Think the best you can get without scarring operating system is to forbid it from loading. In group policy >> software restriction policies add custom rule for path where cortana is located.
I have updated my post with a newly modified Optimize Offline script. I successfully tested applying a slightly modified Optimize Offline script to work with LTSC 2019 https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...terprise-ltsc-2019.76325/page-12#post-1464527 All credit to @GodHand for making this available on GitHub,
I thought removing "Cortana" will break Windows Search entirely, isn't it better to leave it alone and just disable later in GPO? Cortana on LTSB 2016 is just Windows Search renamed, i think it's the same on LTSC 2019.
You are, I believe, correct. [Edit - insights after MS released LTSC 2019] I now understand that the minimal Cortana search feature left over in the LTS versions doesn't use any memory while it is idle and releases any memory it needed to function as soon as you're done using it. The memory usage wasn't being reported correctly by the RS1-RS4 versions of Windows. My old mis-guided thinking .... I use different tools for search so I never use the residual Cortana windows search tool. I install LTSB 2016 on very old computers, so the remnant of Cortana called SearchUI.exe uses far more resources than necessary to do a simple search job. On my beast machine with 32GB, I don't care, but on an crappy office computer with a 3GB restriction--no way do I want to gift "SearchUI.ex" with 30MB of continuous RAM usage. On a side note, the "crappy" office computer with a 3GB restriction runs beautifully on LTSB 2016!
I know it is (very) early days, but did somebody test adding Store to LTSC 2019? It is nice not to have it, but also it is sometimes required to have it sebus
very clean after install without doing anything, just a few tweaks and runs quite well. hard to compare yet with 2016 version, still testing...... my list of disabled services: (run with NSudo System with all privileges enabled) Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Services Startup Configuration Backup 4/09/2018 3:10:37 AM [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AJRouter] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AppVClient] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AppXSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CertPropSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CscService] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\diagnosticshub.standardcollector.service] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\dmwappushservice] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DoSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DPS] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\fhsvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iphlpsvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\KeyIso] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSDTC] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetTcpPortSharing] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PcaSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PolicyAgent] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SEMgrSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedRealitySvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\shpamsvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Spooler] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ssh-agent] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TokenBroker] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TrkWks] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tzautoupdate] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UevAgentService] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmicheartbeat] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsoSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WbioSrvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WMPNetworkSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\workfolderssvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WPDBusEnum] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WpnService] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WSearch] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\xbgm] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\XblAuthManager] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\XblGameSave] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\XboxGipSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\XboxNetApiSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BluetoothUserService_21dfa] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PimIndexMaintenanceSvc_21dfa] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PrintWorkflowUserSvc_21dfa] "Start"=dword:00000004
I see by browsing through this thread that some users are posting their own locale version of w10 ltsc such as the italian one or the german and so on at the request of several users of different nationalities, which is great. Unfortunately they're scattered throughout the thread which makes them difficult for the user to find the desired one. Wouldn't it be more convenient to get them all in a single post, maybe on the first page of this thread instead of having to go thru 40+ pages? Just a suggestion ofc.
Is there any change that the script can be modified to use with x86 LTSC? Some very low end systems could benefit from a "light" x86 LTSC. Cheers.
Thanks for information! I'm looking for the direct links to the .esd files at ms servers, not links to .iso files at public filesharing services.