How to Easily Make A Lite Windows 11 ISO

Today we are making an ISO so you can install a debloated copy of Windows 11. This ISO will be based on the Tiny11 project. However, rather then downloading it, we are going to make it ourselves.
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- UUP Dump link for 1265
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- Windows ADK
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oscdimg.exe location on hard drive
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\Oscdimg.exe
- Install winget in Power Shell
Add-AppxPackage -RegisterByFamilyName -MainPackage Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Install a Browser with these commands with winget
winget install Mozilla.Firefox
winget install Microsoft.Edge
winget install Opera.Opera
winget install Google.Chrome
#Windows11 #Debloat #Tech

[@Joey_tomb]

As a technician in 3rd world country when alot of people including myself still using 10 years old machine, this is so useful. Thanks man

[@ShivanshBabu-vi3zx]

I am using 15years old pc 😶

[@Juliodax]

Excuseme, where are from?

[@Baqkton]

An Ex UK machine 😅

[@brianberthold3118]

it doesnt take that much money to build a Ryzen Gen+ system

[@ghazinspace]

​@@ShivanshBabu-vi3zxhhh il using a a quad pentium,4

[@Zhixalom]

You know, these videos are just awesome. I often know much of the stuff already. But then when I actually sit down to do these kinds of things, I might forget some steps, some stuff may have changed, and some new features added or tools gotten available that actually makes my older way of doing it the more cumbersome. Because after 35-some years in IT, the enthusiasm for keeping up with something which is just going to be gone or changed again within 2-3 years, it does get rather tiresome and exhausting. - Then it is great to have somewhere to go, to find summed up step-by-step "recipes" and even get reminded about the small details.

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@sonnydavis7339]

What about Mac OS? And Steam has most compatibilities configured..

[@Zhixalom]

@@CyberCPU You know, Sonny Davis is on to something here. How about a Hackintosh video in your thorough style? - and this comes from a guy (me) who's allergic to apples... yeah, both kind 😆

[@japanstation1]

Could not agree more!

[@egggofff5057]

thank you, it installed flawless on a 15 year old dual core laptop no errors what so ever. 2 gig mhz with 4 gigs ram, ran debloater after and tasks went from 160 to 65.

[@DiddlyDiPotatoes]

It was nice of NTDEV to release this builder script to debloat certain stock 11 ISOs to be similar to tiny11. Also that Add-AppxPackage command to install winget is something I'll keep in mind for sure.

[@randyspradlin8404]

I want to "thank you" for the great videos. I've done software/hardware fixes and repairs for many people. And, built PCs. Your extra guidance is superior to so many. I'm very pleased with your channel! Keep up the good work!

[@honocoroko9883]

many thanks man, your vid are most easy for me to understand. hope this channel grow sub fast, you really deserved !

[@TheLinuxWarrior]

WOW another cool Vidoe. Yes I have done some TINY ISOs myself using your instructions . They are cool. Thumbs up , more of these and Greetings from Germany

[@owlmostdead9492]

Also don't use winget in an admin console, if it needs admin access it'll prompt for it. That way you can install and run your browser without admin privileges.

[@Uglylizard66]

YEA! keep it coming bro. Love it all kind info and learning going on here.

[@massgrave8x]

If you have Ventoy on a portable HDD/SSD, you could just keep a folder on it with the installer for your web browser (and other apps if you want) inside it if you don't wanna go the winget route after first boot! I have an "/ISOs" directory and an "/Apps" directory on mine, and Ventoy is configured to only look at files inside the "/ISOs" directory when booting from it, makes a handy swiss army knife 👍

[@philip6502]

Very good video. You've got the magic touch for creating tech videos. Thank you. 👍

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@02LeSabre]

I've been a subscriber for a while now,. I got an awesome deal on a laptop. It's got the usual manufacturer bloatware. I don't want any of that! This video came in REAL handy! I will be installing a new larger M.2 stick, and more memory, and now I can have my own tiny version of 11 when it gets here on 06-02! Thanks Rich! :)

[@ulrichtobben2003]

Great video as always. One thing is that if you want to manually remove aspects of Windows, (Xbox, Cortana, etc.) or disable parts of Windows(telemetry, etc.) or want to keep certain parts of Windows(Edge, etc.) one great program is called NTLite. It's a program where you can import and edit a Windows ISO manually, and do things like adding driver support, installing updates to a certain ISO, removing features, disabling things, removing programs, and more. It's a great tool that I think you(Cyber) should make a video on, especially considering you don't have to download an outdated Windows ISO from a 3rd party mirror, and it gives you even more flexibility than this script. Would recommend.

