where Sophie?

>>108571119
in my bed telling me to stop shitposting and come to bed

friendly reminder you can make windows download and install updates only when you click on it in windows update
enterprise ftw

Why didn't 24H2 get that Explorer preloading feature?

I'm thinking of switching back to Windows from Linux. I tried Linux Mint and Arch for almost a year and it's just not for me, while i like some stuff some things just don't work (like Nvidia drivers). The problem is that my hard drives are formatted as ext4, are they just fucked? Is there anyway to "convert" them to NTFS without losing anything? Or some ext4 driver for Windows?

>>108572878
>ext4 driver for windows
there might be a third party one but definitely nothing first party

>convert
i'm not aware of a way to convert from ext4 to ntfs. you can set a drive up as ntfs and move stuff over to it though if you have the room.

>>108572935
>set a drive as ntfs and move stuff over
I already did that for Linux with ext4, but now they're both full and I can't just keep buying drives whenever I want to switch.
Does anybody have any experience with third party ext4 drivers?

I've just learned about the notepad++ autoupdater malware fiasco (which is kinda old news by now), but fortunately I haven't updated since 2022.
Considering I'm fine with the notepad++ as is, for the sake of security should I update to the newest version now (and never again in the foreseeable future) or should I keep using the old version?

>>108573532
The only thing that was effected was the autoupdater itself. You can update it directly from their website and it would be fine.

>>108573532
it was targeted malware that was deployed only for a limited amount of time to intended targets. like with most apts, it deliberately avoided deployment to non-targets. so you are probably fine. and presumably they've patched the hole and are a bit more properly paranoid now.

supply chain attacks can hit anything. if you're ever actually worried, just start verifying hashes manually.

How to fix PDFs not showing in the preview?

>>108571073
where are the links for win7 ? cant find it on massgrave anymore

>>108575158
i think you can get them at os.click

>>108575248
>os.click
Great!
should i get one of the more limited versions for a low spec computer? its a quad core from 2008 with 2GB DDR2 ram, i plan to expand to 4GB DDR2 though
Win7 home basic seems to have less requirements according to copilotl

>>108575307
i think you can get the same effect by just disabling aero.

mikan da best

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>we will be removing unnecessary copilot entry points from notepad & paint you guys!
>jk we're going back to our pre-24H2 ways of how we handled AI in some of our apps aka just removing the copilot branding and replacing it with something generic

>>108572224
and on education, and on any edition with a few changes

>>108572224
you can do this very easily on every edition except home and even on home you can use policyplus or just use registry tweaks

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>>108572621
isnt it basically this but on by default?

>>108578390
No? It pins Explorer in memory when you boot into Windows so cold starts are faster.

it didnt help much tho. the ribbon whatever still takes multiple frames to render, when you right click on the desktop it still creates a new process to handle the menu (old version). idk what they think they did, but it didnt work.
i never had trouble with it being slow to start, its slow overall all the time.

>>108578884
>>108578902
my windows boots so fast the monitor is still changing display modes while im already on the desktop. its been like this since i did the native nvme tweak.

>>108578917
im p sure we were talking about opening a new explorer window specifically.

>>108578945
ive never had any "explorer lag" to speak of. this sounds like a 1998 issue not a 2026 issue.

>>108578955
we would need to unpack (sic) what we were talking about before we could go further.

>>108571073
>ywn sip boba off shamiko's booba
why even live?

>>108578955
The animation is shit even if it opens fast. If you don't notice this then you're just not built for it.

My pc has been in storage since last October, it's still on the now dead Windows 10, and I wanted to switch to LTSC now that it's out and plugged in again. Can I just switch versions, or would I have to do a full OS reinstall?

>rice up things a bit
>configure YASB
>configure GlazeWM
>get used to the keyboard workflow
>use Vimium in your browsers
>tfw you're barely using the mouse
so comfy

Can I do a TSForge ESU without needing to install Office? Or is that a non-negotiable part of the package?

>>108584838
windows ESUs are entirely unrelated to office, MAS just has options for both because it's a collection of utilities

>>108584225
You can trick Windows into thinking it's already on IoT LTSC with a registry change and then fake repair upgrading with a mounted IoT LTSC ISO.

>>108571073
>12th+ gen Intel meme
whats wrong with it?

>>108586421
OP's probably just talking about e-cores or something. The OP is very opinionated.

>>108586421
there's nothing wrong with 13th gen or newer intel, the issue is with support for it. ltsc 2021 doesn't support it at all, 22h2 does but barely. if you want proper support you need windows 11 with the redesigned scheduler that is actually able to properly make use of the architecture.

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>>108579278
You're so cute and silly! :3

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I am running Win10 IoT Enterprise LTSC (21H2).
I installed it a long while ago (~2024), and I have forgotten the post-install reg-edits I made. Although all changes I made were things discussed in this general at that time.

I am trying to use the Microsoft Store to install a few things. However, it fails in the following way: It closes with no error message when it tries to display an app page.

Example 1:
>launch Microsoft Store from the start menu
>it opens, top panels do not load, bottom panels do, picrel
>click on any available app to install
>it seems to load for a fraction of a second, displaying an unfinished app page
>it then closes with no error message

Example 2:
>in web browser, go to the Microsoft Store page for WebP Image Extension
>click install and agree to launch Microsoft Store locally
>it mostly loads the page and crashes, as in the previous example

Running "wsreset -i" does not resolve the issue.

