Thread 106924258

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/: >>106892316

>>106924258 (OP)
They are both girl, why are they kissing?

>W10/W11 Home/Pro/Education/Enterprise/Enterprise IoT
>Preinstalled with: OneDrive, Weather, Movies, Music, Candy Crush, etc
Can be removed
>Auto-reinstalls apps on feature updates
No, it doesn't

Do you ever install these?

Windows 11 Enterprise with autounattend file + O&O ShutUp10++

Why doesn't Windows allow me to update to 25H2? Everyone's getting it except me.

Why are girls kissing each other and boys kissing each other so hot

>>106924615
>Do you ever install these?
Nope. Only install them if you are having a driver issue.

I kinda like win11 aside from the copilot shit

>>106924813
have you ever run into anything that windows 11 cant run?

>>106924654
gradual rollout, it'll eventually come, but you really don't miss anything, the update just changes your version name and that's it, for now it's identical to 24H2

Win update froze at 98%, throw unrecoverable error then restarted and finished updating successfully. Any idea what might've caused this?

>>106924654
Updated today, check under updates there should be a ribbon offering you to install 25H2

secure boot problem in 2026 fix

>>106925129
battlefield?

>>106925140
ca certificate 2011 and 2026 on unsupported windows 10 computer

When is Win12 coming out
I dont want to upgrade to Win 11

>>106924829
>have you ever run into anything that windows 11 cant run?
Not that anon, but yes. Madden.NFL.20-CODEX doesn't work on Windows 11 24H2.
>>106924654
>Why doesn't Windows allow me to update to 25H2?
Microsoft is doing you a favor. Clean install is best. https://massgrave.dev/windows_11_links

>>106925281
How was the backlash to that message? I heard the game is quite popular

>>106925431
Most people play horse girl game on their phones though don't they?

>>106925447
20% of the global players are on PC
>>106925431
Global hates it, JP are bootlickers as usual

>>106925506
I mean JP players would most likely be the highest amount of phone users as it first started years ago.

>use Linux on my laptop because I think it's neat
>Spend a lot of time fucking with power settings got get the best battery life I can
>Get 5h of constant use on a good day
>Check manufacturer website
>Claims 10h of battery life
>Reinstall windows
>8h of battery without changing power settings
I might have to go back

>>106925680
Do you have any idea how easy it is to freely use Windows these days while using a local account and disabling the spying? Return to us, anon-kun.

windows 11 "broke" san andreas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poEo0GrQTtQ
do you know of any other games that got new bugs due to windows 11 updating old code?

>>106925343
>Madden.NFL.20-CODEX doesn't work on Windows 11 24H2.
heard that fallout 4 has issues running on windows 11 too, hmmm not upd00ting yet

>>106925711

>>106925754
>>106925343

These bots are getting more annoying, and sloppy

>>106925409

Has anyone tried Copilot Vision? (it's not available on my edge even after updating for some reason).

What does it say when you're looking at lewd things? will it comment on your fetishes?

>>106925696
I mostly just liked the trackpad controls with gnome
Made it really easy to get around with one hand

>>106925919
Is this MS's own image generator? I would expect it would be fairly similar to ChatGPT's one.

>>106924258 (OP)
Somebody please help me, I can't get this shit working. I'm a burger, I'm willing to pay the 30 bucks for another year. I can't get linux working right, I think I'd need to do a total reformat across three hard drives to get shit working right but that's like 15 years or more worth of stuff on there. I've done the regedit stuff, I've done the location stuff, I've tried everything I could find to do via google searches. What do I have to do? I tried switching to bazzite, and my PC is too old to switch to 11, even if I wanted to do that, which I don't.

>>106925919

It watches your screen in real time and can provide info/comments on what you're looking at. It would be so hot watching it try to interpret what you're looking at while staying ethical.

>>106925982
>Run the irm command in the OP in an admin powershell
>Run the TSforge module and activate the commercial ESU licenses
Instant three years of updates even on a local account. No stress.

I installed w11 23H2 enterprise a while ago and now I can't install 24H2 without deleting my files. (pic related)

Any help? /product server doesnt work
I tried group policy to target for 24H2 and auto updates arent showing up 24H2

I know 24H2 is bad and all that but there are some dx12 that's 24H2 only that I need to have

Might be a stupid question, but is it possible to upgrade from a pirated W10 Home to W10 Enterprise IOT LTSC 2021

By the way, if you're still getting an "end of support" message on LTSC, it's because you've run a privacy tool that disabled some shit regarding Windows Updates
I just did what Massgrave says and I don't have the message anymore

>>106926015
The massgrave website has a guide. Basically you can turn GAC 10 into IoT LTSC 2021 via some registry tweaking and in-place upgrading with the latter's mounted ISO's setup.exe, making it think it's repair upgrading an already existing IoT LTSC 2021 install.

