>>103926380
>Usage: paste into Notepad, save as .ps1, run it
Why not literally just run it in powershell like they tell you to? Why the unnecessary step of creating a file and saving it then running it?
Why are the OPs so retarded?

Also you should never run this command copied from here, you should always go on their github to make sure the command is using the right URL since a malicious Anon could post a fake one that installs malware on your machine

>>103926484
I've never understood it either tbqh
The OP's mind is an enigma.

>>103926484
Who knows, I just copied and pasted it. Feel free to post a better one next time if you like.

Any precautions I should take when going online with XP over 10 years later? I'm expecting to plug in with my cellular modem or through my router that uses it. I'm assuming the Pro SP3 iso hosted by massgrave isn't including any updates/drivers/patches/etc?

I dunno if any AVs still support it either, got an old Kaspersky CD but that's all. Most I can do I guess is block all ports in the firewall before letting a few remain open if I wanna be pedantic.

>>103926723
>Any precautions I should take when going online with XP over 10 years later?
Nah, you'll be fine. Ransomware isn't real. What could possibly go wrong?

>>103926723
For connecting to the modern net from XP there's the MyPal browser which is based on Firefox ESR (at least the beta version is.)
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/mypal.html
Beccause of it being based on Firefox ESR you'd most likely to be able to use UBO properly as well, so that's a lot of virusy weight off the shoulders.

>shuck the hard disk from the compaq
>wd black scorpio, sata
HP really didn't mess around with the replacement parts I guess. This machine looks hilariously overspecced for XP yet hilariously underspecced for Vista as it is. Though if I spend like 30-40$ on upgrading the CPU from a Celeron M 430 to a C2D T7600 and plop in 4GB of memory I might be able to run Vista assuming the iGPU is powerful enough and that the CPU isn't soldered on this machine.

>>103926846
But would you -really- wanna run Vista?

>Notepad.exe
>type .LOG in file
>save
>open

How can I get this in a CLI editor like Vi?

FAQ:
>How do I activate Windows?
github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
HWID2 mimics a valid Windows installation to generate a permanent legitimate license on MS's activation servers
Usage: paste into Notepad, save as .ps1, run it

irm https://get.activated.win | iex

>and Office?
Same method, use Ohook
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
>Preinstalled with: Edge & Win32 system apps
>10 years support on IoT LTSC
>5 years on plain LTSC
>Manual version upgrades
>If you need MS Store run this in cmd: wsreset -i

W11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2024
>Same as IoT LTSC 2021 except:
>UI written in React Native aka JavaScript including: Start, Taskbar and Explorer
>Use only if you fell for the 12th+ gen Intel meme and need the new CPU scheduler

W10/W11 Home/Pro/Education/Enterprise/Enterprise IoT
>Preinstalled with: Edge, Win32 system apps, MS Store, UWP apps: Xbox, OneNote, OneDrive, Weather, Skype, Weather, Movies, Music, Disney+, Netflix, Instagram, TikTok, Amazon, Spotify, ESPN, Facebook, Twitter, Candy Crush, PicsArt, LinkedIn, Photoshop Express, etc
>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

>PastaArchive
https://rentry.org/fwt

Previously on /fwt/: >>103865258

>>103926484
>>103926670
>needing to open a browser and go to 4chan and then /g/ and find fwt to copy something you can have saved locally and simply double click
imagine being this retarded

>>103927079
see >>103926484
You just need to link to the MAS github which has a literal "Download / How to use it?" section and people will know they're not just running some weird shit some Anon pasted
>>103927097
Ah yes, because I need to run this every week
The URL could change too. You should always check the github whenever you're about to run it

>>103927097
Anon it's not even that hard of a command to remember. You can also just look it up on your phone.
Placing it in the OP is unnecessary.

>>103926670
>The OP's mind is an enigma.
It's called schizophrenia.

did anyone succeed in booting the latest windows 10 iot ltsc iso with ventoy? I'm getting some bootloader related errors while booting with latest ventoy version.
the file name is "en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso"

>>103927468
I've installed IoT LTSC 2021 off a Ventoy USB at least three times on three different computers without issue. My settings for it were GPT/exFAT/secure boot support

whats your full regimen when installing a new windows on a machine? what do you kill in regedit/gp/schedtasks/services/etc. what do you install, whats the go to minimum where you say you can start using the machine propely?

>>103927569
>whats the go to minimum where you say you can start using the machine propely?
Brave.

>>103927569
After I get to the desktop for the first time I plug in my tool USB and start running things like ShutUp10 before it's been able to go online. I also install the WLAN/LAN drivers for the specific mobo/OEM and then go online to update to the latest cumulative package, then I go to safe mode and run DDU on the driver that WU installed, then use NVCleanstall to install a fresh and lean NVIDIA driver. Then after that's all settled I run MAS to activate it and then get to installing my general programs like Firefox/7zip/Steam/mpv etc. and shit like VCRedist/,NET.

>>103927642
Well if you're gonna be using a Chromium browser it might as well be Brave.

IoT doesnt activate now what? Are these real links or insider previews?

>>103927079
based

>>103926380
Is the /fwt/ rentry page ever going to be updated?

