windows-11-perfect-install/

[utterances-bot]

Windows 11 Perfect Install

Having Fun with Technology

https://christitus.com/windows-11-perfect-install/

[bravomail]

Hi Chris. Love your work! Have you ever looked into Registry tweaks? There are some really good ones, which can improve user experience - NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate, NtfsMemoryUsage, MenuShowDelay, HoverTime, disabling balloons, low disk checks, recent doc history, some Cortan/Bing/Search privacy, disabling MediaPlayer, RestrictAnonymous, DisablePagingExecutive, AdditionalCriticalWorkerThreads, AdditionalDelayedWorkerThreads, LargeSystemCache, DefaultSeparateVDM, FastCopyReceiveThreshold, FastSendDatagramThreshold, disabling Autorun in all forms and media, AutoShareServer, AutoShareWks. There is also a TCPOptimizer.exe program, but I wasn't able to verify if makes my internet any faster.

[bravomail]

From my personal experience disabling NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and disabling "Server" service brought biggest perceivable performance improvement. Explorer just became much livelier.

[simeononsecurity]

More complicated and I'm definitely biased, but I strongly prefer using https://uupdump.net/ to generate the ISOs without bloatware from scratch. Also, my scripts remove a lot more than just bloatware and telem from just windows products. Software like adobe reader, nvidia drivers, nvidia geforce, google chrome, firefox, etc... They all have telem. Additionally, removing telem and bloatware isn't the only thing you should be doing. Some general system hardening is strongly advised. Things like Disabling SMB v1, Quoting out your system paths, Enforcing TLS 1.3 connections in .Net, Encryption in SMB, CRL checking etc. These things are mandatory on government systems, don't break anything, and for some reason aren't default on windows. https://github.com/simeononsecurity/Windows-Optimize-Debloat https://github.com/simeononsecurity/Windows-Optimize-Harden-Debloat The extended writeups I have are at https://simeononsecurity.ch/github

[Wjax0n]

Hey I have run into an issue with running tweaks where it just endlessly loops "WARNING: Waiting for service 'Bluetooth Audio Gateway Service (BTAGService)' to stop..." any ideas on what to do?

[Abyanu163]

About select ISO file download, I select English (International) then English United States. About selecting Windows ISO file that MANY CHOSEN ENGLISH US THEN ENGLISH GB (Intl.).

First, Windows ISO English International Edition file 4,9 GB using international scheme. Second, Windows ISO English US file 5,1 GB using US based scheme. Thrid, maybe changed - Chinese using China Edition.

[erickosanchezj]

Hey man, great tool! Tried it for Win11 on a SteamDeck and it is running amazing. I do have a question though, would you recommend running this in an existing Win11 install with a bunch of apps/games?

[JJDizz1L]

Proud to have come across your channel on YouTube. You're doing great things. Keep supporting the community.

[Laureanojgv]

Hello! This is an amazing tool!! The only options I did not see available where "Disable Power Throttling" and "Remove Cortana" I don't know why.

The rest was amazing! Thank You for this free tool !!

[FireRav3n]

Hey Chris, awesome video. but I have a big issue. I have a small environment that I'm testing and I'm using ZENTYAL to provide Active Directory Services without the bulky installation of Windows Server, so far no issues. I did your custom install of windows and the de-bloat and it was fine, but when I added the laptop to the domain none of the apps that were installed were present on the domain users profile.

Additionally, after the alternative WINGET installation completed your utility just hung and I tried redoing the process several times but nothing I tried worked, shouldn't this work in a domain environment as well or am I missing something ?

[wckawasumi]

Hey Chris thanks for the app, however after debloating the msstore, winget gives me "Failed in attempting to update the source: winget" I dont know if it did by accident delete files that winget used? or it was because the temp folder was deleted?

[PeterScream]

Fabiolus app and EXACTLY what is needed. Seams like app install doesnt currently work with windows ARM version -- the same one you use for Parallels on Mac -- would you be so kind? Happy to donate if that would be possible

[Kreyno93]

Hey Chris! Love your work! but there's one thing : winget does not work anymore.

when i try 'winget update --all' the following error message appears :

The msstore source requires that you view the following agreements before using. Terms of Transaction: https://aka.ms/microsoft-store-terms-of-transaction The source requires the current machine's 2-letter geographic region to be sent to the backend service to function properly (ex. "US"). Do you agree to all the source agreements terms? [Y] Yes [N] No: y

if i press "y" then the next one pops up :

Failed when searching source: winget An unexpected error occurred while executing the command: 0x8a15000f : Data required by the source is missing

i already tried : winget source reset --force winget source update

after "winget source update" its just the following :

Updating all sources... Updating source: msstore... Done Updating source: winget... Cancelled

installing latest packages from their github repo. nothing seems to work. Of course I'm running it as admin. the region is set to United States.

