Last20 LTSC x64 2020.02

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Screenshots:

WinRE (LivePE):


Windows Setup:


Logon:

Menu:


Settings:


ssWPI:


Start Menu:


Desktop Context Menu:


Version:


Get more apps from our Repository place them into the USB drive under the \ssAppInstalls folder run Menu and pick Install Apps, right click the List of Apps and press (Re)-Scan for Items.

You can use any method to create a bootable install media, but remember you need to use FAT32 if you are using Secure Boot (UEFI).

You can choose to Add/Remove Microsoft Store and Microsoft Edge from ssWPI, you have the option to disable Defender.

To install the apps simply open the DVD/USB and run Menu.exe picking Install Apps.
This release has WinRE based on Win10XPE Release. If you have any trouble installing using Windows Setup it offers WinNTSetup 3, this works by extracting the install files to the drive letter you pre-prepare using Partition Manager.

Once you have a clean configured installation you can boot from the install USB again and use Terabyte True Image to backup the C: drive to be able to restore any time your OS has any problems.

To make sure you have your data backed up, you should use the LastOS Settings app (or manually set) to change the Documents Drive letter to a non C: Drive and move the location of Downloads to a non C: Drive Letter as well, this means your desktop and documents are not wiped over if you restore your OS drive at any time. ppApps also are best to be installed to non C: drives as any settings you change will be kept and you do not have to wait for them to install again.

MS Updates & OS Build Date: 2020.02.18

Included Applications:

Code:

!Add Microsoft Edge To LTSC v2019.04.08 x64
!Add Windows Store to LTSC v2019.04.08 x64
!Disable Defender v2017.07.13 R2
!Disable OneDrive v2017.05.27
!Disable Store v2017.05.27
!Disable Windows Search v2017.05.27
!Disable XBox And GameDVR v2017.05.27
200 System Fonts v2011.11.06
30 Mouse Cursor Themes v1.0
7-Zip v19.00
Adobe Lightroom Classic CC 2020 v9.2.0.10 x64
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 v21.0.3.91 x64
Advanced Renamer v3.85
AIMP v4.60.2170
Angry Birds v3.0.0
AnyDesk v5.4.2.0
Apply Last10 Tweaks 2020.02.18
Apply LastOS Win Power Settings v2015.09.04
Apply Minimal Win System Protection Settings v2015.09.04
Apply Quick Launch Toolbar (1 Line Version)
Arklight
Atomic Alarm Clock v6.3
Audacity v2.3.3
Autoruns v13.96
AVS Video Converter v12.0.2.652
Bookworm Adventures 1
BurnAware Free v13.0
Cake Mania 2 - Back To The Bakery
Calculator For Win 10 2015.10.25 r2 x64
CCleaner v5.63.7540
Cheat Engine v7.0
Clipname context menu extensions
CPU-Z v1.90.0
Debotnet v0.6.0
Defender Control v1.6
Defraggler v2.22.995
Desktop Digital Clock v1.55
DirectX Runtimes 9.0c Complete v9.29.1974
Driver Magician Lite v4.91
Duplicate Photo Cleaner v5.3.0.1182
Easy Recovery Enterprise v11.1.0.0
Everything (Search) v1.4.1.935
Files + Folders Listing v2013.04.27
FileZilla FTP Client v3.46.3.0
Foxit Reader v9.7.1.29511
FreeFileSync v7.9
Gamers Runtimes Lite v2.2
Games Launcher v20.02.04.0
Garden Defense
Google Chrome v80.0.3987.100
GPU-Z v2.29.0
HandBrake v1.3.1 x64
Hash Tab v6.0.0.34
IcoFX v3.3.0
Insaniquarium
Internet Download Manager v6.36.5
IrfanView v4.54
K-Lite Mega CodeC v15.3.5
KMSpico (Activate Windows & Office) v10.2.0
Luxor 1
MediaInfo Lite v19.09
Microsoft OneDrive v19.222.1110
MP3Gain v1.2.5
MS Visual Runtimes AIO (Plus) 2020.01.23
MSXML 4.0 SP3 Parser 4.30.21170
Nirsoft & Sysinternals Utilities Suite 2019.11.30
Notepad2-mod v4.2.25.998
Open-Shell v4.4.143
Partition Wizard Technician v11.6
Paste As File v5.0.0.5
Plants Vs. Zombies Game Of The Year Edition
qBittorrent v4.2.1
Recover My Files v5.2.1.1964
Regshot v2.0.1.70
Resource Hacker v5.1.7.343
Restorator 2018 v3.9.0.1793
Rufus v3.8.1580
Sanitize v1.19.2.4
SetupS SendTo Suite v17.12.3.0
Simple Sticky Notes v4.8.0.0
Skype v8.56.0.103
Slingo Supreme
SoftMaker Office Pro 2018 972.1023
TeraByte Image v3.37.0
Tri Peaks 1 - Solitaire To Go
UltraEdit v26.20.0.62
UltraISO v9.7.2.3561
UltraUXThemePatcher 3.7.1
Universal Extractor v1.9_22.209b
Unlocker v1.9.2
VirtualBox v6.1.2-135662
VLC Media Player v3.0.8
VMWare ThinApp v5.2.6.14449759
W10Privacy v3.4.0.1
WinRAR v5.80
WizFile v2.06
WizTree v3.32
Xplosive Jigsaw Pro
Yahtzee GH

