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Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB - Should I?

LordTaylor
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Hey Guys,

 

So... I'm in a unique position where I have legitimate access to Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB and valid licensing. My current setup is a Threadripper 1920X, ASUS Zenith Extreme, 32GB RAM, EVGA 1080 FTW, 250GB Samsung 960 EVO. I've got Windows 10 Pro installed currently however I get terrible stuttering even when closing a program or game and moving to a separate window? It's a little strange. I also really hate the way Windows 10 decides to update on my machine.

 

I understand LTSB obviously doesn't receive feature updates (which I'm more than fine with) and is lovely and lightweight as I'm using this as a Windows VM on a parallels install. I understand it receives just essential security updates but am concerned over software compatibility. Does anyone here know of any obvious concerns I should have over this (i.e. nVidia software won't work or perhaps some other common app won't)? I also have no intention on using the Windows App Store, I realise this isn't available on LTSB.

 

I plan to rebuild the PC tonight and will be putting on LTSB (providing no issues).

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In company I work for, we have 15 hyper-v VMs running win 10 LTSB version.

Everything seems to be working just fine. Except Remote Desktop app that isn't included with it. Had to mess around a lot to get it working.

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What sort of software are you running on those VM's? Have you encountered any sort of Windows version compatibility issues?

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You're basically missing out on bleeding edge features, which aren't really that game changing. Most things are Windows Store and UI related. Not really something that would break regular win32 applications.

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Thanks NelizMastr. I thought as much. Just wanted to double check with the community just incase there was a stark reason not to do it. Think I can live without Paint 3D & Edge xD 

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My guess would be that whatever is messing with your gaming performance will remain same as OS rarely is sole cause of those issues.

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I’d advise against it - was at TechSummit 2018 for Microsoft about 2 weeks back and they said it was very much ill advised to use LTSB unless absolutely necessary: from what I understood it missed out on quite a few things including some security related features. 

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Looked it up, it receives all security updates, just no feature updates of any kind. I'm running it now and it's a massive improvement for me in terms of general performance. I'm sure it's not advised though however.

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