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It sounds like this user should spring for the USD$7/month LTSB Windows: https://www.howtogeek.com/273824/windows-10-without-the-cruf...

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I wish LTSC was a version normal, licensed users could get access to... I normally go with LTS versions when using Ubuntu, and ESR for Firefox. Being able to use that kind of version for Windows 10 right away would be great.

That would be perfect! But I am not paying MS $7 a month so they can remove features. I like my kill updates solution for now. This really should be a default on business products like Dell 9550.

If you change the Network to Metered Connection it will only give you updates for Windows Defender and Security Updates. Doesn't seem to do any download by itself.

Also, if you are a developer LTSB edition is a non starter. You can't install Visual Studio 2017 on it :).

LTSB user here: I had zero trouble installing VS and other software on it. Relating to the article, it was the most painful install I've ever had to deal with, precisely because of Windows Update

(I hope you are not talking about Visual Studio Code which is a an entirely different product.)

I've tried Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition on Windows 10 LTSB a few months ago and it never worked. Good to hear it worked for you.

Wow, you were right, now it works! Thanks for the heads up.

However, it is not (officially) supported[1] I still can't understand what's wrong with Microsoft locking up users and developers to what I consider inferior ("consumer", as they call it) release of Windows, knowing LTSB is not that different from Enterprise

[1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs...

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