\Appz:

Code:

KMS-Digital-Online_Activation_Suite_v7.6_ENG_Office
Tweaks&Fixes
WinaeroTweaker
WinNTSetup4
wumt (MS_Updates)
autologin.exe
DefenderControl.exe
DefenderControl.ini
Extract_ppApp.apz_To_Edit_Content_v2.exe
FontViewOK.exe
iPack Builder v2.2.exe.lnk
iPacks Win 8 & 8.1 and 10.url
ResetPermission.exe
ShowKey.vbs
Transwiz.exe
win10settings.exe

This OS mod is the very same ISO outputted by the Last20 Builder Video, this was it's first complete test and the only issue was the aero.theme having the accent color set as blue, with it working so well I decided it has more meaning behind it than fixing the bug as the Last10.Tweaks automatically set it to gray post logon, so the only time you see the blue is the Please Wait screen and the Network Discovery slide on first boot. The other mistake was I had removed the ppGames from the public building folders, but they made it back in when I re-populated the builder with my updated applications, just makes it a bigger release, not worse tho.

Build your own OS like this one using the builder scripts, documents and video I created to make your very own custom Last20 mods:
http://forum.lastos.org/index.php?threads/last20-builder-v1-0-1.1865/

Default Password: password

Download:
* Seeding full speed now, please continue seeding this if your able to.

Size: 7.1GB
CRC32: DBC8F889
MD5: 7097A789737074FCC8621C241B2A91CC
SHA-1: 15B28CDD58359A7E9A440ACDC6B6455CB8D0CC34

Code:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:b3b7b412cda8bd3ca122249bd4f63fc5ef18bb8f&dn=Last20.2020.02.iso&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fopen.stealth.si%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3a80&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fglotorrents.pw%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fexodus.desync.com%3a6969

Post Release Fixes:

Blue Accent Color fix:
Copy From
M:\zLast20_Builder\01_Syspreping\01Update_CleanVM\02_Overlay\Windows\Resources\Themes\aero.theme
Or from extracted aero.zip Attached File Below
To
X:\sources\$OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes <- either inside the ISO or on the drive you copy it to.

 

Added version information to post above.

 

All LastOS work is open sourced and can be shared, modded or used as you need/want to. Just keep the open & sharing modding community alive.

Thanks it was my first video I've made in quite a while... except capturing a bug I was having with EmulationStation so the developer over there could see the issues - which he promptly fixed after seeing that Was many years prior to that - like 2012 or something. So was a big project, 3 hours 45 minutes of footage reduced to 42 minutes (with cuts and speed ups).

-EDIT-

I ask that if anyone shares this at least link to the builder (if not just mention it) so other people know that they can see what is under the hood and trust the OS, or perhaps just to inspire someone to tinker in their spare time. Not a requirement of course, just wanting a few more people to be more educated in OS modding so the community grows bigger and stronger again.

 

30GB uploaded and 20 views of the video I made for the builder, that's not a bad overnight run

Don't forget to vote on the poll once you have thoroughly tested and made up your minds, It'll give me an idea of how much work I should be putting in to a 2nd builder and how far in the future. Also if you notice anything missing so that can be added or shared as an update.

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4:07 - 37.77GB uploaded and 0 peers, my job is done, I am going to install my PC with it now

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Too busy to install
55 Views
66GB up now. 9 Seeds.

