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Tell us about tools, utilities, configs, tips and tricks that make your life with Windows 98 (more) bearable (or even pleasant).

>Choosing, downloading, installing, activating windows / office
rentry.co/fwt

>LTSC 2019 ISO optimization & debloating
rentry.co/ltsc_optimize

>recommended windows software (infograph)
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Other urls found in this thread:

aiowares.com/showthread.php?tid=246
bleachbit.org
github.com/MoscaDotTo/Winapp
wpd.app/
twitter.com/AnonBabble

Reasking Is there a proper way to scan that all system files are signed by the proper key or have the correct sha256 hash without trusting the installation I want to scan?
It seems like if an installation was affected by rootkit installed deeply enough to modify system files that the rootkit would also modify SFC and DISM to falsely report that the files were verified.

You'd probably want one of the antivirus bootable/rescue cds (well, technically more like usbs now) instead. Look around the various AVs, many provide such tools

Is it normal that WIN10UI takes hours and does multiple runs?
this shit takes forever

yeah it takes a while

k
but why does it do multiple runs?
it already did the updates two times, with one of them taking ages

my guess would be dependencies, updates depend on some other updates. but take this with a grain of salt

I'm now at "enabling feature(s)"
something new, it seems keeping on going

I need a 98se key.
For my vm. And 56gb ram shenanigans.

>Install KMS seco support only for existing file 64\SppExtComObjHook.dll (avrf)
what the fuck does this mean

if KMS_VL_ALL >= version 30 is installed it automatically enables support for office.

well it installed, didn't respect my language preference so it's in czech now, how can I fix it?

So W10UI has finished but I have no image (still the en_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2019_x64_dvd_74865958 folder) and Optimize-LTSC doesn't do anything

Oh, nevermind, I ahve to edit the Optimize-LTSC cmd first
Still I have no image, only a folder

are you sure the new iso is not in one of the folders that you used? I had the same problem

yes
W10UITemp andW10UImount folder are gone automatically

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yeah it's somewhere in there, I literally made the same post

what the fuck, are we using windows 98 again

how can i make it work on my t440p explain it like im a nigger

nope

are you sure you don't have a new iso in the w10ui folder? you can make a new one but I'm sure that the same thing will happen again

no
should I delete the
>en_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2019_x64_dvd_74865958.iso
after I've unziped it?

doesn't matter

do I need windows ADK?
third option is dism.exe by default

Welcome to windows 98, the OS that introduce me to DOS game.

where I need to install driver for everything. asking driver when I bought a usb-drive.

>tfw stuck with zen+ until 2021

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ok im going to skip this entire W10UI shit and go straight to debloating and then installing

use wsusoffline fag

see

>tfw first edition

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>qwant
Pozzed frog shit. They remove """hate""" results.

As far as i'm aware they only remove literal terrorist content.
That's quite literally illegal to have in France, so not like they have a choice.

First time back on this site in years, where the FUCK can I find HWIDGEN?

Or some sort of windows 10 activator that isn't KMSpico? What happened to KMS38? Mydigitallife has very little useful information. Jesus christ, I just want to activate windows 10 without paying microsoft a single penny.

try using KMS_VL_ALL, linked in paste.
As for MDL, the KMS section is hidden to show only for registered users.

Thanks, I'm skimming the code now. KMS VL ALL looks pretty dope. I would however prefer HWIDGEN, and I cannot find it anywhere.

AiOWares still has thread up, but its register only. well, the important parts anyways

aiowares.com/showthread.php?tid=246

OK fagits, I am going to install LTSC. I hope it's worth it. Also, have a bump.

best way to randomize the contents of a folder
bonus points if filename untouched

what do you mean by randomizing contents of a folder

when sorting the contents (like images)
so you'd need random names or dates or whatever other option

Get-ChildItem . | % {
$ticks = Get-Random -Minimum ((Get-Date).AddMonths(-1).ticks) -Maximum ((Get-Date).ticks)
(Get-ChildItem $_).LastWriteTime = new-object dateTime ($ticks)
}


this will randomize dates on all files in current folder to a random date in the past 1 month

* I'd like to note this may mess up synchronization software, so you might want to randomize `CreationTime` instead

neat thanks
I should really learn me some Powershell
weird that I use Windows more than Linux but I know bash pretty well

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>backup outlook mails in a pst
>import the mails after a fresh install
>it only backed up one account, hundreds of mails gone

Wow I'm pretty sure the stupid program even allowed me to select both mail accounts in the export window. Why can't they just backup both accounts at once or atleast put a fucking disclaimer there notifying you of their poor design choices. Thanks microsoft.

did it and works perfectly
thanks everyone but this W10UI shit is really not worth it

>Inb4 Linux shills attempting to shit on this thread

Is POSReady 7 spyware-free?

