I have just purchased a brand new Windows laptop (Lenovo Legion). I would appreciate advice on setting it up properly.
So far, I have simply uninstalled McAfee and run Windows updates. Is there anything else?

>>108263811
wipe and install iot ltsc

>>108263973
Roger Roger
I don't have a blank USB stick lying around, so I'll have to go to the store. Are there any you would recommend, or will any suffice so long as it is above 8 GB?

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>>108263189
>loli instead of the cute cat
Garbage thread

is privacysexy broken now, or is it just not meant for win11? i tried using its default strict settings on a new win11 install and it fucked up the taskbar tray that includes the wifi

love sophie feet

>>108264017
Most of the name brand USB sticks are decent enough these days.
>Lexar
>Patriot
>Kingston
>Sandisk
Don't buy generics. Buy one that's at least 32gb if you're spending around $10. If it's less than 32gb and $10 or more, then you are getting ripped off.

>>108265939
I found this website rating flash dives.
https://ssd-tester.com/usb_flash_drive_test.php
The scores seem to be consistent with website reviews. Am I better off buying a cheap USB from a local store just for this reset, or am I better off buying a long-term investment (ex.: Kingston DataTraveler Max (USB-A) 256GB for $70)?

The examples you provided were doing poorly in reviews for the most part. Typically they would say
>"This product worked amazingly for a while, then the speed gradually slowed until it became unusable after a year!"

>>108266203
>Am I better off buying a cheap USB from a local store just for this reset, or am I better off buying a long-term investment
Only you can answer that. Is this your first PC? Have you never needed a USB stick before?

I personally have almost 50x USB sticks from 128mb to 512gb. But I also own around 40 PCs.

>>108265100
Try Winhance instead

So what's the best method of backing stuff up before clearing a partition for a new install? What backup image or cloning tool do I use?

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>>108264649
we shall have both

>>108267037
You could always use robocopy to move everything over to another drive

>>108268285
Can I use it through the OS that I want to copy or do I have to use a second OS?

>>108269276
robocopy is built into Windows

>>108269288
No, I know about robocopy. I'm just wondering if it can copy system files that are being used by the system itself.

>>108269411
Oh if you want to do that then yes you need to use a disk cloning tool like Macrium Reflect or AOMEI Backupper.

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>configures the registry key to change from jfif to jpg again
>update windows after a few months
>jfif again default
One of the things that makes me hate Microsoft the most is their tendency to FUCKING RESET SHIT RANDOMLY.

now that i think about it did previous windows versions also offer esus or just 10

esus amogus

>>108270788
i think 7 had something like it

>>108270753
how do you get jfif files? i'm on windows 10 and everything always saved as jpg

>>108270753
registry changes can be overridden randomly by windows updates. if you have a case where you need a tweak like that to persist, you want to use group policy. often there are already policies you can use that do what you want, other times you'll need to create the policy manually.

>Process "ai.exe"
>Local Host for Microsoft 365
>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Office16\AI
Does Office need this shit to run? If not, how do I kill it?

>>108271966
Also "aimgr.exe"

>>108271966
>how do i kill it
you could rename it to ai.exe.bak or something and see if office can launch without it

>>108272162
Won't Windows Update just make a new one next time?

>>108272167
maybe. you could create a batch file that renames the file if it exists and then launches office. kind of a jank solution but trying to fight with trustedinstaller is unlikely to work.

>>108272176
I miss Windows 7...

>>>108251671
Probably it's Windows 11s' built in light sync feature, it's in settings > personalization somewhere.

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>>108272184
Me too, I hope the Anon that made his Windows 10 Enterprise IoT LTSC install look like it posts the tutorial again.

>>108265100
it hasn't been updated in a while so we don't recommend it a lot now, it still works for a few things but it's not very reliable anymore

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I love Windows!

