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/: >>106007395

any idea why Win10 would randomly switch my power settings to enable sleep after 10 minutes? I've had this thing running for months with it set to "never", but I woke up today and it was in standby mode with the setting changed
fucked up some scripts that I have set to run every night
are they mad that I've been doing the "reschedule restart" thing to delay rebooting for over a month?

>>106074097
>are they mad that I've been doing the "reschedule restart" thing to delay rebooting for over a month?
auto updates were specifically created because of nigger retards delaying for weeks and months and years and getting their computers infected with turbo aids and blaming MS for "not fixing it"

Where can I download a Windows 7 Ultimate iso?

>>106074516
https://massgrave.dev/windows_7_links

>>106074255
alright cool, I'll just assume they pushed some shitty forced energy efficiency update to tell me I'm not allowed to leave my computer turned on using less power than a lightbulb

I've gotta get a new laptop for the first time in over a decade. I absolutely want Win10, though. Is there a simple way to "downgrade"? I assume nothing is sold with Win10 by default now.

>>106075204
>Is there a simple way to "downgrade"?
You will have to create a USB installer to do a clean install. Preferably of W10 IoT LTSC 2021 specifically, as it's the version of W10 that will get security updates for the longest (until 2032)
Simple clean install guide (you can skip the "Back up your data" part if you don't care about what's on the drive): https://gravesoft.dev/clean_install_windows
LTSC ISOs (if you want a language other than English, don't worry, you can install a regular LTSC of your choice and make it IoT after the install): https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
MAS, which you will have to use to activate (and change to IoT beforehand if you have to): https://massgrave.dev/
Windows sometimes doesn't get all necessary drivers by itself, especially on laptops. You can use SDIO which will get every driver for your hardware automatically: https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/snappy-driver-installer-origin/
SDIO instructions if you have to use it:
>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"

do I need windows 11 for a 5950X and 6950XT?

where cat

>>106076835
miao

I love Windows!

>>106074033 (OP)
>IoT LTSC 2027
proof of this being an actual thing in the pipeline?

>>106077258
No, OP just says that because he doesn't like 11 so you shouldn't either.

>>106077267
huh go figure

just confirmed that my toaster wont be compatible with windows 11 ( not that I wanted to upgrade to begin with ) does that mean im fucked? if so welp its time to install linux mint

>>106077318
my brother in Christ just read the op

I just realized that the OP doesn't mention that MAS is able to activate the ESU updates, I feel that's a very important thing to disclosure

>>106077328
just did so it seems that I have to install W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021. which is option number 6 right?

btw I activated both windows and office a couple of years ago by using massgrave, my current version of windows is w10 home single version 22h2, should I do a backup before changing to iotenterprise or just ourtight and do it just like how when I activated windows and office?

>>106077491
nope, IoT Enterprise is different than IoT Enterprise LTSC, the LTSC variants are the ones that have long support

normally you can't change to LTSC, but there's a workaround for that, check the massgrave page

Also, you don't even need LTSC for a few more years of support, the MAS tool can also activate the ESU updates, ofc those will take place once W10 reaches EOL

>>106077491
In this case with you already having a Pro install, change it to Enterprise. Then afterwards use MAS to activate it again, then use TSforge to enable the ESU license to get updates until 2028.
You can't change to LTSC from a GAC edition like this because of how it works in the backend. Only way to do it is a hacky registry edit way to trick it that you're already running LTSC when you load up an LTSC ISO's setup.exe.

Sars, how do I redeem?
Grandma forgot pin from w11 laptop she barely used, "I forgor my pin" does nothing, no error messages just plain nothing.
I got into Administrator account but can't create local user because nigger edition and net user ... returns 8646
Saaars!

>>106077530
You mean home edition? if so you can use MAS to change to Enterprise and create the account

also, try some account unlocking tools from Hiren's Boot CD, I'm not sure if they work for PINs since those are usually linked to an Microjeet account

>>106077556
The ones in HirenBootCD only let you change local passwords

>>106077258
>LTSC editions have been released every 3 years maximum
Proof you aren't a drooling retard?

>>106077588

>>106077556
>MAS to change to Enterprise and create the account
That sounds highly illegal saar, I don't want to burn in hell.
I just need pin/password recovery to werk, how tf did it break even

>>106077521
>>106077529
ok thanks for the replies

I think I will see what im gonna do in the next couple of days, it seems the easiest solution is to just activate the esu updates, still Im gonna get linux mint just in case, mainly to see how it works and whatnot

>>106077686
Linux Mint isn't even that good an OS. Arch or Arch-based shit like Endeavour or Cachy is how to Linux properly.

>>106077258
As the other Anon said, it's never taken more than 3 years for a new release
Hell, judging by previous releases, a 2026 release might even be possible

>>106078007
If the next version of LTSC is based on 25H2 then LTSC 2024 might be considered not worth using anymore.

>>106078025
It will be based on 26H2 at the very least

does anyone here ever compiled firefox on windows 10 iot ltsc? I'm trying to compiled one for myself. if does not work, i will change to normal windows 10 ltsc.

>Have 2TB nvme Linux
>Small SSD with Windows 11
>Partition 500gb off of the nvme as nfts so windows can see it
>partition it several times because new to Linux and fucking shit up
Long story short I partitioned it in windows then bootet into Linux and ended up partitioning it again in Linux and now my windows doesn't boot anymore. I'm thinking it's because it's looking for the drive it partitioned and can't find it because it has a different UUID now.
No errors that's just what I assume is happening. Any ideas? Am I way off?

>>106078007
>judging by previous releases
Anon check your dates for all the LTSC releases (not LTSB that had a different schedule).

>>106078025
>If the next version of LTSC is based on 25H2 then LTSC 2024 might be considered not worth using anymore.
It will be 27H2 and released at the end of 2027.

For reasons I can't remember, I downloaded two versions of FL Studio off of Rutracker from hydrochicken, the latest one labeled "WD" and a slightly older one

The issue is the WD one is 1GB and the other is 3GB, what's the difference and which do I install?

Do you need an internet connection for MAS to work ?

>>106078948
For certain parts of it, yes. If you want to run it via the command in the OP you need a net connection, but you can also just download it from their git page and run it manually.
HWID, Online KMS and the main part of TSforge need internet, while Ohook and TSforge's KMS4K module don't need internet.

I bought a laptop that came out in 2023.
Can I install Windows 10 LTSC 2021 or will I encounter problems with the drivers?

>>106074033 (OP)
I'm about to get a new PC running in the next few days, and when it comes to getting rid of all the M$ bloatware, it's a choice between using Win11Debloat or Talon to cleanse my system. Which one's the better/more thorough tool at the end of the day?

>>106078221
There are practically no differences between 10 IoT LTSC and "normal" 10 LTSC

>>106078976
HWID (the recommended activation method for Windows itself) needs internet access during the activation process
Once activated you don't need internet access anymore

>>106079035
Just use IoT LTSC 2024 and you'll basically have a "debloated" install by default. Just need to disable telemetry and shit afterwards using something like ShutUp10.

