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/: >>105822033

ANCHOR

I have a folder of about 7,000 images (shitposts etc), each time I open it explorer just shits itself and takes at least 30 seconds to load it. It also doesn't remember that I sort by date and not name every time. What's a good alternative file browser? preferably open source

>>105870601
before trying other file browsers, try this
Right Click on Folder Properties Customize "Optimize this folder for:" General Items

I forgot why this works but something to do with Microsoft being retarded I'm sure.

>>105870677
>tfw arrows don't work on 4chan

>Right Click on Folder
>Properties Customize
>"Optimize this folder for:"
>General Items

>>105870677
>>105870700
>it's fixed
what the fuck, thank you anon

>>105870745

the 2021 ltsc iso is pretty crusty is there a downside to making an iso with ntlite that just includes all the updates?
never used one of these iso editors before but wouldn't that result in a cleaner fresh install than one that immediately has to catch up on 5 years worth of updates?
i dont want to do anything weird like try to strip components.

>>105871294
Crusty? You mean in how it's starts at a monthly update from 2021?
Why not just get WIndows Update to download the latest monthly update after you connect when it's installed?

>>105871307
>Why not just get WIndows Update to download the latest monthly update after you connect when it's installed?
idk i guess that's what i'm asking. not sure exactly how windows updates are applied i'm curious if baking them into the iso would result in a cleaner installation.
something akin to like when phones behave better sometimes if you factory reset them after a major update because there is like, state left behind by the older installation.

>>105871354
You could try downloading the July 2025 21H2 update file from the MS update catalog and adding it to the install that way when you get into it. Personally I don't think letting a fresh IoT LTSC 2021 install updates with Windows Update after I run ShutUp10 on it isn't that annoying.

I am a little confused on how to get Office. I can manage the activation but I am not sure where to get it first.
I am even confused with the ISO pastebin. I only need Word and Excel.

>>105871797
Use the Office Deployment Tool. The MAS site has a guide.

Is downloading klite codec pack and only selecting the icaros thumbnailer the least bloated way of fixing my thumbnails?

I tried installing the icaros software itself but it was just a bunch to bloatware

>>105871808
Thank you. I think it works and I am activated on 365.

>>105871905
>a bunch of bloatware
it's a shell extension, a GUI config tool for the shell extension, and an ffmpeg based thumbnailer
you literally cannot get lighter weight than that without like turning off support for parts of ffmpeg

>fresh install of W11
>only tweaked few things with gpedit
>used OOSU and stupidly enough Privacy.Sexy
Privacy.Sexy made some entries to hosts file, deleted those.
Windows settings won't download any updates, even though I have internet access for BITS, Cryptographic Services and WUASRV.
Wat do?

>>105872279
Forgot pic -

>>105872279
>>105872304
Whatever - I'm going to reinstall this shit from scratch.
Protip: don't fuck around with Privacy.Sexy or anything else for that matter. If using OOSU, gpedit and blocking off few services via firewall is not enough: change operating system altogether.
All these other 'privacy' snake oils are bit redundant if you want a functional os...

I love Windows!

>>105872152
>you literally cannot get lighter weight than that
then why is the klite icaros thumbnailer take up less space than the icaros software itself that I got from the official download web page

i installed Windows 11 on a new drive but it did not include an UEFI/EFI partition so I am dependent on my previous drive's partition to boot into the new windows install when i'd rather use it as a media/archive dump. disk 4 is the new drive in question. what do?

hopping between windows and linux: one thing i loved from linux (kde) is essentially having more screen space for less. thinner toolbars, some parts of my desktop only appearing when i hover my mouse over it, etc.
any windows programs that can make my own toolbar on windows do something similar?

>>105873650
It's been a long time since I used it, like over 10 years ago now, but you could maybe check out QTTabBar. No idea if it still works with Windows 11 or not but it looks like it at least got an update in 2020.

>>105873373
software binary size has nothing to do with bloat or quality lmao
the retarded codecniggers are probably using a version of ffmpeg compiled with basic bitch minimal codecs which means less media formats
or perhaps they like you think software binary size means anything at all and built it all with really heavy dynamic linkage and the optimizer set to size instead of speed

ideally you should build it yourself since ffmpeg with support for every media format it supports isn't actually legal to distribute

>>105873650
https://rentry.org/concisewin10#customization
Here is some stuff, maybe check them out.

How do you find matching words in two different text files? I want to open up two text files and see which words are not in both of the text files, how do I do this?

>>105874898
Any LLM should be able to generate a Powershell script

i tried to update from IoT LTSC 2021 to 2024 and it failed with the error SAFE_OS but i don't want to do a fresh install of Windows, am i boned?

>>105873850
it’s less shit installed, does exactly the same thing, and only what I need it to, anything else is bloat, whatever shit I downloaded off icaros was bloat, and whatever I downloaded from klite wasn’t

I’m sticking with klite icaros thumbnailer

Convince me to use either W11 or W10 LTSC

All my experiences with W11 have sucked so far but I've mostly gotten used to it sucking, and I actually really like that I can open tabs within windows using the Windows Explorer folder viewer, and that I can use the scroll wheel to quickly move through combined windows on the taskbar

I also will be using Adobe software and as I understand it they don't work on W10 anymore, though I'm also fine just pirating the last-working version.

Is there a way to force the current version of Photoshop etc to work with W10 LTSC IOT, and/or to add tabs to the Explorer folder viewer on W10? Or if on W11, what are the the recommended tools and overhauls to make it less shit that aren't already in the OP copypasta? Are there performance differences?

Lastly I have never installed an OS before and the rentry guide is a bit much for me, is there an even simpler guide or a video tutorial? I'm actually gonna be installing it on a second drive I'd add to a laptop I may or may not return so I need to make sure I don't accididentally overwrite the default drive and it's W11 home install and that I can easily change it to boot off that again if I do return it. Similarly, any tips on finding drivers in case the laptop doesn't work right with W10 right off the bat would be nice

t. a dumbass

>>105870601
It's time for you to get rid of your shitty Pentium 3 "Gaming PC".

>>105870745
>it's fixed
DOUBT!

>>105872279
If you used ShutUp10 you don't need to also used privacy.sexy

>>105875897
>>105875897
>I understand it they don't work on
stop listening to lying niggers
only the subscription trash doesnt work
literally nobody uses that trash
the full installers have never had any trouble
that tells you all you need to know about the lying currynigger shills trying to trick you into w11

Did anybody ever figure out if the way to get an IOT version of 22H2 that one russian guy allegedly discovered actually worked or not?

>>105876060
You sure? Even GenP's documentation says it doesn't work with W10, I thought?

>>105875897
Follow the first guide and only do the >greentext portions.