>>103927468
ventoy has the instruction how to install the OS with secure boot on
Or just turn off secure boot like a normal /g/entleman.

>>103927962
The IoT LTSC links on massgrave, like all the ISOs, are genuine media.
There should be no reason that MAS doesn't activate it.

>>103928018
I'd say the person that actually worked on that paste hasn't been to /fwt/ in a long while.
Though in certain things its info is still fairly solid.

>>103924843
>>103924975
>>103925048

You dumb retards. I said not to use it because its an ugly trash fire of a terminal, not because its spyware (it is though)

Use something prettier

>>103928194
Feel better now?

>upgrade to IoT LTSC
>suddenly the date accessed on a lot of my external files and folders is being changed, even with those that haven't been changed for a long time
What is causing this and how do I stop it? [spoiler]Is there any way to restore the original dates accessed, or am I fucked?[/spoiler]

>>103928194
So what do you use?

>>103928194
conhost.exe chads stay winning.
btw, how did rajesh mean for me to click on this when half of it is out of bounds?

>>103928416
> how did rajesh mean for me to click on this when half of it is out of bounds
Rajesh is like Gnome developers - he doesn't care about what he doesn't have. A

>>103928462
out of tokens, buddy?

>>103928477
What do you mean?

>>103927079
>need the new CPU scheduler
Does anyone actually need this?

Is there a way to stop windows 11 from hiding these scrollbar arrows? Like, what's the point? that space is already reserved, you gain nothing by hiding the arrows.

>>103928841
Not since win10 22h2

Was looking forward to using the reduced iso of server edition but my gpu driver isnt installing what do? Is this the gatcha part? Why do i feel that these iso files may not work if i just tried one and its not really 100% usable if my driver wont install.

>>103929126
Server isn't a version of Windows made to play games, anon.

>>103929126
Stick with the Home edition or w/e it is from the Microsoft site, the other links here don't matter much to many. As for the activation part only you can use the massgrav download or activate yourself if you know how to (do the 30 day auto reset method) that way you won't be catious of any of these links.

>>103929134
Then what use case are the server links?

>>103929166
To actually use it as the OS for a server? Like its namesake?

>>103929145
Anon shut the hell up stop telling anons to be lazy Home using shits.

i've ran the win10 debloater and nuke as much of the supposedly useless shit i could but there was something in there that nuked the battery display from tray, what do?
when checking the tray settings i can see the battery there with 97% left, so its stuck at the point where i nuked windows
checking the energy saving settings shows me its actually 80% so at least that works
its a t495 if that helps

Is MSMG a meme? Cant I disable everything after install? I'm afraid I'm gonna permanantly fuck something up with my install I wont find out about until years later, permanently removing cortana and other shit does look promising though...

>>103929327
I've never bothered with it and just do what it does either in the live install or using an autounattend.xml file during setup.

>>103929338
>using an autounattend.xml file during setup
Whats this?

>>103929355
An answer file that the Windows setup can reference to automatically do certain things.
https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/
This site generates one for you from options you select. Just place it at the root of the Windows setup USB you make.

>>103929650
Scrollbars don’t disappear, arrows do.

>>103929206
What's up your ass today anon did government cut you from the system?

>>103929301
Or you can click English International during setup. You dont need any "debloat" scripts.

>>103929355
A file by the OP used to attack the target PC.

>>103929687
ungoogled-chromium always show arrows for me

>>103929737
Chromium uses its own scrollbars, I think, that's why

>>103929737
Oh, sorry about this post. You probably mean explorer.exe.

>>103926723
Don't open Internet Explorer even once if it still connects somehow, get the browser from a drive. I acidentally opened IE on XP around 2016 and my PC immediately got aids. Not sure how they did it but I think it's ad banners on MSN.com which is the Internet Explorer's home page being somehow infected

how can i completely remove edge? whatever i tried so far always returns with error code 1 or error code 19

>>103926380
Good image, OP

How do you make the Bubbles screensaver transparent in Windows 11?

How the hell did we live without the search bar in Win2K and XP? Any programs that add one?

>>103930462
I used to actually organize my Start menu.

>>103930164
>11
lol
lmao even

>>103930164
windhawk mod - transparent screensaver fix

>>103930462
This is why Apple made spotlight search.

Is using an SSD on Windows XP a waste of resources/time? It's not just going to chew through the TBW?

Does the XP ISO hosted by massgrave come packed with SATA/AHCI support?

>>103931046
why the fuck can't I reply to this it just has my post automatically disappear

I might have fucked up lads, I just realized the XP SP3 Pro VL ISO that I'm installing (the one from massgrave) and that setup is now copying files to may not have the SATA drivers on it.

Dunno if I can just open the ISO in 7z, copy the OEM folders into it, and re-burn it to the DVD and reinstall after it bluescreens, or if I need special software to create the image first.

I love Windows!

>>103928194
Such as?

>>103930462
People used their Desktop way more back then. They would put shortcuts to folders and even use the taskbar to put important things they use often.

At worst you could install some command line scripts and rely on that as a search (fzf), I never really used anything like that back in the day. I remember XP's search actually working really well believe it or not.

