How do I Windows?
-
I want to pass on a laptop and I want to put the Windows back on it before that. It has a sticker with a license key for Windows 10 Pro Refurb. When I search for a Windows 10 image to reinstall they all want to shill me their iso downloader exe which in all likelyhood wouldn't run on my systems. How can I download an image to put on a USB stick? I don't think this should be hard. Surely Microsoft offers boot images to copy on a stick these days? Right? Somehow I can't seem to find the place. Where should I look?
-
@gleemonk Do you have access to an MSDN (or whatever they're calling it these days) account? They have clean ISO's for download there. Or if you know anybody with a physical disc, just borrow it.
-
This looks pretty good: https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php
I'd verify the SHA of the iso before using it
-
-
@TimeBandit Ah, so you don't even need MSDN anymore...
-
@mott555 You just need a Linux computer
-
@mott555 You haven't needed MSDN to get a Windows ISO from Microsoft for a long time.
-
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@mott555 You just need a Linux computer
So you can improve it with Windows?
-
@gleemonk said in How do I Windows?:
I want to pass on a laptop and I want to put the Windows back on it before that. It has a sticker with a license key for Windows 10 Pro Refurb. When I search for a Windows 10 image to reinstall they all want to shill me their iso downloader exe which in all likelyhood wouldn't run on my systems. How can I download an image to put on a USB stick? I don't think this should be hard. Surely Microsoft offers boot images to copy on a stick these days? Right? Somehow I can't seem to find the place. Where should I look?
Well....... there's
- MSDN/MyVisualStudio downloads
- Windows Media Creation Tool (is an exe but from microsoft so....)
- the pirate bay (just be sure to get the one that isn't preinfected with viruses)
- steal or borrow a CD from a frenemy
-
@loopback0 said in How do I Windows?:
So you can improve it with Windows?
You call that an improvement?
-
@loopback0 said in How do I Windows?:
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@mott555 You just need a Linux computer
So you can improve it with Windows?
Didn't you hear? 2019 is the year of the Linux desktop.
Filed under: We mean it this time.
-
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@loopback0 said in How do I Windows?:
So you can improve it with Windows?
You call that an improvement?
It's got a proper command line now and everything
What is Windows Subsystem for Linux
Learn about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, including the different versions and ways you can use them. Microsoft Loves Linux.
-
@loopback0 said in How do I Windows?:
It's got a proper command line now
So, it just need a decent GUI
Edit: more importantly, a proper update mechanism
-
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
Edit: more importantly, a proper update mechanism
Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows
Chocolatey is software management automation for Windows that wraps installers, executables, zips, and scripts into compiled packages. Chocolatey integrates w/SCCM, Puppet, Chef, etc. Chocolatey is trusted by businesses to manage software deployments.
-
@error Compared to the Debian package manager, that thing is a joke
-
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@error Compared to the Debian package manager, that thing is a joke
GitHub - chocolatey/choco: Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows
Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows. Contribute to chocolatey/choco development by creating an account on GitHub.
PRs accepted
-
@error said in How do I Windows?:
PRs accepted
If I needed to work on Windows, I would consider helping
-
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@error Compared to the Debian package manager, that thing is a joke
i mean yeah, but it's like trying to be a generic installer for windows applications which traditionally were basically "i run this program that can do ANYTHING to my computer because i run it as admin and i'm trusting it to just install this other program and nothing else."
like that's no system to base a government o- err I mean that's not a healthy system to have in place to try to weld a package installer from, particularly not when you ant to make adoption of the manager easy so you need a large library of applications available to install, including those from companies that would laugh at you if you suggest packaging up their application differently just for you.
it does the best it can based on the environment it finds itself in.... and honestly it does a pretty decent job considering the hole it finds itself in....
it can do better, and it's improving..... but yeah it's impressive what it's managed.
-
@Vixen IOW, Windows was not properly engineered
-
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@Vixen IOW, Windows was not properly engineered
this is not what I said in the slightest.
this was in no way intended as an interpretation of what I said.
I do not approve nor do I condone this interpretation of my words.
Would you like some popcorn? I just made it fresh.
-
I bet @gleemonk is wishing they used Google now...
-
@hungrier said in How do I Windows?:
This looks pretty good: https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php
I'd verify the SHA of the iso before using it
Yes, that website is a good source for Windows ISOs. I have used it in the past and there is nothing suspicious going on.
-
@Vixen said in How do I Windows?:
this is not what I said in the slightest.
this was in no way intended as an interpretation of what I said.YMBNH
-
Thanks everyone! I'd let myself get distracted by something more along my interests and only came back now to the sinful task of installing Windows.
