Windows 11 General Discussion

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Couple of cool items I ran across
This one gave me a flash back when I read click 5 times bit hehe

Enable or Disable Retail Demo Experience Mode in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the retail demo experience mode on a Windows 11 PC. The retail demo experience mode is only meant for retail store use to allow Windows devices to go into a demonstration environment so customers can see the features of Windows 11. If you've...

www.elevenforum.com

The 2nd well it kills update service and the WaaSMedic malware service to hehe

Windows Update Blocker v1.8

No need to edit the ini file just checking the second box does it for you run as admin of course

 

[mechtech]

Or get an ATM with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 till and use it till Jan 13, 2032...

That version has no issues running on a desktop?

 

[P4-630]

That version has no issues running on a desktop?

Shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Space Lynx]

How come on every clean install of Windows 11 I do, when I run sfc /scannow as admin command prompt, it always, every single time... finds and repairs an error. It only ever does it the first time, so if I run the scannow it never finds anything.

So, clean install Win 11, install everything, including all win 11 updates, 2-3 reboots later, run sfc /scannow fixes and repairs...

I am just curious why does it do this on every single clean install? I have used 3 different flash drives with Win 11 fresh on each flash drive. Multiple different computers, it makes no difference. I find it strange.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Try this next time and it probably won't find anything.
sfc /verifyonly

 

[Onasi]

How come on every clean install of Windows 11 I do, when I run sfc /scannow as admin command prompt, it always, every single time... finds and repairs an error. It only ever does it the first time, so if I run the scannow it never finds anything.

So, clean install Win 11, install everything, including all win 11 updates, 2-3 reboots later, run sfc /scannow fixes and repairs...

I am just curious why does it do this on every single clean install? I have used 3 different flash drives with Win 11 fresh on each flash drive. Multiple different computers, it makes no difference. I find it strange.

To my knowledge it’s a known… bug? issue?… that has been around since 22H2 and is related to an obscure BT system driver (bthmodem.sys) constantly corrupting and repairing itself. It doesn’t actively affect anything, but does result in this weird behavior. Yes, even on a fresh install. Yes, it is very dumb. No, I do not know why MS still hasn’t fixed it.

 

[Space Lynx]

I remember this, same answer I got a couple years ago, I just forgot about it until you mentioned the bluetooth thingy. Sigh, my poor long term memory is failing me. Would like to order a new SSD for my brain, thanks

 

[Klemc]

I installed Zadig anyway for playing Wii games with the wiimote.

It replaces BT driver.

 

[ThrashZone]

I remember this, same answer I got a couple years ago, I just forgot about it until you mentioned the bluetooth thingy. Sigh, my poor long term memory is failing me. Would like to order a new SSD for my brain, thanks

Hi,
Hell here you go which is funny as hell seeing windows update is completely disabled along with windows pretender oops I mean defender hehe
I'm sure if I used scannow it would blah.... fix something

 

[maur0]

testing w11 24h2 iot enterprise ltsc build 26100 with 700mb of ram work fine

Spoiler: Testing W11 24H2 LTSC 26100 700MB RAM

 

[Space Lynx]

I have Windows 11 Home, so group policy editor is not there for me, anyone got a regedit command line i can just copy and paste to disable CoPilot on latest Win 11 Home?

 

[Deleted member 239770]

I ran Windows 11 ever since it was up for grabs and not had a single issue.

The issue I have had is letting people shape how I do things, such as security, I would be better off on Linux etc.

Tried various distro's, they all turn to rubbish in the end and you will end up requiring Windows for specific tasks / jobs.

So ended up on Windows with a very comfortable setup with good security mitigations in place catered to how I use my machine.

So VPN / Firefox semi-hardened and knowing what is safe.

Funnily Linux had the biggest security flaw ever. for some reason the community is very quiet when it comes to this, the fact that if you are on a bleeding edge distro to gain the best performance and features, you are very unsafe.

What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

Malicious updates made to a ubiquitous tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream.

arstechnica.com

Sadly echo chambers cause relational issues and camps can turn extreme and brush issues under the carpet.

 

[GerKNG]

Microsoft blocks fake credentials when logging in while installing W11 since a couple days.
I've installed windows 11 on three devices and instead of "oops there was an error with your login credentials, we do that later" and you make your offline account. Now you get told that this account is banned or does not exist and you must login. i was able to trick it after typing nonsense and pulling the lan cable after attempting to log in.
And the other thing that came at the same time is that booting into a fresh "23H2 V2" Media creation tool flashed USB Stick with fTPM on Ryzen enabled imediately shows a recovery screen: ntoskrnl is missing OR "your PC/device needs to repaired: Error code 0xc0000098
the same usb stick works perfectly fine the moment i disable the fTPM in the bios. (older thumb drives with older version do work just fine or when i use Rufus to flash the new 23H2 V2 ISO to the same USB Stick)
crazy how much stuff is broken again...

