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Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for servers, and Windows IoT for embedded systems.
— Wikipedia

Windows LTSC Edition

Windows from Enterprise Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), long-term support variant of Windows Enterprise released every 2 to 3 years. Each release is supported with security updates for either 5 or 10 years after its release, and intentionally receive no feature updates. Some features, including the Microsoft Store and bundled apps, are not included in this edition. However, Windows Store can be installed using a command prompt. This edition was first released as Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB (Long-Term Servicing Branch). There are currently 4 releases of LTSC: one in 2015 (version 1507), one in 2016 (version 1607), one in 2018 (labeled as 2019, version 1809), and one in 2021 (version 21H2). In 2024 planned next release.

Check post-installation steps for Windows, in this note windows setup script, her some info which LTSC edition I use.

Windows Setup Script

I have own quick-start script for MS Windows. I tried to make it very simple and straightforward. To install Windows, I usually just use Ventoy.

Script:

# Install Scoop
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser # Optional: Needed to run a remote script the first time
irm get.scoop.sh | iex
 
# Install packages
scoop install main/git
scoop bucket add main
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install main/neovim
scoop install extras/windows-terminal
scoop install extras/slack
scoop install extras/brave
scoop install extras/vcredist2015
scoop install extras/windirstat
scoop install extras/cru
 
# Create directories
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "C:\bin"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "C:\tmp"
 
# Download Colemak-DH installer
$url = "https://github.com/ColemakMods/mod-dh/blob/master/klc/colemak_dh_ansi_us.zip?raw=true"
$outputDir = "C:\tmp"
$outputPath = Join-Path $outputDir (Split-Path $url -Leaf)
Invoke-WebRequest $url -OutFile $outputPath
 
echo "Installing WSL"
echo "wsl --install"
 
echo "---"
echo "Enable dark mode"
echo "New-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name AppsUseLightTheme -Value 0"
echo "Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize -Name SystemUsesLightTheme -Value 0"
 
echo "---"
echo "TO disable antivirus, run the following commands in PowerShell:"
echo "Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true"
echo "Set-MpPreference -SubmitSamplesConsent NeverSend"
echo "Set-MpPreference -MAPSReporting Disable"
 
echo "Fully Disable defneder. Don't use it on important machines, it can be gone forever."
echo "https://github.com/jbara2002/windows-defender-remover/releases"
 
echo "Also need disable anti-virus notifications in the Action Center, right-click in tray on defender icon, view notifications options"
 
echo "---"
echo "To remove crapware, disable autostart items in Windows tasks manager, and uninstall apps from the start menu"
 
echo "---"
echo "Possible useful commands: Install-Module -Name DisplaySettings;Set-DisplayResolution -Width 1920 -Height 1024"
 
echo "---"
echo "Disable wallpaper"
echo "Set-ItemProperty -path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop\' -name wallpaper -value '' rundll32.exe user32.dll, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters"
 
echo "---"
echo "Make taskbar icons small"
echo "Set-ItemProperty -path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\' -name TaskbarSmallIcons -value 1"
echo "Stop-Process -name explorer  # explorer.exe restarts automatically after stopping"

To execute it, you need to run PowerShell as Administrator, save script as file and execute this command:

Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted
.\script_name.ps1

Currently, I use this Windows version:

  • ISO file: en-us_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_d289cf96.iso
  • SHA-256: c90a6df8997bf49e56b9673982f3e80745058723a707aef8f22998ae6479597d
  • SHA is from this URL MSDN Files Info by WZT

NOTE: It’s containing driver issues or Microsoft store issues, so it’s better to use it only if you know what you are doing.

NOTE: winutil can be used as post-installation tool.

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