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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@kahel...]

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

[@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...

[@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!

[@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

[@TheShottyBoys]

me from Zimbabwe me not understanding any THING

[@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

[@darezi]

Can we get the new updater video foe Win10 and 11 since there are a lot new stuff implemented into Windows!

[@ferdgerbeler8494]

Win11 might be remotely tolerable if ya remove the secureboot and tpm requirements, and remove all their telemetry and ads and preinstalled apps...

[@spankyham9607]

I use to uninstall all the xbox crap on 10 but found out windows liked to pop up asking what program to open a file with and turned out windows needed xbox crap because of that pop up. IDK if 11 does the same, haven't tried uninstalling it but my guess is it does since it is 10 with some more garbage added.

[@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 😅

[@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

[@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

[@fernandomartin9469]

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

[@altu6096]

Will be any comparison with the stock version in the future?

[@spusuf]

yeah, we're also doing a windows 10 one first then we'll put a stock 10 vs stock 11 vs customised 10 vs customised 11

[@griffin1366]

@@spusuf I feel like most of the gains on the customised one would be from Defender / Spectre + meltdown. If you could do Stock, then disable those 2 things and do a Stock (modified) as well. I feel like a lot of these "custom ISO's" prey on people because of that.

[@spusuf]

@@griffin1366 Our ISO didnt disable Spectre or Defender, but only bundled the tool to disable Spectre if people wanted to manually do that. We will leave it as it is for testing

[@hinatashoyo2999]

Best way to debloat win 11 is by not downloading it

[@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

[@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.

[@griffin1366]

Ah yes, the old NTLite. I made custom ISO's for years but in reality you don't gain any performance and only headache / time lost from testing / compatibility. These days I just use LTSC Enterprise versions and change various settings / group policies to turn off Defender + Spectre / Meltdown etc. I haven't finished the video but for instance at 6:00 , removing Internet Explorer will break certain games that require those dependencies. If I recall GTA V would break (might have been Windows Media Player) but yeah, just an example of compatibility issues. You're better off disabling these things rather than removing them.

[@zoicware]

gta needs media player

[@LolJolk]

true... just use education or enterprise version and disable services you dont need... home/pro also works but you would have to tweak much more with them

[@HeadphoneHangover]

It's crazy that it's 2023 and people still think it's a good idea to do this for "gamers". The only ones messing with these tools should be admins and actual power users, not gamers who love to think they are pro users but 99% of them aren't.

[@qweasdzxc]

@@LolJolk what's the advantage of education/enterprise versions over home/pro in this context?

[@13Wirrlicht42]

@@HeadphoneHangover I am glad that your opinion is just an opinion and not something anyone has to follow. I for example am no professional admin nor am I a "power user" but i know one or another thing more about computers than the average person. Creating an image with sane defaults is very helpfull when you set up pcs for family, friends or vms to play around with and all in all has saved me more time than it took to create said image. Cheers

[@streetfacephoto]

Hi, I'm running into a bit of an issue. I'm going through the installation process for the debloated iso you guys offered and I seem to be stuck at the "Just a moment..." screen with the looping circle. I've tried rebooting and starting the install over again, but still the same result. Currently I've had it running for about 30min. Any solution?

[@AmBush-UK]

Am having similar issues, have tried different USB drives and tried creating a couple of times, also tried the prebuilt torrent all with different results other than the desired 😢😢

[@andrewrowe3084]

cool not just me either then

[@AmBush-UK]

@@andrewrowe3084 Right, After MANY Hours of trial and error, I think i MAY have found a fix(It worked for me) Try using an alternative USB slot, I was using Front panel slots. I plugged USB drive into my corsair ST100 headset stand and ran two installs seamlessly 😕

[@streetfacephoto]

@@AmBush-UK So I have an UPDATE on the issue I was having...my bad for not checking in sooner. So after realizing I was stuck in a loop during the installation, I just restarted my PC and it booted into the rest of the install process...everything has been running great since. I'm actually going to be attempting this custon install again later today, mainly to see if I missed anything the first time and I can also see if I run into the same issue. Now that I think about it, I was also using the front panel USBs, which could be a reason why it wasn't wanting to load past the loop, I'll try a different port and see if I'm successful!

[@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!

[@MaxyBosm]

I've been installing the iso and its been stuck on. just a moment for over an hour is that normal? 🥴

[@spusuf]

just restart and it should work, it seems to be certain hardware configs that need a reboot to work

[@fzakwan]

Any comment regarding Tiny11?

[@michaelthompson9798]

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

[@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.

