Thread 107171041

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/: >>107120240

literally what does win 11 even do that 10 couldn't?

>>107171342
Destroy your wifi range

has anyone recently tried windows 11 on old machines, like 10 years old. how bad does it run?
i have an old laptop and eventually want to upgraded to windows 11 even if it is unsupported

>>107171694
IoT LTSC 2024 is basically 11 made to run on old 64-bit systems.

>>107171694
I've tried the windows 11 LTSC on thinkpad x230. LTSC is supposed to be slimmer, but even on that version explorer window takes 3.5 sec to open and slightly less on consecutive runs (cache) but you can see how the window is drawn every single fucking time. Peak bloat.

>>107171913
yeah that WinUI 3 shit is slow as fuck
even on decent hardware

>>107171913
Best you can do is just disable all the animations/graphical flourishes I guess.

this privacy.sexy tool is pretty excellent

>>107172213
It's good if you actually pay attention to what lines you're adding to the script.

So wingoys has begun prompting me to upgrade to 11 every week since support officially ended, which as an added bonus has made installing any of the latest security updates impossible as near as I can tell. Anyone else encountered this?

>>107171041 (OP)
>trying to install windows 10 IoT LTSC 2021 on my shitty HP laptop
>get to selecting my drives
>We couldn't find any drives, select browse and search blah blah blah
>try downloading drivers onto USB boot
>nothing working
>find guy on reddit who had the same issue, says its because HP and Intel didn't include the needed drivers
can someone help me? I'm not a very advanced user and this has been a horrible experience. I've tried everything and nothing works. What am I supposed to do?
My laptop model:
Model 15-Dy4013dx

>>107172365
You can disable the nags within the notification settings. And you can enable the commercial ESU licenses through MAS which adds another 3 years of updates.

>>107171041 (OP)
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>>107172242
is this fine as it is?

^ windows?

>>107172390
Try disabling secure boot and other secure on boot features, they may block your disk from change before startup.
If you already have windows try running installation from windows.

I'm the guy who asked about 24H2 not being officially available for download anymore.

Might as well come clean about why I'm making a big deal out of it.

I run a repair shop and recently got the idea to have "backups" of recovery files to make recreating the recovery partition a bit easier. I already had the ones for 25H2

Since then, I found a link to 24H2 using Massgrave as a jumping point. I then ran hash checks and found 24H2's recovery file was indeed different from 25H2

>>107172411
Standard is fine

>>107172390
install 7 and do an in-OS upgrade to 10 enterprise, then convert to ltsc using activator in OP
easiest non-technical way

>>107172435
>Disable secure boot
Can you glow a little less harder

>>107172540
lol retard, if anything secure boot glows

Is there a way to make a macro on Windows 11 without downloading/installing anything? My company has "strict" security rules and unless approved (lmao) we can only use software that comes with Win11. Apparently neither Python nor Powershell come pre-installed.

>>107173080
Powershell comes with all 10/11 installs though? Python you gotta install.

>>107172435
>>107172536
Thanks for the help friends, i searched deeper and found that HPs website says they dont include drivers for windows 10. You have to manually download the ones for win 11 as well.
HP is just autistic i guess.

what office version do you suggest?
2024 or 365?

Has Windows 10 received any ESU patches since October 13? I haven't gotten any updates since and I'm worried that my ESU isn't working. I couldn't find an update log online.

>>107173305
check in about 4 hours from now

>>107173096
Oh thanks then.

>>107171342
Windows Recall

friendly reminder today is patch tuesday
at 10 am pacific time https://time.is/PT we will get november security updates

>>107172396
I've got the extended updates, kikerosoft just seems to be aggressively trying to get me to upgrade. Might be an issue with the first post-support security patch not being out yet, I guess we'll see soon, but if I'm still encountering this problem in a week I'll just try disabling notifications regarding updates like you mentioned. My main worry really is that next time I go to update, even without being prompted, it will forcibly upgrade me to 11 without my say-so. It's utterly baffling that they're trying their damnedest to torpedo any continued support for any past versions despite 11 still barely accounting for half of their market share.

>>107171960
I have no problems with it on an alder lake i3. Maybe you need a maacbook.

Who THE FUCK thought making Windows UI in React was a good fucking idea?

>>107175004
americans

updates are out

>>107175030
>indians

fixed

>>107175057
Anyone tried it? Did they manage to fuck it up somehow?

22h2 enablers in shambles

>>107175262
booted

>>107175057
no cumulative update for me.W10 iot enterprise LTSC 22H2.only the malicious software removal tool.whats going on?are we fcked?

>>107175399
21h2 updates fine, it only affects people who used that pozzed 22h2 enablement package

>>107175408
i have to go back now?

>>107175482
most likely somebody on mdl will figure out how to spoof it in a few days max

>>107171342
Wifi 7

IT'S PATCH TUESDAY

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PATCH TUESDAY

when is the next 11 ltsc getting released? 2024 one is buggy as hell, mainly the ui
I had to install regular home on a random machine and it's unironically more responsive that current ltsc

>>107175843
late 2027

>>107175380
Why the message about no longer receiving security updates? Do they just display it to all w10 machine regardless of the version?

>>107176181
check notes to this month's update, they fixed it

>>107176181
Meant for>>107175057

What's the best 11 version other than LTSC? IoT/enterprise, edu or pro?

