macrium Reflect or Rescuezilla

>>105623743
If the install is fresh enough, then you can just get away with cloning the partitions from the SATA SSD to the NVMe one with some disk manipulation utility, like the last free version of Macrium Reflect.

I believe that when you are transitioning from a 512-sector-emulated drive to a native 4K-sector one, it's for the best that you just image the Windows partition, recreate the system partition layout to be Advanced Format 4Kn compliant (AFAIR the EFI system partition needs to be 260MB), apply the Windows image and make it bootable, and then configure the WinRE partition.
>run this from a WinPE environment and save the image somewhere safe - change the path if necessary; make sure the CaptureDir is set to the Windows installation volume
dism /Capture-Image /ImageFile:"X:\Backup\WinBackup.wim" /CaptureDir:C:\ /Name:"Windows Backup" /Description:"%DATE% %TIME% - to NVMe drive" /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity /Verify /EA
you can swap 'max' to 'recovery' for that LZMS solid compression that is used in the ESD images. As the data in the image will be treated as a single, concatenated block - you won't be able to service the image file and make any modifcations to it, unless you re-export it to a WIM image with non-solid-compression.

When it comes to setting up Windows manually on a new drive, you should read the following MS documentation.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/capture-and-apply-windows-system-and-recovery-partitions
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/capture-and-apply-windows-using-a-single-wim
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/configure-uefigpt-based-hard-drive-partitions

Reinstalling Windows again due to hw upgrade (cpu + nvme). Is Win11 really laggy shit, or i should keep using win 10 ltsc? Just want use stable system that will support all needed software for atleast 3 years

>>105624568
W11 is faster and I don't even have that recent system. It is snappier and the UI is actually better once you disable the stupid new menus etc.
I regret that I didn't upgrade earlier.
>https://rentry.org/concisewin10
Then add Fort firewall and don't go too crazy with disabling services and use gpedit.

>>105610240 (OP)
I'm dicking around with a windows 2000 machine. Anyone know of any w2k compatible alternatives to WinCDEmu? It only support as far back as XP.

>>105624899
Alcohol 120%

>>105624899 (czech'd)
Imdisk

Windows 10 with OneDrive running
>press Prt Sc on keyboard
>instantly saves a screenshot in jpeg in screenshot folder
Windows 11
>press Prt Sc
>takes a moment to open a screenshotting tool
>even after clicking any of the options, just copies the image to your clipboard and does not save it to screenshots folder in onedrive despite telling OneDrive to save that shit and upload it
How do I set the prt sc key to the old behavior?

>>105625780
https://drive.massgrave.dev/en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso

I'm almost done building my new PC should I get windows 10 again or getwindows 11? For the operating system.

>>105625780
>settings/accessibility/keyboard/use the print screen key to open screen capture OFF

>>105626767
Yeah that just copies the image to the clipboard, not save it as a jpeg/png in the screenshot folder. I still need to open paint or something. That's better than the default Win 11 has but it's this wholly unnecessary step that wasn't present in 10. Frustrating.

>>105626801
Win+Print Screen

>>105615146
Notepad isn't cmd-line, you tard. You can invoke it via cmd-line, but what the fuck good is that going to do you headless/no UI?

>>105627339
>schizo is angry again

>>105627339
What's going on? What all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here!
This is a friendly thread, for friendly people!

I was advised recently to study Sentinel for work prospects. Anyone have any experience with it? How is it?

any good programs for screenshotting?
>inb4 use the default one windows gives you
no

>>105616803
The security benefit of real time protection is mostly redundant if you follow basic operational security and maximize Windows hardening (VBS, memory protection etc). If you are the type of person that regularly gets tricked into executing malware by your own actions, you should have it running of course. For the average person it is redundant, and for those who would be targeted by zero-day malware it won't help either.

Following some mental operational security guideline in your head, hardening Windows as much as you can and having full disk backup is a much better approach to security than relying on Windows Defender.

>>105628426
ShareX.

>>105628426
I usually grab a sheet of printing paper, stick it to my monitor, trace out everything on screen, run the trace through my home printer/scanner combo, then copy the image from there back to my computer. Sometimes I color the can in through paint.NET if I feel like it.

>>105628426
ShareX/Flameshot/Greenshot are the three favorites among most people, plus the people that just use Snipping Tool cause it's there.

