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/: >>105707358

>>105762187 (OP)
Best windows to run local ai?
24h2 server good?

>>105762195
Any version of Windows will run reForge or koboldcpp just fine, but just use Enterprise or IoT Enterprise LTSC like usual. Server takes some elbow grease to make act like a desktop edition.

Building new pc with 7600x3d and 5070.
Considering win10 is eol, should I bother with 10IoT or just do 11 lstc instead?
Asking mostly because of drivers

Has anyone else had this bug? I've seen it in W10 and W11, possibly even in W7.
Every once in a while, all the shortcut icons overlaid on desktop shortcuts will change to some seemingly random other icon. Right clicking the desktop and refreshing fixes it.

>>105762475
For brand new stuff just use 11 for the least headaches.

>>105761050
>>105761091

It solved by itself somehow?
I had the PC unplugged from power for a few hours and now it booted up properly.

>>105762894
This is indicative of a dying BIOS battery, yes.

>>105762936
Do they die after 3 years from purchase?

>>105762976
I once dropped an Energizer CR2032, with an expiry date about 5 years into the future, into a Ivy Bridge with a dying battery: it didn't even last 18 months before it started giving me trouble again.
So no, it's not outside the realms of possibility.

I'm not getting the ESU enrolment thingy here. Is there a powershell script or something that can force it to show?

>>105763156
Use MAS to change your edition to Enterprise, re-activate with it too, then use its TSforge module to get 3 years of ESU.

>>105763220
That's actually a very reasonable solution and probably the best possible advice, but sadly I am a retard who just got done grinding 1000 rewards points with the Bing app and I'm gonna entertain the sunk cost fallacy and get my 1 year of ESU.

My windows 11 right click menu lags and has to load before it opens. Is there some way to fix this?

How is Windows 11 Home compatibility with unsupported CPUs? Heard it has been getting worse as time has gone by with every new Windows Security/feature update. How is it nowadays? Anyone started getting blue screens that hadn't gotten them before? I know about Windows 10/11 LTSC/Enterprise versions, but currently more interested in Windows 11 Home right now.

>>105764057
It requires a Nehalem - a 17 year old CPU architecture.
If you're getting blue screens, it's your 17 year old motherboard telling you to put it out of its misery.

>>105762485
looks like third party software interfering. check your shell extensions in sysinternals Autoruns

Is there a way to automate changes in Task Scheduler / Group Policy on a new install? Or is my best bet to just install Win10 with internet unplugged, make all the changes and then create a clone/backup of that C:\ partition so I can restore it later if needed?

The obscure registry hack of the day is...
>rolls (loaded) dice - H/T >>105754625
"Configure an enhanced Boot Configuration Data validation profile"
(save this as UTF-16 LE, to make it a true REGEDIT5 file)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Secure Boot, until Windows 8, 'measured' (Secure Boot-ese for 'checked')
; the BCD in a rather agggessive fashion: if anything much beyond the boot
; order elements had been changed, it would reject it as a 'modified boot
; path'. Microsoft, after fielding thousands of 'I just installed a language
; pack and my computer won't start' support calls (caused by the 'locale'
; elements in the BCD changing), realised their mistake and relaxed the 'BCD
; validation profile', removing all but a few elements (mostly the actual
; device and file name elements) from 'measurement'. While this certainly
; made it more 'yooser frenly' (and stopped the above support calls), it
; also reduced Secure Boot's ability to detect tampering with the early-boot
; files - the exact thing it was designed to protect against.
;
; So, to appease the security nutters who cried foul, Microsoft included a
; new Grop Policy along with Windows 8 to specify extra elements in the BCD
; validation profile, which will additionally be checked during Secure Boot's
; BCD measurements. As an aside, they also included another policy to REMOVE
; elements from this validation profile, but that's outside the scope of this
; hack.
;
; Anyway, adding an element is pretty simple: it's just a bunch of lines (REG_
; MULTI_SZ) in '<entry>:<value>' format: <entry> is a BCD 'application' type,
; such as 'winload', 'memtest' (without quotes) or similar, or 'all' (again,
; without quotes) to apply it to all BCD application entries. <value> is a
; specific value name to protect, such as 'hypervisordebugport', (if you're
; feeling masochistic) 'locale' or (if you're an adventurer) '0x16000074'
(cont'd)

; (again again, without quotes). There are some limitations on what you can
; specify and expect to work, however - consult [https://learn.microsoft.com/
; en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/
; dn144691(v=ws.11)] for more information.
;
; This example adds various memory options to the BCD validation profile, to
; mitigate certain early-boot malware that hide themselves from the system by
; loading themselves into specific regions of memory, then configuring the
; BCD to ignore those memory regions, so Windows (and by extension, any anti-
; malware software running on it) can't 'see' them. Feel free to add (or
; remove) to your tastes, though doing it inside the Registry Editor, so you
; don't have to type out raw UTF-16 hex codes, is recommended.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\FVE]
"OSUseEnhancedBcdProfile"=dword:00000001
"OSBcdAdditionalSecurityCriticalSettings"=hex(7):61,00,6c,00,6c,00,3a,\
00,62,00,61,00,64,00,6d,00,65,00,6d,00,6f,00,72,00,79,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,\
74,00,00,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,3a,00,62,00,61,00,64,00,6d,00,65,00,6d,00,6f,\
00,72,00,79,00,61,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,00,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,\
3a,00,74,00,72,00,75,00,6e,00,63,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,6d,00,6f,\
00,72,00,79,00,00,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,3a,00,61,00,76,00,6f,00,69,00,64,00,\
6c,00,6f,00,77,00,6d,00,65,00,6d,00,6f,00,72,00,79,00,00,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,3a,00,66,00,69,00,72,00,73,00,74,00,6d,00,65,00,67,00,61,00,62,00,79,00,\
74,00,65,00,70,00,6f,00,6c,00,69,00,63,00,79,00,00,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,3a,\
00,72,00,65,00,6c,00,6f,00,63,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,70,00,68,00,79,00,73,00,\
69,00,63,00,61,00,6c,00,00,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,3a,00,72,00,65,00,6d,00,6f,\
00,76,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,6d,00,6f,00,72,00,79,00,00,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,\
3a,00,6e,00,6f,00,6c,00,6f,00,77,00,6d,00,65,00,6d,00,00,00,00,00

>>105764933
>Is there a way to automate changes in Task Scheduler
The inbox tool schtasks.exe
>Group Policy
The Policy Analyzer and lgpo.exe tools, part of the Microsoft Security Baselines.
>on a new install?
Script the above tools with <runonce> elements in unattend.xml and/or use setupcomplete.cmd.

>>105762485
Looks like the icon cache is messing up. Clear it.
ie4uinit -show

>>105763249
fair enough, and the enrollment option is probably still rolling out gradually so don't worry

>>105765231
>>105765237
based

I love Windows!

>>105766768

>>105765231
I scanned this for viruses with ChatGPT.

>>105767179
cool

>>105767179
I scanned this for viruses with my functioning neocortex, and it reads:
all:badmemorylist
all:badmemoryaccess
all:truncatememory
all:avoidlowmemory
all:firstmegabytepolicy
all:relocatephysical
all:removememory
all:nolowmem
In other words, startlingly, it's exactly what it says it is on the tin.

>>105762187 (OP)

Any anons here using WSL/2?

>>105767700
I love WSL!

>>105767561
You must be pretty clever...