[@adamu6941]

yes NLite is the best option imo too ;) And now there is a script that makes one click debloat easy by selecting a profile and Nlite automatically debloat things for you, the safest and most efficient way to fully unblock an operating system like w11.

[@s70cas7ic0]

that's a commercial solution

[@adamu6941]

​@@s70cas7ic0 yes ;) but accessible

[@valveman12]

CyberCPU Tech You did a great job explaining how to create your own Tiny11. Thanks👍👍

[@soumilnegi2556]

thank you for such a thorough guide!

[@EnderMC]

Thanks! Worked like a charm.

[@BRICSlayer]

Can't watch the vid yet, but grateful you made it. Liked and subscribed.

[@digital0ak]

Nicely done! It's good to give people choices.

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist]

@@CyberCPU Myself I prefer Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019. Also it gets much longer update support too. Gets update support up to Jan 9th 2029. So no sense of ever switching to Windows 11. I'm good to go for a long time. I recommend if people want to stay with Windows 10 much longer, then go with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2019, problem solved.

[@CyberCPU]

@@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist I don't think regular home users can even get a license for Windows 10 Enterprise. The only option to run enterprise is piracy.

[@NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist]

@@CyberCPU I could careless if people used piracy copies of it. It's not like Microsoft is in the poor house or something. Their a multi billionaire company. Also Microsoft is anti privacy and want's to control your computer with their built in bloatware. So the way I see it a company like Microsoft deserves what it gets for how bad they treat their home users.

[@miggyboii3460]

It was a success! Now will install my games and test it. So far everything is smooth! Thank you for your guide. Subscribed!

[@krishnarawat3837]

Is it better then windows 10? Or rather the same?

[@RiceGrain_]

​@@krishnarawat3837its same,

[@yw1971]

14:21 - No need to click "New". Just "Next" & the install will do it automatically. You only need "New" in case you want specific configuration.

[@jameshollands2654]

OMG this is amazing (from your biggest fan)

[@3xile_de]

Thank you for this informative video :)

[@peterxyz3541]

Thanks! Useful.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

Great vid as usual.

[@CyberCPU]

Thanks.

[@johnpedersen8387]

Nice video. I will try to do this the next time. 🙂

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@mikeriley7296]

In this video you commented about your preference to select "New" and "formatting" while prepping for a new install ... Suggestion ... in future vids, either in the vid or down below in the comment area add why you have chosen the preferences, remember, those of us that watch your vids do so because they want to learn ... thanks Great vids keep it up ...

[@Martin-ot7xj]

Hi there, it was a very useful and informative tutorial video. thnx

[@indrequinenillas4465]

I just recently watched this guy's video. it help me a lot though. . U earned a subscriber here..

[@MarkShepherdson]

great video 🙂

[@marlo-ji]

Your videos are awesome I always wonder how often do you shave

[@srvuk]

Very useful.

[@johnmckown1267]

Excellent. Of course, I want to keep my current data. Also, my PC boots from a small SSD and has most of my data on a large HD. Yeah, I got it when SSDs were fairly expensive.

[@remiggiosonofattimiei1979]

Great !!! Tysm ^_^

[@Chezburger_Gaming]

i like your content you help me so much

[@CyberCPU]

Glad it helped.

[@matjazwalland903]

Thank you. I would like to see that the owners of the Windows operating system would take on such projects themselves and not make it difficult to develop such useful things.

[@CyberCPU]

Microsoft does have methods for creating custom ISOs. It's just really hard to use.

[@SuperEnergetika]

Thank you.

[@terranearthling9918]

Your the best dude

[@Acikexe]

I am saving this video when i want to install a fresh windows 11.

[@PhilipMarcYT]

I have to respect the fact you keep trying to support/defend Windows 11. 😆 I'll stick with Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, thanks.

[@CyberCPU]

I don't necessarily defend it. However, it has gotten better since it's release. The issue is. Unless Windows 12 comes out before Windows 10 looses support, we are going to all be stuck running Windows 11. Might as well embrace it. It will one day be the new normal.