Please help me resolve this. WebP Extension is one example, but I have actually important software to install too.

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I love Windows!

>>108587128
holy shit he's back

>>108587757
BOB was almost ahead of its time, really.

>>108587716
Have you installed winget yet? Do that and install what you need from the store through it instead.

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I appreciate the threads and all but what is this? Happens with either version of Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 that I download from your source.

>>108588194
The ISO is old enough that it might not boot on newer machines currently if secure boot is enabled. Install it with secure boot turned off, then let it update to the latest cumulative update so backend stuff is updated, then you can turn it back on.

>>108588194
>>108588200
I should add that it also gives this message when trying the (latest) evalution version from the official microshart website so I'm not suggesting it's infested with malware. Just curious wtf it is and whether I can safely ignore it or need to change my bios settings.

>>108588200
Thanks. I'll prolly try that then.

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erm

>>108588508
Could be system file corruption somewhere. Do a "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" into an "sfc /scannow" and then restart, firstly.

>>108587933
Thanks. I didn't have it installed.
>I had to manually install AppInstaller first, before I could install WinGet.
>I had to restart the PC before the name was recognised, straight forward. Unfortunately I didn't think of that until I had tried many other things.
>Then I had to manually enable InstallService for WinGet to work.
Over 2 hrs of troubleshooting, but I can now install things from the MS Store. Which I am very pleased about.

>>108588688
You could've just used the script winget-install by asheroto to have it all done in one command, but I digress.

>>108574707
Microsoft PowerToys > File Explorer Add-ons > toggle .pdf thumbnails

>>108587757
>Meet me on back!

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Got two laptops for free.
But kinda old, like ~2012 old (Sony Vaio one is 2nd gen core i7 the other 3rd gen core i3)
Do these still handle current windows?
Do I need to use some custom build?

>>108589581
You could run IoT LTSC 2021 or 10 Enterprise 22H2 with ESU fairly easily. Just do a ShutUp10 run on them to disable all the telemetry services and such and they'll run fine.
Just remember to wipe each drive with a diskpart clean in the Windows setup so no rogue partition ghost data will fuck anything up.

>>108589599
>Just remember to wipe each drive with a diskpart
Do I need to do that? won't windows install offer an option to delete the partitions?
Also for some weird reason hiren's doesn't boot because of low system memory, it has 4 GB.
What do I do? even when I took the 2 GB module from the other laptop it still didn't boot.
Sergi managed to boot into WinPE though.
And yes this is still on HDD.

I got a windows 10 debloat tool from here years ago, it showed a blue splash screen with a flying saucer logo. Anyone know what it was?

>>108589657
NVM found it, it's windows privacy dashboard.

>>108589654
You might as well. Gives you a perfectly clean target drive.
It's like a couple commands in the shift+f10 command prompt within a Windows setup USB.

>>108589698
NTA, but you don't need to do that.
With custom install you get access to GUI with the same functionality.

>>108589735
I just do it because I always do it. Works for me.

>>108589599
Thanks.
What about post installation?
I've got winget, and installing some basic applications.
Is shutup10 enough, or do I need to bother with privacy sexy and titus script?
What about SDIO?
It's an old laptop, so I don't think there's even driver for win 10 is there?

>>108589974
I would install it offline, Enterprise lets you make a local account no matter what if it is.
Installing winget via the asheroto script is a good clean way to get it, and then you can use it to install programs if you wish (start doing this after you install the latest cumulative update.)
Use ShutUp10 while the system is still offline (have it handy on your boot USB root or something) and yes, it's enough.
SDIO can help if Windows Update can't find drivers for your old systems.

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Is there a way to update windows from powershell?
Dad is a boomer, that forgot to update, and I've made a script that use winget to update all applications, and want to update windows along side that.

>>108590231
PSWindowsUpdate?

>>108590231
Yes, using the community module PSWindowsUpdate. Basically just append these two lines to your script that runs winget to update the programs
>Import-Module PSWindowsUpdate
>Install-WindowsUpdate -MicrosoftUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot
Also maybe a good idea to do a Write-Host line telling him that the computer is gonna restart if an update happens.

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>>108587757
>EVERYONE will use

you vill use ze BoB

>>108590316
the prehistoric dream of copilot

>>108590351
And even then no one uses Copilot, which is why a different team is now being led to make 11 not AI and web app focused anymore.

>>108590414
a big problem microsoft has had over the past like 10 years is how aggressive they are with integrations. it's ruined a lot of their projects. onedrive was fine as a dropbox/drive competitor until they forced it into windows, turned it on by default, sucked up all your user folders into it, and then made it not spit them back out if you uninstalled. that was retarded. cortana would have been ok (not great) as an opt-in assistant, but instead they tried to force it onto everyone and everyone turned it off out of annoyance. bing integration went similarly, and now they're doing the same shit with copilot.

i use a lot of llms, including copilot, and while copilot is nowhere near the best, it's at least serviceable (i mainly use it for ms-related questions since i assume it has access to more ms documentation than others on average). but trying to force into fucking mspaint and notepad and every other ass-end of the os is just retarded. as usual, microsoft's failure is with their integration strategy.

>>108590504
Copilot is mostly being used by businesses via Office 365, but not by home users who mostly just use ChatGPT or Gemini, maybe Claude. Claude is mostly used by businesses too but it also has home users because people like its cadence.

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>>108587842
But I never actually left!

Don't forget! You're here forever!