>>105768217
I feel it was one of Microsoft's boldest moves. Recognizing that first party Linux support is required for keeping developers on Windows.

How did you find the transition from WSL1 to WSL2? I liked the idea of WSL1 more than WSL2 but 2 makes more sense and it was the way to go

>>105762475
I'd just use windows 10 iot ltsc until you get something you need that don't work. Then you can install the 2027 version of windows 11 iot ltsc. The windows 11 version isn't recommended now unless you have a 12-14th gen intel cpu.

>>105762475
If you install Windows 10 LTSC today, you'll get security updates until 2032. As for software, Windows 10 and 11 have the same kernel, so everything is going to be compatible between the two. Basically, you'll be fine until Windows 13 comes around.

>>105762475
>>105768863
Some retarded software will ask for upto date OS. Dont go below W10 2022 ltsc

Does changing W10 edition with MAS require anything like a restart or make any big changes or potentially fuck anything up?

>>105770260
>a restart
yes it will be like it downloaded and installed a windows update
>or make any big changes or potentially fuck anything up?
I doubt it. what edition are you changing to/from?

>>105770284
Home to pro I guess

>>105770311
I did that for W10. should be fine, I didn't even notice a difference.

>>105770311
might as well just go to education or enterprise.

Bros.../v/ is making fun of us again...
>>>/v/714207617

>>105772087
>caring about a retarded subnormal videogame board
get out

>>105772087
>"/v/ is making fun of us again"
>(probably because they use their computers for high performance tasks instead of a reddit terminal)
>look inside
>/g/ never mentioned once
>hell never even insinuated
>theyre just making fun of 7iggers and 10ddlers
>(as you should)
>with the occasional loontroon pretending hes important (BUH MUH WEB SERVER) getting laughed at
Seems to me if you're feeling seen by that thread, it's entirely a (You) problem.

>>105772269
>theyre just making fun of 7iggers and 10ddlers
They aren't doing that though? 99% of that thread is people defending using 7 and 10.

i installed the new preview update to get the smaller taskbar buttons but it isnt available for me :( gradual rollout sux

>>105761968
>>105761985
I did actually end up forcing it to install drivers, but that didn't fix it.

I managed to figure out what was wrong. The wifi card is there, but it's "disconnected" from the computer. I found like 3 other people with this exact issue from the last 30 days. In every case they had installed Linux. If you run Linux on this motherboard and power it off with anything other than a software shutdown, it will temporarily kill the wifi card. Doing a full BIOS reset by clearing CMOS is the only way to fix it (haven't done so yet btw). Guess what the first thing I did when I finished building it was? That's right, I installed Linux.

moral of the story: Linux is gay and stupid and I'm way too employed to use it on my fancy new hardware

>>105772691
imagine being the bank or military engineer that still gets to hear this on a regular basis

https://youtu.be/3sBSB9KrKXk

>>105773569
Holy SOVL

>>105772790
>I installed Linux
Glad you found the real problem, anon.

What is your optimal Windows volume set to?
FYI I just have a laptop, no external speakers.

>>105773569
The likelihood that something running NT4 today has speakers, or even a sound card, seems rather remote.

>>105775137
It depends obviously. With in-ears I go anywhere between 20 to 69 (they default to 69 on connection so I tend to leave it there). Headphones usually 20-30. Speakers 50.

I'm afraid, my fellow WINanons, this will be the last obscure registry hack of the day (from me, anyway). My pop-in to see how 4chan is doing, for the first time since the hack, has been a rather underwhelming experience (this thread has been about the only highlight) - and since I hardly ever come here anymore anyway, it's obviously come time to draw a line under this place. I bid you anons farewell.
The obscure registry hack of the day is...
>rolls dice
"Enable stricter Windows Authenticode signature verification"
REGEDIT4

; Until late 2013, there's was a flaw in how Windows created and checked
; signatures on signed executables that left some 'wiggle room' to modify
; an executable before Authenticode started screaming that it wasn't properly
; signed. It was considered bad enough that it got its own CVE and everything
; (CVE-2013-3900); Microsoft promptly fixed the bug, and were going to make
; it the default... until they realised just how many improperly-signed-but-
; perfectly-harmless executables there were in circulation, so they chickened
; out and made it optional. It was always considered a smart idea to enable
; these stricter checks however (especially now, when there are far fewer of
; these improperly-signed, pre-2013 executables in the wild), so you'd need a
; pretty good excuse not to enable this nowadays.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\Wintrust\Config]
"EnableCertPaddingCheck"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Cryptography\Wintrust\Config]
"EnableCertPaddingCheck"=dword:00000001

Win10 IoT LTSC or Win 11 IoT LTSC?
How bad javascript menu can really be?

>>105777031
Newer the hardware the more you should be thinking about 2024, mostly because 10 drivers for those parts don't exist for a lot of things.

Got this weird bug this surface laptop gen 1.
The specs state it has i7-7660U CPU, but running CPUZ show I have i7-7200U.
Which one is is it?

>>105777031

>>105777044
Well it's old surface laptop from 2017.
I tried the windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC just now booting from ventoy.
And the installer gave me an error 0x80070001 0x4002f
I searched and I need to use the old installation version option
What kind of joke is this?
So win10/win11?
>>105777168
This is a joke right?

>>105777258
For a 2017 Surface then IoT LTSC 2021 would be just fine.

>>105777281
>IoT LTSC 2021
Win 10? because win11 was 2024, right?

you keep posting that fucking cat and your threads will keep getting no contribution from me.

>>105777334
Yes, IoT LTSC 2021 is the last 10 version. While IoT LTSC 2024 is the 11 version.

>>105766705
>the enrollment option is probably still rolling out gradually
What's up with some people getting it and others not? What the hell kind of sketchy rollout criteria does the jeet server have?

>>105777349
Thanks man.
I already started the installation, and the keyboard didn't work but the touchpad do.
Which is weird.
Do I need specific drivers for the surface then?
Or would just connecting to the internet solve the problem?

>>105777416
After you connect it to the internet to get updates it'll get the drivers too.

>>105777431
I did.
There are a lot.
Is it better to activate then upgrade or upgrade first?

>>105777466
Activate later after all the updates/drivers and shit are installed.

>>105777336
seething

>>105777482
Thanks anon for being friendly.
Last thing, should I re-enable secure boot?

>>105777788
Ehh, you won't lose anything if you don't re-enable it. Though as the install is fully updated to the current cumulative update now you could always just turn it back on as the keys are all set up.

>>105777805
>you won't lose anything if you don't re-enable it
Yeah, the big red lock isn't exactly appealing.
What about microsoft store?
Should I use it or just stick with winget?

>>105777831
Don't bother with the store. If you need UWPs then just install winget with asheroto's winget-install script and install them through that.

>>105777840
I did just that.
Winget should really be defacto in android now.
How hard can it be to use it?
>christitus script
Does it worth using it? or I can just follow the guide and do shutup10?

>>105777913
ShutUp10 sets all the registry keys and disables the services that you want set and disabled if you use the recommended settings, while Chris's tool lets you do other things like enable the ultimate power plan and such. So ShutUp10 first, then mess with Chris's tool if you want.

>>105777935
Nice, I'm messing with it right now.
It's cool how many of the applications needed are available to install from the UI.
I was making a winget script to do that when i found.
Pretty chill dude in his channel too.
>ultimate power plan
Funny thing I was looking into that as well.
After the installation I just have balanced power plan and was wondering how to get better plans just in case.
These effect the CPU too right?

