DEBLOAT and OPTIMIZE a Custom Windows 11 ISO (for GAMERS and POWER users)

Tired of how long optimising each new PC takes? Ever wish there was a way to bake your settings right into your install? Well today we're making a custom Windows 11 ISO that debloats and tweaks your settings, so you dont have to. This is a guide to make your own ISO using NT Lite.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:52 Getting started
02:10 Get activated - Sponsor
03:02 Opening your image
04:19 Removing components
09:47 Configure features and settings
21:05 Automate setup
23:26 Finishing and compiling the image
25:30 Conclusion
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#Windows11 #Gaming

[@techyescity]

Lots of questions about testing fps differences and load times. We will get the windows 10 custom tutorial and iso out then do a bencark comparison for you guys. Also to use the link you will need a torrent client. Bittorrent is quick and easy. Will update the link soon. Finally some people are saying Ms flight simulator needs all languages. And gta 5 will need media player. Will test these out as well and update.

[@deagt3388]

Can I use Win 11 with i7 3770K (Win 10 currently)? ;-)

[@kevinhale8808]

the link is still not working

[@KevinGoldLVL]

Nice. I am looking forward the win 10 video

[@tyroniebalonie]

Do I need an updated torrent client? I tried this magnet with my old u-torrent and it doesn't work. It loads the torrent but there are no files to download. It just looks like an empty torrent??

[@eldraque4556]

magbet link don't work

[@LesCalvin3]

I've watched both the Win 11 and the Win 10 twice each. This time I followed step by step while making an ISO for a friend. I really appreciate how you speak clearly and with very specific words, so I can follow along without looking at the screen. Thanks so much!

[@Lothyde]

Ok so I did this for a windows 10 ISO to install on an old PC and holy crap the difference is huge. I never knew windows 10 could run so smoothly on my old PC. This guide was awesome thank you!

[@j3m638]

Been loving custom OS for years but never got around to it yet in win 11 so you've saved me some time & effort brother. So thank you!

[@TheBinklemNetwork]

So long story short, I thought you were my org leader's youtube channel since he has the same pfp as you on discord and uhhh wanna join our Star Citizen org? We do a whole lot of whatever sounds good in the moment and occasionally we do org events like shipmeets and player made mini games that totally arent established minigames adapted into Star Citizen...

[@truepowerchord]

Thanks for this Brian! about to do a fresh install as I am changing into a NVME ssd! perfect timing. Keen on your Windows 10 Optimization tutorial

[@regisjunior7105]

Nice, nice. Am starting to custom my own ISOs. Many of these features are totally new for me. I think the great point is to know exactly what to disable and where is his effects done. Thank you so much for this detailed tutorial.

[@RafiYagami]

Huge thanks. I was just in the process off reinstalling due to windows being corrupted. This saves me lot of time to disable all the junk

[@r3tri3ution_z3nith_point_z6]

Another Suberb Video teaching people how to better mange performance as well as security. I love low latency. Keep on keepin on Mang!

[@CJonesFL]

Loving the content! Sold another PC to a friend the other day for $600 bucks and used your link for the W10 CDKey like I did the last time. Happy to let you get a little cash. Keep em coming tech yes city!

[@maxwell-style4584]

I remember 'slipstreaming' my old Windowx XP on DVD with 'CD-KEY,' RAID/SATA, service packs/updates and new drivers already patched and installed. Very important for security reasons and it saved me me hours on fresh installs especially with 'unattended setup' enabled to get past all the prompts 😅

[@unitybeing777]

Thank you, just did it, much appreciated. Happy Easter.

[@fredgreen2431]

I have been using your windows 10 debloated iso for the last few years. Now I'm going to try 11. Thank You.

[@adrianosalomon1447]

Great video Mr YES Man! I'm so gonna use this for my Flight Simulator build, It would be great to see a vs video of this vs Tiny 11 with some pros and cons, keep up the great work!

[@TheScure]

I remember modding Windows XP back then.... not even with softwares like this, but by hand, using tutorials and custom hacks. I was so into it. But the OS really did load much faster and the RAM usage was a bit lower

[@granolafunk6192]

I used nike.

[@FLMKane]

@@lurch1539 oh god I used a 1.8 GHz p4 till 2009. Then my dad got me a core2 due computer from his office as a high school graduation gift

[@sammorris2721]

I remember constantly needing to defrag with more powerful tools than what windows had to offer. I remember modding startup with batch files to run programs automatically and making custom boot logos for XP. It has been a long time, I left windows behind however and now only run it in a hypervisor. good times, also not so good times when xp would bluescreen and then never boot again because ntloader was gone. lol.

