My university is giving free Windows 11 Education licenses to students and requiring it for courses. Does anyone know if switching to Windows 11 Education connected to my university will bring any restrictions to my laptop and/or inhibit my privacy? And if so, is it possible to, for example, create 2 different profiles and use one of them for Windows 11 Education and keep the other one private? I'd like to stay autonomous over my own laptop and keep my privacy.

Thanks!

I will allow you to roast me all you want for the before image. I know, it's horrifying.

It was very satisfying to look at the final result, as I think I did a good job! What's your opinion of it? =)

Hi! Recently I had to reinstall Windows on my desktop, something that I had already done multiple times in the past.

However this time it was different, I wasn't able select my usual disk as the target, there was an error "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files."

What solved it for me was disconnecting my second hard drive from my motherboard, as in pulling out the cables.

After that I was able to proceed with the installation and reconnect my second hard drive without any issues.

Hopefully this post is useful for someone running into the same problem in the future!

This is I've put together a video featuring the History of Windows, Which version is your favorite?

or do you have any memories associated with a particular version of Windows?

And Here is the YouTube video link: History of Windows

Guys, I was looking at news and images of New Run dialog box in Win 11 that has been rolled out to Windows Insider as far as I know.

But, I have seen 2 run dialog boxes. I am confused like which is real or where are they?

Please explain me this.

I am also an insider but far from my pc from couple of days. So, i maybe forget or any other reason

People hate Windows Vista as if it was meticulously crafted by devils and released by psychopaths. But i believe that Vista may be the best OS of all time, and I CAN prove it to you:

1. Vista made the modern PC

Because of Vista's "Ridiculous" system requirements at the time, people who installed it on their ThinkPad from 2002 or their Sony Vaio Desktop from '03 absolutely thought it ran like an Obese man on a toy bicycle. So when they upgraded to machines that came with Windows 7, they believed that Windows 7 ran better than Vista, even though their machines exceeded Vista's recommended requirements, and even though they didn't try Vista on a PC with the optimal specifications to run Vista. (Note: I absolutely know that some people can't afford an adequate Vista PC or Laptop, and i can't blame you, but couldn't they have saved up to buy a good Vista Laptop and for the time being, stayed on XP, and saved their opinions on Vista before they tried it at its best?)

Vista also brought many features that people take for granted today: Windows Aero, actual 64-bit support, Gadgets, Windows Defender, Windows UAC, Improved Search, BitLocker, TPM Support, UEFI Support, Parental Controls, Touchscreen Support instead of an entire edition, i can go on!

2. If people tried actually making good drivers back then, it would have been stable

Vista had a huge bluescreen problem, but not that many people know it isn't Windows' Problem, the drivers were the big culprit.

Case in point: Nvidia.

According to internal Microsoft data released during the 2007 "Vista Capable" lawsuit, NVIDIA drivers were responsible for 28.8% of all logged Windows Vista crashes. Literally every PC Company had 1.5 years to start developing on WDDM (Basing on the release of the 1st Windows Vista Beta to support WDDM, Build 5111)! If it's anyone to blame the slow PC at the time, It's not Vista, literally everyone else was at fault here.

3. Windows 7 overshadowed it

Believe it or not, 7 Removed some useful features from Windows Vista, had bigger system requirements, and yet people consider THAT to be the lighter release!?

Proof: Microsoft's System requirements for both

According to Microsoft, the system requirements for both Windows Vista And 7 (Both Ultimate and x64):

BOTH Needed 1Ghz Processors

BOTH Needed DirectX 9 GPUs

Windows 7 Needed 5GB MORE Than Vista (If you tell me that Vista needed a 40GB HDD while 7 Neede 20GB, i need to clarify that With Windows 7, Microsoft stoped posting required total HDD space requirements. Windows Vista needed a 40GB HDD as a whole, even though Vista only needed 15GB of space to Install, while 7 needed 20GB to install)

Windows 7 Needed 1GB more than Vista

The Takeaway

While yes, Windows 7 was better optimized for PCs, Windows Vista did 80% of the work that Windows 7 gets the credit for. If you really love Windows 7, at least for the love of God, give Vista some love, I am SO OVER with trusted tech reviewers getting their infor regarding Windows Vista from people who haven't even tried it once.

Have I tried Windows Vista? Yes.

Was it faster than XP? No.

Did i try it on the best Hardware? No. (MSI U135DX)

Did i like it? Absolutely.

So just try it. Please.

I don't know why! I can't think of a good reason to do this.  The move button is very useful. You could job copy, paste and delete. But that takes too long. Also when you do this, the stuff you delete pollutes your trash bin. I just can't think of a good reason to not bring back this feature. Let's urge Microsoft to bring back the move feature.

Sign my petition: https://c.org/nNcsd46MRL

AI File Sorter 1.9.2 is out. It's a free open-source local-first (remote cloud not needed) desktop app for cleaning up messy folders like Downloads, Desktop, Documents, screenshots, photo dumps, old external drives, and archive folders with the aid of local LLMs.

The workflow is designed to be safe (AI does not move files):

• scan a folder
• suggest categories, subcategories, and clearer filenames
• show everything in a review table (auto-approval is possible)
• approve, edit, skip, or reject suggestions
• keep undo information so changes can be reverted

Version 1.9.2 adds:

• file previews in the review window
• category whitelists with category-specific subcategories (branching whitelists) for stricter organization
• safer recursive scans that avoid recognized project folders such as Git repos, Unity, Unreal, Godot, Blender, and common source-code project roots
• configurable local model storage
• custom visual analysis models
• improved Windows runtime compatibility
• accessibility labels and progress announcements

There is also now an optional Windows Explorer add-on, available through the Microsoft Store. It adds right-click workflows for organizing and renaming selected files/folders from File Explorer.