By the way, if you're still getting an "end of support" message on LTSC, it's because you've run a privacy tool that disabled some shit regarding Windows Updates
I just did what Massgrave says and I don't have the message anymore:
https://massgrave.dev/faq#why-is-the-windows-update-page-in-windows-10-enterprise-ltsc-2021-showing-your-device-is-no-longer-receiving-security-updates

>>106926018
This is exactly why tools like ShutUp10 don't have anything to do with Windows Update in its recommended toggles.

>>106926000
Okay so I think I did it right, do I need to restart for my PC to register what I did?

>>106926026
I ran shutup with only the "Recommended" options and it sill happened

>>106926029
It happened to everyone

>>106926024
im not on ltsc but i get that message on enterprise with 3 year ESU enabled

>>106926031
Yes, but Microsoft pushed a fix. If it's still like this right now on your machine it's because of a privacy tool changing something

>>106926027
Run "slmgr /dli" in a command prompt. A window will pop up showing your licenses.
Besides your Home license it'll now show four ESU licenses (Year 1, 2, 3 and 6) saying that they're licensed.

>>106926019
Found it, thanks

>>106926034
AFAIK there's no fix for it on ESU at the moment, so you're gonna have to wait for MS to do something about it

>>106926041
It worked. Thanks man you helped me out a bunch. Still have the security alert in Windows Update, though. Guess that's just a feature now?

>>106926069
It's just a visual bug

>>106921894
robocopy
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
robocopy /mir /b /r:0 /copyall /dcopy:dat /mt /np /log:

Is there a way to convert my system disk partition into the one that supports rebar? Forgot the names.

>>106926141
If it's an MBR disk then you can use mbr2gpt which comes with Windows. If you use that, you'd then need to go into your BIOS and change to UEFI booting and enable reBAR.

All these dum dums running into issues and headaches on their LTSC Windows, meanwhile I'm on Pro and everything's smooth

>>106926173
Does it nuke my windows or not tho?

>>106926194
From looking around it shouldn't (there's a /validate flag that mbr2gpt has that basically dry runs it to see if you can use it and not wipe everything) but for something like this I'd say a backup would be something you should still think about doing.

Is it worth using phone link? I heard something about phone link dumping all your phone's pictures onto your device storage and murders your phone's battery. That has kept me from setting it up

>>106925506
really?
with how much Win11 fucks up DRM validation on (expensive) H-games, I thought JPfriends actually into computers would be mad

>>106926405
I'd use KDE Connect instead

I love Windows!

>>106925281
does that game have kernel anti cheat?

>>106926460
yes

>>106926703
Seems to basically be Japanese Denuvo. Probably exists so people don't mod the shit out of the game and break it, because it's still a mobile game in spirit.

>>106926080
and now we wait... for updates

>>106926007
Use setupprep.exe /product server
https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-install-windows-11-24h2-on-unsupported-hardware/

Why is 25H2 so underwhelming.
They really couldn't think of anything to improve for the whole year?

>>106927585
It was simply an enablement package

>>106926703
does it require secure boot like vanguard?

>>106927649
no

Microsoft WTF

>>106927585
iirc they wer too busy "refactoring the entire codebase using AI" to add new user features

>>106927728
>Microsoft WTF
Are you sure Microsoft did it? You probably used some meme script that modified some registry entries or some policies inside the gpedit.

>>106927762
I don't do meme scripts and policies, all my manual registry and policy changes are documented, only notable thing was installing some ms office components yesterday

>>106927806
Who is your system administrator?

>>106927806
>>106927728
Microsoft is known for frequent fuck ups these days, but this is 100% caused by a change in some gepdit policies or a modified registry entry. If it happened on your own system, then check what you changed recently. If it happened on your workplace's PC, then ask your IT department about it.

>>106927824
single local account
anyway I just nuked all the "Policies" branches in the registry (after doing backup) and it works now
does LTSC maybe add some "default but not really default" bullshit automatically?

>>106926024
based. so fuckin worried after just using LTSConvert last week, cos i somehow install not-IoT LTSC months ago

>>106928028
>LTSConvert
Nigga, MAS automatically converts to IoT when you activate with HWID because only IoT can be activated with that method

>>106928090
i didn't use mas

>>106928133
>i didn't use mas
wtf did you use? Currently the best way to activate Windows is with HWID activation through MAS

>>106926024
DisableOneSettingsDownloads seems to be the main culprit because the fix delivered comes from that service, and ShutUp10 indeed has adding this as a recommended toggle.
It would be strange if someone didn't have EnableActiveProbing because that DWORD's whole deal is showing that you're connected to the internet.

