2004
Finally getting around to sorting a centralised NAS… in the cheapest way possible! An old Bush-branded tablet running Windows 10 connected to a 2TB drive in an external case. Gotta start somewhere.
In the interests of future-proofing, I'm working on moving all my machines to IoT for its super-longterm support.
The Big Box is done, as is one of the T410s. Hit a snag when trying it on the Bush tablet as it's 32-bit only, so had to make a new installation disk with an older version of Enterprise that is 32-bit. Hopefully I can convert it to IoT with the amazing [redacted] script program.
Using Driverpack solutions 16 to install some drivers, especially the WiFi. Frozen completely part way through this process, so did a hard reset.
Back in Windows, tried activation script without internet, just out of interest; no dice.
So Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC is activated, but because I had to install the older 32-bit version, the method on the [redacted] website to convert to IoT doesn't work, so no IoT for me. Oh well, LTSC is still better than the old Education version I was using.
Just for posterity, to convert LTSC onto IoT in future (e.g. after changing language), these are the keys:
Windows 10:
[redacted]
Windows 11:
[redacted]
Haven't tried Driverpack solutions again; it got me as far as having WiFi & Bluetooth so now I'm just going to trust to Windows update to install drivers. It would be weird if the touchscreen suddenly worked after all this; it never worked in windows 10 before.
Should I try installing Windows 11 on it…? Is there a 32-bit version?
(A few moments later.)
No, there is no 32-bit version of Windows 11, so the 2019 version of 32-bit Win10 LTSC with support until 2027 is the absolute latest version that will run on this Bush tablet. After that… Well, I just better get saving up for a proper NAS in the next three years!
