"Some of these settings are managed by your organization" Widgets doesn't work

[cold lance]

cant put widgets on taskbar

@worn needle

[worn needle]

alright so

since you don't have gpedit.msc

[cold lance]

ye

[worn needle]

one sec

there's a command

https://windowsreport.com/enable-gpedit-windows-11/

there's detailed steps here, it's pretty easy to do it yourself

[cold lance]

ok its doing something

[worn needle]

when it's done, try running gpedit.msc again

[cold lance]

why did it open two cmds?

[worn needle]

what's the other one doing

[cold lance]

is it normal?

this

wait new file??

[worn needle]

apparently it isn't required then

[worn needle]

?

[worn needle]

don't close it though

[cold lance]

ok i press another key

ok it worked

now what?

[worn needle]

does gpedit open now?

[cold lance]

ye

[worn needle]

nice

now follow the group policy steps

https://winaero.com/how-to-disable-widgets-in-windows-11-with-group-policy-and-in-registry/

[cold lance]

i put atlas os because of the bloatware

[worn needle]

i've used atlas before
felt... weird

[cold lance]

can i record a vid really quick

[worn needle]

sure

[cold lance]

when i click on this

this doesn't work

[worn needle]

atlas moment

spotlight depends on some stuff which has been removed

[cold lance]

what was the reason?

[cold lance]

any way to recover it?

[worn needle]

what does it translate to?

[worn needle]

uh
i'll check, hang on

[cold lance]

imma kill explorer

[worn needle]

what's your windows build

you can get that through winver

[cold lance]

23h2

[worn needle]

ok so try this

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/reset-and-re-register-windows-spotlight-in-windows-11.5248/

[cold lance]

step 2 doesnt show windows spotlight

[worn needle]

something other than spotlight

solid color/picture

[cold lance]

oh ok

now i restart?

[worn needle]

yep

[cold lance]

k

still doesnt work

i actually restarted

[worn needle]

hmmmmm

why did you go for atlas specifically

[cold lance]

maybe corrupted file

[cold lance]

bloatware and i wanted more space of ram

[worn needle]

you could go for tiny11 actually

[cold lance]

uhh

[worn needle]

if you really wanted space or something

[worn needle]

alright
atlas os is a big no

[cold lance]

but will the asus bloatware keep

[worn needle]

nah

it won't get installed

if you use vanilla 11

[cold lance]

I payed 500 bucks for this pc

[worn needle]

what was your laptop's model again?

[cold lance]

asus e150f4

[nocturne flax]

Microsoft Community Rules
Rule 1
No harassment, hate speech, racism, sexism, trolling, stereotype based attacks, de-bloaters/privacy scripts, or spreading harmful/false information. You may be banned immediately and without warning or recourse.

Don't encourage of such de-bloaters/privacy scripts software.
Using those will definitely screw up your system, like it does now.

[worn needle]

specs?

[cold lance]

here

amd ryzen 5 7520u with redeon graphics

16gb ram

[worn needle]

i always found debloated windows images to be sketchy as hell

[cold lance]

512gb ssd samsung

[worn needle]

yo that's insane

vanilla 11 will run quite well

on it

[cold lance]

ye

[worn needle]

reinstall windows 11
backup everything to onedrive/google drive/a usb drive, then reinstall using an iso

[cold lance]

also forgot to say

windows reset doesnt work

[worn needle]

you'll have nothing broken

[worn needle]

obviously it won't

[worn needle]

like this comment said

[cold lance]

can u say a recording app

[worn needle]

obs studio

[cold lance]

ok

when i search reset and click nothing happends

[worn needle]

don't use that

[cold lance]

if i reset i keep asus bloatware?

[worn needle]

you don't have to reset

use an iso and completely reinstall windows

[cold lance]

i only got school pen drive

and i have work

[worn needle]

you have onedrive?

[cold lance]

i think on my school acc

[worn needle]

you could use your mom's account as well

if there's space

do you have a lot of stuff on the laptop?

[cold lance]

nah just minecraft/roblox

on onedrive old stuff

delete?

[worn needle]

don't delete them, you could backup them

unless you are positively sure you don't need them

[cold lance]

nah its old test from school

how do i backup

[worn needle]

login to onedrive

in your browser

[cold lance]

got 1tb of space

[worn needle]

cool

[cold lance]

so

[worn needle]

login then copy everything over from windows explorer to onedrive

[cold lance]

so i install iso first?

[worn needle]

i'll list the order of steps

[cold lance]

i dont have any important stuff

ill just start the download i guess

[worn needle]

1. backup everything to onedrive
2. download iso
3. open it
4. go through the steps
5. select "nothing" when it asks if you want to keep anything
6. wait for it to install

[cold lance]

wait

does it keep my windows key?

[worn needle]

yep

[cold lance]

oh ok

[worn needle]

it's linked to your motherboard

[cold lance]

do i do installation assistant or disk image?

tell me

[worn needle]

disk image

[cold lance]

Thank you

[worn needle]

you're welcome! when it's done, mark this post as "solved"

[cold lance]

ok

did

[worn needle]

alright
if you get spotlight and widgets working at the end then react with a 🎉

[cold lance]

k bet

uhh

@worn needle

[worn needle]

yeah?

[cold lance]

so im opening the setup

it stuck on 46%

on update

[worn needle]

it'll continue

just wait

[cold lance]

ok

u sure

it been more 2 min

ok it work

ok so i delete everything?

