don't die again

Have to make a live usb with rufus in case my cheap plasticky shitty laptop breaks in fucking half and have to format a new computer in a hurry. Last time I checked a fwt thread the W11 Iot ltsc had not come out yet. Is there any reason to use it over the excellent w10 version? I am not a gaymer

>>108671978
if it's a cheap laptop and you won't come across any software that requires 11 then no, you should be fine staying in W10

>>108671978
Win11 IoT LTSC is just as excellent on 11th gen CPU and above.
You only stay on Win10 IoT LTSC if you are on ancient CPUs (9th gen and below).

>>108671441
>Use WinGet/Scoop or install MS Store in CMD with: wsreset -i


Can anyone tell me how to get photo viewer with this command? Reinstalling Win10 IoT

>>108672827
does it have to be the Windows photo viewer or something else?

usually we recommend nomacs for a viewer

>>108672878
I just prefer Windows Photo Viewer, though I never tried nomacs. Every photo viewer i've tired has been bloated compared to Windows Photo.

>>108672893
you could try nomacs, it's meant to be lightweight, especially since MS keeps forcing bloat on their apps, you can get the installer on their page. but if you want a CMD solution you can got to scoop.sh or winstall.app to see the catalog of scoop and winget

jpegview is another popular photo viewer here

>>108672932
>jpegview

I hated it when I tired it.

Also, any recommendations for a partition/disk management program? I use mini tools partition wizard and like it but it does have a lot of popups and begs to be updated way to often

>>108672948
Macrium reflect free, it's on the useful programs pastebin.

There's also Rescuezilla, a linux live distro for backups and cloning

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>xir machine is still vulnerable to common and legacy methods of exfiltration and attack
>xe logs on as an admin user
>xer allows PowerShell, cmd and Terminal access to the internet
>xey are on 25H2 when it's still not ready for primetime
>xhe allows applications to run from AppData, Temp or the Downloads folder
>xyr hasn't protected their system with HCVI, Secure Launch, KMHESP, LSASS Protection, Admin Protection, Admin Approval Mode, Memory Integrity, Firmware Protection, Credential Guard and Secure Boot
>xemselves have less than 1000 Group Policies configured
>xeir system doesn't have disabled and renamed Built-In Administrator and Guest accounts
That's a yikes from me dog, I thought this was a technology board

>>108673585
>The Game

FUCK

>>108672631
using win11 on 8th gen
works on my machine
barely any more heat than cachyos all things considered and just as responsive

>>108673585
>firewalling terminal
pointless
>logs on as admin user
just set UAC to always on I think, 90% of LPEs are because of the shitty default of no UAC in task scheduler
>25h2 bad
retard it's the SAME build, unless you're using LTSC then 26200 is already there and it's okay because it's a fake version
>admnistrator protection
beta feature doebeit, how tf do you get that on stable builds, gpedit?
>hyper-v bwweghwergo
half of that shit is vPro features your CPU doesn't have and the rest is on by default
>disabled Administrator and Guest
on by default

fake windows admin award

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I just had my longest-lived Window 7 session before something broke.

>>108674601
You left your PC on for over a year and a quarter? No wonder something finally decided to break.

>>108674717
A year and a third (almost).
Why wouldn't I?

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Just tried building a tiny11 iso using tiny11builder. It came out at 840mb. Is this normal? Obviously haven't tried installing it.

>>108675512
That's very small for an 11 ISO, so looks like it worked.

Is there a way to reset the size of a window to its first time launch default? Played a game that launched in a different resolution and because of it some windows got fucked after I went back to the regular resolution.

>>108676690
Apparently you can hold down Ctrl when you close a window and the next time you open it it'll be its default window size.

>>108676717
Already tried that and it's a dud unfortunately.

NVIDIA-STUDGODKINGEMPEROROVERLORDBVLLSTALLION ltsc using bros, what the FUCK will we do when they drop W10 support later this year? Is it time for W11?

