>>107998684
When will vidya and other software stop supporting win 10

>>107999221
unpredictable number of years, as long as its directx still works most will work

>>107998684
...is there any way to install additional APO plugins natively into windows? like you know, the "audio enhancements" you find in the control panel for each audio device, and maybe also the ones that come with realtek sound cards.
>inb4 just use e-apo
yes i know that exists, but surely there's gotta be a way to add a basic equalizer (like the one realtek audio cards expose) to whatever audio device I want natively through this? I'm really struggling finding information about how this works.

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Don't die again

>>107999221
Who cares? I'm migrating to Nvidia's cloud gaming shit. The GeForce app one apparently has a free plan too, then I can switch to Linux and still have my Steam games.

should i replace win10 home with win11 iot enterprise ltsc on my parents laptop?

>>108000057
no, leave well enough alone

For an older industrial PC I need to install/use windows 7(program is meant for 2003 server, but it can run on 7).
Wasn't there someone maintaining it or some wacky shit like that? Anyway to get some AIO update pack? It's been a hot minute since I've installed 7.

>>107999563
Have you looked at these two - I use them together:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/

https://sourceforge.net/projects/peace-equalizer-apo-extension/

>>108000115
>Wasn't there someone maintaining it
Just don't browse the internet on it and it'll be fine, your routers firewall will do the rest

is there any benefit on using DNS over HTTP system wide?

>>107999221
Around the 2028~2032 window I'd say.

>>108000345
If you mean DoH, it just means that your ISP can't directly see what DNS addresses you're connecting to system wide.

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>>108000138
how do you get through life without knowing how to read?

fuck, you niggers are helpful, I am absolutely clueless and looked for this for a year.
Libre office go suck a dick

>>108000345
it has more benefits for enterprises, for consumers it only means you block ISPs from looking at your DNS requests for telemetry purposes. However, your ISP routes your traffic anyway so they still know what you're accessing to, you're just making it more annoying for them which is still a good thing.

Cute cats

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I love Windows!

>>108002563
kek just try it. "Native" solution does not exist for you.

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>>107998684
Does LTSC 11 have the same problem as 11 home/pro like randomly killing my SSD or booting and shutdown issue?

>>108007409
if it happened on 24h2 it will happen on ltsc as well

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i think my windows bootloader killed itself
i dual boot windows and fedora on separate drives and all of a sudden one day i go to reboot and windows is no longer appearing as a drive i can boot into
looking at my windows drive with kde partition manager it shows what i'm assuming should be the bootloader as an unknown partition
how do i go about fixing this

>>108009453
have you tried os-prober or something? don't know much about how Linux deals with dual boot but sometimes updates make grub stop recognizing Windows and you just need to scan the OSs again. Or before that, you could try to see if your BIOS recognizes Windows Boot Manager and you can launch it from there.

>>108009558
yeah i've tried os-prober and checked in the bios too, it doesn't appear

>>108009453
that's not the boot partition, the microsoft reserved partition is described as for "helping with partition management", though i'm not really sure what that means. windows will work without it and it's not supposed to contain any data

>>108009453
>>108009577
as for your issue, afaik microsoft reserved partitions are only made by windows setup on GPT discs, GPT discs need an ESP to store boot files, your disc there is missing an ESP and windows setup should have put it before the reserved partition. assuming you haven't messed with anything, this layout suggests windows setup put the ESP on another disc.

>>108009577
still there's no efi boot partition there like you would expect

>>108009612
if you have more than one disc installed during windows setup, it likes to put the boot files on the "first" disc, regardless of which you pick to put windows itself on. it's why many people recommend removing all but the disc you want windows on when installing it

>>108009612
>>108009619
my guess is you've done something like;
- install windows on disc 2
- formatted disc 1 and put linux on it
and windows had its' esp on disc 1

>>108009619
yeah that's what i had done, but windows still decided to be fucky
i managed to fix it though
>>108009623
that's the thing i had removed all discs when i had went to install windows but it still did windows shit

>been using Linux
>found out that I have a 13th gen Intel CPU on my laptop
I should switch to 11 LTSC from Massgrave right?

>>108010093
You could use diskpart within the installer USB to wipe the Linux install and install IoT LTSC 2024 fresh, yes.

>>108010097
Turns out I'm not able to install it
It says that my SSD is invisible and I need to make it visible but the option to do so is disabled on installation

Upon looking at BIOS it turns out I have no way of viewing IRST or VMD....
I have Lenovo LOQ-15irx10

>>108010570
So the BIOS has no way to change the SSD mode to AHCI from Intel/RAID, nor any way to disable the Intel VMD controller? That seems weird.
Next best idea would be to get the Intel RST/VMD driver from the support page for that model and load it at the drive select menu.

how do I install the new(?) python install manager on windows 10 iot enterprise ltsc? double clicking it doesn't work (it suggests me to open it with things like notepad or my browser), and winget doesn't seem to exist

>>108010856
Install winget with asheroto's winget-install script. If this Python install manager is in winget's repos then you can install it that way.

Good day gentlemen, Im currently Installing a non-english version of win10 iot LTSC 21.
According to this https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links.html#how-to-clean-install-windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-2021-in-non-english-language
So for this, I need a non-english, non-iot version first, thats okay. But do I need to activate this version, or the iot version after using the "upgrade" key?

>>108011371
Install the version of LTSC you want in the language you want, then activate it with HWID via MAS and it'll automatically upgrade it to IoT LTSC with the language intact.

