[DISCUSSION] Windows 10 Enterprise (N) LTSC 2019

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by Tito, Feb 1, 2018.

    Hello all,

    New member here, although I have been lurking the forums for some time now. I just want to take the moment to thank all the hard workers for making this possible for everyone. I do plan on installing Windows 10 LTSC 2019 1809 soon on my PC, however I wanted to ask a few questions before I do so. I would like to disable and remove Cortana, Windows Search, and Windows Defender. Is this possible? Would their be drawbacks? Will the OS be unstable/buggy? Would it be best to just have them disabled instead of removed? Whats the best possible way to go about this, if there is a way? Should this be done before the install (modfying iso) or after the install? Many thanks again, and such a great community!
     
  1. Thomas Dubreuil

    Thomas Dubreuil MDL Senior Member

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    #2842 Thomas Dubreuil, Jan 19, 2019
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    Removing components is not recommended and can make your OS buggy after updates...You can easily disable Cortana and Defender in GPedit, I think this is the most recommended method.
    GPO is the way to go for most tweaking because it's reversible and "update resistant".

    By the way, LTSC doesn't have Cortana "Assistant", just the "Search" , and again, there are lots of settings in GPedit to prevent websearch etc.
    Then you can also disable search service in services.msc to prevent indexation.

    Welcome!

    ps: you can also have a look at this post (inside spoiler) to see every GPO related to search/cortana/defender that you can set under Windows Components/search and Windows Components/Windows Defender.
     
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  2. boyonthebus

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    I use EdgeDeflector, and Chromtana. When I highlight a word, and search with bing, it searches with google on Chrome.
     
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    #2845 shreker, Jan 19, 2019
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    Hello.

    Need to find correct ISO.

    I would like to upgrade my LTSB to LTSC, because there are many programs that need to be reinstalled with a clean installation.

    OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise N 2016 LTSB
    Version: 1607
    OS Build: 10.0.14393 Build 2759
    System type: x64

    Is there a suitable image?
     
  4. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    Enterprise 2019 LTSC 17763.1 ISO has N editions available.
     
  5. shreker

    shreker MDL Novice

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    #2848 shreker, Jan 19, 2019
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    But it's bugged, isn't it?

    Is there any way to convert it to the latest release *.107 (*.253)?
     
  6. s1ave77

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    LTSC N didn't get a refresh ISO hence you'll need to create one yourself using for instance W10UI by @abbodi1406.
     
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    shreker MDL Novice

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    #2850 shreker, Jan 19, 2019
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    Got it. Thank you.

    I still doubt whether this will cure the bug or not ...
    KB4480979
    KB4480116 +
    KB4480056 +
    KB4470788 +
    KB4465065 +

    Also, what if i will place updated install.wim from *.1 to *.107 ISO?
     
  8. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    If you mean, the bug that could cause deletion of personal files in specific upgrade scenarios, that was fixed at build 17763.55 (By CU). So, every build more current than 17763.55 doesn't have the bug.

    When you offline update the 17763.1 iso, using W10UI, as @s1ave77 posted, with the current SSU, Flash, CU for dotnetfx and the normal CU, you will have an iso of build .253 (by public CU) or .292 by IP Release Preview CU).
     
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  11. Krager

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    LTSC still has the search function, but Cortana is not involved. I'm using LTSC 2019 and I've been removing unwanted components, defender, search, etc, with MSMG Toolkit. Works on the install.wim image prior to installation. No problems yet. I don't known anything about nlite, I use MSMG Toolkit because you can just throw the ToolKitHelper.exe binary into a script for automating the process of building an image.
     
  12. capjack

    capjack MDL Novice

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    So nobody has any idea how to make most games or DX 11 work on LTSC huh?
     
  13. Carlos Detweiller

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    AFAIK it was already fixed with the 17763.17 update. My created ISOs are 17763.17 ones. The CU 17763.55 was just more popular and released shortly after (.17 was emergency hotfix).
     
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    scaramonga MDL Senior Member

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    Yeah, install Steam, look in your library, choose a game, play.
     
  17. Krager

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    #2860 Krager, Jan 20, 2019
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    I'm not a big gamer, but I do have a few games I play here and there. I've got some old DX9 games working fine on LTSC. I even have one from 2004 that works fine. The DX12 stuff seems to work fine as well, benchmark scores are in line with my hardware. Don't have anything DX11 by happenstance so can't comment on that, don't know of any issues anyway.

    If anything games seem to work better on LTSC lacking the game bar. Going a step further and removing all the gaming stuff with the toolkit is even better. Games are happier without that stuff intruding.