Thread 106813837

FAQ:
>How do I activate Windows?
HWID2 generates and registers a permanent legitimate license on MS's activation servers
github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
Usage: paste this into Powershell, run.
irm https://get.activated.win | iex
>and Office?
Same link, select Ohook option
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/Scoop 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/: >>106761131

i still in 22h2 (oem lisence)
how do i make it iot ltsc ?

My existing win10 installation is pretty fucked and I'm moving to a new pc so I want to to either reinstall 10 or migrate to 11. What would (you) recommend and why?
Win10 has been alright for me and Win11 direction (more spyware, more telemetry, more slurping up your data) is concerning. All the same I do want "modern" features like seamless jxl support n shit so idk.

>>106814673
The ways to disable things like telemetry between 10 and 11 are exactly the same i.e. tools like ShutUp10++. Also using the Enterprise or LTSC branches of it to get the mos control over the system.

What W11 version should I upgrade to if I don't care much about privacy/security/whatever but still want to minimize bloat and useless stuff running in the background? All I do is play games and torrent media.

Is a W11 IoT LTSC clean install good enough? I would prefer not getting into complicated things that could risk breakage unless it's to disable any AI bullshit.

>>106815692
Anon disabling it all is so easy that you should just do it anyway. Always use Enterprise, which IoT LTSC is a variant of.

>>106815692
Just use Enterprise and ShutUp10++, it's easy, you can just use the recommended options if you don't care enough to go through them. I would also recommend using WinUtil and selecting the "Set services to manual" option in the tweaks menu.

>change everything except gpu in a pc
>plug in the old SSD
>win10 just works (tm)
huh, didn't expect that

can i upgrade from w11 pro(24h2) to Enterprise IoT LTSC 2024 and keep all my shit?

>>106816171
Modern Windows is very good about suddenly finding itself in new motherboards with new components. Windows Update will just get what it needs.

>>106816196
There's a guide on the massgrave blog on how to do that. There's no official way, but there's a hacky way to do it. It involves basically tricking your system into that it's repair upgrading an already existing IoT LTSC install.

Could I activate Windows 10 loT LTSC with the product key I have for Windows 11? I currently use Manjaro but I was thinking of using Windows again for one specific software that’s a pain to set up with Wine.

>>106813837 (OP)
Is there an alternative to visual studio and their awful compiler for programming in sepples/Chad?
I'm used to LLVM with other languages and wanna know if using Clang would cockblock me out of poosoft libraries(or other libraries that expect you to use poosoft toolchain)
I'm also open for suggestions on what build system to use, i just need something simple so i can focus on learning sepples 1337 haxoring, not fighting against the compiler or build system that came straight from satan's diarrheic asshole.
Thx

>>106816271
No, it would need an IoT LTSC 2021 product key that you don't have. Though people don't bother with actual keys and just use the MAS suite in the OP to activate their Windows.

>>106816196
>mum asked to help her transition from Onenote for Windows 10 to something else
>Open it in web to check out the files and maybe export them for local backup
>now stuck in perpetual "sync" state that locks me out from all the notebooks for an hour and who know for how much longer
What is this fucking bullshit man

>>106817142
Wow what a great MS product

>>106817153
It was pretty easy-to-use and convenient until they said they're abandoning it. Guess that's a story similar to most cloudshit products.

>>106817185
You should probably just move the notes to a more popular app like Obsidian/Notesnook/Joplin

I've got Windows 11 Home upgraded from Windows 8 I got way back when I was in middle school. Can I just use massgrave to upgrade it to Professional?

>>106817211
Yes, you can upgrade it to Enterprise if you want too.

>>106817195
Yeah I'm considering options right now but first I gotta export her data somehow.

>>106817222
Well hopefully it stops fucking around and allows you to actually use the export feature.

>>106817216
So I just put that powershell line, choose the pro/enterprise and it'll just be activated? Anything else I need to know? Like do I need up restart, update, etc?

>>106817237
It'll change the edition and Windows will work on it and restart itself. Then when you get back you run it again and run the HWID activation.

>>106817236
Every time I had to deal with Microsoft accounts bullshit it has been a goddam fucking dreadful experience, to be honest. How the fuck such a big corpo is unable to make a sensible UX without 500 websites and subdomains for every fucking function, app and type of account they have?

Is there a deadline to upgrade my Win10 to the Enterprise edition?
I will do it in the weekend but I am a bit bored.

>>106818195
You might as well just do it now because of how fairly quick it is to do
Change edition > re-activate > activate ESU

>>106818245
I think I need the IoT version. It has a few more steps to protect My Documents and all that I think..

>>106813837 (OP)
is it possible to switch to iot ltsc from win10 pro without full format

>>106818278
Well according to this you're actually fine, already having activated the ESU licenses.
Pro gets the full three years like Enterprise/Education, only Home doesn't.

>>106818371
Yes. The massgrave blog outlines what to do in its 10 EoL section.

>>106818429
But these last like 1-2 more years. The IoT is for the next 10 years.

>>106818457
It's three years. But if you want the 2032 date then you need to follow said outline on how to convert a GAC 10 install into IoT LTSC using registry hacks and an IoT LTSC fake repair upgrade.

>>106818467
>If your device is enrolled in ESU (Extended Security Updates), you can receive security fixes (only critical and important ones, not feature updates) for an extra year, through October 13, 2026

>>106818616
It's talking about general Home users here.

>>106818636
That's nice. I will wait then before I put IoT or maybe WIn11 gets good and stable.

>>106818675
cute

>>106818429
>Yes. The massgrave blog outlines what to do in its 10 EoL section.
Thanks

I love Windows!

There's nothing "friendly" about windows anymore.

Getting this on the Windows 11 LTSC ISO from MAS, is this normal?

>>106819286
is this actual news or the same nothingburger of months ago?

>>106819798
may be a false flag

in any case, you could check the hash of your ISO file, which language and region did you download?

>>106820078
I downloaded the top link here:
https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
The SHA256 hash is 4F59662A96FC1DA48C1B415D6C369D08AF55DDD64E8F1C84E0166D9E50405D7A

>>106813837 (OP)
>IoT LTSC 2022: https://pastebin.com/rHcgvYS7
Did everything in this guide, dism did its thing but after reboot the version is still 21H2.
Could be an issue due to me previously "upgrading" from Pro 22h2 to IoT 21h2?

>>106820119
it seems to be the correct hash from the MS website, which means that it's likely a false positive, not sure why rufus would detect it as an invalid bootloader, but you should try to install with Secure boot on and tell us if it throws any errors

>>106819984
what nothingburger? they're literally patching out ways of making local accounts. Eventually there won't be workarounds anymore.