>>108010093
If your goal is to get the best vidya performance out of your hardware you should never be using LTSC in general, it's always going to be out of date and less optimized, similar to how in linux world arch-based distros are commended for gaming like SteamOS or CachyOS rather than something stable like Debian LTS or Ubuntu LTS. Windows is super complicated and there's a gazillion things that go into the performance and for some reason LTS releases remove some stuff that causes newer CPUs to always perform terribly, I even have an older PC an i3 12000 and it runs worse on 10 LTSC in vidya than it does on W11 Home. You can sort of mitigate the loss and 1% lows by using Process Lasso, but it'd be best to just use W11 GAC instead and have all the updoots and all the kernel, power modes, game modes, gamebar optimizations etc. also keep in mind ltsc has no codecs so when you play games like blue archive on steam it wont be able to play the intro until you download the msstore and download codecs like vp9 or av1 or whatever it needs, you'll also run all web browser stuff in software stressing your hardware rather than through gpu. LTSC is not for newbies and not for 99% of users, it's only really usable when you don't plan to use anything but specific 3rd party software made for LTSC in mind that it wont need any updoots or external 3rd party apps like steam or amd drivers etc.

>>108011380
>and it'll automatically upgrade it to IoT LTSC
Oh okay, that makes things easier, thanks!

I have built a new gaming computer. It's quite high end with a 5070ti and 9850X3D etc.
Which windows should I get? I really don't want the microsoft bloat. I would use linux if I could but between work software and video games it doesn't seem realistic

>>108011598
IoT LTSC 2024. It's 11 frozen on 24H2 with basically nothing in it plus getting updates until 2035. Activate it with the irm command through an admin powershell in the OP.
Install graphic drivers, aboddi's VCRedist AIO, the latest LTS .NET desktop runtime, DirectX end user runtime and XNA Framework 4.0 and you'll be able to play anything.

>>108011627
If I want to install GamePass, am I screwed?

>>108011667
You can install winget via asheroto's winget-install script and install the Xbox app through that. then you can just setup a bunch of shit to make Game Pass work properly again.
https://sysconf16.github.io/information/technology/lists/installing-the-microsoft-store-xbox-app-on-ltsc.html
Follow this guide past clicking on the Xbox app in Start.

>>108011678
And when you sign into the Xbox app, make sure you choose to only sign into apps, as it can sneakily log you into an MS account system-wide. You use a local account with IoT LTSC 2024.

>>108011693
>>108011678
That's great, thank you so much.

anyone know how some programs automatically background when you spawn them from powershell or cmd? I'm trying to figure out how to replicate that behavior in an app launcher.

>>108007409
>>108007412
>same lincel fud for 3 decades
it's just pathetic at this point

From 1 to 10 how safe is Windhawk? And can it be uninstalled once I set up my Taskbar how I like it?

>>108014667
uninstalling once you set up how you like it so it goes back to normal settings? am i reading this right?

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>>108015603
Rejoice. Be happy. Less goypilot shit for you.

>>108015603
windows 11.1 soon

>>108015603
I can't believe x86 Windows is now the afterthought

>>108011404
Do you have a shred of evidence to back up these claims?

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Installing win11 for the first time. On a personal (home) computer, should I use a separate admin and user account? Or just use the admin account for everything?

Supposedly it's safer to separate them, but I remember it being a big hassle back in the day with programs not installing properly, needing to elevate user rights to get shit to run etc.

pls help

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is it normal for a windows XP iso to take FOREVER to be burnt to a flash drive? i thought it was fat32 being retarded but its still pretty slow in NTFS

i had to boot into hirensboot PE which is live win11 just so that i could use tools that actually can burn XP to a flash drive properly but winsetupfromUSB its still taking its time

oh and i also had to mount the iso and select it as a drive on WinSetupFromUSB rather than just selecting the iso for some reason

I tried Fedora KDE in a live environment and was actually surprised how good it looked. Would be fun to tinker around in.
Before I take the plunge, is there a reliable way to get Office in VMs or something?

>>108017221
I've heard of winboat but never bothered setting it up. The idea behind it is that you run a windows vm and use rdp to make windows apps "seamlessly" appear on your desktop like normal windows.
If you don't care about being seamless any VM solution should work for Office. All solutions will lose gpu acceleration but I'm not sure how much office cares about that.

>>108011404
Debian stable XFCE as my main OS and LTSC 11 as my sidekick. It just werks and rocksolid stable, you don't need more

>>108016910
Nah, just make a local user that's an admin. You'll get headaches soon enough.

>>108017221
If you wanna use Office in a VM you'd need to install a Windows VM then install Office within it and activate it within with Ohook. Otherwise you can use the web browser versions of Office.

>>108017221
>>108017783
>>108017836
>>108017882
friendly WINDOWS thread cant you READ
GTFO loonixtards

>>108017969
One of those replies isn't even linux related lol

>>108017982
ok that's fair, my mistake, sorry anon no. 108017836
however this post is dumb too, you should always separate admin and everyday user

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>>108018043
>you should always separate admin and everyday user
care to elaborate

>>108018155
on average pc. loonix does the same with root user and default user in most distros.
you use admin account once to set up basic shit and to use it's identity/credentials later. that way, it protects you from accidentaly doing stupid things with high permissions. a malicious code executed from unelevated regular user would have harder time doing damage assuming other kind of protection active.

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im trying to make a bootable winXP USB and after like 2/3 hours i got this error at the end of the process, what does it mean

i got the winXP iso from the massgrave.dev site

>>108018600
When it comes to installing XP you might as well just burn the ISO to a CD and use that, or try to load it from a Ventoy USB.

>>108018614
winXP is special in that it needs some special extra files to work so just flashing it with any software or putting it on ventoy wont work, thats why im using this specific software. I daily drive linux so i literally had to load up the win11 live environment from hirensboot just to be able to use this flasher

The netbook i want to put winXP on doesnt have a disk drive either

>>108018635
Have you tried burning the XP ISO to a USB using Rufus's dd image mode?

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>>108018667
The last version of Rufus that supported the creation of winXP install media was 2.17 years ago
Eitherway this USB seems to be working despite that error at the end, so im happy

what are the basic core utilities for windows XP nowadays? besides for 7zip
i dont plan on connecting this machine on the internet so outdated software is fine

>>108018865
What core utilities are you looking for? Like a media player or something?