>>105876070
Never had any issues with monkrus releases. The description mentions it unlocks installing on previous versions of W10, which I'd assume mean 20H2 / 1903 and older, which would also mean he didn't have to modify anything to make it work on current W10.
He's russian though, who knows if it's just a bad translation.

>>105876221
To add, to unlock previous versions all he did is remove the version check that looks up what version of Windows you have. Without the check it installs and runs perfectly, which means it was bullshit all along and there's zero technical reason it can't work. Pretty much all software that "needs" W11 has been like this and are insanely easy to disable, they're literally cracked within hours of release.
And the "hours" portion is mostly the crackers not being aware it was released and then double checking their work and uploading it somewhere, the actual removing of the version check takes minutes.

>update windows
>gpu passthrough flat out refuses to work now, no matter what, even on a fresh system
fffffffuuuuuuuuuck microsoft

>>105876535
It works on my machine!

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

>>105876545
deepsex with deepseek-chan

>Rufus can’t open in Windows 7
So the fuck I do to update to 10?

>>105876907
Look through the Rufus github releases until you find the final version that runs on 7, which they mention.

recommendation on image viewer for a fresh win10 ltsc install?

>>105877746
I've always used nomacs

>>105877746

gina and girls might be in vienna this soft is free hmmm

>>105870415 (OP)
how do i fix windows 10 from black screening when i alt tab exclusive fullscreen games?

>>105878329
You should be using borderless windowed if you can

>>105878336
okay im retarded. gsync apparently has the option to work on borderless. no need to run my games in exclusive fullscreen i guess

>>105875897
>either W11 or W10 LTSC
How about W11 LTSC? Best of both worlds, really.
I'm currently using W10 LTSC because I didn't really find a difference between the two BUT I don't use any software requiring newer OS versions.
I will try W11 when 25H2 comes out tho. I've been hearing they finally ironed it out. We'll see. If not I'll just go with LTSC again.

are any of the bottom 2 nfts partitions necessary to keep around? i've had them for years now, and have no clue what purpose they serve other than to confuse me whenever i install linux

>>105876060
>>105876221
>>105876287
>>105876599
Thanks for deleting these posts, mods. It was VERY informative.

>>105878552
Going by their size, I'd put a tenner on them being Windows Recovery partitions. Mount them and see if they have a \Recovery\[WindowsRE|<guid>]\*.wim file.
If they do, feel free to nuke - nothing stops you putting WinRE on your Windows volume if you don't like extraneous partitions. Google will tell you how.

>>105878881
Ah, yeah. They are recovery partitions. Thanks

>>105870601
Use this to help the "30 seconds to load it" part https://github.com/bruhov/WinThumbsPreloader

>>105870415 (OP)
Want to run a VM but which should I use?
Virtualbox?
VMware workstation?
Something else?
I want to:
-play old vidya on XP, 98, Vista such as farcry
-try a linux distro

>>105879897
VMware player is suitable for this task and probably the most performant option unless you go for higher end solutions which are not that simple for regular users.

>>105879915
Or whatever is the equivalent to vmware player as that is now discontinued

>>105879897
If you want it to be authentic then use 86box instead of a VM program.

>>105879897
>Virtualbox
lmao

Okay what is this dolby vision bullshit in the latest update?

>>105881412
allows you to watch Dolby HDR certified content. before this it would not play or just be in SDR.
Streaming services and Blurays support it

>>105881434
Except that it doesnt work, even with a screen that supports it. Everything looks green and shit with it turned on.

>>105881471
it also requires dolby access app installed or it doesn't work like dolby atmos.

>>105881507
I've always had dolby access installed. It's just fucked.

>>105879897
VMware. Only thing that needs tinkering is the mouse in FPS games
If you have a 8+ GB gpu, stick to version 11 and ignore windows bitching that you should really use a newer version. Unless you like a RAM+VRAM commit charge on the host system for no reason at all.

>>105881540
also requires compatible gpu driver. there's a lot of shit it needs. its still in "beta" like all windows features.

What are the cool gameboys using for screenshots these days? I installed nvidia app and it turned out to give my computer aids.

>>105882348
ShareX

>>105882348

>>105882524
unironically this
win+prntscr is better though because it saves your screenshot to your pictures directory instead of your clipboard

Is there seriously no way to support bluetooth LDAC in windows?

>>105882348
snipping tool

>>105882734
>using Bluetooth LDAC
>2025
Kek!

Wired headphones/IEMs > wireless bluetooth trash!

>>105881567
Can't find 11 on their site despite registering, so I assume I get this off of archive.org?

Retard here, I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with 2 problems:

>My powershell doesn't want to open. It opens, but then immediately closes after like a quarter second. Doesn't seem to matter if I run as admin or reboot
>I want the modern calculator and whatever app it is that lets you set timers and alarms. What are they called? picrel is fine, but I miss the calculator you get with the slop builds

So W11 IoT LTSC is stable enough to be considered a good replacement to W10 IoT LTSC already?
I feel like doing a fresh Windows install tomorrow for garbage cleaning (I know I don't have to go that far but I feel like it anyway).
I haven't browsed these threads in ages, so I don't know W11 is currently doing.

>>105885050
I didn't ask for a fucking opinion retarded animeposter.

>>105885374
>being this dense and butt hurt!
Please swallow a chill pill, sweetie! :3

>>105885425
not him but I just wanted to point out how funny it is to me to imagine how many hard hours of dedicated practice """your kind""" have put in to try and be as insufferable as possible. It used to kind of annoy me until I realized that the only thing sadder than being like that, is falling for it. lmao

>>105885518
>Redditor actually has a false sense of superiority!
Aww, you're so butt hurt and stupid! :3

Next, you're going to say that you're not a Redditor!

Okay anon, I haven't had to do something like this for a long time so maybe some of you can help out.
>Has Win10 install on ancient but reliable as fuck Samsung 840 PRO SATA SSD 2.5"
>Selling CPU/Mobo/RAM of the same PC, so I need to basically disassemble the core of that PC and pack it up for sale.
The old PC with Win10 is a long serving Intel X99 mobo HEDT platform (5960X 8c/16t CPU + 16GB DDR4 ); really kind of annoyed neither they nor Threadripper really exist in the same way they used to for mixed enthusiast use, but I digress. I also have the new "replacement" PC built which is an AMD X670E mobo AM5 platform (7950X3D CPU + 64GB DDR5).

What is the chance I could connect the old SSD to the new PC and just boot up Win10 from there without it completely shitting the bed? The new PC for the moment has one drive with a Win11 install I was using for stability testing, so it should potentially see the Win10 and give an option to boot into it. The question is the Win10 install having a massive shitfit being on a completely different CPU, Mobo, RAM etc? I know that I can likely just boot into Win11 (or Linux for that matter) and just read the Win10 drive's files and sort things out, back up from there but that's a fuckload more time and effort to get right than being able to just boot Win10 and use the thing in the interim.