>install windows
>turn off automatic updates immediately
>life is good
Been doing this for 12+ years, I don’t know why everyone is paranoid to be up to date every single moment and get fucked by Microsoft resetting uour shit

>>108274650
it's important if you're on a connection that's shared by a lot of people but otherwise you can often get away with it

i still do updates but i have feature upgrades turned off and security updates are on like a 14 day hold so i have time to block them if i hear about problems (or so they don't get deployed if microsoft pulls them)

on a lenovo y410p
i7-4700mq

iot ltsc out of the box cannot get anything to play right

tried metro redux 2033 cause it's hardware of the era but nothing works even after installing drivers

>>108268087
loli is cringe

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I just updated to 25h2 now.
Why is the start menu so fucking big?

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>use Arch for a while
>try to install W10 LTSC
>everything works well
>get to the partion/drive stage
>says it can't find my 1TB SSD anywhere
>unable to continue
What happened?
Every Distro I tried while Distrohopping could easily find my 1TB SSD but for some reason W10/W11 can't?

>>108275511
what is the SSD?
might be some unknown brand that Windows doesn't have drivers by default - you simply need to find the driver and upload it during windows partition phase. I think there is a button in partition menu where you can load a driver

>>108275511
If you were distrohopping a lot, there's a chance that your drive is formatted as ext4, which is recommended in Linux but is not supported in Windows. You need to make sure that it is formatted to FAT32 or something else that can work on Windows.

>>108275719
Filesystem type doesn't stop Windows Setup from seeing the entire device. It's missing drivers.

>>108263189
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>>108274937
:(

I noticed that now my laptop did not turn off the monitor display after several minutes and went to sleep when I close the lid, despite the settings I done.
Anyone knows how to fix this?

>>108274922
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/metro-2033-issues.128749/post-1991997
codecs not drivers
ltsc doesn't come with most codecs because it's not meant for it, that's why most people on ltsc are running youtube vp9 on software decoding despite having hardware to do so

>>108276492
Doesn't Chrome use it's own VP9 hardware decoders so it is a non-issue as far as YouTube goes?

>>108275803
Saved

Well, my old windows 7 computer isn't serving its purpose any more, that is, to run weird fangames that don't run on linux or proton. Time to see if I can upgrade this shitter to windows 10.

>>108275362
so you can see the ads better.

>>108277118
Don't recommend it unless it is a ~2013 machine or newer.

>>108275785
based, let's go back to uni

>>108278389
Im going to uni to get the post doc in anime

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Hello. I bought a notebook that got delayed and may arrive today (if they don’t mark as “delivery failed” again even though I’m waiting here all day)
It’s a linux, I read, re-read and watched some videos of Windows installation and activation. But I just feel unsure here. How do I quite trigger this phase? The BIOS UEFI thing?

Is there a reason I should clean install IoT over switching from home to IoT with massgrave? Would something be fucked up as opposed to if I had just clean installed? I have a lot accumulated on this computer, so I'd really prefer to keep all files and settings, so I'd like to just switch, but I don't know if I'm missing something
Also, just to make sure, does it preserve absolutely everything?

>>108278826
just follow what it says there, press the key repeatedly while it turns on

>>108278939
if you're on 10 home already then there's not much reason to go for LTSC tbqh since 10 just gets security updates now, the best course of action would be to just activate ESU and upgrade to enterprise.

If you still want LTSC then MAS can't change it, the IoT option is for regular IoT, not LTSC IoT. To jump from home to LTSC you need a registry tweak also found on massgrave's website, which lets you "upgrade" to LTSC. It preserves files and apps, but settings may be reset

https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol

>>108278939
what are you trying to accomplish specifically and why? what's prompting you to version change

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I have SMB running on my Arch laptop. On Windows computers, I can successfully provide username and password to access the shared Videos folder. But I haven't been able to access this folder using VLC on the Xbox One. How the heck can I access the goods on the XBONE? Not really a Windows question, let me know if there's a better place to ask.