>>108017026
xp's iso is made up of small files, which cheap flash drives are terrible at. It'd have been faster to make an image and write just that

>>108011404
>>108016821
ANSWER ME

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https://www.techpowerup.com/345832/windows-powertoys-to-get-command-palette-dock-a-top-bar-la-macos-and-linux
>The latest feature to debut in PowerToys is a docked top bar—called the Command Palette Dock—which is part of the Command Palette feature set.
I like Windows10 and don't really like Windows11 and I don't know if this will improve my experience using it, but I'll try.

Cat OPs are always better than tranime OPs.

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>>108020602

>>108020588
That's a very Linux DE-like feature. Seems cool.

>>108020588
As someone who has recently switched back from Linux to Windows I appreaciate this

Does anyone know how to disable the sign in screen when waking from sleep on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise? I don't have a password and I've tried a bunch of solutions that I've found online but nothing works; I still get a sign in screen even though I have no password. I didn't have this issue before when I was previously using W10 pro.

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>>108021392
I haven't tried this this need is pretty specific, but give it a shot.

>>108022763
I've already tried that (well at least just the plugged in option because it's a desktop) and it still presents that screen. Thanks for the suggestion.

>>108011404
retarded goycattle

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Hello friends I just have to ask.. are you getting 3 captchas EVERY SINGLE TIME or is that just happening to me? Trying to figure out if it's a me issue.. it was working fine until they recently decided to change the captcha shit once again

>>108023640
Yep, that did it. Thank you for the help! I looked and tried so many things but nothing seemed to do it till now.

>>108023814
You'll have to do it for a while but eventually it'll get reduced to just 1 captcha and follow up posts will not require captchas for a while.

>>108024406
>You'll have to do it for a while
It's been days..

>>108025012
I've been changing operating systems and I've had to deal with 3 captcha for each post for a while now; it's extremely annoying.

>>108025092
gonna ask the chuds at irc whats up, this is getting tiresome

What's safe and not safe to do on a windows XP computer?
Will it get targeted by random bots as soon as i connect it to the internet?
Is it safe to connect it to my LAN network to move files back and forth?
I dont want to put a giant security hole in my home network

Also im trying out old game disks from 90's magazines and some dont have sound, others dont launch at all... how do i tell MS-DOS games apart from win95 or win98 games?
>>108018909
7zip, file commander, web browser, drivers, codecs, security utilities, etc

>>108025438
Don't connect an XP machine to the internet in 2026, baka anon.

>>108025488
Fair, i won't
But can i somehow connect it to like a subnetwork on my LAN so i can share files easily from my main PC without XP actually being on the internet??

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Windows 10 IoT LTSC
How do I get windows to wake straight to the desktop from sleep? I'm so fucking sick of being shown that sign in page. I don't have a password but I still have to see a fucking lock screen. WHY? it just makes it take an extra 20 seconds to get back to my PC when I step away

>>108025655
I get that you may not want to read a whole thread but at least search "sleep". The question was literally asked and answered in this thread.
This is what you're looking for >>108023640

>>107999221
Probably 10 years, less if MS makes DX13 and it isn't dogshit.

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>>108025708
i will do that next time, thank you

>>108025554
Yes, that would be an option

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Is it alright to ask for basic help here? W10 doesn't boot and after force restarting 3 times for system recovery it does pic related.

I'm going to boot it on linux to recover files later when it's done downloading and installing on flash drive, but beyond that is my windows kill? Should I do a fresh install? sfc /scannow did not appear to do anything.

>>108025438
>how do i tell MS-DOS games apart from win95 or win98 games?
DOS games typically have executables that are all upper case, like "KEEN1.EXE" and their exe's have no icon. they also won't have graphical installers

>>108025438
>>108026306
-- oh and if you're messing with '90s magazine discs, you'll want to use win98se. XP was the vista of it's day and many older programs won't work right

>>108026219
chkdsk c: /f /r /x
sfc /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
SFCFix.exe

if all those fail then you'll have to fresh install

>>108026219
Looking around it seems this set of commands could fix it.
>Open a command prompt in a recovery environment
>Run "fsutil resource setautoreset true c:\"
>Run "chkdsk c: /f /r"
>Run "sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /offwindir=c:\windows"
You should be able to just exit the command prompt and restart again (or use shutdown /r /t 0 within the prompt) and it should boot normally now. If it doesn't, time to re-install.

are the wsusoffline updates for winXP useful at all if i dont plan on connecting it to the internet anyway?
also im struggling to use any flash drive thats 32GB or bigger. I thought winXP would read NTFS easily? is there a size limit?

Im formatting the flash drives from linux mint's "Disks" program if that matters
>>108026315
>you'll want to use win98se
well im out of luck, this netbook is as weak as a pentium 2 but it only has drivers for winXP and win7
https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/eee%20pc%201005ha/helpdesk_download/

Guess i'll have to be content with running what i can from early XP games, some win98 stuff, and whatever dosbox can manage
Tons of old games do work well like Sega Rally, Sega Rally 2, etc, its the Win95/DOS ones that ask you for your soundcard brand that tend to give issues

>>108027571
it should read it, may be an issue with the USB itself, sometimes support for USB 2.0 comes a bit weird for new drives, also I'd suggest using FAT32 instead

>>108027592
alright i tried just formatting it to FAT from the winXP PC to make it usable but now the modern linux computer wont read the flash drive LMAO

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>>108027861
lmaoooo, it's still there, just as an unrecognized volume I assume, I'd assume Linux could read old formats but I guess not

>>108026493
>>108026676
Thanks anons but nothing worked. Cmd returned that the drive is read only and the bios drive health check returned a message saying that there is a problem in storage sector 2. I'm guessing that means the nvme is corrupted or something. Linux boot failed to read the files too.

>>108028095
Sounds like it's a hardware issue then. RIP your NVMe.

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>>108028095
>>108028100 is right. If it can't read LBA 2 (sector 0 is the compatibility MBR, LBA 1 is the GPT header, and LBA 2 is the start of your partition table), your SSD is cooked, done, kaptut, history.

