if theres a solution on the internet ive tried it i either havent used the correct search terms or im overthinking it and its a simple fix idk but after installing everything i need only the multiplayer launches but single player wont ive troubleshooting for literal days and nothing has worked and the bots on reddit kill my post everytime because im asking about building or buying a pc even though a pc was never even mentioned so if anyone has an idea i havent tried yet please let me know edit: i forgot this was introductions if someone could point me were this post belongs that would be great

Windows 11 LTSC... The Good Edition of 11?

Marc_LFD · 2026-08-03T20:31:50+00:00

So I tried 11 LTSC on a HP laptop with 120GB SSD and 8GB RAM, and surprisingly it runs very well whereas if it were the Home/Pro editions it'd struggle like hell. I want to say I like it, it's very clean, you can customize it as you want, but the Android/iOS-liie Start Menu will take some getting used to. I'm guessing there are programs that replace it though if you want to stick with the default it'll be quite the change. If you want to try 11 LTSC, it's available via the M$ website or massgrave.dev. End of Life Support reportedly ends on October 10, 2034 so it will last quite a long while. For me, I'll keep using 10 LTSC until 2029 and then I may upgrade to 11 LTSC as it's actually pretty good overall, IMO. Man... I never thought I'd say something positive about Windows 11 as I always had such a horrible experience with it. 😅

Windows 10 Start Menu Questions

PityOnU

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Oct 5, 2015

Recently upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on my laptop. My setup on Windows 8.1 was like this:

Disk indexing disabled
Use the start screen
Default to "all apps" view on the start screen
To start an app, I would just hit the Windows key, start typing the name, and then hit enter

Now, on Windows 10, "search" doesn't return any result at all if you disable disk indexing (which is a hog of a system process if ever I've seen one). The start screen can be enabled, but the "all apps" view is completely gone - so even if you enable the start screen, if you want to see all the installed apps, you can only do so in a tiny sliver of screen on the left of your display.

Am I doing something wrong here? This just seems fucking ridiculous to me. They did so many things right with 8 and 8.1 and now they're just backtracking all over it and completely fucking usability. Don't get me started on how you can only access some of the desktop settings in the metro settings app now...

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