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Tell us about tools, utilities, configs, tips and tricks that make your life with Windows ME (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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>windows 7 updates to avoid
pastebin.com/a1htBUby


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rentry.co/ltsc_optimize
rentry.co/fxpu4
betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=39028
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
archive.is/OBGB1
archive.is/tW6fu
archive.is/2XIvX
archive.is/qLRZx
archive.is/Zny36
archive.is/sz1nt
archive.is/g3QdQ
archive.is/ko469
youtube.com/watch?v=nHA2s04Vtdc
archive.is/QnTTA
archive.is/eZKc9
d2.maxfile.ro/rwspylwbwo.webm
youtube.com/watch?v=xDeHqiydk4A
archive.is/vhjwm
archive.is/2jehd
archive.is/MB0Yy
archive.org/download/dec_15_14_embed
maketecheasier.com/access-windowsapps-folder-windows-10/
twitter.com/AnonBabble

On newer motherboards
How can you make Windows such like 98/ME/2000 work on them ?

Any chance to actually customize the background color in the dark mode? Like if I want a brighter gray instead. Windows 7 was way better for this.

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i have a laptop from 2005 which i don't use for anything contemporary anymore, it's likely old enough to have drivers for 98SE/ME
list of must-have late-90's/early-00's games?, not the most obvious ones, but i have a poor memory. preferably underrated ones that i can't easily find on old lists
also, general go-to tools and unofficial patches for using win9x in 2019? (not concerned with things like browsers, i have a newer (... 2008) laptop for that)

so i'm getting kinda bored with Linux after using it for a few weeks. I like it, and everything works well but I miss certain programs that only exist for Windows and I can't be bothered fucking around with Wine and shit to get basic old games to run.
HOWEVER, I don't want to use Win 10. Is there a telemetry free, debloated version of Win 7 available anywhere? I just want an .iso that I can put on a USB and install without needing to debloat everything myself. Should I just install the POS Ready ISO? How much fucking around do I have to do to disable the telemetry bullshit?

I asked a couple threads but no one replied and Google hasn't been much help,

Is there any way on Windows 10 to delete the content of the C:\Program Files\WindowsApp folder? It's grown to nearly 30Gb despite me having never used any of the window store's apps, and my C: drive is starting to run out of space

How do bash shells on Windows work? If I cave and get Windows on my next machine can I still just type sudo shudown -p +120 when I want to go to bed watching a movie and have it turn off automatically

>right click app
>uninstall

faggot

>rentry.co/ltsc_optimize
Good guide but it needs to be a bit more "noob" friendly.
Thank you so much. Best Windows version I had so far.

>Windows ME
worst windows ever

Those are literally all apps that are either not installed at all (like there are dozens of folders named "HiddenCityMysteryofShadows" but no such game anywhere on the computer) or apps that are on the computer but which Windows isn't letting me uninstall (like all the Xbox shit)

use a better windows, like 7 or 8
lol

>rentry.co/ltsc_optimize

Hey OP, I made the guide a bit more "noob friendly" (nothing else changed, see for yourself):
rentry.co/fxpu4

Would be nice if you could just copy my content and paste it into your guide. I think a lot of people would appreciate it.

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i like these threads more than the majority of Jow Forums these days
theres a good mix here of spyware awareness but not also being so freefag that it hurts your productivity and makes you snobby
just a bunch of boomers tweaking windows into doing what it does best without the bloat and orwell shit, like old times

I'm gonna install Win 7 POS Ready. What are the essential steps to debloating and debotnetting?

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call of cthulhu dark corners of the earth
no one lives forever
clive barkers undying
painkiller
serious sam

>call of cthulhu dark corners of the earth
never heard of this one
>no one lives forever
>painkiller
totally forgot about these
>clive barkers undying
this game freaked me the fuck out as a kid, so i didn't really play it
>serious sam
is this really that unknown?

It uses the same updates as WES7, so there are no telemetry updates to avoid. Personally I would use WES7 in the first place (or even Thin PC depending on your machine age) but maybe you don't have the time to pick and choose components (but it is very easy using the image builder wizard). POSReady has stuff like all the dot nets which I avoid (lots of updates), plus media player components. But like I said if you have a modern enough machine you may not notice the difference.

I'm gonna run it on a Thinkpad T430, so I guess it should be fine. I wasn't aware that POS Ready had no telemetry updates, that's a relief. I guess i'll just remove all the shitty bloat software it comes with and leave it at that then. Cheers.

