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It was the “end of support” that wasn’t. You literally just go in and click a button answering if you like support to continue one more year and amazingly...support continues another year.
Any body have a good app to make Windows 11 look like 10 or even 7 especially the Start page and the File explorer?
I’m still running Windows 7. Who is going to bother attacking it when hardly anyone uses it?
Installing Linux into a Windows 10 computer using the Linux partition manager...without risking data loss.
Vice versa - Windows into Linux. The video fellow said use specific version 'EN_US_Windows_10_IoT_Enterprise_LTSC_2021_x64_DVD' for security's sake, and that it's free to use. I'm wary as this is the first I've heard of this.
When duel booting, are demands on resources increased, does the non-active OS run minimally in the background or does it stay totally off until rebooted as Primary?
Shakin' in my 'boots' trying to avoid mistakes.
I have switched over 20 of my own and other people’s machines to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC while preserving all of my already installed programs and apps. This will provide security updates for another 7 years. It cost me about $20 a machine, and they actually run better than the versions of Windows 10 Pro that they replaced which were based on version 22H2 which is actually inferior to version 21H2 in almost every way.
Of course, I use various versions of Linux dual booting in many of these computers which is another solution but less desirable to many people who are used to Windows 10 or 11. By the time we get to 2032 I expect that most of my Windows machine will be so much less capable than even the cheapest computers, tablets, or phones that stubbornness and nostalgia will be the primary reasons to not replace them with newer hardware.
As an example, I have several mini-PCs that I use for various tasks in my home lab that were extremely inexpensive yet they are much more powerful than some of the dinosaurs that I still have around.
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bookmark.
My favorite is explorer patcher
https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases
You have to scroll down aways until you find the exe files under the Assets settings. You should enable the notifications for updates because Microsoft feels it is their duty to prevent you from using this type of tool. You will also get a notice that the file is dangerous, because it is not commonly downloaded.
Some people have reported problems, but I have never had any. I started using it mostly to decrease the annoyingly large taskbar in Windows 11.
Here is a YouTube video that explains how to install and use it. https://youtu.be/k8fpyeQVDYQ
You can only boot one at a time. When you run one the other day is just files on your hard drive. Before you install make a backup image to a USB HDD. I use rescuezilla which is free and simple to use. When I install Linux Mint it gives you the option of installing side by side with your existing OS or deleting the existing OS. If you choose side by side it handles the partitioning.
If you are that worried you should install Linux to a bootable flash drive using Rufus and boot Linux from the flash drive for a while until you feel comfortable
I found IoT licenses for $9.99 at https://flixeasy.com/product/microsoft-windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-2021-lifetime-license-for-1-pc/
In a dual boot system, you run one OS or the other OS, but not both. No background, no resource sharing. The booted OS gets everything, the non-booted OS is completely off, gets nothing. No resource hit.
That's in contrast to using one OS as a host and a second OS as a virtual machine (VM). The two OSes are running at the same time, so resources are shared.
Thank you so much. I will study it.
By the way, I have a nice LG Gram windows laptop, but on many YouTube videos the sound seems to be too low to hear well at Max volume. I’m trying an app called FxSound and it works...
“Free open-source software to boost sound quality, volume, and bass. Including an equalizer, effects, and presets for customized audio.”
Thanks to MikelTackNailer for the ping!
>> You literally just go in and click a button answering if you like support to continue one more year and amazingly...support continues another year.
That was my experience as well. Gives me a year to switch over to Linux; hope I don’t procrastinate too long!
I downloaded Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 from...
https://archive.org/details/en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f_202301
...and got a license key for $9.99 from...
Burned the Windows ISO to a bootable flash drive with Rufus, booted from it and followed the directions.
Consider installing OpenShell (nee Classic Shell) on your Windows 11 system. It lets you customize lots and lots of things back to Win7 or Win10 style.
https://openshellmenu.com/download
Info on Classic Shell (no longer maintained) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Shell
Thank you, Rob Braxman Tech...
Will definitely look into this...
Maybe you could help me to protect my DOS 6.22 system as well...
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