>>105628496
I made a backup of my windows system partitions with Macrium 8 free. Never bothered with images.
Anyhow I always thought this would be done while the system was unmounted... and this was not the case. It also took about 5 minutes or less.
I'm really sceptical about this but don't want to try restoring the image because I don't have any reason to do that yet.

How can I make windows the least windows? I basically grew up on Mac, then switched to Linux, but my new employer forces everyone to use windows. I already installed wsl, I'm working on the vscode and docker integration. What else can I do?

>>105628570
It's called "volume shadow copy". I use DISM to create WIMs out of my Windows installs all the time.
It doesn't take too long because, once you filter out your pagefile, hiberfile, all the duplicate files and hardlinks (for example, WinSxs), there isn't a lot left to scoop up for a backup of C: drive.
This is the reason that full-house install.wim's are only 12-20GB uncompressed.

>>105628781
I'm just very conservative user and luckily never needed an image backup. But yeah it's handy though.

>>105628570
If you backup system partition within Windows with Macrium it will utilize VSS to create the backup so it is already fairly optimized and compressed, the unmounted backup does a literal sector by sector copy of the disk however and it is completely opaque.

There should be no problem at all, but similar skepticism is why I backup using the latter though it is largely paranoid.

Grouping by date ALWAYS comes back in my download folder, in Windows 10. No matter I switch it back to none, it comes back when I restart my computer.
How can I permanently disable it?

>>105629010
REGEDIT4

; Disable automatic sorting by Date Modified for the Downloads folder
; Starting with Windows 10 19H1, Microsoft hard-wired the Downloads folder to
; be grouped and sorted by Date Modified. You're supposed to be able to turn
; it off, but the setting doesn't always stick, so this registry tweak kills
; it at the source.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderTypes\{885a186e-a440-4ada-812b-db871b942259}\TopViews\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}]
"GroupBy"=-

>>105629037
Thanks, but strangely enough I can't seem to modify any element in that folder. Tried fiddling around cluelessly with permissions, but I only get error messages.

>>105629095
The keys are TrustedInstaller-protected. You need some utility that will launch a program with TrustedInstaller token & priviliges.
gsudo or NSudo will be your best shot. Then you can launch regedit [filename].reg or reg import [filename].reg in the shell to import the registry configuration.

Do you use BitLocker?

>>105629686
Nah, I use VeraCrypt instead

On Windows 10, I wanna replace the default sounds with ones from XP, using uploaded .wav files from archive.org.
https://archive.org/details/windowsxpstartup_201910
However, I don't know what XP sounds should apply to what in "Change System Sounds" since I'm not actually familar with XP (Yeah, yeah. I know. Zoomie zoom and all that) and some sounds are repeated for other actions. Asterik, the dinging noise, is one that I know that is repeated a couple of times and, because of that, I don't know which XP sounds I should use to replace it.
If someone can layout what they think is best, much would be appreciated.

>>105629810
Can't you just match them here based on their names? And sounds?

How do I avoid the start menu delay on win 11? I can't stop noticing it now that I've started noticing it. Installing Windows 10 is an option, but I'd rather not.

I think there's no modern OS I don't hate at this point. How did we get here?

>>105628772
press F11 to full screen you multiplatform 3rd party software, just like you would on linux, now they will look exactly like each other

>>105630905
https://drive.massgrave.dev/en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso

question about win 10 ltsc and gaymin
I read that certain things do not work or have issues
>diarheaX 12
>vulcan shaders
>some of the anti-cheat clients
any truth to these claims?

>>105631103
For backward compability purpose, all the latest DX12 games are shipped with DX12_2 library by default. You can even run WoW on Win 7 despite being a DX12 only game.

>>105631038
Yeah, I know, but I'd rather avoid rolling back because sooner or later 11 is gonna be unavoidable

>>105630905
Parts of 11's Start Menu is React Native-based. Let that sink in.
ExplorerPatcher and StartAllBack welcomes you. There are also full-fledged Explorer shell replacements that exist, like Cairo or xoblite.

>>105612992
I prefer Areo but I can respect it.

>>105631155
I use ExplorerPatcher to use the Windows 10 start menu on Windows 11. You can even make it fit in with the Windows 11 aesthetic with rounded corners if you want that.

>>105632132
>ExplorerPatcher
Nice.
>>105631286
I code monkey react native apps myself and they don't have this problem. Of course it's retarded to write an OS shell with it, but still. It could be done better.