I know in the older days (ie Win7 and certainly prior) trying to do this would mean a likely clusterfuck, but some have said these days its not that much of an issue (with the exception of likely having to re-register Windows10 given the new mobo etc)?

>>105885200
I'd say do a dism+sfc round if something system level like that isn't working properly. And for the calculator and alarm/timer apps you can just install them through winget's msstore source.

>>105885518
in the name of /fwt/ we apologize for the animeposter, he just refuses to leave

>>105886069
>we
There's no "we", buster! You stand alone!

Speak for yourself! Don't speak for other people!

>>105885907
With 10 it's relatively safe, what's most likely to happen is that Windows will boot normally. will freak out and start searching for the new drivers for everything, so there's always a chance of unexpected behavior, hopefully nothing that can't be fixed by just installing the proper drivers

>>105886172
Okay, good to know thanks anon.
>New drivers
What drivers would be really important to make sure to manually install vs allowing it to pull down what it thinks it needs from Windows? There are a few things that concern me such as the 7950X3D basically requiring the ThreadDirector2 upgrade (same one that allowed Intel P-core vs E-core scheduling for 11xxx and newer) and also making use of the Xbox Game Mode overlay to decide if something gets the VCache cores CCD or the standard one; that I THINK was Win11 only for one o those updates. Has anyone made use of a 2 CCD AMD X3D (ie 79xxX3D or 99xxX3D) CPU on Win10 without issue? I'm not sure if it still even makes use of the Xbox bullshit or if there's a better solution that auto-magically works these days.

Aside from the Win10 OS itself running off one SATA SSD (2.5"), I had a couple other SSDs, notably another SATA 2.5" and a PCI-E M.2 that I used for extra storage, game installs and Steam Libraries etc. Assuming I can get the Win10 freakout itself under control, will it generally detect these drives and mount them normally, or will it be an issue of different drive letters fucking everything up (ie SteamLibrary2 used to be on D:\ and now that drive is F:\ etc) that requires manually redetecting everything like installed games or applications, etc?

I'm currently building a new system with a ryzen 7700 and an rx 9060 xt. Should I go with 21h2 or 24h2?

I'd rather go with 21h2 as 24h2 still seems like a beta version but I don't know if it works well with newer hardware?

>>105870415 (OP)
Windows 10 Home or Pro

>>105886578
Enterprise

what build of FFmpeg is the correct one to get?

https://ffmpeg.org/download.html

>>105886686
Enter this in your terminal/powershell:
winget install ffmpeg
That will even add it to PATH automatically so you'll be able to use it from any folder and other software like yt-dlp will be able to use it

>>105886686
>>105886777
Oh and if right after installing powershell doesn't recognize ffmpeg, just restart your terminal

>>105876535
It looks like KB5062553 on client W11 IoT LTSC may sometimes break GPU-P. Uninstalling the update fixed it for me.
Over the past year IoT LTSC has caused me more problems than Pro ever did. This is ridiculous.

>>105886686
I'm using gyan build, working so far.

why is windows refusing to recognize one of my usb devices? i use a 3.5mm to usb adapter for my earphones and all of a sudden windows won't recognize it anymore. as in plugging it in does literally nothing, not even showing up in device manager. the ports work fine with other usbs, the adapter is fine since it works on my laptop. why did it suddenly stop being recognized? is there a way to fix this?

>>105888076
I would try updating all of your drivers with SDIO while it's plugged in:
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
>in the red box on the left side, click on "Select all", then "Install"

This often fixes a lot of things. In a previous thread it fixed some Anon's touchpad and sound

>>105879764
>https://github.com/bruhov/WinThumbsPreloader
how hard does this rape my computer

Anyone use winget to install yt-dlp? How are you updating it? It depends on ffmpeg and will include it in installation. The problem comes when trying to update it, it'll break everything. The only workaround I've found is to uninstall ffmpeg from the control panel, you can't even use winget to uninstall ffmpeg and then uninstall yt-dlp and reinstall it. I'm so sick of this shit.

>>105888952
Use scoop to install and manage all of your CLI software:
https://scoop.sh/

>>105888952
I don't use winget to manage ffmpeg, yt-dlp, and mpv. yt-dlp updates with 'yt-dlp -U', mpv also comes with an update batch script that will update yt-dlp when it updates mpv

>>105889163
That script also updates ffmpeg as well

>>105889315
oh? I have never seen it mention ffmpeg so I didn't realize, I wonder why it wont update mine

>>105889357
The newest binary downloads of mpv run through a terminal wizard when you run the update script for the first time, asking questions like if you want to install yt-dlp and ffmpeg alongside it. When they're there, the update script also updates them too when you run it again. It installs a git version of it.

>>105889367
I just redownloaded it, and tried it. that was fancy. thank you for the info.

I activated Windows 11 using this code:
"irm https://get.activated.win | iex"

In the meantime I got a new Windows license and want to use it. It's on my Microsoft account. Is it possible to reverse that command and use my new product key?

>>105889556
yes, in the settings app, go to activation and then change product key

>>105889576
What if I don't have the product key? The situation is that my product key was sent to a defunct e-mail which I didn't know I had to remove in my Microsoft account (I had the old one and the new one there)

>>105889594
I mean, do you really -need- to use this key? Your PC is activated, you don't need to worry about keys anymore.

>>105888678
Depends, probably forever if yours is a 486. Joking aside, it's taken almost 25 minutes with 300k images & videos on my HDD with an i7 gen 4 mobile

>>105882348
MSI Afterburner

>>105889637
So there's no way to sort of reverse that activation command or something?

>>105889719
HWID activation can't be reversed.

>>105889675
People use that for screenshots? Isn't it for like fan curves on GPUs?

>>105890892
You can use it to capture the screen btw, you'd just need to assign hotkeys for it on the screen capture settings page.

what are some useful group policies to change when setting up windows 11 for a family member? so far I've disabled web search from the start menu

>>105891717
I'd say just using ShutUp10's recommended settings is fine.

>>105891911
i'll have a look and see what options they have cheers

Hello retarded zoomer here, why does vs code try to compile my code as a gui program, chatgpt is telling me to instruct it to compile it as a console application but for everyone else that's the default. What am i doing wrong.

PS D:\Code\New> cd "d:\Code\New\" ; if ($?) { gcc bs.c -o bs } ; if ($?) { .\bs }

Going to post this here since it seems to be a Windows/Font related issue. If its just on all OS or there's a better thread, feel free to ignore my post.
I recently played an RPGMakerXP game that uses Liberation Serif for its font. However, the game uses Sans Serif now, and it still doesn't fix itself even when I download the correct font and replace it both in the game's files, or on Windows itself. I even renamed it to the same as in-game and installed it, but alas, it doesn't work.
It used to be supported up until 2023, which seems to coorelate with Adobe stopping support on a lot of their older fonts.
Is the font just not supported anymore or am I just not installing it properly?