>>105778238
The ultimate plan is more so for desktop PCs, so you should probably just stick to the balanced plan if you're gonna actually use it as a laptop too.

>>105775137
>What is your optimal Windows volume set to?
There's no such thing as optimal, with that. That just depends on the output device currently used, the audio codec with its inner parts like the DAC & amp, and the audio drivers.
I just keep my general volume under the 20s as I'm always on muh headphones, and fine-tune per-app with the mixer: be it windows' or the xbox game bar's.

LMAOLED

DON'T WORRY THOUGH

WARRANTY REMEMBER

JUST GET ANOTHER OLED AYYYYY

Thoughts on PortableApps? I don't plan to format my machine very often but sometimes I do and I hate having to set up all my development software again.

Also, does W10 IoT LTSC have WSL2? I need to run some Linux GUI software sometimes.

I never post in the thread, just wanted to blogpost.
After years of exclusive loonix use and installing W11, I have newfound respect for microsoft.
It just fucking werks...

Thanks for listening.

>>105777046
where are you reading "the specs"? cpu-z should be right

>>105772790
Okay so I have a "clear CMOS" button on the I/O panel on my motherboard

I did the following
>disconnected my computer from power
>set the PSU switch to the off position for good measure
>pressed the "clear CMOS" button
>held down the power button on my PC for like 30 seconds
>have left my computer unplugged for almost 24 hours

please tell me I don't need to open up the case and physically short the connector on the motherboard still

surely when I turn my computer back on the CMOS will be truly reset and my wifi card will work

>>105781505
based

Is there a way to get Windows Media Player playing videos like h264 10bit with flac audio and ass subs?
I really wanna use it, but it has no support for any codecs at all, it's sad.

>>105781505
Good boy! :3

>>105783881
Please just use the Pot Player and call it a day!

It has everything you could ever want that's built-in!

>>105783946
>Pot Player
Might as well just install VLC, what is Pot Player??

>>105783963
Get your ass in here!

https://potplayer.daum.net/

>>105783971
>open link
>see black guy
ummmm anon

>>105779635
Use Scoop instead to install portable programs

>>105783946
Just use mpv already

OK I'll use MPV

but what's a great image viewer?

>>105784121
nomacs or JPEGView

I love rufus

>>105784121
Windows Photo Viewer, just restore it

>>105784284
Well it's one of the only ways to make a working Windows install USB besides using the media creation tool, Ventoy or making it manually.

>>105784121
use mpv.net
it's like mpv but it's proprietary so fosscels can't touch it

>>105785551
Fuck you on about? It's just libmpv surrounded by a .NET GUI.

>>105785560
yes that's what I said, can't you read? is the english language considered proprietary?

Thanks for this nice friendly thread.
I finished installing Win10 IoT LTSC on the surface laptop.
And I gotta say the bloat removal really give nice aesthetic to windows.
I ended up using chris tool to install applications but got some hiccups, and had to redo it.

>>105783102
It's a sticker on the back of the laptop
HWINFO and CPUZ show two different CPUs

>>105785982
I prefer using something like Ninite to get all my programs installed but good for you that you have a working IoT LTSC 2021 install on the Surface.

>>105786054
>Ninite
I did have it but it lacks several applications.
Also this is on my part but there was an error about hostname didn't resolve, which is weird.

>>105785990
hm
well if it's a second hand laptop and the cpu is socketed, then it's possible the sticker is inaccurate (if it was replaced), though usually they're upgraded unless the seller was cheap
as for hwinfo/cpu-z disagreeing, i guess i don't know enough about them to know if they could get this wrong. i've seen programs give "unknown intel cpu" type responses, but a specific AND wrong answer? probably a bug with the program. i take it hwinfo agrees with the sticker?

Just find out my windows 11 took ages to boot and shutdown, thanks to crc error from hdd.

>be on win11
>explorer stuck on 0% when trying to copy a file from inside a .zip file
>can't cancel the operation
>forcing all operations off does nothing
>force close windows explorer in task manager
>it doesn't automatically open back up
what the fuck

>>105762187 (OP)
I want to use my laptop (i3 1220p) for diagnostics and tuning of cars (BMWs so INSTA/INPA)
I am currently installing programs on w11, but I am certain that w11 will fuck the drivers n shit
I should go for W10 IoT LTSC right? I dont really care for MS store, I will still be able to install programs right?

>>105786358
The CPU is soldered on.
But it came in two configurations, the i5-7200U and the i7-7660U.
The sticker say i7, while the CPUZ show I have i5-7200U and HWINFO show I have i7=7660U
>i take it hwinfo agrees with the sticker?
yeah.
It's really annoying because I paid for the i7 version, but after testing several things it appears I have the i5 version.
Since both programs agree i have the intel HD 620 which is the igpu of the i5.

>>105787055
is it some cheap/chinese thing? they could be doing some firmware fuckery that fools some programs and not others

>>105787089
No, it's surface laptop gen 1

>>105784092
Does it work in the same way as PortableApps? As in, does it store all config files in its own folder instead of AppData? Does it avoid inserting stuff in the registry during installation?

>>105783881
>h264 10bit
Presumably you meant H.265/HEVC? H.264/AVC 10-bit is quite rare and I doubt whether MSFT provided support for this capability in their decoder.
>the libavcodec-based DirectShow filters do, thoughbeit - like LAV Filters
WMP uses Media Foundation transforms by default, so you'll have to install a codec of that type.
https://www.codecguide.com/media_foundation_codecs.htm
You'll handle vidya, at least, but not the .ASS subtitles - WMP doesn't support that unless you have xy-VSFilter installed (choose either the pinterf or Masaiki fork - the latter actually uses libass as the backend).
It's a DirectShow filter, though, so you have to make WMP use DirectShow filters for media playback. Assume that you'll have to install additional filters for video/audio playback (like the aforementioned LAV filters - just install the K-Lite Codec Pack as a one-stop solution) if the built-in stuff can't handle the coding.
All you have to do is rename all of your vidya's extension to .video - WMP won't recognize this as an extension that is supported by Media Foundation, so it will try to fall back to DirectShow.
>you may also turn off Media Foundation support for specific file extensions like mp4, mkv and whatnot, but since it's global-wide and there are applications that are dependent on the framework, it's not feasible as it will break video playback for these cases

But with all that tinkering you might as well just use MPC-HC (bundled in K-Lite) as a player. It actually has libass support implemented from within.
>TL;DR: stop using WMP - use any other media player that supports 10-bit stuff and ASS subtitles

>>105788182
hahah .ass hahha

Here is the best Windows setup:
>Windows 11 Pro
>WSL with Ubuntu because sometimes Linux is just better for programming
>No weirdo third-party activation scripts because firstly I don't trust them and secondly they're surely illegal

hello /g/friends, i'm having some issues since i installed my new 9060XT
While idle/scrolling down pages i got twice a BSOD with DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION, doesn't get past the 0% so it doesn't give me a dump file to read, the screen does freeze for a minute or two and then shows up the BSOD
Event viewer is empty, only tells me that there was a problem writing the dump file
Already tried to uninstall drivers with DDU and reinstall them using the 900mb install from the amd website
Doesn't happen while playing games, or at least it didn't happen during the last 10 hours of MHWilds
the only thing that updated other than the GPU drivers were the chipset one, since they came bundled with it and were hidden behind an extra menu that i found out during the reinstall
Mobo firmware is out of date, but i'd rather not touch that since we're having random power outages
No overclocks, only XMP and REBAR enabled
Using W10, cpu is a 5800x
GPU is the only new thing in my pc so the blame falls straight there, but the fact that crashes happens during low usage makes me wonder if it's something else
Anything i can try to confirm it's the GPU?

