If your pirating which for end users is the only way to get LTSC, just run Windows Server.
It’s cleaner than LTSC.
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11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Na there are a bunch of caveats and different types of Windows 10/11 Enterprise and specifically IoT Enterprise.
Go back to their wiki pages cuz you are guna have to re-do the activation process and should nake sure you are setting it up per the provided instructions. Ive had windows 11 Enterprise IoT running for over a year now and its the best exclusive to Windows/Microsoft decision I ever made.
Microsoft makes a relatively great product in its Enterprise line, stripping most of the spy/bloatware out and allowing simple user configuration settings changes to kill the rest, plus all the advertised tools/software that only comes with an Enterprise shit.
Then they strip all the useful tools out, facefuck as much bloatware as they can jizz into your PC while buttfucking even more spyware into your PC raw dog style with so much breaking of everything with every fuckin update they release.
Im sorry I forgot what this conversation was about buuuuutttt fuck Windows in their fucking fuckhole is the TLDR
If your pirating which for end users is the only way to get LTSC, just run Windows Server.
It’s cleaner than LTSC.
No, dont run server. Many programs will not allow to be installed on it without getting enterprise versions of the software. Also gaming on it can have many limitations.
Many programs will not allow to be installed on it
I run server and have never seen that. Could you give an example?
Also gaming on it can have many limitations.
There are no limitations. The scheduler doesn’t prioritize foreground tasks over background tasks. In my experience that makes it smoother. If you want it to multitask like desktop, it’s a registry setting.
I run server and have never seen that. Could you give an example?
a example i know right of my head is ESET. it will force you to get their enterprise version. at least they used to do so.
Can you elaborate on how it’s cleaner?
xbox gamebar isn’t preinstalled. Onedrive backup and bing search bar isn’t preinstalled.
Didn’t know they were present on the latest IoT LTSC
Not disagreeing but this isnt a form of pirating. They didnt break shit, they didnt hack shit and they didnt exploit shit. Microsoft built their entire DRM software in a way that was able to be recerse engineered.
Again, not contradicting anything you recommended. I just wanted to point this out because I cant encourage this option enough for anyone forced into putting up with Windows. You are actually uaing the same activation codes that microsoft themselves generate and distribute to their customers.
I can confirm it works for Windows 10, 11, for any iteration of 23h or 24h, all Office applications, both individually and packaged, visual studio, and I wanna say Adobe but that one im not 100% on.
Circumventing DRM by any means, whether that’s by modifying it so it doesn’t work or just clicking buttons that the DRM provider doesn’t want you to click, is legally considered piracy in most of the world. If you didn’t get the activation code from Microsoft (or someone Microsoft authorised to give it to you), it’s pirated.
Id disagree. Its not my responsibility to close all their doors that are accessible to the public. Microsoft provided all the tools to use their software without their involvement. As a US citizen, I’m liable for my own negligence and/or ignorance. Corporations are pegally protected under corporate personhood so the same liabilities affect them too.
Microsoft built their entire DRM software in a way that was able to be recerse engineered.
Downloading movies you haven’t paid for is also piracy even if there’s no drm. Microsoft doesn’t need to put any copy protection for it still to be piracy.
Piracy has nothing to do with copy protection.
And it’s beside the point. Using LTSC that you didn’t paid for is the same as using Windows Server that you didn’t pay for. So why not use Server which is better than LTSC?
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yup. This is Win 10 IoT LTSC 21H2. Which should have updates all the way to January 13, 2032, if I’m not wrong. The HWID license is activated and attached to the VM. But…I’m getting a warning in Windows Update today.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah but there were methods for activating it with a trial activation code that only lasted a year I think, a method for activating ut offline permanently, and also a method for activating it using an annual reactivating activation code that, again *******was set it and forget it for as long as windows 11 enterprise will be supported
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes. It’s a permanent HWID license, associated to the hardware. No renewal needed, and it’s permanently associated to the hardware ID. If I reinstall the OS on the VM, it will reactivate without asking. And yet.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, not to be a dick but, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and expires after the year like the trial activation method… it must be a free trial duck lol. /s
Aka im all out of ideas or recommendations.