[@ChrizzyReviews]

Just followed the guide and formatted my PC. Windows automatically installs the shit u have deactivated after install of Windows 😂😖

[@Weekender031]

Just what I've been looking fór, very informative . thanks :)

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

Tech YES fixes Windows 11

[@TheBatGOD]

So I Followed Your Steps But The apps I Had Added did not install at all My Friend Tested He Still Had To Install them and it was still full of bloat on the start menu

[@DeanSmith84]

I had the same experience.

[@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?

[@TrueCasualYT]

I used win 10 iso once, it had issues and overall was worse than normal win 10. Don't really seea ny point of debloating win 11, since it works fine. Not to mention, you won't touch bloated things ever anyways.

[@Evilcitizen]

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

[@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

[@MrOikono]

First !

[@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!

[@faabjie]

I think this needs an update for all the copilot stuff that is getting added to win 11

[@marble_wraith]

Nice

[@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.

[@sorinankitt]

That scdkey windows key site you shared is one of the most ugliest sites I've ever seen.

[@Spork888]

Are you gonna make a video on further optimizations once you have installed Windows?

[@spusuf]

We already did it was a 40+ minute video, this guide is to take those optimisations and bake them into the installer so you dont have to do it on every single install. It'll do them automatically

[@Spork888]

@@spusuf Oh cool, thank you. You have made it so easy.

[@24321619]

@@Spork888 Yes easy till you find some thing that won't work!

[@doomslayer5044]

you forgot to put the NTlite link down bellow

[@wilbertreyes7427]

Anyone else getting issues during setup? Mine shows issue such as “no images are available” during windows setup

[@andrewrowe3084]

I just did, and it crashes so unsure what’s wrong

[@robertt9342]

Rembrandt when debloating the OS was about OEMs, not the OS provider themselves.

[@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.

[@h00kd25]

disabling TPM and Secure Boot might actually cause problems for Valorant itself just an fyi!

[@aleman9959]

And Faceit players btw!

[@nelnop6833]

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

[@6xxunknownxx6]

I downloaded the custom iso, but no matter what I did, the installation gets stuck on "just a moment..." I've tried 3 separate times, disconnected every USB device except for the thumb drive, mouse & keyboard. Also disconnected the ethernet. I've even tried different USB ports as well as reapplied the iso to my USB drive to no avail. I used Rufus of course. I left one of the attempts running for 90 minutes FYI. High end gaming PC with nvme SSD and a 13th gen CPU so it's not a hardware issue. I've also reset BIOS to default before installing just so there's no OC messing things up. I'm all out of ideas. Any suggestions?

[@p4radigm989]

Powerusers don't use Win11, but good for everybody else. personally I'd rather use a de-spywared Win10 or Debian.

[@keblin86]

So I just did this but for Windows 10. The filesize of the image it created was EXACTLY the same as the original Image lol, is this normal? :S Seems odd. Don't know if I did something wrong. Might have to try install this virtually first before I install it as it's also a laptop so no idea what would happen with drivers and stuff lol

[@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 !

[@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!

[@ghosttheoremproductions5469]

It's funny. I don't install Windows 11 on any of my systems for sale. Still regularly get messages from customers wanting to know if they are loaded with 10 or 11 because they want to avoid 11.

[@svgmateYT]

gives you a link to download the debloated version.... 15 minutes in it doesn't start downloading. 8 Days later it downloaded. High speeds aswell.

[@syedkareem8182]

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

[@ATVHOBO]

So decided to try the iso and I don’t know if it’s because I took out tpm when I made the usb but it’s just sticks with just a moment. And I turned tpm off in bios as well. Think I better remake it with Tpm on and try it

[@spusuf]

should work after a reboot, only happens to some people. very weird

[@angryace4017]

Nice man. I just got a new laptop with Win 11 pro and lost my shit because it wouldn't let me just make a local account, I was forced to sign in, set the OS up then make a local account and delete the sign in user account. What a pain the in the ass.

[@videojman]

Thanks for the tips

[@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.

[@DiGz_Au]

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

[@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...

[@manino12345]

Does this even matter if you have a higher end CPU like a 5800x3d?

[@Everth97]

Does this disable OOBE during install? Need unattended xml file for that?

[@nellynelson965]

Ive said it before. Chris Titus Tech. Head over, have a look.

[@Sh4d0wPOntiVs]

IMPPOSIBLE see nothing, change resolution view: 1080p to 720p or zoomed the video.

[@jestah7251]

Thanks Yes man!

