non dev windows installs won't enroll or be setup into any special IP channel but simply be in the retail channel general-availability channel don't exist, it's marketing term same with Windows 11 22H2, you get updates without any "channel" configuration, although it's not "generally available"
19045 LTSC 2021 have original esd ? or need to add update manual .. or this edition LTSC 2021 does not rise to 19045 ... how right?
Code: ============================================================ ESD Contents Info ============================================================ Arch: x64 Language: EN-US Version: 10.0.19045.2006 Branch: 22H2_RELEASE_SVC_REFRESH OS 1: Windows 10 Home OS 2: Windows 10 Home N OS 3: Windows 10 Home Single Language OS 4: Windows 10 Education OS 5: Windows 10 Education N OS 6: Windows 10 Pro OS 7: Windows 10 Pro N Press any key to continue... Code: ============================================================ Running ESD -> ISO v63 ============================================================ ============================================================ Creating Setup Media Layout . . . ============================================================ ============================================================ Creating boot.wim . . . ============================================================ Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 940 MiB of 940 MiB (100%) done Using LZX compression with 16 threads Archiving file data: 129 MiB of 129 MiB (100%) done ============================================================ Creating install.esd . . . ============================================================ Using LZMS compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 8659 MiB of 8659 MiB (100%) done Using LZMS compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 238 MiB of 238 MiB (100%) done Using LZMS compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 152 MiB of 152 MiB (100%) done Using LZMS compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 447 MiB of 447 MiB (100%) done Using LZMS compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 258 MiB of 258 MiB (100%) done Using LZMS compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 151 MiB of 151 MiB (100%) done Using LZMS compression with 1 thread Archiving file data: 145 MiB of 145 MiB (100%) done ============================================================ Creating ISO . . . ============================================================ OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved. Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content. Scanning source tree (500 files in 41 directories) Scanning source tree complete (907 files in 86 directories) Computing directory information complete Image file is 4655054848 bytes (before optimization) Writing 907 files in 86 directories to 19045.2006.220908-0832.22H2_RELEASE_SVC_REFRESH_CLIENTCONSUMER_OEMRET_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO 100% complete Storage optimization saved 25 files, 14182400 bytes (1% of image) After optimization, image file is 4642955264 bytes Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 14182400 Done. Press 0 to exit. ISO file size: 4,32 GB (4.642.955.264 bytes) ISO file size of the same ISO made by the MCT: 4,45 GB (4.783.996.928 bytes)
wimlib has better compression ratio (although it doesn't recompress install.esd) can you open MCT install.wim with 7-zip and post screenshoot? it may have leftovers from boot.wim