>>108279081
My reason is that a windows update fucked up my laptop pretty hard and I am sick of their "feature update" bullshit
Though I suppose with the EoL that won't be a problem anymore, but they went out with a swan song, I will say
I'm pretty sure it was the update, so I want to switch, hoping it will fix it, but thank you for the advice, I would have otherwise

Wait, what, isn't it LTSC IoT?
>Upgrade Windows 10 Home, Pro, etc., to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 (Keep Files & Apps)
I'm following that right now, I thought it was. Though as I understand it, there's not that much difference between the two? So I don't really mind which
But I will keep it in mind
Settings I don't mind, if it's just basic settings
Thank you

>>108279110
I'm 90% sure over time windows updates degraded my laptop in various ways, but the nail in the coffin was when I believe a forced update broke my I2C HID driver, my trackpad and keyboard were working perfectly fine before that
At the time I was using another laptop mostly, so I didn't get the chance to revert the update before it was too late
A friend had a similar thing happen, and later found whilst converting his into Linux that switching it solved it for him apparently

Sorry if this is all retarded, maybe I cannot into computers, I just want to try it and I've had good experiences with IoT with my other devices, though I just installed those when they were fresh, ran into none of the bullshit I was constantly faced with on this one using W10 Home

>>108278939
some reddit fag was crying his ltsc installed bloat after update, turns out he "upgraded" with registry tweak instead of doing a clean install

>>108278373
Yep, the integrated graphics card is too old for modern openGL. Guess this machine is good for pretty much nothing then.

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>windows 11 bros...

>>108279583
I wonder how much time until everything I use on windows 10 (and I need to keep up to update) starts breaking by lack of support.
In a year?

>>108279364
Ah, yeah, this is sort of what I fear, these not so obvious issues that reveal themselves down the line and just create more of a headache than a clean install would have
Thanks

>>108279192
the least impactful solution for your current case would be to version change to education, which is still considered GAC/consumer sku. this is trivial to do with MAS and microsoft supports that upgrade path. you can use group policy (which education has and home doesn't) to target the version of windows you're currently on so you don't get feature "upgrades" until you actually want them.

the only real limitation is that education doesn't support versions for quite as long as enterprise and especially not as long as enterprise iot, but it still gives you an additional year or two over home and group policy lets you choose when you actually want to deploy the feature upgrade (read: when the previous one is eol).

if you really want to go to iot enterprise (the main reason would be the longer support cycle), i don't think it's THAT much harder but you'd need to follow the steps on MAS. typically if i'm setting up iot enterprise i do it on a fresh install or an upgrade install, not a simple version change. but i think it is doable.

>>108278963
Alright it has arrived. Let’s see how this goes

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>>108279660
good luck anon!

>>108279583
this is actually good for 11 bros

>>108279671
I am completely blind and have no idea what I’m doing here. Linux is less intuitive than I thought

>>108279639
I hadn't heard of this before at all, this is huge information. I doubt I would have ever known if you hadn't told me. Though, do you mean that you can rollback/change to previous versions of windows, then? Because the current version I'm on is too late, the damage has been done, so preservation isn't what I want here, sorry if that's a dumb question, I just want to understand
Less impactful sounds "safer" which I appreciate, so I don't mind trying it out first, and eventually resorting to IoT if it doesn't work out

Thank you for your insight, and for the explanations of each as well, it really helps

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>>108266683
>40 PCs.

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A-A little help here. I am trying to install Windows 11 in this Linux. But as I got to this step, NONE of the disks can be used

>>108279823
he has a big family anon

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Any ideas here? When I installed Windows 11 I put I didn’t have internet to avoid problems so I could set it up. But now that it got installed it shows no wifi at all. And so I can’t proceed with anything including the activation code via powershell

>>108279754
if you're struggling a lot you can always support yourself with a Youtube video, even if it's not a 1:1 guide to the one you're reading from

>>108280147
you probably don't have the wifi driver installed and windows doesn't know it offline, you need to download it from another machine then install it on this one

>>108280197
Yeah it’s what I did which lead to this >>108280147
>>108280213
The weird part is it HAD drivers while a Linux. I think I might have erased them then. Shit. Well alright I’ll redownload them. Any recommendation of a site for that?

>>108278373
this. use something like vxkex next if you want to run software that's incompatible with 7.