[@savagegaming2258]

Any chance you can do a lite windows 11 with msmg toolkit? Also if you use the lite windows 11 install to upgrade a standard windows 10, will it get rid of all the junk or do you have to do a clean install?

[@jesusa7042]

17:00 to download a browser its easier to just download the installation file for your preferred browser on to a different usb Before you install the new os

[@jaymagisa1273]

Very nice

[@aroundnorth]

Great video, now i finally can install win 11 on my old laptop. 👍

[@shanemc5136]

Thank you. One question. Will this update windows and if so will it add back the bloats ?

[@christopher480]

great video :) plz put a time stamp for your baked in ad......some of us pay for youtube so we have no ads, and since you get paid a tiny bit more when premium members watch. this shouldnt be a prob.

[@hondaland_]

When installing and you have deleted all partitions you can click next. It will automatically create the new partitions without you having to do all of those extra clicks

[@Yinzzy656]

thanks Rich

[@gentuxable]

11:00 actually the author of rufus explains that there is absolutely no difference between the portable and the regular one except that the executable checks if it has a p at the end and if so puts the ini file in the same directory as the executable vs in your profile making the config portable. So for 99% of users it doesn't matter only those wanting to have rufus on a portable stick and leave no trace on other systems and carry the config on it.

[@mauriceambridge4005]

Your always looking for Ideas to video. how about making a video in how to use the Windows Store without having to login with email and password. Now that's a challenge. liked this video by the way.

[@CyberCPU]

I don't believe that's possible. However, you can install Windows store apps through the powershell and I don't believe you need an MS account.

[@Appalling68]

Interesting video, thank you. Personally I prefer building my custom iso with NT Lite, and you can use any version of the Windows 11 iso. However, I get that you really have to spend some time learning to use it correctly, but in the end it's just so freakin awesome.

[@CyberCPU]

I haven't heard about nt lite before. I may have to make a video on that.

[@IncertusetNescio]

I had issues getting anything to install with that route. It kept throwing "hey we need drivers...no we won't tell you which for what" errors at me.

[@ocruzyval309]

Good evening, i want to thank you for the tutorial it works verywell for me. i do have one question: when i use the unattended file, i get an error and can not install the debloated iso with the unattended script. how can i fix it? do you know what file i need to add to be able to install the iso with the unattended file? thanks

[@Rayu25Demon]

I opened youtube to see if you put any video and suddenly your last video was the 1st thing i see on KZbin 😂

[@yw1971]

12:11 - More correctly - If you gonna use Secure Boot or not & also if you need a drive of More than 2Gb (such as 4Gb). Both require GPT partitions. I think Win11 install now needs Secure Boot as default

[@petertrex]

Super ncie video as usual!! Alternative: NTLite. Complete customization.

[@CyberCPU]

I just heard about that. I may make a video on it.

[@kenrock2]

@@CyberCPU looking forward to your video... those settings are really overwhelming for me

[@levent4014]

Is this free or should we purchase it?

[@BerndFunken]

When i created a similar USB stick for Windows 10 several years ago i simply copied a folder with stuff that i wanted to have in my windows 10 pc, like the google chrome installer and other useful stuff. There was still a lot of room for that on the USB stick.

[@RockyAllenLane]

Sorry Rich, I searched your site for the Windows 10 debloat podcast but found nothing. Is it in one of the Windows T10 ips podcasts? Thanks.

[@h3odetonator165]

only I am seeing is this error message everytime: Status Legend: (OK):download completed. Unable to retrieve data from Windows Update servers. Reason: XML_PARSE_ERROR If this problem persists, most likely the set you are attempting to download was removed from Windows Update servers. Press any key to continue . . . what to do?

[@khaizeralejo]

All the windows apps here that cannot be remove by windows default uninstaller can be uninstall by iobit uninstaller. So basically you can just modify the installer in rufus and eventually remove all this apps using iobit uninstaller. Using tiny builder is making the system unstable like the start menu that whatever new apps you will intall, it wont automatically show in the recent add.

[@ronz101]

All well and good sir. Tiny 11 too must be activated if you want full access. That IS a problem if you intend too use it as a STANDALONE unit. Just experimenting here and will probably dump it eventually. Rufus was very helpful.

[@ssdhillo]

Great Video! however Most of the viewers are not watching this video on 42inch LCD, it is hard to see what's in the terminal :)

[@thevgam3r]

can you just put the tiny11 iso in a ventoy key instead of doing all the setup for usb drive in rufus ?? or do we HAVE to do like what you did ?