>>105788598
Could be a fucked up driver (in which case try downgrading it) or some kind of hardware failure itself. Though I guess it's a pain in the ass to debug if there are no minidumps or the big ol' full memory dump file in %SystemRoot%.
Otherwise you'd just open up WinDbg, load it, !analyze -v and proceed with bugcheck-specific diagnostics to see which kind of a nigger is causing problems.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/bug-check-0x133-dpc-watchdog-violation
I'd check first whether your DIMMs aren't failing with Memtest86+, though. Most of the random BSOD errors can be explained with this, plus improper clocking and voltage.
>Anything i can try to confirm it's the GPU?
Try stress-testing it? FurMark and Unigine benchmarks should be good.

>>105762187 (OP)
so what's the path forward for windowsfags?
For win10 I could switch to some weird fuck iot version with support until 2032 but win10 is falling behind in tech - as an example, dealing with .heic images is a total shitshow and most phones nowadays shoot photos in .heic (inb4 use jpeg/raw)
alternatively there's win 11 but is it even possible to unfuck it? it's blatantly obvious that microdick wants all your data ever, so you'll have to struggle with their bullshit every update, which seems very tiresome to deal with long-term

I kinda dislike macos for everything except codeslop and linux is macos but worse so the alternatives aren't great either

>>105790737
>Change your current edition using MAS to Enterprise, activate it again with its HWID module, then use MAS again via its TSforge module to give it 3 years of ESU.
>Install Enterprise fresh on a new computer, either 10 or 11.
>Use IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 (10) or 2024 (11) which are very minimal and have updates until 2032 and 2035 respectively.

Those're your choices. Apparently if you're a good little MS account user people that use Home can get a year of ESU through some kind of reward point program but that doesn't matter here.

>>105790737
switch to windows 10 pro using MAS
activate 3 years of extended updates using MAS
get rid of the upgrade scare popup and forget about this issue for the next 3 years
ezpz

>>105788065
Yes, it keeps all program stuff within a "scoop" folder in your user folder.

>>105790737
>win10 is falling behind in tech - as an example, dealing with .heic images is a total shitshow and most phones nowadays shoot photos in .heic (inb4 use jpeg/raw)
You can just install the HEIC image extension from the store to make it work.
They require "HEVC Video Extensions" as a prerequisite, though. Not to mention there are two variants - the paid one with MS own decoder, and the free "From Device Manufacturer" variant.
Or you can just avoid Store and install the appxbundles manually:
https://www.codecguide.com/media_foundation_codecs.htm

Windows Explorer and any other apps relying on Windows Image Component will be able to read HEIF/HEIC correctly after you install the extensions.

>>105762195
>Best windows to run local ai?
Ubuntu

>>105785982
How many terabytes of porn do you have? :3

You pesky little pervert! ;p

>>105777168
Had the same shit happed to me. Restarting searchhost.exe hepled

>>105779635
WSL2 works, GUI doesn't

>>105791680
nta but a lot

>>105792044
What kind of porn do you like?

>>105792096
anal focused solo action, buttplugs, facesitting pov, joi, lingerie/heels and all their combinations

>>105792136
oh and non-toilet jap voyeur

>>105792096
for me, it's anime girls

>>105791680
>How many terabytes of porn do you have?
Let's just say if the whole internet went down, I can be escobar of porn

>>105792136
>>105792146
I usually just masturbate to oil porn!

https://www.eporner.com/video-6Aj8wKuOEb3/gianna-s-giant-juicy-jugs/

>>105792282
Me too! :3

>>105792349
>I can be escobar of porn
You're such a funny silly boy! :3

>>105792136
Peak gay

>>105791082
I read that they run installation scripts normally so if the software decides to store data elsewhere, it will. maybe it's not really sandboxed?

>>105791836
>WSL2 works
good enough. I can install VcXsrv and configure WSL2 to connect to it, so I can run Java SWT interfaces

I took the IoT LTSC memepill a few months ago when I built a new machine, and I've been unable to install quite a bit of software since. I get this popup when installing certain software and I'm not able to fix it even after updating all the windows software. Is there an easy fix for this or do I just have to go full retard with retail win11?

>>105793539
just tried your pic and it does work on my machine, if that helps

So is there any difference between the preview updates and when they stop being previews?

>>105793576
what do you mean?

>>105793539
Assuming you installed from an untouched install image - did you nuke the Package Cache folder, or used some kind of a cleaner app (or a debloater?)
Seeing as these are Visual C++ redistributables, try installing the redistributables yourself and see if the problem ceases.
https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist

I’m coming back to Windows for some things alongside my Mac and Linux and FreeBSD machines.
I’m glad PowerToys has a LaunchBar-type thing, but actually it has…two? How do I choose between when to use PowerToys Run and Command Palette?

>>105793895
Is there a way to just download them or install from microsoft? I don't know how to install this from github

>>105793895
>>105794125
I actually found where to download and install from microsoft and I actually get the same errors when trying to install. At the end it says they can't uninstall the old version, so I went a did that manually through control panel and I still get the same error. About to just reinstall windows again even though I already downloaded and installed hundreds of gigs worth of games and software. fuck me

>>105793599
Preview updates are usually part of optional updates, and they just contain features or bug fixes that will get enabled gradually with the Patch Tuesday update (mandatory update)

They do this for testing and gradual rollout, that's why they're optional

>>105793539
>>105793576
>>105793895
Why is it saying it's on a network resource that is unavailable? It's either installed on my drive or it's not there. I'm not really understanding the error. Even when I dl from microsoft I get this error. It also says the old version can't be uninstalled even though I've gone through and uninstalled from the control panel.

If I just bite the bullet and install win11 (coming from ltsc) can I just leave my games and such on my second ssd and have it not get wiped/just work when I reinstall the OS on the primary ssd?

>>105793494
There's an amount of rare non-portable programs but otherwise everything installed through Scoop should stay in the scoop folder.

>1 year with W11 IoT LTSC
It's been good tbqh.

>>105794738
If you in-place upgrade from 2021 to 2024 there shouldn't be any real friction at all.

Ok, i have W10 Home, i wanted to change it to IoT LTSC, can i do it without losing files? I mean game saves, random ass configs from programs, files, etc etc.

>>105795697
There is a way but it's hacky. The MAS website in the OP tells you have to do it under its 10 EoL page.
In basic terms
>Download IoT LTSC 2021 ISO
>Mount it
>Go to registry and change a key to the IoT LTSC callsign
>Quickly run through the setup.exe wizard (saying you don't want to update now)
>If it all worked out it'll say that you're basically repair upgrading an already existing IoT LTSC install and it'll let you keep all your files

>>105794738
Depends on the games to some degree. If you nuke the OS you may also nuke some dependencies which were installed along with those games. If they're Steam games, then Steam is smart enough to recognize those games as long as you point it to their install location. I think other stores may do the same but your mileage may vary. If the game is recognized by Steam then I'm pretty sure Steam will install any required dependencies so the games will work without needing to be downloaded again.