>>108280253
>The weird part is it HAD drivers while a Linux
Linux isn't windows, why would linux having drivers would change anything on windows?

>>108280253
Linux and Windows don't share drivers, you have to set them up in Windows, the first place to look for is the PCs manufacturer website for the official drivers

>>108279783
i believe you can roll back feature upgrades within 30 days of installing them, you'd need to google for the instructions because i've never done it. after that, microsoft deletes the necessary files off your drive to free up space.

if it's NOT a feature upgrade causing your current problems, you can also uninstall regular updates but you'd need to identify the one causing your issues. there have been a few buggy ones lately, just google whatever your symptoms are february 2026 windows update and look for a specific kb# so you can roll that one back.

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>>108280277
>>108280287
Not that. This:

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Regardless I’ll download elsewhere and transfer via pendrive here.

But it should be 1tb or close to it. During installation of windows it’s like all else got erased or rendered invisible. Any ideas?

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>>108280331
well if you indeed didn't erase that partition then you just have to grab the drivers from there

>>108280331
>>108280354
kek you actually nuked the partition... is it a chink laptop or something?

>>108280358
>>108280375
It’s an Acer Nitro V15. Not sure if that matters or helps. During installation I followed a guide that made me select a partition to erase in order to install windows and now this.
I can cope with losing the contents, I can download the drivers from elsewhere. But I really need the space.
It had to be a notebook cause I got robbed a few weeks ago so I needed high potency and some mobility to take it with me while I recover my losses through the months.
So I’m in kind of a huge hurry cause I’ll be working tomorrow afternoon. Any directions to recover that space would be appreciated

>>108280401
hopefully all you need is going to the Acer website to pick the drivers

And my guess is that you erased partitions (or you still have them) and didn't initialize them. Go to Disk Management to see all the partition, you should see all available partitions.

support yourself with some guides about how to erase partitions and extend the C: partition, just be wary not to nuke important partitions like the bootloader

>>108280429
Well hopefully I won’t need to nuke a partition again. Regardless in order should be:
>Disk Management
To see if I can restore the partition and then
>Acer website
For the drivers

I’m puzzled though: these windows drivers mean the creator of the Acer knew people would install the windows over the linux. Was there a way to do without nuking it? Cause I followed the guide from the rentry OP but that part was a slump, no disk was valid to use.

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Partition 4 was the on I deleted. Any ifea how I recover it? Most videos I watch say I’d need a program for that

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should I take the plunge and update my windows? currently it works pretty much okay, but I'm wondering if I'm missing some optimisations or if it would fix some of the smaller issues I've been having. I havent updated since last summer or so.

>>108280725
if you're on something earlier than 10 or a very old version of 10, upgrade to either 10 edu 22h2 or 10 ltsc iot enterprise 2021 and activate esus via mas, then reevaluate when esu eol gets close

if you're on something earlier than 23h2 11 but not enterprise, upgrade to 23h2 education and set group policy to target version windows 11 23h2 until like october when 23h2 goes eol, then reevaluate how bad the update situation is then, hopefully by then you can go to 24h2.

if you're on something earlier than 24h2 enterprise, update to 24h2 enterpriose iot ltsc

if you're on 24h2, don't upgrade to anything later than it right now. later versions are enablement packages for 24h2 and the things they're enabling seem to be buggy and/or unwanted.

>>108282326
ah yeah I forgot to tell which version I'm on. thanks for the input

Does Windows 10 22h2 work the same as Win11 regarding e-cores?

>>108283409
just turn them off. you can get a higher oc that way too.

>>108283409
Windows 10 doesn't support e-cores natively at all.

>>108283420
Redditors say it was backported to 22h2

>>108280119
sounds like cancer or a virus to me.

Yo, I am >>108278826
Have had my issues but since recovered the disk I deleted >>108280630
I updated Windows to install most crucial drivers and then manually went afterwards I installed the rest.
But I'm afraid I might have in letting Windows update itself, allowed it to install the stuff that would slow me down, the stuff I went after IoT LTSC specifically to avoid.
Is there any way to chekc this? To guarantee I'll keep my speed, or to know I did everything right?