[@lduych]

*@CyberCPU Tech* Post a successful debloated installation, do the items removed get reinstalled when applying major cumulative updates, say, from Windows 11 21H2→22H2; and, if so, what, if anything, can be done to prevent such reinstallations?

[@CyberCPU]

Yes, in most cases installing a build update will include a lot of the bloatware. The best workaround would be to create a debloated ISO of the new build before you install it instead of installing Microsoft's official release.

[@lduych]

@@CyberCPU Thanks!

[@Graham6410]

Got a copy of it installed on an old laptop that I am going to give to a friend :)

[@BadWolfPlays66]

Great video as always. But I'd like to create one that keeps in the ability to upgrade from 10. I hate reinstalling everything over and over. Even though I really need to reinstall Windows since I've been upgrading this system since 7. 🤣

[@CyberCPU]

I believe you can upgrade with this ISO. I might be wrong, I didn't test it. However, I know it takes out the compatibility checks.

[@BadWolfPlays66]

@@CyberCPU You can't, I tried. Tried with several of them. Not the one you made though. Haven't tried the creator. I do have a test system setup that's running NTDev's ISO and it's doing well. No hiccups. Even have ESET installed on it. Been running well for almost 4 months.

[@Neverisforever]

Subbed and a comment below for the algorithm gods.

[@blg53]

Could you not download the Chrome install package on the same USB flash drive (after you have created the ISO image)? Then, you can simply run it from the USB drive after Windows 11 are first started. Is there anything flawed in this approach? Seems a simpler method.

[@dead420]

would like to know more about what windows update will do to this tiny11 install. I feel like more information about that will be very helpful

[@CyberCPU]

I discuss that in the second video when I test the performance of the OS. Windows update didn't make much difference.

[@VinConti]

@CyberCPU can you comment on your thoughts about Tiny11 Builder vs MSMG toolkit vs NTLite?

[@tonycarteruk]

My ISO installed successfully but tried to install Mozilla Firefox via Powershell but unfortunately it didn’t work so had to install it from Microsoft Store and now I have Firefox on my Windows 11 Lite! Overall I am happy that I have my own debloated Windows 11 on my notebook PC.

[@user-eu2sg2gq1c]

You weren't lying, uup dump is taking an eternity

[@Stormie21]

How long has it been? And what's your internet speed

[@user-eu2sg2gq1c]

@@Stormie21 okkla says 800mb, started it at 12pm, still going at 4:40pm. Just left it over night. Good meow

[@Stormie21]

@@user-eu2sg2gq1c i don't think tiny 11 is secure so I'll probably reinstall windows 11

[@MSched]

The next video should be about how to install windows unattended. A friend might use a VM soon and wants to know.

[@brianvanstaden9358]

Hi this is great but they have changed the Tiny11 script and now can I cant figure out how to use it would be great if you did a video for the new script.

[@VirtLands]

Nice video, ... I prefer heavy Windows though. 😏

[@varniitprofessional]

16:51 I'm not familiar or successful with this command thing. What I do if if there's no browser or if I want to install my own browser, I keep an offline package stored on my drive or mobile device and use that exe to get thing going. Like Vivaldi, opera or flroop browser or librewolf browser or even brave browser. Tried and tested and works for me. No tension.

[@trainmaster0217]

I tried the win 11 Lite. I have an older Biostar system with 4 gigs RAM, 2.9 dual core and a 320 HD running win 8.1. It is very responsive and fast. I backed up the OS with drive snapshot just in case and am glad I did. I made the Lite version. Took forever to install. After installation the computer was really slow. I tried an SSD. Made it a little faster but still not acceptable. Updated my drivers but that made no difference. Not a complaint...just letting you know how it worked for me.

[@LPgmxDan]

Did you try the one from ghost scepter? Seems similar to the win10

[@trainmaster0217]

@@LPgmxDan Thanks for the info. I will give that a try.

[@LowHangingFruitForest]

Do I have to do a clean install or can I use this to upgrade from 10 to 11?

[@karuntael]

Hi Rich.... great video.... sadly i could not download tiny11 iso. Came up with some kind of error about spaces... Thx

[@BrockMak]

5:22 But how to reactivate the removed items? News and Weather is very useful for me, so when I switched to Windows Pro N, it took me quite some time to reactivate it.