It's quite irritating that PajeetSoft Loo 11 hogs 50-90% on CPU because Antimalware service is running and it won't never stop.

Anyone know how I can make Windows handle my monitors as seamlessly as on Linux? Left monitor is 1440p @ 100% scaling. Right monitor is 4k @ 150% scaling

>>106079737
Look into LittleBigMouse
It's a better multi-display settings GUI then the default Windows one.

>>106079748
sweet. thank you

Is it a good idea to offload my web browser to the onboard graphics if i want to squeeze out a bit more of my weak 3060ti?

Is it normal for Antimalware Service Executable (MsMpEng.exe) to always start up after PC is idle for 5mins? I hear my fans speed up and CPU temp shoot up all the time.

>>106079728
Not for me. Sounds like a skill problem. Have you thought of using macOS, or simply not being retarded?

>>106079029
What laptop?
Which specs?

>>106080604
Asus P1512

Why is there a whole subset of people who use programs like NTLite and others to hack into the Windows install image to customize it? Why do people do this when they can just clone an installation using Macrium Reflect?

>>106080732
What the hell are you saying bro

>>106080776
What part of that didn't you understand? This is layman shit

>>106080783
You probably meant doing a live image edit after installing and then clone the system, right?
Why would you do that?

>>106080814
I shouldn't have used the word hack. That's what got you. I meant building your own Windows ISO - it's literally in the OP. But never mind, it was a stupid question anyway. My understanding is that you build your own ISO to add a ton of 3rd party shit and make it just werk(tm) on a finished install.

My question was why you would ever do that over cloning an already existing installation.

But I get that you need to build your own ISO if you want to debloat - that's the actual purpose (and probably only real purpose)

>>106080877
Editing the ISO file is easier since you're doing it externally and therefore there are no limitations.
>you build your own ISO to add a ton of 3rd party shit and make it just werk(tm) on a finished install.
You can do that, but the main reason is just to make a lighter ISO and remove obtrusive stuff such as Windows Defender and even Windows Update.
A lightweight ISO installs fast, is more portable and has a smaller attack vector due to having a smaller footprint.
It is better to spend time crafting your ISO than to create a script that will debloat the system later, as those files are going to be deleted anyway and you'd just be wasting your SSD's write cycles.

>>106080732
Some people just like using NTLite...?

>>106080732
I like seeing how much shit I can strip out of Windows and still have it do what I need. Makes it a very specialize install, which is nice.

Who's the strongest between a gentoo daily user and a windows registry warrior

>>106083631
I have Windows 11 Home, have never deleted an app, have installed dozens not counting games, and lead a happy computing life. Oh, also sign in with a microsoft account so everything will sync and I don't have to worry about shit

>>106084052
You're losing FPS in games. You're losing CPU performance. You're losing drive space. Your batttery lasts less (assuming you're on a laptop).

>>106084052
I wish I could be like that. I already hold myself back from music tagging, which was an autistic rabbit hole I went down before. I love to tinker with shit, but put barriers to discourage myself most times.

Win 10 Hom(o)e edition
How do I nuke windows update once and for all? I disabled all the update related services and scheduled tasks, which works perfectly until they fucking restore themselves with magic every 7 days or so.

>>106080604
Fuck you btw

Oh my fucking god, look how clean it looks bros..... I just spent an entire day deleting the W10 ribbon... which sent me down a rabbit hole of turning the ribbon back into a W7 command bar, and then trying to remove that, for which there are many tools but none of them worked. Finally Windhawk did it. Sadly the fucking program needs to be running for it to stay like this I guess.

But behold. As you can see, no more fucking ribbon, no command bar, and of course, tabs. It is now a singular file explorer window (It is Window 10 now) with tabs. *chef's kiss*

>>106084079
Yeah don't care. Everything works. I am the definition of normie I guess. I don't play modern games so my fps is fine. I have an xbox. CPU runs fast enough to power the things I need, and it's an alder lake i3. I don't use batter power often. I don't see how programs on a hard drive use cpu power anyway.

>>106084262
That's... Horrible...

>>106084297
Fuck Youuuuu

>>106084262
I'm sure there are other explorer programs that would have saved you the time and effort.

>>106084262
How that looks reminds me of Transmission, the torrent program.

>>106084262
>PS2
What is this, your emulation partition? I'm interested.

>>106084333
...cute

>page 10
Winbros...

>wsreset -i
won't give me microsoft store back on my windows 11 on my ACEMAGIC mini PC, what am I doing wrong?

>>106084234
switching edition has been a feature since vista.
Just switch to enterprise with a generic key.

>>106070664
Update, I updated my drivers but it happened again. After leaving it alone for a few minutes the PC came back on but it restarted instead of waking up from sleep.

>>106086820
Are you doing it in an admin powershell? It doesn't work in regular powershell

>>106087227
Does your PC stay on in the BIOS or just leaving the BIOS running? If you haven't tried yet, leave your PC on in the BIOS for a few minutes or hours and see if you have any issues. Reading the original post, I honestly never use sleep mode in Windows because going all the way back to Windows XP, sleep mode would always cause some kind of fuckery for me but that's probably just me being paranoid.

>>106080486
>Is it normal for Antimalware Service Executable (MsMpEng.exe) to always start up after PC is idle for 5mins? I hear my fans speed up and CPU temp shoot up all the time.
Yep, welcome to Windows 10(I say 10 because I don't know when this shit started being the norm, could be Win8) and up

What's the best website builder software out there for windows?

>>106074033 (OP)
got an old laptop from my aunt, it's running windows, my question is if I want to install
>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
I will have to do a clean install, right? because you just cannot use massgravel to change it

>>106089446
Why not just use Wix or Squarespace? If you're making a Wordpress site you could use Local to build it.

>>106089451
You can hack a GAC install like Home/Pro into an IoT LTSC 2021 install. There's a guide on the MAS website.
Otherwise you wipe the current install after backing up anything you want to keep (use diskpart's clean command for least headaches) and install IoT LTSC 2021 fresh to it.

>>106089469
the laptop doesnt have anything worth backing up, thats why I was considering outright a clean install

>>106089561
Then I guess just go with the wipe then
When you're within the IoT LTSC 2021 setup press Shift+F10 when you get to the disk select screen so you know the disks are called before you select and clean wipe the target.

>>106089469
Israeli, and subscription based. It's much better to just learn to make your own site. Heck, code HTML in a notepad if you have to.

Alternatively, make a neocity.

>>106084351
I'm open to suggestions.

>>106086827
I don't want enterprise because it has a bunch of more bloat.

>>106090029
Huh? No it doesn't.
What "bloat" are you even thinking of.