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kingpin
prey (not the new one)
the suffering 2
condemned criminal origins
YOU GONNA GET SPOOKED

Does anyone have some high res versions of the stock XP wallpapers? I can find Bliss in every resolution imaginable but the others remain elusive

bliss is just a professional photographers' photo, not edited in any way, i don't recall any other XP wallpaper that wasn't either computer generated, or heavily edited, so there probably isn't better quality versions of those around

I swear my grandmother had the only working version of Windows ME in existence.

Unfortunate. Think they'd look okay if I ran them through a program to increase the resolution? I've never done anything like that before, but I'd imagine that someone else out there is looking for them too

I cant help much, but there are sources to some of the wallpapers here:
betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=39028

A computer from 2001 may have drivers for Win 9x around. Anything newer is a crap shoot. Fun little tip: Win ME for whatever reason can only take 512mb ram. (which back then was seen as overkill) However Win 98SE can take 1GB ram.
Also ME is the only 9x version that had basic generic mass storage drivers baked in (Flash/USB sticks). This was not really touted cause at the time USB sticks were expensive as hell and only had like 128/256mb capacity.
Sometimes a NT 2000 driver will work with 9x due to the shared driver model they use.
ME was more of an experiment by MS more than anything else. They were trying to merge the NT and 9x lines and used ME as a test bed before they rolled out a proper release. (XP)

Cool, thanks. Looking for a program to try and create high res versions now, I'll post if it's successful

That last line is just BS

Microsoft wanted to switch over from the DOS kernel (Win 9x) to the NT kernel (2000/XP) because it obviously was the future.
Whoever software compatibility was still an issue, so after Windows 2000 (NT kernel) was released, they still wanted to offer an alternative, thus basically ported some features from Win 2000 over to Windows 98 and called it ME.

do you think that a program like bleachbit is useful?

yep, they were working on a home version of 2000 back in 1999
i suppose they weren't happy with consumer application support for NT yet though
ME was a stop-gap from the beginning, it's proposed replacement predates it

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yes but you should be aware they (bleachbit) dont release new versions often, which has led to falling behind implementing/updating cleaning routines for modern browsers...worst case is it doesnt clean something properly

ok, to be honest I always uncheck browser cleaning because I delete everything when closing the window. anyway, is there a list of recommended files to remove?

Is it possible to still remove windows defender on 1903 without breaking anything? I kinda want to use 1903 instead of LTSC but maybe optimize it a little.

Can we get an already compiled LTSC .iso with the optimizations? This shit takes too long to compile.

So I'm having an issue with the Win10UI program-- when I set the directories and settings and press 0 to start, the command window just closes and nothing happens. What did I do wrong?

disregard, I'm retarded. Forgot to set extract path.

Killing yourself

For the simple reason that it's not possible to verify it to be truly safe, nope, we can't.

Can anyone point to me where I can find an ISO for Windows 7 or 8.1 Embedded?

on Microsoft's website, I literally downloaded it a few hours ago. get a download manager or something since it's in 12 parts.

simple photoviewer like feh but for windows? does it even exist? I just want to click the image and have it open in a (preferably borderless) window.

Link to non-evaluation version of 8.1 Embedded?

just installed this on PCem and installed some old dos games. the nostalgia, man

what's the actual difference between eval and no eval? can't you just activate it?

