WINDOWS 10 LTSC (Long Term Support Channel) 2021

[Diguelo]

Ok, did a bit of scouting and hunting and came across this little gem.

Support for windows 10 security updates till 2029 or later

DISCLAIMER : I
do not support this kind of action nor do i condone the actions described within. Who would do such a thing is beyond me.

 

[DVDR_Dog]

It's very important you have a copy of LTSC 2019 or newer for this tweak to work. I have seen 2024 IoT versions being offered here and there....

Addition:
I guess the biggest question becomes how do you receive the updates? It clearly states the updates will not be available via the normal Windows update channel. Does that mean the Microsoft hands them out to exclusively to subscribed organizations? I don't doubt if possible they could be leaked but are they tagged for specific use? I haven't found that answer yet.

 

[Diguelo]

According to what I have heard the security updtaes are already being put out on LTSC on a seperate channel to the app and feature updates. The general point to this is to help those with lots of PC units that need upgrading to windows 11 and cant because as yet they machinery they run on doesnt have the fuhnctionality to run windows 11. The company where I work is one of them, we have around 600 PC units in the warehouse maybe more and there is no way we can update to windows 11 as most of the units we have are mini pc units that just have one two or more program tasks to perform as well as machinery interfacing.

Throughout the entire company and shop chain I would imagine the number ranking in thousands of units. Most of the micro PC units have a 2 GB memory and 1.5GHz processors and use stripped version of WIndows 10.

It took years when the transfer from WIn 7 to 10 occured before our safe transition could be done.

As for the LTSC 2019 that is also available on the pages where the 21 version sits

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 (English) x64 : Microsoft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021Version 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1288)RetailMinimum system requirements:Processor: 1 GHz or moreRAM: 1 Gb (32-bit) or 2 Gb...

archive.org

second archive site

Windows LTSC Download | MAS

All download links lead to genuine files only.

massgrave.dev

 

[Diguelo]

Im keeping ISO images in my repository for posterity and retro repairs.

 

[DVDR_Dog]

According to what I have heard the security updtaes are already being put out on LTSC on a seperate channel to the app and feature updates. The general point to this is to help those with lots of PC units that need upgrading to windows 11 and cant because as yet they machinery they run on doesnt have the fuhnctionality to run windows 11. The company where I work is one of them, we have around 600 PC units in the warehouse maybe more and there is no way we can update to windows 11 as most of the units we have are mini pc units that just have one two or more program tasks to perform as well as machinery interfacing.

Throughout the entire company and shop chain I would imagine the number ranking in thousands of units. Most of the micro PC units have a 2 GB memory and 1.5GHz processors and use stripped version of WIndows 10.

It took years when the transfer from WIn 7 to 10 occured before our safe transition could be done.

As for the LTSC 2019 that is also available on the pages where the 21 version sits

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 (English) x64 : Microsoft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021Version 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1288)RetailMinimum system requirements:Processor: 1 GHz or moreRAM: 1 Gb (32-bit) or 2 Gb...

archive.org

second archive site

Windows LTSC Download | MAS

All download links lead to genuine files only.

massgrave.dev

 

[DVDR_Dog]

That was the story of my last job. I kept reminding them about the Windows 11 horizon. It kept falling on deaf ears. I did take a former employer from Win 7 to Win 10, oh boy that was fun. Between drivers that were non compliant to Win 10 requirements, to software that didn't run quite right to blue screens, that was big fun.
I guess it's just more of a matter of non-compliant hardware and some quirky peripherals, that's what most encounter with the Win 11 upgrade.
Now Diguelo also has to deal with manufacturing control systems. I stepped into a hornet's nest with that one. The company relied on a 3rd party to audit our security. They imposed some serious rules regarding the interface between engineering/manufacturing systems. I had to listen to the constant complaining. Engineering were forced to manually install updates to the manufacturing lines.
The Win 11 O/S has the same kernel as Win10 so it shouldn't be that painful right? That's before Win 11 imposed perhaps needless bells and whistles and rules many time to cover the security problems these new features brought with them.
Best part of when we went from XP to Win 7 at a former long term employer was their DOS inventory and billing system. Despite me pleading to one of the owner and my boss to upgrade the program, his stance was "It works just fine, why mess with it?"
I think I kept running into that attitude with the Win 11 upgrade. Not sorry I missed that debacle.
Remember when Microsoft announced that Windows 10 was the final upgrade? Pffft!