>want to optimize my 49.000 meme folders
>ask /fwt/
>they make my thumbnails fast
>windows reads them as general items
>seems like it works well
>right click on a meme
>open has moved to the end of the first part
>they were optimized as images before
>slow thumbnails
>but Open was on top and easier to click
I can't win with this.
Could I move Open on top without changing the items from general to photos?

>>103932920
This was a very recent change. Pissed me off a lot. I think I had to fuck around with the registry to fix it, sorry I can't be more helpful.

>>103932441
Nevermind, the system werks I guess. No sound drivers being active during install makes me sad though. Now to repaste this machine cause thermal pads/pcm is expensive right now...

>>103932672
NOW I remember why desktop clutter was such an issue back then. Less work to just dump everything there instead and have it always be visible as opposed to navigating my documents.

Libraries were a good thing that they added.

>>103930462
you organized your start menu

>>103932997
>superimposed hentai image on the desktop

Dont care if I make that mistake now, but back when I lived with my parents, whew close calls

>>103933115
Yup and it helps that it's just a WIN+D away at any time. Personally I was more fond of the start menu like some other anons in this thread, but the desktop did have some use for really disorganized stuff. Don't even get me started on Rainmeter, you could really go nuts with that.

I love the robot so much it's unreal. I know /g/ seethes because it beats them in coding and can make you cheat at Uni but holy cow it's useful if used properly.
>>103932920

>>103933211
You tested that before posting, right?

>>103933211
all the ai is doing is stealing information from the internet and making it readily available without searching through hundreds of websites. literally just google advanced.

>it beats them in coding
Why don't you ask it to write a program that dumps the first 8 MB of memory into a file without ever leaving real mode in DOS? I'd be really fun to watch it falling flat on its face.

>>103933225
Not yet. I will go take a shower first.
>>103933227
+ saves me time in filtering the proper, legit answers.
Have you googled a windows issue before?
>that guy who asks for system specs
>that guy who asks for log files
>that other guy who finds a solution that is so convoluted, going to the most outlandish changes in your settings
>that other guy who suggests right away a third party program
I can't deal with Google troubleshooting.
So far the robot has been 100% correct for me.
I even use it at work for mechanical info.
Pls no bully, I don't want to fight. I enjoy /fwt/ because it's chill and friendly.

>>103933259
>So far the robot has been 100% correct for me.
Sounds like luck.

>>103933259
>Have you googled a windows issue before?
>.*
>I can't deal with Google troubleshooting.
I don't trust the robot in its current incarnation with this kind of stuff but you do give me hope for a future without any of that crap. You're right, it's very annoying.

If I'm a budgetfag looking at QLED monitors, is W11 actually worth using? I remember hearing from my mate a while back that there was some feature of W11 that improved QLED usage somehow, but I've since forgotten, and he's on his fucking honeymoon right now. Thanks in advance

>>103933231
>nothing
Yeah, thought so. Fucking pathological liars.

Sorry, I'm sticking w/ 7

>>103934849
>he's stuck in the past
You silly boy!

Yay

windows 11 ltsc fixed yet? All the desktop/usability bugs are keeping me from upgrading.

How can I make a new Windows 10 2021 iot more private? Is there a tool that disables all the bad things at once?

So I have an elitebook x360 running win11, and if it hibernates with the screen folded back, when I boot it back up again the screen rotation lock is greyed out if I'm using it normally, but the display is often still sideways or upside down with no way to change it (without folding the screen back, turning the lock off, and folding it again)

I'd really rather not have to do that, is there any way to make this button usable in regular laptop mode (or an easy way to rotate it back without unlocking)?

I'm debloating the fuck out of Windows 11 to see how far I can push it while still running everything I need. Honestly, with the right fixes, it's just Windows 10 with a different Settings menu.

>>103935306
ShutUp10

>>103926380
Whats the best way to learn office 365 so i can get work? Like tutorials or something.

>>103935348
That sucks, is it something to do with tablet mode maybe?

>>103935440
Thanks. There are a lot of check boxes, kek.

>>103935471
You can set all the green options in a couple clicks from the top bar

anyone know how to remove this focus thing from the calender

>>103935466
Yeah maybe I didn't explain it very well. When it starts back up the screen is still however I had it last, but because it's not in tablet mode it won't let me fix it easily.

I'm guessing it's because they assume you won't ever want to rotate the screen in laptop mode, ignoring the possibility that the rotation might not actually be correct. It seems like it's a windows thing and not limited to hp

The ctrl-alt- arrow key hotkeys also don't work for me for some reason

>>103935348
>>103935348
>Convertible 2in1?

Microsoft are stupid to remove tablet mode from action center, on windows 10 you can manually switch tablet or desktop mode.

Just curious how about press ctrl+alt and arrow key?

>>103935651
>Convertible 2in1?
yeah

That shortcut doesn't do anything unfortunately. I've enabled shortcuts in the intel settings but it only shows this one (which does work). There's no rotation option in the intel display settings at all

I had a look in the windows display settings and that does allow me to change it back so maybe I just have to do that and deal with the annoyance. I'm just surprised this is an issue since it seems to affect the surface as well

>>103935562
>screen rotation lock is greyed out
https://windowsreport.com/windows-11-rotation-lock-greyed-out/
I found this link which mentions a few issues could be the problem.
>Your device doesn’t support screen rotation
>The device driver is not installed
>Third-party software is blocking the feature

Does it grey out the rotation lock normally without hibernation?