>>105631286
Most of XP's control panels were JavaScript-based. Let that sink in.
Oh wait, you don't care, because whatever eceleb you're parroting didn't tell you to.

windows update hasn't been able to install this thing for months now. I looked into the error code and it seems to be intel drivers that are already installed, so it always fails.

is it possible to tell windows update to stop downloading this particular update?

>>105632201
ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS is a bubble-up from the INF handling code, because it ran the full list of supported PnP IDs for the driver, and didn't find a match. What happened is Microsoft sometimes screws up and attaches incorrect PnP IDs to driver metadata (so WU offers it to you), but the driver inside isn't actually compatible.
You can safely decline the update.

>>105632347
Hurr durr, I should probably tell you HOW to decline the update.
That looks like Win11, which Microsoft have made it harder to hide updates. However, the good ol' WuShowHide tool is still the go-to for stubborn updates:
https://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/2/f22d5fdb-59cd-4275-8c95-1be17bf70b21/wushowhide.diagcab

>>105632189
>Most of XP's control panels were JavaScript-based.
Weren't the web-like CPL applets DHTML-based, to be exact? Microsoft really liked tinkering with the idea in Whistler's development, especially with that failed Activity Center idea.
I'd argue they were far more simpler in design than the web-app moloch frameworks that you have nowadays. Wouldn't be fair to compare millenium-era technologies compared to what we have now.

>>105632347
>>105632393
thanks, I'll check it out.

Computer still has a tendency to crash and restart instead of shutting down. I don't think I'll ever figure this shit out

How do I get the old notepad back in Win11? I already turned of aliasing so it opens classic notepad when I Run>Notepad but I can't seem to change the file associations. Every time I try, I browse to the Windows folder and select the normal notepad.exe instead of their new app, but it keeps the file associated with the new app instead.
I swear, I've never had this much trouble that I couldn't solve with google before switching to 11...

i'm trying to do an in place upgrade from enterprise 23h2 to 24h2 but it's only letting me do a full reinstall, which i'd prefer to avoid. could it be because 11 came preinstalled on this laptop as home and i swapped the edition to enterprise? i could see that causing some update confusion.

i suppose it wouldnt be so bad to do a clean install but having to get all the drivers and shit for the laptop to work properly is an annoying prospect, especially on top of all the typical tweaks and gutting one needs to do when installing wangblows.

>>105632989
does Windows Update let you upgrade to 24H2 or are you using an iso?

>>105633590
was using an iso on usb, windows update wont even offer me the 24h2 update. in fact, the last couple times ive tried to run an update its failed and had to roll back (fucking up a few things in the process). given that is seems my system is kinda borked, doing a clean install is probably better but i really dont want to do all the settings, group policy, etc again and reinstall all my shit.

>my favorite wallpaper from win9x was only 480p and looks really blurry on LCDs
>remember it looking way sharper and clear back in the day
Is this the power of CRTs?

>>105632989
>>105633886
I assume you aren't booting from the ISO? Beginner's mistake.
In-place upgrades are (logically) meant to be conducted from a running windows installation.
Launch setup.exe (or setupprep.exe - this one should directly handle in-place upgrades IIRC - 'twas what I did back when the windows 10 upgrades happened in 2015.)
You aren't running the OS from officially unsupported hardware, are you?
>>105633961
Nah, desktop wallpapers are transcoded & recompressed to JPEG, when set within Windows settings.
You'll have to set the JPEGImportQuality DWORD value (located at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop) to 0x64 (hex), which is 100 in decimal. Reload explorer.exe afterwards.
Also check your image viewer - see whether it is capable of setting a desktop background, bypassing the image compression. I know IrfanView does.
Make sure the bubble background is the real deal - so a .bmp file with the pattern, and set the desktop background fit to tile-mode.

>Is this the power of CRTs?
I'd expect the CRT display to smooth out the artwork nicely.

>>105633961
Did you set it to fill your desktop background? Windows will filter it instead of scaling it cleanly and it will look blurry
Here's a clean x4 upscale that should look a lot sharper

>>105634224
i had made a bootable usb with rufus and the official iso, are you saying i should have tried loading the setup from withing windows? i'll give that a try and see if it gives the option to in place upgrade

>>105634255
Thanks anon, it looks nice and sharp now on my 1440p desktop.

>>105634587
>are you saying i should have tried loading the setup from withing windows?
Yeah.
There's this stage where you pick the type of installation to conduct, but if you are booting from Windows Setup and choose "Upgrade", it will prompt you to launch the setup from within a running Windows installation instead, in order to do that.

