Windows 11

Probably follow this guide: https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-t...indows-11-in-the-latest-eea-compliant-update/

"Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability and ensure the EnablePreviewBuilds value is not set to zero and BranchName is set to "ReleasePreview.""

its going to be interesting to see windows without edge browser for normal users. I think microsoft achived its goal with webview so edge is not a necessity anymore for them...
 
Thanks, my UUP dump image was missing the last two keys.

From brief testing, I don't see the whole point of adding individual country codes. You can just reverse entire categories, ie.:
Code: 
    {
      "$comment": "Edge is uninstallable.",
      "guid": "{1bca278a-5d11-4acf-ad2f-f9ab6d7f93a6}",
      "defaultState": "enabled",
      "conditions": {
        "region": {
          "enabled": ["AT", "BE", "BG", "CH", "CY", "CZ", "DE", "DK", "EE", "ES", "FI", "FR", "GF", "GP", "GR", "HR", "HU", "IE", "IS", "IT", "LI", "LT", "LU", "LV", "MT", "MQ", "NL", "NO", "PL", "PT", "RE", "RO", "SE", "SI", "SK", "YT"]
        }
      }
    },

After following the instructions to "repair" Edge from Settings, it's now removable without inserting "US" into the region list. I don't understand why people make this harder than it looks. But some settings like the "System" tag for installed Apps don't appear to work.
 
Maybe the code is correct - but formatting is wrong - especially with .json files used in Windows like exporting StartMenu in W11 which don't work from default export like the old .xml method from W10.
 
I currently switched to ImageGlass from qimgv since its support is dropped. It is awesome when you use with mpc hc from klitecodecpack... There won't be any file you can't open.

Also for PE systems ImageViewer portable single exe file from github aprox 3mb is more than enough...
 
ImageGlass now requires .NET Desktop Runtime 8 and WebView2. This app is getting too Gucci for me.
Let me know if the app runs any faster...
 
Can we enable remote desktop server on Home editions? maybe abbodi knows how?

Microsoft says server can only be pro versions. client can be both.
Note: While a Remote Desktop server (as in, the PC that you are connecting to) needs to be running a Pro edition of Windows, a client machine (the device you are connecting from) can be running any edition of Windows (Pro or Home), or even a different operating system altogether.
 
Home can RDP into any Pro/EDU/ENT system. But not the other way around.

This limitation is enforced (just like Group Policy support) to prevent organizations from purchasing cheaper Home licenses for the office environment, instead of spending more on Pro/EDU/ENT. MS is aware that would be HUGE temptation for businesses. You can't really make money on support for Home, but extended support on Pro is worth a lot.

That's why we have RDP wrapper projects. While the kernel hooks are there to do RDP, you have the "wrong" DLL's in the image. Same can be said if you're trying to exceed the default session limits on Pro. By replacing some of the services you allow normal RDP sessions to be created.

If you're asking whether a component transplant from another SKU is possible, you'd have to ask at abbodi's other place.
 
I might add there is Quick Assist/Remote Assistance, which is a RDP derivative since you can have someone else remote sharing your desktop. But they're not logged in as another user, but mirroring your current session.
 
Updates on when MS intends to enforce the replacement UEFI boot files, in upcoming Windows Updates

Reminder: Changes to Windows Boot Manager revocations for Secure Boot effective April 9, 2024
Windows updates released July 11, 2023 and later include security measures which protect against a Secure Boot bypass vulnerability disclosed in CVE-2023-24932. Secure Boot is a Windows security feature designed to protect devices from bootkit malware.

Administrators should observe mitigations and security enforcement requirements coming into effect with Windows updates released on and after April 9, 2024. These updates will provide new mitigations to block additional vulnerable boot managers. Windows updates released on and after October 8, 2024 will enforce the Code Integrity Boot policy and Secure Boot disallow list revocations related to this hardening. There will be no option to disable this enforcement after this update.

To enable protections manually, it's necessary to ensure all devices and bootable media are updated and ready for this security hardening change. Users should determine whether it's important to enable protections now, or wait for a future update from Microsoft. To better assess this, in addition to understanding the options available for configuring these security requirements, see KB5025885: How to manage the Windows Boot Manager revocations for Secure Boot changes associated with CVE-2023-24932.
 
crypticus said:
Can you force opposite of this? some apps change alt tab style to classic....
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What do you mean? Disallow random apps from making changes to AltTabSettings?

In theory you could have TrustedInstaller take ownership of your HKCU's Explorer key, but that only works on a whole branch (or subkeys), and not for a single reg value. Locking it as read-only would probably break lots of Explorer settings.
 
when edge is removed hotspot login pages can't be triggered to register. If lucky landing page is easy and can be accesed via manually going to192.168.1.2 or something. does anyone know how to make it automatic again?

Is it about webcall default?
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You mean Captive Portal logon pages? Your browser is supposed to trigger that based on the returned page whenever opening a new URL.
WebCal is a deprecated WebDAV protocol for calendar sharing that nobody uses.
 
garlin said:
You mean Captive Portal logon pages? Your browser is supposed to trigger that based on the returned page whenever opening a new URL.
WebCal is a deprecated WebDAV protocol for calendar sharing that nobody uses.
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Sure but normally it should open the login/register page when first connected to the network, but when edge is removed it doesnt happen
 
That's because there's a uri: handler which is registered to Edge. I don't know if MSEdgeRedirect fixes that.

MS is supposed to roll out EEA compliance changes for what the browser's tied into. Maybe it might get addressed in the future to allow for another browser. It's like how desktop search results go to Edge even if it's not your primary browser. Same principle.
 
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