>>106090031
Why do you think it's called "Enterprise" retard?
It adds a bunch of work environment services like folder sharing, remoting, POS-support, database connectivity, encryption services, etc, etc

task manager shows at least 15 processes more running on Ep compared to Homo and half of it can't be removed because it's spaghetti code.

has someone used this script for debloating win11?
https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

>>106090353
It does the same kind of shit that programs like ShutUp10 does IE set policy registry keys and disable services.

>>106074033 (OP)
What do you guys like or dislike about Windows 11?

>>106090713
>like
Nothing
>dislike
Everything
I wish I could just use 8.1 for the rest of my life.

>>106090713
I don't really dislike much about it at all. I feel like I basically get the same experience with it as I did using 10, just that the UI looks like a little different and the system sounds are softer.

>>106074033 (OP)
pic related is me after discovering you can download windows for free

I boughted a macbook pro, I hope macos is at least as good as [debloated] windows 10, which I actually liked a lot
so long and thanks for all the fish

where might one acquire a ltsc license for w10 or w11?

cool i like the new searchbox, finally some nice things

>>106090713
>dislike about Windows 11?
well, for one, it doesn't work on my pc
it's old, but it still does everything I need and fuck microsoft for making it artificially "obsolete"
everything else I can probably adapt to, as long as I can set up a minimalist task bar without merging programs into icons
and with a start button on the corner and with nothing but time and the sound mixer button in the other corner
and also disable anything but application search when I press the windows button and type away
I do need to do something about file search, though. lately I have to open the command line and google the options for recursive dir every time I need to seriously look for something (I could also just memorize the dir options, yes)

>>106084262
looks like a fake OS they use in tv shows

>>106090713
Only thing I dislike is the shitty taskbar and the right click context menu being retarded. Everything else is a net improvement.

>>106074033 (OP)
Thanks OP

>>106090713
requires a lot more ram than windows 10. you can't use it with 4 gb, and 8 gb is borderline unusable
folders get grouped all the time. probably easy to fix but it's annoying
the right click menu. this is stupid
ai shit
I still mainly use windows 11 though, but I'm probably going to convert to windows 10 iot ltsc because I'm getting a bit fed up

>>106091577
>you can't use it with 4 gb
does anybody *actually* still use a machine with 4gb ram in $current_year? outside of some weird not-really-pc machines that run linux anyway?
even my truly ancient mac from 2011 which now serves as my mom's netflix machine got upgraded from 4GB to 16GB, at the cost of like ~$15

>>106088507
yea i was, but it was cause i had to update to the the latest version of windows.

>>106091577
uh i have a windows 11 machine with 4 gigs, it works just fine.

>>106091604
>truly ancient
>2011
>implying

I still have a bog standard Win10 installation. Should I just do a clean install of Win10 IOT LTSC, activate ESU or fuck with switching editions without a new install?
Can Win11 be tamed so it isn't telemetry maxing?

>>106091714
I had a complete fresh install on a 8th generation intel i3 cpu, 4 gb ram, and 256 m2 sata. It was unusable. So I don't really believe you.
Now that I've put in another ram stick for a total of 8 gb it at least work somewhat, but most likely I'm switching out windows 11 with windows 10 iot ltsc.
I used linux on it for a while but it's kind of limited what you can do with it then.
It was mainly my bed porn laptop so I didn't really need it to do much though.

>>106091950
>i3
thats your issue, nothing to do with ram.

>>106091956
retard, there wasn't any issue when there was 8 gb ram
you have to get back to plebbit to shill people to buy more expensive things to consoom, you won't reach anyone with your shilling here pajeet

>>106092004
of course there wasn't any issues with 8 gigs on an i3, my point is if you had a faster CPU with 4 gigs it would've been fine, but you're too retarded to realize that, and no i don't go to plebbit nor am I a Jeet, i'm just not as retarded as you. Also I wouldn't even be calling you retarded had you not started hurling insults.

>>106092019
man you're retarded, who are you even trying to fool

>>106092030
ill tell you what, imma make a virtual machine with 4 gigs and make a video of it working just fine with my ryzen 7 5700g just to prove to you its all about your CPU, cause if its not then it shouldn't work good at all right? Also you can't say "but your on a virtual machine" no you yourself said that it shouldn't work good with only 4 gigs.

>windows 10
>1 (one) program hits swap once
>close it
>entire OS runs like shit until you restart it
usecase for retarded memory managers?

>>106092059
i swear virtual machines are way fucking worse to install OS's on then actual hardware.

>>106074033 (OP)
posting from the 4 gig virtual machine that I also watched porn/youtube on with almost no issues, its very fucking usable and the guy saying it wasn't is a retard.

This part is not in the video but who cares, I updated to the latest microsoft updates and applied O&O shutup 10 and 11 optimizations.

>>106092795
https://streamable.com/tw1f3m

>>106091950
I mean you said it was mainly your porn laptop so thats why i included porn in the video

>>106092806
welp i guess putting porn in the video made it get deleted, but the point is it works.

>>106090851
Single ones? through CD key reselling sites.
But you can just use MAS to activate it.

Upgrading from windows 11 to 10!

>>106092925
Did you load up IoT LTSC 2024 on it or what

>>106093043
yea i did, imma redo it though since i deleted it and the video got deleted. I honestly thought streamble didn't care about porn. When i'm done i'll repost the video and just include watching youtube only this time since streamable are cucks.

>>106074033 (OP)
ok this time i only showed youtube and browsing of 4chan. posting video in next reply since i screen recorded it on my main destop and not the virtual machine itself.

https://streamable.com/9rsin5 no porn this time but considering i can still watch youtube, its the same as porn.

>>106093914
IoT LTSC 2024 is pretty amazing ain't it
Also there's a noise throughout the recording that sounds like a dial tone kinda and it's psyching me out...

>>106074255
god I hate windows
I finally rebooted yesterday since apparently that's what I'm supposed to do. And then it decided to reboot itself again without warning at 2AM. And now my label printer no longer does anything at all. So now instead of eating breakfast I get to sit here and fuck around trying to get a shipping label to print
GREAT UPDATE

>>106093951
might be your headphones, i don't hear anything at all, point is though it works just fine and the other guy in this thread said it was unusable.

>>106094125
The people that throw the "11 is unusable" card around are just trolling at this point. IoT LTSC 2024 can be ran on god damn anything that has at least a better CPU then a Core 2 Duo.

>>106094140
exactly what i said, as long as you have a decent CPU it runs just fine, but i was called a retard, but yet I provided proof and now the guy has nothing to say.

>>106092004
also fuck i just read this fully
>go shill people to buy more expensive things
I literally am telling you you don't need more then 4 gigs, but yet i'm the shill. You're actually fucking retarded.

fuckin' christ man, 10 really is going to be the last decent windows release, isn't it? windows 12 is probably going to have even more AI bullshit thrown into every application while fucking the UI even harder than they did for 11

>Windows10
>have harddrive
>connected via USB3 cradle
>use it to store photos from my photography and backups of emails, smartphone, etc.
>want to access an old backup of whatsapp media
>almost all of the files are not loaded with thumbnail
>"Cant read header"
>most is somehow corrupted
>try scan drive
>"Windows has detected errors. Close this dialog and repair the drive."
>look at online tutorials
>they literally just say "And then windows will automatically repair all errors."
>doesnt offer me automatic repair
>try chkdsk
>"The type of the file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives."
>check partition manager
>says it's NTFS
Okay, so what now? The cradle is a clone cradle, so i could insert another drive and clone it before doing anything drastic. I dont have any specific recovery program (yet) neither free nor paid.

