Windows 10: Which Windows 10 version? Stay or update? (dilemma)

Got a new gaming rig in late august with these specs:

Fractal Design Define R6 Blackout
ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 8GB DUAL OC
Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2400MHz CL16 Vengeance
Noctua NH-D15
ASUS PRIME Z370-A
Corsair HX850 850W
Intel Core i7 8700K 3.7 GHz 12MB Coffee Lake
WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm 64MB

Been using Windows 10 Enterprise 1803 since I got it and my overall experience have been good except the part when I had to de-bloat it (Enterprise versions should be free from cruft, please have mercy Microsoft)

Anyway, prior to purchasing my new gaming rig I used to run Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 on my old Intel Core i7 4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Haswell gaming rig and I absolutely loved that version, clean and stable.

I'm eagerly anticipating the LTSC version coming out this year, it shares the same base as Windows Server 2019 just as LTSB 2016 did with Server 2016.

I know all my stuff works on Enterprise 2018 1803 but it's too bloated and it's annoying having to de-bloat a OS all the time.
LTSC is probably going to be cruft free like LTSB 2016 but I'm not sure how much of a change Redstone 4 to Redstone 5 will be and testing everything again might be a PITA.

I used LTSB 2016 for almost 2 years because the stability and that it felt like a polished release and it feels like 1803 is just another beta release.

My gaming rig is 100% offline and I'm only going to use cumulative updates.

Should I stay with Enterprise 1803 or wait and update to LTSC 1809?

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows 10 Update

Well just noticed a pretty large one pop up coming in at 914MB, seems it makes some pretty serous updates.

KB3172985
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3172985

This security update includes improvements and fixes in the functionality of Windows 10 Version 1511 and Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4. It also resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows:

• 3175677 MS16-094: Security update for secure boot: July 12, 2016
• 3174060 MS16-093: Security update for Adobe Flash Player: July 12, 2016
• 3171910 MS16-092: Security update for Windows Kernel: July 12, 2016
• 3170048 MS16-091: Security update for .Net Framework: July 12, 2016
• 3171481 MS16-090: Security update for Kernel Mode Drivers: July 12, 2016
• 3170050 MS16-089: Security update for Windows secure kernel mode: July 12, 2016
• 3170005 MS16-087: Security update for the Microsoft Print Spooler: July 12, 2016
• 3169999 MS16-085: Cumulative security update for Microsoft Edge: July 12, 2016
• 3169991 MS16-084: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 12, 2016

 

Comodo Software users Windows 10 *Important*




"Hi All,
We stronly advise Comodo users not to update to latest MS update KB4022716, which is available for Windows 10 users till they have new fixed version of Comodo internet security products installed.

Affected Products:
- Comodo Internet Security / Comodo Antivirus / Comodo Firewall (Affected versions: v6246 and below)
- Comodo Cloud Antivirus (Affected versions: v533 and below)
- Internet Security Essentials (Affected versions: v81 and below)
- Comodo Secure Shopping (Affected versions: v97 and below)

Possible Problems:
In case you have updated to MS update KB4022716 prior to updating to latest fixed version of Comodo products, following issues may appear:

- Crashing browsers
- May not be able to login to Windows

Resolution:
If you are able to login, you can uninstall Comodo and re-install latest fixed Comodo version. Else you need to go to Windows Safe Mode and uninstall Comodo product or re-store system to state before Comodo product was installed.

In case you want to keep Comodo and pause Windows updates for some time, you may use following steps:
Step - 1: Click on Start icon on Windows
Step - 2: Next click on Settings menu item, it will open "Windows Settings" window
Step - 3: Select "Update & Security" section from there and it will show "Windows Update" section
Step - 4: Click on "Advanced Options" next, there is "Pause Updates" section allowing you to pause Windows updates for next several days

You can find same steps with images here .

Reason:
There are unexpected changes in last MS update KB4022716, which are incompatible with Comodo products."

https://forums.comodo.com/news-anno...ate-kb4022716os-build-15063447-t119928.0.html