 

[theFOoL]

Ah Ha! With WINTOUSB I was able to create a WiNGo of 24H2 on my HP 8460p with a SD Card Transcend Adapter

Going to Do some stuff be back
and it ofc Failed Aww oh well​

 

[mama]

I've only been in the Windows eco system for 4 years so forgive me that I may be asking a newbie question. I have a problematic registry entry which seems to be a corrupt file left over from a previous Ryzen Master install and uninstall (I may have uninstalled it correctly, I can't remember). It doesn't let me apply permissions and change the owner so it just sits there popping error messages in Eventviewer. I can't delete it because I can't access permissions. Is there any easy way to delete the file from the Registry?

 

[micropage7]

testing w11 24h2 iot enterprise ltsc build 26100 with 700mb of ram work fine

Spoiler: Testing W11 24H2 LTSC 26100 700MB RAM

if just os and browser/ light apps it would run pretty fine, what about when you do multi tasking and the ram needed more than it

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

How come on every clean install of Windows 11 I do, when I run sfc /scannow as admin command prompt, it always, every single time... finds and repairs an error. It only ever does it the first time, so if I run the scannow it never finds anything.

Known issue by me, CBS always on a fresh install signals one or more Bluetooth files being corrupted. 21H2 was the last version that doesn't have the "Bluetooth file bug" on a fresh install.

On 22H2 and 23H2, it happens every time.

The "persistent Bluetooth file bug" existed for most, since the August, 2022 patch-Tuesday. (Looks like it was actually first in a July, 2022 update after the patch-Tuesday of that month)

 

[Onasi]

@RJARRRPCGP @Space Lynx
I would absolutely flip, by the way, if this bug persists in 24H2 considering that it will also be a complete OS rebase like 22H2 was and if MS doesn’t fix it during THAT, then I have no faith they would ever do.

I have Windows 11 Home, so group policy editor is not there for me, anyone got a regedit command line i can just copy and paste to disable CoPilot on latest Win 11 Home?

Sorry, just noticed this. There isn’t a line by default from what I remember, you’d have to create an entry manually.
1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
2. Create a new key named WindowsCopilot (yes, no space)
3. Create a new 32-bit DWORD inside this key and name it TurnOffWindowsCopilot
4. Set the value of this DWORD to 1
5. Exit regedit, reboot and it should work

Now, this worked when Copilot was not forced yet on everyone, so couple of KBs ago, I am not sure if it still does, but it should seeing how it just essentially replicates the same GP.

 

[Space Lynx]

@RJARRRPCGP @Space Lynx
I would absolutely flip, by the way, if this bug persists in 24H2 considering that it will also be a complete OS rebase like 22H2 was and if MS doesn’t fix it during THAT, then I have no faith they would ever do.


Sorry, just noticed this. There isn’t a line by default from what I remember, you’d have to create an entry manually.
1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
2. Create a new key named WindowsCopilot (yes, no space)
3. Create a new 32-bit DWORD inside this key and name it TurnOffWindowsCopilot
4. Set the value of this DWORD to 1
5. Exit regedit, reboot and it should work

Now, this worked when Copilot was not forced yet on everyone, so couple of KBs ago, I am not sure if it still does, but it should seeing how it just essentially replicates the same GP.

I appreciate the help. I decided I will just let windows 11 do w.e the hell it wants, its my work laptop and i don't care. my gaming setup will mostly be linux some games i will have to use windows for still in dual boot, but that's alright 80% of my time will be in Linux so M$ can piss off with their constant garbage bloat updates

 

[P4-630]

Website Microsoft Store now offers standalone .exe files
Windows users can now download .exe files directly from the Microsoft Store website.
The website no longer requests a link with the installed Windows Store app and offers its own standalone .exe files.

 

[theFOoL]

Just DL 24H2 Mount

Input
[Letter whatever the Drive Letter is]/setup.exe /product server

Hmm probably when this is official to DL

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[P4-630]

Does this still work today?

This article is from Feb 26 2024:

How to Install and Log In to Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account

Maintain only a local account on your Windows 11 PC.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[mama]

I've only been in the Windows eco system for 4 years so forgive me that I may be asking a newbie question. I have a problematic registry entry which seems to be a corrupt file left over from a previous Ryzen Master install and uninstall (I may have uninstalled it correctly, I can't remember). It doesn't let me apply permissions and change the owner so it just sits there popping error messages in Eventviewer. I can't delete it because I can't access permissions. Is there any easy way to delete the file from the Registry?

Hello?

 

[P4-630]

Hello?

If you got a messed up registry and errors, best is to just wipe the OS partition and do a fresh windows install.

 

[theFOoL]

Do ya'll think by coping some files from WiN10 to 24H2 would pass the cpu check just curious