Does anybody here uses the windows subsystem for linux? Is it better than a virtual machine on QEMU or VirtualBox? Is it easy to setup? I'd like to use a GUI, maybe xfce, since it's on an old laptop.

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I've been using W10Privacy to set up basic privacy things on win10 since forever, I know all the tools do kind of the same thing, but is there anything more recent, maintained and maybe more complete recommended?

>>108571073
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU INSTALL QTTABBAR ON WINDOWS 11? IT DOESN'T FUCKING WORK ANYMORE AND EVERY GUIDE OUT THERE IS IN FUCKING CHINESE. WHICH VERSION WORKS WITH WINDOWS 11???

>>108593570
two solutions in https://github.com/indiff/qttabbar/issues/432

>>108591239
Win10Privacy still does the job. One of the newest of recent is Winhance, which is pretty nice.

>>108590902
WSL basically layers a native distro virtual machine on top of your Windows system that lets you run Linux programs natively with your full hardware. It's pretty cool.

>>108593570
Is there any real need for QTTabBar on 11 when its Explorer already has tabs by default?

>>108588997
>>108574707
If thumbnail generation speed is your concern, the sumatra pdf editor (FOSS) has a plugin (check the box during install) which is much faster.

>>108572621
>>108578884
MS reinvented readyboot yet again but limited to explorer only this time?

>winget
>msstore
>scoop
If the same version of end user application that does not require autorun, explorer integration, file association or service is available in all three sources above, which would you rather install?

>>108596249
I mean winget just comes with a GAC Windows edition or via winget-install, so if I wanted something that would just install things normally to Program Files I'd use that. Scoop is great for CLI programs and things you want portable.

>>108596272
>scoop
>portable
Last time I tried migrating my scoop environment to a new windows install nothing was working and I had to manually delete it, reinstall all applications one by one, and only then restore application settings. It's isolated from the rest of OS but not really portable in the usual sense.

A pretty amusing subreddit for those who want to laugh at lintards.
https://reddit.com/r/linuxsucks101/

Gonna install Windows 11 LTSC for the first time

>>108596959
Based!

Sup, after reading the install guides I have some questions. I'm doing a clean install on a Lenovo Y720 because the sata ssd started to fail recently so I ordered an nvme one. I already backed up my files and used rufus to burn an ISO on a flash drive so:

1- The laptop came with W10 installed, would the og key would work for a LTSC version? I assume it won't and I should just use the activator to get the IoT LTSC in spanish but I'm curious.

2- I see in every guide that I should take out edge and defender as soon as possible, are they really that bad? if so why?

3- I mostly use the laptop for vidya/browsing and maybe using CAD software in the near future, is there any config or install in particular I should be aware of for these use cases?

>>108596249
if i never need to actually do anything in the program directory, probably ms store. otherwise, winget.

>>108597079
>The laptop came with W10 installed, would the og key would work for a LTSC version?
not unless it came installed with enterprise which i highly doubt. you'd need to use MAS to activate, yes.

>I see in every guide that I should take out edge and defender as soon as possible, are they really that bad?
no, the people who make the guides are very opinionated and a lot of people don't like edge or defender. i will say you should probably turn startup boost off in edge, it preloads it into memory so it "opens faster." waste of resources, typical microsoft cancer.

>I mostly use the laptop for vidya/browsing
there's not really anything if you're going with windows 10. just configure it to your liking. i recommend turning off web search from the search box, onedrive, and configure windows update to however you prefer to handle it. all of this can be done pretty easily through group policy.

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Why is it so GOATed bros?

Sup anons, Linux fag here
>Use Windows 11 daily: Attempt #893745
So, enabling Hyper-V actually fucked up my Windows 11 Pro, started getting BSOD's all over the place and decided to reinstall but instead of doing a full reinstallation I opted to use the "Reset this PC" feature of Windows because why not.
Configured it to keep my data and turns out:
>All apps removed except the ones that comes by default with 11, expected
>All data in my home folder, expected
>All drivers installed
I have serious concerns about the last point, from my standpoint it should clear out all drivers and install fresh, what if the kernel is already poisoned by some hacky chinkdriver, I mean it is convenient, sure, but it defeats the purpose of reinstallation.
So, I did:
>Win11 Debloat
>Install Office
>Install Brave + Tampermonkey + 4chanX
And that's pretty much it, the system feels way snappier than before. I will now do the right thing and leverage Linux and virtualization shit to my Linux servers and leave my Windows 11 alone.
Thanks for reading my blog!

>>108597952
"reset my pc" is pretty minimal in what it actually does and i'm not surprised it maintained drivers

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MS is letting you pause updates until a specified date, instead of 5 weeks max. Doesn't look like you'll be able to pause them indefinitely, but this is still a good thing. Still on early development

>>108598204
legitimately good improvement, although you could already functionally do this with group policy. but most people aren't going to know that's a thing, so this is a good feature.

>>108598204
Just another from the long list of fixes the new 11 improvement team are adding alongside shit like putting the taskbar on the sides or top and making Explorer not as chuggy.

>>108598204
I assume I need to update the system to get this option.

>>108598296
26H1 preview update IIRC

Well, 23H2 is my last update.

>>108598321
im forced onto 24h2 because 23h2 has broken wgc and no native nvme driver

>>108571073
how do I fix windows jamboy edition so it will stop trying to brick my hard drives when I do a cold swap? (no my drives aren't failing or any other generic horseshit catch all blameshifting)

>>108598469
wdym brick

>>108590733
you're so silly lol!