>>106095157
wtf is a cradle?

>>106095320
This, mines just a different brand.
My Harddrive is a 3.5inch HDD. You can put one drive in one slot, a blank drive in the other, then push a clone button and it clones all date from the first to the second.

>>106095396
oh yea those things are really shitty, probably should just connect your hardrive inside of your PC.

>>106095418
Ive had it connected that way for probably 5 years now. But I also have an internal cradle. The reason why I like using them is because these sometimes carry terabytes of videos and photos and also act as my archive when theyre full. I just havent installed this one in my enwest PC

>>106094669
or you can just continue using the iot ltsc versions without all the garbage

>>106095579
>or you can just continue using the iot ltsc versions without all the garbage
that's what I'm doing, but eventually there will come a time when even win10 iot ltsc is out-of-date and what replaces it will probably be even worse than windows 11 is now

>>106094026
>4 hours later
>reinstalled printer drivers multiple times
>still just sends print jobs into the abyss without printing anything
>notice that firefox also updated
>discover that if firefox prints using the system dialog it suddenly doesn't work at all, but using their built in printer dialog makes it magically work fine

what the fuck I hate technology so much

>>106074033 (OP)
So IoT LTSC only comes in English, but is there anything stopping you from installing language packs and changing system locale after the fact for my Japanese games, or am I going to need to do regular LTSC in Japanese?

>>106095157
Shoulda used Btrfs nigga...

>>106095607
Wait, Win11 IOT also has all the AI cancer in it? I thought it was barebones so it can actually run on a smart toaster or whatever.

>>106097953
only AI in it is Microsoft Edge.

>>106097953
>Win11 IOT also has all the AI cancer in it?
it has all the horrible UI decisions they made, like the absurdly oversized application search from the start menu (no way to fix btw), volume/brightness being moved to the worst possible place, bootleg KDE file explorer, etc etc

>>106098081
why are you lying? there is no AI, the search is fine, this is IOT.

>>106098165
type a character and screenshot the result. now, look at the absurd amount of space between elements, as if the designer was smoking crack

>>106098191

>>106097196
Easiest, most trouble free method:
>install LTSC of the language you want
>after installing, use the "Change Windows Edition" option in MAS to turn it into IoT
>activate with HWID in MAS

>>106098198
which build are you on?
I remember it looking a lot worse than that before I rolled back to windows 10. is your volume adjustment in the top left still?

>>106098218
volume adjustment is in the bottom right and i'm on IoT 2024. So I really don't know what you're talking about.

>>106098233
no I mean, when you're adjusting via buttons like on a laptop or something, is it in the perfect fucking spot to be covered by your hand

>>106097196
>>106098208
Oh nvm, I think I misunderstood your post
You can just change the locale if you still want your system to be in English

>>106098246
idk im on desktop but thats at the bottom of my monitor

>>106098271
anyway it looks like iot ltsc isn't as bad as regular windows 11, but it still has that dogshit file explorer, rounded corners you can't disable, screenshot util taking over things like greenshot for no reason, etc

>>106098293
you can disable the rounded corners actuallyhttps://youtu.be/snLx7OqPZzQ

and i'm pretty sure you can disable the screenshot utility thing as well. I think you just have a deep seated hatrid for windows 11 that you should just dislike windows 11 instead but really theres nothing wrong with it. In fact if it weren't for windows 11 my CPU would be fucked right now cause for some reason windows 10 didn't like my Ryzen 7 5700g.

>>106098344
>I think you just have a deep seated hatrid for windows 11 that you should just dislike windows 11 instead but really theres nothing wrong with it
I just can't get over how bad they fucked the UI. like, look at how bad that screenshot you posted looks, windows 10 explorer looked great

>>106098424
to each their own i guess, i like the rounded corners honestly.

is the in place upgrade the best way to repair windows?
i think grupos there is something wrong with my install

>>106094669
what the fuck
no seriously, what the fuck
how is that even legal

>>106080486
It is best to disable that anitmalware service if you don't need it (the realtime scanner) via Group Policy or registry. It has no CPU usage limit, so it is free to hoard CPU as much as it wants, which is completely unnecessary.

I've run Win10 and 11 on old machines (thanks to Rufus) as well as modern ones, older machines can run the service and it does its thing even with limiting max CPU usage for the entire system in Power Options and without taking ten million years. Modern CPUs are total overkill. The antimalware service boils down to being a hindrance to performance and a needless battery killer for laptops (versus 3rd party antimalware scanners of just about any kind).
You can ignore all this if all you do is shiitpost on the internet, the service is more of a problem for gamers, video editors, music producers, etc.

>2032 is getting close
>w11 will make me change to linux

>>106098218
No its bottom middle just above the taskbar

>Regular Enterprise now gets 3y of security updates on a single feature update
Why even bother with LTSC anymore

>>106098767
>No its bottom middle just above the taskbar
I hate that shit, it's in the perfect spot for your hand to cover it if you're using a laptop or something. they got it right with 10 and fucked it up for no reason with 11

>>106095157
you're saying it's a backup, so just make a new copy from the source

>>106098783
better support with low-end hardware, which translates into better performance for high-end stuff.
LTSC still removes tons of useless services compared to Enterprise and those builds aren't eligible for Copilot/AI stuff (which regular Enterprise does)

>>106098726
>autisticus maximus
cringe

>>106098726
by 2032, maybe linux will have ableton and VSTs and there won't be any reason left to run windows

>>106098884
>better support with low-end hardware
Is there anything meaningful apart from no TPM 2.0 requirement on IoT (which is also the case on non-LTSC IoT Enterprise)?
>which translates into better performance for high-end stuff
Not necessarily. For example high-end hardware benefits greatly from aggressive caching but this is either not possible or lowers performance on low-end hardware.
>removes tons of useless services compared to Enterprise
Isn't everything just an uninstall from settings away? Apart from maybe the old calculator and paint which you would also have to install manually. IIRC there aren't any core system services that simply aren't shipped with the LTSC builds but I could be wrong.
>aren't eligible for Copilot/AI stuff
The 2024 LTSC preview contained some AI integration like a copilot button which shows that it's just a "default off" (instead of the "default on" on Enterprise, which is a couple of GPO entries to turn off) on LTSC builds not that they aren't compatible for some reason.

>2nd time in 3 months laptop failed to wake from sleep, had to do the emergency reset pinhole button thing
What causes this? Is it a Windows 11 thing, or a deeper hardware thing? Because if it's a W11 thing, I think I might finally be ready to switch to Linux. I can't keep dealing with shit like this.