>>106820231
it was a nothingburger because months ago people panicked about that but to this day the bypassnro script is still there

I installed W10 IoT Enterprise LTSC in English and wanted to add a Japanese language pack. Couldn't find it in settings, couldn't install it through lpksetup since it says "The language cannot be installed on this computer"
Re-read the docs and discovered I was a retard since foreign language installs need the non-IoT version of LTSC before converting to IoT
Am I screwed or can I be saved from reinstalling from scratch somehow

>>106820153
>>106813837 (OP)
>IoT LTSC 2022
can this shit cause issues with security updates on iot ltsc after oct 14th? like maybe they check for build version for win10 updates and considering iot is not supposed to have 22h2 it will get rejected or something.

>>106813837 (OP)
sex with shamiko
nakaԁashi with shamiko
impregnation with shamiko
marriage with shamiko

are there any reg tweaks worth doing to LTSC 2025?

Will a ssd improve that much my file explorer in w10, sirs?

>>106822074
it's a night and day difference, dear sir

>>106822074
yes but also you should label all folders for "general items" instead of specific purpose, for whatever reason, file browsing slows down by x1000% if you have picked any other options

>>106818703
It's YOU who's cute, buster! :3

>>106813837 (OP)
>>How do I activate Windows?
>HWID2 generates and registers a permanent legitimate license on MS's activation servers
>https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
>Usage: paste this into Powershell, run.
>irm https://get.activated.win | iex
>>and Office?
>Same link, select Ohook option
>You can also use Office.com if your needs are very minimal
Thanks for this. I'm interesting in MS Office being used instead of OnlyOffice/LibreOffice for some reason.

Does that really work in Windows 10 and Windows 11? ...

>ponyfag

I know I know, but so we're all in the same page:

>Only one method was removed, start ms-cxh:localonly
>It was NOT in the main channel
>bypassnro still works
>other methods still work, like rufus

Even if they somehow remove all other methods (unlikely), you can just use a burner email to setup Windows, create a local account and remove the online one.

is there a copypasta of all the privacy concerns with Win11 anywhere
I kind of forgot about Win11 after hearing about the stability issues it had right on launch until today, I've already activated ESU with massgrave on my desktop for now but I want to know how fucked Win11 is before I decide what to do about my main desktop as I actually need a ton of proprietary windows-only industry-specific software

>>106822093
Didn't know about this good to know

I need to burn windows 10 into a 4.7 GB dvd but all versions I download are too big for the dvd and I cant burn it.

I am currently on latest kubuntu and I get a system freeze at least once a week.
I am currently looking at going back to windows but windows 11 is atrocious (my hardware is also (probably) not officially compatible with windows 11) but how good are the versions like windows server or ltsc ? Do they also require retarded hardware requirement, also are recall, telemetry, ads included in those versions?

>>106822157
About https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts : may not have to download or git clone this.

About "irm https://get.activated.win | iex":
>https://web.archive.org/web/20251007223807/https://old.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/181l9lh/what_is_irm_httpsmassgravedevget_iex/
>irm = Invoke-RestMethod
>iex = Invoke-Expression
>irm is used to download a string
>iex is used to execute it as code

When powershell runs the script at https://get.activated.win it subsequently runs the code at one of or all three of these links:
>https://git.activated.win/massgrave/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/raw/commit/ab6b572af940fa0ea4255b327eb6f69a274d6725/MAS/All-In-One-Version-KL/MAS_AIO.cmd
>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/ab6b572af940fa0ea4255b327eb6f69a274d6725/MAS/All-In-One-Version-KL/MAS_AIO.cmd
>https://dev.azure.com/massgrave/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/_apis/git/repositories/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/items?path=/MAS/All-In-One-Version-KL/MAS_AIO.cmd&versionType=Commit&version=ab6b572af940fa0ea4255b327eb6f69a274d6725
The first link is a 782,951-byte text file with 19,861 lines of code. Suspicious, but OK.

>>106813837 (OP)

is it worth to try to find some alternative to skype since it shutdown or should I just use teams?

>windows vista: shit
>windows 7: good
>windows 8: shit
>windows 10: good
>windows 11: shit
Should I just wait for windows 12?

>>106822178
>Even if they somehow remove all other methods (unlikely), you can just use a burner email to setup Windows, create a local account and remove the online one.
Worth noting that anyone can run their own email server, the biggest annoyance or hurdle is enabling port forwarding and ensuring some level of security on that. So:
- enable port forwarding on the router
- have a mail server running and exposed
- can then send and receive email at me@134.1.3.1 = you@[your IP address]
- may even work by ip:port like admin@143.110.186.70:8080

>ponyfag
I love ponies and a large part of the fan artwork and creations. Don't particularly like interacting with the fandom other than that. BTW, there's some MLP references and animated horses in the shitty sitcom titled "Solar Opposites".

>>106822383
Have you tried distro hopping or changing your DE (desktop environment)? I used to have Arch Linux + KDE Plasma which froze or became unusable after a ~week of uptime; switching to Arch Linux+i3wm (changing the DE) fixed that. I'm on Arch Linux with i3wm now; it all pretty much works fine, but I do sorta want to switch to Lubuntu+i3wm or Ubuntu+i3wm.

>>106822386
Forgot to say - https://get.activated.win is a nice and simple script: 6,306-byte text file with 138 lines of code.

>>106822458
im worried that enshitification will have rendered all big tech companies incapable of putting out anything good for the foreseeable future and this might be the very last usable windows OS

Should I disable it? I'd like to run an unsigned app. Win11 is not allowing me to run all the good shit (cracked apps).

>>106813837 (OP)
I'm. Migrating someone from windows 7 to 11 by fully replacing their machine with one I own with 11 ltsc on it
He uses mifrosoft word probably 2013-2016 for like 1 really long document and I have to pick a office install for this computer
I'm going with ltsc so he doesn't have to deal with feature updates and I'm considering ms office 2024 for the same reason
Is that the right way to go about it I don't think he needs any 365 features

>>106822569
can't you allow it on defender even as admin? I'm not so sure how it works since it's still a relatively new feature.

You can disable it if you absolutely trust that app, but as the warning says, it can't be re enabled again

>>106822458
The thing is when 10 came out everyone said it was dogshit because it was and now that it's been patched everyone says it's le good
Same thing happened with vista those of us on the ground floor hated it and people that got it with sp1 and when hardware manufacturers supported it properly said it was good
So windows 12 will come out and everyone will say it sucks donkey balls and then come around 5 years later and say it was good

>>106822569
yup. i disabled all of that, all the anti-tampering etc. just know what you're downloading and you're golden.