>>108598484
>boot after swap
>drive inaccessible
>run chkdsk /r /f
>no disk errors found
>drive still inaccessible
or
>boot after swap
>get warning from windows about drive errors "click here to restart and repair".
>restart and repair
>no drive errors found
this has happened with several drives now and only with windows.

Wtf windows 10 iot LTSC doesn't come with an image viewer??

>>108598706
It is intended for PoS devices and friends.

>>108598706
Anon just install a third-party image viewer instead of making a scene.

>>108598679
might need to set the os partition as active using diskpart

Does Win 11 suck that much dick that just using a classic skin is impossible and requires installing separate programs? It's very annoying.

Was it in Windows 7 where you could enable classic shell with a click of a button?

>>108599101
yes, that was the last time they offered actual themes

>>108595327
Fast preview of images/vids + quickly open a specific folder in a new tab

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Linux partition status: NUKED.

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Has anyone experienced bad stuttering like this in Windows 11 with all applications and windows explorer? For example in OpenOffice Calc where it's really bad and evident when I move the mouse over the icons at the top the cursor stutters each time one is highlighted. It's like this is most applications like right click taking ages to appear and web browser tabs becoming unresponsive.

I BSOD'd while working on something, and when I rebooted, the folder with the files I was working on disappeared. I'm not sure if they were deleted, because the available space on the drive didn't change. I'm almost certain that drive is failing. Luckily, it wasn't my boot drive. Is there a way of recovering the files? I downloaded and tried Recuva, but they showed as unrecoverable.

>>108600208
give us the story

>>108600636
stutter can come from a variety of sources. start with task manager on the performance tab and see if anything is spiking to 100% utilization while that's happening.

>>108600641
run chkdsk /f driveletter: on it, it's possible the files got orphaned (i.e. lost in the allocation tree). if one of them was really big and you know approximately how big, you could also use wiztree (or windirstat or whatever) on the drive and check for any files that were almost the same size (like there probably won't be many files on your drive that are exactly 8gb, maybe like 20-30, you could literally just look at them all).

>>108600678
Nothing really changes, CPU remains 15-20% and GPU 10%.

>>108600733
what about disk usage?

>>108600751
The same, nothing fluctuates when moving over the icons and it stuttering. I'm at a loss as to what's causing and it's becoming unbearable to do anything on the computer when it's happening with everything.

>>108600795
what's your total ram, currently used ram, and page file size?

also, open an admin command prompt and run sfc /scannow and if it finds issues reboot. you may also want to schedule chkdsk /f on the os drive for next reboot.

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>>108600839
Okay, you must be a genius because after running sfc /scannow it completely went away. I didn't even restart either, I screenshotted the results. I don't understand how that could have caused it and it's been doing it for weeks.

>>108600694
chkdsk was the first thing I did as soon as I noticed the folder was gone, but it didn't help. However, I just ran Windirstat, and I found it. I'm pretty sure the folder with all of its missing files, in its entirety, is right there. How do I get it out? It's in a folder that ends in .chk, so I think it might be orphaned.

>>108600941
ok, so what happened was some os files were corrupted. sfc was able to repair some but it can't repair all of them, usually because winsxs has some issues that would need to be fixed by dism first. however, what it was able to fix was what was causing your immediate problems, so that's good at least.

>>108600947
you should just be able to open it and move them out.

if it won't let you and says something about permissions, then permissions got fucked up when the folder got orphaned; right click the folder, go to properties, security, advanced, and give yourself ownership and full control permissions. you should also probably set it to apply to subfolders and files as well.

>>108600941
>>108600973
also, since you're seeing some degree of os corruption, i would also run crystaldiskinfo and see if the os drive is failing.

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>>108600975
That's the results, seems to be okay. I'll guess I'll have to leave it for a few days and see if it happens again.

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>>108600208
based

>>108601011
yeah drive is fine. probably just random fails from usage, it happens.

if you're not having any other issues, this isn't really necessary, but if you want to sort out the remaining os corruption, you can do so by doing
>DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
from an admin command prompt. it'll take a lot longer than sfc /scannow (potentially an hour or two, sometimes as low as 10-15 minutes though) and it'll probably freeze for a long time at 60%ish, which is normal because it's downloading a bunch of shit from microsoft to fix the winsxs store. then run sfc /scannow again afterward and it should usually fix whatever it couldn't fix earlier. then do a reboot.

just joined Insiders Canary channel, let's see how it goes

Can't wait for a new update for tomorrow

>>108601475
Are you on 11? Is the April monthly update including a bunch of those fixes/additions that've been mentioned?

>>108601819
there's not official dates for those, they're supposed to be working on them throughout the year, so it may take a few weeks or months for them to start rolling the good stuff. But past updates have shown that they're already rolling several fixes

>>108600655
Felt like tinkering with linux running bare metal over the weekend. Had everything working fine, and realized that despite knowing far more about this system than your average loonix devotee, I don't like it much as a cohesive system. Parts viewed in isolation have their merits, but I'd never want to run it as a desktop (any DE). What I need from linux is best met with WSL2 or a dedicated server.

One nice thing is that installation alongside Windows 'just works' even with Secure boot. The volume being deleted there is the boot partition on a secondary drive (you can't remove those in Disk Management, which is why you need diskpart).