>>106926024
>I just did what Massgrave says and I don't have the message anymore:
I am using Win 10 IoT LTSC 2021. I did everything that was said on the Massgrave's website. I am still getting the EOS message. Genuinely, fuck M$. Couldn't they release a normal fucking update that fixes the issue once and for all?
>>106928336
>EnableActiveProbing
I changed the active probing domains on my Windows installation, so it uses Debian's domains for the internet connectivity check instead of Microsoft's. I don't know whether this is causing the "EOS message not disappearing" issue or not.

>>106928538
Apparently a bunch of MS services rely on EnableActiveProbing to show that they're actually online even if you are ergo it thinks it isn't.

>>106924258 (OP)
Is TSForge until 2028 or 2032? Why does it say it's installing 6 year ESU?

>>106928568
ESU is three years. The year six license is basically a "it could happen, could not" sorta deal. It's a license that can be activated in a Windows install included with the Year 1/2/3 ones.

>>106925754
>heard that fallout 4 has issues running on windows 11 too
Just werks on my machine. GOG version
Still no official HDR update and gonna be another like 10y until next fallout

>>106925711
silentpatch is absolutely mandatory for SA, idk how can anyone play without it

25H2 does feel snappy. Dunno how I tolerated 24H2's lagginess.

>>106928688
If that's true then I'm glad I decided to stay on LTSC 2021 until the next W11 LTSC (probably 2027)

Am I safe to delete the previous version of windows? I had Windows 10 Pro and used massgrave to upgrade it without a clean install to 10 IoT LTSC

massgrave didn't work

What (and how) do I need to (re)install on my Win 11 IoT LTSC so that modern games work properly? I get a lot of "dll missing" error messages.

>>106924258 (OP)
comfiest

>>106929589
Install directx and visual c++ libraries manually.

>>106929796
>Install directx
I ran dxdiag and apparently DirectX 12 is already installed. And automatic updates are turned on (latest was a few days ago.)

>>106929872
Also Visual C++ was already installed when I tried to install it manually.

Is there a way to backport LTSC 2021 updates to 10 22H2? I know there are ESU updates, but is it going to be possible to continue support after 2028 via backporting updates (especially since Win 10 since 2004 to 22H2 share the same codebase)?

>>106924258 (OP)
Is it possible that if I switched to W10 IoT LTSC 22H2 from Win10 Pro 22H2, the DirectX version decreased? The max functionality version I'm seeing on the DirectX diagnostic window is 12_2, although I don't remember which version I had beforehand

>>106930323
I'm a moron, the max version written there is 12_1, not 12_2, I misstyped

the win11 consumer iso contains the "pro" version right?
and pro lets you use a local account?

if "pro" is only enabled by a license or something then idk how you're supposed to be able to setup a local account, because you run the activation script after installation.

>>106930623
I don't think so. Consumer is only Home and the N version I believe.

>>106929530
isnt it visual bug?

What kind of updates does 11 IoT LTSC get? Security only? For 10 years?

>>106929448
Yeah, the 'old windows' files are just temp files in case something got erased when you changed editions. If everything is working fine with your install and no personal files are missing, then delete them without worries.

>>106924258 (OP)
why does Windblow think that the activation script for Win10 is a "severe virus"
is this on purpose?

>download W11 LTSC IoT 24H2
>install Atlas on top for maximum performance
>notice the system is laggier than W10 was
>run a benchmark to compare
yeah i'm thinking i'll go back to W10 and ride it until 2032, unless any of you anons know what's causing this and can help me return it to normal please i don't want to reinstall windows yet again

>>106928688
Placebo feeling, it's just an enablement package

>>106931116
Company doesn't want you to activate their product for free?

Did you have an aneurysm while typing this?

>>106926007
>installed w11
Big mistake goyim. Now you'll pay for it by having ur files erased

>>106926433
Is it that much better?

How do I get Windows 10 installed on a Intel Macbook?
I formatted it to NTFS using Mint, and tried using Rufus and Etcher to make a boot disc, but it doesnt show up.
What am I missing?

>>106926007
>choose what to keep
>nothing
damn that's almost philosophical
maybe micro$hart is trying to tell you something here, buddy

Whats the easiest way to backup my personal files from my C drive to my new SSD? Everybody online says Macrium Reflect Free, but apparently it doesn't exist anymore.
Is FreeFileSync any good?

