[gond]

I cannot recommend NTLite enough.

If it has to be Windows, just remove all the shit of Win11 yourself, set it to unattended installation with a local account, remove the hardware requirements barrier while you are at it, remove the games, controller add-ons, virus scanner and whatever else you would like to (the windows store?) and create your own LTSC.

This isn’t a solution to the problem and missing the point of the whole argument. But if it has to be Windows, I would recommend to try it.

1] ntlite.com