Running Win10 after end of life

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David,

This is an interesting concept.  Are suggesting using a IOT O/S on a 
Work Station?

- Keith


On 2025-05-15 20:45, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I’ve come across some videos on YT talking about something I was
> unaware of:
> 
> Windows 10 / 11 IOT LTSC
> 
> Sometimes called: Windows 10 / 11 Lite
> 
> These are official products from MS for allowing large corporate
> clients to install Windows on embedded systems.
> 
> They don't have all of the bloatware included and are stripped down to
> the nubbins to minimize needless memory consumption.
> 
> I also happen to know someone who’s going to be using this on his
> new line of computer-based control equipment; I’d much prefer that
> he use Linux, but he needs to be able to run 3rd-party software
> that’s designed to run on Windows and the vendors have said
> they’re not about to rewrite it to run on another platform.
> 
> Curiously the Win 10 version does not expire until 2029, while Win 11
> expires in 2032 at the earliest.
> 
> UPDATES ARE NOT NECESSARY, and there are no hardware restrictions
> blocking either one from being installed on any hardware.
> 
> Enterprise licensees are permitted to update it periodically (every 6
> months) if they want.
> 
> No network is required for installation or updates.
> 
> Here are  a couple of videos to check out:
> 
> https://youtu.be/HrM3xzzgawQ?si=Vc1ErzbP82UeLnW2
> 
> https://youtu.be/4HLs2WRcabY?si=RSlW9M3E5UTMTdWC
> 
>  -David Schwartz
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