Its a shame that Windows10 is coming to its end...

andshrew said:
You don't even need that, you can use a Virtual Machine to learn and evaluate as much as you want from your existing computer.

If you've got Pro version of Windows then you can use Hyper-V, otherwise you can use VMware Workstation.
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I just installed a spare 1TB Samsung 980 nvme drive and I have Windows 11 on the Samsung 970 Evo and Bazzite on the 980.

Just use the PC for gaming and browsing.

So far I have everything working that I used Windows 11 for.
 
Vimes said:
I REALLY do wish that they would stop sending me that full page message that Windows 10 is coming to an end. I can't stop it, by choice it seems.
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I think that maybe caused by KB5001716 although I'm not entirely sure, all i know is I've uninstalled and blocked future install of that and I've not seen the update to 11 thingy once.
 
Murphy said:
I think that maybe caused by KB5001716 although I'm not entirely sure, all i know is I've uninstalled and blocked future install of that and I've not seen the update to 11 thingy once.
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That could be useful to know, thanks. When I get back home I'll look at that.
 
Murphy said:
I think that maybe caused by KB5001716 although I'm not entirely sure, all i know is I've uninstalled and blocked future install of that and I've not seen the update to 11 thingy once.
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mmm It shows that that update installed on the 28th June, within the update history - only.
And yet using uninstall option it is not listed. The Powershell command Get-HotFix also does not list it.
Using the Powershell command wusa /uninstall /kb:50001716
returns the message that it is not installed....!

Figured out it was installed a a normal app, to manually uninstall from there. Then I used WAU Manager to turn off the updates and then hide that one KB50001716 from being available.
 
Should I be seeing the enrol for extended support in the Update window now?

I have two laptops, Dell and Lenovo both using the embedded BIOS key for Windows 10 Pro, neither are showing this option.

Thanks
 
david25 said:
Should I be seeing the enrol for extended support in the Update window now?

I have two laptops, Dell and Lenovo both using the embedded BIOS key for Windows 10 Pro, neither are showing this option.

Thanks
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Are you logged in with a Microsoft Account; you need to be to see the prompt.

If you don't want your main account to be a Microsoft Account, then you could try creating a second user account on your computer which you then log in to with a Microsoft Account. Activate the ESU via that, and then go back to using your regular local account.

 
andshrew said:
Are you logged in with a Microsoft Account; you need to be to see the prompt.

If you don't want your main account to be a Microsoft Account, then you could try creating a second user account on your computer which you then log in to with a Microsoft Account. Activate the ESU via that, and then go back to using your regular local account.
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Ahh, they only have local accounts.

Thanks for the tip, I will look at that video
 
You don't necessarily have to be logged into a Microsoft account, mine wasn't at the time the ESU option showed up. I haven't used an MS account on this 10 system for years since the install was brand new (2019ish). However, the ESU was accepted because of that previous usage and my settings were backed up at that time.

There are some registry hacks and even a few tools around that can try and force the ESU option to show up, the names escape me for the moment though...
 
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RCM said:
You don't necessarily have to be logged into a Microsoft account, mine wasn't at the time the ESU option showed up. I haven't used an MS account on this 10 system for years since the install was brand new (2019ish). However, the ESU was accepted because of that previous usage and my settings were backed up at that time.

There are some registry hacks and even a few tools around that can try and force the ESU option to show up, the names escape me for the moment though...
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Thanks, this reddit page has describes a couple of options if the ESU doesn't appear (I am not the only one it seems)

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Update, I used the advice on the page above (there is a link which goes to another page documenting some registry edits) and have managed to get the enrol button to appear, after logging into the enrol window (no need to login into Windows itself), the laptop claim's its enrolled.

The proof will be next month!
 
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Odd, I just checked my eleven year old desktop and apparently it's already enrolled due to using backup - except I haven't
 
The end is nearing. I haven't been doing much desktop at all these days. MS Office has changed so much since I last used it, something that I shouldn't care about, but it highlights to me how times change. The way Windows changes your settings back makes me feel less compelled to bother.

Glad I kept my cheapo desktop, as I'll leave my Win10 offline with it's useful software, and then move to Linux as a mostly web browser based machine.
 
The_Arbiter said:
Glad I kept my cheapo desktop, as I'll leave my Win10 offline with it's useful software, and then move to Linux as a mostly web browser based machine.
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You've hit the nail on the head. When you realise that the operating system is the boot loader for the web browser for the vast majority of the people, it changes the perspective on everything. Microsoft saw this coming well over a decade ago, hence their push to more connected services being rammed into Windows.
 
Well since upgrading to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC Ive had no nagging to upgrade to win11, but Im guessing apps+games will start not running on windows 10 so Im not really much better off

RCM said:
I think you'll find most home users running LTSC IoT didn't pay for it...
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I was genuinely going to by a key, but after realising people like us shouldn't be using LTSC, it wouldn't of made much diff if I bought a key for it or not?
 
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