>>105795706
I'm dumb when it comes to this subject, i have also used winaero to take out some things from w10.
If i fuck up, will i brick my entire setup? I could backup all my files, but that would take hours

>>105795760
An easier and safer thing you could do is just use MAS to change your edition from Home to Enterprise, then re-activate with MAS's HWID module, then use its TSforge module to get the three years of ESU.

>>105795769
Ok, that i can do, it sounds easier. I will try that tomorrow, thank you anon. I used MAS to activate this cracked version a few years ago too.

>>105795793
You'll need to reactivate because of the edition change changing the HWID you already have. But good luck anon, should be done in like 5 mins even less.

Hi my brothers in Christ. I have this problem with Windows 10 LTSC 21H2 where Xbox app is just dogshit; each time I open it I got this 'DesktopWindowXamlSource' blank window, I purged OneDrive and I have it since then, besides that each time I want to play a game it says I'm offline and I need to reset and repair the Xbox app and clean my Internet stuff with:
>ipconfig /flushdns
>ipconfig /release
>ipconfig /renew
>netsh winsock reset
>netsh int ip reset
>netsh interface ipv4 reset
>netsh interface ipv6 reset
>netsh interface tcp reset
Which is really annoying, a true pain in the ass.
Is there a way to fix this shitty Xbox app?

>>105777258
>ventoy
Here's your problem
Always make your Windows USBs with Rufus if possible

>>105795879
Nothing's wrong with Ventoy though, I've installed IoT LTSC 2021 through it just fine plenty of times.

>>105795879
You're an idiot
It's not ventoy problem, it's windows problem.
The installer fail to start because the installation drive is not formatted as NTFS.

If my pc is slow to boot and threw a windows boot manager error on startup yesterday, but boots fine from bios and windows works normally otherwise, do i need to repair the bootloader with bcdboot?

Does anyone here have Fancontrol on win 11 working on startup? Best I can do is get it to run in the background in task manager, but it's not properly running or in taskbar.

I have tried the settings toggle in the program itself. I have the tried the settings app startup toggle. I have tried putting the shortcut in the startup folder. I have double checked the scheduled task the app creates. I have tried a custom scheduled task. I have tried a scheduled runas task. I have tried a powershell script. I have tried a scheduled task that runs a powershell script. Every guide on google and chatGPT fails. I have tried both the net 4 and net 8 versions of fan control.

I have multiple other programs that require UAC starting just fine on startup. Just not this shit. It's really annoying because I really need my case fans to ramp up on GPU temperature but MSI bios only allows motherboard and CPU sensors as an input.

At this point I'm wondering if the only way around it is autohotkey where it opens the program and types my admin password in.

>>105795829
Buy an Xbox and delete that Xbox app.

>>105795829
There's a guide on from sysconf16 which teaches you how to get the Xbox app working on an LTSC system. You may have not just done some of the things you need to do for it to act proper on such a minimal system.

>>105786995
im back
I installed w10 ltsc

I cant find drivers for my touchpad or sound.... on the asus website its only for windows 11

pls help

>>105798099
Another anon install something 10 based on a system with parts new enough that they only have 11 drivers. A classic tale.
Try using SDIO or something to see if it can pick up any drivers for you. If not, just in-place upgrade to IoT LTSC 2024 so all your shit works.

>>105790234
The worst combo you can have, a BSOD that trigger randomly and no dmp file
i might have fixed the latter, when double checking if dmp files were enabled i got an warning notification that the pagefile was set to 1mb for some reason
at least that was easy to fix, just turned it off and on again
now i only have to hope i get another bsod

>>105762187 (OP)

Would it be worth to go to 11 iot ltsc from legit edu?
do i need to format for that?

>>105800374
Check MAS's site for a how-to guide under the 10 EoL section. You can do it, but it's hacky.

Best source to download office? I'd rather just have Word/Excel than the full suite.

>>105798099
Use SDIO:
https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/snappy-driver-installer-origin/

>start SDIO_x64
>select "Download Indexes Only"
>wait about 30 seconds for the indexes to download and the list of drivers to appear
>those will be all of the drivers for your hardware than can be installed or updated
>in the red box on the left side, click on "Select all", then "Install"

When it's completely done just restart (it will probably tell you to do so anyway)

>>105800785
>Best source to download office?
Same as Windows: Massgrave
https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media

Install then activate with MAS Ohook

>>105800963
thanks

>>105794653
>>105794173
Quite a bugger it is. As actual Visual C++ redist installation proceeds through Windows Installer (.MSI installers), it might try dereferencing the actual .msi installer, for ex. the 2022 x64 Minimum Runtime. It's all in the registry, so if it refers to a phantom installer, don't be surprised if msiexec craps out.
Open up regedit, navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products key, and delete any subkeys that pertain to the VC++ redistributables (look for the ProductName). For safe measure, make sure you "uninstall" the redistributable through Programs & Features (it will probably just complain about lack of an installer and providing you the option to remove the entry). Restart the OS and reinstall the redists again.
Start with the 2022 x64 Minimum Runtime first, test whether it works, and if another nigger is causing this problem again - whack it. Kinda like whack'a'mole.

>Is there a way to just download them or install from microsoft? I don't know how to install this from github
Releases page from the repo. That and the Download section from readme.md at the very bottom.

I just disabled all telemetry and data collection
feels good

>>105803008
I just turned all your telemetry back on
better luck next time chuddie

>>105803008
>>105803192
Don't try to be funny or cute, you chumpy boys!

>>105803008
For the first time? Surprsingly easy wasn't it?
Are you using Enterprise/Education though? That's how you keep it off.

I've installed Windows 11 recently, playing Judgment. Haven't played it on Windows 10 so can't compare and maybe this is something specific to this particular game, but can Windows 11 actually render DSR properly in borderless windowed mode if in-game resolution is higher than desktop?
What I mean is:
My native/desktop is 1080p, I enable DLDSR/DSR/SuperResolution in Nvidia to get 1440p as an option.
Select 1440p in the game that runs in borderless -> the game will be running at 1080p. Have to use Exclusive fullscreen for 1440p to work properly.
This was on Windows 10. I don't think I could even select 1440p on Win10 in borderless mode in most games.
Do the same thing in Judgment, run it in borderless, select 1440p -> it actually runs in 1440p despite being borderless window.
Is this actually a thing on Windows 11 thanks to improved flip mode or whatever? I don't have any other games to test it right now.

What the fuck is happening to my jumplists?
My entire taskbar is just self-destructing. First Brave, and now other programs that had integrated shortcuts in the jumplist.
Picrel is what it should look like, but I'm left with just the bottom half.

Snagging the jumplist file from %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations somewhat fixed Brave, in that the new tab buttons are back, but it still refuses to populate recent browsing history.

All pinned taskbar shortcuts vanished as well, but they seem to be back after a restart.

>>105803384
Sorry, I'm retarded, I didn't include what version I'm running.
Win11 Version 10.0.22621

>>105803480
I'm on 26100.4484 but my taskbar is fine. I use MS Edge though albeit Canary build.

>>105803239
I'm on W11 IoT LTSC

>>105762187 (OP)
Is there any reason to go for IoT LTSC 2022 when 2021 already has support until 2032?

>>105766768
I enjoyed Windows 8.1
There, I said it.

>>105803814
xbox shit mostly

>>105804648
Ahh of course. We'll I wont be touching that so I'll skip it. Cheers

I'm very new to this shit

Is there a way to perfectly and entirely copy the content of one drive to another that is less prone to weird issues that can happen with manually copying files over? Like, is this what a disk image is?