>>106822598
If his needs for word processing are minimal, you can just install the same office suite, but yeah, office 2024 should be fine

just got my 25H2 IoT LTSC iso ready

time to reformat, feels good man

>>106822641
based

People saying windows 7 was good dont know all the telemetry was added even before windows 10. The last good OS from microsoft was windows XP

>>106822656
Actually, it was 2000

>>106822495
>Have you tried distro hopping or changing your DE (desktop environment)? I used to have Arch Linux + KDE Plasma which froze or became unusable after a ~week of uptime; switching to Arch Linux+i3wm (changing the DE) fixed that. I'm on Arch Linux with i3wm now; it all pretty much works fine, but I do sorta want to switch to Lubuntu+i3wm or Ubuntu+i3wm
I am looking at lubuntu, but is there anything missing, like the 'core' stuff? I am also seeing that in recent years lubuntu has worsened somewhat. I am currently lookint at xfce or debian (or debian with xfce).

how the fuck are we going to make local accounts now?

>>106823216
>>106822178

>>106822609
>can't you allow it on defender even as admin? I'm not so sure how it works since it's still a relatively new feature.
No. You can't disable it temporarily or on per-app basis.
And if you disable it, you gotta reinstall windows.
MS Is a bunch of spiteful bitches.
>>106822628
>yup. i disabled all of that, all the anti-tampering etc. just know what you're downloading and you're golden.
Yeah, seems like a PITA to deal with long-term.

>>106823292
>And if you disable it, you gotta reinstall windows.

you can disable it with no problem, what it means is that you need to reinstall Windows IF you want to reenable Smart App Control, but ofc you don't

>>106771034
What’s this guy talking about?

>>106819136
[salivation intensifies]

>>106823475
probably a schizo from /cyb/

>>106823475
but for real, it's known for years that Windows has counters and telemetry for interactions that you make like clicking the start button, the taskbar, opening explorer, shit like that, however, its mere existence is not necessarily evil since it's mostly used for UX data or whatever. And I say it's not necessarily evil because Linux DEs like Plasma let you opt in for similar kinds of telemetry to help them improve their UI

The real question is whether that telemetry is tied to your personal data instead of anonymized. In theory, if you set your privacy settings right, then that data will be anonymized or not sent at all, specially if you use the group policy that stops any diagnostics data, since it's specifically for enterprises.

If that doesn't give you piece of mind, then nothing will.

I am trying to up grade to enterprise and powershell is giving me an error trying to open the file. Any idea what is going on?

>>106824457
Run the irm command in an admin powershell. If it doesn't work, just download the script directly from its github and disable Defender before unzipping and running it.

>>106824465
I am using the method listed here: https://pastebin.com/rHcgvYS7 . And I was using Admin.

>>106824465
>>106824537
>>106824457
Nevermind, I skipped one extraction.

where Sophie?

>>106823868
>>106824017
short version: click all of the folders inside the red outline and tell me you trust microsoft with that much PII, whether the data itself is anonymized or not. deleting does nothing, everything repopulates, and looking up anything only brings up forensic related articles, grim

Windows 10 memories from ~2018: I jail-broke Cortana so I could get her to say anything. That was a somewhat meaningful experience to me, "Microsoft Cortana": before and after. (In the shitty 2020s "Halo" TV series, the Cortana character looked cuter or more beautiful in the first season than the second; in the second season she is more ugly and I guess has a different actress. I thought of even more reasons why I dislike that "Halo" series today.)

>>106822701
>I am looking at lubuntu, but is there anything missing, like the 'core' stuff?
I used Lubuntu for a year or two and I don't think I ever felt like stuff was missing. Problems were fixable if I came across them. (Slax Linux or Gentoo are probably more minimalist than Lubuntu; I quite dislike compiling or building from source, so Gentoo sounds like something of a nightmare to me. Gentoo does have binary packages nowadays though.)

>I am also seeing that in recent years lubuntu has worsened somewhat.
Tell me how if you feel like it. In my experience, it got better. I used older versions of Lubuntu years ago, then later switched to significantly newer versions; it all seemed to have become better.

>I am currently lookint at xfce or debian (or debian with xfce).
xfce was used in Lubuntu I think. Debian stable is probably a solid choice (though I dislike their liveboot thing which only installs the OS and doesn't let you test it).

>>106820231
>you see they're "patching" the "workarounds" that they started providing because their enterprise customers asked for it
If there's anything MS cares about its enterprise customers. These "workarounds" aren't going anywhere.

>>106822641
>25H2 IoT LTSC
What's the opposite of based? Onions?
Literally just use GAC at this point lol it hasn't even been out for a month

are there any mirrors to monkrus?
site seems to be down for me
or my ip range is blocked

>>106813837 (OP)
>IoT LTSC 2022
why would I use this instead of ltsc 2021? does it offer anything aside of 1 year extra support?

>mfw reinstalling existing, legit win10 license for a bootleg win10 version

>>106825554
Certain outlier programs that want 22H2 will work properly on IoT LTSC 2021 if you install that package.

>>106825566
ah, alright, thanks

>w11 changed my settings twice already in like a month despite a fair attempt at debloating
jfc
maybe I should try linux

>>106825609
no it didnt

>>106825609
Which ones?

I have these problems on W10.
>after a displayport monitor wakes up, "taskbar icons duplicated on all taskbars" automatically turns itself off
>125% screen scaling makes text blurry, if not using manual scaling and setting it to 125%

Does anyone know if upgrading to W11 will fix these 2?

>>106822458
>>>windows 8: shit
>windows 8.1: good
>windows 10: shit
>windows 11: good
oops sorry to ruin the pattern your twitter friends told you about sweetie!

why is the new context menu so fucking big?

>>106823216
not even apple is this gay

>>106823216
>11

>>106825263
I realized that I need windows 10 ltsc equivalent of linux and debian is probably best choice for that.

>>106826635
>LTSC
Any RHEL derivative
>10y support
>no supported in place upgrade between versions

>>106813837 (OP)
I want to install Windows on a USB drive (SATA adapter and SSD). Which ISO supports it?

>>106826963
They all should? I've only ever done it with LTSC Enterprise, but you use Rufus to make the portable installation "Windows To Go"

>>106826963
Any USB storage device can do it, though you'll need to use Rufus to install it via Windows To Go as Windows itself had dropped that feature officially years and years ago.