>>106926024
thanks, the massgrave guide was different yesterday, now it works
had to manually search for updates and after a few seconds the message disappeared

>>106931533
Make a flash drive with windows install iso using rufus.
And make another one with drivers to use during installation, there are instructions on the internet.
No need to pre-format anything.

>>106931628
That is if you want clean install.
If you want dual boot with macos then just download iso file and feed it to bootloader or whatever it is called mac program and it will do everything for you.

>>106931628
my mac isn tpicking up a flash drive using rufus or etcher, thats the problem

>>106931788
That is why you need drivers.
And to start install just hold Option button until drive selection appears.

>>106931831
ah. how do i get the drivers loaded if the mac boot screen doesnt see the thumb drive?

>>106931840
It should see it, check you cables.

>>106931846
same drive works when i loaded mint on it using etcher.
im rmaking it using rufus again

>>106931855
now its working.

>>106931935
but keyboard/touch pad doesnt work.
i only have 1 usbc adapter so i cant have a thumbdrive and wireless keyboard plugged in at the same time.
i got it to the install screen, of course it doesnt see the SSD.

where can I find these drivers?

Just to be sure, the "your version of windows has reached end of support" is just a visual thing, correct? The actual thing that decides wether you'll get the update is the output you see in "slmgr.vbs /dlv"?

I did all the steps as put on massgrave, but even after the troubleshooting steps it's still showing that message on the updates screen. Though if I run slmgr.vbs /dlv, then it shows all the ESU years with status:licensed. So I should be good, right?

>>106931974
should be fine, we will all know on 11th november

>>106924258 (OP)
yet again I am fucking defeated at trying to port my AI tool to Linux.

All the audio shit is fucking fucked and FFMPEG is a god damned cancer the likes of which you don't even know.

Linuxfags probably spawn a new FFMPEG process every time they need to resample a few bytes. Ridiculous!

I installed win 10 iot ltsc in qemu/kvm but now I have no use for it. I had one single use case for it but now that's done so I think I'll just delete the vm. I'd like to keep it but I don't honestly know what I would use windows for.

games run kind of better and my download folder doesnt lag like 24h2 did, I dont like that using hags raise cpu temps a bit higher than usual, (4600g and 1660 super) with that on I get like 65 degress celsius, if I turn off hags I get like 57, yeah is not that high but...

I dont like cpu number to go up nwn

>>106931581
Got macrium reflect off majorgeeks for free to do an image backup first. Will then maybe try it for individual files, but freefilesync seems to have a better GUI for that.

>>106924258 (OP)
>>106924258 (OP)
>Wait for IoT LTSC 2027 if you can
Why?

>>106925754
>>106925343
Literal lies
I ran fucking 30yo windows 95 games on w11 without issues
The only thing bad about w11 is the fucking UI

>>106926184
Just retards being retards

>>106931117
Retarded spic being a retarded spic

>>106926184
If you're on Pro and don't have any message that means you're on the normalfag consumer 1 year ESU lmao

>>106931111
Thanks!!

Projection's got portals, teleportation and bodily copies. How useful.

Retard here, I ended up using my microsoft account to set up my windows user. Fast forward a few months and I noticed my user folder (C:\Users\USER) is firstnamelastname and I want to change it. I asked chatGPT what to do and basically unlinking my MS account + changing the registry should do the trick, but some apps may break because they'll still reference the old user folder name. Is there anything I can do about this or do I just accept my fate?
I don't want to create another user because I already have trillions of things set up in this user.

anybody else going through this issue? I've been pausing updates and retrying for well over a month now. Should I do what this article says?
https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/10/18/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-kb5066835-issues-localhost-file-explorer-preview-install-errors/

>>106930623
Yes. Business ISO contains everything except Home

People thinking the 25H2 update did anything to their machines is funny

Is roboycopy a good option for copying a dozen random folders to a backup SSD?

>>106934639
Yes, robocopy is the best way to copy large amounts of files to somewhere else.

>>106934178
Not my point, but I believe it's two years of security updates, Enterprise gets three

>>106934678
Consumer ESU is 1 year no matter which edition
3 years is only for the paid commercial ESU (which can be activated for free with MAS TSforge)

>>106934708
I'm confused now

https://pureinfotech.com/windows-11-lifecycle/

I'm trying to install XP Integral onto a Optiplex 760, with a Sandisk SSD inside it. My first attempts were with a burned DVD, but it wasn't even booting from it. Reluctantly, I placed the ISO onto a USB stick with Ventoy, and I got further on that, until it bluescreened with a 0x0000007b error. BIOS is set up for legacy, so I don't know why it's having trouble, as far as I know. All I got available are SSDs, and I really don't feel like spending any more money on HDDs.