>>108027571
>its the Win95/DOS ones that ask you for your soundcard brand that tend to give issues
many '00s cards have soundblaster emulation support, so they may work if you set the game to soundblaster 16, or if it has a "windows sound system" option then use that instead. you could also try dual booting with freedos

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>>107998684
It's time to retvrn, white man.

how is the windows 7 support on am4? i wanna build a sff pc just for running windows 7 and linux.

>>108028318
Hacky as shit and not worth the trouble.

When performing a clean installation, is it better to make a local account, or use your Microsoft login? I don't use cloud anything.

>>108029612
Always local account.

>>108029612
cloud or bill will come to your home and give you an std

>>108029625
One more stupid question before I leave you in peace.

Is a Windows account merely a single login to access Microsoft products and services? Will not using it make my experience more 'difficult'?

>>108029712
It's basically just a way for MS to gain as much knowledge on you and your Windows usage habits as possible. It makes using Windows an utter pain for no real gain.
Using a local account makes it feel like your own computer instead of one that MS is "renting" to you.

>>108019752
I'm not your indian-american-demographic-future tech support. Ask more nicely next time or do your research and benchmarking yourself. I don't care if you don't setup your vidya pc properly, you are a random shitter on a bharat imageboard.

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Is there no spreadsheet for all of the processes that appear here by default?

This window sucks and doesn't tell you any info at all but I was wondering if someone has made a list of all the processes that are just normal operating stuff from windows.

I wanted to see if I had some malware or some telemetry I haven't disabled yet; I would disable everything but I don't want to break the OS.

What CPU/motherboard chipset can install Mint and Windows 7 with functional network drivers these days? Or at the very least a build of Windows 10 with as much glow and bloat removed as possible?

>>108031335
i dont use the win10/11 task manager
https://win7games.com/#taskmgr7
then i look up every process that i can disable

>>108031752
Not exactly what I'm looking for sorry.

I dont want to install viruses on my winXP laptop even if its offline. Where do i get pirated games from the era without viruses?

My main PC is linux, should i just install the games on linux first and scan the game folder for virus?

>>108032554
i dont know

>>107998684
>Same link, select Ohook option
If you only need select Office programs, you can use Office(R)Tool from MDL:
pixeldrain com u gBBHP1zF

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>>107998684
i feel like the OP could have a section about "unattended windows versions"
>win7
>winXP
>win NT, win9x, ms-dos, etc

Also here's a small contribution to the OP: wsusoffline update with all the windows XP updates.

https://dirteam.com/sander/2014/04/14/updating-windows-xp-with-all-its-updates/
Choose the file ending in "enu.iso" for the english version, the "nld.iso" is dutch

>>108035128
scrap that, thats from 2014, this one from 2021 should be better
Windows XP updates up to 2021
https://archive.org/details/wsusoffline-wxp-enu_final

>>108025708
>>108023640
It didn't work

I enabled the group policy option but I still have to go through the lock screen when my computer wakes up. Is there anything else I have to do to make the group policy take effect? I restarted my computer just to be sure and it says it's enabled but I still see the lock screen on wake

>>108029612
Local for sure, the only reason to log into a Microsoft account is to use a paid app on the store. But you're better off finding an alternative that doesn't require it.

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>>108028278
Aero and it's icons looked so fucking good, I miss when Microsoft would hire people that gave a shit about UI. Fucking IconFactory was incredible, they also designed the first icons for XP. https://design.iconfactory.com/microsoft-windows-vista-icon-suite/

>>108004394
>they didn't turn Clippy into the AI assistant instead of Copilot
Biggest missed opportunity for a full circle moment

>>108036090
Probably a combination of factors, such as them wanting to not confuse people with old Clippy's functionality + the devs wanting to brand the AI as something new to Windows.

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>>108036090
It's even more fucked up that they wasted the Cortana name so early on.

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>>108036090
I feel it's because most higher ups are old enough to remember how hated Clippy was back in the day and they think bringing him back would draw bad press.

Plus canonically Clippy turned into a Microsoft detractor when they dragged him out of a press conference

>>108036090
>>108036107
I know right? Giving Copilot a cartoon face that could emote and such would've made people like it more. Just making it a colorful ribbon shape that has no personality (or a pulsing circle in Cortana's case) is I guess suppose to reach as many people as possible but as everyone's seen no one gives or gave a shit about either of them. Elon turning Grok into a blonde haired anime bitch got people into it more.

>>108036107
made sense during that time because of assistants having female names, and honestly was kinda cool because they sort of gave her a bit of the actual Cortana personality, the problem was that nobody needed that on Windows, smart speakers? sure those are still hanging out, but MS was late to the game once again to compete with Siri, Alexa and Google

when you pirate games
do you prefer the gog versions?
the problem is sometimes the developers dont update the games on gog but they do on steam

>>108036542
GoG games are easy to pirate because they don't have any DRM, so if a game you want is on there it's easy to get. Otherwise pre-installs are best.

>wants to prove how insecure winXP is
>firewall is enabled by default
>he disables it
?????
i know winXP is probably full of vulnerabilities but this seems so dumb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uSVVCmOH5w

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So I keep reading how Windows 11 updates are breaking everything and are generally dogshit but does that apply to W11 LTSC as well or do they get different updates?

>>108037923
IoT LTSC 2024 shares the same updates that 24H2 has.

>>108036542
I prefer clean steam files and apply generic steam emulator if there is no real drm.

>>108037923
dunno honestly never had any issues with an update

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What's the best epub reader for windows that has text reflow or at least font / line / page size settings?

>>108038451
what emulator
goldberg fork?
that one seems complicated to use

>>108038460
>that one seems complicated to use
It's usually just a drop in dll replacement if you don't need multiplayer.
Some games require typing appid in ini and that's it.

>>108038459
https://thorium.edrlab.org/en/

>>108038471
Thanks
>raw undiluted electron that may or may not apply hotkeys and mouse actions against its own UI instead of opened document
>full page illustrations and inline images scales with font size instead of page size
Oh well, still better than nothing.

>>108038637
There's Calibre or SumatraPDF as well.

