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#81

Chit Chat / Re: What kind of meat (or chee...

Last post by humbert - August 17, 2025, 04:22 AM

For Shadow.97 and Maher, the thing in the first photo probably has a distinctive shape. They must be thinking that is a "boudin". Actually, it is a farm sausage, made of pure pork. In the second photo, you can see the sausage after it was cooked in a stockpot. You can also see some fingerlings potatoes. You may have noticed that the potatoes were topped with fines herbes for added flavor.
The guests of humbert and Vasudev would certainly appreciate such a dish.

So the first photo is uncooked pork, just like you got it at the supermarket. OK. How do you cook it in s stockpot? Do you boil it in hot water or what? For how long?

The last photo looks like an awful lot of food. Do you eat it all in a single sitting? I'm asking because the potatoes can fill you up pretty fast.

#82

Chit Chat / Re: What kind of meat (or chee...

Last post by scarface - August 16, 2025, 11:09 PM

Tonight, I'm going to show you another recipe.

Look carefully at the photos below.






For Shadow.97 and Maher, the thing in the first photo probably has a distinctive shape. They must be thinking that is a "boudin". Actually, it is a farm sausage, made of pure pork. In the second photo, you can see the sausage after it was cooked in a stockpot. You can also see some fingerlings potatoes. You may have noticed that the potatoes were topped with fines herbes for added flavor.
The guests of humbert and Vasudev would certainly appreciate such a dish.

#83

Chit Chat / Re: best clips

Last post by scarface - August 16, 2025, 11:05 PM

Tonight, new videos are available for the users of the forum.


The Indian Genius who died for maths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHRS_NOs24w



The Fuhrer needed a quiet place to implement his strategy, hence the decision to buy a house in the Bavarian Alps in 1933. His friends Himmler and Heydrich were regularly visiting the Fuhrer, to make sure that the plans envisioned for the Reich would go smoothly.
This videos tells the secrets of the Fuhrer's hidden stronghold known as the Berghof.
An exceptional documentary for the users of the forum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExpftM93_L4



When an Entire Lake Vanished Into the Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QWwGoY0hjI



How to Escape North Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1bHK6uii7o

#84

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Vasudev - August 14, 2025, 07:23 PM

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

For some reason it didn't work for me. I made 2 attempts - one from mounting the ISO with Windows and the other copying the files to another drive. In both instances I double click setup.exe - then it goes through the motions as usual. BUT when it reboots it goes into a continuous loop, i.e., just boots and boots again. In both instances I had to restore the whole thing from backup. What do you suppose is going on.

Scarface or anyone else -- do you have an copy of 24H2 that can upgrade 23H2 by mounting and double clicking setup.exe When upgrading this is the only time I've ever had this error.

Also: For some reason it prompts me to choose between Windows Home and Pro. I selected Pro. Could the error be there? Another thing: I didn't bother to disconnect from LAN, but given the fact that it did not boot after pressing setup.exe, I don't think that's what's causing it.

After unpacking the ISO to a folder rename unattended.xml to unattended.xml.old in my July ISO 24H2. I upgraded from 23H2 after multiple strange errors. Nvidia, Intel drivers should be updated to the ones that support 23H2/24H2.

#85

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by humbert - August 12, 2025, 05:07 AM

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

For some reason it didn't work for me. I made 2 attempts - one from mounting the ISO with Windows and the other copying the files to another drive. In both instances I double click setup.exe - then it goes through the motions as usual. BUT when it reboots it goes into a continuous loop, i.e., just boots and boots again. In both instances I had to restore the whole thing from backup. What do you suppose is going on.

Scarface or anyone else -- do you have an copy of 24H2 that can upgrade 23H2 by mounting and double clicking setup.exe When upgrading this is the only time I've ever had this error.

Also: For some reason it prompts me to choose between Windows Home and Pro. I selected Pro. Could the error be there? Another thing: I didn't bother to disconnect from LAN, but given the fact that it did not boot after pressing setup.exe, I don't think that's what's causing it.

#86

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Vasudev - August 10, 2025, 07:46 PM

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

I believe you posted the link somewhere. Give it to me again please.

Why did you disconnect from WiFi and Bluetooth? Does it refuse to install if WiFi and Btooth are active?

Yeah, I tried dynamic update that pulls latest patches & drivers but it failed with something went error after 20-25% multiple times.

Win 10 22H2 July 2025
Win 10 22H2 July 2025 SHA256 Hash
Win 11 24H2 July 2025
Win 11 24H2 July 2025 SHA256 Hash

EDIT: Links updated

#87

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by humbert - August 10, 2025, 04:24 AM

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

I believe you posted the link somewhere. Give it to me again please.

Why did you disconnect from WiFi and Bluetooth? Does it refuse to install if WiFi and Btooth are active?

#88

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Vasudev - August 05, 2025, 10:20 PM

Had very good success upgrading from 23H2 to 24H2 using my July ISO. I removed unattended.xml to force in-place upgrade through usual method i.e setup.exe to upgrade and keep all files and apps. Disconnected from Wifi, BT etc and it took 1.5 hrs on modern Ryzen 8840HS and connected all my peripherals including eGPU, keyboards, mouses, external SSDs/HDDs and all worked as expected.

#89

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by humbert - July 31, 2025, 04:45 AM

FF works well with mega.nz. Still, if you need IDM, it seems there is a method to use it:
https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-18831.html

Thanks for the tip. There is also an mega.nz Firefox addon. Can you use that instead of using their full app?

#90

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by scarface - July 30, 2025, 10:29 PM

I'm thinking this thig doesn't work on virtual machines, at least not VirtualBox. But I'm not dead in the water. When I go to the link you provide with Firefox, it will download. It's just that this time IDM won't come up. FF itself performs the download.

FF works well with mega.nz. Still, if you need IDM, it seems there is a method to use it:
https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-18831.html