>>108676752
You'll probably still be able to install shit properly through NVCleanstall anyway.

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>>108673771
>pointless
wrong, not doing so leaves you open to malware that communicates with a control server e.g. ransomware, infostealers
>UAC always on
not enough, being logged in as an admin still suppresses certain prompts and grants access to more resources and commands, even at the highest level. Reading Microsoft’s documentation will tell you as much.
>the same build
semantic argument, 24H2 has the slop features disabled that 25H2 enables
>administrator protection
enabled via GPO
>half of that shit is vPro features your CPU doesn't have and the rest is on by default
msinfo32 will tell you everything you need to know. Try having a CPU made this decade.
> on by default
cherrypicked only part of the sentence because he couldn’t refute. Let me guess, you also have SAM protection off so you can reset using a Windows password reset USB?

Not only are you someone that has never done a single bit of Windows security, it is clear you do not know what the MSB is, what a CIS benchmark is, think it’s safe for command line utilities to communicate on the network on an interactive user.
Oh, and I’m a certified MCP, so I am quite literally a certified Windows admin

eat shit kek

>>108673585
>1
buzzwords
>2
outdated, microsoft's opinion on best practice is just having a standard hybrid acc that can run admin permissions but you are informed of it being asked of you and can say yes or no
>3
doesnt change anything positively, and is likely to break stuff
>4
25H2 is in GAC, and is fully production ready
>5
same as 3, you are just breaking your computer usability for no reason, you shouldnt have malware on your pc in the first place and the solution to fight malware isnt to break all other hardware and software
>6
most of those are hardening for specific use case enterprise solutions, microsoft will apply best practice changes by default on home user machines that dont break usability and performance like memory integrity, secure boot, firmware protection, bla bla
>7
you should only apply useful group policies that you cannot otherwise change through gui in userland, tons of group policies are for xp/vista dont even work in w11 and are placebo, they are for domain joined machines not home use in general
>8
again no use case.

generally having a install made by a official clean iso, using a ms acc with all default security settings + strong complicated password + 2fa, having screen lock after 5 mins of use, as well as default bitlocker enabled and secure boot enabled and UAC/Smart app control and cloud/realtime protection will get you 99.9% of security you need, then make sure you dont install apps that arent verified, digitally signed and pass virustotal scans and you are good to go and will be safer than your pc if you install a bunch of 3rd party programs all the time, and infinitely more usable and powerful.

>>108677467
>MS account
your entire post goes in the trash

>>108677610
not really, its objectively superior in terms of security, which is what anon was hyperfocusing on, and helps much more than a bunch of his meme hardening. I dont use a ms account myself since I value the simplicity of local accounts and it combined with EEA region on install is the most effective way of bypassing most of microsoft's nagging and annoyances in windows, but I also dont stress about security autistically as a local acc + default settings with memory integrity and virtual machine platform disabled generally give the most convenient, performant, and secure experience i can get out of windows. but most people here are neet seachuds with 20 year old laptops that only play gacha games and goon to porn all day and reinstall windows every 2 weeks on meme debloated ltsc isos that break their performance and security.

>>108677643
the amount of data exfiltration to Microsoft and its partners from being logged in with an MS account voids any other argument you can make

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>>108677702
You are using their operating system. There's no argument you can make to negate that it's fully proprietary and quite literally your operating. system. There's nothing you can do that would take away control from microsoft, it's all tinfoil hat placebo memery. You can slightly have more local independance and prevent surveillance capitalism with a few tweaks, but that's not what you are talking about or aiming to achieve. You want to achieve full control of your system and independance of microsoft, by using Microsoft's Windows. Schizoid disorder moment.

>>108677722
>attempts armchair diagnosis from the tranny DSM-5, while at the same time twisting what others have said and going to argumentum ad absurdum because of a narrative he invented in his brain
Ask yourself why you extrapolated this amount from a single line of text and then ask yourself who really has the mental issue. Zero nuance, and a tirade of assumptions.