>>107176403
It'll be enterprise but you really need to be asking yourself why you wouldn't be going LTSC if you're already doing a fresh install

>still getting occasional kmode exception not handled bsods on 10 iot ltsc
>ruled out drivers, RAM, tried 22h2
it happens once a week or two but it is driving me insane. shit has to be my hardware either being bad or my hardware is just incompatible with 10 for whatever reason. im not using loonix again but i don't want to use 11 from what i have heard about it.

>>107176403
if you have a device without tpm / supported cpu / secure boot then iot enterprise, otherwise normal enterprise

>>107176469
i had bsods from my nvme drive firmware not being up to date + did HMBAllocationPolicy fix and no bsods since

>>107171041 (OP)
Why would I want to activate windows?
I was actually looking forward to Win10 losing support because now my PC doesn't randomly boot up in the middle of the night.

>>107176585
power plan > allow wake timers: disable

>>107176585
>Why would I want to activate windows?
Gets rid of the watermark

>>107176534
>i had bsods from my nvme drive firmware not being up to date
about 50/50 the bsod dump says either ntfs.sys or tcpip.sys caused it. although when i installed arch i did change the logical sector size of my drive (WD SN850X). i didn't read the fine print that said that some WD drives have issues with 4K sectors but while I was using linux i didn't have any noticeable problems. that's about the only thing i have changed from stock with my hardware besides XMP but i have already disabled that.
>did HMBAllocationPolicy fix
googling this gave results for windows 11 issues specifically

Bunch of new updates just dropped, the most important being KB5068861, which adresses several issues, most notably:

>[System utilities (known issue)] Fixed: This update addresses an issue where closing Task Manager with the Close button didn’t fully end the process, leaving background instances that could slow performance over time. This might occur after installing KB5067036.

>>107171041 (OP)
Does Win10 save Word files to their cloud?

I have two test VMs: one with regular Win10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 21H2 and a clone of it with the 22H2 enablement package.

Both of them showed "Your version of Windows has reached the end of support" message priorly. This is listed as fixed in today's KB5068781. (And might have been caused by having telemetry servers blocked according to the internet).
>[Update (known issue)] Fixed: After installing the October 14, 2025 Windows update (KB5066791), the message, "Your version of Windows has reached the end of support", might incorrectly display in the Windows Update Settings page. To view the page, click Start > Settings > Windows Update.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/november-11-2025-kb5068781-os-builds-19044-6575-and-19045-6575-7fe13257-9079-49af-9369-e0e6242701dd

For the regular 21H2 VM today's KB5068781 update installed normally regardless of the "end of support" notice and after a reboot all is fine: latest OS build 19044.6575, no more messages about end of support.

22H2 enabled VM however does not receive today's KB5068781 at all. There is a way to remove the "Your version of Windows has reached the end of support" notice by adding ESODATESTRING in UsoSettings.json, but they are different things, the graphical message and the actual update support.
The build stays as October's 19045.6456, for ESU updated 22H2 build is 19045.6575 according to the MS update page.

So it does seem 22H2 enablement does not work for the long term updates of Win10 IoT Enterprise LTSC, naturally at least.

I continued the experiment and tried to enable ESU updates with MAS for the 22H2, but it fails with "IoTEnterpriseS LTSC already has longer support, ESU is not applicable". Manually installing ESU updates might work, but it's still different than what IoT LTSC updates would be.

I have a Lenovo thinkbook and I'm basically forced to use windows 11. I have version 24h2(os build 26100.1747)

Windows 11Iot enterprise LTSC.

What should I disable and cap if possible?

I'm assuming shutup10 isn't enough

>>107176403
>other than
GAC Enterprise is the best edition including LTSC
>muh updoots
Gets 3y support on any given release. One click to install the new feature pack if you ever want/need it.

>>107176950
>KB5067036 is a non-security preview update for Windows 11 that was released on October 28, 2025.
As always beta testers work for free and get screwed around for free. Thanks for saving the trillion dollar company from hiring more QA testers!

>>107177073
>Win10
No
>Word
Maybe

>>107177320
>cap
No cap
>I'm assuming shutup10 isn't enough
Depends on what you want to disable. You don't need more.

>>107177247
You may recieve KB5071959 as it is marked as a security update for 22H2 devices not part of ESU (and a regular OOB update to ESU) but there's a very good chance that your FrankenDebian won't get all (or even any) of the updates because 22H2 will make the LTSC updates incompatible as they are for a lower build number and you're also not a part of ESU so the extended 22H2 updates won't be offered.

>>107177247
>>107178020
Could've seen this from a mile away but I guess now its le big problem cause so many fell for it

>>107177914
You are welcome

damn

So the TSforge activated ESU on normal Enterprise etc is working fine?

>>107178328
if you want 22h2, activate 3 years esu on 22h2 enterprise
if you want 21h2 use iot ltsc

>windows 10 pro 22H2 os build 19045.6575
activated esu using tsforge a while ago and today got just the KB5068781 update, no security updates that i saw, and now the message about no longer being supported is gone so I guess it's all fine?

Suggestions where to go on troubleshooting laptop speakers not playing on 2021 LTSC? Asus just points me to realtek for drivers, headphones work fine, speakers don't do anything except on bootup, the uefi has a boot noise that plays every time jsut fine.

>>107178344
Yeah I'm on normal 22H2 Enterprise.

Not sure if i am supposed to ask here or on /sqt/, i got Windows 10 IoT Enterprise installed right now but is it possible to update to the W11 version in the future without having to reinstall everything?