And if I have two drives in RAID 1, can I then convert that to a RAID 10 setup with 4 drives without reformatting the drives?

>>105804778
>Is there a way to perfectly and entirely copy the content of one drive to another that is less prone to weird issues that can happen with manually copying files over? Like, is this what a disk image is?
if you suspect or know the source drive has issues, use ddrescue
>And if I have two drives in RAID 1, can I then convert that to a RAID 10 setup with 4 drives without reformatting the drives?
depends on the raid system being used

>>105804836
>if you suspect or know the source drive has issues
I don't, I'm just asking in general for doing backups

>depends on the raid system being used
Can you clarify? I don't know what this means, exactly

Just a friendly question, why does microsoft allow MAS? It's literally hosted on the platform that microsoft now owns and operates, and it receives frequent updates, but is against their EULA, but they just let it slide? Why?

>>105805030
>I don't, I'm just asking in general for doing backups
well the only time "weird issues" would occur doing any kind of copying is if there's something either wrong with the disc or wrong with the filesystem itself. or i suppose you're not using appropriate software or settings in the first place
>Can you clarify? I don't know what this means, exactly
raid1/10 is a method, not an implementation. there's many ways to get a raid1. like a hardware raid card, fakeraid, various software raids, etc

I just "downgraded" from Windows 11 Enterprise to Windows 10 IoT LTSC and it's really nice, but the one feature I'm missing is the tabbed file explorer. Are there any good options to get this back?

I've checked online and the options out there either don't work or have some stupid regressions from the native explorer like not being able to set a file view per folder or something else.

>>105805183
they would rather people pirate windows than use something else or use some shitty malware infested version and then blame MS when they get their CC stolen
99% of complaints about windows are by brain dead technology illiterate niggers with self inflicted problems, even the "1337 h4x0rz" type who think they're smart running some russian botnet edition of windows

What version of windows, between like, 7, 10, 11, etc. would you recommend for putting on a core2duo e8400? Pretty sure 7 was the most relevant when it was new but I don't know how secure that is.

>>105805253
Well, one issue I run into commonly is I have a lot of files past Window's normal filename/path length character limit. So far Total Commander hasn't had too many issues copying stuff over despite that, but it can sometime have issues in rare cases

Additionally, I might be setting up database software, and i'd want the associated between everything to be copied as well, so the entire drive being mirrored, not just the files copied over. Same for if like I wanted to back up installed software and still have it function on the new drive, which copying files over often doesn't do

>raid1/10 is a method, not an implementation. there's many ways to get a raid1. like a hardware raid card, fakeraid, various software raids, etc

Then I have no idea, I'd just be using whatever the Ugreen OS uses to set raid up

>>105805315
10 IoT LTSC would run on it most likely.

>>105805315
Why do you still have that dinosaur computer?

>>105805352
Never got rid of it after I upgraded to r5 3600, which is still my main.

>On windows 11
>Don't have to worry about anything you retards are talking about
Am I doing something wrong?

>>105805507
>>105797754
what's your solution for this that isn't downgrade to win 10?

>>105805315
Win10 IoT LTSC, but make sure you have an SSD. Win10 is practically unusable on a standard hard drive.
>Pretty sure 7 was the most relevant when it was new but I don't know how secure that is.
I wouldn't recommend fucking with 7 unless you're either keeping it offline, or you know how to obtain ESU updates. You'll also have to find a compatible browser if you decide to run 7, and using an outdated browser is one of the most unsafe things you can do these days, especially on an OS no longer receiving regular security updates.

>>105805868
Seconding the SSD. If this old ass build doesn't have a SATA SSD bracket then get and install one in one of the HDD bays.

>>105805295
I've been wondering about this myself. I daily drive Linux so I'm used to having tabs in my file manager, and not having them when I need to use Windows for something is a PITA.

>>105805352
i'm posting from a core2duo p8400. still works fine (>>105805315 ... i don't use windows on it though, sorry)

Is it possible to install windows 10 pro with the media creation tool? Or am I forced to install it from an ISO? I don't get the option to select 10 pro during creation tool so idk if I'm doing anything wrong
>why do you want 10 pro
I just have to or this faggot family member complains even if they make no use of pro's features

>>105806591
Anon does your family -really- care what version of Windows is on their computer? You can use flags in the command prompt to make the MCT create whatever ISO you want, then you can use the generic MAK key to get through the product key section IE you can make an Enterprise ISO.

>>105795829
Make a script instead of running that crap manually. Install Home version if you are going to play on GoyPass.

Jeetbros, I lose audio whenever I enable Windows Sonic for headphones. I think the reason is my Windows is "debloated" and I might have fucked up something. Is it possible to download Sonic from somewhere?

>>105807129
Man I miss the days of TLR

>>105762187 (OP)
>win 11
when i press win+printscr it takes a full screen screenshot saves it to pictures>screenshots

when i press printsc alone it opens a popup snipping tool bar and option to take a snap of only a part of the screen (rectangular selected with cursor). after i do that the picture is saved to clipboard and i have to manually open paint to paste it and save it. is there any way to automaticaly open paint and paste the picture after i take a shot? i had that set up using sharex on windows 10, but i really dont want to use 3rd party if i dont have to

tho, to be honest, it might not be the worst idea. snipping tool on win 11 seems slower and less smooth than sharex on win10


im really getting tired of win11 bros

>>105807654
>Is there any risk of anything breaking if I change the Volume Serial Number of C: on my SSD?
I'm going to double post ask this here since you guys are probably more knowledgeable.

>>105807658
ShareX
remember to disable upload

>>105807658
i disabled win11 snipping function and downloaded the old win 10 snipping tool

then i just manually paste into paint, that bit doesnt bother me, just do what i did and then install sharex which i assume works on win 11

Which one should I get?
In practice the only two I will use 99% of the time is Excel and Word.
I do NOT want OneDrive installed my computer. Fuckin' hate that shit. If I do have to install OneDrive as part of some larger package I hope I can completely uninstall it afterward.
>just install LibreOffice
I'd do that if I were on Linux, but the LibreOffice apps are just an inferior downgrade if you're on Windows.

>>105808133
I'm on W11 and can confirm ShareX works as normal.

>>105808200
If you're only gonna use Excel and Word then use the method via the Office Deployment Tool to install them both via 365 Apps for Enterprise or Office LTSC.

>>105808200
>>105808235
why 365 over 2024?

>>105808240
365 is just the first tab
I don't really care as long as I get ahold of PowerPoint, Excel, and Word

>>105808240
It's basically just a case of using a retail or volume version of enterprise Office that're basically the same. Originally if you activated retail Office with KMS it would use a Mondo license which turned it into volume Office. These days with Ohook, you can activate 365 without turning it into a volume license.

>>105808257
i used 2013 with a volume license for years and just used ohook on 2024 and see no difference aside from the newer versions features

>>105807129
>people use Windows Sonic for headphones
Why?

>>105807986
You're stressing me out! Where does it upload if I don't disable it?

>>105808235
wait which one?
I assume I want Office LTSC Standard 2024, which I think should be equivalent to Home2024Retail right? (Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Word, OneDrive)

or will I be able to customize exactly which apps I get so it doesn't matter?

>>105808323
nevermind

>>105808343
>>105808323
does the difference between these two matter if I'm just installing PowerPoint, Excel, and Word?
surely the LTSC version is the right choice because longer support?
right?