>>108280725
Yes! Windows is nice and coming out with cool features all the time!

Visual studio using azure developers running windows on an intel computer…. In C#

>>108284385
during the first day or two Windows always feels quite slow because it's still catching up with security updates and indexing and doing all sorts of shit, even on LTSC so don't worry, after that it will only get monthly updates

>>108283456
doubt they would do that, but even if they did it's probably a way older implementation than 11's

>>108283456
>>108285980
yeah the new scheduler is only for windows 11. windows 10 stopped getting feature updates a while ago, scheduler and dwm is part of feature update. all windows 10 gets now is security updates.

>>108285967
Awesome! I was worried cause once a while it was lagging but glad to know it’s natural.

You guys likely know more than me in thisvut is it true that Microsoft releases stuff that purposefully slows down the PCs as the version progresses? Asking cause I got this notebook that doesn’t have muc stuff but used to be ultra faster. I’m wondering if I should go the 11 Iot LTSC people talk about and if that would help or if I should go back to Windows 10

>>108286131
Software updates overtime and gets more demanding. Fortnite today is more demanding full of UE5 & DX12 stuff compared to 7 years ago when it was only UE4 & DX11.

>>108266683
I wound up purchasing a highly-rated PNY USB with 256 GB for $40.
Does it matter that it's formatted to NTFS or should it be FAT32 like in the OP's example?

>>108286131
>is it true that Microsoft releases stuff that purposefully slows down the PCs as the version progresses?
>purposefully
i doubt it's on purpose. it's more that microsoft as a whole has little cohesion, their management is out of touch, their workers are unskilled, and their overall focus is on trying to position copilot as relevant rather than making windows performant and bug-free.

if you aren't sure what you're doing, you're probably better off using group policy to make it so feature upgrades aren't forced on you until you want them (which should be near end of life of the one you're currently on).

>>108286146
>>108286558
Alright. Think a Windows 10 would be best then?

>>108283409
Not the same. Only W11 will let your processor assign threads to cores.
W10 absolutely supports ecores and they did backport some improvements, its just still not quite as good at it.

After distro hopping I installed W10 IoT LTSC again...

>>108287123
welcome home

>>108286969
The most up to date version of Windows 10 or 11 otherwise just use Linux

>>108275785
It was AI slop anyway, good riddance

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>>108287132

>>108286969
depends but honestly just evaluate the choices for yourself, https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol this page does a decent job of explaining them

>>108282326
>if you're on something earlier than 24h2 enterprise, update to 24h2 enterpriose iot ltsc
Is it possible to update from 22H2 Enterprise to 24H2 IoT Enterprise LTSC?
Reinstall would be out of question.

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>>108287123
they all come back

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>10pm
>finally my chance to sleep relatively early
>decide to clone old ssd with windows install onto new one right before bed
>put the new ssd in
>cable management etc whatever
>try to use macrium reflect to clone the drive
>can't clone c partition while it's booted
>makes sense
>make usb drive
>fails at making usb drive
>debug that for like half an hour
>end up partitioning it myself in diskpart which fixes it
>boot in
>no clone function anywhere
>google if the free version has cloning in winre
>no posts about it
>decide to crack it
>remake the rescue usb
>it fucks it up again
>partition in diskpart by myself again
>boot in
>clone present
>c partition grey
>google it
>no answers from anyone, everyone is clueless
>just flash clonezilla on it
>1 am now as it's finishing up
fucking shit. and you just KNOW something fucked up so i'm not gonna be able to boot into it. why did i try macrium reflect what is fucking wrong with me

>>108287661
i think it's just an in-place install of the new version (i.e. you have to get the full iso and install from it but i believe it doesn't erase any of your programs or settings). i don't know the specifics since i run 23h2 education, someone else could give you better details on how that works.

>update nvidia drivers
>now my almost only played game starts stuttering every time something "new" happens in the game
>once everything has happened once, no more stuttering
I haven't rebooted though yet so praying that will do something.