>>108678343
I just know what you are.

What's a good hardening guide for Windows 10 iot ltsc? I've found a few scripts that seem nice on github, but I'd like to do it manually to learn what's needed without having to trudge the scripts' code.

>>108672827
Doesn't seem like you can do it through the MS Store, it already comes with win 10, but you have to enable it via the registry.

Hello Windows users.
I'm using Linux, and I need to install some firmware updates for some hardware I use. Specifically it's an ASMedia ASM1166 SATA slot expander.
They don't provide firmware updates that run on Linux, but you can update the firmware on Windows.
What's the easiest way to get this firmware updated using Windows without actually installing it? If there's a live environment version, that might be the kind of thing I'm after.
One other thing: This is a headless machine, so if it can work in such a way where I can update the firmware remotely over RDP or something, that would be preferable, but I could go and get a monitor to do this as well.

>>108680309
With Rufus you can use Windows to Go to make a live Windows environment.

Alternatively, there's Hiren's Boot CD, a custom Windows PE implementation used for troubleshooting, repairing, and disk management.

At least one of those should work, however, be wary that the firmware updates are usually built to be run from a typical Windows install

>>108680438
>At least one of those should work, however, be wary that the firmware updates are usually built to be run from a typical Windows install
Noted. Thanks for the information.
This install is still at a pretty early stage, so it isn't an insurmountable amount of trouble to just fully install Windows 10, update the firmware, and then reinstall Linux. If there's more risk of problems from using Windows to Go or PE, I'll probably do that instead.

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>>108677396
>Try having a CPU made this decade.
Never

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installing proofing tools, a saga

>fresh windows installation
>doing everything carefully, clean and right
>install Office 2019, massgrave img
>click on additional languages for more proofing tools
>you think it would be a simple offline installer
>nope, download a mysterious "office setup.exe"
>wait
>wait more
>wait a second it's literally downloading office 365
>fuck try to cancel, no chance. mad as fuck restart pc. it just keeps going.
>wait for installation to finally complete
>uninstall everything
>literally go offline, install fresh office 2019 from the img
>every single time it goes to install 365 again
>use revo unstaller, delete everything
>now even my offline office 2019 refuses to install

>>108680927
yep. if you have English Office and you want to install additional dictionaries, it literally downloads the entire office installation AGAIN.

>>108680927
>>108681548
update. Windows successfully updated my office.
In order get office with an additional dictionary it ended up installing office twice. Now, Office 2019 officially takes up 8 GBs of hard drive space.

please honk for this clown company.

Hey, this is a really basic question but how do I get 4chan X working on Brave? I set it up before but I just did a fresh install and can't find the guide I used before

>>108683183
In Brave you can still install userscript runners like Violentmonkey, so you can just install 4chanX as a userscript.

>>108683207
Thanks, I got it working with tampermonkey. I'm assuming thats okay to use?

no I gotta figure out how to sync my bookmarks again

>>108683230
Tampermonkey is fine I guess but I switched to Violentmonkey ages ago because it was open source.

>>108683235
I only didn't use Violentmonkey because it had this warning "This extension may soon no longer be supported because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions:"

>>108683249
Just Chrome Store FUD. You could probably just sideload it instead.

>>108683258
I'll keep that in mind on my next reboot. Even know I'm a basic user I do prefer open source programs

I have some spare components from around 2009. What are some fun things to do with XP?

>>108684213
Retro gaming PC? Emulator system that can run versions of Retroarch that run on XP? Turning it into a NAS? There really isn't -much- you can do with XP in 2026.

>>108684308
>gayming
I've got a retro gaming PC running 7. I haven't yet encountered old games I want to play that refuse to work on it.
I figure I'll keep the parts for when I encounter weird hardware that absolutely needs XP. I'm moving house soon though so they're up on the chopping block if I need to get rid of stuff in the move.

>>108684328
Again, you can't really do much with it. If you can't find a real use then you could probably just sell the parts on ebay/craigslist or something.