1. Demoxing

    Demoxing MDL Novice

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    I own a Windows 10 Pro license, but it doesn't seem to work in LTSC 2021. Is there a safe way to activate it? I appreciate any help you can provide.
     
  2. Pl use kms vl all by abbodi1406 to activate LTSC . no any PRO sku PID is needed .
     
  3. dorfd1

    dorfd1 MDL Senior Member

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    if you switch to Iot Enterprise LTSC you can hwid activtae it. I HWID activated mine.

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  4. xinso

    xinso MDL Guru

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    #2804 xinso, Nov 27, 2022
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    You love your 19045 permanently activated EnterpriseS. How about a reboot after C:\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\tokens.dat being deleted?
     
  5. boo123

    boo123 MDL Member

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    Windows 10 enterprise IOT enterprise LTSC 2021 has /sfc scannow errors on clean, untouched source image. Is there another source image with no pre integrated updates or that does not result in /sfc scannow errosrs?
     
  6. xinso

    xinso MDL Guru

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    #2806 xinso, Nov 27, 2022
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    I haven't seen one, no matter official or constructed or reconstructed. To me, any image that is accepted by CUs is good.
     
  7. dorfd1

    dorfd1 MDL Senior Member

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    My image is excepted by CU even though i copied over the oem license certificate and installed 22h2 EP
     
  8. dorfd1

    dorfd1 MDL Senior Member

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    #2808 dorfd1, Nov 27, 2022
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    Deleting toakens.dat removed my activation for EnterpriseS

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    I switched to IoT Enteprise LTSC

    deleting tokens,dat on a valid system does not remove activation
     
  9. Serj555

    Serj555 MDL Novice

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    #2809 Serj555, Dec 2, 2022
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    Hello, could you share details on installing photo viewer app?
    I want to have some photo viewer app available but don't like the idea of cluttering the nice and clean LTSC with extra packages.

    I checked store.rg-adguard.net and find out we probably need some dependency packages like Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework, Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime, etc. in order to install Microsoft.Windows.Photos app. Is it right?
    Is it true that some of those packages may already be pre-installed in LTSC (in WinSxS folder?) so that we can just use them. Which ones do we really need?
    VCLibs is probably somehow installed and enabled after LCU, because Win+Shift+S started to work after LCU get installed. So probably some packages are already there.
    OR
    any other simple photo viewer app to not mess with those packages at all.

    Lots of guru here on this forum! And nice thread BTW! I would also like to hear the opinion of others about that UWP "Photos" app.

    PS: The goal is to just prepare golden image to be run under VM. OSOT will be applied there later. But I believe having photo viewer available is a base thing nowadays (I know about Paint, but it's a pain to zoom out every time).
     
  10. sphinxios

    sphinxios MDL Novice

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    #2810 sphinxios, Dec 3, 2022
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    why force yourself to install "photo viewer" when there is a free viewer called irfanview both in setup version and portable with extra plugins without all the extra necessities
     
  11. dorfd1

    dorfd1 MDL Senior Member

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    you can also install it via the microsoft store. I have both microsoft photos and infranview
     
  12. sphinxios

    sphinxios MDL Novice

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    why do it from the microsoft store and have the hassle to install that as well download the portable and put in a folder and when one doesnt want it anymore just delete the folder
    but one can use a setup as well but if one wants no need for M-Store simply try it and see if it suits the needs then no need for the other one if its not then go for the hassle
     
  13. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Why not simply run normal Enterprise and have all available out of the box?
     
  14. summersuns

    summersuns MDL Member

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    Hi there. I'm afraid I'm not going to be much use to you as I took no notes and have now forgotten completely what worked for me in the end. Yes you do have to have the dependency packages you listed.
    I think I finally installed the Microsoft DesktopAppInstaller from rg-adguard to conduct easy installs of bundle. I was unable to download anything from the Microsoft Store. Not available for my version of Windows.
    I didn't want photos, per se, but I was a way to get the Video Editor. For viewing images I use Irfanview which someone has already recommended. Best wishes...
     
  15. dorfd1

    dorfd1 MDL Senior Member

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    you can install the Microsoft Store. Just run Wsreset -i. Then you can install microsot photos
     
  16. ohenry

    ohenry MDL Senior Member

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    +1 for IrfanView. I have been using it for years, no problems.
     
  17. tosgaba

    tosgaba MDL Junior Member

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    ImageGlass is also a fast and lightweight program. Have been using it since afew years. No need for cumbersome microsoft photos.
     
  18. dorfd1

    dorfd1 MDL Senior Member

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    I use infranview
     
  19. Edward Carlo

    Edward Carlo MDL Novice

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    First time installing Windows. I downloaded the iot version but I cannot progress further because it says it's missing drivers. Also, I looked at the install.wim file inside the ISO (the tutorial I was watching specified it) but it isn't present inside the ISO. Could that be the reason for the missing drivers during installation?
     
  20. Asvthama

    Asvthama MDL Novice

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    FastStone is the amazing with its batch processing and editing capabilities and also is extremely light weight