>>106099743
Most likely hardware.

>>106099743
I would be an ACPI issue most likely. Could try updating your BIOS and seeing if that fixes it.
Personally I just don't bother with sleep.

Is there any way on win10 iot LTSC to stop the dual monitor with display port bug where it moves everything back to the primary monitor after wakeup?
Tried shit like persistantwindows but it's not really working, tried changing every fucking setting on the monitors, DDC/CI off, etc, custom resolutions in the display adapter, clearing other monitors in dev manager, etc. Are microsoft really such cunts as to lock the solution behind w11 only?

just installed win11, how do I force ClearType on these? shit's so blurry I can't read anything on a 1440p screen. Settings or anything new UI-wise in 11 don't seem to use ClearType at all

>>106100955
Try using LittleBigMouse.

>>106100955
https://www.displayfusion.com/HelpGuide/AutomaticallySaveAndRestoreWindowPositionsOnSleepResume/
Sounds like you have to use third-party software.

>>106100876
>Personally I just don't bother with sleep.
This
Unless you have an old piece of shit, Windows takes 20 seconds to boot with fast startup disabled

>>106079102
Is there actually a reliable way I can check whether I am running Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC versus Enterprise LTSC?

Obviously I downloaded the correct ISO and on the installation window I select IoT, but on my PC it simply states my version of Windows is Enterprise LTSC.

>>106102083
You can just check winver in the run dialog.

>>106102083
Any utility showing version will show it as IoT Enterprise LTSC.
Some tools like MAS will auto change it to non-IoT LTSC if the activation method you chose is incompatible. 2024 IoT LTSC is incompatible with KMS activation (but IIRC 2021 is compatible).
Just use MAS to change it if you want it to be specifically IoT.

>>106102322
>Any utility showing version will show it as IoT Enterprise LTSC.
Including settings.

>>106102083
>press Win key
>type in winver
>press enter

>>106102345
>>106102322
>>106102194
Well yea, it says Enterprise LTSC, not IoT Enterprise LTSC. So this is because I activated with KMS? It reverted to the non IoT version after I did that?

>>106102551
How are you doing, Sam?

>>106102551
Use MAS to switch to IoT then activate with HWID

>>106090031
He's talking about this, you low IQ.
I don't know what's more galling: that you're so stupid you conflate "unconfigurable" with "bloated", or that you think we're stupid enough to believe you.
Home has ALWAYS been the smallest SKU, because it does the least. Only /g/ thinks different because you're just THAT fucktarded.

>>106091604
I do, and I run Win11 Pro on it.
To be fair, the NVMe SSD is probably helping to make the paging unnoticeable.

>>106102679
Not my real name, obviously.

>>106102730
Ok, it seems to have worked, thanks. Are things going to conflict since I had activated Windows and Office previously with KMS_VL_ALL?

>>106102817
Dunno, but worst case scenario you can always re-use MAS
Also Ohook is what you should use for Office

>>106097953
>he fell for the meme
If an LTSchizo tells you the sky is blue, you go to a window and check.
They're just another kind of freetard, so lie constantly about their waifu OS out of pure embarrassment.

So if I have Windows 10 Home can I install Windows 10 LTSC IoT without problems?
It's been 9 years since the last reinstall...

>>106074033 (OP)
>IoT LTSC 2022
Does this include Cortana, Co-Pilot and other invasive shit which I most definitely do not want, also is it possible to completely remove all traces of Edge from this win 10 version?
Win 7 user considering moving on to 10, tia.

>>106102894
>Cortana
Yes, though it was rebranded back to Windows Search years ago, just like the Windows Search you have by default in Windows 7.
>Copilot
Yes.
>and other invasive shit
No more than Windows 7 if you've ever installed an update after 2017.

>>106102888
Either follow the guide on the MAS website to hack your Home install into an IoT LTSC 2021 one, or backup all your shit and clean wipe the drive and install it fresh.

>fall for the 32GB RAM
>Windows don't flash-start in a second
What else could I do to maximize the bios checks and Windows loading? I have optimized the start up programs too.

>>106103107
5/10 seconds is usual startup time on a powerful PC from a cold boot.

>>106103129
>tfw I upgraded my Pentiums and RAM back in the day and you halved the loading start up times
It was a magical feel.

>>106102954
retard
>>106102894
no and no

>>106103177
Until we get a storage medium faster then an NVMe the startup times will stay stagnant.

>>106103035
Ah fuck it I put home and only use it for Word+Office, then put all else on an encrypted Linux install.

>>106103244
So you say No to both, and >>106102954
Says, Yes, they're both included!

Forgive me for being confused here. Is there as list of contents included in LTSC 2022 I can read somewhere?

>>106103619
Screw it, I'll just continue with win 7 so, pretty comfy desu.

>>106098867
No I said I use it for backups. Thats where my backups are, the source is gone. I put the data from my camera or my phone on there so i can make space.

>>106104248
If you want to keep using 7, use MAS to activate the ESU license.

i only have 325 gb left out of my 456gb laptop even though i only use it for a year. is this normal?

>>106104564
>the source is gone
then it's not a backup. a backup is a second copy of something. if you copy something and delete the original, you still have only one copy and no backup

>>106074033 (OP)
Is ShalomSoft WindBlows 10 EnterPrice LGBT safe? What is the glow status on that?

>>106105290

>>106104784
yeah looks fine

>>106102894
Cortana was discarded years ago, I honestly don't remember if LTSC comes with it, but you can just uninstall it

>Copilot
no

>Edge
It's uninstallable only on Non-ioT LTSC for some reason, you can use that one, remove edge and then go to IoT if you want to, alternatively there's some tools to remove Edge as well

>>106105744
uwaaa sugee

>>106104784
I wouldn't be surprised with all the stuff taking that many space. Take into account:
>pagefile (which along with physical RAM serves as virtual memory) and hiberfil (OS state suspended to disk when going to Sleep/Hibernation mode; also needed for Fast Startup)
>System Restore points in "System Volume Information" (they're Shadow Copy snapshots under the hood) - can be cleaned in sysdm.cpl (or launch SystemPropertiesProtection.exe in Run window)
>OEM customizations (USMT.ppkg) in the Recovery\Customizations folder to apply after doing a push-button system reset - you're probably running an OEM installation of Windows?
>driver packages (past and current) in Windows\System32\DriverStore - use PnPUtil (online) or DISM (offline) to clean older packages (use DriverStoreExplorer for a neat GUI)
>past Windows Updates (and other Component-Based Servicing packages) in Windows\WinSxS (past packages no longer utilized are supposed to be cleaned up each month by a scheduled task - which basically runs a DISM servicing command for component cleanup)
>MSI-based installer package cache in Windows\Installer
And (obviously) programs that you have installed (normally in Program Files) along with their data and configuration (stored in user profile's AppData if user-scope, or ProgramData if system-wide) and populated registry hives - system-wide (HKLM) and user-scope (HKCU). You should also consider crashdumps (be it from a program crash or a BSoD), user profiles (including the aforementioned AppData subfolder and other user-specific ones) and temporary files (user-scope in %TEMP% or system-wide in Windows\Temp). Certain NTFS metafiles are capable of being bloated up too (some anon ended up with gigabytes of Transactional NTFS metadata in $TxF.)

