[DISCUSSION] Windows CPC / WNC / Cloud PC

I had my go with Windows CPC and I have some results that may be interesting:

I got some installers running. Inno Setup-based installers have required only "shfolder.dll" for now. Apart from that, the programs were successfully installed, but couldn't start:

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You can't launch many of them via the command line either (they don't do anything), so I had to become creative. "nxtshelllauncher" launches "nxtoobe.exe" in "nxtoobe", so I tried doing a symlink to the programs I wanted to start. I got them to (try to) open, but it's apparent how slimmed down this OS is. .NET Framework applications simply refuse to run, even after manually putting the assemblies, folders, and registry keys. I also tried installing .NET 4.8, but Setup closed when arriving at the splash screen:

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I also tried putting Windows PowerShell. It complained about ATL.dll and mscoree.dll being missing when using the symlink method, but it would not start as well even after putting them. I was only able to run .NET Core-based self-contained applications successfully, without symlinks:

The .NET Core-based self-contained application in question, plus the symlink of "nxtoobe.exe" to RetroZilla failing to start
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Finally, I was able to bypass BitLocker drive encryption:

This tool still exists in Windows CPC. You could, in theory, turn off drive encryption from here
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I hope that these findings have been interesting

 

Interesting alright. I keep getting a 1223 error whenever i try to run anything, any option around that? Also, curious if it's possible to install a regular iso on WinCPC and the Hub, or are they limited to these specific isos.

 

Ok, maybe I'll try clover bootloader or something to run it on a class 3 system then

 

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So what's the method to get WNC to take frameworks and sdks, as well as a desktop, while not simply converting another edition to wnc? A script to add the packages and stuff would rock.

 

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ISO - Windows CPC (26100.3775) X64 English Mediafire 5,13Gb
has not been verified.

credit: Lyraull on X

 

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You can't test if it is MSFT released ISO, if the ISO is from UUP files then it will have it's own unique SHA.

And official MSFT ISOs usually are not named like this ISO is.

 

I don't have a premium account to download it.
If this seems a bit fishy, I'll just delete the link.

 

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