[@pdraggy]

well the amount of bloat is actually WORSE now. An OS should NOT have gotten bigger with time, but Windows 11 requires 10x the HDD/ SSD space that XP did back in the day ^.^ why? A TON of bloat!!

[@ExcelInstructor]

I remember the days of old where such selection was an optipn within windows installer.

[@pf100andahalf]

This was very helpful. I'm about to do a clean install and the info in this tutorial will make a great ISO.

[@Evilcitizen]

this was so cool thanks a lot for show us this and doing this for us.

[@mrvento_za]

Thanks. I've been running Ghost Spectre's Compact Win 11 for a while and not had any issues, though some people have highlighted the (security) risks of using it. Maybe, I'll use this from now on.

[@sudubaii]

ntlite user here since winxp days, so happy u see to shed light on this wonderful software

[@creed5248]

I was thinking the same - but it seemed a lot easier back then . LoL !

[@darianrenko372]

Excellent Work as always Brian! Thans for all! Best wishes for Argentina!

[@markbrettnell3503]

Dude!!! You f'n rock🤘😎 Thanks for showing this. I've come across other vids of how to debloat w11 but they seem super sketch to me. But this is what I was lookong for. A trusty debloater tool box!!!! Thank you so much!!

[@kittylou5459]

Just adding this to my two seedboxes that should help out. Great work :)

[@IslamGhunym]

I get back to this video every time I decide to reinstall windows. Very useful. Big thanks for you bryan 👍

[@kahel...]

Thank you... we always need a trusted source for custom windows... it's tough out there... trust is a luxe.

[@Mrhorribubble]

a little note, some rockstar games require windows media player as they use the core features of it in handling some audio features. other than that great video

[@ItPutsTheLotionOnItsSkin]

MS Flight Simulator 2020 also requires all the languages according to another comment. This is the problem when you go disabling Windows features. You never know what might need it. But the stuff that's always safe to disable are things like the pre-installed 3rd party apps, telemetry/ads, and VBS/TPM/secure boot.

[@24321619]

Same thing about Explorer GTA use that

[@LightningScythe]

I believe Plex also makes use of those components as well.

[@techyescity]

Thanks I'll play around with the games on this thread and come back in a few days.

[@_Data_]

@@techyescity Rocket League relies on Internet Explorer for connectivity related stuff. Or at least it used to, not played it in ages.

[@AndreiB617]

Thank you for this tutorial! Couple of days ago I was thinking if I can do something like this to save some of my time when I install windows on other computers because I do that quite a lot and it takes some time to disable everything manually and so on.

[@johnmccune1233]

Using for the first time. Great video!!!

[@clockcycle]

It was just about time I was feeling the need for a clean install. This debloat came up just in time. Installed it, got stuck on finishing up after restart, let it run couple hours. Decided to turn system off and reboot, it completed and loaded into windows. Not sure if its because of accepting Rufus's default options writing ISO to usb stick. Ran DSIM then SFC, on an elevated powershell, it fixed some files and then I rebooted. I also used the the link and code "BFTYC" just to have a clean activation. Running flawlessly so far, thanks!

[@CarlKahler]

This is awsom thank you so very much I always wanted a Lite windows install.

[@computeremail9063]

Super useful video and thank you for the iso.

[@philipbrady7635]

excellent video as always. really liked the fact that you showed us what you had done so we could create our if we wanted to. a question, will some of these settings be overwritten by an update, as i have seen happen previously ?

[@spusuf]

Depends on Microsoft, in our experience no (ever since win10 20h1), except a couple telemetry settings on major updates

[@philipbrady7635]

@@spusuf thanks for the reply

[@mikem9536]

I used your ISO with rufus and it works great, system is more responsive and games no longer stutter. (i5-9400f + 1660 ti).

[@romariogee]

So glad I found this channel. You are consistently bringing useful content. Subed

[@nelnop6833]

Like the Tutorial. Can't wait for the window 10 pro tutorial.