Run Windows' maintenance tools first (start with CleanMgr), then use BCUninstaller to uninstall programs you no longer use (and clean their leftovers), and use BleachBit with Winapp2 cleaners for cleaning junk files.

>>106104784
>>106106188 (me)
Also if you have storage other than the system drive in the laptop, it would be wise to move all that moosac, vidya and other documents to it. Also consider installing programs to the other drive (if any).
Fun fact - you can change the location of the user shell folders (AKA special folders, or whatever the fuck are they called now) like Music, Video, Documents.
Open up properties for the folder, go to the Location tab and specify the new location for the folder. Allow it to move all the files from the old location when prompted.

I just reinstalled my PC after it having a 3/4 or so years install, now i want to clone this install so I dont have to waste time reinstalling everything next time.
If I want to make an Image/backup of this just install, I use Macrium, or minitool? both are marked for apparently for the same purpose so I wanted to make sure Im not fucking it up.

Anyone else concerned that the nukes will fly in an era of bad tech and that we will be stuck with Windows 11 forever?

>>106106875
macrium is good, there's also Rescuezilla which is a Linux live distro with recovery and backup tools

>>106074033 (OP)
Can anyone help with this file sharing issue? Put it in another thread earlier. >>106107214

I've just cloned my HDD to SSD with DiskGenius, changed the boot order in BIOS from HDD to SSD, however when I boot up from SSD it says "Reboot and select proper boot device".
I have booted now from HDD again, and the files seem to have all been cloned correctly. The partritions look the same as well, no difference between both. The only difference I can see is that NTFS is 1% bigger on the SSD if that's relevant.

>>106109652
These are the drives, the SSD is Crucial if that matters, I would have used their software but people complain about it's speed.

>>106105658
I love that little mf so much, when he comin back

should I upgrade to 11
how do I upgrade 10 ltsc to 11 ltsc

how the fuck do i make this go away?
its poping up multiple times per week now
googling says not to delete its directory, others say it reinstall itself and comes back

>noo you need to reinstall Windows every year
Why? Windows is pretty good at automatically cleaning old system files and cache now.
The only thing I can think of which would slow it down is registry bloating, but there's tools for this.

>>106110306
>should I upgrade to 11
If you have fairly new hardware it will benefit from the newer kernel.
>how do I upgrade 10 ltsc to 11 ltsc
Reinstall

>>106109546
You would have probably gotten a faster answer by just asking here and it doesn't really justify its own thread.
Win11 disabled network access by name by default (but left discovery on for some reason). If you can access by IP address (just type \\IP into explorer path) then this is your problem. The network also has to be set to private not public but IIRC it has to be for network discovery anyway.
If you're on Pro then this is just a GPO but I can't remember which one. If you're accessing from a non-local IP (even if its through ZeroTier or the like) you will have to add a firewall exception as well.

>>106110499
Rename the exe file.

Cloned my old 1tb SATA SSD onto a 2tb NVME (whole new computer as well).
Windows wouldn't boot, so I fixed it with
bcdboot C:\Windows /s K: /f UEFI

This fixed windows, except I had two boot managers at this point, for whatever reason.

So then I used AOMEI partition assistant to merge the 1tb image with the remaining 1tb of space on the NVME drive (left 500mb system partition untouched).

Now when I boot, I get BSOD with Inaccessible_Boot_Device stop code

And when I run bootrec /scanos in recovery command prompt, I get
"Total identified Windows installations: 0"

And for sfc /scannow
"There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again"

Can I fix this, or should I just wipe and clone again and sort shit out before trying to merge?

>>106108780
One thing I wonder is if it is ok to use the versions available in the pastebins in OP, the links are apparently from 2022, so they must be outdated or risky to use

>>106110842
Have set public to private, changed services, changed GPO, added registry to allow guest auth, still getting nowhere. Rather annoying really.
Unfortunately my workplace's system relies on this (system is all on one PC and the other PCs connect to the files on it) and we have customers.
I'd rather know the full solution so we can stop fobbing them off to someone else to fix. A customer did get it all working but won't tell me what they did.
And the Home edition disabling certain things also gets annoying because we get customers who will just use 11 Home.

>>106111632
The versions of Reflect Free that're in the OP are the last versions of it that have unlimited free use.

>>106105719
>It's uninstallable only on Non-ioT LTSC for some reason
I know the Massgave page says this too but I'm on IoT and I uninstalled it the regular way and it never came back
Not complaining but I dunno what's up about that

Danke schon for letting me switch to enterprise easy now I can delay the hellish experience of windows 11 for a few more years

>>106112186
Dear Windows Sir, welcome.

don't feel like manually cleaning the trash, I'm just going to format my pc
do I stick to win10 iot ltsc, or it is time to give win11 iot ltsc a try

>>106112277
I mean why not, it's your computer. Give it a shot.

>>106112277
If you end up not liking W11 the only think it will cost you is time

>>106103619
As was said in >>106102834, if an LTSchizo says X, and some dirty crackhead with his pants down in a ditch says Y, you can be pretty sure X is a lie, and Y is true.

>>106110524
Tons of Dunning-Krugers think they know how to maintain their systems better than Windows does, and throw paranoid delusional shitfits when CPU usage goes to 100% and the drive starts accessing, when the system is idle.
A such, a lot of memescripts disable the scheduled tasks that automate those - and as a result, they don't get done.

>>106112002
Did you try connecting with IP directly?
>Unfortunately my workplace's system relies on this
Then why do a major update in place without at least preparing a restore point? Whoever is on charge of this system dungoofed here.

>>106106188
>>106106540
>>106105672

thanks

my laptop doesn't have steam or games on it, but yeah i guess i'll just work to be able to afford a SATA ssd for documents and movies rather than stressing out for no reason.

>>106074033 (OP)
Simplest way to back up thats just not cutting and pasting files to another harddrive? I dont think I want encoded files. Just a 1:1 clone every few days.

>>106113040
drop your c drive into one drive

how do i install windows 10 enterprise?
with the bussiness iso from MAS?

>>106112572
>when CPU usage goes to 100%
This is actually not very nice. My laptop fans always come on for a bit when its idle and charging but at least it's respectful enough to stop as soon as I touch it.
>drive starts accessing
This barely ever let's my media disk sleep :(
>A such, a lot of memescripts disable the scheduled tasks that automate those - and as a result, they don't get done.
I have noticed some process count autism with these "debloating" scripts which honestly seems strange considering fresh install process count and ram usage on a decent Windows edition like education or LTSC is comparable or less than a typical similarly featured Linux install.