>>107178553
to win 11 iot ltsc yes

I recently realized my boot drive has TWO recovery partitions. I don't know if that came from MBR2GPT or from upgrading to Windows 10.

FWIW, this used to be a Windows 7 machine. IIRC, everything was on one partition during that era.

May I have a recommendation on a file manager utility, or, an explanation and fix for why my external drive won't update the Date Modified for folders and files unless it's a completely new file or folder?

>>107179029
what windows version?

If you close/re-open file explorer does it show the correct date modifed for the files?

Heads up for anyone worried. With the TSforge activated ESU on Enterprise 22H2 I got the November 2025 update even though the "you aren't receiving security updates" graphic was still there. We're good!

>>107178553
Yeah just mount the iso and run setup

>>107179138
And like another anon said, the "you aren't receiving security updates" graphic has now been fixed and it says "you're up to date" now.
It's literally just security fixes now too. This update installed fast.

>>107179256
>Literally the only new part of this update besides security stuff
10 has become the new 7 in the ESU era.

I would give everything to be a blue pilled windows user again. I should have stopped when I got the Steam Deck...

>>107179433
Having an ESU'd 10 Enterprise desktop PC along with a Steam Deck sounds like best of both worlds desu

ESU works on my windows 10 enterprise 22h2 boys!

>>107179854
Yeah, works fine. Glad it was painless and just werked.

lmao, glad I didn’t fall for the 22H2 meme

I've been pausing updates since the localhost killer/blue screen fiasco and now that update is gone... I'm not seeing any "cumulative" updates What's going on?

>>107180228
When 10 Enterprise can just get the ESU enabled and work until 2028, it's basically like LTSC 2021 anyway. And now that 10 Enterprise and others aren't getting feature updates at all anymore and just security stuff, I don't see the point of using the enablement package on IoT LTSC 2021 anyway, and now it's fucked.

>>107180243
I guess the security update is comparable?

I thought I'd try installing Windows through DISM for giggles and now I get this every time I log in. What could be causing it?

>>107180243
>I guess the security update is comparable?
I guess that's it. It skipped the malicious KB5067035 update and jumped to the task manager fix episode.

god help me if this shit breaks more shit.

>>107180228
what would happen if you somehow activate ESU on LTSC with 22H2, that shit must be like a frankenstein build but what if it werks?

>>107180251
>Win95 icon

kek

>>107180334
It would be such a retarded build that it would loop back to being based

do you guys disable animations on windows 10?

>>107180397
If you find them annoying, it's fine, i personally never had issues with that. most of the time I've seen people disabling animations just to get a bit more performance in potatos

>>107180251
Did you do any debloating or nonstandard configuration? Which edition?
That is an IE 11 error because it doesn't support the URL.SearchParams property. Looks like something is mistakenly trying to use MSHTML instead of WebView2, I would expect uninstalling the IE 11 feature to fix it.
IE 11 was disabled by default in GAC Win10 (in 2022 IIRC) but still supported on LTSC.

>>107180397
Yes, every new install. The animation is just noise.

>>107180397
>on windows 10
On everything. Why should I have wait for some faggy squares to fly around the screen?

>>107180446
Pretty sure I didn't do any debloating. I just carved out the partition scheme with diskpart, then dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:D:\Sources\install.wim /index:1 /ApplyDir:C:\. This is on Windows 10 Home 22H2 "v1" according to the ISO I used.

Im going insane. Microsoft Store doesnt let me download anything or even add a free game to my library, it just fails. Tried every option google gave me, all the commands, reinstalling controllers, logging off and on, repairing with the Windows tool. Nothing fucking works.
I need help bros, I have been trying to play my fucking game for the past three days, but I cant even start downloading, it just goes to queue and then error 0X80072EE2. I have a fucking 1 GB symmetrical fiber connection...

I was thinking that Rossmann using clippy as a symbol of software freedom didn't make any sense, but in the Microsoft lore, Clippy was fired on stage begging for an opportunity and asking people to protest against his firing.

Any recommendations for cheap powered usb hub? Anons say I need to keep my wi-fi dongle physically separated from my other USB 3.0 ports to improve my internet connection

How to force qbittorrent to continue a download even when there's missing files?

>>107180603
UGreen does the job

>>107180487
check your internet settings to see if there's something potentially blocking the connection, Antivirus, Firewall, DNS, VPN, anything that might be blocking it. Disable the AV/Firewall and try it again

>>107180626
I only have the default Microsoft Defender antivirus, no VPN, already reset and reinstalled all the internet thingy and controllers. Firewall disabled to try it too, still the same error. Repaired the app, reinstalled it too. I dont get it, it was fine a week ago and nothing changed, didnt download or update anything. Im going insane

redpill me on "Reset this PC"
Does it work the same as reinstalling the OS?

>>107180918
Reset This PC is basically like using an ISO to repair upgrade the system but built directly into your install.

they said windows 10 support ended but i just got an update?

>>107180918
It works but I prefer using an usb to do a clean install from scratch.

>>107181236
ESU exists. If you're in Europe you get a single year of consumer ESU for free and you don't need to do anything. Outside of Europe you need to either pay 30 dollars or use 1000 MS funny money while also using an MS account system wide to get access to this one year of ESU. Or you can just use MAS's TSforge module to activate the three ESU licenses that give three years of commercial ESU, which just went through today and work perfectly.

