I've got a little thinkcenter running mint at the moment, but I also want to run win 11 iot on it at some point.
Is there a guide anywhere for dual boot going from linux to win? I've only seen it the other way around, or am I overthinking and it's as simple as creating a partition for win11 to live in?

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My mom's computer has suddenly stopped recognizing there's a printer plugged into it. I've tried resetting it, leaving the computer and the printer off overnight, and plugging it into a different usb port, but nothing works. I figured it might be a driver issue, so I tried to check windows update, but apparently that broke years ago and it hasn't been able to install an update since 2024. it just gives an 0x800705b4 error, which seems kinda generic. I've tried stopping the update service and emptying the contents of the software distribution folder, and running sfc, but still nothing. I also tried using the media creation tool to maybe repair the install, but when it hits the checking for updates stage, it just gets stuck there too. I'm running out of ideas at this point, short of either buying a new printer or a complete windows reinstall (which isn't ideal since I'm doing this all remote and trying to walk her through things would be difficult). god I hate printers so much

everything works fine on windows 10 iot ltsc 2021
if you have drivers for windows 10, i recommend

>>107975858
>connect one drive
>install windows to one drive, disconnect drive
>install linux to a separate drive
>plug everything back in
>use f12 to select bot drive

b

friendly reminder windows 11 ltsc 24h2 shares updates with regular 24h2 which means you get backported feature updates until october 2026

>>107979315
friendly reminder to wait for w12

uni is so strong and such a mysterious creature...using windows.

>>107977542
it's an incredibly unusual setup.
I only have the one NVME drive in it, and the second nvme I want to leave open for an occulink adapter while I save up for an unpleasantly overpriced egpu setup. So it would have to be both os's on the same drive.

Is it safe/possible to upgrade from Windows 11 Pro to IoT Enterprise?

>>107982757
You can do it but it's a bit hacky. You can use the tool LTSConvert to have it done more automatically via a powershell script with GUI buttons.

>>107979315
24H2 doesn't get new features at all doe doe

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>winutil
>wintoys
>winhance
fucking hell, which one is actually good for debloat and optimization?

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>w11 ltsc doesn't come with winget installed
>installing it manually is a fucking nightmare because no app store

>>107983165
They all basically do the same thing, Winhance is one the newest which is pretty good, basing itself on a autounattend file maker but made to run on a live system.

>>107983171
You're gonna love asheroto's winget-install script.

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>>107983183
t-thank you

>>107982790
nta, but cheers. i'll image my drives today and get this done.

i just found out that all the weird issue i had with my old laptop were the video drivers i downloaded from the amd website
i removed them with the amd cleanup utility and let windows install the video drivers instead
and all those problems dissapeared wtf

>>107985929
AMD fucked a lot of things with their drivers for old devices and naturally they didn't give a fuck and never fixed it

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I love Windows!

>>107986527
Damn. So sad that you'll never see such marketing material made ever again

>>107973579
I'm depressed, because of AI I can't no longer trust any cat videos or images, my life never has been so over.

>>107983165
Winhance is the best out of the 3, but honestly, just tweak it manually, you will learn in real time how shit and basic Windows actually is.

>>107986503
they fucked up something that causes directx 10 and 11 software to have "inverted" colors when running in fullscreen and they never fixed that
i also had laggy animations on applications using WinUI 3
using the drivers provided by windows update fixes those issue for me

>>107973579
Why are we not talking about nexphone, the windows phone that is not an emulator rather an actual Windows phone.
What the heck happened to this place?

do people really use winget and scoop and stuff… Okay for example Zoom program. I have it installed, normally from the site. current version is Version: 6.7.2 (26346). Scoop version of zoom in the extras is 2 months ago|v6.6.11.23272
winget zoom version is Zoom v5.13.11835
uhhhh….
telegram another one, i downloaded the portablee from the site current version is 6.4.2
scoop is on version v4.4.1 from a bit over 4 years ago according to the version history
winget is up to date in this case though

am i missing something here or what?
I thought this would solve all issues of applications being up to date automatically
unless.... do they not bother to update the package because these will auto update themselves when you run it?

>>107988361
>longtime Windows user
>support Windows professionally for decades
>have huge collection of technotes and scripts for tuning windows
>Winhance wraps 90% of what I do into a neat package
>Use Winhance
>happy.jpg

>>107990293
happy anon :)

>>107989209
winget does not automatically update programs, that was never the issue it solves

>>107989209
>I thought this would solve all issues of applications being up to date automatically
I don't know who told you this but Winget and Scoop were never for automatic updates
I personally use Scoop because it takes care of everything automatically when installing CLI software like yt-dlp or ffmpeg (automatically adding them to PATH for example), and since it installs in your user folder, you don't get UAC prompts and shit when installing or updating

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>>107990566
>>107989209
forgot pic

>>107973579
Can you use new versions of pirated Adobe on Win10? Does this still have spyware? What are the must have programs?

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Hello gang,

Would it be dumb of me to update from Win10LTSC to Win11LTSC? I tried it out briefly and I really enjoyed the aesthetic. And certain Microsoft Store apps want Win11.

Would I lose any fps or work my pc harder? I'm running a 5070 with a 7500x3d.

Anything that's broken? I'm also running pirated Adobe programs.

