In case you want to download genuine Windows ISOs you can use <a href="https://tb.rg-adguard.net" rel="nofollow">https://tb.rg-adguard.net</a>. It's a simple website that uses some sort of MS API to generate download links (directly from Microsoft servers). AFAIK MS does not publish checksums of their ISOs anymore, which means you have to rely on trusted sources to compare hashes, but at least it is a download directly from MS servers instread of some random torrent.
Seems the problem has already been fixed by changing some HTTP headers: <a href="https://github.com/pbatard/Fido/pull/42" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/pbatard/Fido/pull/42</a>
To be fair, Rufus is circumventing Microsoft's download methods. It would be nice if they were more open but it's not like these aren't available from official sources:<p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO" rel="nofollow">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10I...</a><p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11" rel="nofollow">https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11</a>
This will just push people to get their ISOs from other, less reputable, sources. Truth is only a minority verifies the hashs of their ISO. What Rufus should do is compile a list of known hashes for every untouched Windows release and then warn the user if they attempt to flash a tainted ISO.
It's funny because during the windows 11 insider period, Microsoft had official documentation that told the user to use Rufus (though the screenshots matched the really old version 2)
If you want to skip the creation tool from Microsoft's official download website, just change your browsers User agent to Android and it will prompt you to download the ISO directly.
I just use this:<p><a href="https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php" rel="nofollow">https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php</a>
I recently discovered this tool <a href="https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html</a> and really like it. Essentially you just copy your iso files to the usb, and then on boot it gives you a menu to choose between them.
Infuriating. Especially as I've had to use specific old ISOs to work around MS bugs.<p>Dragging a specific legacy system up to current required an early version of 10 (version around 1707 I think? Maybe 19xx?). It would just silently fail to upgrade with a meaningless error on the current one.
Just talk to Rufus to time travel in a phone booth to the Year 1990 and warn everyone to not use Windows or trust a man called Bill Gates. Have an excellent adventure while doing so. Problem solved.