>>106113265
Yes the Business ISO includes Enterprise. You could also just use IoT Enterprise LTSC as well.

>>106113615
>>when CPU usage goes to 100%
>This is actually not very nice.
I hear you anon, but modern processors are designed to "race to idle", and are most efficient that way. Some START command autism to lower process priority or to pin them to a single core (so they use less power and therefore don't make your fans spin up) is an option if you find it truly intolerable.
>>drive starts accessing
>This barely ever let's my media disk sleep :(
I simply unmount drives that aren't in use. Ironically enough, this can be scheduled with the MOUNTVOL command.
>>A such, a lot of memescripts disable the scheduled tasks..
>I have noticed some process count autism with these "debloating" scripts which honestly seems strange...
You know what poors are like: big number = bad. Process count autism is especially dumb. The irony is that there are some fast, simple (and above all, easily-reversed) registry tweaks that bring RAM and process counts crashing down to Windows 8 levels that don't fuck up your system. However, deblooters hate simple solutions - they behave like it's not a real "debloot" if you don't break some basic (and possibly vital) system function.

>>106113265
If you already have a GAC edition installed (Home, Pro, etc), you don't need to install anything to switch to Enterprise, you can just use MAS to upgrade to Enterprise
You only need an install to switch to IoT LTSC and even then, there's a "hacky" way to do it without re-installing

>>106113868
im trying to reinstall while keeping my D: partition
i got a blue screen and after that i couldnt boot into windows, i had to shutdown the laptop

>>106113823
>Some START command autism to lower process priority or to pin them to a single core (so they use less power and therefore don't make your fans spin up) is an option if you find it truly intolerable.
I don't mind it that much, its just distracting. It's also set to spin up the fans at a much lower temp when charging which is contributing.
>this can be scheduled with the MOUNTVOL command
Its probably not worth scheduling it for me but that's not a bad idea to add some keyboard or desktop shortcuts to mount/unmount it. Thanks.
>registry tweaks that bring RAM and process counts crashing down to Windows 8
Do you have any examples? The only one I'm aware of is increasing SvcHostSplitThresholdInKB enough to stop the svchost splitting but that won't really help RAM usage. Of course this is at the cost of the security and reliability benefits of split tasks.

>>106114223
>increasing SvcHostSplitThresholdInKB enough to stop the svchost splitting
That's precisely what I was thinking of. And you don't "increase it"enough", that's just randomtweaks.com cargo-culting - you set it to ffffffff (that is, 4 terabytes) and forget about it forever.
>but that won't really help RAM usage
It actually helps quite a lot in RAM usage: less per-process overhead adds up once it repeats a hundred times over. Microsoft's own numbers showed service host splitting almost doubled the RAM used by system services (500MB to 900MB was the example I saw).

>>106114258 (Me)
Found it: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-management/svchost-service-refactoring

>>106112572
NTA, but I have been starting to see the light not actually use debloaters when before I used that Chris titus tool.
Right now what I do want to use is at least privacy.sexy scripts, because I dont want telemetry on my installs, fuck onedrive.

>>106074033 (OP)
What would y'all recommend? Windows 10 LTSC or Windows 11 LTSC? I'd the specific version that is in the OP. I need to install windows in a VM to use windows-exclusive programs on Linux.

>>106114969
Might as well go with IoT LTSC 2024. Works great in VMs.

>>106114969
Latter, there's nothing really holding you back from 11 at this point besides a few schizos (who never tried 11) complaining about problems (from 20 versions ago) they saw on some screenshot. Most people already made the move.

>>106114286
That's ~10M per process. I always forget how much heavier NT processes are than Unix-style ones.

>>106116259
Most of it isn't process overhead. It's having DLLs loaded multiple times into different processes. While the code is all shared, global data, TLS etc. is all per-process.

https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-on-arm-gets-native-premiere-pro-after-effects-audition-and-media-encoder-in-beta/
Cool winarm is getting nice things

>>106116957
Makes sense: Adobe has always been Mac-friendly, and they can transfer the work they've done from ARM Mac versions to ARM Windows versions.
This isn't going to open the floodgates for WOA software though - Adobe is an outlier.

My plan for my next computer:
>Windows 11 (probably Home edition)
>WSL (Ubuntu)
>Genuine licence rather than some shady activation script
Should be a decent setup.

>Install win11
>Feels nice, responsive, games run great
>Few days later, windows ask me if I wanna install updates
>Sure whatever
>Windows updates to version 24H2
>Desktop now lags, games stutter, windows explorer taking like 1-2 secs between folders
>Go back to 23H2
>All perfect again

Wtf?
The LTSC version is also 24H2 and people complain it's laggy, maybe that's why.

Anyone using an insider/dev version with 25H2?

>>106117996
>shady activation script
nigga, mas is open sores, you can literally read what it does

>>106118231
Yeah it's probably trustworthy I guess, it has a lot of stars on GitHub. Still. I assume it's not very legal since you're not paying for Windows. I think I'd rather just do things the normal way.

As for reading open source code, who actually does that? Who is going to spend the time to read and understand every single line of code? People can obfuscate code to hide bad stuff. It has happened before.

>>106118406
>Who is going to spend the time to read and understand every single line of code?
Autistic devs

>People can obfuscate code to hide bad stuff. It has happened before.
Those same autistic devs would make 40min long videos on youtube, dozens of tweets, huge walls of text on plebbit trying to warn the entire internet about how they just debooonked the script and MAS is le bad.

>>106112843
It's nothing like that, it's just the system the customers use that is developed by my workplace (I don't develop it), is stored on a dedicated PC's share folder ie //PCNAME/SOFTWARENAME
To use the system, they need to have access to that PC share. We often have issues with PC sharing now, especially with Windows 11.

I did more digging yesterday and tried some powershell but did not fix the issue although supposedly it has for people who used the script before.

if (!([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) { Start-Process powershell.exe "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File `"$PSCommandPath`"" -Verb RunAs; exit }

Get-Service -name "UPnP Device Host" | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
Get-Service -name "Function Discovery Resource Publication" | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
Get-Service -name "Function Discovery Provider Host" | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic
Get-Service -name "SSDP Discovery" | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic


Get-Service -name "DNS Client" | Start-Service
Get-Service -name "UPnP Device Host" | Start-Service
Get-Service -name "Function Discovery Resource Publication" | Start-Service
Get-Service -name "Function Discovery Provider Host" | Start-Service
Get-Service -name "SSDP Discovery" | Start-Service

Set-SmbServerConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false -Force
Set-SmbClientConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false -Force
Set-SmbClientConfiguration -EnableInsecureGuestLogons $true -Force

Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private -PassThru
Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup 'Network Discovery'|Set-NetFirewallRule -Profile 'Private, Domain' -Enabled true -PassThru|select Name,DisplayName,Enabled,Profile|ft -a

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName SMB1Protocol
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName SMB1Protocol

Anything else?

