Also looking to reinstall Windows after many years, these multiple scripts are too much for me. I guess waiting for the real release of Win 11 LTSC will be the best way for me. Would love to optimize stuff (for my P5800X), will see if there will be some kinda script for Win 11 LTSC that I won't need to reconfigure. Even the post above me, I'm "scared" that this will f**k something up for my use that I won't notice until I do that one thing that the script changes. I also don't really get the "hmm let me get my updates manually instead of using windows update" but maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
"real release" means nothing. The build 26100 build is the final 24H2, LTS is just a flavour of it with removed packages and tweaked policies. So what the heck of change do you expect other than a stupid announcement by MS? What you need decide is if you want to stay with a proven LTSC 10 or you want to be masochist and use Win11. The official LTSC11 release announcement isn't going to change a comma in that decision.
Maaaaan, I don't know myself. I just know I need to reinstall Windows. If you are willing to put time in your post, what exactly are you using? Or maybe what is the current best/recommended script/tool that uses settings that everyone should have? For example, to go back to the update thing, from what I seen updates get often disabled and people install them manually. Do you also still need to/ is it recommend to install LTSC with the wanted language pack and then switch to IoT? I've tried digging myself through this but my brain shuts off with this topic, maybe because of the amount of scattered information, I don't know...
Like I said many times. We have native vhds, we have dumbproof tools to deploy windows in 10 minutes. So just deploy 2/3/more OSes you are interested to, and use them in multiple boot, for a while, so you can answer yourself all the questions. It's an OS. Not a woman, no need to marry one, and live with her forever.
Sorry but that is really annoying. I don't really get why you should to this. This only would help if you know what each setting of the tool you are using is doing and are able to test it before deploying it for real. Sounds unrealistic for me. But I am currently married to my current Windows installation and I want to get divorced and remarried again but as I said there are to many partners with to many differences that my brain just shuts off and can't choose.
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 or Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 if your computer sucks. You can find the ISOs as well as steps on how to activate it on massgrave.dev. I'd also recommend running Chris Titus' Powershell script to configure and debloat Windows. As for whether or not Windows 11 sucks, it looks cool and all but it's problems are mostly the same as Windows 10 only amplified in every way. If you really wanna give it a shot, use Education as it's basically identical to Pro only without any sponsored Microsoft store apps like Candy Crush or whatever. I'm pretty sure you also don't have to use the command prompt to bypass the Microsoft account integration.
Then keep your actual wife. No one is forcing you to get a new partner. Either you like the adventure or not. You can't have both a survival camping and air conditioning. If you want to try a different Windows you NEED to try it (and you need to test it in dual boot to avoid irreversible wrong choices) if you like a more tranquil life, just don't change something that you know it works. They are both respectable approaches, just you can't mix them.
No isn't that simple, or at least isn't that simple for people who keep the eyes open and care of details (big and small). On example? Wanting to use VMware and HyperV at the same time is a common scenario. You need at least Win10 build 19041.2xx. Win11 is OK as well. Simple? NO Because I discovered that the thing works With W11 22xxx (22H2), 226xx, 26100 (24H2), but doesn't Work with any 253xx build (which includes the annual server 11). i know because i can reboot in any of them thanks to the native vhdx, in few seconds. There was some warning somewhere? NO I imagine a old school mono boot person fighting with something like that.... Using vhdx, a backup = one file to copy using a file manager or the command line restore= one file to copy using a file manager or the command line install a fresh windows = one file to copy using a file manager or the command line
windows server has deduplication (and in win 10/11 is installable with a couple of clicks, albeit is a unofficial procedure I use it since deduplication landed in windows in 2012), no need to rely on unneeded third party SW You're not wrong. this is the old school way to do things, that obviously still works
Yeah, I got that information somewhere recently, didn't look into that, thanks for reminding me. Veeam Agent is fine and a good backup tool iMo, I like the features it offers.
No doubt about that, but personally I prefer to not use a nuclear missile to catch a pigeon (If I can).
Who needs ISOs in 2024? Deploy on a vhdx (or a real partition) using your actual OS, either add it to the bootloader and reboot, customize what you want (drivers, utilities tweaks and so on), generalize and reboot. Make a copy of that vhdx. And you have your virgin OS customized to your liking. Copy it somewhere safe. The first time you need to "reinstall" windows just copy it back overwriting the old one or rename it and add it as a multiple boot item. Obviously is better to keep your data (desktop, documents, in the real partition, another HDD, or a separate vhdx, to keep the OS vhdx small and easily manageable. You have 3 OS in multiple boot and you want to get rid of one of them? Just delete one file. You want an identical OS on a different PC? Copy the vhdx there using the lan or a usbkey, add it to the bootloader, and you're done. 3/4 minutes to add an OS to a blank PC, 1 second to delete it, 3/4 minutes to get a backup You have two OSes in dual boot and you don't want to reboot? Just start the secondary one inside hyper-v (or vmware) The time spared is HUGE, it's just matter of getting flexble and understanding that times are changed. There is no need to use horses to haul a Ferrari (albeit it still works like it worked 150 years ago)