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I'm switching to 10 LTSC (nb they renamed LTSB) 1809 this weekend to get ahead of the curve. Supported until January 2029. 11 came out six years after 10, so de

I'm switching to 10 LTSC (nb they renamed LTSB) 1809 this weekend to get ahead of the curve. Supported until January 2029. 11 came out six years after 10, so decent odds this can tide me over until 12. Unfortunately they reduced their support commitment for the upcoming 10 LTSC 21H2 to five years from release, so the older version is the best you can do. Also FWIW, Microsoft does kind of give you a choice to obtain 10 LTSC legitimately, it's just a pain in the ass since it's very deliberately not intended for consumers. Described here: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2167558-explicit-instructions-for-purchasing-a-windows-10-ltsc-license https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2167558-explicit-inst... I actually did it (using CDW, total cost US$319.15), in part because I'm a goody-goody I guess and in part because even if you can trust the ISO you got is good by verifying its checksum, god knows what the tool you use to bypass the copyright enforcement mechanism does. If anyone reading this comment is interested in buying it, you should probably also know that the Open License volume purchasing program that the linked units are being sold under is getting discontinued in January 2022, so might want to decide whether to bite the bullet soon.

everyone 5y ago
I dont really consider giving money to MS a 'goody goody' thing to do. The crack is super simple, you install windows so it uses a key management server for its DRM. The crack just fakes a KMS server and tells windows "yep yer good, you have a license." You have to do it every 6 months or something. I think of pirate stuff like open source software. I'm not personally going to go through every download with a fine tooth comb looking for malware. But other members of the community will do that. I trust the pirate community way more than I'd trust any corp. In fact even if I buy something, I like to download and actually use the pirate version, cus often-times the cracker removes the spyware and shit that's included in the official release.
blibble 5y ago
> god knows what the tool you use to bypass the copyright enforcement mechanism does. a friend told me the 99c keys on aliexpress activate perfectly well without needing any dodgy .exe files then disabling the regular check-ins is a single registry key

everyone 5y ago

I dont really consider giving money to MS a 'goody goody' thing to do. The crack is super simple, you install windows so it uses a key management server for its DRM. The crack just fakes a KMS server and tells windows "yep yer good, you have a license." You have to do it every 6 months or something. I think of pirate stuff like open source software. I'm not personally going to go through every download with a fine tooth comb looking for malware. But other members of the community will do that. I trust the pirate community way more than I'd trust any corp. In fact even if I buy something, I like to download and actually use the pirate version, cus often-times the cracker removes the spyware and shit that's included in the official release.

blibble 5y ago

> god knows what the tool you use to bypass the copyright enforcement mechanism does. a friend told me the 99c keys on aliexpress activate perfectly well without needing any dodgy .exe files then disabling the regular check-ins is a single registry key