>>105893766
To add, the exact font in-game was OpenSans, which hasn't been supported since January 2023.
So if its not supported by Adobe, why the fuck is Windows not recognizing it even after I install it directly? And is there any workarounds?

How does the CPU schedule work with the Ryzen AI meme Zen 5c efficiency cores?
Will there be a difference between 10 and 11?

if massgrave guys were able to make win activation a cakewalk, how come there's still no solution to painless customization of this shitty system, linux style?

>>105896126
Activation is easy, but MS try hard these days to keep the UX the same between users for bullshit reasons. There's ways to customize but monthly updates have a habit of breaking shit.

SSD died and changed to a new one and freshed installed Windows, after a few days it blue screened and now it won't recognize the drive again. Diagnostics doesn't show anything so I'm assuming the hardware is killing the SSDs for some reason?

>>105893766
Font files are forever. There are no live service fonts... Common formats are .otf and .ttf. What the hell are you even talking about.

>>105878336
borderless windowed causes noticeable input delay when playing rhythm games.

>>105889719
You can do that if you want to switch edition but there's literally zero point.

>>105898401
Such is life I guess.

I got a brand new 2025 laptop that has those ridiculous human sensor things that the screen keep dimming and locking the computer the moment it doesn't detect me or something. I can't seem to find any fix despite trying various things from googling like power plan stuff.

Anyone here know how I could kill this shit "feature" for good.

>>105900644
Wipe the OEM install and install stock Windows. This humor sensor thing driver will probably not be included in Windows Update.

>>105900668
I should've mentioned that I indeed reformatted and installed Fresh windows 11 but the fucker is still here. Thanks anyways I will keep searching for solutions.

>>105900700
Well I'm surprised that WU was able to pick out such an out there OEM driver from scratch.

I have Office 2007 at home, while I had latest Office at work. I still need to edit some papers back from home but there is a problem - opening .docx on older Office makes spaces between words to vanish randomly while when I tried to open it in latest LibreOffice, it convert all equations into images. Anyone have some idea on what I could do? I don't really want to "pirate" Office.

>>105901270
>I don't really want to "pirate" Office
But pirating Office is extremely easy. Just download an installer from Massgrave and activate with MAS after installing:
https://gravesoft.dev/office_c2r_links
https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

>>105901316
You sure Microsoft won't mind if I use some older Office like 2010 or 2013?

>>105901339
IIRC they try to make 2010 not usable anymore if it notices it connected to the internet so maybe just firewall it and you'll be able to use it just fine.

>>105901339
The Massgrave page would tell you if there was any problem. They tend to be very clear and explain everything that's important

>>105901409
>>105901371
Okay, thanks. I still feel uneasy about activating MS stuff like that but maybe I don't really have other choice.

>>105901741
Don't worry it's safe.

I'm about to switch from an intel CPU and mobo to an AMD and AM5 mobo. Do I gotta do a fresh install of windows?

>>105902124
No. This hasn't been an issue in nearly 15 years.
Just uninstall your AMD drivers, then install the Intel ones.

>>105902124
Nah. I've gone through 3 different sockets on my current install. All you have to do is uninstall the chipset drivers.

>>105902147 me
Erm, other way around.

>>105897749
>font files are forever
https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/kb/postscript-type-1-fonts-end-of-support.html
No they aren't, if they were, it would be displaying properly.

>>105901371
What?

>>105903051
Like they treat 2010 as EoL now, which is why MAS doesn't have it in the main Office section to download.

>>105882348
Win+Shift+S

>>105870415 (OP)
probably a dumb question but whats the recommended way to acquire and install windows xp these days
i have a compatible computer and want to play retro games

>>105905342
I figured it out thx guys

What is your file management system? For me its the boards of 4chan.

>>105907246
Honestly, it doesn't even sound like a bad system. However, it could use some detailing for some of the topics.

>>105907217
>evaluation copy
Next time grab your ISO from Massgrave, they even have the keys on the same page:
https://massgrave.dev/windows_xp_links

>>105907532
this is OpenXP not official windows xp

>>105907629
What's the advantage over an official SP3 ISO? Their webpage says practically nothing

>>105907668
nothing! (yet)

>>105907629
The official .iso exists but fans have done much better in the eons since XP went obsolete. Look around and sample XP Black etc and choose current best of breed.

>>105908050
any links to get started?
i think ive gotta buy a new sound card for this machine as xp doesnt support my z77 chipset audio
found a cheap one from chinkland that says its xp compatible

does anyone know where i can get a good windows 7 iso?

>>105897683
Stop buying shitty generic SSDs!

>>105908472
>he actually wants to use the Windows 7
>in the year 2025
Use case for using the Windows 7?

>>105908531
>Use case for using the Windows 7?
running photoshop cs6 inside a vm

>>105908646
I see! :c

>>105908472
Search for the Eclipse forum link to Windows 7 Updated v5.

>>105888220
thanks for the answer. unfortunately, it didn't work. interestingly enough the adapter started working for like 10 seconds when i had sdio open (didn't install anything yet) but it stopped right after. i'm positive it was just a coincidence. not really sure what happened

>>105888076
bumping this

>>105908472
As usual, always check Massgrave out for the genuine, original ISOs:
https://massgrave.dev/windows_7_links

Also, as the page says:
>To get latest updates on Windows 7 install, you can use Simplix Pack or activate ESU with TSforge option in MAS

So yeah, now that TSforge is a thing you don't even need Simplix anymore because you can just activate ESU and get the updates directly from Microsoft

What's the best way to get heic support now that the script to install for free from the store doesn't work?

>>105885200
Open powershell from the command prompt and you might see what it's trying to tell you

>>105901270
Just log into office.com with your work credentials and use the web interface

Trying to setup digitale-gesellschaft.ch doh servers, but i just can't make it work, somehow, even though everything is input correctly and doh is enabled on 24h2...
Not in Germany or Switzerland, but afaik it's open to everyone.

>>105870415 (OP)
So, what's the catch?

>>105912473
For using the activator? There's no catch.
Using the HWID method just adds your current install/PC's HWID to the MS activation server, making it activate.

how can one reconcile the idea of being a proponent of OSS and free software while being a windows user? i've used all three main OSes for over 4-5 years each, and i'm coming back to the most barebones windows 10 there is IoT LTSC enterprise etc so that my computer can work as efficiently as it can as a tool so i can achieve my goals. still, over 90% of the software i use is FOSS and i really like the ideals behind it.