>>107181246
I prefer that too, but I got a free w10 Pro license from uni few years back and want to continue using it. I don't even remember how I activated it since I don't even have a M$ account

>>107180603
Just use a short USB extension cable, you don't need a hub. You just need to move the dongle away from the ports on the system.

>>107180625
>>107181330
Thanks, we'll try the latter
Any ideas why this interference would have suddenly developed after years without trouble?

>>107181573
radio waves bounce around, even moving a piece of furniture can interfere. or maybe the dongle is just crapping itself, i dunno. if a cheap cable fixes it that would be great.

best of luck!

>>107181260
is ESU Extended Security Support or Extended Services Support? Home and in the US btw. I did sign up for the Security support but defender was not affected by this update AFAIK?

>>107180464
Try uninstalling IE 11 either through DISM or "Turn Windows Features On and Off"

>>107181643
Extended security updates. And if you've signed up and are using an MS account you got the updates.

This shit takes so fucking long

Am stupid. Can someone explain what up with the 22H2 thing and why it's causing some people problems with the ESU? I've got 22H2 and activated ESU via tsforge and I think it's all working fine for me with today's update.

>>107181846
Yeah it's weird how long it can sometimes take. Always makes it in the end though.

>>107181870
This is stemming from people that used that 22H2 enablement package on IoT LTSC 2021. It's not a "real" version of Windows so cumulative updates aren't listed for it. Seems that if you actually want updates on IoT LTSC 2021 you need to stay on 21H2, though you can get 22H2 updates if you just use GAC 10 with the ESU updates enabled.

>>107181603
Thanks
Have a Lucas, on me

>>107175843
is this true?
i tried windows 11 years ago on an unsupported laptop and it was slower than 10 but it was fine
then i tried the leaked iot ltsc iso and it ran like shit
could iot ltsc be the problem?

>>107182204
I don't see that many people complain about IoT LTSC 2024. Anon might just be having a self contained bad time on his hardware? Dunno.

So to make it simple, pic related for my 22H2 Win10:

I got the security update which should be the only thing that matters, right? What the hell is feature update anyway? I just want a reasonably secure system.

I did not get any other update. But reading this thread you'd think that Enterprise 22 builds are somehow unsafe yet they also get security updates. Also the message is gone.

So those on 21 who did something to go to 22 did not get what I showed in attached pic?

Did I miss anything? If I wanted to bother with endless tinkering with OS I'd just use Linux.

>>107181603
Update for interested parties: it didn't work
I'm leaning towards the dongle crapping out
Other new factors: Amazon Fire TV stick thing employed in household; new neighbour - could either of those be impeding my internet?

https://catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=ltsb%2021h2%20x64
22h2 ltsc users can apparently manually apply these

>>107182569
read the thread, everything has been already discussed

>nvidijeet niggers are hijacking the /fwt/ OP and not just /pcbg/ anymore
Disgusting

>>107182862
Answer my question you slimy fuck

>>107182893
Yes anon the cumulative update includes the security updates. The "unsafe" 22H2 installs are the ones that used the enablement package on their IoT LTSC 2021 installs, read slower.
Every normal 22H2 GAC 10 install that had TSforge's ESU unlocker ran on it gets the ESU cumulative updates fine.

>>107182893
cmd and open winver
if 19045.6575 - all is good
if 19045.6466 or 19045.6456 - get the rope

>>107182927
>>107182912

thanks all is good then

>>107182994
Hell the only new "feature" that was in the November 2025 update was a fix to the bug that made it say that your install was EoL. Just security fixes otherwise.
Seems like how it's going to be for the foreseeable future now. 10 is the new 7.

>>107183009
technically there's still mainstream support until jan 2027 for (iot) ltsc

>>107183028
I mean it's the same with LTSC now too. Now that additional feature updates being included in cumulative ones in 10 isn't happening anymore, 10 as a whole will be solid as fuck and only get security focused cumulative updates for 3+ years.

>>107177891
you mean regular enterprise or iot?

>>107183121
GAC means normal non-LTSC 10.

>>107183127
regular iot (non ltsc) also gets updates through gac, no? that's why I'm asking enterprise or iot enterprise (non ltsc)

>>107183164
No, LTSC/IoT LTSC get updates through the LTSC branch, which as of now also includes the updates that are now given to GAC 10 through ESU.

If Windows dropped the forced online account and AI bullshit I'd go back immediately.

>>107183635
sounds like all you need is windows 11 iot ltsc

>>107183635
They won't drop both of that for the forseeable future but both are easily disabled. The account via installing the Enterprise variant/using Rufus to make your boot USB and the AI shit with some registry edits and feature disabling.

>next update has recall embedded
>start menu opens a browser that makes outgoing calls
>explorer patcher still a necessity to even move the toolbar to the right and left
Fuck it I give up at this point. I'll move over to Linux and keep my old shitbox dualbooted in case I ever need anything windows-only again.
This fucking sucks.

>>107183803
Literally just disable Recall with DISM or Windows Features. It's not hard.
Are you even using a PC with an NPU in it?

>>107183814
>literally just
I have no more time to bother fighting after each and every update with an OS that's clearly declining.

>>107183822
Alright drama queen, go use Linux or something.

kind of a dumb question but should I use tsforge or switch to the pro version to get ESU's?
I got 10 education from my uni and it doesn't get updates

>>107183848
Activate ESU on your Education install.