I never learn to not touch updates unless they contain something I specifically desire.

>>108287812
isn't this just shader compilation

>>108287822
Happened thrice now on separate launches. Isn't shader compilation supposed to occur at first launch and then stop?

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>>108287812
Your shaders are being recompiled again, and it will happen on every new driver install

I'm surprised you hadn't noticed this before

>>108287836
>Isn't shader compilation supposed to occur at first launch and then stop?
It entirely depends on the game

>>108287886
I probably have but I can't really recall. Just hoping it will stop doing it soon enough.

Good to hear it's just a common thing at least.

>>108287661
possible but with registry hacks
>Reinstall would be out of question.
normal enterprise would be better in this case, upgrading from general channel to ltsc carries bloat defeating the whole purpose

This might be a stupid question but is there an issue in a gaming notebook if I set the battery option to be always focused on performance while pluged?
Cause originally both plugged and unplugged were balanced.

>>108288424
balanced focuses on optimal power draw
if you are plugged all the time, set power plan to high performance

>>108288567
Awesome thanks. I was worried I was bothing something up.

>>108288424
keeping it at "high performance" always keeps the cpu clocked up to max which will generate a lot of extra and generally unnecessary heat. that decreases the lifespan of your components and wastes electricity. and in my experience it doesn't really do anything useful because your cpu will just clock up under load anyway.

>>108287836
anytime you update windows, your drivers, or the game your shader cache folder becomes invalidated and it has to do it all over again.

>>108288848
Really? THen I'll keep it balanced always then.

>>108290304
Bet he did it at one of Epstein's parties and everyone clapped

>>108279956
check if your drive is in GPT or MBR

>>108279603
Whenever chrome drops it, maybe two years. I remember 7 lasted a few years after EOL and some games backported dx12 to 7 but as soon as chrome dropped 7 everything else followed suit.

>>108292800
Yeah I also give it until maybe 2028 max, then it'll probably start dying fast, especially if gpu drop support.

Windows 10 officially dies in 2032 because that's when the IoT LTSC support ends. Chrome and gpu vendors should quickly follow suit when their security patches and wddm shit doesn't work.

Is there any other recommended tools for building a DiY iso other than ntlite and tiny11builder?

>>108292883
there are a lot of these, though many have dropped support. i can't recommend any because i haven't used any. i believe most of them are just frontends wrapping various dism commands, though.

Is it currently possible to install office without any AI stuff? I need to do stuff with stock prices in an excel sheet and libre office can't.

>>108293862
just install a standalone version of office from before they added ai shit. everything you need to download and activate is on the mas website.

>>108293918
I had no idea I could do that. Thanks a lot.

>>108293961
np

VPNs aren't working on a fresh W10 IoT LTSC install. I used safe BCD tweaks and OOSU10. The VPN client never makes the connection

WTF massgrave removed the XP ISOs just when I finished building my XP gaming PC.

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I usually don't like this website because it just feels like amateur journalism made by indians, but it's funny that even them had to go out there and tell these retards that they fell for an AI hallucination.

What's worse is that the comments are full of "but it's still their fault!" and "but... when it happens you'll look like a fool!". This sheep niggas are so radicalized that they'll believe a hallucinating AI just to hope it'll become true and validate their narrative.

I literally just opened twitter for the first time in weeks what is wrong with this people?

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>video showing how unsafe winXP is
>actually disables the firewall to connect to the internet
i hate sloptubers

is there any video doing the same experiment but without disabling the firewall?
extra points if they compare non-updated winXP SP3 to fully updated winXP SP3

got a Thinkpad P14s g2,
should I put w10 or w11 on it?
it has w11 installed so also can I somehow save the windows key from it to reuse later?..
any features from 11 that are worth using it?

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>>108295241
I think whats more important is using a up to date browser. Windows XP tends to get cucked with browser support unless you go out of your way to use custom forks which may or may not be behind on security updates.