>>103928210
>discuss the issue with a more tech-oriented friend
>they believe it's the system "phoning home"
>telemetry is disabled
>it's still happening
I forgot to mention, it's affecting files and folders everywhere. I'm considering sidegrading to regular LTSC 21H2 for now.

>>103929064
Does that mean I don't need Win11 for a 12th gen Intel processor?

This is probably a stupid question, but:

I was previously told that newer AMD processors could have issues running Windows 10 due to compatibility with the 3d Cache, but then another user lower in the chain said it only impacted the 7900x3d and 7950x3d due to them being high power and needing to CCD dies, and that it wasn't an issue with 8 core chips and below which were unified

I'm not sure if the 9800x3d was a thing at the time, so would that also be safe with W10, or does it have enough power or CCD dies to also potentially have a problem?

>>103930462
There was a program that would bring up a search box if you pressed alt-space, and would find programs and files. I forget what it was called.

Most people just arranged shortcuts and folders on the desktop. There was a program called fences that made scrollable groups that you could place anywhere, it was really cool at the time. Oh and people used Run a lot more

>>103936893
I've seen people use X3D with W7 wtf?

>>103937358
microsoft powertoys?

>>103935836
Sidegrading didn't do anything, it's still doing it. I suspect it's either a setting somewhere that I haven't disabled or perhaps a bug in the OS.

>>103937862
It looks like the one I was thinking of was called Launchy, but there were others

>>103935388
no need to be an asshole it was an honest question. Wouldn't Ltsc get patched with basic fixes for stuff that wasn't even broken on 24h2, like the icon display issue?

>>103938734
As of now pretty much every 24H2 11 edition gets the same cumulative updates, as with the before packs.

>>103938788
thank you.

>>103936769
>>103929064
has anyone found the CPU scheduler to even make a difference?

I'm trying to install windows 11 but it's giving me this error. Any help?
“We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the setup log files”

>>103939209
Open the setup command prompt with Shift+F10 and run diskpart. Select the disk you want to install Windows to with "select disk x" with the x replaced by the drive number from the list, and then run "clean." Wait for it to finish, then close out of the prompt and refresh the list. Reselect the drive you want to install to and then it should install completely fine.

>>103939228
I tried that before and I just tried again. Doesn't work. It might be worth noting I'm using a portable ssd enclosure to boot off of. The enclosure has an NTFS partition that got mounted. I tried unmounting it with disk part and it still wont install

>>103939256
You can't install Windows to a portable drive through the setup, even if it's a SATA enclosed USB drive. You'd need to use Rufus's Windows To Go functionality to install Windows instead to it.

>>103939286
I should have said it has a virtual cd/dvd/blu ray drive. Doesn't matter now since it's working. I fixed it by not making a partition i just deleted all the partitions and clicked next on the empty disk. Fuck me.

Is it possible to update from 10 ltsc to 11 ltsc or do I have to install it from scratch?

>>103939303
You still made partitions after you cleaned with diskpart? Don't do that lol
The setup will just make the partitions and shit it needs with the cleaned unallocated space.

>>103939330
Like with other LTSCs you can just get an IoT LTSC 2024 ISO, mount it and run the setup.exe to in-place upgrade. Just select to not update during setup.

>>103939366
I got to the next step by pressing next with unallocated space, but now it's upgraded the error. What the fuck am I supposed to do now?

Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation. to install windows, restart the installation."

I just realized, that if we use Scoop to install software, and since Scoop installs to the User folder, then we are essentially reinstall-proofing our software installs?

>>103939660
Scoop is like having Flatpak or Homebrew on Linux, but on Windows.

using windows 11 ltsc 24h2, i have the "WSearch" service disabled but SearchHost still runs in the background.
does anyone else encounter this issue, and are there any known fixes?

My IoT LTSC install updated itself while I was asleep and now everything is fucked QQ
Sfc says it found corrupt files and couldn't fix them and dism can't find source files
The biggest issue really is that the store and terminal apps fucked themselves and now I can't launch my headphone EQ program because of a dll bad image error (which is why I tried the above things)

>>103940207
Ok actually the latter was fixed by a total reinstall of the program
Store still fucked it just opens and then closes after an uninstall into wsreset
I thought I fixed the cliprenew thing but maybe I'll have to follow the alt guide

since microsfot wants to start forcing edge to open on it's own i have removed it it was fine when i could just ignore it but having it open on start up is a bridge too far
now is there a way to remove windows defender?

What's the easiest way to have tabs in Windows Explorer on W10?

>>103940901
Install QTTabBar

>>103940790
If they're deciding to "force Edge to open on its own" I'd say they aren't pushing that on the business editions.

>>103940921
i dont know im on the pro edition and it opened on start up and was downloading something if i didnt use this computer for VR i would just swap to linux but sadly no one has cracked the meta headsets on linux yet

>>103940956
Well Pro for instance is not a business edition

>>103936769
I have a 14600k and tested both win11 and win 10. It makes zero noticeable difference both in games and applications so I went back to 10.

