Thread 107120240

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/: >>107075734

does anyone know if mpc-hc can play youtube playlists?
it seems to only play the first video

>>107120699
I know that VLC and mpv can, no idea about mpc-hc.

>>107120814
Nta, but I've never gotten VLC to play youtube videos. MPV works fine though. Does VLC need an extra plugin or extension?

>>107120842
IIRC you just put the youtube link in the network file dialog? Though youtube's probably done some kind of stupid shit to the backend that VLC haven't combated yet.

>>107120943
I was just about to say I only just checked the VLC pages, it's the .lua scripts. The VLC github only just removed the youtube lua like two weeks ago so it only stopped working recently (Although I remember trying to play youtube video in VLC from months ago and it still didn't work so who knows).

>>107120973 (me)
Btw they removed the youtube.lua script because it stopped working. VLC support's solution is "just use yt-dlp".

>>107120699
Yes but its super slow for long playlists because yt-dlp is super slow and it loads the details for all the videos before starting

>>107120699
>>107121025
MPC-BE handles yt playlists much better if you enable its own support

>>107121025
mpv also uses yt-dlp so i guess i will also be slow

DisableNotificationCenter in the registry keep resetting itself to 1 on my work laptop (W11)
Is this a company policy thingy? I'm can change it but it's annoying having to do that every x days

>>107121028
Really if you want to continue using mpc-hc in the modern day you should be using BE because it's actually continually worked on still.

>>107118668
>External fans just aren't very effective.
That's true, it wasn't that ideal and the temperature drop wasn't as significant as I hoped, but it was at least less risky/dangerous. In the end, I just mostly decided to avoid playing anything too taxing and stuck to mid-spec stuff.
>No, your laptop is designed for sudden losses of power since it's expected to run out of power due to being battery powered. What would actually damage it would be a power SURGE, which surge protectors are for.
To be specific, I sincerely believe it was more of a surge than a blackout, it wasn't random and I knew what caused it (although I wasn't related to the cause).
>And some multi outlet devices LOOK like surge protectors but aren't.
Gonna have to buy one then, I just had a regular power-strip which is what the laptop was attached to.
Also worth noting I was unaware about battery thresholds needing to be a thing until recently, so that may have contributed to any potential damage done to the battery since I kept it 100% charged.
I kinda fucked things up royally with my ignorance, but it's a learning experience I suppose.
>You could build yourself a good miniITX system
I am considering it, and honestly I wish I had known about it years ago, but unfortunately now I have budget issues, but maybe during Christmas I may have the chance.

Out of curiosity, do you have any tips I mentioned for trying to recover the files from and/or for knowing what was going on with my External HDD that I mentioned in the original post (>>107112952)? I won't get around to it until after I solve the crashing problem, but the most odd thing was Recuva crashing rather than the computer once the computer actually stopped crashing.
Either way, thanks for all the tips and everyone else that gave me advice. I'll try all these suggestions today and see what ends up happening. Fingers crossed it goes well.

>>107121452
Do the laptops use Pro? I think only Enterprise/Education actually lets you permanently change DWORDs like that.

Is there any good Photoshop version that works, more or less recent?

I'm not paying for adobe and I don't really care about whatever AI updates they have on their last versions.

>>107122397
If you want the very latest Photoshop you can use either m0nkrus's releases or crack modern CC versions of Photoshop using GenP, while also blocking Adobe telemetry addresses via a-dove-is-dumb.
You can also get Photoshop CS6 from 1337x which works totally fine still.

>>107122385
Just checked and it's Enterprise
Oh well I can live with this, takes 2 seconds to change...

>>107122724
Weird, then it might be something that your IT set to return back?

I just installed W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021 and have 2 issues (or they might be the same issue, not sure)
First of all, I have to unblock every single file manually that I download. I've never had that on a windows install. Is there any way I can just nuke the setting to never ask/always unblock everything by default?
Second, after installation, some programs will simply not open. I assume it's somehow tied to the first issue, but could be separate. This only affects certain programs, others work fine. In my case it's ImageGlass. I've tried installing it to different drives and issue persists.
I open it, admin or no, lil loading circle next to my mouse for a bit, then nothing happens.
I've tried Checkdisk and SFC /SCANNOW and neither fixed the problem
I'm thinking it's some security issue interrupting me? But I've disabled most of windows defender and tried starting it with still no progress

>>107122771
This is definitely not normal.

>>107122771
>I just installed W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
Did you install it over a previous installation or is it a new drive?

>>107122883
I formatted the SSD that had the previous windows installation and installed it to that

>>107122892
I would instead use diskpart within the install USB to clean the drive completely before installing instead of just re-formatting the already existing partitions

>>107122892
Are you using a local account or did you get tricked into making a Microsoft account?

Can I dda a nic with regular iot enterprise ltsc 10 or do I need server? My guests freeze the entirety of hyper-v when they load drivers for the nic(s): i211, i226-v, x540-at2. Don't know if its an hardware issue or windows issue. I'd use hyper's virtual switch manager to make an external network adapter bound to those nics, but if I put them in a bridge inside the vm, traffic doesn't cross.