[@AmauriiJimenez]

AMIGO HELPS when applying changes in NTLite where it says "save changes in iso" it doesn't start from 100% and returns to 0% the others if they go green

[@Mantikal]

De-bloating is great - but can you de-spy & de-meta-data too.

[@pdraggy]

what I'm not sure about is disabling Bing/ Cortana so extensively. I just feel that with Microsoft essentially licensing ChaGPT for Bing I'm not sure, but I feel that in the future you might WANT those features. You might say *shock* but the TELEMETRY! Well you're just moving the telemetry your sharing with Google to stuff you share with Microsoft.

[@louisstanwu]

Thanks mate.

[@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

[@ssjaken]

I used my win 7 ultimate license to activate win 10 pro. Then it xonverts to a 10 pro key. I could use that for win 11. The OS of theseus

[@touchingstone]

you didnt mention how to make an "off line account" which is the MOST important thing since we using WINDOWS 11 22h2.............

[@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

[@brock2k1]

I don't know if it's a bug or if MS changed something, but the TPM bypass doesn't work for Win1123H2. I tried both with an ISO I made following this video, and with the ISO you gave a link for. In both cases, the setup program said the PC was not able to run this version of windows. It was a VMWare Player VM set up as a Win10 PC so it wouldn't have a TPM. The same VM will successfully install Win11 Pro from a USB created by Rufus with the "bypass TPM" option enabled.

[@luigisaguier8336]

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

[@Targetlockon]

YES man optimizations!!

[@mazz85-]

Can this thing disable online account and bitlocker and the upcoming (A.I. hot garbage feature) ? All i need pretty much: World of Warcraft, notepad, and calculator. Yeayea, Steam and Origin included, and other game launchers. This might be the way for a while, but i really shouldnt be needing the tweaks, this should be the default.

[@mazz85-]

I am still promoting the idea for AMD Operating System, with ZERO features, local only and gaming performance maxed. It will take some time for game devs to learn the new code.

[@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).

[@QuaK3RRR]

cant see the download link guys, help ? did u remove all other languages?

[@spusuf]

Yes English only, but can add them back after install is finished

[@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!

[@ValoBreak]

I followed exactly step by step, but after the installation is complete my windows is asking for username and password what should I do. To clarify: yes I've tried my Microsoft account it says wrong password and in the Unattended tab i only followed what u said Please help me

[@mikem9536]

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

[@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...

[@granolafunk6192]

"how to debloat and fix Windows 11" Step 1) Download a linux iso. Step 2) Install in place of windows. Sorry, lol. Just have been really happy without windows the past 2-3 years.

[@KrissBartlett]

ok thanks i got the torrent different way of getting it thanks i used that old one you did on Windows 10 Bryan it was good ill probably install this one thanks again

[@spusuf]

We tried google drive last time and it was impossible to get around the rate limiter, so might as well use the community to help speed up downloads/hosting

[@winterworld1958]

Would it work with the Custom Windows 11 ISO when you have the activation key to activate this custom Windows 11 ISO (after either doing a fresh install of custom windows 11 or others, like reinstall, etc...)?

[@spusuf]

The keys are identical, if you have a key digitally tied to your motherboard it should automatically activate whether going from stock to customised or the other way around. All this is doing is cutting out some bloat from the installer before its copied to your SSD nothing in this guide alters the Microsoft activation

[@LieutenantBonk]

I worry about malicious code that might be injected from the NtLite software. Croatian guy/company that has kinda hacked Windows.

[@richardbarrett8365]

I will go you one better. Erase Win 11 from existence. What happened to Win 10 will be your last Windows ever? Take 11 and shove it. I have used MS since DoS and they add a few fancy features and make the OS worse with ever different version. I am now to the point of wishing MS becomes the biggest failure in history.

[@artisanbusiness1314]

Can you share your ntlite config?

[@MelsRNRETRO]

7 Gigs? So much for the Debloating. Microsoft has a 4.22 Gig Version 21H2 you know.

[@HazardousAbacus]

At about 3min 35sec you say “Windows 11 Pro and…”. It sounds a LOT like “Windows Pro 11 N” which is an option on the screen at the time you make that statement. I am certain that it confuses a lot of your audience.

[@nicksherrard3579]

Hopefully it makes Windows snappy...👍✌

[@stran63r63]

I guess I can play with windows 11 now

[@Kirby7601]

will this also block windows telemetry and spyware things?

[@mazz85-]

Honestly, if you know how to make this ISO installer, you wont need home assistance. You already are veteran user.