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| From | Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience |
| Date | 2025-08-10 14:35 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <107aao9$1uum2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <1078m84$1g5q7$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Hi W10 and W11 folks,
>
> I just updated my first customer under Payment Card
> Industry (PCI) requirements to have a support operating
> system from Windows 11. And, of curse, it was a perfectly
> good computer that did not meet M$ ridiculous hardware
> requirements.
>
> I was so uneventful that I almost fell asleep.
>
> First I created an ISO of the latest Windows 11
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
> with Rufus, removing the silly hardware and account requirements
> https://rufus.ie/
> https://rufus.akeo.ie/
>
> Then I copied the ISO to the user's data drive.
> From the file manager, I doubled clicked on the ISO and
> mounted it as a read only drive. Then clicked on
> setup.
>
> The rest was boring.
>
> After completion, I check and network mounting of file shared
> and printers till worked. Even QuickBooks networked fine.
> How about that!
>
> Some clean up I did have to do was:
> [1] restored the classic right click context menu
>
>
> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/restore-legacy-right-click-menu-for-file-explorer/a62e797c-eaf3-411b-aeec-e460e6e5a82a
>
> reg.exe add
> "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32"
> /f /ve
>
> Note: you have to reboot for it to take
>
>
> [2] restore the missing Cascade Windows function:
>
> <context.reg>
> REGEDIT4
>
> ; place C:\NtUtil\cascade.exe into the right click context menu
> ; reference:
> https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to-customize-the-right-click-context-menu-in-windows-11/
>
> ; Note: you have to reboot for it to take
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Cascade Windows\Command]
> @="C:\\NtUtil\\cascade.exe"
> </context.reg>
>
> I also made a short cut to cascade.exe on the task bar
>
>
> [3] updated Shutup 10 to re-remove most telemetry
> https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
>
> [4] rerun debloader. Left M$'s pdf writer in place (sorry
> I forgot the name), which is unfortunately required by Quickbooks
> https://github.com/builtbybel/Winpilot/releases
>
> [5] updated Open Shell
> https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases
>
> [6] re-removed Microsoft Edge and Web View (they are a pain-in
> the ass, especially Web View, to constantly update was required
> by PCI).
> https://github.com/ShadowWhisperer/Remove-MS-Edge
>
> [7] configured the task bar. Shut off widgets, shifted
> to the right, removed the search bar.
>
> note: Open shell have a local search at the bottom.
> And M$'s search bar is spyware
>
Well done for making your client non-compliant. I hope your liability
insurance premiums are up-to-date.
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Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-09 16:39 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-10 09:52 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-08-10 09:37 -0500
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:14 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-10 18:03 +0100
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 18:05 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-10 14:35 +0000
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:44 +0200
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 18:09 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-12 07:03 +0000
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-12 14:31 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-12 17:02 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 06:47 +0000
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 06:47 +0000
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-13 03:21 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:50 +0200
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:56 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-11 15:10 +0200
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-11 17:34 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-13 21:33 +0200
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 18:11 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-10 23:08 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:37 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-11 04:27 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-11 02:46 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-11 15:13 +0200
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-11 17:46 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-15 17:26 +0200
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-16 00:21 +0100
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-15 19:29 -0500
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-16 15:27 +0100
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-08-16 23:44 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-17 13:19 +0100
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-08-18 13:38 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-18 15:58 +0200
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-18 12:58 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-18 15:56 +0200
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-08-15 21:38 +0000
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-15 18:16 -0400
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Windows X-Lite <Windows-X-Lite@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-19 04:50 +0000
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-18 22:21 -0700
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Windows X-Lite <Windows-X-Lite@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-19 12:40 +0000
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-19 12:02 +0000
Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Daniel70 <daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse> - 2025-08-19 23:46 +1000
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