If any of y'all friends are on Windows 10, 21H2 LTSC, you can run a single file that upgrades you to 22H2, since it's just an enablement package. Someone turned it into a 7-zipped .exe with the update package contents, and a .bat file that runs to install it via dism. It's at github.com/teknixstuff/misc-fi… - if you want to do it manually you can, you just need the .MSU file for KB5015684, extract the .cab file from within using 7-zip, then run dism with the same commands as listed in the setup.bat file you'll see within that other script.
Essentially, since it is just an enablement package, it's flipping switches on internally that were dorment within your existing build. This is why a 100 kilobyte update can change your entire build number up by one, it fools you a bit, but your winVer should reflect the 19045 build numbering (might still say"21H2") after you run it. It may not say 22H2 until you do: dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase - this will roll the update into your image permanently, so use only after next month when we know this combination can in fact get updates just fine. Nothing would indicate otherwise, though, since your SKU remains LTSC 2021 evven after installing this pacakge.
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oh and I wanted to note. If you're *THAT* bothered by it still saying 21H2 for you, if it does, you can actually change the display info in registry, that's all the package would do anyway. Look here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion, in the right-hand pane, find DisplayVersion REG_SZ 21H2. Change it to anything. Even, "fuck you Microsoft for ending support for my OS!" Then when you open Winver you would see it, like "Microsoft Windows Version Fuck you Microsoft for ending support for my oS (OS Build 19045)" - it's great. Again, messing with this display string is cosmetic, so you're not breaking your system by changing it especially after installing the package.
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I always knew companies treat remakes as straight replacements of the original games but it’s still galling seeing it said this plainly. videogameschronicle.com/news/c…

Big F5 stuff dropping, starting with disclosure of incident and 8K filing. If you've got F5 in your stack, you're going to want to brew more coffee. No, more than that.

Keep going.

#threatintel #cybersecurity #infosec

infosec.exchange/@cR0w/1153783…

Kennt wer #Fedivers-engagierte Menschen in #Thüringen und / oder im Fedi aktive öffentliche Einrichtungen dort?

1 Journo fragt mich nach Kontakten und ich gebe die Frage hier mal weiter, um die richtigen guten Leute zu finden. #FollowerPower

#Jena #Erfurt #Gera #Weimar #Gotha #Eisenach #Ilmenau

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/?radd=1… today brings you 16 updated and 2 added apps:

* Easy Launcher (Internet Edition): the minimal launcher also available at F-Droid, but here with added functionality and integrated weather widget 🛡️
* Eblan Launcher: another small homescreen replacement 🛡️

RB status: 730 apps (57.1%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:

Using this, because he's got lots more resolved than me. Yay! If you need eloquence, and you want to use snapshots again, you should use this. github.com/fastfinge/eloquence…
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The first working release of Eloquence for 64-bit versions of NVDA is now available as an NVDA add-on. It even supports the Community Dictionary. A solid start overall, though some audio stuttering can be heard during Say All or other long NVDA utterances.
github.com/fastfinge/eloquence…
@NVAccess

What makes me happy to know is that every Windows 10 2021 LTSC user is seeing this message at the top of their Windows 10 update page, not just me:
"Your device is no longer receiving security updates. Learn about the end of support. link."
Ha. Yeah right, Microsoft. You're supposed to give Windows 10 IoT LTSC Enterprise support until 2032. Even so, regular Enterprise LTSC until 2027. So where's that promise?
As it turns out, that message is very generic and placed there for everyone, regardless of whether your computer can or cannot download updates. It honestly freaked me out, but then I imaged my desktop's Win10 image onto my Spectre, and since it didn't have the update, I was surprised to still see that message there but grabbing the security update. This tells me: They just placed a big warning on the update page to entice Windows 11 migration. Not today, Microsoft, not today, I'm not dealing with your fuckery.
"Seeing "end of support" on Windows 10 LTSC 2021 or IoT LTSC? Don't worry, it's a glitch – support " pureinfotech.com/windows-10-lt…
But then inside Microsoft's own "end of service statement" they list LTSC. (update: good news! Microsoft removed LTSC.) support.microsoft.com/en-us/to…
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@jscholes yeah, in theory the LTSC versions automatically get them without an ESU enrollment, which is why I chose that path. Eventually I may end up migrating to Linux but Electron apps there like Slack would really royally suck. I'm seeing software already enforce a requirement for build 19045, which is why I did the unofficial upgrade to my LTSC to use 22H2, and I think at least until the ESU program itself ends (hearing 3 years max potentially for it) software should continue to support particularly if it's used in enterprise scenarios, which is good. Games, consumer-facing tools that need cool new NPU gadgets, well, those will most likely be out.
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oh, just use this package someone made after modding it. github.com/teknixstuff/misc-fi…
Or, if you are like, "fuck you man, I don't wanna run a randomly prepackaged file with this!" Alright, alright. I get it yo. So, you can just grab: catalog.s.download.windowsupda… - see? It's from shiny Microsoft. You download the .msu, inside of it is a .cab file. You use 7-zip to extract that .cab file as well into a folder. Inside it are a lot of files, many ending in .mum. You need this command: dism /online /add-package /packagepath:C:\Temp\KB5015684\microsoft-windows-22h2enablement-package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1799.mum
This will install it, and is the same thing the other file is doing. I know this because you can open that 22H2LTSC.exe file in 7-zip, and find the same files as from the .msu plus an install script .bat file that runs and does this, so yes, it's safe for sure, just packaged as a single .EXE file instead.
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#фалыстыннаш