New PC strix halo

How bad would using windows 10 IoT be compared to Windows 11 IoT I already installed ethernet drivers but should I switch to 11 IoT for the new scheduler or is it not a big deal I really don't want to use 11. I Just switched to Windows from Linux today (buggy on my hardware and no JP support and windows has better vidyagay support)

>>108038844
If your PC is new enough to have e-cores you should just use IoT LTSC 2024.

>>108027571
>32GB or bigger
it likely shipped as exfat, winxp doesn't support exfat, that was introduced with vista. use fat32 or ntfs instead

>>108027861
make sure dosfstools is installed for fat support

>>108038470
you still have to use steamless right?

>>108038704
Tried both.
Calibre is a mess that's mostly a library manager and device sync. I don't have ereader devices and prefer to manage my files in a filesystem.
SumatraPDF is a good technical PDF viewer, but has zero book reader qol features.

Guess I'll have to try everything first pages of search results suggest.

>>108039142
Sounds like you're in a bit of a goldilocks situation

>>108039152
I'm too used to some android apps making switching to windows tablet a pain sometimes, though it's definitely a lot more useful at other times.
Actually considered just emulating but 16GB RAM is not enough to run WSA in the background and do anything else at the same time.

>>108039118
Only if a game decided to use steamworks-drm. Most don't.

>>108039189
The games you find on pre-install sites are all just normal Steam DRM using games. Anything using Denuvo or whatever you'll need to install with a scene release if they've cracked it.

>>108039223
Technically the parts of steamworks API that goldberg emulates are not DRM.
It's more of a "security through inconvenience" that most games using achievements or matchmaking API cannot function at all without response from steam client.
Some devs even go out of their way to implement achievements or networking in such a way that the game can run just fine without steam.
The steamworks DRM is a specific optional component that can be easily decrypted by steamless, most devs just don't enable it in the first place.

>>107999221
>When will vidya and other software stop supporting win 10
It has already happened, docker desktop doesn't work on iot LTSC.

>>108016664
>windows 11.1 soon
Hopefully. we need more fixing.

When's DirectX13 Microsoft?

>>108039572
That's not "AI" so they don't care

>>108039572
>When's DirectX13 Microsoft?
Let's be real it will likely be a super-set of vulkan.
Because there is no way forwards then just iterating on 12, like they did with ultimate.

>>107998684
Remember some anon constantly blaming MAS for random lock ups? Any truth to it?

>>108039572
Why would you even want it? 12 not shitty enough for you?

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Also, why are niggers at Google like this where's DuckDuckGo, Startpage and Yandex work just fine without JavaScript?

>>108039612
No truth at all. Was a them problem.
Any of MAS's methods literally have no way of suddenly making a Windows system lock up.

>>108039189
im testing the game mushihimesama and it seems like it has steam drm
had to use steamless otherwise steam opens when trying to play

>>108039736
Japanese developers are exactly the type of developers I'd expect to enable steam drm, not because it's effective but because it's there.

Sick of windows opening on the wrong monitor. Why is this still allowed even on windows 11? It's been decades now of this issue
Is it really that hard for it to be set so that if you open a program from that monitor's taskbar, it comes up on that monitor instead of on a different monitor??

Is there any software that can fix this

>>108039936
IIRC it's actually all about how the dev themselves set that up.

>W10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021
is it still possible to install it or is it too late?

>>108040493
it'll make your pc create nerve gas if you try it

How the fuck do you remove the new retarded phone box from the start menu on windows 11?

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>>108039142 cont.
For anyone curious, after testing all the top results in github "ebook" and "epub" topics, the one with best reflow implementation and customization was Readest.
Beware that Windows version is using system Edge WebView instead of bundled electron or the like, but also there is a web version that works fine in Firefox.

I've never debloated a PC before. I want to debloat my windows 11 PC because it impacts my game performance. I fixed the bulk of the problem by getting rid of game assist and xbox app, the first of which launches edge in the background and causes desync. Beyond this, if I download one of the debloaters in the OP post, is there anything I should know beforehand?

>>108042880
>I've never debloated a PC before.
if you are clueless clean install ltsc is better

>>108042885
Alright. I know 11 is especially aids anyways. Thanks.

is windows 10 LTSC as a VR slave viable in 2026? it will likely only be until i can get my hands on a steam frame

>>108043443
you can always in place upgrade to 11 ltsc if it doesn't work

>>108043458
i mean i can but im trying to avoid 11's habit of trying to update during install which bloats the install time by about an hour and a half

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what the hell does 18 mean? days? my computer has not been on for 18 days straight

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>>108043999

>>108038459
>>108039142
Maybe Readest? https://readest.com/

What's the best tool for local drive folder synchronization?

Is there a professional Microsoft certification I can get to help me find an IT job, without actually having to get Windows 11 at home? I did about half of the MCSE or whatever it was called back in 2016, but it looks like that no longer exists.

>>108044047
thanks. I had no idea

i have a bunch of videos that i want to reduce the size of
whats the best tool for this?

>>108044983
What do you mean? Like making two folders on the same drive the same? Or making two folders on the same local network the same

>>108044983
FreeFileSync

>>108045358
I need to sync a folder between C and D on the same laptop(it's different physical SSD). I don't need a local (lol, I apologize for this misunderstanding) network or internet.
>>108045394
Thx!

>>108045460
>need to sync a folder between C and D on the same laptop(it's different physical SSD)

here my fren:-> https://syncthing.net/

>>108045720
Thx!

>>108045730
nooooooooo i >>108045720 gave you the wrong link! My apologies, syncthing is LAN oriented.

instead: -> https://freefilesync.org/faq.php

>>108045756
Yes, FreeFileSync is for local machine syncing while SyncThing is for syncing between computers/phones/servers etc.

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>>108045762
Yes I copied the wrong link from my bookmarks.

can yt-dlp not download from twitter anymore?