>>105634709
i mounted the iso in explorer and it run the update with no issues, so thanks. gonna dig thru and make sure nothing weird got reinstalled or some gay telemetry settings got re-enabled but it seems good so far.

>2025-06 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5063060)
>https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/06/16/windows-11-kb5063060-issues-install-fails-on-windows-11-24h2-for-some-users/
Pending download. Have you installed this?

is it better to run a 95 vm or 3.2

>>105634830
i'm this guy >>105633886 and i've had the last couple of updates i've tried fail and roll back. just saw that kb pop up after my full upgrade to 24h2 and im gonna hold off on downloading it since it seems recent updates are kinda fucky

>>105635073
This is why I asked too because I have a clean install which I just set up to my liking.

>>105634830
yes, that's just like a hotfix iirc, they delayed the actual patch tuesday update for some people

>>105635873
oh my bad, that's the actual patch tuesday kek, well I installed it and haven't got any issues

>>105623580
he used to be a cool nerd

Is there any way to force trim on an ssd on windows xp?

>>105610240 (OP)

>>105636627
Nice, thank you.

>>105636627
Chickenboy

If you don't give a shit about feature updates being forced on you, 11 IoT Enterprise GAC doesn't seem to give a shit about hardware compatibility. I managed to upgrade a Win 10 IoT Enterprise installation on a MacBook Pro without needing to make any changes to the Windows environment at all.

>>105636638
Aww, you're so cute and innocent, you silly newcomer! :3

>>105636627
what a gorgeous cat

>>105630093
Some sounds on 10 still have the same names as they did on XP so it was easy replacing them but a lot don't so I had to match them based on what fit best.

>>105616803
i had run defender remover and gutted the thing, but my recent upgrade seems to have reinstalled it. dont think i'll be completely destroying it again, just disabling smartscreen and the other more invasive features seems fine for now.

>>105636627
thread blessed

I can't find any way to remove malware called Defender and Update on my win10 system. Shit just keeps on turning itself back no matter what i do. Is it really impossible do remove it?

Apparently Admin user isn't a real admin on win10 too and something called TrustedInstaller has all the rights. Any way I can get those rights to change registry without downloading some fishy Chinese program?

>>105638304
TrustedInstaller and SYSTEM are the be-all-end-all highest right holders in a Windows system. You need to use a tool like you mentioned to be able to run certain programs with the very, very highest privilege.

>>105638335
I have been reading a bit more and they may be a possibility to change this by going to usb boot recovery and changing registry there?

>>105637362
Yeah that's the best way to do it I guess.

>>105616803
Why not?
It's not AVG, that shit is awful

Guys, which w11 edition has more debloat options?

>>105638304
You're under a few misapprehensions here. The built-in Administrator account has never been the most powerful account on an NT machine. To demonstrate, if you fire up the Security Policy Editor, you'll find a lot of Se* rights that Administrators don't get by default. As >>105638335 points out, the real power is (and always has been) LocalSystem.
Until relatively recently, LocalSystem owned all the OS files, by virtue of being the highest authority. That changed in Windows 8, with the arrival of TrustedInstaller. It's not actually an account (it has no password, no entry in the SAM database, no user profile, etc.): it's what's called a "service credential", and it's for LocalSystem's exclusive use (that's why if you read through any "Run As TrustedInstaller" utility's source code, you'll see it "switches accounts" to LocalSystem, then does some process token forgery to access TrustedInstaller), to which it delegates OS file manipulation, such as ownership, installing updates and suchlike.
As it's not really an account, TrustedInstaller has no special rights - it just owns all the files. It's primary function is to stop any program that gets into the LocalSystem account (rogue system services etc.) from trashing the OS files - a job it does admirably.

>>105639019
Use LTSC, Enterprise, or Education because these are the only editions that let you set telemetry to the lowest level

>>105639202
Windows is too complicated. Layer upon layer of trash.

>>105639202
I just wish it would let me do shit on "my" system. Trying to remove defender and i had easier time removing actual malware than this.

I reinstalled Windows. One thing i'm confused about. After installing .NET Framework 4.8 Runtime . Do i need to install .NET Framework 8 too? Which i should install?

>>105639673
Install the .NET 8 desktop runtime

>>105639220
Or just firewall Diagnostics Tracking Service and dmwappushsvc, which you can do on any edition.