>>105912766
Windows just werks and is easy to activate and reign in, which is why I use it.
For most other things I try to use open source programs.

>>105877746
jpegview works for me

>>105907246
i've changed this so many times

How many of you are ditching Windows after Win10 ESU/LTSC is kill?

>>105913658
By the time 10 Enterprise/Education ESU and IoT LTSC 2021 actually run out we'll probably have early Windows 13.

my pagefile.sys 4.75gb but my ram 32gb, is it normal? I see online it's supposed to be 1.5x your ram?

>>105913658
I'll just use whatever windows version the transgenders crack the best

>>105912766
Windows is still only OS that is made with infinite backward compability in mind.
Install otvdm and the Tetris game from Windows 3.1 will work flawlessly.

>>105913920
Haven't heard of otvdm what a neat program

Why the fuck does microsoft think it needs to very lossy compress an desktop background image. This is the stupidest shit ever.

>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
I take it this applies only to the Intel CPUs with the performance and efficiency core setup, so Ryzen is completely unaffected?
I've got a new SSD and was contemplating doing a fresh W11 IoT LTSC install but reading that I'm tempted to just clone my old drive, adjust the partitions, and call it a day.
I remember being a little excited when moving to a new Windows version but now it just seems like standing fast is the best option.

>>105913879
That really only applies if you care about having full RAM crash dumps available if your system ever shits itself.
By default, system managed page file will be an eighth of your total RAM capacity + crash dump settings + page file usage history trends. Depending on what you have your page file and crash dumps set to, 4.75GiB looks about right.

Explorer on win10 seems to have some serious memory leaks and I can't find why. I just find it sitting on 12GB of ram sometiems. It just stresses me that some strange shit or malware is running in background.

>>105870415 (OP)
i got a tplink wifi adapter for my pc and my pc has been receieving updates again ever since.
I have already done the
services > windowsupdate > startup type = disabled
but it turns itself back on again
I have also done the regedit au thing but to no avail
how do i permanently disable updates and pull microsoft's dick out of my pc

>>105915811
yabe...

help
(W11 home btw)

>>105913658
Doubt LTS will ever get cut, despite Microsoft hating it and constantly trying to get people to not use it, there will forever be an audience for it that has a lot of money and you don't want to lose as MS. I have a super low opinion of Linux, so realistically even if a nightmare case scenario happened and Windows went cloud+subscription only (Not realistically ever gonna happen), then I'd just use my smartphone for everything online, while using an old outdated Windows install disconnected from the net to play old GOG drm free vidya.

>>105915878
>speed is less than half of what it should be
AAAAAAAAAAAA
I think either my windows install or my ssd is dying

>>105916575
Tried updating the firmware with Magician?

>>105916575
You should worry about that 0.14MB/s 4k random read more than you worry about the sequential, something is definitely fucked.

>>105916582
magician setup won't even run

>>105914266
>I take it this applies only to the Intel CPUs with the performance and efficiency core setup, so Ryzen is completely unaffected?
Some of the Ryzen models are also heterogeneous, with an asymmetrical CCD layout, e.g. 7950X3D. Not all heterogeneous architectures are created equal, of course.
With that example model's case, it appears to be supported in W10 22H2, according to MSFT documentation:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-10-22h2-supported-amd-processors
>but with the whole complaining on the web about stuff not being scheduled right, YMMV
Either way: make sure your CPU is on the list, and you should (probably) be fine.
>>105914513
>Explorer
>taking 12GB of RAM
>memory leaks
Any third-party program hooked to your explorer.exe process that you have installed, like a shell extension or some Windhawk tweak? Explorer by itself shouldn't swallow that much memory.

I haven't checked in for the past ~10 months. Has the situation with W11 gotten any better yet? Worse?

>>105918377
well 24H2 has gotten many fixes over the year and a few quality of life improvements, not very huge and not much more than that, it's likely that the big improvements will be for 25H2.

So it's better but if you didn't like 24H2 then you'll still not like it

>no win10 LTSC available for laptop's processor
>fuck, I guess I have to install windows 11
what the actual fuck is this UI
the start menu is fuckoff huge and everything looks like they tried to ape KDE and macOS at the same time after smoking a fistful of crack. I didn't like how windows 10 dropped the classic theme but fuck me, this is so much worse

>>105918502
It is horrible, just take a look at the default explorer layout and all that.
Luckily you can use explorer patcher to tweak everything more or less.

>>105918516
>Luckily you can use explorer patcher to tweak everything more or less
I hate how, you can kind of get the win10 start menu back with this, but it returns to being fuckoff huge as soon as you search for something, so there's basically no point

I have an early version of Windows 10 and an intel i3 with built in UHD Graphics 630 built in from 5 years ago that can output 60hz at 4k to my Samsung TV that is capable of HDR. I Tried enabling HDR and playing a HDR movie on latest MPC-HC and it was slow and glitchy. Not quite maxing out performance monitor but close.

Is there any chance I don't need to upgrade my computer to play downloaded 4k HDR movies and I should just try upgrading to the latest version of windows 11 clean install and maybe it will work better/right? I heard 10 has issues with HDR. Thanks a bunch. Oh, would you please reccomend a custom win 11 activated iso from a reputable scene that is good for an HTPC I just want to watch TV on and downloaded 4k HDR torrented movies. Thank You!

holy shit Realtek 8822BE sucks dick on Windows
i'm tired of testing drivers i will just buy an AX200 and swap it

>>105918610
Sadly HDR support is only improved in 11 since it was one of its main features, support in 10 is very limited, however I would check first if it's more of a player or configuration issue than a Windows issue

>custom win 11 activated iso
you can grab the official installer and activate it with MAS

>>105918582
You can clean it up and remove the forced recommended section (that is a regedit only tweak afaik).
And to me it's not that bad.
First impression was not that great though.

>>105918804
>HP
Yeah that's the brand of the machine I'm using.

>>105918769
>official installer
Can I then install it without all the bloatware, telemetry and unnecessary applications? Back years ago they had custom isos that didn't include everything. "Lite" versions. I only want to play HDR movies and TV in Browser and access my NAS. I'd be happy with a barebones version of windows that didn't have 10k processes running in the background. I just don't know the names of good reputable scenes that make them anymore. I appreciate it.

>been using windows classic theme for almost 2 decades now
>basically just squares and rectangles
>custom dark theme because bright light strain my sight
>desktop with no icons nor wallpaper
>some 2 years ago finally found the perfect font for windows7
>much better than futura and helvetica mixed
>is not a comercial font, so free for personal use
>inverted cursor theme still tops everything
>taskbar placed vertically on the left
>notepad++ is getting worse after the vault7 incident
>literally there is nothing better, nowhere, nobody knows

Just kill me destiny, there is no longer place for me.

>>105918880
>the vault7 incident
what?

