Fair FairyOct 29

YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs

https://thelemmy.club/post/37647905

Show threadthe_riviera_kid

For those who care, at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10

CMD will open

Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.

Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.

Next type “ net user Prefferedusername/active:yes” and press enter.

Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.

Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.

Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” and press enter.

Next type “regedit” and press enter.

This opens registry editor navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”

Delete DefaultAccountAction, DefaultAccountSAMName, and DefaultAccountSID

Right click on LaunchUserOOBE and rename it to SkipMachineOOBE and make sure the value is set to 1.

Close registry editor and type shutdown /r /t 0.

Oct 29 at 12:47pmWeb
Show threadfossilesqueOct 29

Intructions unclear.

Invalid command: net rap user Prefferedusername Usage: net rap user add Add specified user net rap user info List domain groups of specified user net rap user delete Remove specified user
Show threadthe_riviera_kidOct 29
net user fossilesque /add I don’t know where you are getting “rap” from but remove that.
Show threadfossilesqueOct 29
Show threadDarkenfolkOct 29
Say ‘noot noot’ again. Say ‘noot noot’ again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say noot noot one more Goddamn time!
Show threadZiemekZOct 29
Show threadpikaOct 29

Next type “ net user Prefferedusername/active:yes” and press enter.

A space is needed before the slash on this command, right?

Show threadthe_riviera_kidOct 29
You are correct I will update my instructions.
Show threadgreybeardOct 29
I don’t know if this is the case, but I’ve found that often Windows commands see the space as optional. It’s weird, but generally works.
Show threadthe_riviera_kidOct 30
In this case the space before net won’t matter but it does make it more consistent. The space before the “/” however will matter.
Show threadgigachadOct 29
I am usually not that guy, but honestly, why not just install Linux Mint at this point
Show threadthe_riviera_kidOct 29

Because some people still require windows for what ever reason and also it’s fun to resist corporate bullshit by spitting in their face.

Personally I switched to Bazzite for my gaming rigs and Mint for everything else, but I wont judge anyone who wants to stay on windows despite the hostility microsoft has for its user base and I say more power to them.

Those who stand defiant in the face of overwhelming odds are exactly the sort of folk I like.

Show threadchlorokenOct 29

How is continuing to use their product (thus being farmed for telemetry and other revenues) defiant in any way?

The reality is you and others are afraid of change. There is no windows-only program I can’t run. Your defiance is futile and you’re the only one suffering, not Microsoft.

Show threadM0oP0oOct 29

I get it but let me give you an example of the sort of thing Linux is dealing with:

I have a nephew who wanted a PC, and had a small budget (they where 11 at the time and I was not going to let them pay) so I used some parts around and made a not so bad mint machine. It worked very well but can not play fortnight (not an issue with mint or the hardware) or other such anti-cheat games. The child was ok with it but his parents got mad at me as to why I would not just “be normal” and put a real operating system on the machine. They tried to tell my nephew that he should not use his PC until they can bring it to someone that can “fix” it by putting windows on it (they are kinda asshats). Lucky for my nephew the place they took the PC said the same thing I did and that it would not run as well with windows on it, but would do it if they wanted (they said no when they got the cost).

So the PC gets used and is enjoyed (it was the nephews birthday present from me), and used by his father as much as him. But all this time I am getting constant complaints about the “weird stuff” I forced on them, and that one day they will get him a “real” computer. Keep in mind my brother has a PC that is running windows that has more bloat and malware then you would think possible at this time (I think why he kept using his son’s) that was about the same in hardware (1060, am4 3600ish, 8 gigs of ram sort of machines). The mint PC was clearly better, and when their child started to point out how much more time my brother spent on his Linux computer then his own my brother just happened to “spill” a whole glass of water directly into his son’s computer. Then he hid the PC away and just blamed it not working on the “bad software” that it was running, and how it was a “trash” machine anyway. (I did get it back eventually, replaced the board and shipped it back to my nephew who is now using it again).

So the point of the story is this, would you if you had to deal with users (and lets assume you are not related to them) like this put Linux on their machines or just not want to deal with them and put a ripped and custom windows on it?

Show threadchlorokenOct 29
I cannot relate in any way. I would tell these people to figure it out themselves and that they’re ignorant and ungrateful.
Show threadM0oP0oOct 29
Its often the worst part of working in the industry, I used to have to deal with these sort of people professionally (investment bankers are the worst). I am just pointing out that sometimes the solution is just to do the work and move on, and that is how we get to where we are.
Show threadTaldanOct 30

investment bankers are the worst

Lawyers are even worse T.T

Show threadFauxLivingOct 29
There are no upcoming kernel patches that will fix the problem of people being ungrateful assholes.
Show threadM0oP0oOct 29
I mean there is bound to be one that bricks their machine, so I have that at least.
Show threadFauxLivingOct 29

The trick is to always install their system using btrfs-dkms.

It’s guaranteed to break in a way that Google cannot resolve.