>>108601179
They really need to improve their change-log site. It used to be great, now look at this garbage.
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/author/windows-insider-program-team/

>Secure Boot tick in the security settings is green
Well that's nice. Looks like I have the new certs.

>>108601475
Hopefully they finally fix the fucking taskbar. Since the last update it stops responding randomly when it's hidden.

>>108601987
had to use my manufacturer's guide to get em working on my main desktop but it wasn't too difficult. unfortunately most of my other devices are too old to get firmware updates so i'll either have to manually add them if possible or just disable secureboot.

>>108602042
From what I remember if the March update had your computer restart twice and it booted normally afterward, then your certs were updated.

>>108602054
none of my devices got them automatically, i only noticed because tpm-wmi was bitching every time i opened event viewer. with my desktop, i had to go into uefi, delete the secure boot certificates out, and then use the option to install default certificates. this worked on the most up-to-date firmware and i was able to get them properly set up on my desktop.

all of my other devices are end-of-life and are too old to get firmware updates and i'll probably have to work around it somehow.

>>108602079
Oh alright. My TPM section also had a green tick, so I guess my older computer is just "new" enough to get everything stress free.

>Out of Band
>Preview
>Out of Band
Did Microslop really push 3 beta updates as general release

I am tinker trannying with YASB so fucking hard, just constantly doing small tweaks and making sure everything aligns just right.

Why the fuck do I have the mentality of a Linux user while still using Windows?

Can you 'pin' program on W11? I want for exemple to have the calculator always on the screen even if I click on another program
t. accountant
It's my work laptop, I can't install anything on it by the way

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>>108603750

>>108603793
Hmmm weird I'm not seeing it

>>108603793
>>108603895
A computer restart fixed it. Now i see it
Thanks anon

patch tuesday in 2 hours 30 minutes

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in 10, is there a way to hide the UAC icons from shortcuts? i changed the shortcut arrow with the older one but couldn't find a way to remove the UAC thing, looks so fucking ugly

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>>108604107
i missed it :(

>>108604233
properties
compatibility tab, make sure it's set to run as admin on that tab
shortcut tab, change icon, ok
general tab, for target add `cmd /c start "" ` to the front of it (without the backticks and with the space at the end)
you'll see a command prompt pop up when you launch it though

that's just the first method i found on google. if you don't like the command prompt popping up there are probably other ways you could work around it, maybe fuckery with scheduled task shortcuts or making shortcuts that point to shortcuts or writing a small program that runs the appropriate shit. might also be a registry setting for it or something.

alternatively, if you install programs to a folder in %userprofile% (e.g. c:\users\yourname\applications) or some other location that your account has full control access to, most applications won't ask to run as admin. the most common reason older programs ask to run as admin is because they're older than uac/program files virtualization and need admin because their application folder isn't writable.

the tradeoff is that this is marginally less secure because the whole point of microsoft making those systems was to prevent OTHER programs from writing to installed applications directories, but imo if you run some gay malware script there are a thousand other ways they're going to run their payload before looking for some custom meme directory in your user profile.

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I want to throw Win7 on an old laptop and take it online. How can I do that safely? What patches, browser, and other utils should I install? What services should I disable?

>>108604658
simplix, bypassesu

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>>108604107
WHERE DA FUCK IS IT ANON?!

>>108604658
disable any services that don't cover your use cases (e.g. spooler service) and make sure you have some form of adblocking, ideally browser-based but adguard dns is fine as a fallback

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>>108604711

>>108604658
just have an adblock and use your common sense when downloading shit and you'll be fine. compatibility with newer software is the problem, not the security

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win10 update log

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ltsc dism changes

whens the next preview update?

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33824
damn

>>108604698
Will look into those.
>>108604715
>disable any services that don't cover your use cases (e.g. spooler service)
Do you need print spooler if you want to print to PDF? I plan to disable IPv6 since that's supposed to be a significant vulnerability, and I'll probably check a BlackViper guide to see what else I can get away with disabling.
>make sure you have some form of adblocking, ideally browser-based but adguard dns is fine as a fallback
That's a given for me. uBlock Origin is the first thing I install when I set up a new copy of Firefox.

>>108604803
>Do you need print spooler if you want to print to PDF?
i believe so, just an example though

>>108571073
>https://rentry.org/windowsinstallguide

activation is detected as
>Trojan:Win32/Pomal!rfn
i don't think activation used to be detected as anything
do i ignore?

>>108605099
looks like it's referencing the offline version, i would just use the online version since i've never heard of that getting detected, it's on the front page of massgrave.dev

>>108605099
update:
from this link
https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts?tab=readme-ov-file

>MAS_AIO.cmd (Direct script)
this is not detected as anything. runs nicely.
>MAS_AIO.zip (If the direct script is blocked by your browser)
detected as trojan. lol wot. arent they the same thing?

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IT'S PATCH TUESDAY

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR PATCH TUESDAY

windows 10 ltsc is a no brainer for older hardware (8gb ram) right?

okay so first bug in w10 april patches: not responding does not go away when program starts responding again

>>108605645
LTSC is pretty much the same as regular Windows, the idea that it is faster is because it comes with less bloat by default, but the actual OS si theoretically the same.

>>108604233
>>108604428
Set the shortcut so that CMD starts minimized, this won't make the program it launches minimized, only the CMD window.

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they tried sneaking in 25H2 again

>>108604801
can you not just disable IKE in full as a home user?

>>108606163
Why didn't you install LTSC if you don't want feature updates?