>>107183121
I mean regular Enterprise but GAC IoT Enterprise has the same life cycle. You will have to check for group policy support though, IoT editions don't get the as many options as the non-IoT variants and the docs aren't always clear in regards to them.
>https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-11-iot-enterprise

>>107183173
Anon you do realise that there is an IoT Enterprise edition part of the GAC channel not LTSC?
>which as of now also includes the updates that are now given to GAC 10 through ESU
They are still separate channels but 10 or 11 GAC Enterprise is still the best edition and I used to be a hardcore LTSCfag.

>>107183907
The ESU updates pretty much make normal GAC 10 Enterprise just as good as LTSC now, now we know MAS's ESU unlocker works flawlessly.

i dont know if i should install office 365 or go with an older fixed version

>>107184294
You can really use either thanks to Ohook, but if you want to more easily choose what exact modules of Office you want to use then use the Office Deployment Tool method and use 365 Apps for Enterprise or Office LTSC.

>>107184309
do you recommend 365 or LTSC?

>>107184350
LTSC because I don't need the entire suite.

>start the PC
>Copilot is been on disabled startup a long time ago
>the creepy robot appears anyways
Wtf windows... I don't need another ai that will eat my RAM and startup speed..

>>107184369
2024?

>>107184529
>Futo
are you that millionaire that's funding Rossman?

>>107184563
I call my guitar fat tiger so I use the japanese futo for computer stuff, steam.
>The term "futo fat" is not a standard phrase in Japanese. "Futo" is a Japanese word element that can mean "thick" or "fat", but it is generally used as a prefix or part of a larger word, not in conjunction with the English word "fat".

who's the luke smith of the windows world?

>>107184750
chris titus

This is a very general question. I am running Windows 10 on a high end PC. If I update to windows 11, will my history in Firefox be affected (i.e, saved log ins)? I also have active torrents in qbittorrent (music tracker), would they be wiped out? Would I have to re-add all the torrents? Would most the applications I have simply be there and not have to be reinstalled

Basically, if I update to Windows 11, is it normally a seamless update in which I can resume normal use after upgrade?

>>107185559
in theory yes, the only stuff that gets modified are Windows files, in practice there could be little annoyances but these days upgrading is not as unpredictable as it used to be, specially from 10 to 11 because they're very similar. Of course clean install is still the recommended way

>>107185831
also, if you have the possibility, you should make a backup of your current install with macrium or clonezilla, just to be able to go back in case something doesn't work

>>107185831
>>107185856
>Of course clean install is still the recommended way

Thanks, but man, I just don't have the time for bringing my pc back up to my preferred settings. I may just do the basic upgrade. Also, I'd do the clone, but my main SSD is 4tb. Is it wrong to just simply want shit to work?

Anyone having problems installing KB5068781?
>Something didn't go as planned
with 0xe0000003 error. W10 IoT Enterpise 21H2.

>>107183969
>The ESU updates pretty much make normal GAC 10 Enterprise just as good as LTSC now
Has been better since before EoL and ESU

>>107184556
nta yes

>>107187498
sad but tru, despite LTSC having less updates, it always carried little annoyances like software requiring 22H2, some mysterious issues with drivers or the Game Bar notification that we always get posts about kek

the only disadvantage is the 3 year limit, once ESU ends LTSC will be the only option unless they make some wizardry to port those updates to GAC

Welp, I got the new updates on my Laptop with IoT LTSC 22H2, so that's cool.
>>107188904
Based.

My long-distance friend is a dumbass who couldn't install windows if he tried, but he has problems since w10 EoL, is there an easy way to change edition from consumer to LTSC that even a complete dumbass can't fail at doing?

Which version of Windows 7 should I install on my C2D laptop?

>>107180446
>>107181683
Alas, that didn't help

Also, I'm pretty sure I did that DISM RestoreHealth and sfc /scannow trick recently

>>107189053
Just install the ESU licenses through TSforge. They even work on Home.
All he needs to do is run the OP irm command in an admin powershell and press the right keys.

>>107189093
Thanks to TSforge being able to activate any version of 7 locally you might as well just go with Ultimate or Enterprise.

>>107189334
What about POSReady7?

>>107189377
I mean sure if you want. TSforge can activate that too.
Though personally I'd use something like Windows 7 Updated v5 if you want less friction i.e. includes all the Simplix updates and slipstreamed USB3 and NVMe drivers.

>>107189398
This? https://archive.org/details/windows-7-updated-v5

Never heard of it, it looks interesting.

>>107189426
Like I said, the least friction possible if you want a 7 that comes with all the updates it ever got. I think the debloated ISO comes without the forced in telemetry updates.

>>107171041 (OP)
Is 11 actually nothing but a glorified Windows 10 update? I was testing it out on my thinkpad with a playbook thrown in and it's not that bad so far.

>>107189462
On the backend yes it actually is. 11 started as a 10 update pack but grew in scope and became its own thing.

>>107180251
Apparently the real culprit is OneDrive.

https://shop.whatfun.jp/blog/?p=6052
https://shop-whatfun-jp.translate.goog/blog/?p=6052&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Sure enough, I had an old-ass logo in the tray. But instead of uninstalling it like the page says, I'm going to try updating it through the Microsoft Store

>>107189629
It's always OneDrive...
Uninstall the bitch

>>107189629
Aaaand I just realized that that article was literally posted just yesterday. What are the frickin' odds.