B O T N E T - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
O Microsoft is part of NSA's mass surveillance program "PRISM":
T en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
N
E Microsoft informs the NSA about bugs before fixing them:
T archive.is/OBGB1
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| Microsoft openly offeres cloud data to support PRISM:
| archive.is/tW6fu
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| Microsoft has backdoored its disk encryption:
| archive.is/2XIvX · archive.is/qLRZx
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| Windows snoops on the users' files, text input, voice input,
| location, contacts, calendar records and web browsing history,
| even after related settings are turned off:
| archive.is/Zny36 · archive.is/sz1nt
| archive.is/g3QdQ · archive.is/ko469
| youtube.com/watch?v=nHA2s04Vtdc (embed)
|
| A Traffic Analysis of Windows 10:
|
| Keypoints: Windows 10 has a keylogger and uploads all your
| keystrokes every 5 minutes. Everything you type in Edge or
| Cortana is sent to Microsoft, along with any media files it
| finds. When webcam is enabled, 35MB of data goes to Microsoft.
| Even with Cortana disabled/uninstalled, Windows 10 sends all
| microphone audio to Microsoft, when the computer is idle.
| archive.is/QnTTA
| archive.is/eZKc9
|
| Windows 10 sends desktop screenshots straight to Microsoft:
| d2.maxfile.ro/rwspylwbwo.webm (embed)
| youtube.com/watch?v=xDeHqiydk4A (embed)
|
| Windows 10 scans for illegal/pirated software:
| archive.is/vhjwm
| archive.is/2jehd
|
| Microsoft proudly presents surveillance statistics:
| archive.is/MB0Yy
|
| > Over 82 billion photos viewed.
| > Gamers spent over 4 billion hours playing PC games.
| > 44.5 billion minutes/month spent in Microsoft Edge.
| > Over 2.5 billion questions asked of Cortana since launch.
| > Windows 10 now active on over 200 million devices.
|
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The difference is that the evaluation version is locked down and prevents you from running a certain number pf programs while multitasking.

Also, found a link on archives.org

archive.org/download/dec_15_14_embed

>He doesn't know that there are solutions available to destroy telemetry in Windows 10
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All text typed on the keyboard is stored in temporary files, and sent (once per 30 mins) to:
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
pre.footprintpredict.com
reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com

Telemetry is sent once per 5 minutes, to:
vortex.data.microsoft.com
vortex-win.data.microsoft.com
telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com
telecommand.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com
sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net

typing the name of any popular movie into your local file search starts a telemetry process that indexes all media files on your computer and transmits them to:
df.telemetry.microsoft.com

reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
cs1.wpc.v0cdn.net
vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
pre.footprintpredict.com
When a webcam is first enabled, ~35mb of data gets immediately transmitted to:
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
i1.services.social.microsoft.com
i1.services.social.microsoft.com.nsatc.net

Everything that is said into an enabled microphone is immediately transmitted to:
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
pre.footprintpredict.com
i1.services.social.microsoft.com
i1.services.social.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
telemetry.appex.bing.net
telemetry.urs.microsoft.com
cs1.wpc.v0cdn.net
statsfe1.ws.microsoft.com

Everything that is said into an enabled microphone is immediately transmitted to:
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com
oca.telemetry.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
vortex-sandbox.data.microsoft.com
pre.footprintpredict.com
i1.services.social.microsoft.com
i1.services.social.microsoft.com.nsatc.net
telemetry.appex.bing.net
telemetry.urs.microsoft.com
cs1.wpc.v0cdn.net
statsfe1.ws.microsoft.com

If this weren't bad enough, this behaviour still occurs after Cortana is fully disabled/uninstalled. It's speculated that the purpose of this function to build up a massive voice database, then tie those voices to identities, and eventually be able to identify anyone simply by picking up their voice, whether it be a microphone in a public place or a wiretap on a payphone. Interestingly, if Cortana is enabled, the voice is first transcribed to text, then the transcription is sent to:
pre.footprintpredict.com
reports.wes.df.telemetry.microsoft.com
df.telemetry.microsoft.com

While the inital reflex may be to block all of the above servers via HOSTS, it turns out this won't work: Microsoft has taken the care to hardcode certain IPs, meaning that there is no DNS lookup and no HOSTS consultation. However, if the above servers are blocked via HOSTS, Windows will pretend to be crippled by continuously throwing errors, while still maintaining data collection in the background. Other than an increase in errors, HOSTS blocking did not affect the volume, frequency, or rate of data being transmitted.

ALL BUILT IN THE OS AND CANNOT BE DISABLED.

See

Not an argument

>Here's a bunch of telemetry you can't disable
>But you can disable it
>Not an argument

Ok dumb dumb

No you cant disable it you fucking liar!

Ok schizo

Exactly; your autistic screeching about something that can be defeated easily isn't a valid argument.

This

In the age of information, ignorance is choice (unless you were born retarded like ).

>Too mentally handicapped to look up Destroy Windows 10 Spying and other oper source projects to kill Windows 10 telemetry

Hi frens, how to disable tracking and shit?

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Look up Destroy Windows 10 Spying. This is just one of many solutions to actually defeat Windows 10 telemetry.

what's a good rss application for wangblows

gentoo

I'd go with Feedly, but RSS is largely deprecated.

Proofs were given. You are just hiding, no disabling, Windows telemetry.

