Windows 10 Updates After End-Of-Life

Windows 10 Updates After End-Of-Life

For many people, the most obvious solution would be to just upgrade to Windows 11, but they can not because the hardware is not supported for Windows 11. Some users might also not like Windows 11 and would like to stay on Windows 10 as long as they can.

Here are several solutions for you to choose from; feel free to select the one you prefer the most.

https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol

The IoT edition is available in English language only, but don’t worry.

• Download Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 ISO from here in the same Windows language and architecture. The ISO file does not need to be the IoT version.
  • To check the installed Windows architecture, open Powershell as admin and enter,
    Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem | Format-List OSArchitecture
    x64 means 64 Bit, x86 means 32 Bit
  • To check the installed Windows Language, open Powershell as admin and enter,
    dism /english /online /get-intl | find /i "Default system UI language"
• Right-click on the downloaded ISO file, Open With > Windows Explorer
• A new DVD drive will appear in Windows Explorer, which means the installation image has been mounted successfully.
• Now open the command prompt as admin and enter,
  reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v EditionID /d IoTEnterpriseS /f
• Now quickly go into that DVD drive and run setup.exe, and continue until you reach the final confirmation screen. (Don’t delay at this step, otherwise it won’t show an option to keep files and apps)
• Make sure it says “Keep personal files and apps” on the final screen. Then you can continue the process and wait until it is done.
• You also need to activate this edition. Follow the guide here for activation.
• That’s all.

note

If you applied the registry command and ran the setup promptly, setup shouldn’t ask you to enter a key. However, if a key is needed, use the keys below:

• M7XTQ-FN8P6-TTKYV-9D4CC-J462D – Enterprise LTSC 2021 key
  Use this during setup when performing the upgrade. The IoT LTSC 2021 key will not work here.
• QPM6N-7J2WJ-P88HH-P3YRH-YY74H – IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 key
  After the upgrade is complete, use this key on the Windows activation page in settings to change the edition to IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021.