Anyway, updating OneDrive (somehow, it was either Microsoft Store or it somehow happened on its own) made the popup go away.

Disk partition GUI isn't showing the recovery partition properly, though the command line tool shows it looking fine. Should I be worried?

>>107189879
Whoops, forgot image

>>107189879
>>107189887
Never mind, turns out I had to set the partition's "attributes" to 0x8000000000000001

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/update-now-november-patch-tuesday-fixes-windows-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild
here's the targeted win10 eol campaign

>>107187589
>the only disadvantage is the 3 year limit
Not a problem on 11, just click install on the next feature release.

>>107189176
Strange, removing IE 11 should also remove MSHTML which is probably where the error is coming from.

>>107189739
>>107190419
Maybe OneDrive bundles(d) its own WebView which used to be MSHTML (hence the error) but newer version fixed it

>>107190061
was that what
>KB5068781
was about?

>>107190569
That's just the first ESU cumulative update for 10 22H2.

>>107176645
It's a little-known fact (10ddlers, like all baby ducks, are wilfully ignorant of the faults and limitations of their OSs), but it affects 10 too, just not nearly as often.
I thought I'd be "smart" and downgrade at the height of the Phison/WD meme, but I still bluescreened every few days - it was an improvement on the four-times-a-day crashes I was experiencing on 11 until WD finally got their shitty bedroom-coded hotfix (I refuse to call it a firmware update) out the door.

>>107171342
Make the UI so simplified it makes everything 10x harder and complicated

>>107181260
I think there's also 3 extra years (piggybacking off of the LTSC builds) but you'll have to update manually since they're not supposed to be applied to regular windows 10 versions

>>107191571
There's also the "Year 6" ESU license as well that's included with TSforge, who knows if that might mean that after the three years it'll be extended again like with 7?

I just had a morning jumpscare: I turned on my computer to be met with a naked loli on my wallpaper. Upon investigation I saw that the setting changed from a my usual single picture wallpaper to a slideshow using my default download folder.
Is mossad trying to frame me or did it somehow reset from the update?

>>107191788
The most /g/ post imaginable. Thanks for the laugh.

>>107191788
yesterday my screen flashed and the firefox icon moved places and now its name is "firefox.exe" instead of just firefox

>>107191979
That's mentioned in the v145 release notes. The shortcut is a launcher now.

I miss Windo ws widgets.
I used to see news, weather, and stock prices on the widget.
What’s the best way to get that on Windows 11 IoT LTSC in a non-spyware way that also uses minimal RAM and CPU?

>>107191788

eternal september
nazi themed loli best loli

>>107192003
oh i see i didnt even try and open it

>>107192159
I open Firefox from my taskbar anyway

Where Sophie?

Ordered a new laptop with ryzen 260 chip (Vivobook S16 M3607). Laptop manufacturer states that it was tested only on W11 and W10 compatibilty isn't guaranteed, but at AMD website this chip is listed as W10-compatible.
Question is: with which IoT LTSC I'll more likely get less headache — rather old for this laptop W10, or Recall/Copilot infested W11?

Sorry for the likely retarded question but
If my computer’s been in a boot loop and BSODing over and over, and I turned it off, is it safe to turn back on and try again or does that risk data loss?

>>107192635
You might as well just install 10 Enterprise over it and enable the ESU updates with TSforge if you want to keep using 10 for now.

>>107186689
>I just don't have the time for bringing my pc back up to my preferred settings.
Bro? How riced up is your PC?
It shouldn't take more than an hour to reconfigure a PC from scratch, assuming you backup and restore the data.

>>107192647
It is safe. I mean you don't have any other choice. You won't lose anything if it's already lost.

>>107192352
Stephen*

>>107173080
If you have access to excel / word / outlook then you have access to VBA. Normally it is used to automate tasks in Office (like auto saving files and bs like that). However you can use it to call the CMD and even the Windows API.


It is rarely blocked by IT "Since it is office hurr sure"

Just curious why this thread would rather use Windows than linux given the loud vocal minority on here about linux superiority. For me, it's just easier to do certain tasks. The file manager is much simpler. I know pretty much every program I would want to run will work on Windows without any tinkering. Even gaming is smoother. As far as proton has gotten, it still isn't perfect and some games don't run for me. It's easier for me to run an LTSC version of Windows and boot from Rufus so I don't need an account than it is to use linux. I don't feel like I lose anything, but I do feel like I gain quite a bit. I'm curious to hear what everyone else's reasons are though.

>>107195112
It's just easier. Using 10 Enterprise activated/ESU enabled with MAS and the telemetry and such disabled with a mass disabler like ShutUp10 just werks.

>>107195112
I'm too lazy to learn a new os, ltsc works fine, kde won't show programs to me on occasion, mint will refuse to shut down due to some driver and the only working combo of debian + xfce doesn't make me want to move to linux

>>107195112
This thread exists to show that most issues and annoyances people have with Windows are easy or even trivial to fix, many times the issue is that people is willing to learn Linux for days but demonize the idea of learning the registry, group policy or powershell just because Windows is the one that it's meant to "just werk", which is fair, but also short sighted since nowadays you can have a very clean Windows experience without spending huge amounts of time.

Of course in the end it's impossible to make Windows "free" like Linux, but if what you need is "Windows but good" then it's not as hard as people make it seem.