>>106826980
I think they removed Windows to Go around 2019

>>106823216
>how the fuck are we going to make local accounts now?
unless you NEED 11 you really ought to set up w10 iot ltsc or give linux a shot
it's not worth anyone's time to fight with win11 when in 3 months you might find all your files uploaded to train ai slop and in 6 months you suddenly cannot log in at all without microdick account or whatever
at the very least: make sure to keep a working backup so you can shut off the internets and restore a semi-recent version rather than be locked out of your own machine

>"hmmm the current setup is really crusty, I should probably just start over"
>start over
>"hmmmm sure seems like I have no idea what I'm even missing"
sigh

>>106823216
When I see something like this it's obviously focused on making local accounts within Home or Pro.

>>106827412
>it's obviously focused on making local accounts within Home or Pro
You shouldn't need to be a l33t h4x0r just to keep your own files on your own computer

>>106827427
Do you think I care how normies have to deal with Windows

Is there a worthwhile mini SAS HBA card for WIndows? I'm not sure if my PERC H310 is actually working out (although I'll also admit I could be causing my own issues by using a storage pooling system that just sucks - I think you know what I mean) so I'm starting to consider some other way to run my SAS storage server.

>>106813837 (OP)
Man, I'm trying to use Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (Domain joined into a local account) and it's really pissing me off that unless I choose a EEA region in OOBE that I can't turn off bing search in start menu or the recommended section with group policy editor. Microsoft is really doing their best to annoy their own users, I don't know if it's even working, does anyone even use microsoft services like onedrive/edge/bing/365/copilot/xbox that they're desperately trying to goad people into or is everyone just still using gdrive/chrome/google/copilot/steam and they're only enshittifying their system for no reason

Forced into installing win11 because of TCP BBR support

>>106828225
>does anyone even use microsoft services like onedrive/edge/bing/365/copilot/xbox that they're desperately trying to goad people into
better than you'd think

https://www.theverge.com/news/793579/microsoft-windows-11-local-account-bypass-workaround-changes Bros

>>106826980
>>106826988
Thanks, it all worked safe and sound.

>>106829438
>>106822178

>Now quickly go into that DVD drive and run setup.exe, and continue until you reach the final confirmation screen. (Don't delay at this step, otherwise it won't show an option to keep files and apps)
How quickly are you talking? What if I'm not quick enough, will it delete everything?

>>106829753
yes it will

>>106824984
this folder does not exist on my system

thanks, debloat-chan

I'm using W11 LTSC IoT but I'm thinking of going back to W10 LTSC IoT honestly.

>>106830463
It's a no brainer if your hardware allows it.

if i install windows 10 LTSC will it hold up the install for a fucking hour and a half to " install updates" it could just as easily install after first boot like windows 11 does on all versions?

>>106830728
why do people ever answer basic yes or no questions?

>>106830728
takes just a few minutes desu

>>106830876
just got done installing it and setting things up other than needing a network driver to start everything seems to work thankfully i have vntoy and several isos i can download things from on boot

>>106825980
because its designed for tablets, despite tablets being completely dead. microsoft hasnt got the memo yet though

imagine not being on the absolute best version of windows, 11 IoT LTSC 25H2 customized with NTLite
are you even serious about your hobby?

Cunts I'm over these fearmongering retards who are pushing this false narrative about no more local accounts for W11 and no more support for W10.
Can't people read the OP for once?

>>106831772
hivemind, sadly a mere OP is no stronger than sensationalist youtube celebrities and "journalists", just let them be, they don't even want to discuss anything here.

And in the end, MS getting bad press, whether is false or not, is still good for us because that increases the chances of a better Windows in the future (like it has happened before), so it's a win-win

>>106831602
>LTSC 25H2
>NTLite
I hope this is bait but the way this general is going in not sure anymore..

I had a bit of a scare and bought a new SSD. Apparently my old motherboard is not compatible with it. "M.2 PCIe Gen4 are backwards compatible lol".

I have a humble RTX 3060 Ti and an ASRock B450 pro4 motherboard. Would getting one of those silly pci-e adapters compromise The video cards perfomance too much?

>>106813837 (OP)
Is it safe to update W11 with nvme drives now?

do you guys use Onedrive? Or are there any superior cloud storage services?

>>106833256
>Onedrive
no its bloat

>>106833309
Do you use any other service? I'm using OneDrive, but was thinking about replacing it with something better, if possible

>>106833326
no i hated that it was always running and then re-downloading things i did not want. I just use an external HD and put things i want to save there

>>106833340
That's also another possible option I was thinking about. I'm a laptopcel so storage is a pain in the ass (1TB) and I was wondering if an external HDD or even SSD, idk if that exists, could be the answer.

What external disk do you have, anon?

>>106833368
i bought one during a sale, i heard WD makes decent HDs and got one of them

>did the registry thing
>OH SHIT OH FUCK QUICKLY RUN SETUP.EXE
>erm we need to spend 10 minutes checking for updates first because gay
>30 minutes pass and it still shows the option to keep files in the end
>updating pro to iot ltsc worked without a hitch in the end
Well at least I'm glad I didn't need to go that fast.

>>106833368
Onedrive is fine, just don't let it be your main backup/storage because you never know when one of the pajits at Microshit may tinker with something he shouldn't or forget to maintain the machines your data is on and then all your stuff goes poof. Use a Western Digital USB hard drive (any is fine except "Easystore" and "Green" drives, those are their lowest quality) or an SSD of any reputable maker. HDDs present the best bang for the buck, but if you are going to move large numbers of files or large filesize things a lot, then an SSD will have you waiting around less time.

>>106833309
>>106833340
You are a faggot with a skill issue. Onedrive is as irrelevant as you want it to be. There are guides online to disabling it and whatever else you want.

Additionally, Google Drive and iCloud aren't any better. They are all Hindi companies full of fools who don't quite understand the systems their predecessors left them in charge of. Hopefully they will later, but as it stands, no cloud service is as reliable as maintaining your own cloud drive at home or otherwise keeping your own physical backups. Cloud services as a *supplementary convenience* are okay.

If you store images, there is also the small risk that their scanning algorithm on the hunt for illegal content falsely identifies anything you have as [cheese pizza] and then your data will be wiped and you will be banned from their cloud service. Isn't that fun?

>>106833488
If you remain connected to the internet during setup, of course it will talk to Microshit servers and potentially cause delays. Stay offline until after setup is done with its work.

