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astral posted:Pretty much every install since Vista generates Windows.old if there was an old install detected. e: I’m actually misremembering, I did all that manually. It would just do that for the program files folder. I think you’re right, I think it was Vista and beyond where it wouldn’t just overwrite it like an idiot. Laslow fucked around with this message at 21:42 on May 18, 2018 |
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I just installed Win 10 Workstation out of curiosity. It’s running max all-core turbo at all times. Actually 200MHz above spec. It’s not even a CPU with XFR, it’s a Haswell E3. 
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Last Chance posted:Let us know how it goes, brave beta testers I checked for updates and there's new patches, so I just wanted to confirm that there's more to it than just the 17763.55 update version that MS had us marooned on the bad 1809 running for the past couple months.
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Last Chance posted:You were absolutely correct in not wanting glitchy terrible updates on your machine. Even Microsoft encourages that "you to wait until the feature update is offered to your device automatically" And I have to say this release cadence is ridiculous, by the time they got 1809 ready, it's not that long until 1903. If they keep buttfumbling every six months, I think they might switch to annual major updates. As it stands right now, we're on up to Windows 10 Service Pack 6 using the old naming convention.
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Nov 13, 2018 22:48
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Does anyone know why WINDOWS itself would stop interacting with sound devices? For the longest time now, I thought that there was something wrong with my Realtek audio drivers that would keep re-loving themselves despite every reinstallation. I even consigned what was probably a perfectly good AT-2100 to the recycle because I thought IT had broken, and not Windows itself.
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It’s all just making LTSC an increasingly compelling option by the week, despite their best efforts to bury it in various ways.
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*pop up message after a major update* “The reason why your MICROSOFT SURFACE is an unstable piece of poo poo is because BROADCOM won’t get their goddamn act together! gently caress those incompetent lazy douchebags!” [OK]
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Feb 28, 2019 10:46
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1903 is out on MSDN. I went ahead a loaded it up to get it out of the way, nothing weird yet. You won’t miss anything by waiting though, there’s not really any new features that are jumping out at me. I’m not surprised they played it safe with this one since the last two updates were such huge disasters.
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Apr 21, 2019 13:53
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astral posted:You could beta test Windows Sandbox for us! VMWare Player/Workstation or Hyper-V proper with your own customized restore point works better, as Sandbox doesn't even have anything like unity mode, it's windowed or fullscreen or bust. Even Sandboxie, as hideous as it is is more convenient because of that too. Since it's built in, it's handy for people who are too paranoid for incognito mode to browse for porn without having to spin up a VM or install Sandboxie, since that'd looks suspicious to nosy spouses. That's about it.
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I just read this: "Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, and AMD EPYC chips are still only supported for Windows 10 Pro for Workstations and Windows 10 Enterprise. There's no additional Enterprise-specific data shown, but when the Snapdragon 8cx does show up on the list, it should be the first ARM processor supported for that SKU." From here: https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-updates-the-windows-10-cpu-requirements-for-the-may-2019-update Is that remotely true? I have a Xeon E3 v3 and I'm running Workstation by lucky coincidence, but if they don't support a chip that's identical to a desktop i7 in regular Pro, that'd be supremely hosed up and lame. It's not multi-socket, or even HEDT. That'd barely be "Pro" at all. e: That'd be the difference of between $300 or a $5 SA Mart/Ebay CD Key.  If I didn't have a free copy, that'd be a $300 mistake because I wanted to save $15 and not have to buy a CPU fan separately when I built this computer essentially. Laslow fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Apr 22, 2019 |
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Apr 22, 2019 20:28
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wolrah posted:Considering that the small-socket Xeons existed before Windows 10 Workstation was a thing and could be had in OEM entry level workstations shipping with Professional versions they have to a least have grandfathered in support for the older ones. Not sure how strictly they're enforcing the requirement on newer chips.
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People would put off updates for months back in the day just to brag about uptime on their Windows 2000 box, since it was the first stable OS if you used 9x instead of NT. I think blaster worm changed everyone’s tune. Also gently caress Microsoft, it was dumb luck that I didn’t have my X: Drive plugged in when I installed 1903 since I just moved and it’s still packed. Bastards. e: it’s poo poo like this that makes me want to go back to LTSB/LTSC. I’ll keep using this dumpster fire and keep my backups up to date regularly until a hosed up update does finally get me. Keep in mind 1903 isn’t generally available, and their new strategy of sitting on updates for a little while longer actually helped the catch bug before a wide release. I would withhold judgement until the release of WIN10_1903_x64_final(3)forrealthistime.iso hits general availability. Still kinda bad it hit MSDN with the bugs though. Laslow fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Apr 25, 2019 |
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Lambert posted:It's me, the person moaning about (and updating to) 1903 that hasn't even been released to the public yet and considering going for LTSB instead. Just accept pre-release software is going to contain some bugs and stop moaning. It made it to MSDN, and MSDN customers are not beta testers/insiders, so I figured it wasn’t too risky. In fact, it works fine, even if only through dumb luck. I even mentioned that it isn’t being pushed on the general public yet, so it’s not like a debacle with 1803/1809, unless a new bug comes up after that. We’ll see, I guess. But it seems pretty solid so far.
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Combat Pretzel posted:--edit:
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To all those people mentioning vfio and Linux as an alternative, it is perfectly viable if you’re like me and have 2 of everything (VGA cards/NICs/sound devices). The problem is for me that Lutris with Wine-Staging and dxvk handles everything so well the only time I need to use Windows on QEMU/KVM is PS4 remote play which is the only program I’ve had problems with under WINE. Other than that, I’ve got a NeXTSTEP clone as a window manager under X11 and I’m trucking along computering like it’s 1999 just fine. gently caress it. e: I mean even Spotify and Discord and all that electron poo poo runs native fine too now. The worst part was circumventing Nvidia being cunty with error 43 under vfio, which took maybe an hour to figure out. Laslow fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Jul 26, 2019 |
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Jul 26, 2019 23:22
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I used Irfanview like it’s 2004. It’s crazy how little improvement there’s been on “opening a JPEG” in decades.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:PIA or Nord.
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Last Chance posted:Using win server as a gaming OS has always been possible even now, but it’s also always been a huge pain in the rear end and not worth it Also optimize for programs instead of background services is the advanced system dialog. I think that’s it.
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namlosh posted:So, what's the best way to install Windows 10 Pro for Workstations? I have an MSDN Enterprise or whatever subscription, so I have a valid license key already. I'm about to flatten and re-install my machine. I think it does updates like regular Pro, but other than Workstation, I’ve only ever used LTSB/LTSC.
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If all else fails you could get a USB sound card for less than  on Prime. I used one for OOTB drivers on OSX, and now use it in VM’s, so it’s been handy. That’s for if/when you’re ready to give up, though.
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Klyith posted:But I don't think the basic windows games changed between Vista & 7, so I think that installer will do ya just fine. I found that those games have rumble support when I set off a mine in Minesweeper and my Xbox controller rumbled itself off my desk, startling me causing me to nearly poo poo my pants.
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Cool, I would bet that this isn’t the first time I inadvertently sniped a page with a whitenoise post about pants making GBS threads.
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