жалостливые рассказы об ужасающих лишениях и унижениях, которым подвергалась международная хамасня с флотилии сумуда продолжают регулярно поступать в ленту.

надо отдать должное - ребята воздерживаются от буйных фантазий, а описываемое вцелом не выходит за рамки суждений и допущений.

путин 20 лет воспитывал из граждан рф мюнхенских бюргеров, которым нужны только пиво и колбаски с капустой, но хочет чтобы они вели себя как православные хамас-моджахеды.

колбаски закончились и у плебса #внезапно возникает ощущение что что то идет не так.

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Y'all, at some point down the line, Chrome turned the History search textfield into a pop-up menu that opens along with it as you search, and I'm not sure if I can ever forgive them for it unless it changes. This is horrifyingly bad, you get no typing or feedback of cursoring or deleting (with Windows screen readers), just "Found (X) results for (Y)." Gosh oh gosh. This has made looking up things in history a lot more fun, and it's great that one person's bright idea broke everything for multiple people.
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The last version of our flutter library now properly support Linux applications:
- Push notifications are able to start the application
- Push notifications are automatically decrypted

We hope to see new applications on Linux supporting push notifications with this update.

#UnifiedPush #LinuxOnMobile #PushNotifications #Flutter

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Another residential high-rise in Gaza City reportedly intentionally destroyed by Israel.
I believe it to be the 4th such occurrence since they started proudly announcing destroying people's homes because, Israel claims, "Hamas" can see Israel's invading troops from that high up and therefore hundreds of people were made homeless, presumably to remove every tall object in the Gaza Strip.
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Global Sumud Flotilla today:
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Six Global Sumud Flotilla participants are still held hostage by Israel after being illegally abducted in international waters. One Nigerian participant from the Omar Al-Mukhtar Flotilla and 145 participants of Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza are also still in detention.

Their detention is not just unlawful, it is a punishment for solidarity itself. This cannot be allowed to continue.

We call on all governments and people of conscience to act now.

Demand their release. Demand accountability.

We will not stop until each one of them is free.

To contact their Ministries of Foreign Affairs:
Morocco: +212 537 67 00 00
Norway: +47 23 95 00 00 | post@mfa.no
Spain: +34 91 379 79 65 | consular@maec.es
Nigeria: +234 9 523 4268 | info@mfa.gov.ng
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Note: Because I NEVER promote those platforms, I removed links to unacceptable platforms like Facebook, eX-Twitter, Instagram, you know who they are.

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"Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages.

Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla are now sharing details about their five days in Israeli captivity – and how Swedish Foreign Ministry staff left them without help."

CW for the article: descriptions of torture, sexism and other abuse
aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25LgK…

Article is in English,
which is very unusual for Aftonbladet,
being one of the two major evening newspapers of Sweden,
so that should tell you something of the magnitude.

The #Signal App gets only a 9 out of 10 for #Privacy protection, and it's not just because it requires a phone number.

"While most of Google’s analytics are turned off in the Signal app, it still uses the Google Maps API to handle location data. Calls to Google Maps turn over a bunch of metadata, including the IP you’re connecting from. For a project that’s so invested in privacy, it’s surprising that Signal doesn’t use an open source alternative such as Open Street Map."

They call a Google API with location data and hand over the IP? Seriously?

mozillafoundation.org/en/nothi…

#cybersecurity