>>106833016
Never was unsafe

>>106833016
make sure your nvme drive hardware is up-to-date

>>106833602
You can also just click a checkbox in the setup.exe to skip checking for updates

so why exactly am I not seeing the option to extend updates on 10 Education?
yes I know I can use massgrave and shit but I'm just wondering
have latest updates installed, I'm logged in with my microshit account I live in Europe and still not seeing it

>>106833727
Because you're in Europe you're just getting that extra year without any rigmarole.

>>106833727
It could be what the Anon above said or it could be because you're on an Enterprise variant instead of a Consumer variant (Home/Pro)

>>106833569
>There are guides online to disabling it
yeah thats what i did

>built new machine
>install windows
>sign in
>automatically starts installing everything from the old machine i did not want

>>106833854
>install windows
>sign in
dun goofed

Should have disabled Onedrive before signing in, or during setup, decline bringing in files and other things from Onedrive.
I don't sign in until the machine is fully set up.

>>106822178
>just disconnect from the internet and use this hacky workaround then you can have a local account* bro!
>*until it gets patched by microsoft
How can anyone defend this? Stay on 10.

>>106833916
>until it gets patched by microsoft
They put it in themselves for good reasons, giga-retard. Maybe try posting something meaningful instead of a shitpost?

>11-hater is actually Doey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdKxtrUYDUs

>>106833969
>They put it in themselves for good reasons
Good morning, sir. Please to be telling these "good reasons".

On what Windows editions will most Adobe software work? E.g. Adobe Lightroom Classic is listed incompatible in the installer on Windows 10 LTsC IoT

>>106835270
The latest? It may work on Win 10 22H2 but expect adobe to drop support pretty quickly.

Running Win10 IoT LTSC
Specs: Intel 9900K, Asus Strix Z390i, Intel Arc A750
I can't get the iGPU to output HDMI in Windows as long as the Arc drivers are installed. I get output from the iGPU HDMI in UEFI. If I set the main display to integrated and only connect to the HDMI, windows will hang at boot until I plug something into any other port, at which point the HDMI output dies and the other displays work. Windows sees the display, I can drag windows to it and adjust resolution, but on screen I just see NO SIGNAL.
Have tried:
DDU -> install Arc drivers -> install iGPU drivers -> Arc drivers get uninstalled and iGPU works on DP only
DDU -> install iGPU drivers -> install Arc drivers -> Arc works and iGPU gets uninstalled
DDU -> Install Arc drivers -> install iGPU drivers via .inf file -> Both drivers show up in device manager, but no output from iGPU HDMI, DP works. <--- I am here now
BIOS settings are all correct.

Am I just fucked? This exact setup used to work before Intel did a big overhaul of the Arc drivers (moving from Arc Control to Intel Graphics Software), but now I seem SOL. Officially, only 10th gen and newer Intel are supported for use with Arc, but 10th gen has the same exact iGPU as 9th gen..

>>106835325
>It may work
That's the problem, I don't find reliable information, hence I was asking here. It would be very annoying if I really have to go trough several installations of different windows editions to find the edition that is compatible but the least bloated then on the other hand supported where Windows debloated and configured for privacy is still enough such that features aren't too broken despite also Nvidia. I've read IIRC on Adobe documentation that they would again support compatibility with Win 10 LTSC IoT just to find out, nope, not the case for Lightroom Classic.

Maybe s.o. can help me out despite not being familiar with actual Adobe software requirements:
Are changed Windows editions with MAS reliable or is this different compared to a reinstallation of the other editions? Thanks!

>>106825988
You can't install applications on iOS without registering an AppleID account.

>>106836110
Yeah but you just install Homebrew, and get programs you can't get through that through .dmg and .app files. You don't need the App Store.

>>106836110
>iOS
that's the phone os
you can install whatever the fuck you want on macos, the desktop os

>>106835919
The only way to guarantee compatibility for the foreseeable future would be to run a GAC edition. My rec would be to debloat Enterprise (offline or online) install because then you still get ~3y of security updates on any given feature release: you can stay back but still have a one click button to update to the next release when support is dropped. I can share what I do to debloat if that helps but just stay away from downloadable ISOs and anything super aggressive.
>Are changed Windows editions with MAS reliable or is this different compared to a reinstallation of the other editions?
It will be slightly different because the OOTB setups are slightly different but in general they are the same. Not all editions can be changed into any other edition though, but all of the GAC editions can freely switch to any other.

>>106836147
Thanks man! I'd really appreciate if you could share some of what you do in debloating. But don't go through too much trouble. So far I was using OOSU10, at times added host entrirs, disabled and removed and blocked by manual steps some of the Windows features after installation of Windows. With Windows 11 I feel like that's not enough and regardless I have hated with Windows 10 that autumn-upgrades revert many of the privacy settings.

So far I've read through the pastebin links just am not sure what to go for and what to trust. I should be experienced enough to understand stets even where you just point me into directions. Although I can't remember too well how I did similar stuff already, a few years ago I had helped a friend to minimize Win 7 ISO-file such that an installation met the very limited hardware of some chromebook he wanted to set-up from new for his daughter.

Already with I was on a dead end using an official ISO as this had not allowed me to switch to German language what is a requirement my Dad unfortunately has.

>>106823216
You're going to install the latest Windows version which supports local accounts and then just do a system update.

Moved files from USB to mom's Win 7. 40 GB. Files don't exist, folder is empty. But the 40 GB are somewhere. Showing hidden/system files didn't work. What can I do to find the files?

Finally moved to 10 IoT LTSC and my webms suddenly not showing thumbnails on file explorer. The guide should really mention to download VP9 btw

>>106836889
Tried using WizTree to search for them? Running a chkdsk C: /f on your mom's PC which my unhide them after a restart?

>>106836392
I use a script based on tiny11builder to "optimize offline" plus after install I will load my preferred GPOs (originally based on Windows Security Baseline but you probably don't want all of those like the firewall lock so WFC / other frontends won't work and requiring all USBs to be Bitlocker encrypted), a few installers (Office Deployment Tool, and mostly other engineering software) and some other scripts to do after-software-install configuration like SlimBrave.