>>108606215
nta but i do the same thing, i do want feature updates i just want them when the previous version goes end of life so all the bugs are sorted first.

>>108606215
Because I will just install 25H2 when 24H2 is discontinued as a clean install, by that time it should actually be stable and well tested.

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shit, I have some work to do

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>>108604320
There is still time!

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>>108606237
aww fuck yeah

>>108606510
based

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>>108606521
it's still shitting and moaning about certain things, I don't use Windows Firewall as I use TinyWall and that docks like 23 points on its own, but everything still works

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poopoo pee pee
I think this is as far as I can go with CIS without breaking things I actually use

>>108606535
>>108606659

that's actually a cool exercise, is it for work or personal security?

God I love how fast ESU updates install to getting back to your desktop. like 10/15 minutes.

>>108605645
Just use ShutUp10/Winhance to disable a lot of the background tasks and it'll run better. And like the other anon said it's because it comes with no third party UWP bloat.

>>108604658
Its the same shit as Win 10 and up, only difference is you got more freedom when it comes to updates. So long as there's still a browser that supports Windows 7, add-ons like ublock will still continue to update. Simplix pack makes it easy as shit to update all in 1 go while also skipping or removing the telementry updates that don't add anything other than botnet.

Other anon is right about compatibility > security though. A lot of programs just won't work on 7 and have to use older versions all the time. I think someone did backport a lot of Windows 10 components to get a lot of Windows 10 and up only software to work on 7 but I could be wrong about that.

>>108606837
>>108604658
VxKex allows some newer software to be used on Windows 7.

>>108604658
https://old.reddit.com/r/windows7/comments/10ke02v/any_way_to_force_programs_for_win1011_to_run_on_7/

I have a laptop with W10 Education edition. Can this be "upgraded" to W11 IoT or are the binaries too different?

>>108606949
I don't know anything, but I suspect you might want to upgrade first to W11 Education edition, then go forward from that. But wait for other replies.

>>108606949
Use the registry edit trick to make your system believe it's already IoT LTSC 2021 and fake repair upgrade to it, then in-place upgrade to 2024.

>>108606960
NTA, I wish I knew this before, but prolly 'twas better to do a clean install.
t. needed some shit only available on eleven

>>108606237
>>108606510
this some paid thing?

Not sure if this is the right thread to ask about this. Does anyone know of a tool that lets you download all of the update files for a given version of Windows (Vista 32-bit for example)? I want to make some fully-updates ISOs but searching the entire Microsoft Update Catalog doesn't seem like a practical idea for what I want to do.

>>108607128
WSUS Offline Update does that IIRC.

>>108607167
Looks like the current ESR version doesn't support anything older than 7, hopefully the old versions they have available still work.

>>108607220
The last version to support Vista and XP can't seem to download anything, probably something to do with the end of SHA-1 support back in 2019. I'll continue looking into this when I wake up.

>>108607128
I know you don't want online stuff but there's a tool called Legacy Update that you can install to a 32-bit Vista install that lets you download all the updates it ever got through the actual Windows Update.

>>108606960
I'll give that a try. Thanks!

>>108606972
>but prolly 'twas better to do a clean install.
This probably is the wiser option, but I have some things setup I'd rather not have to do again if I can help it.

I got the new Start Menu yesterday after updating, today after a Reboot it's gone, what the fuck? And for some reason when Searching for something the size of the Search Window remains the same as of the new Start Menu that I had, so it just looks hideous.
Is there a way to get it back without 3rd party tools?

>>108608426
it may have been rolled back if a problem was detected with it. otherwise try the usual sfc /scannow as admin and see if anything comes up.

>>108608833
No issues, no errors, no nothing, did the worthless sfc scan meme as well and nothing. It worked perfectly fine.

>>108608833
Riot Vanguard just reset my PC on an update and I got the Start Menu back, gotta love the Chinese man.

>>108607167
WSUS offline update acquires all valid updates files, which mean 2/3 of the files are redundant and may conflict with each other

is it possible to have two separate windows install on the same pc? I have two SSDs

can't wait for this a/b testing feature rollout shit to stop

>>108609137
create another partition and install windows to that partition. this can be done in the windows setup.

>>108572972
I have some experience. They're all shit. But if you have to use something use paragons

>>108609137
Windows bootloader is made with that feature in mind.

>>108609169
it's not about partition, I want each window to be on a separate drive altogether

>>108609231
I see, thanks

>>108595327
NTA but I use ExplorerPatcher to swap out the W11 Command bar for the W10 Ribbon. Unfortunately this also removes the tabs functionality.

>>108595327
NTA but I use ExplorerPatcher to swap out the W11 Command bar for the W10 Ribbon. Unfortunately this also removes the tabs functionality.

I purchased a new prebuilt that cones with w11 home. I've never used 11 ans I don't feel like installing a new version of windows right now. What are the "must change" things I should do when it arrives? I know I need to change auto update and telemetry.

Is something wrong with github? I'm trying to figure out why "Files" file explorer suddenly won't let me drag and drop files, but half the issue pages on github give me error 401, and archive.org says github has already been captured 10,000 times today so I'm not allowed to archive the page. The hell do I do? Anyone figured out a real solution (no I'm not changing my global UAC levels for one program like the error recommends)?

Thinking of just wiping my w10 and going back to dailying linux since they keep breaking shit with updates on a fucking out of support OS.

>>108609943
Downgrade until the regression is fixed.