>>106931117
HW? Even my old FX-6300 didn't have a perf hit on W11 vs. W10
>Atlas
You really should've run a benchmark before these FOTM tweaks

>>106934770
Oh, Windows 11 Pro
I thought we were talking about Windows 10 ESU

>>106934046
>Literal lies
Here is my receipt. Where's yours?
https://cs.rin.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=96653&start=315

>>106934869
No, we were talking about people on LTSC having issues, I went with Pro to avoid headaches

How do I disable this recent list?

>>106934801
SSD driver issue? If you have an old hdd lying around why not try that.

>>106934651
Yeah after digging around for like another hour thats the conclusion I came to. I wrote a shitty batch script that lets me just feed it a dozen file paths, then it makes mirrors. Its wild none of these online programs let you do it that way, they all require you to recreate the folder name from scratch in the backup area. Like I get why, but there should just be an option to use the same folder name. Like when you do an actual copy/paste in the windows GUI.

>>106935082
Make sure you use /copy:dat so you can actually use the files somewhere else besides just the computer you're using now.

>>106931961
>where can I find these drivers?
anyone? im having a hard time finding them on google.

>>106935144
I'm a newfriend who doesn't know how to post code on /g/, but it's: /e /r:0 /w:0 /COPY:DAT /DCOPY:DAT /mt:16 for the arguments. I just copied them from some guy on youtube.

>>106935247
Basically that says to copy all subdirectories, don't bother retrying if a copy fails, don't wait at all between failures, copy data, attributes and timestaps (and same with directories) and use 16 CPU threads to make the copying faster.

>>106935049
Yeah, funny thing, I had a 500GB drive that it came with, but I disposed of it, along with some other old drives, thinking "I'll never need these anymore! :D". I don't believe the problem is the SSD itself, it's either the DVD I burned, which the disc drive is not initializing, or something in the BIOS config I'm overlooking, preventing me from progressing further on the USB stick. Aside from swapping and re-seating the GPU, everything is working, somewhat.

>>106935301
Sweet (my CPU is 16 cores). Thanks for the responses anon.

>>106934628
you are really mad that people are making the move to 11 instead of sticking to your imaginary 10 circlejerk huh

>>106935704
I think you're confusing me with somebody else

Uhh... does anyone know why this shit keeps spamming every day? It makes my whole system lag

Has anyone gotten "SettingsModifier:Win32/PossibleHostsFileHijack" threat in Defender after running any debloat/privacy script? I'm trying to figure out of this is cause from privacy.sexy, O&O ShutUp10++, something else etc.

>>106935770
Did you runned SFC scan? Check health with DISM?
Does InputService.dll exist in System32?

>>106935794
I've never had Defender issues running ShutUp10

>>106935794
Did you use any options in either of those that changes hosts file? AFAIK ShutUp10++ doesn't have any options like that but dunno about privacy.sexy.

>>106935798
I did those cmd things and it didn't help. Both ctfmon and inputservice exist in that directory too

>>106935770
Do a dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth into a sfc /scannow sweep firstly. What's happening here is a set of system files basically being totally broken.
If that doesn't work, try repair upgrading with an ISO setup.exe.

>>106935794
yeah with tron script

>>106935811
Doesn't ShutUp10++ block windows 10 telemetry? I thought the way to do that was to block certain addresses in the hosts file. I'm sure Sexy does the same.

>>106935852
No it just adds the AllowTelemetry DWORD to the registry set to 0

>>106935846
this is documented to happen with Tron Script but I don't see any reference to Privacy.Sexy or ShutUp10++ doing it, and those are the two scripts I ran.

>>106935833
I'll try the repair upgrade thing, thanks

actually you know what? it's all going to be gone. god i'm going to fucking regret this...

>>106935948
Why not just keep everything like I expect you want to?

Seems like Privacy.Sexy does edit the hosts file (I didn't know you could just inspect it in notepad until just now) and it blocks a bunch of microsoft telemetry addresses

>>106936106
privacy.sexy is pretty destructive in what it does, which is why I never use. ShutUp10 is much safer overall.

>>106935948
At this point you should be making a USB install to be sure you're wiping absolutely everything

>>106936118
>ShutUp10 is much safer overall
I like it overall but you have to remember to run these commands afterwards >>106926024 because of this >>106928336

>>106935863
Bwo... why would you run both shutup10 and privacy.sexy?

>>106936141
Yeah that's an issue now with the ESU stuff. Just find the recommend toggle that adds that DWORD and disable/don't enable it.

>>106936167
He's most likely fell for the LTSC meme as well

>>106936167
why not? double protection from telemetry. jealous?