>>106358203
>What are some reasonable ways to reduce the bloat on an old Windows machine?
Define 'bloat' in your case. If it's a case of "holy fuck why the fuck is the system partition filled that much", run WizTree to analyze the volume and see its sitrep.
And with some general tips: uninstall applications that you don't use (use BCUninstaller so that it could take care of any leftovers a program's own uninstaller couldn't), run cleanmgr, clean %temp% and leftover crashdumps, et cetera et cetera. There's more of that, but these should be common steps for disk space maintenance.
>>106358581
Realtek is a hit or miss, depending on the ALC codec and how it's implemented in your motherboard. I'd try uninstalling the drivers first, and have DDU completely remove whatever was left of the driver
Try forcing windows' generic hd audio driver for the device, see whether the pop-ins still happen (and other potential issues), then you may try installing what Realtek provides in their site (or use the universal UAD driver from pal1000)
Ideally you should run the OEM-purposed driver with specific customizations for the "full experience", in case something doesn't work under the generic drivers, but these can be bloaty at the same time.
>You have me at a bit of disadvantage here. Can I get that info from msinfo32 or in the device manager properties?
IIRC it can be somewhat determined based on the DEV_ part in the device's hardware ids, but I guess your regular HW utilities like AIDA or HWINFO will be more accurate.
>>106359591
Use regular LTSC ISO instead, and convert the edition post-install with a key change (or use the PID.txt trick in \Sources folder). Microsoft's MVS repository only provides the en-US ISO for the IoT variant.
>>106359597
>Do I use Rufus to create a bootable Win10 install drive?
should do the trick
>Does the installation tool have a partition manager so I can wipe and format my storage too?
Windows Setup? - yes

>>718008673
>asmon = right
>hasan = left
>moistcritical = center
hope that helps

>>512967086
what if they use a meme flag instead?

>>105914266
>I take it this applies only to the Intel CPUs with the performance and efficiency core setup, so Ryzen is completely unaffected?
Some of the Ryzen models are also heterogeneous, with an asymmetrical CCD layout, e.g. 7950X3D. Not all heterogeneous architectures are created equal, of course.
With that example model's case, it appears to be supported in W10 22H2, according to MSFT documentation:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-10-22h2-supported-amd-processors
>but with the whole complaining on the web about stuff not being scheduled right, YMMV
Either way: make sure your CPU is on the list, and you should (probably) be fine.
>>105914513
>Explorer
>taking 12GB of RAM
>memory leaks
Any third-party program hooked to your explorer.exe process that you have installed, like a shell extension or some Windhawk tweak? Explorer by itself shouldn't swallow that much memory.

>>531080261
>This card is bad because... I can't read. But I will be extremely confident and adamant about my opinion

>>714273192
>Actual AAA dev here

Ike has a romantic relationship with soren but uses Mia's body to relieve his natural sexual urges

>>105651375
this, often send the same prompt to deepseek and chatgpt and deepseek is just way better