>>103940207
>>103940280
Today I learned that my boot stick can be used to reinstall windows without deleting my shit
I also learned that the store is still fucked but at least I fixed my component store and got sfc to actually complete

>>103926380
Any recommendations on where to pirate Adobe Framemaker from? I checked Monkrus's site and they seem to have everything there except for Framemaker.

can toaster run w11
or should i just stay on 10?
also how to turn off / remove all of the bloat from w11 ?
i just want at least werks like 10
i don't want the copilot ai bullshit.

I don't see any Windows 11 mention in WSUS. What is the right way to do updates for 11 LTSC IoT?

Nevermind I found the answer on Windows forums.

>>103941663
IoT LTSC 2024 can run on old machines pretty well. I'd say just disable all the animations/transparency shit though.

>>103941702
Pre-install? DISM to slipstream or just use ntlite in free mode. It'll grab the updates and uses DISM anyway. Enable ResetBase and you might have to run it again.

I am trying to run a task when I unplug my USB drive but the following event isn't triggered when I unmount my usb drive or just unplug it by force. What gives?

>>103941431
So anyways I gave up and reinstalled
Shoulda just done that from that start clap minus 8 hours

can someone make a .bat shurtcut or something that will type in yt-dlp "ask for my link" --cookies-from-browser firefox

basically i want to open some .bat file and it'll ask me to input a link so i can download files from certain websites instead of manually hving to type in the other stuff

>>103943313
You could just use jD2 and it'll auto-paste any links you copy. There's also yt-dlp interface that once you copy a link, just click into the box and it auto-pastes as well.

why why why why does obsidian handwriting implementations suck so much
I'm really stuck with onenote for all eternity aren't I

>>103943313
genuinely ask chatgpt

> github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
> HWID2 mimics a valid Windows installation to generate a permanent legitimate license on MS's activation servers

>PastaArchive
https://rentry.org/fwt

Ehh, please help me out to keep up Windows support for my fathers computers.
What Windows to install on unsupported hardware that has a Windows 10 license and is supposed to receive updates after October 2025 and run Adobe Photoshop?

Has IoT GPU support like non-IoT?
Can the legal Win10 license be used to legally activate Win11 despite that Win11 is a fresh installation by means of Rufus, not the Windows- In-Place Upgrade path?
Can HWID2 retrieve a legal licence with the legal Win10 license? If yes, how?
Can HWID2 just retrieve a license for an inactivated Windows, by that activate the windows and trough the permanent license have further installations of said Windows be auto activated?

>>103944672
>Can the legal Win10 license be used to legally activate Win11 despite that Win11 is a fresh installation by means of Rufus, not the Windows- In-Place Upgrade path?
I only figured this out just after having submitted the post: Is it sufficient to simply enter the underlying key upon that the hardware has received upgrade-digital-only licenses, i.e. for an active Win10 license, enter the key of the underlying Windows 10/8/7 that was used to activate 10, just also for Win11?

Sorry, I feel brain dead reading into this. I'll try things out if you guys don't feel like spoon-feeding me. Thanks anyway!

>>103944811
Pretty sure you can. During installation click 'I don't have a product key' and it should automatically activate itself because the keys are stored in the motherboard.

privacy.sexy or winutil? And why? Only answers with some effort and knowledge put into them please

I've been trying installing Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 on my new laptop (a Thinkpad P1 Gen 7) but I am getting the "No device drivers were found" error, first time it happens after many times I did this on other computers, I have tried formatting the disk as they said to do online but I get the same error, so assuming I have to download and copy the drivers manually how do I know which drivers do I even need?

>>103946351
Chris is a faggot. Privacy.sexy is the best but for the love of god read what you enable/disable before doing anything.

is there a recommended driver installation program i can use for my new install?

>>103946847
Snappy Driver Installer Origin. Read the instructions carefully and only download what you need.

how can miscroshat get away with this file explorer?

>>103946519
This is the kind of thing where you should've had a HirenBootCD USB handy so you could just extract all the folders from the \system32\DriverStore\FileRepository folder from the OEM install of Windows that came with the Thinkpad and direct Device Manager to it in the IoT LTSC 2021 install. And I'd say because the laptop itself is probably 11 focused that it wouldn't be able to find any drivers compatible with 10.

I don't care about privacy. What's a debloater that can maximize my performance? So far I've had to disable Superfetch, Search Indexing, MSI Register (I thought that wasn't a thing anymore) and virtual memory and while it's improved my performance the machine still slows down whenever heavy SSD usage is going on, especially downloading Steam games. Any recommendations? btw this literally doesn't happen on Linux with the same PC and the same SSD.

>>103948370
I don't think debloaters can fix the mess that is the NT kernel.

Are there any drawbacks to doing an upgrade from Windows 7 to 10 using the Media Creation Tool? Don't really feel like doing a fresh install at all.

>>103926380
microsoft are about to force 11 on my machine.
How do I stop this shit? I don't have secure bootup or TPM 2.0.

>>103947267
Nobody sends them proper feedback because nobody uses feedback hub

>>103949351
Well it literally can't "force" you then because you need TPM 2.0 and secure boot enabled for the update to go through.

