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iNyander t1_iucd5up wrote

Reply to comment by Afro_Thunder69 in Internet Explorer 11 has retired and is officially out of support by Tweho

Except Edge is integrated into Windows like cancer, and it cutting it out (even inside LTSC) is difficult without hacks.

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jasongw t1_iucendn wrote

LTSC sucks ass. We've just finished purging that turd from our corporate network after some pinhead former systems engineer who still lives in 1998 deployed it to hundreds of machines.

Edge chromium, incidentally, is an excellent browser. Better than Google Chrome, in fact.

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iNyander t1_iucl15w wrote

Sounds like your pinhead former systems engineer found a better offer with higher pay.

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jasongw t1_iufpqvj wrote

Eventually perhaps, but he got booted.

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iNyander t1_iufrawt wrote

Ok, so do enlighten me as to why you think LTSC sucks ass. What isn't working for you that works in Enterprise? Genuinely curious.

LTSC is intended for stability and security, which is on the opposite end of spectrum of the "beta test" Home/Pro consumer editions.

In the same sense you claim LTSC is garbage, I could easily claim X build of Windows is garbage because it introduces a slew of unexpected issues.

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jasongw t1_iug3o98 wrote

LTSB/C is not intended for desktop deployment. It is designed for deployments on medical devices, ATM machines and similar use cases where its functionality doesn't need to evolve over time.

LTSB/C introduces issues for different reasons: it doesn't have the full range of functionality as a desktop focused edition of Windows does, which means in turn that numerous applications either don't work correctly or completely, and good luck figuring that out in advance.

The entire mentality of leaving a PC in feature stasis for years on end is there kind of antiquated bullshit we did back in the 90's and early 00's. It worked at that time and I'm that context, but it does not work in 2022.

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iNyander t1_iug6gle wrote

You're not answering my question. What is not working for you? Or are you just making an issue out of a nonissue?

> it doesn't have the full range of functionality as a desktop focused edition of Windows does

That is utter nonsense. It has everything Windows needs to function normally.

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jasongw t1_iug6pdh wrote

I answered your question. The fact that you don't like the answer is your own problem.

LTSB/C is not intended for normal desktop use. Period.

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iNyander t1_iug70en wrote

No you didn't. I am asking for a specific example. You are dodging the question with a blanket statement that doesn't really address anything.

You shooting for the CEO of Adobe?

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jamhamnz t1_iucjl6l wrote

A bit like IE in the Win 98-XP days

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iNyander t1_iuckmm8 wrote

Except IE wasn't spinning up pointless background tasks and services. You could also remove it via Add/Remove Programs.

Edge can't be disabled, and unless you clusterbomb the whole thing and rip it out of the OS, the service recreate the auto update scheduler tasks.

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jamhamnz t1_iucl4f9 wrote

Wasn't Windows Explorer completely integrated with IE at one stage in Windows history?

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teh_maxh t1_iucoe25 wrote

Not completely, just enough to (unconvincingly) tell the Justice Department that it wouldn't be possible to ship Windows without Internet Explorer.

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