>>107122908
I don't know what that is
Is that just the default view that pops up when you're asked what drive to install to? I've formatted the drive, deleted all the partitions, then manually assigned new ones before installing

>>107122917
I wasn't connected to the internet so it's local

>>107122951
It's a command line utility you access via pressing shift+f10 in the install USB environment to access a command line. It's the most clean way to remove all partitioning data from a drive making it seem completely brand new to the Windows installer leading to a fully functional normal install.

>>107122451
I've seen m0nkrus mentioned a lot, is him that good?

>>107122735
I guess yeah they changed something

>>107122771
Read this and see if this helps with the first issue
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/85418-how-disable-downloaded-files-being-blocked-windows.html

And the second Issue might be related to DEP (Data Execution Prevention)

>>107123033
That does fix the first issue, but even after fully disabled DEP and restarting I still can't start this fucking software

Still haven't put my system together because I cannot decide whether I should still get W10 LTSC or straight go for W11 LTSC.

It's only for gayming, companies already tell the commoners to migrate to W11, and maybe even by the end of next year they will stop supporting W10.

>>107122771
Well I reinstalled windows but this time went with LTSC (no IoT)
The shit being blocked by default issue is gone, but I still can't open ImageGlass specifically after installing it

>>107123416
After some tweaking W11 iot ltsc was a better experience than w10.
New flip model alone is essential if you are a gaymer.
W11 is snappier. Sure, the initial experience is bad but it'll take 15 minutes to revert if you know what to do.

Could someone please recommend an actually good file browser for Windows 10? I have no issue with the looks of the default one, and with QTTabBar it's even somewhat usable, but I'm looking for something better if such a thing exists. I don't really need any power user features in general, but I just want something more responsive and which tab support.

Is there any way to enroll W10 Education in the ESU program or am I screwed?
I tried looking around but none of the methods I found work for me, and from what I gather the education version is the problem.

i unknowingly bought a wifi 7 card that only has win 11 drivers on the website, win 10 refuses to install them
is there a way to force the install? lets not pretend w11 changed something meaningful

>>107124462
Total Commander, no contest. The only file manager that even comes close to TC is Krusader on Linux.

>>107124462
what this guy said >
>>107125041

>>107125041
i find midnight commander to be decent for when i dont want to install the whole KDE suite just to run Krusader.
distros used to force you into installing the whole of kde just to use one program from it, dunno if its still the case.

How can I disable automatic restarts (but not automatic updates) in Windows 11 home?

>>107124462
>>107125041
>>107125289
are there any that allow you to natively search, view, and edit metadata fields?

Like, right click a file, hit view/edit metadata, and then every possible field is there?

>>107125041
>>107125289
Figured that'd be the only option. Gonna go with it and hopefully it's not too difficult to learn. Cheers.

what are some good pdf/ebook readers besides sumatrapdf?
if im not mistaken sumatra is supposed to be used with the keybeoard like mpv or jpegview right?

>>107127266
sumatra has a UI and you can use it with a mouse

>>107123022
It's just pre-cracked releases with pre-blocked addresses. Just make sure to block the exe in the firewall.

>>107127266
Maaaaybe not the best for pdf reading, but for an aesthetic ebook reader, try https://readest.com/
Basically the Windows equivalent of Foliate, the ebook reader you often see posted in thos linux desktop threads

>>107124497
Run MAS's TSforge module to activate the CommericalESU licenses for your PC.

What's a good command line prompt for win10 that will make me look like a hackerman in front of my clueless friends? Bonus points for no admin privileges

>>107128823
cmder is the main one

>>107128823
winfetch

>>107128823
learn to query your hardware with WMIC

>harmless fun

>>107128823
[script] irm https://get.activated.win | iex [/script]

>>107128934
why did I think it was script lmao

>>107120240 (OP)
I'm gonna install Windows XP Gold Edition on a netbook to use exclusively offline for vidya and spreadsheets

Am I going to have a good time?

>>107128823
Change the color of the prompt to hacker green with "color 0a" and then just run "/dir s"
It'll look like you're hacking the mainframe.

>>107128968
If you can get your crusty old graphics card drivers working properly then sure. You can also activate it via xp_activate32 if you want.

>>107128979
I just don't want to bother downloading every update ever so I can play old flash games

>>107129111
Well I dunno what Gold Edition does or why you want to use it, but IIRC the ISOs you can get from massgrave have up to SP2 (32bit) and SP3 (64bit), which is probably all you need in that vein. Also they're VL ISOs so they instantly activate themselves.

>>107121553
MPC-HC has customisable toolbar now though.

>>107121389
MPV handles playlists fine because it doesn't load video info past their URLs. This also means it won't tell you the titles of other playlist videos.

MPV streams the videos through yt-dlp but every other player just uses it to get the stream URL

>>107124790
>wifi 7
Nope win11 only

I love Windows!

I sometimes want gamebar to show me resources, because nvidia app overlay doesnt display vram use because of how vram limited their gpus are.

The gamebar has retarded finnish words for it which dont fit the ui. Amazing I know. So can you change gamebar language? Well, it uses the whatever the system language is.
If I use english as system language then I have 2 keyboard layouts that randomly enable each other and my keyboard produces wrong letters.
But if I only have finnish language then the game bar words dont fit.
But if I have english language my keyboard layout is wrong
But I cant change the language for gamebar from gamebar settings, it uses the system settings

What country needs to be nuked for this to be fixed?

