windows 10 2015 LTSB upgrade help

Run setup from LTSB 2016 iso while running LTSB 2015, it will upgrade, keeping apps & user files (done it many times with no issue)

sebus

 

So when you do this, what do you get that you didn't have before
and what did you lose.


I've been searching and can't find the answer, so it seems consistent with this thread.

..T

 

Well actually you will get a whole new 2016 ltsb install, afterwards your settings and programs are imported and the "old" install will be named "windows.old".
So you get all the goodies from 2016 ltsb, and it is a lot better than 2015 ltsb. A lot.

Cheers.

 

Cumulative Updates make 2015 edition secured and up to date system wise, and that's all that's needed from LTSB Client Perspective.
So unless some new feature makes it way to CB/CBB and gets a worldwide first of a kind acceptance and applause, there's really no need for a new LTSB.
LTSB is meant to NOT EVOLVE, being the replacement for EMBEDDED editions it's something you set up, secure, and forget.

...T

 

I've tried this but "keeping apps & user files" was greyed out. Only personal settings were kept (no gpedit settings were kept either). No option to import old settings either

So, I took the opertunity to look at the 2016 LTSB edition. The first thing I didn't like was "Windows Hello" is included and the setting "return without password after hibernation" was missing from the Power Option menu. I only had a quick look but this settled it for me. 2015 edition is better for me.

 

@pewi Hi dude, first Welcome to MDL , second maybe you need see more details about this build (I'm running now) I think that you change your opinion Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB for me is the better til now works fine ok

 

Hi tiger, I was using the wrong version (run "2015 LTSB N", upgrade "2016 LTSB without N", so Windows installed as a new system. I did the update with version "2016 LTSB N" now and it worked. My system was kept the same except "Classic Shell" which needed some adjustments. I will try 2016 LTSB N for a bit longer now. I also turned off "Windows Hello" and "ask for password after hybernation" with gpedit. I will look for other "New Features" now and if there aren't any more and updates behaviour stays as before (only security updates) I will keep this version for longer.

 

Make a very good restorable image of your 2015, because if your like me. you will be 100% pissed off when you see all the CRAP that MS added to 2016.
IMHO 2016 is not worth the time to upgrade since I feel I wasted that time, then had to waste more time doing a Full Image Restore back to.

 

@pewi yay dude congrats I'm happy to see you happy too, well for Classic Shell verify if you are using the last version 4.3.0 and when configuring I personally don't install nothing that refer I.E, or same classic explorer, I install ALL for Classic Shell and I know that works fine since times of Windows 7 and choose show all configurations and configure as desired right yet this version NO have software for Windows Media Player if you do'nt need ok, again for me Windows Enterprise 2016 LTSB is awesome; any doubts simply ask I hope help you as necessary

 

I welcome. will remain windows after updating on ltsb 2016 is activated?

 

Same as it was previously (activated)

 

After just one week, I went back to 2015 LTSB. It runs smoother on my old laptop (Celeron T3000, 2gb RAM, 320gb HDD). 2015 LTSB is more like Windows 7 but with 10 years of updates (until 2025) and only security updates unlike Windows 7.

 

Just to complete the thread
I put another HDD in my D630 and did a clean install of Win10 LTSB 2016
it installed without a hitch and even installed a complete set of drivers for all devices
that has never happened before on any version of Win
I like the desktop with none of those idiot tiles
and the menu while long and more complicated than Win7 does seem to work ok
So all in all I think it's an improvement , and worth the change

...T

 

Im on LTSB 2016 N and its good, but needs some tweaking, so far so good though

 

Total rubbish statement! There is no way that 2015 would behave in any way better than 2016. 2015 is rough.

It is your personal perception of what you see & use on junk piece of hardware

 

Junk piece of hardware I must say It should run fine on every hardware if MS was not working hand in hand with the selling of newer hardware by setting higher and higer specs these days

 

Why should it? Hardware was designed (by its spec) most likely for Win 7 Home 32-bit or even Windows XP

Celeron T3000 Launch Date Q2'09 - that is 7 years old (I change car ~ that same)

Why should the current OS support something that is that old? And if it does, it really can not be expected to run smoothly because somebody would like to use it

 

That's true an normal computer will last 3 - 5 years in my opinion after that trash the piece most likely I had my own compagny for 13 years and in the beginning I repaired "old" computers but after an while I advised my costumers just to buy new hardware. Simply not worth the process to work on oldtimers

 

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