Engineer Faunce

It's a part of the Pixel launcher, which is exclusive to Pixel phones.

I plugged a 4 pin floppy connector into a CD aux connector on a sound card when I was quite young. The blue smoke that made the sound card work escaped.

So AMD's new graphics cards are here, and they are pretty sick... But what's even more sick than hearing about a new graphics card? Owning one for yourself!

Aw yeah man, we are giving away one Polaris 10 video card and one Polaris 11 video card thanks to our good friends over at AMD.
 
So, how do you enter to win one of these fine graphics cards?
 
1. Post a comment below telling us what graphics card you're using in your rig and why you want an upgrade to AMD's Polaris lineup. The two winners will be selected at random, so no, the content of your comment doesn't REALLY matter, but this is more fun than seeing 800 posts of "I want it" or "gibe nao pls." One comment (entry) per user.
 
2. Check back here in about a week when the names of our two winners will be added to the OP (giveaway execution is an art not a science people, so I apologize in advance if winners aren't announced in exactly one week).
 
3. Check your inbox here on the forum to make sure you didn't miss it. Our winners' usernames will be added to the OP here, so if you have any question about the legitimacy of a congratulatory message regarding this giveaway, please be sure to check back here and see if your name has been added.
 
And, while this isn't a requirement, feel free to give our friends over at @AMDRadeon on Twitter a follow.
 
Winners will be PMed from this account on the forum. Please do not consider winner messages from any other user in regards to this giveaway.
 
This giveaway is worldwide with no age restriction.
 
Best of luck to all!!
 
EDIT: Winners
 
Polaris 10 winner: Alright, SOMEONE needs to take this GPU!  Let's see if @UltraNeonGaming wants it  you have 72 hours to respond @Herb12 UPDATE: New winner for Polaris 10 is
 
Polaris 11 winner: @OnlyNeedJuan
 
Congrats to our winners! They have 72 hours to respond. If we don't hear back in that time, a new winner (or new winners) will be selected.

Then i need to be arrested and sentenced to life.

"1ms response time" doesn't really mean much.
There's no way you'll be able to tell the difference between a "1ms" and "10ms" monitor.
There are a number of other factors at play.
Buy a good, well reviewed monitor rather than one with an advertised "1ms" response time.
144Hz will give you a better gaming experience if your graphics card can push over 60 fps.
Hope this helps

Preface
 
To start off what is a system image? Simply put a system image, from now on I will only refer to it as an image, is a snapshot of your system. By default it only includes the volumes/partitions needed for the operating system to run. Everyone who has ever had to do a clean install of Windows understands the pain of having to redownload and reinstall your programs, reconfigure your settings, have to redo any personalizations that you made to your OS. Hopefully by creating this guide, I will be able to save some headaches. Of course seeing as I like to get ahead of myself quite often, just point something out if it seems unclear.
 
 
This is going to be beginner guide and as such will not delve into the more advanced options of creating a custom image. Keep in mind that there are a few requirements going into this.
 
 
1. You will need a spare USB drive that is at least 4GB in size or use a DVD.
 
2. You will be required to do a clean slate install first, if you have knowledge you can do this all in VMs though I will not cover them nor will I give support about VMs.
 
3. You will need a regular Windows 10 .iso image from Microsoft to do the initial clean install.
 
4. You will need a second PC to perform some steps unless you prepare ahead of time. Having more than one USB or DVD makes this much easier but is not required.
 
 
 
Step One
 
This step is going to be completely about preparation. 
 
 
1. Go to this link and download the Windows 10 Media Creation tool.  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/
 
2. Run the tool and select 'Create installation media for another PC.
 
3. Choose the edition you are going to use.
 
4. Continue following the prompts given in the tool to make a bootable USB or DVD.
 
Congratulations, you now have a bootbable media to continue on with the next step.
 
 
Step Two
 
Now comes the part where we make our first clean install of Windows. Follow my instructions exactly or you will go too far in the install process and have to start over.
 
 
1. Restart your PC and enter the boot menu. This is typically done by pressing a specific key during post, usually F2, F12, Delete, or Esc.
 
2. Select the USB or DVD you just made to boot from. 
 
3. Your PC will now boot from the media, once prompt appears click 'Install Windows.'
 
4. You may need to enter your licence key again unless you have already activated Windows 10 on your PC.
 
5. Accept the licence terms.
 
6. Now you will want to make a custom install. I suggest deleting all existing partitions. Then select the unallocated space and press 'Next.' This will create the default partitions which is fine for our needs.
 
7. Here is where the files will be copied over and installed. Wait for it to finish and then it will reboot automatically.
 
8. Now that your system has rebooted, you will need to select a network or you can just skip this step.
 
9. **STOP** Do NOT click anything here. Instead press Ctrl+Shift+F3. This will boot you into the built-in administrator, also known as the default profile or audit mode.
 

 
 
 
Step Three
 
Once you are to the desktop, you will see a box that says System Preparation Tool. You can just click the X or cancel to close it as we will not be using this.
 
