Is there an uninstrusive version of Windows 10?

[MasterGoa]

So I am still running on 7 on my desktop and laptop,
I got a Win 10 tablet for my mom, which is a pain but less so
as time goes by.

Having said this, I know 7's time is about to end, so is there a version of 10
that has Cortana and all the other crap off by default for enterprise or other clients?

I can only assume NSA and CIA and other dark sites would not fly the Win 10 plane,
so what do they do?

[DigitalDemon]

There is LTSC 2019. It's Windows 10 minus without apps, the store, cortana, etc, with 10 years of security updates. You can actually buy it without a MS license agreement, at the cost of about $300, on top of the cost of the Win 10 pro license, plus 4x open business user cals for another $30. I am running it now and it's what should have been the successor to Windows 7.

Technically the ISO itself is not illegal to acquire or possess without a license, they just make it difficult to find. It can be installed for trial purposes...

[MasterGoa]

Interesting... I can purchase it from Microsoft?

[Mahjik]

Interesting... I can purchase it from Microsoft?

Some info:

https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/com...s_10_ltsb_key/

[MasterGoa]

More info on this:

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...explained.html

It would cost me 400$ CAD for 10 year licence... Hmmm....

In the end, those are all things I can remove myself. Decisions...

[DigitalDemon]

In the end, those are all things I can remove myself. Decisions...

Unfortunately those things will get put right back on with some more garbage twice a year, once a year if you try and defer the feature upgrades.

[Munkus]

Run O&O ShutUp 10 on your clean Windows 10 install. https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10. I think that's as non intrusive as you can get without a modified ISO & license.

[MasterGoa]

Unfortunately those things will get put right back on with some more garbage twice a year, once a year if you try and defer the feature upgrades.

Yeah, I know :-/

Munkus, interesting, I already use O&O Defrag so I know the company well.

[VW_Factor]

Use the O&O stuff.

There is a lot of hassle and cost to be legit otherwise.

Edit : I will add, to be careful with some settings. Some things disable the nice search/prefetch features, and don't really make sense to me why they would. Its one thing I really enjoy is just typing a few letters after clicking "start" and just getting what I need a second as opposed to digging for it.

[MasterGoa]

Thanks for the help guys