win11 pro or home

DD_Crash · 18 May 2025 at 13:37

I am going to do a clean install (debloated) any advantage in using pro?

GregI · 18 May 2025 at 18:56

Something to consider. If you want 11, get LTSC.

I've looked into all these "debloating" scripts. AtlasOS, winutil and winaero you name it. LTSC is basically a Microsft certified debloat without any risk of stuff breaking.

DD_Crash · 18 May 2025 at 19:53

Useful info, thanks

Farore · 18 May 2025 at 20:12

GregI said:
Something to consider. If you want 11, get LTSC.

I've looked into all these "debloating" scripts. AtlasOS, winutil and winaero you name it. LTSC is basically a Microsft certified debloat without any risk of stuff breaking.

I saw a windows 10 version. Is there a windows 11 version?

ED209 · 18 May 2025 at 21:31

Farore said:
I saw a windows 10 version. Is there a windows 11 version?

Yes, there is, link below

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is intended for fixed-function, specialized, commercial devices that require a long support lifecycle of 10 years.

www.microsoft.com

Vimes · 18 May 2025 at 23:15

ED209 said:
Yes, there is, link below

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is intended for fixed-function, specialized, commercial devices that require a long support lifecycle of 10 years.

www.microsoft.com

Seems that it is based on 24h2 also, so pretty recent.

CaptainCrash · 19 May 2025 at 09:33

It might be worth mentioning that with LTSC versions you won't get any feature updates until the next LTSC release, which may or may not be an issue (probably not in most cases). Also MS don't officially support Office 365 or Teams with LTSC - you're supposed to use perpetual versions such as Office 2024, as the rolling releases might potentially depend on updates to the underlying OS which don't happen with LTSC.

DD_Crash · 19 May 2025 at 10:20

As the original question any advantage in the pro version?

thanks in advance

Django x2 · 19 May 2025 at 16:43

GregI said:
Something to consider. If you want 11, get LTSC.

I've looked into all these "debloating" scripts. AtlasOS, winutil and winaero you name it. LTSC is basically a Microsft certified debloat without any risk of stuff breaking.

Except it's stuck at 22H2 soooo, no thanks. One debloat script for me, includes all my drivers, optimisations and apps (winget or choco) - takes about 30 mins to install and includes all MSFT baselines and CIS baselines. Easy

Django x2 · 19 May 2025 at 16:43

DD_Crash said:
As the original question any advantage in the pro version?

thanks in advance

The ability to secure the system with local policy settings

DD_Crash · 19 May 2025 at 16:57

If I was the sole user, would I need that?

GregI · 19 May 2025 at 18:34

Django x2 said:
Except it's stuck at 22H2 soooo

Hooray! No more wondering what AI garbage Microsoft will feature in the next update with proper policy to disable telemetry. If what you do works for you then great but LTSC imo is just install and forget.

Django x2 · 21 May 2025 at 19:13

DD_Crash said:
If I was the sole user, would I need that?

It's irrelevant how many users are on the system. It's more about preventing lateral movement, untracked app behaviour, diagnostics, and other vulnerabilities

Farore · 22 May 2025 at 21:51

ED209 said:
Yes, there is, link below

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC is intended for fixed-function, specialized, commercial devices that require a long support lifecycle of 10 years.

www.microsoft.com

Thank you.

ED209 · 22 May 2025 at 21:53

Farore said:
Thank you.

No problem at all.

Just fill in random stuff for the information it needs and download lol