>>103949363
What if they drop the requirement for TPM 2.0. I keep hearing that they've dropped, when I went to check mircoshit site it was still listing it.

>>103949421
It hasn't been said anywhere that they're dropping the TPM 2.0 requirement.

>>103947267
how can microshat get away with anything since 1975

>>103949421
they haven't done that, however there's an official registry hack that allows you to bypass CPU and TMP requirements if you have at least TMP 1.2

>>103949358
I hardly believe they even read those, but yeah it's not crazy to think that despite their enormous marketshare they don't get a lot of formal feedback tickets

I don’t use windows 11 yet but soon I might be will this “copilot” thing be spying on me also I heard about “recall” ai thing that scans all my files, can I disable that?

from https://rentry.org/windowsinstallguide
>IoT LTSC only comes in English, if you want IoT LTSC in a different language, you can install regular LTSC in the language you want, then use https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts to switch to IoT LTSC, then activate.
Is it possible to install new languages in IoT LTSC after installation?

>>103949358
can you imagine wading through a million reports from windows users that are 99.999% just "it doesn't work plz fix, by the way i lost 5 hours of work i neglected to save and it's all your fault"

>>103949532
You can uninstall/disable Co-Pilot and you can disable Recall.
Also they barely do shit if you just use a local account like you should be.

>>103949532
>>103949717
co-pilot and recall are illegal in the EU.

>>103949751
Yeah and the EU wants everyone to give IDs to look at porn to "protect kids" what's your point

>>103949769
>a literal nothing burger
Besides, it's in stark violation of GDPR.

My 3Dmark score went down by 1000 points ever the December/January updates

stupid tourist anon here, how do i format my windows

>/fwt/: "Windows 11 barely changes things from Windows 10"
>also /fwt/: "Windows 11 is a couple percent faster in certain games"
Can you faggots please make up your mind, and thank you.

>>103950586
If you're installing it fresh you can just direct the setup to unallocated space and it'll format/partition it for you.
If you're in an online install you can just right click on the drive in Explorer and select Format, or you can use the command line tool diskpart to clean, re-partition and re-format the drive as well.

I just updated from 10 to 11. I did it through the "sanctioned" route of simply installing 11 from Windows Update, hoping it would give me the option to start from a clean slate (delete all apps and files), but it didn't. So I went through with the upgrade, got to know 11 for a couple hours, and then went ahead and did a full reset via Settings -> System -> Recovery -> Reset PC -> Keep Nothing.
>next paragraph
However, before that, I noticed 11 had a "widgets" thing in the lower left corner. Yet after the reset, Widgets is entirely missing from the entire fucking operating system. It's not on the taskbar, the win+w shortcut doesn't bring it up, and its setting isn't even there in the taskbar settings. Picrelated, normally there should be a setting to show/hide it along with the Search and Task View options.
>next paragraph
I know this is a semi-known google-able problem, and the most likely solution is to reinstall widgets via some command line shit. I'm honestly not even interested in widgets and would have disabled it anyway, but my question is, how the FUCK does something like this even happen? Now all I can think is, what other aspects of the OS got fucked up or garbled or lost during installation? Should I play it safe and reinstall the whole thing again? Hesitant to load all my files and shit since I have the sense the OS itself got inexplicably fucked during installation.

>>103950604
barely and couple means the differences are negligible silly

>>103945272
>the keys are stored in the motherboard
Windows can't store anything in your motherboard
MS has your hardware configuration on their servers (which is why you need to be online for a HWID activation)

>>103951684
The OEMs store the keys on the board, not MS themselves.

>>103951697
HWID works even if you're not using a prebuilt. How would I have a Windows product key on my motherboard if I didn't buy a prebuilt?

Is IoT LTSC known to be buggy with Intel UHD 620? Getting severe graphical artefacts and black screens and reinstalling the driver through Windows Update, Intel, and Lenovo and configuring every possible setting in the graphics driver console, Windows, and BIOS has done nothing to fix it

>>103951778
I would try updating the drivers with SDIO

Username containing only numbers is bad?

>>103946773
>>Only answers with some effort and knowledge put into them please
>Chris is a faggot
thanks

>>103939981
bumping for attention

>>103952942
https://nerdschalk.com/how-to-disable-windows-search-on-windows-11/
Give this a read

>>103952957
>C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search*
It seems this directory got removed with 21H2, may as well kill myself as now windows is constantly running SearchHost.exe despite me disabling the service & disabled indexing on all drives.

sucks that i need to use windows 11, 14th generation intel cpu.
atleast the os-tan is nice

Please leave me alone CoPilot. It has now infected OneNote and I cannot see a way to remove this button which appears anywhere you click.

>>103953244
Forgot pic.

>>103953251
Co-Pilot was naturally gonna be a thing that was going to be added to Office 365. You just gotta ignore it.

>>103932978
Keep seething retard. I'm not buying new hardware and installing windows 11 just so microshit can constantly scan my vast archives of video game isos, emulators, movies, music and porn.

>>103953342
getting so heated over that

>>103953264
Integration is one thing, but that icon is obnoxious. Even in a bullet list, you hit tab and it follows around where you're about to type. I cannot even believe this was approved for release.