>>105639689
Do i still need Net 8 if i have 4.8 installed?

>>105639202
I've had some experiences like this myself, although to a lower security level where my permission as a system admin didn't let me do something. I had to enable then use the built-in Admin account to actually do what I was trying to do.

>>105640057
Yes.

>>105640064
The built in Administrator account is Speshul(TM). It isn't (by default, it's configurable thoverbeit) subject to any UAC limitations.
A couple of anons where having a discussion a few threads back about how UAC is far more than "Do you want to allow this program to change system settings?" prompts: it has its hooks in the registry, how the filesystem presents itself, networking, WMI - the built in Admin bypasses them all in a way "ordinary" administrator accounts don't.
Akshually, it's probaby the UAC protection on WMI that you hit, because most of Powershell and lots of MMCs are built on top of WMI.

If I swap to a new motherboard can I just run the powershell activation for Windows again?

>>105640743
No, it will cause a multiverse-wide vacuum metastability event and destroy literally everything.
This is a well-known side-effect of running a simple program twice.

>>105640743
If you used the HWID method to activate your Windows before swapping out the motherboard, then yes you need to re-run the activation again to re-instate your new HWID in their servers.

>>105640752
>>105640766
cool so I don't have to reinstall windows, thanks

>>105640743
Do you think there is a guy at Microsoft's basement somewhere checking out the database entries and when someone activates a new license he'll go and write it down on paper?
Now when two consequential activations happen he'll get annoyed.

is there an upper limit for attempts to login on a local user account? can't reall find an answer immediately on google, it's all about MS accounts
>inb4 tyrone pls
i have the morning shakes and today i needed 4 tries to log in. not great

>>105640794
MS is such a large company they don't care. Thousands, even tens of thousands, of new HWIDs are added to their servers all the time through mostly OEM licensing.

>>105640795
It will lockdown for ten minutes after 10 tries by default. Can be configured within secpol.msc

>>105640795
consider biometric login
or autologin if you live alone

>>105640069
One last thing. Can i have both Net 4.8 and 8 installed at same time?

>>105640881
That's how it works on most systems anon. 4.8 is installed via Windows Update while you yourself install the most recent LTS version of it. Any program that was made with .NET wants at least .NET 8 in your system to run properly, alongside a VCRedist AIO pack probably.

>>105640897
Thanks a lot, Anon.

>>105640814
time out i can work with. just going to press on the view button to check what i've put in i guess, if i'm able to. for some reason 10 minutes of keyboard activity is enough to make the shakes go away, but kind of difficult to achieve before loging in
>just drink less bro
i really should

Any way to install VP9 codec without store?

>>105641051
Install winget with asheroto's winget-install script and use that to install MS Store apps like the VP9 Extensions.

>>105641078
I found some other way. Downloaded it from store.rg-adguard.net and installed through powershell. Just hope the site is legit.

>>105641160
That site is legit, yes. It's a way to get appxbundle packages to install.
Though if you don't already have winget installed you'll probably not be able to run the setup.

>>105641195
Used Add-AppxPackage.

>>105636638
np!

>>105639202
based

>>105610257
me on the right

What kind of cancer process or task would want to check all my hdds after 5min. I hate this system so fucking much.

How do I disable the Windows feature that prevents non-admin programs from interacting with other programs that are being ran as administrator? I want to use ShareX with some games that always run as administrator. I know I can start ShareX as admin to do this but I specifically want a way to bypass this altogether so I don't have to do this with every single program that interacts with another program. I know this is possible because I managed to get this working on another computer but I forgot how to do it and I didn't write down the steps I did to do it, I just know there was some trick like opening regedit or powershell to change the basic settings in Windows so that the restriction between admin and non-admin programs was removed.

>>105645184
kek

>>105641051
Why do you need to install codecs when most video players like mpv, vlc and mpc-hc have every codec included?

if i use group policy to disable background app updates on windows 11 pro, what POTENTIALLY USEFUL feature may I be losing? so far im only aware that im losing
>Mail
>Calendar
>Cortana
>News/Widgets
>Weather
>Edge background updates
>Spotlight
>Phone Link
>Xbox App auto updates

Like what the actual fuck am I losing

>>105645184
how do you check for this?

