I want to receive calls on my pc and not use phone link, I already use KDE Connect for everything else, calls is the last thing I want

I'm happily on Dev builds of Win11 for some years, but it refuses to update for about last year. Overwriting the appraiserres.dll doesn't do the trick anymore. Is there some other bypass I can use? I don't want to run clean install from ISO.

• Windows 11, version 21H2: KB5044280 (OS Build 22000.3260)
• Windows 11, version 22H2/23H2: KB5044285 (OS Builds 22621.4317 and 22631.4317)
• Windows 11, version 24H2: KB5044284 (OS Build 26100.2033)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/24293090

Microsoft is aware of the issue and promises to release a patch.

This is Zen Browser. A firefox based browser that looks beautiful, is open source and gives you amazing qol features like split tabs and much more without a heavy AI overtone.

This browser also supports Mods/Themes via the Zen Store. My current setup is created by using those mods. Details in the comments.

It's been a long time but It finally happened, I've been compromised. Like an idiot I reused passwords and they got into most of my accounts. I've changed 300 different passwords and recovered all except one account, my Facebook, which I'm being told is unlikely I'll ever get into again.

This is probably from a data breach, I'm in a few, however, I still want to do a wipe of my PC, but it's been a few years and I don't remember the best practices.

This is a long time coming though because as well as simply possibly being compromised my PC has been experiencing a myriad of errors and annoyances, such as random entire system stutters, apps crashing out of nowhere and general performance slowdown.

Luckily I've got about 7 drives all holding various things, but the entire OS is on the tiny NVME C drive, as well as program installations. IIRC I can factory reset without losing data on the other drives but this one will probably be wiped yes? Is this enough for security though? I would imagine most malicious files would be completely removed by reinstalling the OS but I want to make sure no other avenues exist.

Also what is best practices this day and age to do a clean reset? Thanks guys

Windhawk is a free, open-source app that functions like an app store for Windows mods, allowing users to customize almost anything about their Windows experience easily.

Users can browse and install a variety of mods that range from visual tweaks, like changing the taskbar style, to functional changes, such as modifying taskbar volume controls or disabling grouping of taskbar icons.

Each mod includes a caution to review its source code on GitHub, ensuring users can make informed decisions before installing any customizations.

• Windows 11, version 21H2: KB5043067 (OS Build 22000.3197). Please check the upcoming EOS note in the link.
• Windows 11, version 22H2/23H2: KB5043076 (OS Builds 22621.4169 and 22631.4169)
• Windows 11, version 24H2: KB5043080 (OS Build 26100.1742) (targeting Copilot+ PCs and devices that were previously using Windows Insider 24H2 builds.)

According to this page Windows 11 IOT is only available to OEMs.

We check out the new features and changes coming to Windows 11 with the 2024 Update later this year, also known as version 24H2.

There appears to be no straightforward way to permanently stop Windows 11 Home from rebooting on its own after installing updates. I looked for workarounds but so far I have only found a script that has to run on a schedule to block the reboot by changing "working hours". (Link.)

Is that really the best that is possible?

• Windows 11, version 21H2: KB5041592 (OS Build 22000.3147) - Microsoft Support. Please check the upcoming EOS note in the link.

• Windows 11, version 22H2/23H2: KB5041585 (OS Builds 22621.4037 and 22631.4037) - Microsoft Support

• Windows 11, version 24H2: KB5041571 (OS Build 26100.1457) - Microsoft Support (targeting Copilot+ PCs and devices that were previously using Windows Insider 24H2 builds.)

Here's the link.

GitHub Page of the original creator.

How I did it:

Took the png files from the github repo and used a software called RealWorld Cursor Editor to create these.

You'll have to install manually as idk how to write the install file.

Winget (Better than Ninite)

Terminal application manager for windows. If you don't want to bother too much with the terminal

1. Go to winstall.app and add as many apps as you want.
2. Click generate script, select powershell, copy the code.
3. Open powershell and copy paste.

I have my script saved on a notepad incase I have to reset windows or set up a new PC, turns something that takes hours into something that takes minutes.

Filelight (Better than WinDirStat)

It is open source (Made by KDE Devs), faster and better looking.

You can hover over each subsection to get more details

Flow Launcher (Better than windows search)

Open source, looks better, searches your apps, settings, control panel AND google instead of bing, gives better results and allows blacklisting and alot more.

KDE Connect (Better than Phone Link)

Well better for Non Samsung users. Gives you

• Notifications
• Air Drop
• Clipboard Sync
• Remote Shutdown/Any Command and more.

ShareX (Better Than Clipping Tool)

Has more options, has the ability to only copy to clipboard and not save. Is what I'm using to write this right now.

Playnite (Better than Steam/Gog Galaxy IMO)

• open-source,
• supports theming,
• automatic metadata serach,
• supports multiple stores,
• has emulation support out of the box
• and huge plugin library for extra functionality.

Switch, GBA, NES, PC, DS it is all here.

Mica For Everyone (Better Than Windows)

Adds Black/White Titlebars based on your theme choice or manual choice.

Edit: Using Mica used to cause artifacts it is fixed now.

This is what KDE connect looks like without MFE :C

ModernFlyouts (Better Than Windows)

Better Volume/Key Notification. IT ALSO TELLS YOU IF YOUR NUM LOCK IS ON. Underrated.

Will My PC Burn Keeping So Many Things in the Background?

I can't close Firefox or I'll lose my post sorry :(. Also ShareX for SS (Takes about 1%)

Disclaimer: I have 16 GB DDR4 Memory and I have only closed the utilities mentioned in this post.

Everything On

Everything Off

When they talked re Teams and Discord, I thought of a meme. Windows will just be Edge in 100 years. All the apps will be web apps. Someone may have made that meme already.

Thankfully Windows didn't force Onedrive on me. I've preferred saving files locally. For my cloud files, I've mainly used Dropbox and Google drive.

I hope Windows will focus on user experience.