>>103953264
What's the point using office 365 when office 2010 just works?

can you upgrade 10 iot ltsc to 11 iot ltsc?

>>103953053
I havent heard of it having any notable improvements from 10 with an 14th gen intel

>>103953538
I use the cloud space in OneDrive and Excel and OneNote across both my Windows Desktop and iPad.

Hey everyone! Recently, I ran into this problem: I got a prompt to upgrade to Windows 11, but I’m perfectly happy with Windows 10. I accidentally clicked something, and now here’s the situation (see pic). The thing is, I’ve only paused the update, but I have no idea how to delete the Windows 11 installation files. I couldn’t find a single guide online (maybe I’m just dumb), and the AI is giving me useless advice. I need help…

>>103953669
Disk cleanup?

>>103953743
There is nothing.

>>103946351
whatever, I'll try using privacy.sexy on the strict settings (plus a few changes) and see if everything works for gaming. I'll report everything here later or in the next few days, hopefully someone else will find it useful!

>>103953841
Updates are under system files.

>>103953556
Yes, via in-place upgrading

>>103953413
It's typical corpo shit glazing the crap out of AI for shareholders. Adding Co-Pilot to Office makes it looks like it has more "value" ergo the shareholders get more return. Usual super late stage capitalism garbage.

I have to activate windows to use HDMI audio? Is this a joke?

>>103954163
I mean with how easy it is to do with MAS just activate it and carry on.

>>103954171
Yeah just did this
>Usage: paste into Notepad, save as .ps1, run it
>irm https://get.activated.win | iex
I will not believe in climate. I will not get the vaccine.

>>103954183
You don't need to make it a .ps1 file. Just paste the command in an admin powershell window.

>>103954187
too late already did it
windows still says "no audio devices are installed"

>>103954191
I clearly see AMD High Definition Audio Device in Device Manager
just send audio to my speakers holy shit

>>103954252
I can't afford an Intel graphics card

The solution is to just plug your speakers into your motherboard when you boot windows. it's annoying but it works

>>103954317
Or just use 3.5mm jack.
Am I missing something? Why do speakers use HDMI?

>>103954348
I usually use linux and my audio quality is better when I plug the speakers into my monitor (displayport)

I'm on a completely new rig. If windows starts up, it freezes for 1-2 seconds, and then runs fine. I did a bunch of stability tests, nothing. Is that normal? I don't even know anymore what it was like on my old rig, but can't remember anything like that.

When I launch into Linux, I have nothing of that sort. Is that just windows?

>>103954727
Also on startup, there was a short beep, but after a couple boots it seems to be gone.

>>103954737
Sounds like a hardware issue. Maybe something RAM related.

>>103949095
I just tried it and am getting a BSOD every time during installation. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Fuck this shit

>>103954778
I mean, I DID activate expo, enable memory context restore and enable power down, but even without that, it still froze for a second or two with no beep. Ran stabiltiy test for ram for a bunch of hours, nothing.

Otherwise, literally no issues during browsing, gaming, whatever.

I've generated an unattend file from https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/ and turned everything i could see off, but didn't use any custom scripts, and though Edge now should be uninstallable, I didn't see much in regards of updates, only that there's a task that would pause it for a week endlessly.
What should I add to it to completely disable every window update possibility and the system re-enabling it??

>>103943505
Just type lmao fuck onenote

>>103954945
Shouldn't the option on that site that sets the scheduled task that constantly refreshes the update disabling be fine?

>>103955057
i'd rather none of the update related processes would be running/trying to run, the laptop im slapping this on is not exactly blazing with performance, and im trying to get every drop of it while still being able to use a mostly standard win10

>>103926380
https://rentry.org/concisewin10
This guide gives the download link for .NET 8, but shouldn't we use .NET 9 since that exists?

>>103955921
8 is the current LTS release

>>103955987
Understandable, thanks

t. full time linux user
I want to keep windows second boot, in case davicni resolve, affinity photo, some games maybe. How do?
Winodws 11 LTSC? I want it to be as minimal/debloated as possible yet, don't want to deal with any missing dll files or other crap… gibe me some help

>>103954183
You don't need to paste the command in an admin powershell window. Just make it a .ps1 file.
Then you never have to CLI troon ever again, the .ps1 file is forever.

ive started throwing chatgpt order to create powershell scripts to destroy everything i dont need on a new install like edge, xbox shit, updates, etc
what else should i add to the scripts and what spyware should i tackle that i couldnt with the unattend file?

>>103956891
>I want to keep windows second boot, in case davicni resolve, affinity photo, some games maybe. How do?
Emulate Windows 11 inside of Linux. It's what I'm planning on doing.

>>103956891
>I want it to be as minimal/debloated as possible yet
You're better off building your own .iso then.

