Upgrade Win 10 Pro to Win 10 LTSB 2016 help

Great! thank you for this additional information
so if i want to switch from home => LTSB 2016 N as i would like to do, i should change the name in regedit this way (correct me if i'm wrong) :

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
EditionID = EnterpriseS N
ProductName = Windows 10 Enterprise S N

Am i right ?

 

Right I believe

 

You are absolutely right.

 

ok so if i'm correct, your method allows to convert from edition to another in place when the one that i mentionned in my post allows to do the same but by doing an upgrade so that means that your method is way faster than the other method. Am i right ?

For the link you just sent me about skipping windows signature, i think you sent me the wrong link as the one you sent me is about backing up WS 2016.

 

1. Yes. Immediate and safe.
2. Yes, it is done by skipping signature check.

 

i'm a little bit confused, when you said "2. Yes, it is done by skipping signature check.", what are you exactly talking about ? what needs to be done ?

 

No. I won't talk about it. Sorry.

Oh, you can follow KNARZ. He is the expert.

 

just to be clear, what should i do to be able to skip windows signature check ?

 

No. I won't talk about it. Sorry.

 

why not ?

 

@xinso
One last thing, when you said "you need to keep the original SKU string in registry for receiving 15063/16299 Windows Updates", coud you please show me where this original sku string is located in registry ?

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing]

e.g. Professional
Microsoft-Windows-ProfessionalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15

 

okay thank you so this is the original sku ?
if yes , so i don't have to touch it , i have to keep it as it is, right ?

 

No. There could be editions as mamy as possible. The secret is in....

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\PackageIndex\Product]
"Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15"=dword:00000000"
"Microsoft-Windows-ProfessionalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15"=dword:00000000"

[Active Professional]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-ProfessionalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15]
"InstallClient"="DISM Package Manager Provider"
"InstallName"="Microsoft-Windows-ProfessionalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15.mum"
"InstallLocation"="\\\\?\\d:\\rs2.bin.amd64fre\\csi\\pkgs\\"
"CurrentState"=dword:00000070
"SelfUpdate"=dword:00000000
"Visibility"=dword:00000001
"InstallTimeHigh"=dword:01d38443
"InstallTimeLow"=dword:7a78b66b
"InstallUser"="S-1-5-21-4007964425-1629392194-3751565241-1001"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-ProfessionalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15\Owners]
"Microsoft-Windows-ProfessionalEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15"=dword:00020070

[Inactive Enterprise]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15]
"InstallClient"="DISM Package Manager Provider"
"InstallName"="Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15.mum"
"InstallLocation"="\\\\?\\d:\\rs2.bin.amd64fre\\csi\\pkgs\\"
"CurrentState"=dword:00000040
"SelfUpdate"=dword:00000000
"Visibility"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15\Owners]
"Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.16299.15"=dword:00020040

 

you said in one of the previous posts "you need to keep the original SKU string in registry for receiving 15063/16299 Windows Updates" so we don't have to touch it, correct ?

 

In that case, yes. You just add relevant 14393 string, and keep the 15063/16299 ones.

And don't forget the corresponding mum and cat files.

Well, the easiest and efficient way is license swich.

 

in this case, what is the relevant 14393 string that i need to add ?

 

Only Microsoft-Windows-EnterprisSEdition. All others will be added when the license package is installed.

And most importantly:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseSEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.14393.0]
"InstallClient"="DISM Package Manager Provider"
"InstallName"="Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseSEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.14393.0.mum"
"InstallLocation"="\\\\?\\d:\\rs2.bin.amd64fre\\csi\\pkgs\\"
"CurrentState"=dword:00000070
"SelfUpdate"=dword:00000000
"Visibility"=dword:00000001
"InstallTimeHigh"=dword:01d38443
"InstallTimeLow"=dword:7a78b66b
"InstallUser"="S-1-5-21-4007964425-1629392194-3751565241-1001"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseSEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.14393.0\Owners]
"Microsoft-Windows-EnterpriseSEdition~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.14393.0"=dword:00020070

 

what do you mean by "Only Microsoft-Windows-EnterprisSEdition" ?
could you be more explicit about this ?

 

See upstairs. It determines the SKU up to RS3. (RS4 has changed.)