>>107130102
NVIDIA GPUs are the first class citizen for local AI text/image generation though? That shit requires chunky VRAM.

>>107130102
also when the system resources is pinned to be visible it blocks me clicking anything in the area underneath it
why

>>107130102
Just set English and change keyboard layout??
>NJWAK

>>107130217
As I said I occasionally notice my keyboard produce wrong letters, then I have to go and switch
Im not sure if I clicked some shortcut or the windows reset on its own because windows but I really, really want only the 1 keyboard option that I actually use.

Call me a contrarian but I already miss windows 10. Even though I hated it when it first came out, it eventually grew on me. windows 11 by comparison is so so much worse. I'm still not used to this dumbed down UI :/

>>107129828
Vista era really did look the best (except for those humongus window borders that look comical by today's standards).

Maybe that's just cause my first computer was a vista laptop so I have good memories of it. Also never used 7.

>>107130232
You mean like it will just switch layouts on you or there's a bug so it will type letters from another layout?
Also there's a setting to make layouts per-window.

Do we know what services telemetry and spyware crap can and should we disable at windows 10? Like Im using shutup10 but I don't know if that's enough, I just don't want any bullshit and I don't want to use Linux.

>>107131023
ShutUp10 is enough. It disables anything you're worrying about via its recommended settings.
Just make sure you're using Enterprise/Education.

>>107131036
I'm using the lot version linked in the OP but I updated and I worry there can be anything there. I used shutup10 again and it disabled some new things but I'm not sure, I'm paranoid

>>107131073
IoT LTSC is a variant of Enterprise.

>>107120240 (OP)
I can't open monkrus for some reason. Is it dead?

>>107131771
His site changes address if it gets shot down. Just give it a while.

>>107120240 (OP)
>debloating
can anyone give me advice on this debloat tool called talon for win11?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsMfNKcd298&t=39s
is this any good? sorry im new to this

a few days ago my desktop shortcuts started spazzing out, it changes between one of these four variants up to three times per minute.
I have not made any changes in recent time, wtf is going on and how do I stop this madness?
Windows 10 LSTC btw

>>107130430
Nah, Windows 10 was peak soulless. 8 and 11 atleast have a strong identity.

Want to switch from w11 pro to w10 ltsc. Will there be any restrictions on the support of programs, drivers, or security patches related to the end of support for the regular version of 10? Or does this not apply to LTSC.

Can you install Win 11 on hardware that doesnt normally support it due to the tpm shit?

Can I force it and is there a guide on how to do that?

>>107132253
If you make the boot USB using Rufus you can set it to automatically skip requirement checking, as well as skipping MS account creation.

>>107132267
Thank you anon.

>>107132009
>Provides functions to check and manage Windows Defender exclusions, ensuring Talon's installation paths are excluded from real-time scanning.
Lmao.
>This script applies a predefined set of Windows Registry modifications to optimize various system and UI settings for performance, usability, and a consistent dark theme.
According to their documentation it doesn't actually do anything meaningful it just does some things like set your wallpaper and default browser then runs winutil (which also doesn't do any meaningful debloating) and then Win11Debloat which has options to uninstall default apps.

IMO its better to avoid all this debloat bloat and first decide what you actually want and then either uninstall it with DISM (if its a preinstalled app) or run some targeted tool like an edge uninstaller or ShutUp10++ or so.

>>107128780
Thanks a lot, that worked perfectly.

>>107132020
Anon...
I don't think those are shortcuts
They're missing the shortcut indicator on the bottom left of the icon.

>>107132020
that looks like malware to me
i have seen other people online have similar issues

>>107132020
If I were you I'd completely wipe my drives and do a clean install

Has anyone had success with dda on windows 10 iot enterprise ltsc? My vms freeze all of hyper-v after a few seconds when I start them with a dda device attached (they get all the way up to loading drivers for the dda device). Windows server 2022 works fine, so I don't think it's a hardware issue. I don't know about 11... I do like the 11 loli, but it doesn't to be a very stable platform.

I am using a windows 11 education licencse and after 2 years I just started my pc again. But somehow my windows thinks 23h2 is the newest update. How can I increase that?

Also firefox vs chrome vs edge ( I do webdev). I used edge, because it was better than chrome back when it released but not sure how it is now.

Dumbass question, how do i make windows 10 install media?
I want to reinstall windows 10 on an old laptop ive forgotten the password for. Or if there's a password bypass that would work too.

>>107135555
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

its still there, get it before they take it down

Is it possible to version hop to w10 ltsc versions or is a fresh install needed?

>>107120240 (OP)
will i need the win 11 for the drivers on Ryzen 7 5825U?

>>107137266
If you are on Windows 10 you can in-place upgrade to LTSC. I did this (the day Win10 support ended) and it worked perfectly for me, of course I made a backup of my disk first.

https://github.com/Bladez1992/LTSConvert

>>107137362
Thank you.

so even if you have iot ltsc they give you the 'your version of windows has reached end of support' message when you go to the updates menu? I started getting it now, wasn't there before

>>107138466
>https://github.com/Bladez1992/LTSConvert

it's a known bug, it's still supported

>>107138509
kek no idea how I managed to get the non-relevant link in there

>my bad

is it possible to reinstall steam while keeping my games?
deleting everything in the steam folder except steamapps and installing steam to that same location

>>107138692
IIRC you should be able to backup all the steamapps/common folders and just put them back in a new Steam installation. Steam will just notice that the files are there and set itself up for them when you click install/play.