Anybody saying otherwise is lying.

>Too mentally handicapped to know programming
>Too mentally handicapped to audit source code on an open source project
Bro... Destroy Windows 10 Spying actually goes down to the kernel level to fuck around with Windows' telemetry functions, to the point that it will even kill off Skype, the Microsoft Store, fill up your firewall and hosts file with blocked URLs from Microsoft.

Jpegview

Thanks fren

is there any other way to easily aggregate news from places like twitter and other sites

No problem.

Well, RSS at this moment seems to be the best way, but the RSS standard itself is deprecated. I just say use what works & Feedly sounds like it would work.

in the op paste

No it's not. Not for the actual download to 8.1 Embedded Pro. No matter, though; I found it on archives.org & have matching checksums from MS sources.

hm, seems like The Eye no longer hosts these isos.

First method:
do this: maketecheasier.com/access-windowsapps-folder-windows-10/
and then delete whatever you want.

Second method, in case that other one fails:
1) disable fast startup
2) boot your pc with a linux liveUSB (something like LinuxMint will do)
3) from that live session, look for that folder and delete whatever you want.

Whats a redpilled IRC Client- that's clean, simple and good?

HexChat

Am using it currently, but windows puts those gay white borders all over the client absolutely ruining it

Legit question.
Why would you do this to yourself?

so with the LTSC svc do I just apply that to the consumer iso to make a LTSC iso?

yes.
or if you want non-en-us language you apply EN -> XX first, then Consumer -> LTSC second.

>telemetry
>a block updating an ad of the store
>muh telemetry

retard

imagine what google does

this retard searches about his all on google
and think his android phone is not watching him masturbate to trannie porn

Hi, I was wondering if someone could recommend a good book on windows.
I'm using win10, and I'd like to pick up some reading on it.
I'm reading 'how linux works' from no starch press and something similar for windows would be great I'm just too amateur to know what a good starting point for getting to know windows more deeply might be.

Recommendations appreciated.

I'm not very Jow Forums and trying to extract an svf for LTSC, I have everything in a folder and I'm at .\smv x -br . but cmd tells me '.\smv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. even though I have smartvision installed and the filename put in when I run the command

what do

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HWIDgen is kill, official link no longer works.
anyone has it?

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Are you in that directory when you're running it?

>sources from 4 years ago on non-enterprise versions of W10, likely with all privacy settings on defaults
Show me recent articles for enterprise/LTSC or fuck off.

I wasn't, thanks user, didn't even know you could do that

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I have all these IPs blocked, gg Microsoft

He can't. He's just a sperglord trying to derail a thread, without researching the existence of anti-telemetry utilities.

No problem. Keep in mind that the Windows terminal can be just as useful as the Linux terminal, even though Microsoft did their best to not have you depend on it for the most trivial tasks.

This. All these anjeets are fucking delusional. I’ll stick to my iPhone for a long time with all telemetry disabled, ad blocker and iCloud off thank you.

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>iPhone lets you disable telemetry
Siri's listening to every word you say, every fap you do. There's no silencing her.

Does anyone know of a program to see file metadata? One that works for most formats

right click>properties>details
:^)

Wow, didn't know of that. Thank you so much! :^)

The best part that people don't realise is that Windows has its own self-repairing functionality.

If you have issues with default Windows software acting buggy for some shitty reason, just open a command prompt & type "sfc /scannow" (this will scan for any base OS software that has cone corrupt & reinstall it from cabinet files available in C:\Windows\system32 & C:\Windows\sysWOW64).

I need to look into what Linux or BSD projects have self-healing capabilities like this.

most package managers handle configs and packages separately, thus reinstalling a package essentially does almost this, except is a bit more expensive

Right, but if a major component of the Linux kernel were to break, is there any self-healing functionality that can compare to, or exceed, Windows' sfc /scannow command?

the viewer that comes with google picasa

How on Earth do I get my computer to boot windows from a hard drive? I built the computer myself, there should be no issues and it gets to the bios no problem, but when I put in a windows installation disk it just hangs forever

this

I got windows 2000 work only from cd install but 98 is hard senpai

Did you boot off of the DVD or the flash drive, to begin installing it onto your hard drive?

I meant thumb drive my bad

Think drive and dvd, I even tried a Linux iso to see if it will boot but everything just stops during that loading animation

I tried memtest using fedora but it won't let me stop it. I'm retarded what do