Enthousiast, thank you for everything you've done here. I've read all 53 pages (eyes burning, lol!). Do you have a recommendation on the 'best' LTSC 2021 IoT HWID activator? KMS_VL_ALL was amazing for regular enterprise LTSC 2021
Afaik, KMS activation will turn IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC into normal Enterprise 2021 LTSC, but HWID or KMS38 should work (check my sig).
while officially not supported, it is possible. you have to change the EditionID to EnterpriseS in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion, then you can perform an in-place upgrade to LTSC. -andy-
the M$ trainees failed big time on this inconsistent pile of lousy code. a build is not a build anymore https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-39#post-1707347 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-39#post-1707350 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-41#post-1707492 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-41#post-1707508 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-43#post-1707668 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-44#post-1707765 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-46#post-1707953 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-46#post-1707969 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-47#post-1708037 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...rprise-n-ltsc-2021.84509/page-48#post-1708165
You are correct. These are not actual "builds", they are essentially "service packs". 1904{2,3,4} do not introduce new base files. They're all based on 19041 files. This means 19041 and the rest are effectively the same build ("build" as in "software build"), because all their updates and components rely on the same base (19041.1). I fail to see how that is a "problem" or a "bug" or really anything though..
@awuctl feel free to read the already posted infos, or search the web. there exist functions/features now rendered useless ...
I read them and you seem to be very confused by something completely normal. And now you're talking about "features" (whatever that's supposed to mean) without any explanation (screenshots, write ups, packages, […] or really anything) for what you said. The only thing you mention in those posts is how "19041" instead of "19044" (or any other build with EPs) is a bug, when it absolutely isn't. You're the person that's confused about build numbers, not me. Explain what you mean or stop bothering people with your non-problem.
I'll assume this is what you mean.. shell32.dll's CDesktopWatermark::s_GetProductBuildString function (this actually fetches the build to draw for PaintDesktopVersion), uses the following registry key: Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\BuildLab This is as close to what you would call the "software build" as it gets. This is the designation of the build artifacts that Microsoft actually compiled. Those (ie. 19041 RTM's build artifacts) happen to be the same for 19041, 19042, 19043 and 19044. Builds 19042, 19043 and 19044 weren't rebuilt from scratch (as any new build's RTM is); they build upon (get it?) the build artifacts of 19041. Edit (about winver): winver uses shell32.dll's ShellAboutW (which is public) and that gets the entire version from: Code: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentBuild HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DisplayVersion HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ReleaseId (for pre xxHx version naming) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\UBR This build has nothing to do with the build artifacts used for it.
@awuctl this is fun these M$ trainees wrecked the PaintDesktopVersion [call it: feature or function or tweak or gadget or whatever] i hope ur not employed by M$ and forced to call it normal i wrote several times that for my use case it: worked until BUiLD 17763 as intended and expected [from w2k to win1809 (maybe later, i do not play on the SAC though)] is still working on BUiLD 20348 as intended and expected [from server2k to server2022] only very few know that or even use that function! i guess not even 1% of those posted here regarding my confirmation request. which btw was solved because a build is not a build anymore! hence the PaintDesktopVersion is rendered useless 'artifacts'; nice description/definition, ty for the additional confirmation