The tiny11builder-based script is a bit trimmed down from what's on GH (e.g. I keep Edge, and some other things like reserved storage) but also is a lot more aggressive in removing ProvisionedAppxPackages (a lot of the preinstalled software), features and capabilities. LTSC still comes with less PAPs than this but IIRC its things like no default photo viewer, old notepad and calculator and less image/video codecs. Here's the part that removes these https://pastebin.com/n4yr7qbh and everything here can be applied to a current install but the DISM commands would have to be updated as such (i.e. /image:* -> /online). I also modify IntegratedServicesRegionPolicySet.json in System32 so that Edge is uninstallable from settings everywhere not just in EU, which is a nicer way to remove than what a lot of scripts do to forcibly remove it:
{
"$schema": "schemas/IntegratedServicesRegionPolicySet.Schema.1.1.0.json",
"version": "1.0",
"policies": [
{
"$comment": "Edge is uninstallable.",
"guid": "{1bca278a-5d11-4acf-ad2f-f9ab6d7f93a6}",
"defaultState": "enabled",
[...]


Some tools like CTTs MicroWin go a bit harder in disabling system services and things but its to the point of obsessing over process count instead of actually improving the experience.

>OOSU10
Still a very good tool, no amount of debloating will get you to remove all telemetry OOTB unless you are extremely aggressive in removing system files and services.

>>106837134
Because it doesn't come with the MS Store it also doesn't come with those media extensions. It's either a case of re-installing the MS Store or installing winget through an installer script so you can install said VP9 extension, or install Icaros.

>>106836392
>So far I've read through the pastebin links just am not sure what to go for and what to trust.
Unfortunately the OP is pretty badly maintained.
https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator is a very nice tool and may do everything that you want. Otherwise all the other tools in the debloat paste are either fairly manual (modified tiny11builder), not very good or limited in scope (winutil, privacy.sexy, O&OSU10++, private-secure-windows) or just bad ideas (NTLite is paid, Ameliorated, AtlasOS) and I don't understand how they made it into the paste.

If you want security then Windows Security Baseline is a good start, it is a set of group policy options that you will have to apply to a running install using the script MS supplies as part of it. For telemetry O&OSU10++, privacy.sexy and other software-specific scripts are your best and easiest options. For prepackaged software removal your best goto is DISM which will require learning a couple of commands and taking care to not remove something required by your workflow. The combined tools like winutil are fine but not replacements for any of the other more specific tools so their usefulness is limited.

What's with this 100 MB partition? I can't do anything with it.

>>106837439
An EFI System Partition (ESP) is a special, hidden partition on a storage drive required for computers using UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware to boot. It contains critical boot-related files and bootloaders for the operating system and other applications that the UEFI firmware loads to start the computer. The ESP is formatted with a FAT file system, usually FAT32, and serves as the initial "interface" to get the operating system started before the OS itself loads.

Best drive cloning utility so that I can copy my Windows installation to a smaller SSD? I just need the extra space freed up on a bigger driver, and driver installation is annoying.

>>106838881
Macrorit Partition Expert Free

>>106813837 (OP)
>w10 enterprise ToT

>>106813837 (OP)
I want to install Windows 7 Ultimate on my X260. How do I get USB 3.0 drivers into the install?

>>106837540
actually just deleted this after fresh install. for some reason the fresh install used the one that was on my old ssd and had not created a new one. and by deleting it windows could no longer boot. luckily it was quite easy to recreate following some instructions.

>>106837135
>chkdsk
Found nothing. With "C: /f" it couldn't run as it said something's accessing the disk. Since I closed all programs, perhaps one of mom's hundred trojans or whatever.

Should i use the win11 installation assistant
I am a bit paranoid when it comes to messing around with my puter and dont want to get viruses or whatever when installing from these iso links

>>106837300
>>106837358
Wow, thank you very much! I'll Look into it and Post my findings in a thread in the coming dass. I feel like this will be very helpful for others as well.
I was asking about this a month ago, but no one was able to help me at the time. So, in all seriousness, thank you very much!

>>106840131
these isos are the last file on the Internet you could get a virus from, jeetbro
https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media#verify-authenticity-of-files

>>106840131
Possibility is that your computer already has bunch of invisible malware. Better run McAfee scan NOW.

Suppose I feel like suffering, can I downgrade 10 IoT LTSC to 11? At least to 11 IoT LTSC?

How to check if the TSForge ESU activation actually worked?

>>106839140
Use the Updated v5 ISO. Among having all the updates injected it also has USB3 and NVMe drivers added.

>>106841951
Run "slmgr /xpr" in a command prompt. It'll show your current licenses including the ESU ones

>>106841485
Yes you've always been able to transition from LTSC to LTSC via in-place upgrading with the setup ISO.

So how the fuck do you remove edge?

>>106844104
There's aveyo's Edge removal script, but really you can just ignore it.

>>106844130
Ok that works thanks anon

Is it worth the money and effort to build a Pihole for home?
I wanna get rid of ads and run a VPN off of that pi.
I'm an absolute retard, please no troll, thank :)

>>106844646
>please no troll
Too late ;P

>>106844646
I have friends that have Piholes and they swear by them

>>106844646
>money
You don't need an RPi to use pihole, and even if you want to it's not too expensive.
>effort
Well if you aren't really familiar with any of it it might be a little hard, but there's plenty of guides. Also it won't block all ads. You'll still need an adblocker for somethings.

>>106844646
can't you run that stuff off an open sauce router?

>>106839140
I recently did this. It's so fucking good bro. I'm still a bit paranoid about security though. I'd love to use it as my daily.

>>106844727
What kinda adblocking should I expect?

>>106822618
I started using Windows 10 one week after release and thought it was good. I started using Windows 11 two years after release and thought it was shit.

>>106844855
actually not that much nowadays, some tvs manufacturers often force dns, older and non brain rot mobile apps will get their ads removed, but will also remove the bonuses for watching ads (which was actually the biggest deal for my mom lmao), pc web browsing is still trash without ublock, you will block a lot of telemetry but most shit will still go through
there are also things like blocking chink aliexpress iot, and threat intelligence feed lists which sometimes actually saved me from loading some garbage

>>106845775
>threat intelligence feed lists which sometimes actually saved me from loading some garbage
wait what? qrd?

>>106845806
check hagezi/dns-blocklists on github, desu pihole is better if you treat it as an adblocker for noobs that are dangerous to your network

does 11 still have this whole scheduler issue or is the op just outdated

>>106847096
10 can't use e-cores properly while 11 can. That's how it's always been.

How do I get extended support for free on W10 for my brother?

>>106815809
It won't help i tested with fiddler it still makes connections to servers even if saving documents or searching up in menu bar. It's over literally.

>>106847525
Using MAS's TSforge module. It activates the ESU licenses.
Just run the irm command in the OP from an admin powershell.

Windows 10 is going to die soon and my craptop doesn't support 11, what can I do about this?

