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You can remove or disable Windows 11 and 10's AI 'bloat' with new BloatynosyAI (www.neowin.net)
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[–] 39 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Although im part of the Linux crowd, if you’re tired of reapplying debloat scripts every update, you could get the W10 IoT LTSC edition that only has security patches with no updates. You will have to pirate it though.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    A non pirate solution is Windows Server Essentials 2022. It's like $300, has zero bloat and updates don't ever hijack your settings. Oh and you'll get over 10 years of security patches.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    does Windows Server Essentials comes with a desktop GUI? Can you install Steam and things like that like you'd normally do in Windows?

    I'm happy with Linux, but my brother who is a gamer has Windows but he's annoyed af by updates and the AI nonsense. This seems like a perfect solution.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Yes it is regular Windows but stripped of all the consumer apps like TikTok and CandyCrush. It has one extra app: Server Manager (A GUI like Control Panel with buttons to disk manager, device manager etc) which loads at startup and is easily disabled. Under the hood the registry has changes that tell Windows to give background tasks equal resources to the foreground app. This is needed for server use for smoother multitasking like Linux, but at the expense of a few FPS in games. You can edit the registry in regular Windows to act like Server and vice versa. They use the same kernel.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    This might be interesting. I'm looking to have a few installs to test some of my programs in an actual Windows environment without having to daily drive Windows and without having to deal with all the unnecessary changes MS wants to make.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Tiny 10/11

    https://archive.org/details/tiny-11-NTDEV

    Activation script

    https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

    Edit: My Tiny10 reports as LTSC for some reason, but I'm pretty sure Tiny isn't based on LTSC now that I've done some more reading.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Neat. I tried this last night on my once top of the line machine (in 2012) because why not..

    It didn't upgrade my win10 install but at least it didn't delete all my data. Maybe I goofed on that as I was tired.

    I used the 23H2 iso but it installed 22H2.

    I didn't use the script, it picked up my existing valid key.

    It fails to update. Perhaps that's the point or bloat would come back?

    But if it can't update then what's the point?

    Again, might be my fault but I'm not really trusting this image yet. Not enough to reinstall and relicense my tools.

    I use Linux where I can but I'm bound to some windows-only proprietary software. I do use a stripped down win10 VM for a lot of it but at least it updates.

    Will update this comment if i find that I'm at fault.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    LTSC only gets security updates. No feature updates.

    It's intended for stability, so you don't wake up and suddenly nothing works right because of an update. That won't happen on LTSC.

    I wouldn't use it to update an existing install, that's not what it's intended for (and probably pointless as it may retain stuff that came with the existing os).

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/ltsc-what-is-it-and-when-should-it-be-used/ba-p/293181

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Thank you. It does seem cool but I can't really keep up. I appreciate the explanation. I really thought it was a fully workable de-bloated win11. Which it is, but I need long term installs. I learned a few things though! So not a waste.

    If i could ever figure out how to run a windows app via VM. Seamless mode comes close but not quite enough.

    Anyway thanks and I didn't mean to be negative, just didn't totally get it.

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