>>107998684
>Use only if you fell for the 12th+ gen Intel meme and need the new CPU scheduler
Can be all properly mitigated on window 10 by using;
>Hetero Policy 3
>Hetero Thread Policy AllProcessors
https://aloiskraus.wordpress.com/2024/02/08/hybrid-cpu-performance-on-windows-10-and-11/

holy fuck
we are all fucked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejcBq-6DfbA
i had notepad++ installed for months on this windows install
time to switch to something else

>>108046120
Glad I never updated it lol

>>108046120
it's over, glory to CCP

>>108018426
This is not viable on windows. You can theoretically do it, but as someone who has in fact done that for well over a decade it results in lots of manual registry modifications and broken software.

There is no reason to use windows if you're gonna put up with windows software being broken or requiring work to run. And before you say "works on my machine", stop for a moment and realise just how much software is out there and how little of it you're using. Fucking game modding software and gacha launchers are a huge offender when it comes to this. Issues with multi user windows systems are widespread.

so whats the best way to install windows 10 enterprise 22h2 these days?

>>108047521
Burning a 10 22H2 Business ISO to a USB with Rufus? Then activating the ESU licenses on your system before you connect.

>>108047561
im trying to reinstall because of the notepad++ shit
but i never used their updater
i always use winget
so im probably safe

>>108047602
Anon you're fine. You don't need to reinstall your entire Windows.

>>108047602
Unless you had important data for chinks to steal, which is highly unlikely if you're posting in 4chan of all places, then you're safe.

>>108045047
"Fast start" is on by default and is basically "logout then hibernate", since hibernate doesn't shut down, the uptime isn't reset. It's been 18 days since you either rebooted (selected reboot rather than shutdown) or you lost power/crashed

>>108047877
Fast boot is something I always disable on new installs (though I disable hibernation completely.)

>>108018710
you can still get that version here
https://rufus.ie/downloads/

Is there a Group Policy on Windows 10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2021 to turn off the Windows help links in the Settings?

Anyone else getting Windows Defender flagging some Zone.Identifier files on downloaded files as Win32/Malgent?
I can only reproduce this with some downloaded images, but not all of them. I'm even getting them with some files that I downloaded over a week ago that came out clean when scanned back then.

>>108047609
>>108047800
yeah im just paranoid
i dont even want to reinstall ever
its too fucking annoying to set everything up again

>>108047602
>im trying to reinstall because of the notepad++ shit
>but i never used their updater
>i always use winget
>so im probably safe
What happened? Has the dev gone rogue?

>>108048506
>Anyone else getting Windows Defender flagging some Zone.Identifier files on downloaded files as Win32/Malgent?
>I can only reproduce this with some downloaded images, but not all of them. I'm even getting them with some files that I downloaded over a week ago that came out clean when scanned back then.
No? Can you give details on this?
Like did you torrent shit?

>>108049341
It was found out that since June/July that their update servers may have been compromised by chinese hackers. It was patched in December, but the story is starting to spread now ie the FUD engine is in full swing.

>>108049354
The images were just from Gemini AI gen.
Apparently it was an issue with Defender (and also SentinelOne) that was fixed with the most recent definitions. It's no longer triggering on my files now after I updated.
There are reports on reddit that mention the same thing happening to random files downloaded from the internet. Probably had something to do with the HostUrl part in the Zone.Identifier, since that's what the files had in common.

>>108049596
>There are reports on reddit that mention the same thing happening to random files downloaded from the internet. Probably had something to do with the HostUrl part in the Zone.Identifier, since that's what the files had in common.
Never had this issue with defender with generated images by chatGPT and these typically also get these Zone.Identifiers as well.

>>108049796
This. I have a bunch of NBP gens saved and my computer's never gotten pissy about them.

>>108049796
>>108049820
From what I understand, the detection was triggered whenever 'about:internet' was the HostUrl in the Zone.Identifier. The actual files themselves never got quarantined, and only the Zone.Identifier metadata for each one.
It was a weird issue because not all files get that about:internet HostUrl from what I can see, and usually all you'd find inside is ZoneId=3. Not sure what actually triggers Windows to fill the HostUrl field.

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>>108049429
Holy shit I think when I got my brand new laptop back in October the first thing I did was install the latest Notepad++ on it, which may or may not have already been compromised but I never used the updater and first thing I did was turn off auto-updater, I should be safe right?
I already have the version from almost 2 years ago on this old-ass HP laptop collecting dust so I don't think it should be affected.

I should all be set right? Not like I have to be that paranoid anyway because I'm gonna transfer my "old" Notepad++ installer from my current HP laptop to my new one once I install 24H2 LTSC w/ cracked StartAllBack on there.

>>107998684
aww hey kitties! yes u r very good kitties

>>108050135
You'll be fine.

>>108050135
Use case for notepad++? If you do programming you'll use a more sophisticated tool, if you do basic quick notes or like messing around with .ini, or .cfg files for vidya you are better served by an already pre-installed notepad.exe. Notepad++ gets updates like every two weeks and has a billion features, and the guy making it is some political schizoid from Asia. I never understood why this program gets mentioned so often as a must-have.

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>>108050781
it has better readability than normal windows notepad

also
never update
picrel is why I don't care for this "scandal"

>>108050875
Does it? I feel like it has worse text rendering than trusted old notepad.exe that W11 still comes from, it has the same blurry text rendering as gecko engine or blender. And I've never encountered using a file that wouldn't be better served using notepad.exe that loads up faster and is much simpler and has no updoots or vulnerabilities, or a proper IDE. I feel like since he's hyper political he's gonna inevitably get attacked by CN or RU bad actors again and anyone with that shit on their PC is potentially endangering themselves. I guess it's fine if you never updoot.

notepad++ is the best simple editor
it is a lot easier to read files on notepad++ than on notepad

>>108050135
whats the issue with notepad and how can you be compromised using it? all i know is it got hacked by the chinese?

3090 ry7 5700x newtard here
Am I a retard for going for win10 enter ltsc 21h2
is it true a ver of win11 with less bloat is coming in the next months

>>108053282
in 20 months

>>108053282
>is it true a ver of win11 with less bloat is coming in the next months
Doubt. They are going to work on making the bloat "work better" e.g. "fix it".

