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    Cleanup ISO with MSMG, then maintaine with NTLITE?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by arenaboy007, Mar 18, 2018.

  1. arenaboy007

    arenaboy007 Notebook Geek

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    So I just thought of this idea of cleaning up an ISO with MSMG toolkit and then saving the removals as a preset in NTLITE so I only need to run it every after a cumulative update. What do you guys think?
    The reason for this is to keep the removals reasonable, which I think the toolkit does well, but then it doesn't have the live feature that NTLITE offers. Basically, getting the best from both worlds.
     
    arenaboy007, Mar 18, 2018
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    I used the MS ISO 1709 and had no junk installed.
     
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    Really? What does this have to do with his question? :rolleyes: Can you like for once, just post ANY useful answer? :rolleyes:
     
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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    How is that possible? Last time I checked FCU had too many unused UWP apps which acts like a banner or ad.
     
    Vasudev, Mar 21, 2018
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    Just ignore anything that guy says, he always posts such comments which make 0 sense, incorrect, misleading, etc. then he runs away to the next thread....
     
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    lol
    One person's junk is another person's treasure... But let's not talk about people's junk.....

    If 1709 wasn't littered with the same ol' low-quality, low-power, good-for-everyone "productivity"/advertisement/info-tainment software as the previous versions, I'm pretty sure the secret would be out by now.
    ;)
     
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    Oh, forgot the actual intent of my response, if anyone's reading this:

    What about OP's original question? I haven't used NTLITE, but I'm interested in checking it out:

     
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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You can do that.
     
    Vasudev, Mar 22, 2018
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    I don't use it, I have the paid version, even the last version, it just breaks Windows, random bugs like in the PC Settings some tabs are just chopped off, sticky notes randomly stops working, etc. that's all I can remember for now but it is one buggy mess. The MSMG Toolkit also breaks Windows Updates from functioning so that goes out the window as well.
     
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    Sticky notes and others aren't there on RS4. Blindly removing everything will break. Use the default profile to keep what is needed in components page.
     
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    Vasudev, Phoenix,
    Thanks to both of you for your answers.
    :cool:
     
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    My solution to the broken windows update is to integrate the update before making the iso. So far no errors, will observe when new updates come up.
     
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    That didn't work for me, seems something from the stuff I'm removing is breaking the updates despite me having had integrated all the latest updates. I used to do this just fine since Redstone 2 only with Redstone 3 did these issues start happening due to how much Micro$h4ft has fux0red with the code!
     
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    My guess is they caught up to this trend of stripping the OS bare, and made some preemptive changes to discourage users from shedding all that unwanted fat.
     
    arenaboy007, Mar 22, 2018
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