>have decades of pirated software
>get a program from a good source that I know of
>press setup.exe
>get a flash of a DOS window open and close
>still get the jitters experiencing this
The older I get the less I want to pirate. I wish I could just buy everything I want to try.

>>107196523
If you pirate regularly, you could use a VM or Windows Sandbox to test your installs safely

>>107196552
NTA, but what if virus software just waits a few days before deploying its pozzed load so VM users think its safu?

>>107196583
you should be able to see if there's a running process waiting, or you could see in scheduled tasks if there's an unusual new task. Of course that requires a bit more Windows knowledge.

You could combine it with /sec/ tools like VirusTotal, but then again, you would need to be more educated on that, but to be fair, knowing about detecting viruses is always a good thing in general, specially if you pirate from a lot of sites

>>107171041 (OP)
>1742593794156584.png (822 KB, 1136x782)
i wanted a rolls royce phantom when i was young...

>>107196774
i've killed three /g/ threads so far lol

There was some German website that documented the oldest and weakest computers/systems that managed to run various Windows operating systems, including but not limited to Windows xp on an i386 among other things. Does any anon know the link?

>>107197407
i'm curious too

>>107171041 (OP)
Anyone else update Malawarebytes Windows Firewall Control today and just have the fucking thing start giving the message "can't connect to MWFC service"?

Im using win11 and after a random amount of time after boot, my ethernet connection get disconnected; just updated drivers and did a full install, still the same problems (there's a cunt with linux on the same routers and he doesn't have this prob)

>>107177928
Word on Win 10?

>>107197983
how do i win $10 million
does anybody know?
how do i get out of this country?

>>107197768
I figured it out in case anyone was wondering, the author updated it so it needs to be running from
C:\Program Files\* or C:\Windows\* for security purposes.

>>107198241
>the author updated it so it needs to be running from
>C:\Program Files\* or C:\Windows\* for security purposes.
what the fuck...
there's not some sort of update wizard which moves it for the user?
you gotta do that manually?

i wish we had the technology to fuckin MOVE FILES in an update wizard with administrator permissions

Have you had problems installing Windows from a Ventoy USB stick? Windows XP refuses to run giving me a blue screen and Windows 7 isn't able to properly format the hard disk. Solution is probably writing to the USB with Rufus like in the old days.

>>107196523
Piracy being less common now makes it seem riskier (to me) than it was 15 years ago when everyone pirated software and movies, even normalfags.

>>107195112
There was a bug in qbittorrent on Debian 11 which made the program unusable. But on Linux you are stuck with a specific version of software for 6 months - 2 years. The whole basis of the entire operating system - packaging - is flawed.

>>107192033
Rainmeter. It just requires a bit of figuring out.

>>107171694
You can always just try it and it it sucks wipe and install WIn10 IoT LTSC.

Does this update break anything? I heard some fucked shit about the preview.

>>107182675
so - uhhhh - thanks for the lucas, I guess?

Yes it's possible the FireTV or the neighbor are causing issues.

Do you have an Android phone or tablet? You can get Wifi Analyzer by Farproc from cnet.com and see what channels are being used, that might help - if you can change the channel on your router it may work better for the dongle.

>>107197407 (me)
>>107197524
found it
https://www.winhistory.de/more/386/winq.htm

>>107198880
:D
tyvm

Just reinstalled windows 10 on a crappy laptop I had lying around...
When I try to install Chrome/open powershell I get the following error
>there's a problem with this app. Reinstall the application from its original install location or contact your administrator

why the fuck i have an object 3d folder in my windows ?

Wtf is now the definite best W10 edition (for gaymers at least) now?

Scrolling through the thread there seems to be a consensus that

>Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 22H2 (GAC)

is better than

any LTSC version?

>>107197867
what happens to the NIC in device manager when this happens, does it show an error? Look in the properties for the NIC, "Events" tab.

have you tried a different cable?
have you tried forcing the speed in the NIC to a lower speed?
does the system have a WiFi card, if yes have you tried disabling it?

>>107199211
some people on mdl report success in installing november 2025 updates on 22h2 ltsc, so further developments might be interesting
you can use esu until october 2028 comes anyway

>>107199248
What's the big difference for an average consumer anyways than, the LTSC vs Enterprise GAC version?

>>107199357
gac has codecs, more modern stock apps, windows store, winget and of course bloat
most of the times people want 22h2 because valorant requires it

>>107199377
I can uninstall/delete the bloat, on the other hand I can install the store on LTSC as well as codecs if needed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsLTSC/comments/1ovyv48/copilot_installed_on_win10_iot_ltsc_21h2_do_i/
friendly reminder to not upgrade regular windows 10 to ltsc and do clean install instead

>>107199436
People unironically do upgrades? I've always done a clean install forever. Doesn't feel right otherwise.

>>107199357
If you don't care about having more bloat, GAC is fine

>have dozens of gaymes installed from steam
>move gaymes to a new steam library on a different disk
>windows still thinks all these games are at the old install location
Is there a way to mass-update the registry or whatever windows 10 uses for the "Programs and Features" list, to point it to the new install location?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TskW1ZnM5Pg

Hmmmm, benchmarks suggest that W11 24H2 is faster than W10.

>>107199545
usable system > few fps more

>>107199211
I would just use ESU activated GAC 10 Enterprise 22H2 if you want to play games on 10 still. Less headaches when it comes to certain games not wanting to work properly (small amount but still) and how the ESU updates work like normal through Windows Update.

