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10LTSC + Office 2016 + open shell is the peak windows experience. 2016 was the last year you could autosave documents locally, then fucking OneDrive. Grab an

10LTSC + Office 2016 + open shell is the peak windows experience. 2016 was the last year you could autosave documents locally, then fucking OneDrive. Grab an ISO from Massgrave, write using Rufus and two scripts later your fully tweaked. irm https://get.activated.win https://get.activated.win | iex iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win https://christitus.com/win | iex

gbraad 1y ago
using a disk image and some scripts from the web seem like a bad practice to get something 'secure' up and running. Note: never used massgrave. Just doesn't sound trustworthy from the name. If you can, download from msdn directly.
- papascrubs 1y ago
  Massgrave ISOs actually download from Microsoft. It's just a small wrapper app that links you to the correct version. Microsoft also provides hashes, so it's pretty easy to validate that you're getting a legitimate ISO. No comment on the other scripts. Although the source is available...
- LocalH 1y ago
  massgrave is assuredly safe. microsoft has even been caught telling customers to use it during support tickets.
- hulitu 1y ago
  > using a disk image and some scripts from the web seem like a bad practice to get something 'secure' up and running. > If you can, download from msdn directly. Using anything from Microsoft "seem like a bad practice to get something 'secure' up and running. "
rkagerer 1y ago
Win7 + Office 2003 for me (pre-ribbon, thanks)
- theothertimcook 1y ago
  Agreed, but risk to reward is off for me, potentially risky running old software.
  - lproven 1y ago
    It depends entirely on what it is and what it does. I would certainly not recommend using Outlook 2003 in 202x, but then, I would not recommend running Outlook, full stop. But using Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2003 today, on local files? Yes, that is pretty safe on an updated and secured PC. First, you must install Office 2003 SP3: https://archive.org/details/OFFICE_2003_SP3_INST https://archive.org/details/OFFICE_2003_SP3_INST Then you are fairly safe. It is very noticeable that if you install the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats" – still available on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/file-format-converters_202107 https://archive.org/details/file-format-converters_202107 ... then this installs a lot of extra stuff, and that means the PC suddenly needs lots of extra security updates. So if you don't need it, don't install it. Me, I use Word 2003 and nothing else. All my other needs are served perfectly well by LibreOffice Calc, Impress, etc.

gbraad 1y ago

using a disk image and some scripts from the web seem like a bad practice to get something 'secure' up and running. Note: never used massgrave. Just doesn't sound trustworthy from the name. If you can, download from msdn directly.

papascrubs 1y ago
Massgrave ISOs actually download from Microsoft. It's just a small wrapper app that links you to the correct version. Microsoft also provides hashes, so it's pretty easy to validate that you're getting a legitimate ISO. No comment on the other scripts. Although the source is available...
LocalH 1y ago
massgrave is assuredly safe. microsoft has even been caught telling customers to use it during support tickets.
hulitu 1y ago
> using a disk image and some scripts from the web seem like a bad practice to get something 'secure' up and running. > If you can, download from msdn directly. Using anything from Microsoft "seem like a bad practice to get something 'secure' up and running. "

rkagerer 1y ago

Win7 + Office 2003 for me (pre-ribbon, thanks)

theothertimcook 1y ago
Agreed, but risk to reward is off for me, potentially risky running old software.
- lproven 1y ago
  It depends entirely on what it is and what it does. I would certainly not recommend using Outlook 2003 in 202x, but then, I would not recommend running Outlook, full stop. But using Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2003 today, on local files? Yes, that is pretty safe on an updated and secured PC. First, you must install Office 2003 SP3: https://archive.org/details/OFFICE_2003_SP3_INST https://archive.org/details/OFFICE_2003_SP3_INST Then you are fairly safe. It is very noticeable that if you install the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats" – still available on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/file-format-converters_202107 https://archive.org/details/file-format-converters_202107 ... then this installs a lot of extra stuff, and that means the PC suddenly needs lots of extra security updates. So if you don't need it, don't install it. Me, I use Word 2003 and nothing else. All my other needs are served perfectly well by LibreOffice Calc, Impress, etc.