Sorry for the long post here's a potato 🥔

[ozburn]

Install didin't work anymore here too.

[stevem-crm]

For me as well: no install.

[stevem-crm]

Install: Win11: no, Win10: yes

[Spanktacular]

https://www.makeuseof.com/fix-winget-not-working-windows-11/

[SachsA]

For those who have the install not working: go to Microsoft Store, type "App Installer", and there should be an update that you haven't done. Do it. Re try the install. It worked for me.

[stevem-crm]

My Win11 started working but I am not sure why (I hate it when that happens).

[Leowhyx]

After installation, you will definitely need a license. I bought mine in this store and I highly recommend it: https://royalcdkeys.com/products/windows-11-pro-retail-cd-key

[stevem-crm]

I installed this for a NAS I am building on unsupported hardware. Thinking I might go get a Window 10 LTSC license. Seeing more rumbling about MS not pushing updates to unsupported hardware.

[artemiz007]

Windows is showing that the device is managed by your organaization. But it isn't. I use this pc for home use and set it up by myself. Could this be happening because of winutil?. There are no shady apps present on my pc.

[Leowhyx]

I love windows 11

[BobHood]

Has anyone tried running this script on something like Tiny11? AtlasOS or ReviOS...

[nomadtechiemike]

I have chosen several apps to install, it shows a pop up done but nothing is installed? same with uninstall, I am on the latest Windows 11 in Audit mode, I will try a fresh setup and see if it works as expcted.

[Jeejay68]

Yup not working here either to install any apps same as above reinstalled Windows 5X

[simon433]

question, I download this link via powershell irm christitus.com/win | iex and that's what I get and setup with a lot of programs and tools, whatever I want to install on Windows 11 Pro does not appear on the PC, I do not know what is wrong, it could also all be installed via Windows 11 Pro if those programs plus tools, etc.

[stevem-crm]

See comment above from SachsA: that worked for me.

[Leowhyx]

Windows 11 is great

[yRob69]

Tried this out for the tweaks but didn't give me an option to not install Chocolatey, it just went an installed it. Is it needed? How do i remove it if not needed? Also, browser(Brave or Firefox) would not install. Did this with a fresh install of Windows.

[chadkyoung]

If you need to activate your OS rumor has it this code was given by a Microsoft support to a customer experiancing trouble with their PC not accepting a genuine license key. Support tried walking the customers through various steps to get the PC to accept the key but with no luck. As a last resort support told the customer to open powershell as Administrator and type this code---> irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex The customer wrote it down after Microsoft support gave the code because his troubling PC finally accepted a key the tool generated. It's entirely no way to confirm how this code was leaked or if the story is even true. I will say this though, I have personally used this to activate all versions of windows even windows 11. And it's worked every time! I am able to use windows updates just as I would normally. Iv scanned my entire PC for viruses after running this tool to activate windows and it hasn't found any malware or viruses so in my opinion it's legit. I hope people can use it in this sinereo to activate your freshly installed tiny OS. ☺️

[VictorFelmonte]

copied from Youtube comment i made: I have a quick question for you regarding your debloat utility and PowerShell. I have a several old machines in my home lab plan on either repurposing or retiring, but im in the process of cleaning off changes before hand while I figure out what to do with them. Is there a way to run the Out Of Box settings revert from PowerShell without going through the GUI first?

[BobHood]

Ran the Edge Removal tweak, but entered Brave and it errored out immediately. What is the proper way to choose Brave as the replacement for Edge???

Output >> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\121.0.2277.112\Installer\setup.exe --uninstall --msedge --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe /uninstall EDGE REMOVED! -GET-ANOTHER-BROWSER? ENTER: firefox -REINSTALL? ENTER: edge / webview PS C:\Windows\System32> Brave Brave : The term 'Brave' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1

• Brave
• CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Brave:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException << End Output <<

Do I have to Install Brave at this entry point? if it's already installed? or should I reinstall Brave normally? Any help?

[MayContainYuri]

While I like the tool you made, winget is apparently never installed and I can't use the tool to install any programs. I tried the winget reinstall button as well but it still won't work.

[slink007]

Bought the tool, used it, like it very much. Can confirm it puts Chocolatey on without any option to avoid doing so. Not a problem for me, but the video does give the impression that this is optional. Also, I find that the tool does not list Cortana anywhere, so I am unable to use it to uninstall that program.