>>105808307
IIRC there is option that is on by default of autouploading screenshoots online and it spits out a random link for you, but i always disabled that right after installing so i dont really know for sure

>>105805315
8.1 Embedded Industry - choose the Enterprise variant. Massgrave should provide the latest official ISO with Update 3 (Nov 2014 - 9600.17415).
There are update packs available at MDL so that you would be fully updated in a pre-ESU state.
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/posts/1875373/
>last updates from the pack seem to be in Security-Only format tho, instead of Monthly Rollups - probably the author wished to avoid the backported W10 telemetry components
>not that they can be neutralized after installing monthly rollups anyways
>not to mention you'd still have to install the rest of the updates for 8.1 Embedded Industry yourself, so that you could be fully updated to July 2023
Or you can just download WHDownloader and slipstream the updates by yourself with abbodi's WHD-W81UI.
Sure, there are stuff like WSUSOffline, but it has been years since there was a release, and I dunno whether it still effectively fetches the latest updates.

If you feel adventurous, you can run Windows Update yourself on a fresh install, and wait hours and hours for the scan to finish, unless you install the prerequisite updates that will kickstart it a little. You'll be in for a wild ride.
https://wu.krelay.de/en/

>what about muh ESUs like in W7?
8.1 doesn't officially support ESU (even though TSForge can add ESU license data into the system's trusted store - which will at most replace the validation check suppressor function of BypassESU Blue), but you can piggyback on Server 2012 R2 updates up to Oct 2023 with non-ESU updates, and up to at least Oct 2026 with ESU updates (and then see how's things with Premium Assurance - an odd number of people still using Vista with Server 2008 updates don't seem to complain.)
You'll still require BypassESU Blue, especially when it comes to fooling Windows Update into offering Server 2012 R2 updates so that you won't have to check manually in the Update Catalog or the Knowledge Base articles.

What's the proper way to get this notification to stop showing up? I know it doesn't actually do anything, but the popup is annoying.

>>105808646
You can try disabling Game Bar in the game part of Settings.

>>105808651
I don't think gamebar is actually installed, thus the error message
when I search for gamebar on my pc, the only thing that comes up is this controller settings page (and tangentially the game mode section, but that isn't the same thing)

Useless feature when all you use are portable programs

>>105808646
Wild guess: it's LTSC that you're using?
There are two approaches - one is installing the Game Bar
winget install 9NZKPSTSNW4P - assuming you have winget installed
>otherwise store.rg-adguard.net, search by ProductID "9NZKPSTSNW4P" and choose "Release" ring instead of RP
>download the latest appx and the dependencies like VCLibs, and install
and the other is just disabling GameDVR from the registry.
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR /f /t REG_DWORD /v "AppCaptureEnabled" /d 0
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore /f /t REG_DWORD /v "GameDVR_Enabled" /d 0

>>105808368
I don't think they come with automatic updates, and the 365 version should be more up to date

Is it normal when Windows deletes all my files?

I switched to Brave a few months ago, trying to degoogle my life. My one issues is I think Brave has a setting to purge cookies that I can't find. For example about once a week I have to reset all the boards I go to back to tomorrow style.

How can I get Brave to stop doing this?

is it worth it to encrypt the hard drive for my windows ltsc with veracrypt? thanks anons

>>105809625
anon, is it the "forget me when i close the site" option?
maybe it could be that fingerprinting is set to standard. you can put the site down in shields if you haven't

>>105809394
absolutely

You guys have no shame

>>105810409
all gas no breaks

What should I use to remote into my laptop from a desktop in the same LAN? VNC? Or is RDP good enough? Can I even use RDP to connect to active user session instead of restarting one?
I don't need TeamView or similar tools with global nat traversal relays, nor does my laptop have gaming gpu for any of those new hardware encoding remote gaming applications.

>>105810888
yes, RDP is enough for that, just take the time to properly set it up because it can be a bit convoluted since it's more of an enterprise tool but once done it's straightforward

>>105809032
yeah I'm on IoT LTSC so it made sense
I did the registry edits and that fixed it
thanks anon

>>105809267
so I'll get the 365 version then
thank you

>>105810959
NTA, but I'm trying to RDP into windows from linux.
And nit succeeding in it.
I'm following this
https://github.com/dockur/windows
And I manged to get everything up and running even getting NoVNC working and connected.
But for the life of me I can't get RDP to connect.

>>105808368
Office 365 is rolling release of standalone local Office apps (not to be confused with Microsoft 365 cloud service). Every couple years MS declares feature freeze and that build becomes yet another LTSC.
Office 365 will get security updates forever, but also it will get new features and possibly compatibility breaking changes and UI/UX experiments.

>>105810959
Awesome thanks, I used RDP a couple times before but only to connect as admin to another users machine, did not relaize it would just seamlessly transfer session if I'm connecting as already logged in user instead.
>take the time to properly set it up
???
I enabled one checkbox on the host (and manually specified display resolution on the client) and it just werks. Or are there some tweaks I can and should apply?

>>105811296
I want to live underneath her tits

>>105811518
it smells like gorgonzola and dog farts

>>105809394
It's normal for Windows to delete files in a maintenance way, but deleting your actual owned files? That's just weird.

>>105809843
I mean it's a threat level thing. Do you think your computer is gonna get stolen or broken into? Then full encrypt it.

does anyone know how to get thumbnails to show for .webm?
I just installed VLC as my media player, and it is currently the only installed video player other than the default windows one

just to be clear, VLC plays the .webms just fine, but doesn't show thumbnails for them in file explorer

>>105812105
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n4d0msmp0pt?hl=en-US&gl=US

>>105812250
Not him but I already have that installed and I still can't see webm thumbnails. Using mpv.

>>105812105
>>105812613
Just install the Pot Player because it just works perfectly out of the box!

>>105812720
Stop telling people to install korean crapware

shout out to this thread
after years of distro hopping and rarely using an OS for more than 2 years, I came back to the roots for my old ThinkPad that I will use to work
Win 10 IoT LTSC Entreprise is really nice. the bloatware was always a huge turn off for me
partitioned my SSD to store my data plus PortableApps so I can easily transfer my working environment elsewhere when needed. it's kinda cool to rediscover old apps. I will try coding a bit with Notepad++
I think I'm back home bros

I'm wondering if I should install the same Win 10 (or 11) IoT LTSC Entreprise on my desktop that I use mostly for Dota 2, gaming, some video edit. it's a 6 year old machine so I'm wondering if I would get some performance boost from using W11 or not

>>105812726
So tell me which video player that you use, buster! Let me guess, you use the objectively shitty shitware that's called the MPV even though it's objectively inferior to the Pot Player anyway!

>>105812756
If you think mpv is "shitware" then you're beyond help

>>105764027
install windows 10

>>105812773
>being this dumb and butt hurt
Kek!

The MPV is really just another MPlayer fork!

You may as well use the Linux while you're at it since you enjoy using objectively shitty software!

>b-b-but the freetards told me otherwise about the MPV and the Linux! :(
Kek!

>>105790737
I'm gonna either stay on win 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC until 2032, install some future, improved version of Win 11, and all this time hope for a reversal of the current trend and the next Windows being as big as 7 was.

>>105791170
I installed HEVC using a command in Powershell, works great. Installed Dolby Atmos the same way, just had to allow unsigned drivers for a single session. Fuck their shops and any component I don't need, like telemetry - disabled and blocked by firewall for good measure.