>>107998684
Ok, so I'm gonna ask:

*Supposedly* with the October 2025 security update, Windows 11 no longer shows image previews in explorer? Is that true?

Also why is earlier builds (21H2) no longer showing them? If you turn on/off the option it makes no difference. They flicker into a preview for a second before showing a generic paper/file image instead of the preview and try as I might to think of why, I can't seem to figure out why it'd be doing this.

It can't be the cache, that's like 80kb. It's not registry, which I checked.

Could it be the user account corrupted? And how would I fix that if so?

>>108000057
No, depending on what they use that'll cause more issues than just hardening it as best as you can and telling them to don't be stupid (click random shit).

What do people use for simple video editing nowadays? Just need something to cut and paste clips together.

>>108054476
shotcut

>>107998684
Thank you.

>>107998684
Someone gave me their new Asus Vivobook with a snapdragon X to install windows and the adobe suite.
Should i install windows 11/10 iot or should i just leave it as it is and run a debloating scripts?

>>108055281
You could install the ARM64 version of IoT LTSC 2024 and fair pretty well I'd say.

>>108054545
Thank you.

Anything similar for Windows Server? I would like to run some vms with full gpu access while keeping windows as main and avoid dual booting.

>>108052736
Chinks took over the update servers for notepad++ so they could send malware to anyone they wanted to, mostly important people with data worth taking.
I doubt the average anon ITT has the CCP watching over them right now, but you never know.

is there any good alternative to notepad++?
i just want a light text editor with syntax hihglighting
i was even considering kde kate

>>108056207
https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4

>>108056229
looks good
i also found notepad3 which seems to be almost the same but looks like that one is propietary

>install 11 on mom's laptop
>every action has a second of delay
Are elevenjeets for real?

>>108057121
I'd start with disabling transparency and animations

>>108057121
Might be core isolation. Disable it and see.

>>108050781
Vertical tabs. Line numbers. Syntax highlight. Regex search and replace. Search/replace in multiple files at once. Outputting all search results in a separate window. That's what I'm missing in a notepad.

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I bought a RX 7600 and with my R7 5700X I think my W10 is finally showing it's age. What's the least dogshit version of W11 I can download that won't make me want to kill myself for using it every day?

>>108058333
IoT LTSC 2024. Like IoT LTSC 2021 but with an 11 base.

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>>108058339
this one, right?

>>108058341
Yes that one. Just flash it to a USB with Rufus and you're good. Like it says, either of the download links give you the same ISO but I'd just use the second one.

>>108058341
One to the left.

>>108058348
>>108058349
does it let me keep my files? I'd like to not have to format my drive and reinstall everything

>>108056045
aight, instead of updooting in-app i deleted and redownloaded latest version just in case

>>108058350
No it doesn't by default. Use LTSConvert on your current system to turn it into IoT LTSC 2021, then you can in-place upgrade to IoT LTSC 2024.

Every single thread, the same 4-5 people talking to each other and asking the same questions. Sysiphean task.. kino... just gotta reinstall windows one more time...

>>108058350
upgrading to ltsc keeps the bloat, clean install is the best

>>108058924
>>108058364
damn. though its fine though, I'm mostly thinking to upgrade because I'm experiencing stuttering that's clearly because I've been running this w10 install for years already

>>108059071
I mean what you could do is just upgrade your system to GAC 11 then after you get in use MAS to change the version to Enterprise and then just reactivate with MAS as well. Enterprise is the best version of current Windows you can get.

As windows users, what's the best Linux distro you have tested and which one resembles windows the most? I want to hear your opinions.

I really don't like windows 11 and all the bullshit it has, the spyware, telemetry and so on, but with Linux I get no answer.

If I ask in Linux threads they start masturbating and having ego trippings and they simply do not listen. I don't want to tweak the OS constantly, I just want to use my programs and browse.

>>108059345
I like using Arch as my Linux of choice. Slap KDE on it and it feels like Windows.

>>108059345
ngl if I'm being completely honest with you I don't like any linux distro, I think they're all dogshit as desktop solutions compared to Windows. I feel like I'd be fucking you over by suggesting you any of them.

>>108058333
Full retail, properly debloated.

>>108059383
Isn't arch like the most difficult one to use?

>>108059345
The problem is, there are two types of people

>people who just install one distro and use it
these people can't help you because they don't know how good their distro is compared to anything else
>people who have a compulsion to constantly distrohop and switch their os
these people can compare distros but they have some kind of mental illness and their preferences won't match yours at all

Personally, I've had a good experience with Cachy but I literally have no idea if its better or worse than anything else because I just use it. I don't even hate windows 11 that much though. I have a feeling that either you have trouble with every OS or you can wrangle anything into shape

>>108059660
Far from. It's just a bit more manual in setup, but there's variants of it like Endeavour and Cachy that literally exist to make installing Arch easy.

>>108059345
i tried fedora kde and mint cinnamon, they seem close enough to windows but still 10x times more buggy and annoying to use compared to w10 ltsc

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has anybody ever used this?

>>108059851
i didn't, but i absolutely would have if i was aware of what it did at the time, would have been quite useful

>>108000057
No need just activate esu on MASGRAVE, and maybe a light anti virus if they tend to click on everything they see

>>108009453
>dual boot windows and fedora on separate drives

If you've a desktop just install a small toggle switch to cut power to the one you're not booting. I used cheap swap racks when I only had one PC and left my drives in the trays.

VMs are far better than dual booting unless you choose a method to completely isolate the drives from each other and they're never powered at the same time.

Dual booting was promoted as a way to get people to try Linux but I determined shared boot records were a bad idea when I did that in 1999. Windows being a requirement for many games which need bare metal access for performance in that situation I make Windows the host and Linux the guest (along with any Windows versions that interest me).

You can make a VM of either existing drive's install to have an immediately runnable copy saved as a ready spare.