>>105918880
My notepad++ is from Autumn 2023. No need to updoot unless it offers something fuck huge. Most of the it's pretty much waste of electricity.

>>105916575 (me)
I think... I... fixed it...???

>>105918835
usually LTSC IoT 2024 comes without a lot of default bloat the MS Store comes disabled, telemetry is still there tho.

you could also try Enterprise/Education and some debloater like ShutUp10 or WinUtil

Telemetry for the most part is easily disabled with a single group policy, but you'll still have to use debloaters if you really want even deeper cleaning (for example, Defender telemetry), but that's more of a preference

>>105918961
A scheduled CIA hard drive scan, nothing to worry about.

>>105918979
Sigh. Alright. Thank you.

>>105918991
Should I worry about windows 11 and child love media?

>>105876221
>>105876070
>>105876287
>>105876060
To clarify, both genp and current monkrus releases work on w10, or just monkrus?

>>105870415 (OP)
cute op pic

>>105919296
are you the greenlandian otaku from /int/

>>105919326
yes

>>105870415 (OP)
>UI written in React Native aka JavaScript including: Start, Taskbar and Explorer that lags even on i9s
This is not true tho. Start menu is written in c++

>>105913658
>image
holy cringe imagine being the linuxfag that made that.
i would rather just move on to 11 than install linux. hell, haiku would probably be usable by 2032. linux is already in decline after having barely gotten on its feet.

>>105919455
>. linux is already in decline
who cares?

>>105912766
Linux is great for really old and shitty hardware but there are simply too many things that just werks on Windows but not on Linux, plus the Windows software library is absurdly gigantic

>>105913668
>By the time 10 Enterprise/Education ESU and IoT LTSC 2021 actually run out we'll probably have early Windows 13.
And how are you so sure 12 or 13 will be better than 11?
>>105915969
>Doubt LTS will ever get cut
Anon is not talking about LTSC versions in general getting cut, he's talking about W10 IoT LTSC specifically ending support in 2032

>>105919455
>linux is already in decline
???
this is literally the first year where it's actually made any traction
Valve is almost singlehandedly making Linux more palatable for normies by maintaining Proton

is there a list of like group policy settings or something i can use to neuter edge into something more acceptable? like arkenfox for edge or something?
i have no desire to use it but i'm growing weary of trying to fight it and at this point just want it to not be such a bloated mess when windows opens it because it refuses to respect whats set to default?
i thought i would click the "learn about this picture" button and it opened edge instead of firefox, triggering the welcome tour that somehow locked itself up in doing that requiring the task manager to close. ridiculous.

>>105920074
>And how are you so sure 12 or 13 will be better than 11?
13 won't be but 12 will. trust the process

>>105912766
It's very easy to reconcile: imagine having to use Windows with no FOSS programs at all. It would be fucking miserable.

Had some occasional stutters watching youtube on an amd laptop, after exhausting various latency guides the trick was disabling dxnavi. Just a PSA.

>>105919455
>linux is already in decline after having barely gotten on its feet.
Everyone except Linux fags already know that!

Tired of paying kids for sex

What is the best way to learn pic related?

>>105920528
IIRC ShutUp10 has a section dedicated to Edge that lets you neuter it.

>>105922079
do you know any other languages?

I already knew python so the leap wasn't too bad, but the learning curve seems like it'd be steeper for powershell due to how most types are objects. pretty much all commands are able to pipe directly into another command.

I feel like the easiest way to learn is to pick an existing module (command) that can return useful data or do something useful, and play with that a little. make something useful for yourself. The active directory module is an obvious choice if you're at work with that environment.

>>105922246
I know a little python, not much else. I'm used to bash so CLI's aren't really an issue inherently but powershell seems different due to the language being closer to a programming language than what I've used in the past.
>active directory module
I'll check it out, thanks anon.
For context, I'm using this as a SOC Analyst and an upcoming client is going to be using Microsoft shit almost exclusively.

>>105922411
it's not too bad if you know a little python already. just pretend like everything is an object, because basically it is. even arrays and dicts are treated like objects usually. it feels much more intelligently designed than python.

it's REALLY nice because since most things are objects, you can pipe them into WHERE or SELECT and quickly filter data. almost feels like an SQL query. can't do that with python. for example, you can load a CSV into memory and then grab one column by header name just by piping like 3 commands in a single line. it's beautiful.

I was able to learn pretty quick because I needed a utility at work to migrate user's profiles, but not allowed to install unapproved software. so I wrote my own, including a script that automatically restores their files upon first login.

good luck anon, it's pretty fun

>>105922079
Isn't there books out there that teach Powershell published by MS?

>>105912597
Another anon here wondering how the activation can be so easy. Do you know why the HWID can be added to the MS activation server so easily?

>>105918092
>Any third-party program
I don't think so. It seems Explorer takes around 1MB for two files shown. I have opened trash that had like 5k files and it was instantly over 2GB ram usage. What a piece of shit.

>>105923917
The massgrave website has write ups on how its activations work, even teaching you how to do what the script does itself manually.

>>105924065
Ok, thanks. I'll investigate.

>>105870415 (OP)
>>UI written in React Native aka JavaScript including: Start, Taskbar and Explorer that lags even on i9s
This is easily solved by startallback, which you should be using regardless

>>105924470
It is safe?

>>105925278
Tihiy has been releasing Win7-style start/taskbar restorement software ever since Windows 8.0 got released. Of course it's safe.
>reminder StartAllBack and StartIsBack(+|++) is rooted from Ex7forWin8, which was a wrapper for Windows 7's explorer.exe to make it work in 8.
It's trialware, but it's worth paying 5 bucks for a perpetual license. There's also ExplorerPatcher that is freeware.

>>105924470
what i don't understand is i experience 0 issues with windows 11 start menu tasbar and explorer, i'm pretty sure they fixed the problem now. Like when I open my start menu supposedly my CPU should jump to 70% but it doesn't at all, it stays at 3% usage. So I don't see the issue at all. In fact on windows 10 I have issues with my CPU not working properly at all and experience crashes and i'm on a ryzen 7 5700g, if I hadn't installed 11 i'd still be crashing to this day.

>>105926506
OP is just an avid hater of 11 overall and he'll never say it's good or fixed, like ever.

>>105926529
yea i figured but i didn't wanna assume.

>>105926548
You try and change the OP and he changes it right back. It's been like that for years.

>>105926559
i do remember it being changed once but it was changed wrongly, I feel like it should say "if you want to use windows 11 or windows 10 both are recommended, but I prefer 10" but autism strikes them hard.

>>105912766
Reject ideals. Use what works and discard what doesn't.

Is there a way to pass to the LTSC version of Win 10 without having to reinstall? I really don't want to upgrade to Win11 at the end of this year.