>>108295241
not only that but presumably they're dmz'd or something too which isn't a situation 99% of home users would ever be in

>>108295241
nothing happens cuz you have firewall + cgnat

>>108297258
Kek

let's say I want to play Forza Horizon 6 when it comes out on gamepass but I am in LTSC 21H2. What can I do aside from moving to 11 or Linux, since the guide to update to 22h2 (minimum requirement) says not to do it anymore

>UPDATE:
22H2 no longer receives updates so this is no longer recommended or useful.
If you've done this previously, you should undo this to revert back to 21H2 which still gets support.

Is the OP fully up to date, in regards to IoT LTSC 2021 being the one to get?

>>108297753
You get 2021 if you want to stay on 10 until 2032 but stay frozen on the 21H2 feature pack. GAC 10 22H2 with the ESU licenses activated gives you updates until 2028. 2024 is 11 based and lasts until 2035.

>>108297487
It was found out back in October that the LTSC 2021 enablement package that takes it to 22H2 wasn't actually getting updates at all because it was a franken-edition. If you want 22H2 then you need to use normal 10 Enteprise with the ESU activated.

Windows. Are we still making /vr/ windows? It seems the ai delusion continues. Dont listen to reason, fine. Just be happy when you come crawling back.

The more ai madness continues, the longer i have to build my exit plan when the whole thing comes crumbling down. Maybe ILL be tbe expert by then. Then I can be ceo of microsoft….

>>108295587
anyone, please?
also is AMD.
i want to get maximum performance on it for some games.
(also already saved the key with cmd)

opinions on tiny11?

>>108301515
i mean everyone's going to give you a different answer because some people hate win11 and some are fine with it. i think you should keep the oem win11 install to save yourself time and hassle on driver setup but version change it to education using MAS. i'd also recommend configuring windows updates with group policy so they aren't forced on you. but this is all my own personal preference, if you hate 11 you should install 10.

>>108301882
a lot of deliberately missing features like uwp functionality, some video codecs, windows update, etc., it's not my preference but if it suits your needs go for it

>>108301515
if for gaming then change edition to enterprise with mas and play with group policy

>>108301910
i never used 11 before and first impressions are it looks alright but that news shit needs to go. thats about my opinion. just want to squeese performance.
im going to reinstall eitherway because im paranoid about the os even thought it came from a certified refurbisher firm on ebay.
allthough... not sure if i can leave the preinstalled one and multiboot w10 and linux alongside it, then id be pretty happy.

>>108301929
ill lookup MAS.

enterprise is better than education?

didnt expect there not to be a consensus. last time i messed about with windows 10 ltsc was pretty much go to.

>>108301976
some sources say education has less bloat and doesn't try to upsell in store
i guess pick that

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>>108301976
also it has a bunch of this shit so i feel like im going to have to reformat it. dont know what any of that does but im sure i dont need it

>>108302033
im not planning to have the store installed either way. less bloat is nice though

>>108302049
my plan is to have like 50 or more gb for tripleboot w11 w10 and linux, and rest separated for other stuff

>>108301976
education and enterprise are practically identical, the main difference is education's still a consumer sku which for most practical purposes doesn't matter that much, it mainly affects activation. that and if you want to do ltsc you have to do enterprise.

for 11 versus 10, 11 has some things that 10 doesn't like "gaming mode" and the newer scheduler for intel cpus but it also has more bullshit you need to prune than 10. imo it's a wash, just pick whatever works best for your personal situation. if you don't want to have to worry about eol shit, i think 11 education is the best option.

I installed LTSC and got the
>You’ll need a new app to open this 'ms-gaming overlay'
that was in the rentry but I already got the Microsoft Store and clicking to it gets nowhere. Any ideas here?

Is there any way to make notifications pop up on my 2nd monitor? It always kind of annoys me when I'm in a fullscreen game or something and they come up on top of it, I'd prefer them to be on the other monitor.

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>>108304174
You'll have to add this value in the registry, did the trick for me and the "ms-gaming overlay" popups no longer appear

>>108304949
nta, i've had the same thing for years when i plug in a controller, i tried this but it was already present and didn't fix it