funny you say that..i was considerign the same, dont think i will atm, but its food for thought mate!
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funny you say that..i was considerign the same, dont think i will atm, but its food for thought mate!
If you're going to use Mircowin using his utility to debloat the ISO, it's great apart from the fact it also converts the windows explorer UI to some win 10 version. I tried to convert it back to win11 UI but no luck.
If you don't mind that then it's great, gets rid of all the MS bloat.
If you don't mind that then it's great, gets rid of all the MS bloat.
Pointless. Just run the VDOT script and install anything you want with winget or chocolatey. I have a single script that will take any Windows version, dynamically install any drivers, add a network profile, install chocolatey and any apps I specify, and deep Win32 apps like Office or Adobe, configure users, configure ENV path, run the VDOT optimisations, add MSFT baselines and reboot. Takes about 20 mins to run and I don't touch a single key or mouse click other than boot to USB
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Not pointless. It shaves off a lot of legacy crap, Removes all bloatware and preinstalled things and even lowers CPU usage and lowers memory usage by a few gigs.
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Chris has released a video which explains the explorer UI bug when installing the 24h2 ISO using Microwin.
Found the thread regarding the issue.
github.com
I think it may be fixed now or should be soon. Might test it out later myself.
MicroWin changes explorer look. · Issue #2697 · ChrisTitusTech/winutil
Hello I created an iso of windows pro 24h2 with microwin and I notused that it changed the look of explorer . How do i revert it back to the default windows 11 explorer look?
github.com
I think it may be fixed now or should be soon. Might test it out later myself.
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I did a fresh install of 24H2 on an N100 mini-PC that will replace the broken computer my wife's folks use.
They use the computer about 4 times a year, so doesn't need to be powerful. The difference between stock/tweaked performance after scripts have been ran to disable telemetry and all the other garbage, is insane.
I would almost say the N100 is unusable on stock Windows 11. Afterwards, was totally fine.
A bloated mess.
They use the computer about 4 times a year, so doesn't need to be powerful. The difference between stock/tweaked performance after scripts have been ran to disable telemetry and all the other garbage, is insane.
I would almost say the N100 is unusable on stock Windows 11. Afterwards, was totally fine.
A bloated mess.
It's pointless when there is a single script available which does all this for you and is remotely hosted, by Microsoft themselves.
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Or just use a iso image.
Well no, as that contains all the bloat. The ISO image from MS is the very definition of the thing we are trying to avoid
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Well no, as that contains all the bloat. The ISO image from MS is the very definition of the thing we are trying to avoid
You can get debloated isos.
If you want to take the risk of someone else creating a debloated ISO for you, and you are confident in it's source and what's really really really running on it, then go for it.
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It's fine.
Just to humour you, I checked. I picked a random image. I can guarantee it's not fine. The one I found had a hidden keylogger on it
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It's pointless if you know what those things are. A French phrasebook is pointless if you are fluent in French.
I don't know what 80% of those things are and need something much more tutorialised.
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I am still running 23H2 and I'm happy to do so until this update is pushed for me, guessing their could be some issues still outstanding.
Noting what has been mentioned about debloating Windows, is Microwin designed to be used after a fresh install of a regular Windows 11, rather than change the ISO..? Or does it seem to be like Nlite in creating a reduced form of an ISO..?
It has been a long time since I considered looking at anything other than a regular ISO Windows install and use, remembering that at one point removing "too much" can have consequences that might not be immediately obvious, in previous Windows versions...!
Noting what has been mentioned about debloating Windows, is Microwin designed to be used after a fresh install of a regular Windows 11, rather than change the ISO..? Or does it seem to be like Nlite in creating a reduced form of an ISO..?
It has been a long time since I considered looking at anything other than a regular ISO Windows install and use, remembering that at one point removing "too much" can have consequences that might not be immediately obvious, in previous Windows versions...!
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Could you provide a link please ? Sounds quite useful
It debloats the ISO prior to installation. Here’s the vid of Chris showing you and explaining every thing.
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