>>107138729
yeah the problem i have is i installed steam to D: and wanted another folder on that same drive to be my main library, but apparently steam only allows one library per drive, so only the default one on the steam installation folder

>>107138692
install steam and point it to the place where games are and it will auto pickup

>>107138953
see >>107138761

Just finished migrating to windows 11 home from linux, jellyfin+arr stack+openhab all migrated to docker. Mostly doing it for the CAD tools

>>107138761
then move the contents of the one you don't want to the one you want? then delete the folder for the one you don't want

>>107139962
>25H3

>>107140060
yes bro but you cant delete the default library
so cant add a second one on D:

>>107139962
>for phone cpus only
This company is nosediving.

>>107140435
make one on c: and make it the default while you move the other one

I HATE ROUNDED CORNERS
I HATE FLORAL WALLPAPERS AND FRILLY PASTEL COLORS
GIVE ME BACK MY MANLY MANBRO OS WITH SHARP POINTY EDGES!! RAAAA

>>107140492
Bro, just use the superior wallpaper

>>107140474
still doesnt let me delete the one on the steam folder
its fine im sure if i reinstall windows i can just install steam to the same folder and it will just work

is the latest tiny10 23H2 safe

>Go back in time to the year 2025
>Mfw they will never know about 32H8 and its mandatory midget porn integration until its too late

>>107139921
>doing it for the CAD tools
welp you are not alone, anon, I too am stuck because of muh toolz

>>107120240 (OP)
Anyone know of anywhere to download decrepit driver or software disks for W7 era laptops?
I have an HP Pavilion DV7 and it seems like it'd be neat to poke around on its original software setup, but the hard drive in it was flat dead, so no chance of recovery. Internet archive is coming up flat and attempting to google shit is dead.

>>107141092
>HP Pavilion DV7

you need to find the old softpaqs somehow. HP FTP archives exist, but knowing what to download is a crapshoot.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-System-and-Recovery/Hp-Pavilion-Dv7-drivers/td-p/8379148

>>107141092
Try using SDIO. It'll probably be able to find drivers for your 7 era system.

>>107141092
https://archive.org/details/DV7-2273CL
Found this?

>>107139921
>docker
My condolences

>>107140541
>tiny10 23H2
Wut

>>107141044
>I too am stuck because of muh toolz
I switched for the software but I probably wouldn't go back to Linux on decent hardware. 11 rn is so much better than 10 was when it was 4 years old.

>>107141591
this one
https://archive.org/details/tiny-10-23-h2

>>107142009
>is a random iso on archive.org safe
Let me think about that one. Your best bet for something similar is to download tiny11builder and modify it for 10.

If you want the easy way out just install LTSC. Debloating is quite easy and there's MS documentation on the tools and components but its not fire and forget and one size fits all like these iso projects treat it. I dont think there's a decent paste on it tho you'll just have to ask here.

>>107130102
>What country needs to be nuked for this to be fixed?
probably finland

>>107139921
good idea with docker, I migd them to a server which is now also depreciated.

>>107122771
Sounds shit

Maybe I will install W11 LTSC IoT instead.

cheapo w11 license for 3 computers? I've been warned about oem licenses (do not), so what are my options? my bro said that don't bother with enterprise version, so what do I doobiedoobiedoo?

>>107143986
If for home use, get 11/10 iot ltsc and activate with MAS for free (see OP). If for business use, get Pro legitimately.

What's a win 10 version that will still receive updates for a while?

>>107143986
>>107144032
shit pham, I've checked and I hit the no TPM 2.0 support wall, my only options seems to be to get a physical module for the mobo, which I might
my mobo is :
gygabite f97-hd3

>>107144459
*z97-hd3

>>107144459
iot ltsc doesn't need tpm. Even if you did get an edition like Pro which requires it, you can get around it with Rufus which has an option to bypass tpm check when creating the windows bootable drive, or using an unattended installer (which is what Rufus also does for you under the hood) with https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

>>107144547
>Even if you did get an edition like Pro which requires it
oh, so I just get non-pro (I don't have any key or anything yet) I "bypass" tpm 2.0? I'm going to give this a try

Anyone use 0patch before?

>>107144570
Iirc all GAC editions like Home and Pro requires TPM, even the normal Enterprise edition. LTSC edition like Iot ltsc does not require TPM, and the same goes with Windows Server

>>107140492
rounded corners existed since XP, 11's rounded corners doesn't even feel much more pronounced than Vista/7's. The main difference is that windows were surrounded by a frame, while in 11 they don't have any frame and the actual window gets rounded

I feel people just got used to the Metro style of 8/10 so the change was massive. Of course there's a lot else that got rounded like dialogs and the context menu, but I feel it's a bit overhated just because it's W11

At least is not like MacOS lmao

>>107144591
>rufus
going to try this thx pham

>>107143986
>don't bother with enterprise version
Why not? It's superior to the other versions because you can toggle telemetry off.

>>107143986
>>107144846
Not to mention Enterprise lets you turn Secure Boot and TPM off and still use the OS normally.

