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Plan for Windows 10 EOL and discounted old laptops
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You can convert existing Windows 10 installs to LTSC or IoT, Without losing files. I've been helping a few people I know switch over the last few days.
I would obviously like it if more people moved to Linux, but most people I know ain't gonna more because of certain software....okay it's mainly Fortnite and Call of Duty. >.>
I'll help anyone with it who actually wants to try Linux, I got at least one person to try dual booting.
Could you share your technique om how to turn a an already installed Windows 10 into the LTSC/ IoT versions? My work laptop needs Windows (the software doesnt work with Wine on Linux) and I'd love to stay on Windows 10 for a few more years.
You can use regedit to make the LTSC IoT installer think you're already on an LTSC IoT build so it just installs without doing a clean install.
I first learnt about it from this Youtube video but they only show how to get the base LTSC version and not IoT which will get updates until 2032.
Here's the values I used.
"CurrentBuild"="19044"
"CurrentBuildNumber"="19044"
"EditionID"="IoTEnterpriseS"
"ProductName"="Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021"
"ReleaseId"="2009"
"DisplayVersion"="21H2"
I have them in a registry script along with txt guide I've been sending to my friends. Not sure if I can directly post them here however.
without losing files? could you please share your method? thought this was impossible since ltsc is 21h2 and consumer variant's 22h2.
I replied to another comment explaining it.
for shits and giggles i took a win7 and a win81 straight to iot 24 with no problems on either. run the upgrade from a rufus'd (these were 2009-10 era desktops) usb made from a modded (upgradematrix) iso. going to 10 ltsc or iot should be the same process.
Never tried any of this before, I've barely touched Windows (outside of work) since 2023.
But a few of the more tech savvy people I know had done clean installs of Windows 10 LTSC IoT and recommended it.
So I just launched a VM and started looking stuff up to see if there was a way of doing it without needing a clean install. Because seems most people I know are more willing to risk running an EOL OS than actually backup their shit...
you could just point them to everybody's favorite github-hosted script which has an option to unlock extended updates.
I can be a backup for that. Using Linux for fevafrd now.