Is ameliorated.info a meme?

yes, disabling updates is a very bad idea

Well they may have achieved to eliminate the botnet but the cost is no more security updates so yes it's a meme

How do I get POSReady 7?
Will it continue to receive updates after Windows 7 dies?

>How do I get POSReady 7?
see paste
>Will it continue to receive updates after Windows 7 dies?
yes

The new .iso should appear on the desktop.

Bump

What is the clipboard manager for windows 10?

Alright I see all this botnet and privacy shit that Windows fuck you up with but can someone give me some examples of this? Like where is this shit in software or in the registry or some shit?

I mean, just Google it.
There are a thousand clipboard managers for windows. Ditto is great but there is one already installed nowadays, just check the settings app.

Damn bros why did ccleaner have to get JUSTed
There's no good replacement for it

Just get a torrent of it. If you have an older version of Windows then it will work well for it.

For older versions of windows it is contained in the updates. Before updating anything you should always read the dev notes about that update. If the update is vague then don't use it. Others are obvious when they list "telemetry."

Like for Win7, here's a list I've compiled from other anons on Jow Forums,

-------

>Win 7 Updates to Avoid

KB2876229 SKYPE, If you want Skype then install it.
KB3075249 Update that adds telemetry points to consent.exe in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
KB3080149 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB2977759 - W10 Diagnostics Compatibility telemetry
KB2970228 - Update to support the new currency symbol for the Russian ruble in Windows
KB3068708 Telemetry
KB2506928
KB2545698 (IE9)
KB2592687
KB3021917
KB3068707 - Customer experience telemetry points
KB3065987
KB3050265 - Windows Update service updated to accept upgrade to W10
KB2660075
KB2923545 RDP
KB3050265
KB2726535
KB3022345 Replaced by KB3068708 Telemetry
KB3022345 Caused false sfc result
KB2952664 x2
KB3044374 - W8,8.1 Nagware for W10
KB2990214
KB2994023
KB3035583
KB4493132 - Last "update" notifiction that there won't be any more updates.

>Anyways, here is a list of updates which are suspect (I think...)

971033
2876229
2902907
2922324
2952664
2966583
2976978
2977759
2990214
2999226
3012973
3014460
3015249
3021917
3022345
3035583
3044374
3046480
3050265
3050267
3065987
3068708
3072318
3075249
3075851
3075853
3080149
3083324
3083710
3090045
3102810
3102812
3112336
3112343
3123862
3135445
3138612
3139929
3141092
3146449

The program groups on my DOS 6.22/windows 3.1 setup get corrupted randomly (sometimes there are corrupted groups that become good again).
Weirdly enough, there's no other data or programs that goes bad on the HDD. Is it a commong problem with this window version or my installation is simply fucked in some way?

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Use BleachBit my good sir.

bleachbit.org
github.com/MoscaDotTo/Winapp

could be random io error because dying hdd, or some other program trashing memory, etc..
you should probably independently check the disks health with some modern tool

I've tried it but it doesn't allow for whitelisting cookies or cleaning the registry

Is chocolatey worth it or just a meme?

It's great but very messy. Use scoop + extra bucket instead. It's like homebrew + cask on macOS but everything is portable and stay in your user directory.

Thanks for the advice, I'll try the check-up. Are there some tools you'd recommend and that could run on DOS?

Did 98 come with device manager? I had to use NT4.0 recently and hardware was a nightmare.

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So I got the english consumer ISO and my target svf (which is es-mx, yeah I'm a third worlder). I use the command for Smartversion and I'm greeted with an IO error, that it can't find the es-mx consumer ISO. I though I only needed the english ISO source and we could use the SVF patch to get any target ISO? ISO+SVF have to be the same language or I'm missing something?