Is there a Windows 11 theme that looks like Windows 95?

>>107144812
>>107144846
>>107144853
my bro sed it's fucky to get updates for that one, let alone a legit bought key

anyone got w10 updates after EOS after massgrave activation?

>>107144870
>it's fucky to get updates for that one
Updates function exactly the same as any other W11 version.
>>107144876
Yes, if you turned ESU on.

>>107144883
I have ESU activated but nothing.

>>107144876
patch tuesday is on 11th, unless you are time travelling you aren't getting updates

>>107120240 (OP)
i have had non IoT LTSC 10 for the past 4 years and i havent downloaded one single update, just immediately disabled that.
if i intend to do the same on my new laptop, do i even need the IoT version

>>107145642
nah

>>107144591
shit pham, I waited for rufus to do the thing for like 3 hours, then when it finished, and booted from usb.iso I get black screen with a "_"
I'm going to try again with different params and perhaps "2 passes", any ideas wtf is going on?

>>107137362
Is there something like this for non-IoT enterprise? I think IoT comes in English only, and I need it to be in Spanish for my mother in law

>>107146665
You can install a language packs on IoT

>>107146525
>>107144591

>>107144591
rufus! made it at the 2nd try, it was the bios type or some shit (modern option)
get fucked Bill Gates!

A million thanks my dude!

todo at some point: re-make my batch scripts

windows 11 pro non eom licenses anyone? paying like 20 - 30 bucks is a-ok for me if that's an option

>>107147120
That's just a cop in a grinch outfit.

>>107147365
don't ruin the magic

>>107147290
Why do you specifically need payed licenses? You can just use MAS to activate it for free.

>>107146665
Lo siento, amigo, no lo sé.

>>107141617
kek my system is from 2015 in any case but it absolutely works better than most "budget" builds over on PCBG

>>107148598
>MAS
I don't trust that, why should I? Don't win 11 pro licenses cost pocket change anyways?

>>107148740
It's open source, built by very trusted people in the Windows hobby/piracy scene, and their website documents how every activation works. I would say at least 90% of the people that post in here used MAS to activate their systems.

>>107148749
>piracy scene
the same scene that puts a trojan horse on your windows in exchance to activate it, main reason why I don't trust it, and rather pay 20 - 30 bucks

>>107148769
Then sorry m8 I can't help you as I don't know any key reseller sites.

>>107148776
this thread has helped me a ton today, so I'm thankful regardless, no rush to activate it, I'll find me a good key eventually

>>107132329
Thanks

My grandpas computer says unsupported cpu when I try to upgrade it to windows 11. I saw that you can bypass it, but if i do will it just werk for him or will there be problems down the line

>>107149092
post specs:
- what CPU
- how much RAM
- disk space and type of disk (HDD, SSD)

>>107149092
feature updates will not happen, so ltsc is the way to go

Is using HWID2 the way to go?
After all it's still an online activation.

KMS4k1 works offline

>Offline KMS activation for over 4000 years / until reinstall/feature upgrade

>>107148627
>PCBG
The OP has been absolutely meme tier for years now so I've never bothered.
>1440p rec
>KTC M27T6
>We measured a lower 88.8% DCI-P3 gamut coverage than the specified 96%
>As you can see, in most cases, the brightness is higher than intended, especially in Display HDR mode and Low local dimming.
>Moving on, we found two dead pixels
Not even the AOC Q27G40XMN has these problems lmao

>>107149325
>meme tier
gol dangit I just looked at the OPs image and I literally have owned an example of every damn thing in it including some shit-tier beige box computer that came with ME preinstalled.

>i am old now

>>107149280
Use KMS4k via TSforge if you want to activate offline. HWID otherwise.

>>107125041
>Total Commander,
>40€
What happens when it runs out? Did you boughted?
I can't see any key online that stills work

>>107149375
>pcbg
I think you're looking at the wrong OP anon

>>107149593
https://cracksurl.com/total-commander-with-patch-crack/
I downloaded the 'key only' (it's a wim file) and installed total commander via scoop, then replaced the wim file with the one downloaded and it's activated.

>>107149603
i'm old not senile

>Magneto-Optical disk storage, check
>AGP 4x video, check
>CPU on a stick, check
>ATA66, check
>5.1 PCI surround audio card, check
>SONY FD Trinitron monitor, check
>WindowsME, what a shitshow

>>107149593
>What happens when it runs out?
Nothing. The "trial" version is not restricted in any way, except for the nag screen at startup. It's the exact same business model as WinRAR.

>>107149643
>lists everything in fwt OP
>nothing about pcbg OP
Unless I'm totally missing you're point

>>107149769
i'm only talking about the FWT OP

over at pcbg i'm reeeeing
>>107149192
>>107149244

>>107149643
Based
I have never seen a MO drive IRL, and was too much of a poorfag for Trinitrons

>>107149858
you didn't miss much with the MOD, slow and SCSI made it expensive.

but the Trinitrons were sweet. I regret selling my old F500R but I do not miss the flyback coil whine of old CRTs at all.

what's the fitgirl for windows software?
i just want a youtube downloader that'll download the video with the video title as its name
>just use ytdlp
no, fuck off with that cli shit

>>107150822
Why not a yt-dlp frontend like Parabolic?