>>108609904
these are recommendations, do your own research and determine if you actually want these changes
use MAS to edition change to education (enterprise is probably fine too but education is my preference)
use group policy to set the following
>disable web search
>disable onedrive
>disable copilot
>configure windows updates to notify before download
>configure security/quality updates to have a 7 day delay
>configure feature upgrades to have a much longer delay (at least 180)

if there are things that annoy or bother you just ask here and we'll probably have a solution. most issues with windows 11 can be solved really easily, the only real exception is stuff related to explorer and there are usually workarounds for that.

After this month's update desktop background setting automatically got set to "Spotlight" from "Picture" and it changed the background. Just what the fuck even goes on with these Windows updates bruh

What's usually the path to make a drive appear on the Windows install wizard? it's an Acer shitter and I've tried some BIOS tweaks and loading the AMD raid drivers doesn't work either. Funny enough, the drive already has an installation and boots right into it, but the BIOS doesn't recognize the drive as a boot drive, it just sees the Windows boot manager. Rescuezilla also can't see the drive, what a weird thing.

I wanted to do clean install but apparently my only option is to "reset" the actual install

>>108610212
nvme or sata? or other? might need to supply the driver to windows installer.

to start with, check the bios and make sure it's not set to raid mode (should be ahci or acpi or something).

>>108610237
sata, it's a cheap adata, according to my research it should use a very generic driver which Windows should recognize automatically, also I don't seem to find any drivers in their page.

mode is set to AHCI, which apparently can't be changed, seems to be a very restricted BIOS since it's not a high end model

Another thing I might try is use SDIO to see if I can pull some drivers for it

>>108610283
try shift+f10 in the windows installer and run pnputil /enum-devices /problem

see if anything that shows up looks related to sata

>>108602819
They've been using their customers as beta testers for 12 years now

>>108606837
>Its the same shit as Win 10 and up, only difference is you got more freedom when it comes to updates.
It's literally an EOL closed-source OS, so no new security updates. That's why I want to figure out how to mitigate its known flaws.
>Other anon is right about compatibility > security though. A lot of programs just won't work on 7 and have to use older versions all the time.
Having to use older versions of things can be a security issue as well.
>>108606859
How stable is VxKex? I feel like it's going to be important for what I'm aiming to do.
>>108606870
Looks like Chromium apps are going to be a PITA.

>>108610368
VxKex doesn't interfere with installed programs, so it's worth a try.

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>>108610299
there are some PCI and ACPI unknown devices related issues with CM_PROB_FAILED_INSTALL problem, but none that's explicitly sata or storage related

>>108610433
if you search the device id strings (e.g. "VID_0BDA&PID_2838&MI_01") do any of them look related to sata or ahci?

I got a PC that wont boot, the drive is there I have taken it out and it works and all the files are on it, it tries to repair itself then says it cant boot, I can get into the troubleshoot menu and it gives me the option to reinstall windows, can Windows be reinstalled from this point without data loss? Im copying/pasting important files first of course

How bad Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024
On older hardware?
like CPUs from 2010 and CPUs from 2018?

>>108610838
works if ssd

>>108607598
I know about Legacy Update, I thought about using that and Sysprep to have fully-updated installations ready to go but I'm not sure if doing that would let me deploy the installation as a different edition (say I sysprepped a Windows 7 ultimate installation and wanted to deploy it as Windows 7 Professional).

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>>108610471
it also didn't, I could get my hand on another HDD and tested it with it, and the Windows installer recognized it, so my ssd is likely the issue, don't think it's failing or it's defective since it already worked fine with another install on another laptop, so maybe it's still another driver issue, gonna keep digging into this shi. Also, thanks for the help!

>>108611207
np, glad you at least were able to work around it

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>>108607091
The CIS Benchmark is free for personal use
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/regulatory/offering-cis-benchmark
>>108606700
Just my personal machine, I wish my employer actually configured their systems, its basically just Win11 Enterprise with admin access restricted and all the trash still enabled at my work.

So on windows, if I'm low on space I can always install a program to another parittion. What the fuck do I do on linux if my system partition is getting low?

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A couple of updates back, my computer (win11 professional) decided that it would no longer turn my screen off after 5min (as I have in my settings displayed here). I've sort of ignored it, but I would like to fix the issue if anyone has some input.

>>108610838
>like CPUs from 2010 and CPUs from 2018?
Those are totally different eras with different set of CPUs. Phenom II is from 2010 and while it can run Win10, it struggles with it, I imagine Win11 will be even worse (Source: I own one). Now Intel CPUs from this era will be more usable although I haven't tried them myself.

Any CPU from 2018 will work fine, Zen/Zen+ and any Kaby Lake / Coffee Lake (Source: I ran Win11 Pro for a while on a Zen+ CPU)

>>108611467
neat, thanks

>>108611567
help

>>108611467
>>108606237
it looks like cis-cat pro assessor is paid, all i seem to have access to with a basic account is the pdf/html version that lists which policies to actually use

>>108611529
Make another partition and mount it to a new folder? Partitions in Linux are just /dev files mounted to folders, like how some make a partition that is just mounted to their /home folder.