Through some VM experimentation, I have confirmed that if you start with an MBR Windows 10 disk with no dedicated "system reserved" partition, convert it to GPT, then upgrade to Windows 11, you end up with two recovery partitions. My guess is it's because MBR2GPT puts the EFI partition after the main partition, and that becomes a problem with the old recovery partition being too small, and apparently moving the EFI partition to make room isn't an option, so the next best thing is apparently making another partition.

So now the question is...

-Is this even something to worry about? It's only a GB or two at worst, I think
-Can anything even be done about it safely?

>>107200440
Since Windows regenerates WinRE partitions so readily in upgrade scenarios, I'd just nuke the WinRE partition, then MBR2GPT, then upgrade.

How am I supposed to install this thing without internet???

is there a way to import/export group policies?

>>107200718
Rufus can disable the need for an MS account. Also you should be installing the Enterprise edition anyway which lets you install Windows offline no matter what.

>>107200542
Yeah, maybe that's what I should do next time I run into this scenario. I wonder if I can get away with leaving the space after the main partition "empty", instead of wasting time extending the main partition or making a new partition that Windows will mess with anyway.

But my other concern is whether anything can/should be done about a case where this has already happened? I was able to clone to another drive with Macrium with a better partition rearrangement (again, all virtual), and it booted normally and to the recovery environment without a fuss. But if I don't have a spare drive? I do fear messing with the EFI partition will break things, which might be why Windows's utilities didn't bother.

>>107198766
Moight scrounge up an android phone and try that, the issues persist even though I just replaced the dongle
Just took me five minutes to load the captcha ffs

>>107200768
You're touching on why I do my own partitioning, and don't accept the defaults.
Unless it's some single-purpose install (in which case the following goes out the window), I always give myself at least a 260MB ESP and 64MB MSR partitions - well above what Windows Setup will make you - and I have a history of move WinRE onto the Windows partition itself (nothing stops you doing this, it's just a precaution against completely trashing your Windows boot volume, or partially trashing your partition table, WinRE can still run).

>>107199211
>>107199248
>you can use esu until october 2028 comes anyway
what does this mean though, really?
are my old steam games which work on windows 10 gonna be unplayable 6 years from now?
is windows 10 gonna be bricked across devices, like flash was?

>>107200947
10 will continue to get support for as long as the ESU exists, like how it worked with 7.

After a forced security update
>2025-11 Security Update (KB5068861) (26100.7171)

My Windows Home turned into Windows Pro and the annoying "activate windows" prompt is now active.
Is there any way to reverse this?
I'm tech illiterate.

I recently learned about dism /capture-image, and now I feel like that, as a system builder, this could come in handy to have a Windows image that already has ALL of the latest updates, including other Windows apps. Especially Windows 10. In fact, maybe this could be used to replace install.wim on my Windows install drive

Bad idea?

Though if it was a good idea, then someone may have done it already and published it somewhere.

>>107201054
Activate it with the script in the OP. Run the irm command in an admin powershell and use the HWID activation.

>>107171041 (OP)
cute bear

are the microsoft apps for enterprise more "bloated" than office 2024?

>>107200804
>just replaced the
u wot? and its still happening?

what else is connected to that USB controller?

have a look at your USB chipset/hub driver, maybe an updated driver borked something (or an updated driver is needed).

>>107201176
365 Apps for Enterprise is just the enterprise/business version of the 365 modules with added enterprise features. LTSC is exactly what you think it is, 365 snapshots frozen in time.

>>107201190
ok so they are basically the same apps but 365 is more up to date

>>107198751
not that we know so far

>>107201215
Yeah, 365 gets updates. LTSC doesn't.

>>107201233
i might choose LTSC for my shittop

>>107201309
Go ahead then. Office Deployment Tool is pretty easy to use if you follow massgrave's guide.

You DO keep your W10 up-tp-date, right?

There really ought to be an online Windows 10 VM for you to mess around with and even break. Possible experiments and other stuff keep coming to my mind, but I don't have the space to keep another VM of my own, but I'd rather not have to go through installing Windows over and over.

>>107201466
bro your azure???

>>107171694
it runs exactly the same on a 4790k as a 7800x3d

>>107200969
oh ty

Any alternative for https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist ?
looks like his github got deleted.

>>107201573
Dang that sucks. There is a copy on majorgeeks https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/visual_c_redistributable_runtimes_aio_repack.html
Looks quite recent, too, only updated last month

>>107201573
What the fuck why
Hope abbodi has a git backup

>>107201573
wtf
i just downloaded office scrubber yesterday
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/abbodi1406s-batch-scripts-repo.74197/#post-1343297
here is all his stuff

>>107201731
I'm guessing he'll just reupload everything to gitlab or something? I don't wanna have to make an MDL account to see the links.

>>107201188
>what else is connected to that USB controller?
no idea, the internals of computers are mysterious to me
the drivers are all old, and are "the best", according to windows auto driver search

>>107201842
>according to windows auto driver search
nooooo don't do that, anon, go and find the latest drivers from the manufacturer or from Intel if it's an Intel chipset. Windows driver auto search only gives the "stable" WHQL-qualified drivers, these are not always the best performing

get all chipset and other base drivers from the vendor.

and you can see the USB devices by connection easy with USB tree view (free)

https://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html

>>107202388
>>107202388
>>107202388