>>107150822
like the other anon said you can use a front end for yt-dlp, there is a lot of them
or jdownloader can download youtube videos
or if you want to pirate IDM that makes downloading videos even easier with the browser extension

File converter software that can do .m4b?
Largish file (665mb) so can't use free online ones

>>107151194
Correction: 2.4gb

>>107151194
try renaming it to .m4a

>>107141111
damn
i'll look into it more, but it seems that config of DV7 that user's asking about is the exact same model I have.

>>107141124
Drivers aren't the issue, and I already have a flash drive for that. I'm hoping to find either a software package disk or a system restore disk since I wanna mess with this thing with its original software/bloat. try and get it to as close to an OOBE as possible.

>>107141508
I did, not the correct system config, so it refuses to do anything. might try and pick files from it though

>>107151354
Can't believe that worked
Loses all its chapters and shit though, I suppose I could go thru and edit into individual files in Audacity...

>>107151551
yea, having a quick look around it seems to be a customised mp4/mpeg-4 container, probably with oddly-used or even custom chunks for audiobook-specific information. there's probably a tool you can use to use such specific information, but i'm not familiar with the format

>>107151592
The juice won't be worth the squeeze, thanks anyway, I'll just try to download in another format

Btw I uploaded the 17 hr file into Audacity to see about editing into digestible chunks, and my computer shat itself - the C drive (Windows install partition) was suddenly "full"
Then when I closed Audacity it went back to normal (not full)
I assume some temporary file was created on the C drive, and that's what clogged it up
But the file I was working with was 657mb and the C drive should have circa 38gb free
And Audacity isn't even installed on that partition
Any ideas what happened?

>>107151727
yea, it would likely have decompressed it into a temporary file. your AAC file may be 657MiB but it'll be far larger uncompressed

Got a prob with my monitor
I got an old TV and tried to connect it to my laptop. The TV only show something if the refresh rate is set to 60hz but I can only choose it on 720p; 1080p have a max of 59.94 (and therefore don't show anything).
Tried to connect it to my brother's PC and it does have an 60hz on 1080p. Only different thing I can see is the GPU used: his Nvidia one instead of the integrated Radeon like me, but don't know if I can change this.
Tried to update my drivers but nothing, I can't make the "60hz" appears on 1080 and I don't know why

>>107151727
>>107151867
thought about making chapters with mpv and using that to split with ffmpeg, but ran into;
https://github.com/MawKKe/audiobook-split-ffmpeg-go
which can just do that to m4b files directly

>>107151727
>>107152406
-- or in other words, looking for a converter was simply asking the wrong question, you didn't need conversion, you needed splitting

>>107151727
>>107152406
oh since they don't provide an .exe, i've built a windows exe for you, cross-compiling from linux.
only checked it runs in wine but i don't have an m4b file to test it with
https://litter.catbox.moe/jq34c3.7z

Do you bros trust ventoy? It seems like such a useful piece of software, to be able to store multiple LTS isos on it for future upgrades, to keep installers of shit like firefox ESR or AMD drivers on it for future reinstalls or updates or new computers. But I worry about it being chinese spyware because there's supposed proprietary blobs on github. Realistically what are the odds of these actually being dangerous? It has a lot of stars on github, gets shilled on youtube, and I know so many tech people even irl that use it. Did you fall for the ventoy meme? Was it worth it?

>>107151896
Probably a driver issue.
If its a bandwidth detection problem you can probably work around it with CustomResolutionUtility.
How are you connecting the TV and are you using an external adaptor?

>>107152592
It went under attack around the time that xz backdoor thing was nipped in the bud, so a racist tirade against chinese open source programs was rife, including Ventoy. It's still getting updated and people are still using it fine, so it just seems like it was caught in that original scare. I use it and it's wonderfully useful.

>>107152592
works fine for me, haven't noticed anything off about it. guess you can never really be sure unless you read all of it's code and get all of it's dependencies from the sources (and read their code... lol)
at the end of the day, reading and understanding all code you run is just impractical. i like that foss is seen by more people, but even then you still have to decide for yourself who to trust

>>107152632
>>107152633
oh and yea, i use a few things made by chinese people. it's important to me not to confuse the chinese government with chinese citizens, same with russia and the like. most people there really are just normal people, and it's unfair to assume anything chinese is infected by the chinese government

i want a chinese spy gf so bad

imagine this: you are playing vidya kino on your freshly installed WINDOWS 10 IOT ENTERPRISE LTSC (EN-US) x64 2H21 (2021) iso kindly provided to you by MASSGRAVE.dev from your ventoy activated USB stick made by a CN company, and you download some pirated games from cs.rin.ru and put on it. You wake up next day and a 10/10 chinese girl that looks like Karina from Aespa and a 10/10 russian girl that looks like Alla Bruletova or some other russian model girl both dressed up in tight office pencil skirts and white blouses and darker garter belt and stockins tie you up to a chair and take turns raping you and riding your cock until they baby trap you and stockholm syndrome you so you become their inside agent and join elon musk's and trump's elite young fascist doge squads and put your cn and ru chips inside of openai satelite stations in space and destroy all their server data while taking it for glorious cn and ru

>>107152764
A "pirated game" from csrin is just the pure files though. You gotta crack it yourself.