>>106118669
Also on occasion it can happen with Windows 10 too I believe, either way just want to come up with a working solution that keeps the PC share active and so the other PCs can connect to it, and if it breaks due to a Windows update (this has happened sometimes) we can just rely on the powershell script to fix it back up (maybe).
But yeah if anything else should be added to the script to get the share fully working, let me know. I despise 11 with a passion but my hands are tied, more people are moving to it now.
I also have issues with networked printers since Windows 11 became more commonplace since clicking on a printer share usually pops up with this issue.

>>106078514
Don't fuck with dual boot
Buy another PC
1 disk/pc 1 os

>>106109546
>this guy
bro your shit is fucked and probably retarded.

here, I just did it in my win11 vm:

New-SmbShare `
-EncryptData $true `
-Temporary `
-Path C:\ProgramData\Share `
-FullAccess 'Everyone' `
-Name sharename


note that -FullAccess 'Everyone' is a sane default since you should control read/write/etc via NTFS ACLs...
you can get current shares on your box with

Get-SmbShare


I was able to mount it just fine on GAHNU SLASH Leenucks:

sudo mount -t cifs \
-o vers=3,seal,username=$USER,uid=(id -u),file_mode=0660,dir_mode=0770 \
//your-machine/sharename /mnt


^-- obviously I'm using NTLM here cuz no AD set up on this "network" and I'm using a local user account (.\USER)
if you're using windows to windows, you may need to check the following:
if using local accounts, are your password(s) set to expire? if so, NTLM shit will break from "cross realm" as in Machine <- Shared Password for .\Username -> Your SMB Windows Server
2, check your fucking ACLs, make sure you allow "Everyone" on your share or some limited scope

>>106078514
>>106118769
I dunno how to fix that shit but dual boot can work fine. I have dual boot on my laptop.
>Long story short I partitioned it in windows then bootet into Linux and ended up partitioning it again in Linux and now my windows doesn't boot anymore.
Why didn't you just leave it after partitioning it in Windows? Linux should have been able to see that partition just fine. Anyway yeah I dunno how you can fix Windows to be honest. Try googling or ask ChatGPT I guess. If all else fails then back up your files and reinstall Windows.

>>106119017
What SMB version is that? Does it need to be encrypted to work? Also what's with the temporary flag?

>>106119133
3.1.1
no, but you should always do it since the auth handshake sets up the authenticated encryption key for free. Literally no reason to not be secure.
temporary just means it won't be persisted after a reboo

Is there a way to restore/hack W10 IOT LTSC's volume control thing back to W11IOT LTSC? I don't like how retarded the new one is.
>horizontal
>no visible numbers unless pressing down the left button
>no quick way to quickly mute (because it's horizontal)

>>106118669
Looked into this more, found another video, checked group policy on an affected PC and needed to set these.
>COMPUTER CONFIGURATION / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / Security Options
>Microsoft network client: Digitally sign communications (always) - Disabled
>Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always) - Disabled
NOW I can access the share, which is on a 11 Home PC (and therefore without group policy).
So can I automate the above in the powershell script too?

>>106120086
Yet again I am answering my own question
>https://github.com/popeen/Classic-Volume-Mixer
This is one possible solution. Not going to disclose the others...

>>106120151
Absolutely retarded. You should stop now and try and figure out why your shit is retarded.

>>106117996
Don't be a dork anon. Use MAS HWID activated IoT LTSC 2024 like a normal person.

>>106120450
If it works, it works though? What would you suggest?

>>106074033 (OP)
I got a new laptop :D I made Win11 LTSC almost usable, but there are still some retarded quirks, sich as the start button not being on the far left, so you always have to slightly correct the mouse pointer. Also no S3 sleep. I have to rely on modern standby nonsense, which I won't for longer periods of time, and will use hibernation instead.

>finally let's upgrade to w11 since it's just w10 with a reskin and it matured enough
>no wait a minute you can't do that we've just overhauled the entire us over many massive iterations, you'll be joining an open beta test now

cool, w10 for longer then

I'm using W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021 and something is bottlenecking my internet to 90 mb/s. I've tested another cable but same issue. I'm aware it could be my integrated network card but that will be costly to test. Any reports of this problem before in windows 10 installations? I don't remember if I had it before I moved.

>>106121132
>the start button not being on the far left
WOMM

>>106121201
Found this

>>106121132
>no secure boot
>on a laptop

so now that windows is becoming fully kiked and openly hostile where do we go next for a replacement OS?

>>106121698
What? Do you think we actually use Home or Pro?

>>106121201
>>106121273
Anyone? I've tested the lan ports and reinstalled the ethernet driver but nothing. It's either windows or my network adapter itself, but I've never had one of these fail on me before. My board is the MSI B450 gaming plus.

The only program keeping me on windows right now is Ableton.

>>106117996
>>106118406
Hey retard, if you activate with HWID, you can completely wipe your drives and re-install the same edition of Windows and it will auto-activate the moment you are connected to the internet, without having to use MAS
You know why? Because MAS gives you a legit activation and your HWID is stored in Microsoft's official servers

if the OEM drivers are very old, should i use SDIO instead?

>>106122284
SDIO is pretty good for certain things, yes.
It's great for network drivers for one. I recommend honestly downloading all the network drivers it offers and just having them on a USB.

>>106121698
well, Windows!

>>106119017
Will the New-SmbShare work in Win10 fine too?

>>106121759
What about the cables and router?
There's lots of hardware in the system that could be limiting the bandwidth.
Also you could try booting into a Linux live USB to see what that detects.

>>106074033 (OP)
>>Wait for IoT LTSC 2027 if you can
Why? What's going to be so different?

>>106122413
Just ignore that anon. The OP is very opinionated on his hate of 11.

>>106122396
Tried everything, every solution on the net. Everything's fine, cables, routes, even the network adapter (the LED there is green, which means a gigabit network - I just learned there). I've changed the speed in the device manager to 1GB/s and restarted, nothing. I've uninstalled the net drived and updated with the new one, nothing. The Linux USB OS gives me the right speed. The problem is windows somehow.

>>106074033 (OP)
Re: >>106123035
Do any of you know of a trustworthy page to download a working Windows build of ffmpeg?
I think mine (I got it from https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/packages/ffmpeg-2025-07-31-git-119d127d05-essentials_build.7z) is gimped.

>>106122284
You don't really need to unless you have problems, but it wouldn't hurt either

>>106121132
There's a 1-2px gap, so when you stick the pointer to the bottom-left corner, you can't click on start.

>>106121463
Yes.

>>106123743
>>106123743
>>106123743

>>106123058
You could just set up Scoop on your machine and install ffmpeg through that.
Or download an mpv Windows binary and use its update script to install ffmpeg alongside yt-dlp.

>>106123058
winget install ffmpeg

>>106120864
>Um if downgrading the security of my systems works, why wouldn't I?
Are you literally retarded? Have you considered there might something horribly wrong going on?