>>105924470
I don't know who is more retarded, you or the OP.

>>105926506
The OP is a literal Indian who has no idea what he is talking about when it comes to Windows. That's the problem with this general, it is extremely Indian-coded. You can tell by the amount of third world problems present.

>>105928191
https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol
Yeah, I went from win10 pro to win11 ltsc iot with this. No fresh install, keeps files and apps.

>page 10
Bump

>>105931811
very cool sounds anon

Could someone explain to me why Windows Photo Viewer shows the same image with way less saturation?
https://files.catbox.moe/i3xz8z.TIF

>>105932014
I just didn't change the video title lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPRtYvCvZI

>>105932053
No idea
I always just use nomacs anyway

win10 LTSC
>fresh install
>make sure it's as pure as it gets, only videocard driver is installed, nothing else
>pick 3 games where I can run straight through their executables, without dealing with any clients or anything that could be consider bloat
>nice performance, games run smooth

win11 LTSC
>fresh install
>make sure it's as pure as it gets, only videocard driver is installed, nothing else, same driver version as win10
>pick 3 games where I can run straight through their executables, without dealing with any clients or anything that could be consider bloat
>nice performance, but games are stuttering

This is driving me nuts. I can't understand why 1 system stutters while the other is okay. I checked everything you could think of, including debloating, bios settings, explorer.exe tweaks, windowed optimization tweaks etc.
Win11 will always add microstuttering in my system for some retarded reason.

I'm officially done with win11 for now after wasting so much time with this tests but man, it's annoying.

>>105932363
Stick with LTSC 2021 for now and and try W11 again when LTSC 2027 comes out

>>105870415 (OP)
>Win 11
>Nvidia 5070Ti
>Sound cracking on fresh install
>Except if I play a round of Helldivers 2, quit, no more sound cracking.
What. The. Fuck.

>>105928588 (Me)
OP is a subhuman hyperfaggot who sells his shit- and cum-encrusted orifices to anybody with a fiver, yes - but I'm not sure I'm completely convinced by the "Indian" explanation.
4chan has always attracted a lot of poors, because it appeals to the feeder groups for that economic demographic, of which
>third-world subhuman that hates everything and everyone better than him (and as such hates everything)
is only one - you're missing
>lazy entitled gen z loser who's a small windfall away from getting bottom surgery
>legally mentally retarded and entirely dependent on .gov/mom to exist
>literal mental illness (often but not always class b personality disorders) rendering them unemployable
All these groups have entitlement issues (read: victim complexes) too, and will blame any of their socioeconomic failings on something and/or someone else - no streetshitting, history of raping everything that's slightly warm, or being crushed by tiny groups of invading ubermensch who then keep them as slaves for centuries.
This is, in my opinion, why /fwt/, /fglt/, /pcbg/, /hsg/ etc. look the way they do.

>>105932566
maybe your cords are not pushed in all the way kek, i dont know why the GPU would affect sound?

>>105932585 (Me)
s/centuries./centuries, required.

>>105926506
do the needful pajeet

>>105932594
My 5070ti goes to a Samsung Ark TV with Displayport and it carries sound with video. I have no idea why stressing it for a bit works but it does.

>>105932698
>>105932566
nvm sound cracking is back after 5ish minutes...

This is the best browser for Windows imo. Edge for Business, it's different to the regular Edge that comes preloaded with Windows, it's like an Enterprise SKU (which everyone should be using in the big 25) except it's completely free. The out of box experience is really clean, and if you know how to import the ADMX templates, you can use the Group Policy editor to turn off things you don't like, such as Copilot, Connected Experiences, telemetry and diagnostics.

I used to use "privacy" oriented browsers like LibreWolf and Brave, but they are so darn slow for me.
If you configure it right, Edge for Business is really the best browser you can get right now.

>>105932698
have you tried a different cable first? just getting the obvious out of the way

>>105932566
>>105932707
Use SDIO to update all of your drivers including the sound drivers, Windows often doesn't update sound drivers
If you've never used it before see this post: >>105888220

My PC didn't have sound at all after installing Windows and it fixed it

>>105926506
what I dont understand is how you AREN'T experiencing issues. do you work in IT and install windows often? you have to understand this is basically a unicorn scenario for you to not have experienced issues.

I've installed and upgraded through windows 7, 10, and 11 on at least 100 different unique machines now in my relatively short career. Windows 11 is just inexplicably fucking randomly slow. There is no rhyme or reason, it's either just slow or it's not. It's practically 50/50. New hardware, old hardware, it doesn't matter. One install can be slow, and then I reimage on the same exact hardware and suddenly it's fast.

It is such a steaming pile of dog shit that I stopped caring and abandoned it months ago for my personal computers and now I solely run W10 LTSC. W10 is still as responsive as ever before. The start menu doesn't randomly fucking freeze. File explorer doesn't randomly fucking freeze. W10 was the last OS written by competent devs.

see >>105932635

>>105928588
>The OP is a literal Indian
You mean to say he's the CEO of Microsoft?

>Windows+Prt Sc not working for months now
wut do
(LTSC 2021)

>>105934340
screen snip

>>105934340
Use another tool like ShareX or Flameshot?

>>105934356
Already do. It's a real hassle if you want to take mutliple full shots though.
>>105934364
I could, but that shortcut was nice. Has anyone else ever had this issue?

What's a good Email client for Windows? I don't want to use thunderbird because it seems very bloated.

>>105935211
Besides Thunderbird there's Mailspring or the Thunderbird fork Betterbird.

>>105932053
probably color management

>>105870415 (OP)
How bad are kernel level anti-cheats for security?Does anyone play any games that use them on this thread

>>105935712
They're inherently bad for security because the anti-cheat gets ring-0 access to your PC IE the highest amount of access anything can get. Who knows if the anti-cheat system gets hacked somehow in the future? You're fucked if it does.

>>105901270
just pirate a newer one and use simplewall to keep if offline if you're worried about it. like others say activating it freely is trivial, no harder than using an '07 product key

>>105936443
Honestly it's even easier then copying a product license key to place in an option menu, you don't even need to use a mouse to use Ohook.

man I really wanted to like FF but I've found so many little things that irk me these last few couple days while testing it
should I just take the edge pill

>>105936559
Okay anon what is so bad about it that you'll drop actual adblocker usage to use fucking Edge of all things

I have an external drive that is connected but goes to sleep and for some reason on this install of windows I did recently programs keep having to wake it up even though I'm not accessing anything on it? I had firefox do it when I just downloaded a file and opened it through the download page. How can I trouble shoot this specific thing?

>>105936559
>man I really wanted to like FF but I've found so many little things that irk me these last few couple days while testing it
Why do you hate Final Fantasy?