Now I still don't know how the install will go. I'm ready with some consolation chocolate for either case
-
@error said in How do I Windows?:
@Vixen said in How do I Windows?:
this is not what I said in the slightest.
this was in no way intended as an interpretation of what I said.YMBNH
O/
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Is this the part where you ask me to take a seat for the interview?
(if anyone wants to better shop that image i will give a cookie for the result)
-
@Vixen said in How do I Windows?:
@error said in How do I Windows?:
@Vixen said in How do I Windows?:
this is not what I said in the slightest.
this was in no way intended as an interpretation of what I said.YMBNH
O/
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Is this the part where you ask me to take a seat for the interview?
(if anyone wants to better shop that image i will give a cookie for the result)
Yes, you're in the right place. Now, have you done any modeling in the past?
Spoiler
-
@Vixen said in How do I Windows?:
Is this the part where you ask me to take a seat for the interview?
(if anyone wants to better shop that image i will give a cookie for the result)
Not using Photoshop, but here's a lame attempt
FileUnder: where's my cookie?
-
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@Vixen said in How do I Windows?:
Is this the part where you ask me to take a seat for the interview?
(if anyone wants to better shop that image i will give a cookie for the result)
Not using Photoshop, but here's a lame attempt
FileUnder: where's my cookie?
it made me laugh.
here, have a
-
@error_bot waifu https://what.thedailywtf.com/assets/uploads/files/1569600839604-8a1fae18-3e5b-4937-a883-9890445779e8-image.png
-
-
Waifu2x said :
-
@error_bot said in How do I Windows?:
Waifu2x said :
look if you're going to make it bigger to show what a horrible job i did of matting the original photo....... and the bad job of 3d compositing myself onto the couch......
well! i never! i just.... HOW RUDE!
-
@Vixen It did smooth it out a bit.
-
@error_bot zoom and enhance https://what.thedailywtf.com/assets/uploads/files/1569601129938-802887d0-0b34-4d7f-8885-9b3bfb31a5f0-image.png
-
Super Resolution said :
-
It got smaller?
-
@error said in How do I Windows?:
@Vixen It did smooth it out a bit.
sure, but it didn't help that much!
-
@error_bot zoom and enhance
-
Super Resolution said :
-
@error said in How do I Windows?:
It got smaller?
Exactly the same size
@error_bot was properly named
-
@error said in How do I Windows?:
It got smaller?
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
Exactly the same size
Eh? According to Firefox...
Original image: 1,120px × 630px - 531.97 kB
CSI'd image: 3,200px × 1,800px - 1,283.21 kB
-
@loopback0 said in How do I Windows?:
Eh?
Yeah, I just checked the size in the page and it was exactly the same. But if I open it in another tab, it's way bigger.
IOW, I was lazy
-
@gleemonk if you need a windows virtual machine to run the windows ISO downloader program that only runs on Windows, try https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
-
@ben_lubar said in How do I Windows?:
@gleemonk if you need a windows virtual machine to run the windows ISO downloader program that only runs on Windows, try https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
Download Windows to download Windows to install Windows.
Yo Dawg...
-
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@Vixen said in How do I Windows?:
Is this the part where you ask me to take a seat for the interview?
(if anyone wants to better shop that image i will give a cookie for the result)
Not using Photoshop, but here's a lame attempt
FileUnder: where's
myyour cookie?FTFI
-
@LaoC said in How do I Windows?:
@TimeBandit said in How do I Windows?:
@Vixen said in How do I Windows?:
Is this the part where you ask me to take a seat for the interview?
(if anyone wants to better shop that image i will give a cookie for the result)
Not using Photoshop, but here's a lame attempt
FileUnder: where's
myyour cookie?FTFI
-
@gleemonk said in How do I Windows?:
Surely Microsoft offers boot images to copy on a stick these days?
I'm slightly late to the party, but https://www.microsoft.com/EN-US/software-download/windows10ISO seems to give out direct download links. (inb4 link is already dead)
Edit:
'd
-
@aitap IIRC, it used to years ago, but now (at least on Windows; maybe it's Different™ on other OSes) it just offers the downloader tool
-
@hungrier said in How do I Windows?:
maybe it's Different™ on other OSes
It is! I didn't know that. On linux, I get a direct link:
-
@aitap said in How do I Windows?:
It is! I didn't know that. On linux, I get a direct link
That's what I said
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/26838/how-do-i-windows/4