Now you can customize Windows to your heart's content. Any application, personalization, or setting you select will carry over to your custom image. The only cannot be carried over are items pinned to the Taskbar and Start Menu as well as changes made to the Start Menu and Start Screen.
 
As I've said, set everything up as you would normally. This includes Windows Update, drivers, applications, wallpapers, really everything. Keep in mind that Windows MUST be activated for personalizations to be made. Another important detail is that Edge does not work in Audit Mode, you will have to use Internet Explorer. Another thing to note that every user you create on your system once you are finished with this guide will have these personalizations so if you share your PC, I would suggest not going over the top with customizations.
 
 
Step Four
 
Here is where the fun starts, or at least the more advanced part that most users will not know much about. You will need to create what is known as an Answer File. Typically these files can get a bit complex since this guide technically is about an enterprise feature. However, I already have a simple file content for you prepared.
 
1. Make sure your USB or disc is still inserted and recognized by the system.
 
2. Open Notepad and copy paste this code into Notepad.
 
 
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:X:/sources/install.wim#Windows 10 Pro" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
 
 
 
3. If your OS is 64-bit, keep the highlighted "amd64" as it is. If your OS is 32-bit, change "amd64" to "x86".
 
4. In this part ---> wim:X:/sources/install.wim#Windows 10 Pro 
 
Change the location of the Windows 10 install media. In this example the media is on drive X:
 
Depending on your edition of Windows 10, you will need to change "Pro" to the appropriate edition that your license is for. It will either be Home, Pro, Education, or Enterprise.
 
5. Save your .xml file like so on your spare drive (really any drive as long as it's not the C drive): 

 
 
Part Five
 
One issue, or rather an inconvenience, this method has that your "last used folder" and "recent files" will carry over to every new profile that is created. To get around this we need to make a batch file.
 
1. Go to this exact location, you can just copy and paste into explorer, and create a batch file. You can name it something like RunOneTime.bat. 
 
%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
 
 
2. The contents of the batch file should be this: 
echo Y | del %appdata%\microsoft\windows\recent\automaticdestinations\* del %0 3. This batch file is saved the default profile's automatic start folder and will be ran as soon as any new profiles are created.
 
 
 
Part Six
 
Now we will use the Sysprep tool built into Windows to get our image ready. 
 
1. Make sure ALL open programs are closed.
 
2. Open a command prompt with admin privileges.
 
3. Enter the command to get to correct directory.
cd sysprep 4. There is a specific Windows Media Player service that can cause the sysprep tool to fail. Let's stop that now. Enter the command: 
net stop wmpnetworksvc 5. Now we will enter the command to run the sysprep tool.
sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:E:\customize.xml sysprep.exe is the tool. /generalize gets rid of hardware information associated with system. /oobe will make the Windows setup start the next you boot the PC to finish installation. /shutdown will make the PC shutdown after the tool is done running. You can also use /reboot and /quit (/quit won't shut the PC down and will keep you in Audit Mode). /unattend:E:customize.xml You will need to change "E" to the appropate driver letter of your USB (or other drive). If you named your answer file something other than customize.xml, you will also need to change that. 6. Let the tool run and don't open anything.
 
7. DO NOT BOOT THE PC INTO THE WINDOWS INSTALLER!
 
 
Part Seven
 
Now comes the step where we actually make the image of the system so that we can store it for later use. We will make use of a WinPE .iso image that comes preinstalled with Macrium Reflect, a free imaging software. This is also where your second PC will come in handy.
 
1. Download the .iso here https://onedrive.live.com/?id=475A0A48CA6D4035!1812&cid=475A0A48CA6D4035
 
2. Make a bootable USB using the download .iso with a program such as Rufus or Universal USB Installer.
 
3. Follow these images (note I didn't make these myself and will include the appropriate source). Open the spoilers.
4. Remove the USB from your PC.
 
 
Part Eight
 
Finally we are on the last step which also happens to be easiest. Turn on your PC and complete the Windows Installation. Once finished you will notice that everything you customized beforehand will still be there. Enjoy!
 
 
Notes
 
I'm a Network Administrator for a school and we have been working on deploying Windows 10 Education to every machine in the building. It kind of inspired me to make this guide, which also happens to be my first guide on LTT. Yay!
 
Another thing to keep in mind is that I didn't do this on my personal machine as I was making the guide as that would have taken me a lot more time to create this as well as the fact that I need to it up and running 24/7. Due to this,  I made this off of memory as well as using online guides as a reference as well as some of the methods such as the actual imaging. At work we use WDS for imaging directly to and from a server but I had to use something much simpler for this. Hence the Macrium. I also apologize for some of the bad formatting when it comes to the numbered steps, I looked worse before but this is what we are going with.
 
Sources of info and pictures:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3020-windows-10-image-customize-audit-mode-sysprep.html
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2110-default-user-profile-customize-windows-10-a.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73828-imaging-free-macrium.html