[@darkphase7799]

I have to admit I normally do this for windows 10, but I only stripped out some very basic telemetry stuff for windows 11 as I built a new pc and thought it may be a good thing to wait until windows 11 updates stop making big improvements for chiplett cpu's. I tend to start with the GamerOS preset from the NTLite site and then add back in what I need. I also then run the Chris Titus optimisations via powershell and will normally put on O7O shut up 10+. I will say if you use the GamerOS preset you need to make sure what you are doing as you really strip windows functionality. Like I had to put an offline installer for a web browser on a usb stick to install a web browser as I didn't have edge or internet explorer and also couldn't install winget.

[@madd5]

Thank you! I'll definitely try to install it on a virtual machine first and see how it goes.

[@Renkinjutsushi]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you!!

[@kubato5054]

Great video, tons of help. As a side note, you might need to add Everything Search tool by void tools. Everything is a freeware desktop search utility for Windows that can rapidly find files and folders by name. I use it to remove malware on customer computers. If you know the name and it is on the local PC hidden or not Everything will find it. It indexes on install and keeps changes up to date as they happen so searches happen instantly with no waiting.

[@techyescity]

Will check that out. Wonder why it does a bettere job than the og?

[@spusuf]

Heard good things about 'everything' but as for adding it we tried not to add anything people might not use and keep it as light as possible

[@kubato5054]

I have tossed the MS search in the trash years ago and have been using Everything since then. There is no speed comparison, unless you want to compare a rocketship (Everything) to a moped. Just install it in your system, then after about 2-5 minutes cause it has to build the initial index, do some searches. Everything shows matches as you type them in and shows everything regardless of hidden or not. It will find a match as fast as you can type it in....

[@kubato5054]

@Johannes Davidsen It only indexes on first run after install, then as changes are made (files added/move) it updates them live so never need to do re-indexing.

[@romariogee]

Thumbs up for Everything. Windows search sucks balls in comparison

[@ASTROSR4]

Id have to wait to hear back on the performance uplift as well as any issues that can come up.

[@tech1m502]

Great video as usual

[@rsshaggy]

1year old please do a new one we love staying optimized think a new video of this is needed once a year thanks again for all you do love the content.

[@JamieR]

Pretty sure it's equally viable now. Sure a few things might have changed, but I doubt it's too much. That said, I wouldn't mind an update either!

[@stoptheirlies]

Excellent, thank you. So if we wanted to add back something, say like virtualisation, do we have to use NTlite on your ISO or just add it back in a running version on the PC with add apps and features? Thanks

[@videojman]

Thanks for the tips

[@darcytemple5044]

this video came at the perfect time. new pc build!!!

[@unitybeing777]

Well done, thank you!

[@Targetlockon]

YES man optimizations!!

[@martymoreno63]

Outstanding video 👍

[@James-eb7ph]

Massively useful, thanks. Do you have a similar video for people who have the full version of NT Lite?

[@thenightingale84]

Great tutorial, gonna try it out today...

[@creed5248]

It is so nice actually having a computer on our phones . I remember the old days - if we could only get the driver for the ethernet to work and then we would be off to the races . I don't know why most motherboard Cd's didn't include it - but as soon as you got the internet going - you could then update all the other drivers and check the device manager to find out what was still missing . The operating systems are so nice nowadays to include a different variety of drivers and that is just one reason why this is such a good idea . Don't need 50 different languages installed when you only speak one or maybe 2 . LoL ! Great tutorial !

[@michaelthompson9798]

Been waiting for this video since the Win10 one was released by my man Bry🥰💪😇

[@PC_Gaming_Tech]

Thank you very much Mr Yes man!

[@JamieR]

Fantastic video. Thank you for all the work put into this! It seems that some of the things didn't actually work as mentioned in the video and I'm wondering if they changed something since the video was made. Also, here's some settings I usually find missing by default in Win. Components > Explorer > Hide Folder Merge Conflicts (Disabled) View - Show extensions for known file types (Enabled) View - Show hidden files, folders and drives (Enabled) *Optional This will show appData directly in user folder, (though searching %appData% is quicker). It will also show a confirm, skip or cancel dialogue while coping files when there's another folder with the same name. And lastly it will show the extensions of all files. Making it possible to change extensions when needed.

[@keblin86]

Ohhh I am geeking out as I always do this when I wipe so if I can do it once that's epic lol.

[@fernandomartin9469]

Brian, could you make a video, explain differences between using custom Windows 11 and normal Windows? FPS, bechmarks...

[@LesusGames]

Seems like this fixes a lot of the issues I've seen people complaining about Win11. Will have to do this tomorrow ready for when I put together my new build.

