Hello, Just to ask, this is the latest LTSC system or Win11 has a LTSC version as well? Or how can I update from this?
Okay, so the problem with wsappx eating the CPU was indeed that VCLibs were missing. This issue arose when trying to open the clipboard history (Win + V), which is a program that requires those libs. LTSC 2019 has those libs by the way, only LTSC 2021 is missing them. Go figure.. Problem is - I installed the official VCLibs from Microsoft, using these links: aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Desktop.appx Do not do that! Here is how to get the proper VCLibs: 1. Go to store.rg-adguard.net 2. On the left choose PackageFamilyName instead of URL (link) 3. Enter this text: microsoft.vclibs.140.00_8wekyb3d8bbwe 4. Click the button on the right 5. Download the appropriate .appx packages for x86 and x64 Alternatively there is an older version in web archive: archive.org/download/microsoft.vclibs.140.00-14.0.29231.0-8wekyb3d8bbwe.appx You can install them by calling this command from PowerShell (in the directory where those .appx files are located): Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.VCLibs*
That link lands on a preview version . The retail version is the same as the one on the microsoft web site .
You can upgrade from LTSC 2019 to 2021, yes, but please note that LTSC 2021 needs new keys. Licenses and keys are incompatible, EXCEPT for the KMS keys, they are the same as for 2019.
Can I upgrade without loosing documents? Please share the link for downloading latest LTSC and activating tool. Thanks.
Well it turns out you followed the wrong instructions - who suggested to install the desktop appx files? Instructions in this thread mentioned grabbing the vclibs packages from the store via store.rg-adguard.net.
I guess the majority of people here who use LTSC don't want the MS Store to get installed, then the only correct way is to install the VCLibs manually via PowerShell.
As being said, download link is in the first post. As for activation, either use a KMS solution (like KMS_VL_ALL) for activating LTSC, or you can search for "massgravel Github" and use the version 1.5 of the MAS script. Note that HwID activation converts Enterprise 2021 LTSC into IoTEnterprise 2021 LTSC. No problem, they are functionally identical, just different licensing (and IoT has 10 years of support vs. non-IoT having only 5).
Indeed, "instructions" in this thread say to get it from that website. But it doesn't tell you how to do it. Am I suppose to know or somehow infer that in order to get them I need to input microsoft.vclibs.140.00_8wekyb3d8bbwe? Like, is this suppose to be obvious to anybody? The obvious thing is to try to find them in google, which I did, and considering the packages have the same name and they are from official Microsoft website, it should have worked. But apparently those packages are completely different from the ones on store.rg-adguard.net.
On the right hand side of that screen theres ' RP ' and an arrow downwards next to it . RP = release preview ? If you press it the others are slow ring ? fast ring ? and retail . The retail version there is the same as the one on the microsoft web site ............ thats where that page grabs it from