no need to format to install LTSC
you can modify a text file on an ent/iot installer to allow system and data preserving upgrades on pretty much anything, even 'home' or 'home premium' editions. i have one here that went 8 pro to 11iot--runs great, and have tested 7hp to 11iot as well. that was the test done before i did the one that 'mattered'.. still using it the test system, too. haven't bothered to redo it or reload anything else on it yet.
you guys might be interested in this, then:
Oasis is a Windows 11 driver for SteamVR for VR headsets of the Windows Mixed Reality family, such as the HP Reverb, Samsung Odyssey, Lenovo Explorer, or Dell Visor. This driver does not require the Mixed Reality Portal application and is therefore compatible with the latest versions of Windows 11 (24H2 and future).
https://github.com/mbucchia/Oasis-Driver-for-Windows-Mixed-Reality/wiki
11 iot is also available, and is void of nearly everything people hate about 11. it's good to 2035.
i pretty much expected it would get extended... and probably will one more time, to match the three extra years win7 got with its 'esu' sub.
eating their own dog food, are they?
they'll have to hire an actual developer to fix it.
the cheap flip phones are truly dollar-store build quality and cameras. mine has a crappy radio, it seems, too.. nearly always roaming on another carrier's nearby tower because it can't pick up the vzn one just a couple miles outside of town.
the 'rugged' ones are built better and can take a literal beating and still work, but they cost as much as a recent model 128gb smart phone.. and still have squat for storage and lousy cameras.
"Consumers can now choose whether to add Commodore’s custom-designed Hi-Def IEM earphones during checkout, rather than needing to pay for them when they may already own a pair they love. Premium memory will be available as an option, with Callback defaulting to rigorously stress-tested “post-consumer” high-speed memory chips, backed by Commodore’s identical, comprehensive 1-Year warranty."
so.. to lower the retail by $100... earbuds not included, and reclaimed ewaste memory chips (hopefully that does not also include the main storage) now the default configuration.
...meaning you shouldn't be using any of them now, i guess.
i would trust a notepad file or spreadsheet on my pc over any online service.
this got me wondering if anyone ever submitted a résumé to cvs on a roll of receipt paper.
i hate siding with a megacorp like disney, but eric idle says it best (2018 version):
https://youtu.be/9tn1QNxEoF4
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=9tn1QNxEoF4
the bits for the 'upgrade' have been flowing-in through regular updates for months, with features left disabled... slowing those updates every single month. the upgrade time was just spread out in installments, instead of being paid all at once.
that's probably most the holdouts left. the absolute brutal persistence of 'upgrade' offers and win10 doomsday warnings on eligible hardware got most users to do it, even if they didn't really want to.