Show threadM0oP0oOct 29
True, but also the way google is going soon it will not be able to resolve any issues at all. Just the other week I caught it’s AI results saying that DC and AC where interchangeable and just semantics…
Show threadJason2357Oct 29
If that story is at all true, I feel so bad for that kid regarding so much more than the OS on his computer. I honestly hope you have thought about the potential future circumstance that you need to take on an abused teenager.
Show threadM0oP0oOct 30
Oh I do what I can, but those kids (3 of them) are not going to have a good time.
Show threadDevolutionOct 29
Is your brother a Trumpy?
Show threadM0oP0oOct 29
We are not american, and no he is (or was at one point) a card carrying communist (a really really bad one).
Show threadDevolutionOct 29
I was just trying to understand how someone can be that dumb and intolerant.
Show threadM0oP0oOct 30
People like him are sadly common, don’t seem to need a reason to be asshats.
Show threadBCsvenOct 30
Science has newly discovered a measurable personality trait, where a person acts against facts and logic if they feel they are winning against an enemy (even a non tangible enemy). It explains why US Christians would vote in a pedo rapist felon, because they think they are winning something.
Show threadDevolutionOct 30
So we’re basically still lizard brained. I want to sue the Darwin estate. Evolution failed.
Show threadBCsvenOct 30
Oof. Those parents are horrible. At least you tried to do the right think for the little dude.
Show threadM0oP0oOct 30
Unfortunately they are not uncommon, adults that are more childish then their children at times. I try to help but there is only so much I can do.
Show threadEnsignWashoutOct 30

In contrast, I set my nephew up with Linux Mint, and he is now slowly converting the rest of his family to open source solutions.

My understanding is that they keep having conversations about privacy news, and he keeps knowing a solution, which sometimes is Android or Linux based. So now his parents will ask me “Is it true the XY protects against YZ and is free?”

It’s been a pretty cool thing to watch.

Show threadM0oP0oOct 30
The kids can be alright.
Show threadIdleSheepOct 29

The reality is you and others are afraid of change. There is no windows-only program I can’t run.

Well I’m glad you represent everybody.

People who need to use software like the Adobe suite professionally? They should just abandon their whole career and not use Adobe. Being unemployed will really show em.

Show threadFauxLivingOct 29
Every time this topic comes up, you’d think that all Windows users are all professional graphic designers who use AutoCAD and also play Valorant professionally.
Show threadBCsvenOct 30
Lol.
Show threadchlorokenOct 30
I can run adobe software in Linux.
Show threadbthestOct 30
Ok but what if someone breaks in and his holding a shotgun barrel to my wife’s head and is telling me to run windows. What then huh? Linux people think everything is so easy.
Show threadchlorokenOct 30
I admit defeat.
Show threadrelativestrangerOct 30
if you’re being paid to run windows software… that’s a little different.
Show threadprettybunnysOct 29
Can you run Battlefield 6?
Show threadBombOmOmOct 29

Can you run Battlefield 6?

This isn’t even a Windows or Linux thing: Why the hell do you want Saudi Arabia and Jared Kusher* to have kernel-level access to your machine? Why, why is that worth it for just a game?

*I really wish I was joking with this part

Show threadFauxLivingOct 29
I am not interested in playing any of those games.
Show threadprettybunnysOct 29
Ok, cool. Some people are. This is a quick list of some popular reasons why people might have not be able to just run Linux.
Show threadFauxLivingOct 29

I’d probably play BF6 and I do enjoy Apex Legends, but not enough to run Windows. Photoshop is great, but GIMP meets my non-professional needs. I’m not an engineer so AutoCAD isn’t a professional requirement and I can fix 3d prints or plan landscaping in freecad.

But, I can’t make Micrsoft stop enabling telemetry on my computer, inserting ads in my start menu or giving AI access to my entire system. I know there are tools to disable these things, I used them. I know the workaround to make local users, I know how to remove the AI integrations, I know how to use group policy to prevent the re-enabling of some items.

I don’t want to have to fight my computer in order to use it. I want it to do exactly what I want and nothing else. Linux lets me do it and that is more important than a few FPSs

Everyone gets to make that choice. Well, except the people who can’t upgrade to Windows 11… for them it’s Linux or joining a botnet at some time in the near future.

Show threadprettybunnysOct 30
cool
Show threadbthestOct 30
So Windows 11 is just Windows 10 except everything is Edge.
Show threadFauxLivingOct 30
And AI is in everything
Show threadcatsarebadpeopleOct 30
Good for you! Why demonize people who are though?
Show threadFauxLivingOct 30
I don’t know, you should ask the people that are doing that.
Show threadcatsarebadpeopleOct 30
…
Show threadaingOct 30
The last time I try to run valorant on non standard windows 11 install, the anticheat refused to run. I’m not playing valorant, just helping friend with tehnical issue.
Show threadchlorokenOct 30
Yes.
Show threadprettybunnysOct 30
on windows, or a console.
Show threadchlorokenOct 30

I can run any software designed for Linux or Windows. Period.

If a package doesn’t function, it’s because the developers arbitrarily decided to disable it for capitalist reasons. Not because it won’t work.

Show threadprettybunnysOct 30

So. No then. You either are holding onto a zero day workaround for their anti-cheat OR the answer is no.

It’s neat to try to shift the answer so that you can still say yes but also no.

Show threadchlorokenNov 2

You asked if they can run. The answer is yes.

You’re the one shifting to “may they run, p-pleaze”.

Show threadprettybunnysNov 3
Show threadchlorokenNov 3
Are you upset that I can run any program on Linux? Why?
Show threadprettybunnysNov 3
Yes. That’s exactly what it is. I’m upset you can run any program on Linux. You got me.
Show threadchlorokenNov 5
You seem to think otherwise, which was embarrassing.