>>105935712
>HOMIE, BART GOT TURNED INTO ORANGE JUICE
>IT'S THE THIRD IMPACT, HOMIE

>>105936571
- it just feels slower, with random sites sometimes taking 7 seconds to load
- videos stutter like crazy after a bit with HW acc on
- google keeps captchaing me every time I try to search something
- I get random freezes when scrolling through sites
- no real tab resource management (I know there's an extension but still)
- abandonware split view (official?) extension
among other minor stuff
>>105937055
never liked the sci-fi and fantasy mixes prevalent in most of the games desu

>>105932363
What games did you try? It's not as simple as that.
For example, CoD MW3 (I don't play that any longer but whatever) was running smoothly on my W10 system - I always disabled HAGS too. I used game managed vsync.
But when I updated to W11 I did get huge cpu spikes and frame pacing was a problem too. Solution? Enable HAGS and forcing vsync management via nvidia drivers instead.

For example, HAGS has changed from W10. W11 also has new flip model for borderless fullscreen applications... Things are not 1:1 here.

>>105937118
>HOMIE, IT'S BABY! HE'S ENSLAVED THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE!

>>105878467
>How about W11 LTSC?

That's what I meant

>>105932566
>>Win 11
lol
lmao evne

>>105926506
never once in the history of windows has a newly released version, 5 years into its release, still run like total fucking shit on top of the line $3000+ systems
pcs running like shit on 5 year old systems? yeah
but not bleeding edge hardware thats 5 years newer than the OS
w11 is a fucking dumpster fire

From the rentry:

>If you're installing on a system with previous installations and multiple physical drives, you'll want to install a free partition management tool like Minitool, and wipe the EFI partitions off all your non-OS drives.

>https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=pw&e=pw-free

>The reason for this is because if you have a drive you used for a previous installation but never fully formatted it, it will still have an EFI partition and that EFI partition will be used by the Windows installer even if it's on a different drive than where you're trying to install Windows now, resulting in ugly scenarios such as having Windows on physical drive 1 and the EFI partition on physical drive 2.

>In that scenario if you were to remove or format the drive with the EFI partition, you'll delete it and won't be able to boot anymore. Wiping the EFI partitions off all other drives before installation will ensure that the EFI and system partitions are installed to the same drive

I'm going to be installing W10 LTSC on a new nvme drive I bought for a laptop, do I just install the drive, then turn the laptop back on and in it's current normal W11 OS, download minitool and it's as simple as selecting the new drive and clicking a button that says "wipe"?

Or is clearing the EFI partition more involved then that? Or do I not need to do this step at all since the SSD i'm adding is new and shouldn't have an existing OS installation on it?

>>105937390
Easiest way to wipe drives is by using diskpart's clean command while you're booted into a setup USB.

>>105937390
if you're replacing the drive then the new drive is clean already
if you're adding it and will have 2 drives then yeah you should use minitool and delete the EFI from the old drive

>>105932726
What's the difference between this and normal Edge?

>>105937949
It's more focused on being tweaked/changed through group policy.

>>105937959
Does that mean there is no settings menu? How clean is the experience vs OOSU Edge? What about manifest v3?

>>105932726
>he fell for the edge meme

>>105937959
interesting, thanks anon, will have to take a look at this, the group policy configurations looks cool although it also depends on how easy to configure it is

>>105937959
>he fell for the group policy meme

What version should I install?

>>105939085
10 ltsc
fpbp
/thread

>>105939085
Windows 11 Home if you are a normalchad, if you are mindbroken cattle go for something as inconvenient and convoluted as possible to make sure to remove the only useful part of windows, compatibility with everything, and larp as a frankenstein microsoft abortion version of debian lts without any privacy or foss aspects. Something like Windows 9 LGBT Inc 2HxH

>>105932726
Sounds kino, would use this gem of a browser if I had a microsoft account, but I use google for the cloud shit so I stick with Chrome. Seems kinda pointless to use Edge when I'll be relying on Gmail/Google Password Manager/Google Authenticator/Google Drive/Google Translate/Google Maps all the time anyway

>>105939402
>>105939478
the duality of /fwt/

>>105937919
>>105937499
>if you're adding it and will have 2 drives then yeah you should use minitool and delete the EFI from the old drive

I will be adding it and will have two drives, but I'm wanting to install W10 LTSC to the new drive, while leaving everything on the old drive, including the current W11 install, intact, and to dual boot between w10 and w11

>>105870415 (OP)
Anybody here using Windows 11 2024 LTSC IoT?
How is it?

>>105939478
kys normgroid

>>105939758
I transitioned to LTS and honestly I feel better ever since I did, I have privacy from the bigoted right wing government and it's really useful for saving my porn videos, voice training videos, diy hrt videos, and map kino. Only issue is that even if I make my OS perfectly private, most sites are starting to make laws that prevent me from grooming anyone, not based...

>>105939780
>kys normgroid
frustrated incel award

>>105939820
see >>105939780

Is there any place where i can get msixbundle/appxs of older versions of a program?
I want the paint version 11.2201.22.0 that comes with 23H2, I'd also like to check older/newer versions of it, I wonder how many updates it had before the copilot shit was added.

>>105939478
>11
lol
>Home
lmao even

>>105940184
when did you transition from using Home/Pro you had as a kid/teen/young adult into LTSC? Was the transition during a rough period in your life? I wonder what sort of mental trauma causes someone to fall into a meme rabbit hole like tweaking windows for proooooooooovacy and using meme isos from shitty discord servers that are intended for ATMs and prostate massager chargers

>>105940225
just because you grew up knowing nothing but appshit cancer and candy crush forced down your throat every time you turn on your computer doesn't mean that's the only way a computer should be
unironically kys zoomer nigger

>>105940225
do not engage with the 11 hater pls

>>105940247
geg frustrated schizoid neet award

>>105940279
>>105940279
>>105940279

>>105940247
>Enterprise
>Candy Crush et al
dishonest pic

>>105940257
anti-men psyop pic, kys

>>105940403
only a minority of men are like this, that's why it's called a mental illness and disorder.

>>105940413
A minority of people are above 140 IQ.
Guess that's a disorder that needs to be treated.

>>105940423
geg this nigga thinks he's smart, yet he's so retarded he can't even function in a society full of midwits and can't keep up with any of his midwit peers from his generation. GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGE0m5KCDwc

>>105940496
why would you openly admit to baiting/psyopping like this?
now your credibility is sub zero

>>105936559
Try Vivaldi, it's chromium based and very customizable. Takes about 10 minutes to disable all the questionable defaults but then it's great

>>105940496
I have 3/7 of these and only hire people with 3+ themselves. Cope

>>105940247
On one hand I agree with this pic
On the other:
Please take ME, Vista, 8.1 and 10 out of the "good versions" area. They do not belong.