 

When you make the USB Install disk you need to decide if you want NTFS for fast installing to NON UEFI devices or if you need UEFI then you will have to format your USB as FAT32 (all Windows running on a UEFI BIOS must be installed from FAT32 and you can only install a x64 or from a x64 PE, which is why LastOS's no longer come in x86).

You then need to press escape key, F8 or another key to use your boot menu and pick the USB disk. the USB port sometimes needs to be a USB2 or enable Legacy support for USB in your BIOS as some controller chips need special chipset drivers to be accessible from the WinPE/RE

once you have the LivePE/RE desktop loaded and the USB port is accessible then you will have a desktop shortcut to "Install Windows"



Once you pick install windows you can pick which HDD/partition to install it to and it is mostly automated until your on the desktop.

 

if you run services and set the following service to Auto start and then start it, it will also fix the problem:



Alternatively you can download the script below and it will do it for you, I noticed this bug after I released Last20 and I am not sure what is disabling the service in the first place, only sometimes it is off, I am thinking the Last20.Tweaks re-enables it as I was aware that this issue was occuring and attempted to fix it. So you could also correct the update issue by re-applying Last20.Tweaks from ssWPI.

 

Strange error after system install:

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No biggie. Answer "No" and ssWPI still launches with to manually select what to install:

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Man, I really dislike the flatness and drabness of Windows 10

But I couldn't get Big Muscle's latest Aero Glass, v1.5.13 -- this version is for up to Win10 v1909 (10.0.18363) -- to work properly. I did find an adequate substitute though with Stardock's WindowBlinds. Not sure why I never looked into that before. It makes Windows 10 almost usable. Hell, they even have a Classic theme that works surprisingly well.

 

You can pick ssWPI from the LivePE, if you don't you get that error, I never install any default apps as you did with Windows 9, I leave it up to the user. I could make it so no error is shown (with a switch), but as it is such a tiny dialog, I never thought it was required as you pick yes to abort or no to manually pick post install.

I never had any luck getting WindowBlinds to install without having to manually do it, I know some modders include it in the captured image that gets installed, but I always like to make things optional - that is the reason I never include it with my releases. If anyone finds an easy way to make a SFX of it, let me know, would like to make more people able to tolerate Win 10 without having to mess about. BTW I am happy with my windows 10 being flat and non see through, it only took a few weeks of using it to realize it made very little difference to my workflow and happiness not having aero like features after all, I can see how those of you who stuck to Windows Vista through 7 and then Win 8 with Aero clones whole still find it jarring tho. So if WindowBlinds is actually stable (no explorer crashing/restarting) like it use to even in Windows 7 and especially 8, maybe even including the manual way wold be worth while.

 

I've always felt that the presets and autoinstall were very nice features of ssWPI. And under-utilized. I also think the way I implemented it was a good compromise; allowing multi-disk/usb -- another nice ssWPI feature -- users could include (or exclude) those appz they wanted AutoInstalled.

I don't think transparency is the issue but the lack of a sense of depth and visual cues. Colors, lighting, and shadows, (even some transparency helps a little) for a layering/3D effect and which are active windows, etc. Classical styles/themes had it; and later Aero, introduced with Vista, improved upon it. That's why I use AeroGlass for Windows 8. I don't even really care about the transparency as I've got it mostly tuned way back on AeroGlass. But even a little bit of transparency adds to that sense of depth.

I don't know. Perhaps many such as yourself may be happy with Windows 10 being flat; but it's not for me. Having to struggle with my OS is not a very efficient way to go about it. Windows 10 just seems so very chaotic. No sense of depth, little or no borders, the colors too similar, a lack of visual cues on where is what or what does what. That's just with the GUI. There are other areas I'm still scratching my head for. Like the very limited options on just about everything and all the extra steps I have to take just to get there. Take for example the new Startmenu -- just to get to the properties of a shortcut you have to open its location first. (Open-shell and StartIsBack fixes that).

Anyway, some of the WindowBlinds styles/theme effects are giving me the desired layering/depth and proper visual cues. Here's a Windows 7 theme:

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Fortunately since this is an LTSC, hopefully there will be no forced update that'll break all my efforts. (One of the major motivations behind my Windows 9 project, btw).

 

Thanks ghost, I really do need to find where the tweak is that disables updates, It's probably part of the Last10.Tweaks, I just never managed to make it happen every time so I'll add a fix to the builder and attach a installer fix once I find it. But yeah LTSC updates fine with the "update orchestrator service" enabled.