[@Ehren1337]

lol fix alot of issues? Modified is nice but some things are very annoying, they relies on things that you disabled so you have to do work around. Sometimes it requires a program to fix it, it sucks.

[@surfernorm6360]

If you plan on using any kind of Voice recognition You may want to keep Cortana. I am keeping it because I plan to try and build a personal assistant and most of these seem to use the Cortana components now, I prefer to just turn it off Manually But thats just me

[@reddemonk1]

I am curious if the settings will stay in this state after an update, or will they revert to default. It seams that Microsoft is pushing for telemetry alot in the last years making it harder to install windows without a Microsoft online account and that is a thing that botters me alot. I would be gratefull if you can tell us this! Thanck you for a great video, i had a lot to learn from it!

[@billybriscoejr.4322]

Excellent Tutorial!!! I have Windows 10 Pro that I purchased, can I use the Product Key from that?

[@darattaqwa]

Omg I’ve been searching for you for past 2 days looking for your video on how to make windows 11 leak version installer, I’ve subscribed so I don’t lose you again... quick question, won’t windows update just overwrite and re-bloat the debloated version? That’s what’s always happens when I’ve installed windows 10 Lite etc keep up the good work!

[@mohe81]

good question

[@kabel200]

great video!

[@louisstanwu]

Thanks mate.

[@nope6493]

Don't usually comment but youre a god!!! Thank you so much! Also I disabled Windows Firewall because it is the devil

[@BrickPB]

Brian, when you flip a pc and sell it to someone? Is there a way to have all their drivers downloaded, but give them the out of box experience where they make an account and such?

[@pf100andahalf]

This video is right on time because I'm going to have to do a clean reinstall of windows 11 soon. Also, I think Wiztree is far superior to WinDirStat.

[@exsinner]

For the very last part, i suggest to use ventoy instead. It comes real handy to have multiple isos, winpe, linux, memtest images on one stick.

[@spusuf]

I've been using YUMI for ages, it has all those tests and been rock solid. Any reason to switch to ventoy?

[@haniel9079]

​@@spusuf With ventoy, I can add and remove iso with the file explorer. And if I need to store data, I can put it alongside them. I remember using YUMI and needing to use it to load the iso.

[@spusuf]

@@haniel9079 you can add the ISOs manually in Yumi there's a text file that locates everything, you can put other files in the USB too. Sounds like they're pretty similar nowadays

[@Ehren1337]

@@spusuf on ventoy you just drag drop on usb thats it. No text file or bs stuff.

[@Tsourfetis]

Ventoy doesn't support secure boot you have to find and search the boot file manually

[@test-rj2vl]

Ah I remember NTLite from XP times. Used it to make my 84 MB XP iso that after install took only 25 MB RAM but that still wasn't complete brick. It even was able to connect to the internet.

[@dash8brj]

Saved this so I can do it when I get my high end gaming rig built. :) (am on a macbook so no windows as its m1, so cannot run the software).

[@danipubg4946]

I really enjoyed watching the video and I even did these modifications to my own windows install. The only thing I couldn't figure out was how to install the applications that I'd added in the last step (I'd added chrome setup and inspectre). Also during the installation, it still asked me to send microsoft only required data...

[@jestah7251]

Thanks Yes man!

[@meh78336]

I always enable things like show extensions for known file types and show hidden files and hidden system files, I also enable desktop icons like my computer and personal folder, then add all the folders to the start menu. These are more for my personal use as I like to have the folders easily available and tend to use the appdata folder a fair bit, but the enable file extension for known file types being disabled by default has irritated me since they started doing it.

[@rgray318]

Same here bud, it is very annoying to have to enable extensions for known file types every time I install windows. Lol

[@lucas1975]

Great job! I'm just downloading te iso from the magnet (yes I'm lazy) but...can I modify it using your same method for my needs (like language, disable fastboot, re-enable Xbox and so on) or features are gone forever from the original ms iso?

[@mjmeans7983]

I prefer using Windows ADK. Though it is more difficult to do the advanced stuff unless you are comfortable with command line. Seems like this utility automates some of what ADK has been able to do since Windows XP.

[@stoyantonov]

Ohh happiness! I'm finally going to get rid of Cortana, Internet Explorer, the X-box stuff and all kinds of unnecessary programs and apps that I never use. I don't really like Win11 and I just tried to set up Win10 which I will use till its last breath. I personally added Chrome for a browser, some drivers for the motherboard, removed all unnecessary languages and all the things you showed . However, it would be great to hear your recommendations for cleaning up Win10.