>>105812756
vlc media player

>>105812720
this isnt about the media player itself
it's about getting thumbnails in file explorer

>>105812250
the "install" button doesn't do anything
nothing happens
do I need to be logged in? that's gay

>>105812963
you need to put your log in and be gay

>>105784121
I've been using nomacs for years. I like the interface better than Irfanview. I think Irfanview has more features, though, iirc.

>>105812996
IrfanView's whole thing is that it has so fucking many plugins. You can make it almost do anything at this rate.

>>105812963
https://windowsreport.com/download-microsoft-store-apps-without-store/

>>105813013
That sounds pretty cool. I'm digitalising lots of old film right now so I might give it another chance for some image batch processing.

>>105812105
K-Lite comes with this and it shows thumbnails for every single codec including h265 and AV1:
https://github.com/Xanashi/Icaros

Yo guys, is there a better shell than cmd and powershell so I can run that as the default?

>>105813120
cmder is a good default prompt replacer.

>>105812755
Win 11 takes a huge performance shit upon older laptops, at least so I hear. You can try and see. Win 10 at least is light on resources even on far older machines. But only if it's IoT Enterprise LTSC.

>>105812963
I have a Microdick account ever since Windows 7 released. It made many things easier.

>>105813174
>But only if it's IoT Enterprise LTSC
Massgrave themselves says there's no difference once you turn off background and startup apps

>>105813216
So there's a difference after all. Maybe not on newer hardware, but it makes a world of difference on this resuscitated Intel Core2 vPro with around 2,78 GHz per core and 4 GB ram.

>>105813248
>So there's a difference after all
Only if you don't turn off background and startup apps on GAC
Turning that shit off takes literally 30 seconds

>>105813120
>shell
I'll give you an actual answer - Yori.
http://www.malsmith.net/yori
Cmder (actually the ConEmu part of it - Cmder is actually a software package containing ConEmu, git-bash, clink for cmd, and some in-house additions) is basically a terminal emulator - just like Windows Terminal, Terminus or conhost.
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-a-console-a-terminal-and-a-shell
>so I can run that as the default
I suppose you can't just replace CMD in the system with it, without fucking up default batch operation that assume exact behavior like under CMD - whether by hijacking cmd.exe with IFEO's Debugger value to open yori.exe instead, or by replacing the value of %ComSpec% env.
But you can make a terminal emulator of your choice load Yori shell as a default task, which is what you might like. Yori's installer should also add its folder to the PATH, so that you can just lauanch "yori.exe" to open the shell, without providing the shell's absolute path.

10bros???

>>105813381
Win 11 been out for 4 years and still, I'm sure most of these are office machines and people who bought one with it already pre-installed, who have no idea how to setup a phone, let alone an OS.

>>105813442
I would definitely say the numbers are getting inflated from the OEMs that only come with 11 these days.

>>105813042
Thank you

>>105813042
perfect
thank you

>>105762187 (OP)
>UI written in React Native aka JavaScript including: Start, Taskbar and Explorer that lags even on i9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJNEFHj8b8&t=287s

You're wrong but enjoy using a deprecated OS. I'm enjoy my Windows 11 experience so far. I just upgraded last month after being on Windows 10 since its release. I do not understand why people are refusing to upgrade :{ don't fall for this meme /g/

>>105814190
I don't want to be a faggot about it, but yeah I'm having a pretty great experience on W11 so far

huge caveat though is that I am NOT getting the regular consumer W11 experience
>IoT LTSC
>all the telemetry is manually disabled
>not filled with bloat
>only have the programs I actually want
I use a far more standard version of W11 at the office and it definitely doesn't respect the privacy or intelligence of the people using it

there's some good stuff beneath the surface though

btw I'm not that faggot that spams anime pics
I just like Marcille

>>105814190
ITT it's always 50/50 when it comes to 11 vs 10, and the 11 haters (2 or 3) here just repeat the same memes and outdated info to justify not using 11

Hey /fwt/bwos, I'm trying to do an in place upgrade to win11 ltsc iot from a win10 pro, following https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol but after going through all the motions I get an 0x80070070 - 0x2000A error. I have around 40gb of free space left. I'd appreciate any help, thanks

>>105815060
You don't have enough free space for the in-place upgrade to unpack files. That's what the error code means.

>>105815098
Would it be because I ran the iso off from a usb drive (8gb)?

>>105815172
Take all the files off the USB and run it directly from your C:\ drive. Should be fine then.

>>105815213
Thanks, I'll give it a go!

I've been using W10 LTSC 2021 (2019 before it) for years but am now seriously considering switching to 11 LTSC due to an extremely esoteric OS+hardware problem that somehow I am the only one in the world to ever experience, even across multiple builds.
I have 100% narrowed it down to only occur on W10 21h1-22h2 and not W11, nor on W10 LTSC 2019.
Is there any reason not to? I actually like 11's UI more than 10 and it seemed pretty similar when I was testing it.

>>105816072
W11 is fine after some tweaking (fixing explorer mainly and its menus..).
It's bit snappier in vidya and new flip model reduces input latency in some games too. Wish I had updated earlier.

>>105816072
In-place upgrading from 10 LTSC to 11 LTSC is painless. If your parts are new enough that they would appreciate running on 11 instead of 10 just do it.

>>105816099
>>105816199
Thanks anons, I'll bite the bullet tomorrow and hope it goes well

>>105814190
>I'm enjoy
11jeetanon....

you cant just do that chud

>can't install .net framework 3.5 without an online installer
FUCKING
WHY

>>105817386
3.5/4.6 .NET updates come from Windows Update, so you should be able to get update files from the MS update catalog?

>>105817039
what a fuckin' cocksucker
>you better redeem a new windows 11 RIGHT FUCKING NOW

>>105817443
Oh yeah, I was supposed to install that seeing as my system has been out of the box and unpatched since 2021

>>105817386
DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:X:\sources\sxs
where X is the volume mount for the Windows installation medium.

How does Tiny 11 compare to Windows 11 IoT LTSC?

>>105818053
IoT LTSC isn't a broken installation.

>>105818053
Why would anyone use retarded homebrew iso?

>>105818053
You won't have to deal with some strange broken thing that Tiny11 probably did unlike with 11 IoT LTSC where everything works as it should.

>>105818097
>>105818107
>>105818113
Because none of you LARPers actually running win11 IoT LTSC.
Win11 IoT LTSC has broken installer.

>>105818129
Change to the old installer when you get the chance, anon.

>>105818129

>>105818178
You're already using the homebrew iso

>>105818291
I am using official iso.

>>105817803
Oh so THAT is how you run the DISM command
Mega thanks anon

>>105818970
The problem with windows is it has pretty decent CLI but it's buried under useless GUI.
Just look at winget and edit.

why the fuck is Windows 11 changing the Date Modified metadata when I do a Right-Click > Rotate 90 Degrees in Windows Explorer now? I swear it didn't used to do that shit and now it's fucking up my nicely-ordered image folders any time I try to fix one. The fuck do I have to patch to make it JUST rotate and not mess with the data

>>105817680
>>105818970
Uh oh
Those updates didn't play nice with StartIsBack
Hoping I didn't botch anything having to reset the cmos and bios settings between failed post attempts as my systen shutdown for more update stages

>>105819840
Uninstalled it now Windows still takes forever to get past the welcome or shutdown screen, and some icons are still fucked up such as volume and other balloons
Fun

>>105820107
Oh and did I mention it still doesn't post half of the time after restarting or shutting down, extra fun