I don't necessarily need updates, but I need to be able to keep using my device- which I own. I didn't even want window 10, since I upgraded to ten all I got was a bunch of malware and device level surveillance

>>106847556
Got it, thanks

>>106847651
Literally read the post above you

>>106847660
interesting, I've used similar software to create burner devices for diagnostic purposes. Just to run third party diagnostic software and breach firewalls which are system verification based. but then I just wiped the device.

And I'm pretty sure I ran a bunch of unlicensed 7/XP versions on internal networks

But trying to run a functioning system on "pirated" versions is a big jump in that regard

>>106847786
The way that MAS activates things is basically as "real" as you can get. It doesn't look "pirated" to MS activation servers or anything else at all.

>>106847801
maybe not at the moment but I'm sure the windows corporate fags are rapidly trying to force an "update" that kills WIN10 systems, and to detect systems which run it.

I'm angry that the windows service model is built around planned obsolescence, where basically everyone gets windows free with new devices, and windows makes their money by killing perfectly functional hardware. And every windows version since XP has been worse from that point of view, I already run Linux distros on several machines and really only keep this craptop on WIN10 for utility purposes.

It's not really worth running an emulated win10 on a partition, it's not worth the space.

>>106847933
Anon if you run the ESU activator you can stay on GAC 10 for another three years. You can use 11 on any kind of hardware if you use USB installers made with Rufus, or use IoT LTSC 2024 which can even run on 64-bit BIOS systems.

>Can Microsoft patch this?
Yes, albeit with some amount of difficulty.
>Will they?
Probably not. If they do, please tell us so we can laugh to ourselves like a bunch of lunatics for the rest of the week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjhkSjb41VQ&list=RDZjhkSjb41VQ&start_radio=1

>>106847950
So I have to pay microsoft for extended updates I don't want, on systems I have to USB update. Look I see why some commercial buyers would go that route but my win10 is a utility craptop for running diagnostics on these exact systems.

You know, for local shops, the pizza shop ordering system runs on WIN10. If someone wants to hack them and put stupid pizza orders in then one free 9000+ topping pizza to them I guess. Again I don't even need a win10 device and could just emulate one, but especially if I'm running wares and a pirated version I'd like to keep that BS contained to the utility craptop.

I remember I once resurrected a whole bank of "98's in rural india to resurrect a local print/gaming shop, so sim ant would work again. man that was a blast. sim ant is the tits

>>106848026
If you don't even want the updates then what is your problem? Just keep using the laptop. Microsoft isn't going to remotely brick your laptop in 4 days.

>>106813837 (OP)
Why are VMs so slow for me? Ryzen 7 3700X, on SSD, HyperV disabled, virtualized secury disabled. Just installing a linux distro literally took 25 minutes (and that's only counting the "installing" part, not the config of language/timezone/user/disk).
And even after the install it is laggy.
I keep it low on RAM (8GB) and only assign one or two cores, but also tried more just to say to myself that I tried it.
I ran out of ideas.

>>106848252
Tried both Virtualbox and VMware, same slowness.

>>106848252
Do you know how many files an average lunatix distro installation contain? Plus it needs to access filesystem via some form abstraction because it's in VM.

>>106848153
>Microsoft isn't going to remotely brick your laptop in 4 days.
I don't even know how to respond to that.

>>106848286
I appreciate the sentiment but I've been using linux VMs on W7 and early W10 too and it's much, much faster. I seem to recall LTSC 2015 also worked fine. On LTSC 2019 right now.

>>106848335
I am on LTSC 2021*, whoops. Not 2019.

>>106848252
Did you check your virtualization toggles in the mobos UEFI?

>>106848479
Yeah, AMD-V enabled, IOMMU also enabled although I don't passthrough hardware.

>>106848755
My memory is a bit hazy from when I was configuring 10 for WSL 1 and 2 separately, but there should be another service/optional feature thingy for virtualization other than Hyper-V

>>106848755
Virtual Machine Platform status?

>>106848335
Could be related to cpu security mitigations then.

>>106849157
>>106849225
Disabled.

>>106849245
That'd be hard to disable, I guess... damn.

>>106849328
Are both VirtualBox and VMWare installed at the same time and what are your Defender settings?
BTW why is there no product site for 3700X on amd.com? I can't find a simple spec sheet.

daily reminder that ltsc 25h2 is based

if you're not doing this, you're behind

>>106849502
Yeah, installed at the same time but I never run both at once. I did install VMware only after I noticed VirtualBox was way slower than it should be.
On Defender I disabled picrel, read about it while googling for a solution. Other stuff shouldn't matter, right? But I also tried with real-time protection disabled, nothing changed.

>>106849545
why would you use vmware or virtualbox when hyper-v exists

holy fuck, whyyyyyyyyy

>>106849601
Use explorer patcher to restore the single default menu. Jesus.

>>106849545
What I'd do:
Remove VirtualBox entirely, reboot. Check VMWare VM performance.
If that doesn't work. Check VMWare version, recent updates added compatibility with Windows Hypervisor. If so enable Windows Hypervisor Platform feature and reboot then recheck performance.
You're rebooting after every tweak, right?

How do people manage to remove Edge from IoT LTSC without breaking the settings? This shit is so annoying

>>106849863
winutil

>>106849863
you can just right click uninstall it on 25h2

>>106849924
I'm on W10 IoT LTSC, if I were using W11 I'd just use normal enterprise. But for some reason every time I delete edge it just breaks settings entirely, even though it's deletable with right click in EEA at least.

do i need to update my autounattend.xml due to the latest account fuckery?

>>106813837 (OP)
>>ISOs:
>Windows IoT LTSC https://pastebin.com/ywkasnhM
>Windows https://pastebin.com/nUMgAr0b
Is there similar advice for windows 98 somwhere?
I need "drivespace 3" kek

>>106850589
why do you need drivespace 3? and to be honest running windows 98 on anything modern would be something to emulate in like PCem

>>106837135
Update: I found the files (they were copied to C: for whatever reason). Not sure whether chkdsk did something or not, but thanks for the help.

>>106850622
I have some old discs and it says they were encrypted with drivespace 3, I thought easiest would be to install win 98 in virtualbox and decrypt them there

Building a new PC, but still AM4 B650 board, also paired with a 7600X3D, GPU still pending, until then using the GTX 1070.

Should I get W11 LTSC?

>no feature updates or version updates ever

W10 LTSC might be bad for games next year.