>>103955921
thats apretty nice pasta, it wasnt there when i installed my ltsc i belive

>>103926380
>install nvidia gpu after being on amd for so long
>linux has been kernel panicking for weeks, gpu did not fix it
>install 11 ltsc
>4chan captcha and discord windows freeze up a lot unless i jiggle the window
really tempted to go with win11 education if itll fix this crap

>>103956891
First thing to do is to install every codecs on the Microsoft Store. HEVC is $1 but the site has a link to AdGuard for offline installer that bypasses the paywall.
https://codecguide.com/media_foundation_codecs.htm

>>103926380
Ok so I'm trying to do a GPU passthrough to Hyper-V, but I can't make it work. I've enabled sr-iov, iommu, etc. in bios, copied driver files from the host machine, ran the powershell commands. And I'm still getting a Code 43. Am I missing something or am I getting AMD'd? Maybe someone itt with a 6000 series gpu already tried this? AM5 platform if that matters.

>>103960480
GPU passthrough uses another GPU I think

Is there a way to make custom folders like the default ones?

>>103957325
>CLI troon
So everyone were troons for using DOS?

>>103961212
those are called libraries and yes, you can make or remove them. It's been so long I forget that "3d objects" shit was ever a thing lmao. What do people too stupid to turn that off use that folder for?

been using win 11 iot ltsc for 3 months now
it just werks, no issues or bugs, even on 24h2
it's also way snappier than w10 on my machine, i feel people hate it mostly because "old good new bad" mentality, it's not like 10, 8 and 7 were without issues

>>103962008
I don't like being forced to update, simple as.

How well does Windows handle very large file directories? By very large I'm talking 17K files.

>>103962008
It's a loud minority that keeps pushing the "11 bad no matter what" rhetoric, like the OP maker.

>>103962008
some transparency and other visual effects rely on hw acceleration to have basically zero overhead on modern machines but can be problematic on ancient thinkpads and other junk

>>103962838
Personally I just disable animations and transparency on any Windows install I use

some windows are stuck on always on top, and I can change them back to normal here. no forum online provides a solution too, what should I do?

>>103961516
chopping off your GUI and forcing yourself to use CLI in 2025 is peak troon behavior

>>103960398
>installing ms store codecs instead of a codec pack
do zoomers really?

>>103964488
>codec pack
The adware that everyone only put up with because we had not other choices?
It's not 2010 anymore.

>>103927079
While it's true your lifetime of butthurt poorfaggoty and unWhiteness is a fact, the voices from your unmedicated schizophrenia telling you to embarrass yourself like this are not.

What are the downsides of getting 11 LTSC than 10? I'm building a new PC and 11 seems more futureproof, if its easy to update from 10 ltsc to 11 then that'd change things

>>103964935
WiFi 7 is 11 only

>>103964935
downgrading to 11 is easy, just run setup.exe
it's impossible to upgrade to 10 from 11

>>103964957
Would I lose any data by doing this?

>>103964957
>mount iso double click setup.exe
>"impossible"
lol

Some days ago my Windows 11 started doing a beep sound and turning the Wi-Fi off directly after. It turns on after a few seconds, but it has been a pain in the ass, any ideas what is happening? I'm using a TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter (Archer T3U MU-MIMO AC1300).

>>103964935
If you're thinking about futureproofing then naturally IoT LTSC 2024 would be your best bet.

>>103965013
>11igger is illiterate
shocking

>>103965137
>editing upgradematrix.xml
>"impossible"
Happy now?

>>103964935
Yeah you can just in-place upgrade to IoT LTSC 2024 from 2021 fairly easily. Just get the ISO and mount it, then run the setup.exe as admin. Make sure though to disable installing updates via the setup, just do that when you get back to the desktop.

>>103960675
Not sure I understand. I have iGPU disabled, so there's no another GPU in the host system.

iot ltsc 21h2 bros how are we feeling about getting deprecated and forced to move to w11 before 2032 by some bullshit new api or some shit like how chromium dropped support for w7 or certain games like gaylo infinite was to 1803

>>103965646
This
>ME Bad
>XP Good
>Vista Bad
>7 Good
>8 Bad
>10 Good
>11 Bad
>12 Good

>>103965517
GPU passthrough requires two physical GPU.
Your host PC has to be temporarily using iGPU if you want to use dGPU on your VM.

>>103926380
If Windows was a cute anime girl, I would enjoy being NTR'd.

>>103965689
gpu partitioning is a thing

>>103965781
Yes, baby duck

Truth hurts, doesn't it.

>>103965781
10 started terrible by the Vibranium update brought it to good.

>>103965895
every windows starts terrible

>>103926484
Windows users don't know how to type in a terminal.

>>103960480
Nvm got it to work just by repeating the setup steps. Must've fucked up somewhere the first time.

is there a way to resize/scale old games that run in unresizable windows?

>>103966068
If you change resolution or scale in windows display settings it should in turn scale the window, along with everything else.

>>103966068
dgvoodoo2

>>103966068
Magpie or Lossless Scaling

>>103964923
btfo

>>103966068
scaling settings in properties, try all the options, some work or dont work depending on how it was coded

>>103965895
>Vibranium update
just call it by the year version faggot

>>103966068
if it's THAT old you might just get away with XP in vmware that you can resize however you like

I'm sorry for being a retard, but can someone tell me how I can get the official Microsoft extensions from VSCode onto VSCodium? I tried adding the following block of code to my user settings .json but this does not seem to work:

"extensions.gallery": {
    "serviceUrl": "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery",
    "cacheUrl": "https://vscode.blob.core.windows.net/gallery/index",
    "itemUrl": "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items"
}