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Not sure about that but LTSC is coming out with 21H2 is already confirmed by Microsoft. Life cycle also reduced from 10 years to 5 years.

Dism++ has Windows 10 like CompactOS feature which can be applied to 8.1 or Windows 7. The author says it doesn't effect the performance while reducing the disk footprint, he's certainly more knowledgeable than me. But you're absolutely spot on, the more compressed a file is, the more time it will take to access it unless there's some new tech unheard of. It says under Edition: Windows 10 Enterprise and build 21H2 20303.1

I want to get onto Windows 10 because I want to take advantage of the improvements in the technology and innovation, things that Windows 7 and 8.1 no longer receive but as we agreed before, there's too much wrong with Windows 10 at this moment. Maybe 21H2 can chnage things a bit but I don't have high hopes, as noted earlier, policies are not going to change. Telemetry, forced updates etc will always be there. That's why if I ever use Windows 10, it will most certainly be the customized Lite edition with as much as telemetry and updates removed. I have long held this belief that compression is not a good idea, only consumes time and unnecessary system resources but if it can cut down on the space usage considerably, maybe it's worth using. Remember what I said about OS performing faster ? the less disk space it takes, the faster it will perform. What's your take on this ? And thanks for the conversation. Your words give me hope, no matter how 21H2 turns out to be, I'll give Enterprise edition a try nonetheless. 21H2 Insider builds are out

I assure you the feeling is mutual and like you I'm anticipating the changes in 21H2 so that I can finally upgrade. Hopefully, fingers crossed.

Talking about the Start Menu, how hard it is to get it right in Windows 10 argghhhh!!! Where are all the shortcut's located ?? How to remove, bring back certain items ? How to create folders ? How to remove single items from folders like uninstallers etc to keep it clean ? How to merge the shortcuts in one folder??? It wasn't even so hard in Windows 7 Menu upon which this Windows 10 menu supposedly is based on. Windows 8.1 is magically simple and elegant. They better get their mojo back and design something as they use to do or I'm never upgrading not even after 2023. I'm thinking if all the garbage is still there, the S mode won't do any good. The lite version is not lite by any means unless it occupies less and less HDD space, that's how it boots fast and runs fast. Better to employ NTLite than to depend on Microsoft for anything these days.

Yes indeed. Is there any further news on that ?

Kernel itself is not a sole determining factor. Windows 10 is a mobile operating system which can't decide if it wants to target the amateur android "click here and it will happen" users or more advanced PC users. It's trying to be two things at once. Now only that it doesn't give users the kind of control Windows 7 use to give it's users. The Settings app is a disaster. Half of the time, I can't remember if a certain tweak is in settings o in control panel and if it's in settings then exactly where. There are things fundamentally wrong with Windows 10, for example not allowing the users to sign in without a password etc and when it's broken at the root, no amount of UI improvement can fix it. Microsoft use to do things like a Pro, that's what made them the masters of OS market. Windows 10 doesn't feel like their product. It feels like the product of their support staff (cooks, janitors etc) with controlling and daddy issues. I haven't upgraded from my 8.1 yet because there's just too much wrong ith Windows 10 that hamper drastically with my workflow. Though having said that I'll give the Enterprise edition a try only if they do something to the start menu. And BTW, where is the promised Windows 10 lite version for low end PC's ?? or was it just sugar promise to get people hooked to Windows 10 ? Amazing what greed can transform you into.

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Hello all, I'm trying to locate the resources for the Windows 10 dark mode Ribbon but was unable to. All I see is some green and black bitmaps ditto for the light mode. If possible, would like to get my hands on the bitmaps for the dark mode. Thanks.