>>107152848
there's usually cracks provided by denizens of 'in 'u, there's that one autistic janny guy who bans all discussion of anything in every single thread who makes updates for vidya usually and they contain cracks too

What is this "Files" app that recently appeared on my PC?

I saw it in "Recently added" and opened it out of "curiosity", then lost interest when it asked to sign in. Now it opens up by itself every time I sign in to my PC.

>>107153487
Files is an alternative file explorer, a quite popular one too.
No idea why it suddenly decided to install itself?

Figured I might as well crosspost here in case someone has a clue what's going on

I'm running into a weird issue where I can't find the memory card files for an emulator in the file browser normally (even when turning on show hidden files), but when I use the memory cards selector in the emulator they show up in that window. I thought I could just copy them elsewhere from there but then I get an error message stating "This is no longer located in *folder*. Verify the item's location and try again"
I tried looking around online but can't find anything related to it

Anyone have a clue? I'm using Windows 11

>>107153506
Googling "Windows 11 files app" gets me something where the logo is all different. On a hunch, I also added something about 365. Apparently it actually has something to do with that?

Now the question is, how do I make it stop opening up every time I log in?

>>107153557
That is not the Files I was think of then. Could you not just shut it off in the Startup tab in Task Manager? Disable a toggle in Settings?
I was thinking of this one: https://github.com/files-community/Files

>>107153531
I'm mostly just shocked that you're using ePSXe in late 2025 and not Duckstation or Mednafen.

>>107153531
>ePSXe
man that takes me back

>>107153597
>>107153624
I'm switching to duckstation which is why I want the save files. Been having a lot of issues with epsxe (primarily input related but some other shit) but it's been a while since I used a PS1 emulator before this
As far as I can tell converting the save files is easy once you get access to the file but for some reason I'm getting fucked up over it with this

>>107153588
Apparently even their isn't accessible unless I log in, but at least I could turn it off in Startup tab in Task Manager

>>107153531
Try disabling "Hide protected operating system files" and see if they show up?
Are these made locally? Is another account the owner?

>>107153928
Don't get too angry at me, I know you're not supposed to do this, but it's a drive including an operating system that was installed in a different PC.
But as for user accounts, I think it should all be under the same account I'm using

>>107153531
Okay someone found the solution in emugen.
For anyone interested, apparently the save files were located in appdata/local/virtualstore/ProgramFiles and windows just thought they were in the folder I was checking. managed to get them out & everything works

I consider myself somewhat techy but some of this shit is truly confusing to me

Trying to install windows 7 x64 on a Dell E6400 from 2008 using ventoy usb, but caught with pants down because the installer can't proceed because it doesn't have "dvd/cd driver installed"(the usb). Even though installer can browse file of usb and iso mounted by ventoy from said usb.
Apparently this is a "uniquely windows 7 thing".

>>107154171
Oof, how often does that happen?

I have Windows 7 on a Ventoy USB and this is giving me second thoughts about how useful it actually is.

>>107154204
Not often since it's an OS install.
I had similar problem with a thinclient win7 rufus install(I moved usb stick to non-usb 3 port and got lucky).
Not so lucky here or have to do some coaxing from the lappy bios.

So I am inclined to say it's not a Ventoy issue.

>>107154287
win10 usb(rufus) worked fine on this laptop, but win10 is a bad fit for this hardware.

>>107154204
If it can't figure shit out, installer will ask you to browse to location of driver(and be cryptic about it and call it "missing cd/dvd driver", but it's usb controller). So you have to have it extracted on stick beforehand or slipstreamed into ISO.

>>107153983
>Don't get too angry at me, I know you're not supposed to do this, but it's a drive including an operating system that was installed in a different PC.
Doesn't matter. Despite what some here will tell you

>>107154036
>C:\Program Files (x86)\ePSXe\memcards
Ah of course. ePSXe is trying to save files to an admin owned directory but is only running as a regular user so Windows will redirect its changes to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore (which is owned by the current user) and combine the two for ePSXe.
It has been around since Vista so legacy applications that don't expect UAC would still tend to work.

>>107152604
Update all my drivers, still nothing
CRU also doesn't seems to work
Simple HDMI cable, no adaptor
One response I had from some forum was that my TV actually supports 1080i, not 1080p, and that it could be the cause

>>107154036
that's a 20 year old problem. back in the day, many programs would put their data in their own program files folder, such as save games, since in win9x, there was no such thing as permissions or users, any program could write anywhere. with vista (and xp if you use a limited account by default), programs run as your user couldn't write to the program files folder, so for compatibility purposes, windows silently redirects those to a folder in your user's home folder

I'm trying to follow the instructions here to disable automatic restarts

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3842434/how-to-enable-the-gpedit-msc-on-windows-10-and-11?forum=windows-all&referrer=answers&page=23#answers

https://superuser.com/questions/1817039/disable-automatic-restarts-windows-11

But when I run the command to install the group policy editor, the command line window tells me "FOR was unexpected at this time"

Any idea of what I might be doing wrong?

>>107154204
Ok, here it goes, 3 tools: ventoy, woeusb-ng and woeusb.
Woeusb prevailed where ventoy failed.

So now I have usable win7 x64 install. So that's a point minus for Ventoy.