>>108009722
Everyone does that at least once. Just don't have both drives powered at once and never let them interact.

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>I am getting bullied again even after I extended my license
>tfw

>>108018710
>The last version of Rufus that supported the creation of winXP install media was 2.17 years ago

Old versions are available including Rufus 2.18

https://rufus.ie/downloads/

The ancient, reliable way since long before XP was

https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/5690-installing-xp-from-hard-disk-how/

Search "how to install XP from hard drive" for many examples The beauty of using a second partition is easy reinstalls and having a safe place for application install folder. It's worth doing on your next install.

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>>108060519
You vill VPDOOT and you vill be HAPPY

HAIL BIG NUTELLA, HAIL BIG BILL AND HAIL BIG JEFF

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It says here I have 3 years of ESU. Aren't those valid?
>>108060519

anyone installed the 25h2 patch for win 11 iot ltsc 2024? all good?

Hello, I got this Asus g16 strix g614fm and I put win 10 ltsc iot on it, I can't get sound to work. I have no missing drivers and a sound icon in the tray but nothing is coming out of the speakers. Sound works in w11. Any ideas?

>>108059562
you mean letting windows update do the Install for me?

>>108060498
That's really overkill. At most, just disconnect the linux drive when installing windows the first time, or on major version upgrades. If you're worried, look at your partitions to make sure the EFI partition is on the right disk. Windows updater isn't gonna repartition your drives.
No need to shield windows from linux either, no distro worth using is going to reach out to other drives and mess with them. You should use manual partitioning anyway. It's useful if not critical to be able to access windows files when cross booting
Agree on VMs being more convenient but only if you don't need bare metal access

>>108059345
I've a laptop running Mint that used to be on XP. This is the closest I've found to Windows. Truth be told, I'd still be using XP on it if I could, but I'll admit Linux shines in being able to bring old machines back to life.
>I really don't like windows 11 and all the bullshit it has, the spyware, telemetry and so on, but with Linux I get no answer.
The main purpose behind the telemetry is to fix bugs and crashes. Data such as your device type, hardware specs and firmware falls under that, but there isn't any spying on content of files, keystrokes, passwords or browsing content, if that's what you're concerned about.
The OPTINAL telemetry includes which apps you use and how often, which features you use and how often (start menu, widgets, search, etc.), performance metrics while apps are running and typing patterns—but not actual typed content typing patterns—but not actual typed content. But this can be turned off, as can ads.
So in a nutshell, yes, it's more invasive than Linux but it is primarily used to improve various Windows features over time, and a big part of the telemetry can be turned off.

>>108060937
NTA but as a rule of thumb, I manually install the GPU drivers myself.

>>108060964
I think he's asking how to install Windows 11
>>108060937
The advantage of updating rather than reinstalling from scratch is that you can keep using a local account if that's what you did on Win 10. If it's a fresh install, there's less workarounds if you don't want a microsoft account.

>>108060977
>The advantage of updating rather than reinstalling from scratch is that you can keep using a local account if that's what you did on Win 10. If it's a fresh install, there's less workarounds if you don't want a microsoft account.
yeah I want to keep my account and preferably most installed programs I have and my hard drives intact

>>108060997
Then updating is your best bet, since this is what it does.
In prior years I would advise you to do a clean install, but nowadays upgrading is pretty stable and I haven't had issues with it.
You do it through Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update
Or if it's not popping up, download the Win 11 assistant from here, it does the same thing https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11

>>108060997
updating keeps everything you have, the way you left it, including the wallpaper and theme
your installed programs should work fine, but if there's something very important back it up
I had some win XP software that I managed to run on 10, but it stopped working once I switched to 11
Otherwise, 99.9% of my old stuff was stable post-update

>>108060953
>So in a nutshell, yes, it's more invasive than Linux but it is primarily used to improve various Windows features over time,
>ever since telemetry was added, Windows features have been getting worse over time
explain this
it reminds me of how SPAs were supposed to improve performance by reducing round trips, but every SPA is dogshit slow with spinners everywhere and makes 100 requests per second
purge all developers

>>108025438
>What's safe and not safe to do on a windows XP computer?
As long as you never connect it to the internet, it's safe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7zmA_PzXJI

>>108061085
bullshit video is bullshit.

>>108059851
when I was a kid and was messing around on the computer with no internet connection, yeah
from what I remember it was just a cooler folder

>>108061069
NTA but Windows releases don't really become as ironed out as they should be until 2/3rds into their lifespan. That's why I always recommend using the previous version as long as you can.
Win 11 is better than it was at launch, and it does generally improve with updates (the latest optional update for example fixes a number of small UI bugs), but it's not as good as it will be in about 2-3 years.
In that regard, I think it was dumb from Microsoft to cut 10's life short the way they did. The OS was in a good place.

>>108061085
If you disable firewall then of course you should expect all of that to rape your machine within minutes. Doesn't matter the version, I've seen someone do this with 11 (the """most secure OS""" mind you) and results were about the same. Can't believe people are still pushing this bullshit.

>>108061106
XP is way past its last security update. If you want to go oldschool it's a better idea to stick to 7.

>>108061106
>>108061183
If you don't go out of your way to disable bult in security measures like the firewall and don't go to shady internet sites you'll be fine.

friendly reminder to always lawfully activate windows
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LrvoYA6P9QU

>>108061149
Win 10 has received active updates for the longest amount of time, even more so than XP did. It was inevitable that they would end support. The dumb part is that Win 11 is still 10 in a lot of ways under the hood.

>>108061183
I definitely agree, but that vid is just nonsense.

Any good way to record winXP footage or gameplay? FRAPS is pretty bad

>>108061085
>>108061183
>if i disable the main safety measure of windows XP, its firewall, and also disable my routers firewall, it gets infected easily
Is there a retard that does this experiment properly?
>leave winXP firewall on
>leave your router firewall on
>let winXP run for a few days without updates
>then test it with a fully updated windows XP
that would actually be a legitimate test and not that bullshit.