Friendly Microsoft Windows Thread

How do I easily sync 2 folders in W10? I need to have my meme and music folders synced between PC and phone (also W10)

>>57721796
Can Win10 run winXP programs?

>>57721796

Any opinions on Spybot Anti-Beacon - is it really enough to stop Microsoft spying?

Any news on the surface phone? I want all my devices on one ecosystem and would rather be a cuckold to Microsoft instead of apple.

>inb4 Google

LOL if not for their memebook I'd be on board

So that leaves Microsoft because lol Ubuntu phone. I heard rumors of a surface phone, if it could just get the main apps I'd be on board in a heartbeat. Fuck this stupid ass s7 edge cancer I have right now

>>57722140
Yes

>>57722194
Should be enough.

Win7 is the best windows

How to optimize/disable Cortana, so its less botnet?

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How the FUCK do you get Microsoft Edge to play .webm? It always says "invalid source" and everything I've searched seems to suggest that webm support has been worked on for 2 years, but no clear answers if it's implemented or not. Enabling experimental features in about:flags does absolutely nothing.

>>57722842
By installing Chrome

How does Windows 10 run on the x220? Any issues?

>>57723016
or Furryfox

>>57723088
bad, even with a ssd

>>57722140
Yes, I've used numerous XP programs on W10.

>>57722194
It helps but they still have full access to everything, and even install shit on your computer without your permission.

There is no way to stop microsoft spying on you completely.

>>57723193
Bad in what way? Slow, driver problems etc? I have never tried windows on my x220 except windows 10 in my VirtualBox but I might have to install Windows or double boot due to some software needs

>>57721818
http://www.freefilesync.org/

>>57721818
Syncthing anon

>>57721796
How do I get my poo in the loo Rajesh?

This thread smells like non freedom respecting software. gross

>>57721796
POO

>>57723771
shit nvm it was just the poo >>57723787 i guess it smells the same

>>57723806
And curry

how to unbullshit win10 ?

>>57723850
Install gentoo

>>57723850
I've used Spybot Anti-beacon and you can search how to disable metro apps through a powershell script (CCleaner is also able to uninstall metro apps through GUI)

Should I be using a local account for Windows 10?

>>57721796
How do I get this
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/reference/5.1/microsoft.powershell.localaccounts/microsoft.powershell.localaccounts
into powershell:
Import doesn't work.


>>57722842
What does webm open with without Edge. I would check that you can open without the browser or make sure you aren't opening it with notepad or something dumb

>>57724326
If you don't you can do a password reset without using the windows disk or other messy recovery options. The flip is a lot of likely unwanted integration. Last thing you want is a cloud sync if you need to reset your system.

>>57723850
uninstall it

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>>57721796
Microsoft is part of NSA's mass surveillance program "PRISM":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)

Microsoft informs the NSA about bugs before fixing them:
https://archive.is/OBGB1

Microsoft openly offeres cloud data to support PRISM:
https://archive.is/tW6fu

Microsoft has backdoored its disk encryption:
https://archive.is/2XIvX
https://archive.is/qLRZx

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:
https://archive.is/thsGd
https://archive.is/sz1nt
https://archive.is/g3QdQ
https://archive.is/ko469
https://archive.is/l6pmO
https://archive.is/zK93U

Micrcrosoft automatically downloads Windows 10 on PCs running
Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 (between 3.5GB and 6GB), even if
users have not opted-in:
http://archive.is/CEvKh

Windows 10 scans for illegal/pirated software:
https://archive.is/vhjwm
https://archive.is/2jehd
https://archive.is/KQsBh

Microsoft proudly presents surveillance statistics:
https://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

While you may think that
"if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear"
bulk surveillance damages the very foundation of the democracy
that you believe in.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html

>freshly install windows 8.1
>check for updates
>it never stops checking

what a real fucking great operating system you got there nutellanigger

>>57724883
so much bullshit

>>57724973
refute a single linked article

>>57725234
There's a beautiful saying about people like you: It takes three months for a scientist to objectively and scientifically disprove what a conspiracy theorist says in a minute.

>>57724902
>updating windows

>>57723850
Format hard drive

Why is chocolatey the best package manager for Windows and why doesn't anyone do a better one. It sucks.

>>57725617
what the fuck do you need a package manager for?

>>57725634
Install/update/remove programs with just a command instead of hunting websites for installers.

>>57725773
oh, poor you

>>57721796
Hey, how do I go about getting a legit copy of Windows 7 Professional?

>>57725373
Typical Pajeet

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>>57721796
can i completely get rid of telemetry and spy phone home bull shit in windows 10? curious about it but i'm also rather content on 7.

>>57727773
Buy it.

>>57728366
From where?

The places I've found offer only OEM keys for $130+ or they're from places like ebay or key re-sellers who I'm not sure I trust

Winkcucks don't care about technology in general.

All they care about is the product, not the method. Product is >>>/v/ and the method is >>>/g/.

Products are GPU shitstorms, speccy threads, guts threads, casing threads etc.

A typical winbabby's perception of judging a GPU is "Gaming benchmarks".

None of the gamer wincuckolds are interested in the method or process of making games. Game is not technology, programming games is.

Buying GPU is not technology and neither is discussing which build will play the latest manchild games.

Wincuckolds do not care about privacy and cryptology. They are more invested in games.