@worn needle

@worn needle

Hello?

Hello???

[worn needle]

ye wait

yes

delete

wifi gone

now bac

k

keep nothing

[cold lance]

i did

its verifiying

if i have everything

uhh i have a problem

@worn needle

do i update

it says this

do i update?

@worn needle

yo brooooo

yp

Yo

gotta go

bye

[worn needle]

click "ok"

[cold lance]

Ty U bro

@worn needle ty

Do I force restart

[worn needle]

don't force restart

let it do its job

[cold lance]

IT WORKED

[worn needle]

everything works??

[cold lance]

I restarted and work

[worn needle]

ah okay

[cold lance]

No still setup

WAIT

Do I put my name

@worn needle

Do I put name

[worn needle]

it's your PC name you can name your computer whatever you want

[cold lance]

I putted MiguelM

BC I couldn't put Miguel Montoia

[worn needle]

yeah it's your computer's name

[cold lance]

Here is the part

The email

Any way I can bypass it?

[worn needle]

put your laptop in airplane mode

there should be a key to enable it

[cold lance]

I'll just put

Ugh a copy

Do I do?

[worn needle]

the left button

[cold lance]

Do I do Backup

[worn needle]

no

don't backup

or it's up to you tbh

[cold lance]

More options

[worn needle]

nvm

[cold lance]

Nah but I don't want the apps

[worn needle]

no need for more options

you can remove some of them later

[worn needle]

a bunch of them can easily be uninstalled

[cold lance]

As my calculations Microsoft wants our data/Location

[worn needle]

you can disable that

hang on

[cold lance]

Ok

[worn needle]

set up as a new pc

[cold lance]

Ok

Did

Brb

Imma clean screen

[worn needle]

alright

[cold lance]

I forgot I don't have that alcohol thing to clean

[worn needle]

just use a cloth that's slightly wet

[cold lance]

Btw can U give me some wallpapers

Do I use the link phone app

It says on setup

[worn needle]

your choice

if you want to link your phone with your pc, go ahead

[cold lance]

No free Microsoft 365

[worn needle]

skip

[cold lance]

Forgot to say my PC come with free Xbox gamepass

[worn needle]

you can probably claim it later

[cold lance]

Nah I need a cc

[worn needle]

ah

nvm

[cold lance]

Oi

Ok

Imma uninstall mcaffe

[worn needle]

yeah uninstall that

[cold lance]

ok widgets work

[worn needle]

press windows+x, open apps and features, and uninstall whatever you don't need

[worn needle]

and spotlight?

[cold lance]

Also

Work

Thank you

[worn needle]

so everything works i presume

[cold lance]

Yes

[worn needle]

alright then

[worn needle]

enjoy your fully functional windows install

[cold lance]

wait

There's old files

[worn needle]

yeah

windows.old

[cold lance]

Maybe OneDrive?

[worn needle]

it contains your old users folder

you can copy it because it'll get deleted of its contents after a while

[cold lance]

Ok thank you

🎉

[worn needle]

let's gooooo!

you're welcome btw :)

[cold lance]

U too

🙂

But wait

My SSD is getting 16%/ 20%

Is it normal

I got my data back

Ily

[worn needle]

yeah. it's setup stuff going on

and probably updates

[worn needle]

niceeeee

[cold lance]

Can U give me some wallpapers

[worn needle]

#1065659890036646019 message

[burnt quartz]

heftymouse#0 - #Useful resources for customizing your setup

Wallpapers:
r/wallpapers: No explanation necessary
https://reddit.com/r/wallpapers

r/EarthPorn: Has lots of stunning high-res pictures of nature
https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/
Suggested by @grim surge

WallpaperHub: Has many official Microsoft wallpapers
https://wallpaperhub.app/

Microsoft Design Wallpapers: Even more official Microsoft wallpapers
https://wallpapers.microsoft.design/

Unsplash: A site with high-quality royalty-free images and wallpapers
https://unsplash.com/

Wallpaper collection by @nocturne terrace:
https://actoweb-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/avogato_catphile_actoweb_xyz/EimxR6YeSqpOsZUYKD77I-IBSAZfLNAASmSYx67rTF5CuQ?e=hfSubn

Lively Wallpaper: An app for animated wallpapers
https://livelywallpaper.net/

Wallpaper Engine: A paid app for animated wallpapers
https://www.wallpaperengine.io/

WinDynamicDesktop: macOS-style dynamic wallpapers on Windows.
https://github.com/t1m0thyj/WinDynamicDesktop

Quoted by donut2008#0 • [684428788481917044] · Jan 19, 2023, 3:53 PM

[cold lance]

U are the best

Should I uninstall Microsoft edge

I used Revo uninstaller

[worn needle]

the only thing which i know it'll break is windows search, specifically web search

it's your wish completely

[torpid sandal]

agree ms edge is the heart of windows

[worn needle]

at this point, yes

[torpid sandal]

also that user is useing a moddfied copy of windows so widgets is removed as its bloatware

[worn needle]

yeah they reinstalled windows

vanilla windows

[cold lance]

Ye I just saw

@worn needle

Yo bro

[worn needle]

sup

why is the thread still open

[cold lance]

Idk

Can U recommend me a iso to use in VMware?

Yo bro

[worn needle]

use general mate