>>108611567
>>108611796
try unplugging all your usb devices and see if it does. most likely it will actually turn off. then try plugging them back in one by one, eventually you'll probably find a culprit

>>108584225

they have windows edition like in settings maybe

>>108611828
https://learn.cisecurity.org/cis-cat-lite
CIS-CAT Lite is free sir

>>108612051
based, thanks man, appreciate it

>>108612071
no worries
just as an FYI, basically anything 65% or over is more secure than 95% of Windows deployments, the aim is not to get a perfect 100 but to secure as much as you can while accepting that you will need to make certain concessions for the things you use

>>108611716
Thanks.
Would DDR3 impact the performance?

>>108613097
nah, it's just IPC, Haswell can easily run 10/11

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>update windows
>this shit ass bug appears
sasuga microslop

>>108613992
whoops something broke haha

>>108614052
>look inside windows defender
>doesn't show what's broken

>>108613992
After latest update, my Defender quick scans will sometimes work, sometimes won't, and sometimes will just crash threat protection entirely and it won't start back up

>>108614270
>>108614052
>>108613992
>Defender
lol
you like shoddy protection that sends all your file hashes and names to the cloud huh?

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>mfw I spend the entire day on tweaking YASB with Neovim while using GlazeWM to window manage
>mfw I'm still not satisfied with minor little inconsistencies but the CSS file is too much of a shitheap for me to spend more time on it
>for now
I swear I'm on some advanced mental illness with this shit

>>108614270
sfc /scannow? worth a shot at least

>>108614661
You should do a dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth beforehand if you do an sfc.

>>108614525
Truly you are in rice hell

>>108614777
checked trips
but ye it's a great taskbar replacement, but it's configuration is too fucking finnicky with all the CSS bullshit, and then some widgets having some settings in the main config.

I'm still very happy with this arrangement, would be much better if both YASB and GlazeWM came with portable versions. Oh, and if Windows didn't hog all the possible Win keyboard shortcuts so I could use Win as the HJKL movement modifier.

Is there going to be a new Windows Preview Update today?

>>108614680
it's only really necessary if sfc says it found issues but couldn't repair them. two sfcs is usually still substantially faster than a single dism and usually the dism command isn't necessary.

>>108614294
Unless you’ve fully curated Defender settings in GP this means nothing

>>108616854
Show your sniffer findings.

>>108615349
those are for the fourth week of the month iirc

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There's a new exploit targeting Windows Defender. When Defender finds a suspicious file with a cloud tag it tries to "fix" it by rewriting the file back to its original location. The exploit races this with an oplock and a junction. Defender thinks its writing to a temp folder when its actually writing into C:\Windows\System32. Defender delivers the payload straight to your face. The exploit targets Defender versions up to 4.18.26020.6. But it's fully patched in version 4.18.26030.3011. Time to update anons if you haven't yet.

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So should I update or not? I've been delaying doing it because I don't give a fuck about all the AI slop they are forcing in.

>>108619021
>2 zero days because MS didn't accept the bug bounty of some weeb

hilarious

Are there any Android emulators that work with Hyper-V ENABLED that are not obscure adware ridden trash like Bluestacks? I'm aware of WSA but it was deprecated years ago and WSABuilds is awful (half broken, awful to setup, some games don't work).

>>108619175
what feature version are you on? if it's 23h2, just use group policy to target "Windows 11" and "23H2" and you won't get the ai slop. if you're already on 24h2 or higher it's already on your system unless you gutted it.

>>108619707
Google Play Games works fine if it's a game from the Play Store. Android Studio also works fine.

>>108619707
I use Google Play Games exclusively for games and WSABuilds for any real app because I have not found any other separate window native resolution rendering emulator yet.

>>108619021
Phew! Good thing I have defender disabled so this can't happen to me

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>getting slower, more unreliable
>getting more invasive and creepy as time progresses
>forces you do things (updates, logging in with a microsoft account) even if you explicitly say you dont want to
>acts like you dont own the things that you bought with your own money, removes stuff you were already using (wordpad) without a trace
>only stay because you grew up with them, have nowhere else to go, and are already used to their BS
>knows you're stuck with them, abuses this fact to its fullest potential

windows is starting to sound like my dad

>>108621256
lol anon actually learn how to make Windows your bitch before dooming in here

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What applications do you recommend post installation on Win 10/11
For me it's
>Chrome/Firefox
>Nanazip/Winrar
>Sumatra/PDF gear
>VLC/K-Lite
>VC++/.NET
>Paint.NET
Anything else?
And what image viewer do you recommend?

>>108621699
I've used nomacs for ages.
But yeah,
>Browser
>Archiver
>Steam
>Notepad
>Media Player
>Image Viewer
>Runtimes

>>108619949
23h2, but I have no idea what do you mean by group policy to target.

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>>108621961
win+r > gpedit.msc > computer config > admin templates > windows components > windows update > manage updates offered from windows update > select the target feature update version > top box Windows 11 > bottom box 23H2

you may also want to go into "manage end user experience" and "configure automatic updates" to "notify for download and auto install," this way updates don't get forced down your throat and you have to hit download to kick them off

>>108621739
>nomacs
How does the UI look?
I don't want minimal feh shit.

>>108622173
Good enough? Not too flashy.

>>108620071
>>108620959
>Google Play Games
Doesn't really fit my needs because I don't necessarily want to ONLY do games.
>Android Studio also works fine
I had no idea it did, thank you so much. I already use it I just thought it was hyperv incompatible.

>>108622387
I mean you gotta set it up a little but it's a fairly solid .apk runner if you have the correct settings.

>>108610827
I just wiped and reinstalled everything, good thing for OneDrive it backed up all important documents

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>>108622173
all the important panels up top, with plenty of features