[@BearGryllzUnRated]

hey man, thanks for your work!. For 7950x3d users probably best to allow game bar

[@vlksick28]

Thank you so much appreciated

[@SirWolf2018]

Thanks a lot! I fiddled around with the free version, and it works great, with one minor thing: after the installation, my Windows 10 Home system has 2 "desktop.ini" icons on the desktop. I'm wondering why that is... I tried to be very careful with what things I disable...

[@eliotcole]

I wonder if a custom ISO can be used to upgrade an old Windows setup. Might be a nice way to update and slim down at the same time.

[@syedkareem8182]

Will windows update reset all the changes that we made to the ISO and re enable everything? Thanks for info

[@pleasurewasmine3173]

plenty to talk about in this video haha but wanted to share something about the print screen/snipping tool topic. i struggled with having to hit print screen and then create an image file then open in paint and paste the print screen image and so on. but pressing the windows key and then the print screen will give you just an image file of that print screen without any of the other nonsense lol game changer for me and wish i knew this simple shortcut long ago

[@rodhester2166]

downloaded it and went back and downloaded your windows 10 iso you made a while back. How much different will your new version of windows 10 be from the one you created previously .. cheers.

[@dcalsbeek5831]

After following your video up until the Post setup, there wasn't a screenshot/grab of the added third party files so the there's no info about how to add them, jusy that overlay that you did so. Since some of us may be 1st. timers, that is info that would be really appreciated. Also info about whether or not you can pause a project and return to it later say after you've gained answers to questions. Or do you need to start all over again?

[@maccie8284]

Value Content!!! Big big big Thanks ma man!!!

[@p3ro666]

thaaaanks man :D

[@jycannel4626]

Thank you once again for your amazing videos! I will try this soon. I personally live off grid and use Windows mixed reality for VR so I wonder if this will lower my power consumption and make WMR more stable (it’s such a trash VR interface)

[@BitZapple]

Tech YES! is the best dude

[@techkev140]

Liked the video 👍 only... Think your desktop in 4K was difficult to read on a lower resolution device without using KZbin's new zoom function.

[@ILikeWhatILike69]

Xbox core might be required for DirectStorage, which will be more relevant soon as more games use it to get instant load times. Only game supported now is Forspoken but we will get more for sure.

[@griffin1366]

I didn't see if he removed Game Mode or not but that is highly beneficial and recommended to leave on as well.

[@gabrielalejandroverapinto1974]

Quick question here, can this options be installed or enabled later if you need them?

[@DiGz_Au]

Nice tut, I personally use Chris titus's windows debloat tool. Does it all in a few clicks.

[@itsdeonlol]

Thanks sir!

[@ZodiakSL]

This will be great for dual booting SteamOS and Win11 on my Steam Deck! :)

[@ZodiakSL]

Anything additional crucial you would disable for the Steam Deck especially or is there a chance you could make a further slimmed down version for Steam Deck?

[@ItPutsTheLotionOnItsSkin]

Really useful video. I don't think the language step is needed though? During Windows installation you can pick the language and it will only install that, and then you can download/install languages from within Windows Settings.

[@ILikeWhatILike69]

It makes the ISO smaller too I think, so it can probably fit in smaller USB drives for example.

[@swedass]

Big Thanks !!!!

[@tameroz7595]

Great video. At mine attempt of doing this, I added some software like yours but they werent installed unfortunately. Can you give me a tip where i should be looking at pls? Thanks.

[@mtjoy747]

In the XP days, you had NTLite, ultimate in customizing, do they have any equivalent for 10/11?

[@luigisaguier8336]

Can we get a windows 10 version of this? Witht the ISO download link too ;) Keep on rocking!

[@Omooze]

Wating for the windows 10 video

[@drop0ne_f20]

Yo thank you!!!

[@rgray318]

Is it possible to reinstall the OneDrive service after installing this custom iso? That is the only thing that I see that I do rely on for both work and home use. Oh and thank you for saving me from building my own iso.

[@Electric_Doodie]

More importantly, since some people mentioned it here, that this ISO might does not work properly because if a few too much removed features, did you could test this? Is the torrent that's linked in the description the old version that might have issues or a newer one? Especially seeing some people getting Ghost Spectres Windows Versions (or the Tiny11) and having issues with applications afterwards (because the OS is far too barebones) it's important to have a updated info on this.