Software Update: Rufus 3.19

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Version 3.19 of Rufus has been released. Rufus is a Windows program that can be used to create self-starting USB sticks. Useful, for example, to install an operating system, which is faster from a USB stick than from a CD or DVD, to update the bios or to access a system that no longer wants to start. There are a large number of tools that can do this, but Rufus claims to be one of the fastest of its kind. In this release, among other things, the ability to modify the Windows 11 installation process to bypass the need for Secure Boot, TPM and creating a Microsoft account has been added. The complete changelog looks like this:

Changes in version 3.19:

  • Add a new selection dialog for Windows 11 setup customization:
    • Secure Boot and TPM bypass have now been moved to this dialog
    • Also allows to bypass the mandatory requirement for a Microsoft account on Windows 11 22H2. (NB: Network MUST be temporarily disabled for the local account creation to be proposed)
    • Also add an option to skip all collection questions (Sets all answers to “Don’t allow”)
    • Also add an option for setting internal drives offline for Windows To Go

    Note: These customization options are only shown when using a Windows 11 image.

  • Add support for distros using a nonstandard GRUB 2.0 prefix directory (openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
  • Add the ability to ignore USBs (See here
  • Change drive listing to always list in increasing order of size
  • Update exceptions needed by Red Hat and derivatives for the 9.x releases
  • Update UEFI:NTFS drivers to latest
  • Reassign a letter for drives written in DD mode that don’t have an ESP (eg CoreELEC)
  • Fix Windows refusing to mount Linux MBR partitions on FIXED drives
  • Fix support for multiextent files when Joliet is in use

Version number 3.19
Release status Final
Operating systems Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
Website Rufus
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file size

1.33MB

License type GPL
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