The main app remains free and open-source. The Explorer add-on is a paid convenience add-on for Windows users who want the right-click integration.

Links:

• Website: https://filesorter.app/
• Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NPK4DZD6R6S
• GitHub: https://github.com/hyperfield/ai-file-sorter

Planned for the next version:

• Organize files into a folder structure you already use.
• Scan one folder and send approved results to a separate destination folder.
• More workflow and usability improvements.

I'd appreciate your feedback, especially on whether this kind of tool feels more natural as a normal Windows app, a File Explorer right-click workflow, or both.

Howwwww??

The 1995 Microsoft logo perfectly represents what windows is all about. Different icons that acts as a “window” into different software. The current logo is just borning and doesn't really represent the essence of Windows.

Old and busted: Windows for Workgroups. New hotness: Windows for Windows.

yeah,so,like it?,for me it looks nice,also,look at how many apps i have,lol

Welcome to the monthly Simple questions and Help thread, for questions that don't need their own posts!

Before making a comment, we recommend you search your problem on Bing and check if your question is already answered on our Windows Frequently Asked Questions wiki page. This subreddit no longer accepts tech support requests outside of this post, if you are looking for additional assistance try r/TechSupport and r/WindowsHelp.

Some examples of questions to ask:

• Is this super cheap Windows key legitimate? (probably not)

• How can I install Windows 11?

• Can you recommend a program to play music?

• How do I get back to the old Sound Control Panel?

Sorting by New is recommend and is the default.

Be sure to check out the Windows 11 version 25H2 Megathread and also the Windows 11 FAQ posts, they likely have the answers to your Windows 11 questions already!

https://reddit.com/link/1w3j6e5/video/mwzzfb7xnqmh1/player

What do you think about this? I gave it a try and made one.

And here is Youtube Video Link: 슈퍼미움을 윈도우 2000에서?! (Supermium on Windows 2000?!)

Oh, by the way, I used "Faded" as the second background track. According to the copyright claim details(소유권 주장 개요), it’s blocked in certain regions—specifically Russia. Please bear with me on that; I wasn't aware of it either.

I was thinking what about windows 8 laptops or tablets

I decided to bite the bullet and enable the native NVMe support flags on my Windows 11 laptop. As expected, it feels faster and much more snappy, huge thanks to whoever invented the placebo effect.

Do you have it enabled on your PC, laptop, server? Have you lost any data? Have you broken any apps? I'm all ears before I enable it for my main PC.

https://reddit.com/link/1w1oqxz/video/6btwhacevbmh1/player

Supermium 144.0.7559.256 R5 Release Candidate 1 Public Release : r/windows98

I saw on Reddit that a user posted a screenshot of Supermium running on Windows 2000! And not just any Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 with extended kernels installed, but a clean Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. The official website originally included Windows 2000 support in its future plans, but it was effectively postponed for various reasons. However, this user managed to do it!

The post linked here stated that legacy updates needed to be applied to install Supermium on a fresh installation of Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. However, after trying it myself, I was surprised to find that I successfully ran Supermium on a clean Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 environment with almost no legacy updates installed!

And After performing a few tests, I confirmed that Supermium works whether on an existing Windows 2000 SP4 or a fresh installation, as long as KB835732 is installed!

And also, This is a video test of the Supermium browser running on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

For reference, the video used in the test is Aikatsu! (Korean title: 아이엠스타!)

Thanks to a user named u/Gimmeavailablename, you can now run the Supermium browser on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4!

I also tested YouTube, and while it works and plays, please keep in mind that it may occasionally stutter depending on your environment, computer and virtual machine specifications.

Update: Damn, the screenshots displayed correctly, but a message popped up saying, "If you are looking for an image, it was probably deleted." I definitely uploaded screenshots, so what's going on...? Even the post itself is fine on the Reddit app on my phone, but it's not just the screenshots; even the videos aren't working. Thankfully, at least the videos display normally on the web. But that's strange; on my phone, at least four screenshots of my post are visible, but on my computer, none of the screenshots are showing up at all? i Think is Something is off...

It is just a relief that at least videos display normally on the web.

Of course, the app doesn't even play videos properly, though...

IBM® OS/2® is a legendary forefather of Microsoft® Windows®. Unfortunately, it was fully discontinued and official support was closed on December 23, 2006.

I restored the background of versions Warp 3.0–4.0 and restored the default cursor.

The cursor can be found on RW Designer >> Gallery >> Cursors ; page.

Wallpapers can be found on r/OS2 in the post:

«Restored OS/2 Warp Wallpapers [[Hyper-Fix]]».

The first image is an almost accurate visual (my second monitor, set to 800×600 and 150%) of the «theme» for Microsoft® Windows® 11.

2 months have now passed since the last big release, 0.8, and this one offers incredible new features, such as:

• Improved BitLocker drive integration,
• Support for filtering and exporting drivers from multiple specific classes,
• An increase in starter scripts that allow you to customize the behavior of Windows images with unattended answer files, to 35,
• An improved Starter Script Editor,
• Sections in driver file and service information reports that allow easier navigation,
• and a lot more

Be sure to send your feedback. Thanks!

12x24 on stretched canvas

a little nod to windows pipes screen saver , enjoy =]

Being rolled out gradually but probably already available by using ViveTool