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Microsoft App Passwords when using two factor authentication (2FA/MFA):

&lt;https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/account-billing/manage-app-passwords-for-two-step-verification-d6dc8c6d-4bf7-4851-ad95-6d07799387e9&gt;</description>
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&lt;https://allthings.how/how-to-stop-windows-11-update-from-installing-on-your-windows-10-pc/&gt;</description>
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	*  Open the run box (windows key + r) and type runas /user:DOMAINADMIN cmd.
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	*  Once the elevated command prompt appears, type control appwiz.cpl to open the Add/Remove Programs control panel.</description>
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Inno Setup is an installer for Windows programs:
&lt;https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php&gt;</description>
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&lt;https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-and-add-a-signature-to-messages-8ee5d4f4-68fd-464a-a1c1-0e1c80bb27f2&gt;</description>
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Windows Answer File Generator
&lt;http://www.windowsafg.com/win7x86_x64.html&gt;

Silent Installation of Software on Windows
&lt;https://www.manageengine.co.uk/products/desktop-central/software-installation/windows-software.html&gt;

Make a bootable Windows USB from Linux
&lt;https://www.onetransistor.eu/2014/09/make-bootable-windows-usb-from-ubuntu.html&gt;
&lt;https://superuser.com/questions/1214227/how-can-i-create-a-windows-bootable-usb-stick-using-ubuntu&gt;

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1.) Remove web search from start menu
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Applications could be removed during an update like MS Paint may disappear at some point:

&lt;http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tvYCNl7zUmc/microsoft-paint-to-remain-part-of-windows-10-after-all&gt;

Constant issues with updates:

&lt;https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2019/04/14/windows-10-is-doing-a-great-job-persuading-people-to-switch-to-a-different-operating-system/amp/&gt;

&lt;https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/04/17/microsoft-windows-10-problem-update-war…</description>
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Creating a bootable Microsoft Windows 10 USB installation stick:

Download the Win10 ISO file from here (UK/AU is English International):
&lt;https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO&gt;

Use dd to write the iso file to the USB stick:


sudo dd bs=4M if=Win10_2004_English_x64.iso of=/dev/sd(*) conv=fdatasync  status=progress</description>
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This article describes ways to set up Windows 11 with a local user account instead of an online Microsoft account:

&lt;https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account&gt;</description>
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Clean install as well as in-place upgrade to Windows 11 works without hardware requirement for Secure Boot and TPM check as long as appraiserres.dll has been deleted from the ISO.

Or create reg file copy it onto usb stick and during install when the hardware requirement error appears, press F10 to open command prompt, type in notepad and press enter, go to file</description>
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To extract the Microsoft Windows 8 or 10 key from the PC&#039;s BIOS, the following command on a linux system can be used:


sudo hexdump -s 56 -e &#039;&quot;MSDM key: &quot; /29 &quot;$s\n&quot;&#039; /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM

sudo tail -c +56 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM</description>
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