[@Golden_unicorn]

I get an error after it downloads aria2 script error "unable to retrieve data from windows update servers. reason: XML_PARSE_ERROR" How do I get past that? Thank you!

[@umer5468]

can we just run the setup by mounting the tiny11 iso or do we really have to make a bootable drive?

[@theunknownandunsolved6963]

So from what i read... can you use x64 and does it support raid? Or can you set all this up?

[@mikesuh4773]

Hi I have questions. @7:30 on the video, how do I mount iso from my download drive? Is this possible? I don't have d drive on my machine. Do I need to have a DVD drive and also when copying iso file to DVD drive, do I need to use rufus to create iso? Say if I want to move the iso to desktop, how do I change the directory so it picks up the iso file?

[@notkphs2]

ghost spectre is the best custom iso that i have tried

[@airjordan59]

what about the drivers update would it work too or do i have to install a third party app to do it ??

[@HikikomoriDev]

...I don't think it matters much because Microsoft will just repatch the OS upon a major release update and add what ever it wishes to the main install.

[@MalcolmCrabbe]

Followed this to the letter other than selecting MBR given the age of the test machine - installed a fresh copy on an old core duel machine that was running windows 10 pro - install went fine but on first restart get the BSOD with heap kernel corruption and then the machine gets stuck in a restarting loop. Seems others are suggesting NTLite... might try looking at that, but for now I'm restoring the back I made before trying this cut down version of win11 😞

[@robertmaxa6631]

Reminds me of "Nlite", for Windows XP.

[@Tayloio]

i mean yea its bloated but it got mainstream and people felt like they shouldn't use windows 11 sacrificing more system resources for a very well designed operating system, i mean yeah tracing and viewing processes / reg key values / reading microsoft docs you can optimize it very well, dont be afraid to break the system ! awesome video

[@surject]

Made sense in XP days, using nLite - don't see the point today when the OS is upgrading itself to a new build every few months..

[@Joseph1NJ]

Doesn't all of the bloat just come back with this first major feature update?

[@alantan157]

Does it remove the remote desktop? And please show how to get it using power shell

[@jasonvesagie]

this install initially didn['t workout for me . i used all your links etc but where it goes south is right in the beginning thankfully . Where you direct us to run uup_download_windows file , it seeks admin approval and the dos screen then opens and on it it says click any key to continue which i then do and it just closes the cmd prompt . Just to be sure it did in fact close , i confirm in the task manager but also run sysinternals autoruns and it definetly s not running anywhere . Im assuming im not the only one that this will happen to so I suppose this message is just a heads up that you might get few more queries than you werent expecting . Keep up the good show and Thanks , And the resolve is be sure that there are no spaces in the folder names that you download to and run it from

[@scootersound]

heres the thing... i follower your steps, the compiler (UUP)command prompt crashed my computer. when i went to C drive to see if tiny11 was there, it was the same size as the original. when i tried the process again, prompt stated those files existed. i deleted tiny11 from my c drive. then it told me there are files in another folder. tiny11 did not save the second time

[@vla2uv]

Can this Tiny11, be used to upgrade from Win10? And, if when fresh install Tiny11 can Windows Store be used to install whichever browser instead using win get?

[@JaseWhipp]

Potentially dumb question, but could this work with an ISO downloaded directly from Microsoft? Both the Windows 11 and 10 sites allow for ISO downloads, feel like that would be faster than UUP dump.

[@CyberCPU]

No, unfortunately it's not possible. The project isn't maintained very well and it hasn't been updated to work with the newest Microsoft ISOs. In a couple weeks I have a video coming out showing how to do the same process with any version of Windows. I think that one will be a lot more usable.

[@JaseWhipp]

@@CyberCPU Thanks for the reply! I'll be waiting to check out that next vid. 👍

[@chaosordeal294]

When I want to watch another twenty-minute video that covers two minutes of reading the most basic documentation, I'll be back.

[@ricksable]

Do you need to do this on a windows 11 machine or can it be created on a windows 10 machine??

[@Hello10587]

17:21 or you can get a other usb to install a browser before you install tiny 11 and just open the usb and install it

[@KrishanVaish19]

should've shown us running processes in task manager after the installation at least

[@iDeker]

I don’t want to have to setup everything in my windows again if I install a fresh iso. Is there a way to remove do what tiny11 does with a current windows install?