How do you set the kernel timer to fire every microsecond vs. every millisecond?
>why
Don't worry about it.

which windows (version, edition) are you trying? could be misgenerated or multilevel svfs, i'll check

Yes. NT was its own can of worms under different interfaces up to NT 4.0.
On the other hand, I tried to add a MITM certificate recently for a TLS interception-and-upgrade proxy (a joke to make bots masquerading as IE6 supporting TLS 1.2 an actual reality) and was hard pressed how to do it in Win98.

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(Me)
nvm, figured out you must be talking about LTSC.
1. Download the iso from the linked site
2. Apply es-mx SVF from #Consumer (EN to XX) to get es-mx consumer iso
3. Apply es-mx SVF from Consumer to LTSC to get es-mx LTSC iso

I'm trying LTSC from the paste, 1809 feb 2019. Already have the ISO and the SVF from Consumer to LTSC, but didn't know about EN to XX. Gonna try it and write back.

Tried hard disk sentinel for DOS and it told me disk was in perfect condition (kinda nice for such an old disk).

Should i migrate to win 10 from 8.1? From a privacy standpoint mainly, but also from a performance one. My main reason is im having issues setting up mysql...

Worked like charm, thanks.

Use wise registry cleaner for the registry.

How do I debloat and de botnet an existing windows installation? OP mostly talks about making an ISO.

Read the paste. You have to use wpd.app/

Is it open source?

Why? Win10 is so much better bro. I advice you to go win10, because it's so much better. You look really like you need my help bro!!

Worth using LTSB over LTSC? Performance wise.

It doesn't look like it but you can ask them on discord or something.

Is win10ui supposed to close the terminal window after starting the process?

Windows 10 (32-bit) requires a system with a processor with PAE/NX and SSE2 extensions (Pentium 4 or Athlon 64 or VIA C7 class or higher), at least 1 GB RAM, 16 GB of storage, a DirectX 9 compatible GPU and a screen with a minimum resolution of 800x600.
Windows 98 works on a fraction of these requirements.

Just ordered a completely new system and the motherboard only supports Windows 10 so I'll probably go with LTSC since it eliminates forced shutdowns.

Does it include the classic taskbar start menu as an optional setting or does it force you to go into a separate screen every time? And do I have control over my processes and services or does the system simply turn unnecessary stuff back on if I try to shut off everything except the processes that are actually needed to run the OS.

Install Gentoo

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Pajeet garbage > tranny communist garbage

I changed my you, reboot and the Ethernet port doesn't work anymore. It says the device cannot start code 10. What could have happened?

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>Does it include the classic taskbar start menu as an optional setting or does it force you to go into a separate screen every time?
that hasn't been a thing ever in windows 10, the metro screen shit is a 8 thing.
> And do I have control over my processes and services or does the system simply turn unnecessary stuff back on if I try to shut off everything except the processes that are actually needed to run the OS.
LTSC won't turn back stuff afaik, its usually feature updates that can do that.

I have about 90gb of data mostly pictures to be transfered to another windows 10 device.
Normally my boomer ass would just transfer all these into an external disk, then hook it up and transfer to another computer, but are there any recommended ways/applications to transfer directly using WiFi?

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is there a windows xp thread? How the fuck do you activate xp sp3? I tried those registry edits that come up on google and it will appear to work but always fuck up after a month.

Jeezuss, what are you autistic? You can use an FTP client or just connect directly to your other machine through win10 and transfer files that way.

Share a drive with both machines and transfer away.

wifi is a bad idea, is slow.
if both computers have gigabit ethernet that'd probably be the fastest.
zip in the files, share folder zip is in (in properties dialog), plug the computers into each other with an ethernet cable, see ip on one with ipconfig, type in the ip into the other computer's explorer window like `\\` and just copy the zip. the zipping is needed because transferring more files is a lot slower than a single big one, you can leave it out if you think the disk is too slow.

>muh privacy in 2019
Really nobody cares about your loli porn stash and the $300 you have invested in crypto. Use the damn thing that just werks or take far more pain in exchange for slightly less botnet with loonix

SMB is probably the easiest. Too bad I think they turn all that off by default now because users can't be trusted to not expose things on LAN.

no its still default enabled, just nothing is shared

>Finally cave in, install Windows 10.
>large folders take over a second to load
I'm going back to 8.1

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and be sure to wiggle your mouse during transfer

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