>>107990935
Moving to different LTSC from an older LTSC is as easy as using an install ISO and in-place upgrading. Honestly you'd have easier times using new Adobe programs if you were in an 11 environment.

>>107990951
>in-place upgrading
Where can I get that?

And also, what about the performance stuff? Will my temps get higher or will I drop FPS?

>>107990960
With your parts being newer you should seemingly get better performance overall.
To in-place upgrade you download the IoT LTSC 2024 ISO from the massgrave repo, mount it, then run the setup.exe file. Go through the setup, unchecking the option to install updates, and go through it until you reach the "keep all my files and apps" checkbox and make sure it's checked.

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>>107990978
I understand, thank you lots anon. I'll go do that right now.

>>107990935
>I'm also running pirated Adobe programs.
Which versions? I assume AI doesn't work in them since you can't connect to the Adobe servers?

>>107991353
If you pirate Adobe shit with m0nkrus or GenP the AI stuff doesn't work.

>>107991359
Is it even possible to make it work in any way or not?

>>107991364
Nope, you need a CC account that's actually paying for it.

>accidentally sort task manager by disk usage
>see that nvidia is constantly writing to SSD
>what the fuck
>look it up, common issue on laptops, comes and goes depending on the driver version
>reinstall with nvslimmer, doesn't help
>find the file in resource manager, remove write permission, all good for now
Check your shit once in a while.

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>>107991529
Huh, maybe it's just a laptop thing

>>107991559
Yeah, apparently with hybrid laptop graphics it loves shitting up the logs when it's off.

whats the correct way to change my dns on windows?
my isp gives me ipv6
should i juse use cloudflare WARP?
my isp dns sucks

>>107992949
You change it in the Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel. In your connection's properties, within the IPv4 and IPv6 properties.

>>107987892
cats were an AI hallucination all along

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>>107973579
>Friendly Windows Thread
Then I guess I'm in the wrong thread. Winfags get the rope.

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>>107987892

>>107993010
Why doesn't the kitty just play his music in the day time?

>>107992972
what dns do you recommend?
i went with cloudflare

>>107993456
Cloudflare's is fine. Quad9 and Adguard are good too.

>>107993460
do you recommend to use something like dnscrypt-proxy?

>>107993509
You use that if you want to use DoH system wide on a 10 system. You can use DoH system wide natively on 11 and don't need dnscrypt-proxy.
Also you can just use DoH directly through a web browser without needing it system wide.

I tried Linux but it's too fiddly and not for me. I'll be installing Windows 10 but want to remove all telemetry; what is the best way to do that? Is there an optimised install that is recommended or do you do it post-install? What are some of the recommended programs available to me?

>>107994118
read the sticky for the iot-ltsc install. consider the titus debloat script but others are also recommended.

>>107994143
>read the sticky
Yep, you're right. My bad.
>titus debloat script
I'll keep it in mind, thanks!

>>107994118
>Get 10 IoT LTSC 2021 from the massgrave repo
>Use Rufus to burn the ISO to a USB, choosing the options to not need MS accounts so you can easily make a local account
>Install it and get to your desktop offline
>Use a tool like ShutUp10/Win10Privacy/Winhance that you got earlier on a USB or taken from your phone to disable things like telemetry and whatever else you want disabled
>Restart and run Windows Update to get the latest cumulative update and whatever else it'll install with a restart
>Run the command in the OP in an admin powershell to run MAS, which you use to activate the system using HWID.
That's the basics done, then you install shit like your graphic drivers, a VCRedist AIO package and the latest LTS .NET desktop runtime, then install shit like your web browser, which you can install through winget via asheroto's winget-install script.

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I'm going to put en_windows_7_enterprise_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677651.iso on a DVD-R today! For later, for archival. Should've done it sooner. Anything else that's cool to put on a DVD-R? en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso? I burnt a disc with debian-13.3.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso too, but this isn't the Linux thread (although I'm curious if there's anything better than that, to backup, to be super safe)...

>>107994214
I mean, why not I guess? Installing something like fresh XP for example works best when installing it from optical media. Installing 7 off a disk would work fine too, same with IoT LTSC 2021 as it expects to be also installed on old hardware that still has a disk reader.

>>107994171
That should be helpful, thanks!

>>107975858

dear sir or madam thinkcenter is desktop

>>107994171
>which you can install through winget via asheroto's winget-install script.
Can you not install programs normally in win 10 anymore?

>>107994700
It goes without saying, you can

>>107994713
Why do people always talk about these scripts then? I'm honestly afraid to switch because I expect some cell phone app store shit.

>>107994866
because they are easy to automate, when I had to do two windows installs a day at my previous job, it was much easier to have winget uninstall a bunch of shit and install a bunch of shit, I don't want to sit there and babysit a bunch of Next -> Next -> next -> finish prompts

>>107994287
retard

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If I want to reinstall my W10 with all the bullshit removed (don't remember what I did, either it was a scrubbed ISO or a tool that disabled it all), do I need to grab that modified ISO again or can I just use the normal reinstall function from the boot menu?

>>107986503
I've had similar driver problems with my old RX 550 card.
The drivers since version 23.9.1 broke Vulkan on Polaris cards, causing constant stuttering. Direct3D and OpenGL stuff wasn't affected IIRC.
The solution was to downgrade the drivers to 23.8.2.

>>107995600
"reinstall" means delete everything and install, so yes you'd need to use whatever thing you did read before again