Is there any alternative to vmware workstation other than virtualbox? I've been googling/chatgpt-ing around but I keep getting suggested type 1 hypervisors when I want a type 2.

>>107155920
Which edition of windows are you using? Home doesn't have a group policy editor, only Pro and higher editions do.
BUT, if you are using Pro or higher, then turning off auto restarts due to Windows Updates, you need to:
1. ENABLE the group policy Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update\Manage end user experience\Configure Automatic Updates and set the value to 2 (Notify before downloading and installing any updates)
2. ENABLE the group policy Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update\Legacy Policies\No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations

>>107154776
>CRU also doesn't seems to work
With CRU you should be able to compare the frame timings and maybe just copy the 1080/60 configuration from your brothers PC. Stopping at 59.97 and not 60 is a classic bandwidth (detection) issue which you can probably improve by reducing the porches. But without knowing what that TV can do it will be a fair bit of trial and error compared to just copying a good config from the other PC.
>One response I had from some forum was that my TV actually supports 1080i, not 1080p, and that it could be the cause
May be but 1080i is almost half the bandwidth of 1080p and HDMI 1.0 does support 60Hz 1080p. If that was the case you should be able to set your laptop to output 1080i and get the full 60Hz, though 59.97Hz 1080p is much more preferable.

What use cases are there for a Windows drive having multiple partitions (not counting stuff like the EFI and recovery partitions)

>>107157824
I guess in the sense of those other partitions not being a part of C:/? So if anything goes wrong with C:\ then the D:/, E:/ etc. aren't touched.
Though it's easier to just have an entire separate drive be the D:\ IMO.

Can anyone tell me how to get the default windows image viewer on my Win10IoT install? I know their is a command for it but don't remember it

>>107158351
Download WinaeroTweaker and enable it through that.

>>107158368
Would prefer the cmd line install

>>107158422
I dunno it. The tweaker has always just werked for me.
It can do a bunch of other shit too.

>>107156374
The guide I'm using there is to enable the grouo policy editor even on W11 home

In any case, I found out about policy plus which is software to do what the group policy editor does without it, should what you said be the same in it?

>>107158476
Yes, should be. Good luck anon

>>107158476
>>107158507 here agin,
On second thought, I'm not sure if Home policies would match the other Windows editions, because there may be some policies missing from Home, or even if there is, I'm not sure if they would be honored.
I say that because there is a regedit equivalent to a policy for Telemetry that would outright be ignored based on the windows edition you would have. However, it's good to just give it a try and see if Windows would auto restart or not

>>107158536
Setting the DWORD AllowTelemetry to 0 in Home/Pro isn't acknowledged. It pretends it's set to 1.

>>107158536
The vast majority of base group policies just set registry entries. They are self managing but when you're only maintaining (reset at every restart/logon, also e.g. if you change the location of Documents it will auto move the current contents to the new location) a single install that's not a big deal.

>>107152455
>>107152411
>Double dubs
Blimey
Thanks awfully, but - did you not see me say I was just going to download something else? I hope you didn't go to too much trouble

>>107160602
nah, i enjoy finding solutions. i could have stopped when you moved on from it, but i just wanted to know

is this good?
https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

I fuck around with my PC a lot, flip flopping between windows and linux (don't want to dual boot), and I want to make my windows installs faster and reproducible, but am too lazy to look into all that shit myself, anyone know if this generator works?
or do you have a different one that's better?

>>107161833
Yeah it's the best top to bottom unattend file generator out there besides UnattendedWinstall (which uses it.)

>>107161864
thanks anon ^-^

What's the current state of Windows 11 LTSC? I'm on 10 LTSC IoT, it's fine for now, just checking to see if 11 has been sorting out its shit.

I don't know if this is strictly related to Windows but I'll try anyway
My grandfather is writing a sort of memoir/my story since he has nothing else to do while being a pensioner . He has been using Word for years, but sometime recently for whatever reason he can't anymore. Presumably no valid license and that shit is expensive as fuck, too expensive for a pensioner anyway.
I showed him, and made it as easy as possible, how to use Online Office (365 Online or whatever) which works, but is still a bit clunky, needlessly complex for an old man like him.
How hard would it be to "spoof" a license for Office so he could continue to use what he knows? I know next to nothing about Office anymore - I haven't used it since I was in school and only use LaTeX nowadays.
Have this cat image as tribute

>>107162856
>go to OP
>>How do I activate Windows?
>>and Office?
>Same link, select Ohook option
>irm https://get.activated.win | iex
>https://massgrave.dev/

>>107162914
eta. on how long that process takes? And you don't need to maintain it in anyway afterwards? I just want things to be as seamless and easy as possible for him.

>>107162856
You can literally just activate any version of modern Office using MAS, specifically its Ohook module. The irm command in the OP and posted above me is ran in an admin powershell and is very easy to follow.

>>107162929
It takes like 20/30 seconds, and the activation is permanent.

i actually need to install office
i forgot how to to the custom installation thing
i dont one onedrive and the other garbage
https://gravesoft.dev/office_c2r_custom
which of the methods is better?
the first one?

>>107162974
Alright, cheers.
I'll do that the next time I'm at his place, then. Should be no problem, despite my post I'm luckily not a tech illiterate retard.