If all they care about is the ability to play games they should move to >>>/v/

>>57728568
never used to be that way, and pretty sure a majority of businesses that use windows dekstops to run their registers and scheduling software would disagree with you

>>57728568
>being this triggered

lol

>>57728137
so the answer is 'no' then.

>>57724883
finally someone to bring sanity to this shitty thread

Installed windows 10 on new SSD now PC wont shut down properly. How to fix?

>>57729169
Install Gentoo

Microsoft confirms its Chinese-language chatbot filters certain topics such as "Tiananmen Square" and "Donald Trump".
http://fortune.com/2016/11/28/microsoft-chat-bot-xiaoice/

>>57721796
These threads are so rare they are a meme

any win10 activator that doesn't require it to be run every month?

>>57731311
kek

>>57723850
Install 8.1.

>>57731339
It's called Linux

>>57728568
/thread

>>57731877
nice meme

What do you guys think of Tron? /r/TronScript ?

>>57732210
/v/ shit.

Any other tricks like ReadyBoost to get more performance out of your 10 year old PC?

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How do I rice my desktop further lads?

>>57732221
What?

>>57732230
Formatting drive C

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>>57725373

... So you cant then?

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>>57732249
You're pathetic. Fuck you mods.

How can I change fonts in windows?

>>57732261
Can you help me here? >>57732278

>>57732232
>>>/wg/
>>>/trash/
Go back, pedo

>>57721818
Put it into OneDrive folder

>>57732615
Thanks, but can you help me here? >>57732615

How well does Ubuntu 16.04 (not 14.04) run on WSL? Are there game-breaking bugs?

Anywhere to buy cheap w10 keys? Built a gaming PC and didn't think I'd need one because I thought I could transfer it from my laptop, apparently not

>>57733272
softwarebilliger or sites that sell game keys like kinguin

>>57733313
Thanks man, didn't wanna pay like £100 that Microsoft are charging

>>57733272
1. Get the licence key from your laptop using something like speccy
2. Enter the key on your computer
3. If it fails to activate, run "slui.exe 4" and activate using the phone. If asked how many devices are activated using that key, choose 1.
4. ???
5. Profit

>>57721796
Pathetic thread. You should just kys yourself, OP.

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>>57728137
Explain further

>>57733313
Yeah the key doesn't work

Does anyone have an updated list of the telemetry updates to uninstall?
I'm on W7
There was also some talk of updates intentionally slowing down W7, any news on those?

>>57725773
>Install
windows has intallation wizards

>Update
Most programs update themselves, I understand some people will like to micromanage their upgrades tho

>remove
what is so bad about unistalling them from the control panel?

>>57728137
Get an external firewall

>>57733890
Worked for me, must be on your end desu.

>>57721796
I just want to make sure before installing that is this the right tool to use when installing Windows 10 with OEM key?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Why does Spotify use that Title+Artist+Next/Previous bar next to the Volume bar* (I don't know what to call it) and WMP doesn't?
*it appears when you listen to music in spotify and change the system volume, it's an overlay and you can play/pause and next/previous in it

>>57734283
Yeah, would like to know as well.

>>57736649
I did some searching on my own.

https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Windows_7#Unwanted_updates

This is a good list, has some other tips as well.

>>57722842
I know the answer to this my friend!
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/webmmf/
install this on edge and it will start to play webms.
I know because my shitty toshiba 1gb atom tablet running win 10 can't handle chrome very well, so shitposting with edge is teh way to go

>>57735089
That's because you gotta install Gentoo

>>57734283
>There was also some talk of updates intentionally slowing down W7, any news on those?

Where did you hear that?

>>57737011
Help needed >>57732278

>>57738800
>>57732278
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+can+I+change+fonts+in+windows%3F

>>57738963
Rude and none of them works. I thought this is a friendly thread

Anyone able to help me with this? >>57732278

>>57728568
congratulations, you can tell me why my programs don't and will never work if I use your distro

impressive

>>57721818
Resilio bit torrent sync!

>>57739847
>>57740269
Help needed here please >>57732278

I just updated from 8 to 10. Its garbage, how do i go back to Windows 8?

>>57741296
>Going from the worst Windows OS to the dumpster fire that is Win10
But honestly, call Microsoft tech support. They may be able to help you

If I buy Windows and the Title says "Windows (insert name) OEM Home Premium" do I get an installation key + installation disc or just the key? What is OEM specifically?

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>>57736789
Installed it just now and Edge still can't play webms

>>57741514
That means you're gonna get chink'd and the key blacklisted soon

>>57741514
Disc too and also OEM means you can only install it on one PC.

Currently running windows 8 is 10 any better?

>>57721796
1GB ram will be enough?

Can I run W10E LTSB with 2GB of RAM?

>>57741561
For Windows XP, yes.

>>57741594
W10.

>>57741630
1 GB isn't even enough since Vista

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>>57741546
That means that this product here is Vista with a CD, a licence key and Service Pack 1 included, right?

Every time I start my computer up Windows 10 starts using the hdd until its 100% maxed out. My computer is slow as fuck because of it. I disabled indexing and defender. What do I try next? Why does Windows 10 suck such massive cock

>>57743455
Superfetch, Anti-malware executable. Or get a fucking hard drive from this decade.