I'm planning on buying a prebuilt gaming PC because I don't have any intense need to customize my experience but basically any prebuilt computer right now has windows 11, should I try learning how to downgrade to windows 10 LTSC or has 11 been smoothed out enough that I can just clean out all the bloat eventually? I have basically no experience with installing or putting together operating systems

>>105647176
windows 11 iot enterprise ltsc + chris win util + better context menu registry edit + New Windows 11 Notepad

>>105616269
Modern Windows has an aesthetic that doesn't appeal to you but will be nostalgic to younger zoomers in ten-fifteen years despite all protests to the contrary

what is a better alternative to the default taskbar thing that shows weather and other stuff like news?

I want something in my taskbar I can just click and it automatically shows me the weather forecast. better yet, one that can also be pinned to the desktop so its always available

Should I migrate to PotPlayer from VLC

>>105648310
You should migrate to mpv

>>105648332
mpv doesn't do playlist like VLC last I checked

>>105648356
It does.

>>105648356
Why do you need playlists?

>>105647820
Just use your web browser and a bookmark. If you can't look outside that's the next best thing.
Concentrate on something else.

>>105647820
>better yet, one that can also be pinned to the desktop so its always available
Might as well look for a desktop widget. Rainmeter is quite configurable.
Otherwise you can still make use of Vista/7 gadgets.
https://gadgetpack.net/

>>105646708
The video players worked, but videos in some games didn't.

>>105647094
In cmd use diskpart and list disk. It will show you disk numbers. Then in Process Monitor go to Filter. Remove everything there, add Path begins with \Device\Harddisk0 and any other numbers separately. Then you wait. Whenever something appears you can check it's Parent Id in Event Viewer. Also you can check in Event Viewer, but it depends on the process where to look. You can add chatgpt for the path and inside you also look for processes that trigger it.
And in the end you need to be super lucky to find something there too.

I must say, Win10 treats my HDDs like a bunch of whores. Even if you remove one process that want to fuck with it, there is another one just waiting in the queue there for its turn.

Today I learned about NVCleanstall. It seems Nvidia has baked in telemetry that you can't disable during install and it scans all your disks.

>>105649845
Yeah, one of NVCleanstall's main features is only installing what you want out of the driver, which could be just the graphic driver (though you probably want to include PhysX too.)
It's the only way to install Nvidia drivers these days IMO.

>>105649867
GPU drivers were just the last thing I expected to scan all my disks. For what fucking reason does it even need to do it.

>>105649908
Nvidia is a big company with lots and lots of money. Naturally they'd also be into the data selling business like all big companies.

>>105649845
>It seems Nvidia has baked in telemetry that you can't disable during install and it scans all your disks.
fucking hell i have never heard this before

>>105610240 (OP)
catto

>go afk for a moment
>this shit happens again even sooner than the last install
FUCK OFF

>>105650639
Get a better warez'd version of it lol

>>105650649
Wish me good luck finding one that is clean lol
I do wonder if the update settings have anything to do with it suddenly phoning home and realizing that something is off with my install especially since I didn't bother update any time I installed

>>105650922
Should've firewalled it, to avoid connecting to the web.

Are those Gen 2 Win 7 discs the ones that will ikely work with most modern mobos (atleast enough to be able to install Win 7 and afterwards any actual mobo specific drivers)?

>>105651053
Those kinds of ISOs have slipstreamed drivers in them that let them install and run properly on modern hardware like NVMe with USB3 support etc.

>>105651073
I see, so what's good place to get them? The links in the pastebin don't really seem to specify which is which

>>105651081
Check this page out for links and such:
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?t=737
Downloads are usually put on Archive.

>>105651053
simplix got everything

i've grown tired after being a macfag my whole life. i'm ready to make the switch

>>105651360
Making a Windows bootable USB on Mac is fairly simple if manual. There's guides on Youtube so you can start the journey.

>>105649908
Other than the usual stealing all your info it does this to find installed games so it can set various driver level overrides for them.

>>105610240 (OP)
I've used that activation script before, but I have to admit I haven't examined it thoroughly. The script it calls (MAS_AIO.cmd) is around 10k lines. I did a basic search for IP addresses and URLs in it and nothing looked suspicious, but that's easily defeated with a little obfuscation. Has anyone ever examined the script to ensure it isn't doing anything malicious? Is it ever modified?
Also, it isn't completely foolproof on W11. I occasionally see the watemark show up, but running the script again fixes it.

>>105652052
MyDigitalLife members wrote it and trust it. If that's not enough then I dunno what is.

>>105652052
What kind of ancient activation method you use? KMS?
There's no de-activating a HWID system, ever, you can even reinstall OS and it will re-activate from MS servers.

