To anyone reading this: please don't use ISOs downloaded from not-official sources.
replyUse an autounattend.xml, the mass graves, and a WinGet JSON to customise an online image.
[1]: https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/
[2]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/package-manager/wi...
Do be aware that an autounattend.xml can cause Windows setup to execute arbitrary code. Their provenance matters too. It's relatively easy to encode scripts (or even binaries) into the XML to run during or after Windows setup. You can eyeball them, for sure, but I bet most people don't.
replyIndeed. I mention this in light of the high-profile supply-chain attacks recently across diverse platforms (Arch AUR, Shai-Hulud, etc). Any online tool that purports to modify an entire install medium should be heavily and continually scrutinised. I'm not saying the developer can't be trusted, but the infrastructure and people in general can't.
replyThe tool linked by the parent doesn't download ISOs from non-official sources.
replyI use uup dump myself, which downloads the components directly from MS and builds the ISO locally
replyDid you even read what I wrote?
replyI did. You said:
reply> to get a NEW ISO which you then install
This is not good.
NTlite has also been around for more than a decade, although it has a freemium model.
replyThat won't help you get to the minimum of Win10, though
replyYes it will, please re-read carefully. winutil removes hardware checks.
replyEven cleaner when you don't install Windows at all :P
replyWhy would people put themselves through the painful process of keeping themselves safe from their own computer?
Not everyone has the luxury of moving off of Windows. Solidworks, for example, has no Linux or Mac port.
replyThough I do agree, if your workflow is supported by any non-NT based OS, that's probably a better option
Anything I need windows for is work related and runs on my locked down (and actually very cleanly stripped down) windows 11 laptop. Its amazing how much Microsoft hates the consumer but bends over backwards for volume license purchasers.
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