>>106850589
not sure where you can check hashes, but winworld is the go to for older Windows

>>106851611
Thanks anon, looks more promising than the other shit I've found so far

how do i restore a windows backed up image?

a while ago i used either hwid or tsforge for the extended esu. or shit maybe i used both. can't for the life of me remember which i used. is there some way to tell and does it even matter?

slmgr /xpr says windows professional edition this machine is permanently activated and client-esu-year1 to 3 then 6 add-on

>>106851566
Ok, I am gonna stick with Windows 10.
Getting the W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021, upgrading it manually to the 2022 version.

There will be a time though where hardware and game developers drop the support for W10 altogether.
See Wifi7, it's either W11 or Linux.

I will jump onto W11 by the time there are games that either runs significantly faster on it or even require it.

>>106852015
HWID can't activate the ESU licenses, it only activates Windows installs.
TSforge's whole breakthrough was that it basically activated things via the telephone method which meant that it could activate the largest amount of things so far, including the ESU licenses.

>>106852277
If you're using IoT LTSC 2021 you could always just in-place upgrade to 11 via IoT LTSC 2024 whenever you felt like it.

>>106852436
ah ok. it was a while ago so i probably did use both but one was for activating windows an the other for esu. that makes sense why I was sure I'd used both then. cheers

>>106813837 (OP)
>IoT LTSC 2022
Does this workaround still work? Will it cause issues once W10's EoL comes into effect?
I want to go back to W10, but I'm still undecided whether I should install IoT LTSC or GAC Enterprise, considering I'm using some programs that require 22H2 to even function.
>inb4 just install W11 LTSC 2024
I have been using it for the last couple of months. It's fine, but it's still far away from what I'd call a polished product.
I'd rather stick with W10 and wait for the next LTSC.

>>106852508
It's just an enablement update. The update pack basically just ups the number from 21H2 to 22H2, making whatever programs that wanted that happy (which isn't many but peace of mind I guess.)

>install W11 IoT LTSC
>get my drivers up to date
>pic related happens
It's not the latest driver and it keeps trying to come back. Any way to fix this besides pausing updates every 5 weeks?

>>106852983
And I forget my image like a retard

>>106852993
Find the HWID for the Intel driver and use the group policy that stops driver updates for listed IDs.
Also why get uppity about an Intel graphic driver? It's not like it'll take over your video card.

>>106851771
Click restore in the backup dialogue?

Qrd me on tpm2.0 meme

>>106853497
The whole point of it is that if you use Bitlocker on your 10/11 laptop or whatever on the system drive and the computer has a TPM 2.0 chip in it, that means that if the hard drive is ever taken out of the system that it won't run on anything besides the original computer it was taken from, like it won't even ask for the Bitlocker password.

>>106853940
use case?

>>106853946
If the hard drive gets stolen out of the system I guess. Also makes it that businesses don't need to wipe/drill their drives because they can't be accessed anyway when thrown away/sent to second hard shops that have them wiped.

I'm running W10 Enterprise version 1809.

Is there any quick way to update my enterprise version that's easy enough for a retard like me to do?

>>106854641
If you want to upgrade to 2021/21H2 then you can just download the 2021 ISO, mount it and in-place upgrade to the newer version.

Is MS going to remove the "domain join" option now? it's the MS approved way of creating a local account on Win11 Pro. It didn't require any cmd bypasses.

>>106854673
Does that require a format or do I keep my files?

>>106852508
>Will it cause issues once W10's EoL comes into effect?
Nobody knows until at least next month

>>106854682
They will never remove that because businesses need it. They might remove it from Pro, but never from Enterprise/Education.

>>106854949
Pro is a business edition, it's intended for local small business computers, while enterprise is intended for large corporations, and education for educational institutions. None of them will have domain joins removed. The only edition that will is Home, as it's the only consumer edition.

Pro and Pro for Workstations being available for purchase in retail doesn't mean they're not business editions.

>>106854684
No, in-place upgrades don't require reformats. It hasn't needed that since Vista.

>>106854682
Stop listening to braindead freetard niggers. Literally everything they say about Windows is a flat out lie.

>>106853940
Slightly more specifically its a "secure storage" for things like decryption keys so its a lot more general than just storing a bitlocker key. Its designed such that the data itself is inaccessible directly by the CPU or otherwise externally such that no other processes (or hardware tools) will be able to ascertain your bitlocker key or anything else stored on it not by them.

Even with a bitlocker passphrase your system is a lot more secure with TPM because it will still require the original hardware.

>>106853958
They would still need to wipe the TPM but yes they could even sell the hardware on.

>>106854641
Re-enable updates and let the system upgrade? Unless you mean LTSC

>>106854682
>I don't have internet
That was very hard

>>106853940
So if your PC dies your data is lost forever?

>>106855588
Better keep the recovery code handy

>>106855591
Post said "won't even ask for the Bitlocker password". What's a recovery code and where is it set and used?

>>106855000
checked

>>106855601
To your MS account. If you only make a local account in the OOBE then bitlocker won't be enabled by default as you will have to manually save the recovery keys.

>>106855616
So as long as I use a local account I can swap hard drives in and out like on win10? That's good to know.

>>106855634
If you use a Rufus made USB you can just disable Bitlocker running at all anyway alongside removing MS account usage or removing requirements for 11.

>>106855649
Nice, thanks. Hopefully that will remain the case when I upgrade my toaster.

>>106855756
Just make a USB installer using a Business or IoT LTSC ISO.

>>106855649
>11.
found your problem

>>106855834
>>106855834
>>106855834

>>106855908
Anon for fuck's sake you don't need to make a new thread so fucking early.

>>106855920
use case for making threads late?

I have sneederlake i7-12700f and I'm wondering if it will work without crashes on win 10 iot ltsc? should I just install the win 11 version

>>106856045
works fine if you just disable estrogen cores if they cause any problems
they're useless in all cases except as a power saving feature for laptops anyway

What can cause Windows to have about 30 seconds of "black screen, but monitor on" before the login screen is visible? I've seen it happen on a few systems

In the case of my own, it happens with the exception of
- rebooting after a BSOD
- the next boot after a (big?) update
- As I've recently discovered, rebooting to the UEFI

In 2017 and 2018, what was the most popular way to generate these files in Windows: .md5, .sha1, .sfv

? I want to know this for regenerating some lost data that I didn't create. Was WinRAR used to make them? Those files are hashes and checksum of other files.

day 1 of asking /g/ to leak windows 7 source code

>>106855522
It is LTSC.

How much does Windows 11 and its programs make use of the POPCNT instruction, really?

>>106859553
I don't think it was fully discussed other than it may be used in the boot process and that's why Windows won't even get to the lock screen

>>106855920
he fears someone else will make one and that triggers his autism