>>105652252
An older KMS activator would be something that would make the activation watermark appear occasionally still. Modern HWID activation through MAS would as you say never, ever do that.

You guys talk about activation but I don't think I had to activate at all? I have downloaded w10 ltsc iot from links here. I used same version on VM in past and had to activate it though. So I dunno what happened now.

>>105652052
you'd think after a few years of living on a copy of LTSC sourced and activated by massgrave, entering all your passwords, banking info, basically your entire life that you would have been hacked by now

>attempt to launch steam after booting pc, business as usual
>softlocks entire os, cant open anything, cant even ctrl-alt-del
>locks up again after hard restart when trying to run steam.exe /repair
>doesnt happen again after getting the setup exe and doing a clean reinstall
what the hell, man. steam does like to lag my entire desktop briefly when launching even under normal circumstances because it hates the fact that i have dedicated and integrated graphics (laptop), but ive never seen anything of this caliber before.

>>105652052
>Also, it isn't completely foolproof on W11. I occasionally see the watemark show up
Impossible with HWID because your machine is registered on Microsoft's official activation servers. Once activated there is literally (as in literally literally) no difference from a license you would have bought from MS. You can even test that yourself by activating an install that you've linked to a throwaway MS account in a VM, then going on MS's site on your host machine and logging into that account: You'll see the account has an official license associated with it
You probably activated with KMS or something

>>105653743
Even if you do not have ms account, activation (and store downloads history) persist after windows reinstall and upgrade (10 2024 is not even a thing, it's a placeholder for all LTSC versions)

>>105653844
Yes, I know, but the point of the MS account thing is to demonstrate that Microsoft's official website shows the license and it can't be a fake thing done by MAS because you're accessing the site from your host and not the VM you activated that license in
But yes, normally I'd recommend making a local account and not linking your install to an account

Are there any precautions I should take if I pirate vidya?
The Internet tells me I'll have to make an exception in defender for the games folder, otherwise it will flag some .exe files since they aren't signed anymore. Seems a little fishy to me.
Should I set up firewall rules or something?

>>105654944
Download games from trusted sites. The cracks are often safe and nothing flags them, but I don't use Defender anymore so dunno. I block everything with firewall though. It annoys me that every piece of shit 2h single player game tries to call home

>>105652052
the URLs just serve to fetch the scripts, you can even just get the script without executing it if you really want to analyze it or comparing it to the github repo to check its authenticity.

With my limited knowledge and chatgpt I made an analysis like a year ago and didn't seem to find anything, ofc the project changes from time to time but so far there hasn't been anything that suggests it's malicious

What could really happen if i just deleted ALL of scheduled tasks on win10?

>>105655833
I believe that there's a chance performance will get worse with time since Windows creates a lot of garbage that gets cleaned up with scheduled tasks. Also stuff like error reporting, logging, updates, maybe even authentication could get messed up eventually. It doesn't trash the OS but it becomes unpredictable.

Also, probably a lot of those tasks will get created again by Windows anyway

Realistically, what happens on October 14, 2025 if you don't upgrade to Windows 11? Are there going to be zero day exploits?

>>105652052
I'm too lazy to check the code I'm just trusting strangers won't go on the Internet and tell lies that it's virus-free.

>>105645184
Search indexing by default scan your entirety of your user folder every time something change. It causes noticeable performance hit.

Erm...I literally can not update my windows, this did not happen before I debloated the OS

>>105656482
There are always zero days even on 11, the thing to worry is some malware that targets W10 specifically and spreads easily.

But in the end, the likelihood of getting infected depends more on the shit you click and download

>>105656631
It works on my machine, buster!

This is a skill issue and it's an IQ issue!

>>105654944
There's lists out there that curate sites that're trustworthy (like the piracy subreddit). Also good practice to run games in an excluded folder from Defender.

>>105657591
>>105657591
>>105657591

>>105656899
kys

>>105656899
nakaԁashi

>>105635025
Oh hey uncle anon. What BJD is that any way? P cute

>>105647094
>>Mail
just use the online one
>>Calendar
useless, use pen and paper or some quick pin note on your phone
>>Everything else
Wangblows is for using Ida pro to decompile shit and to torrent and play vidya thats it mane

autounattend.xml + windhawk pretty much solved any issues i had with win11 itself. especially with a zen5 build, recent kernel updates reduce latency and programs are faster