Windows 11 Superlite: No Bloatware and Telemetry

Checking out Windows 11 Superlite Edition from Ghost Spectre (NO TPM), a custom iso that disables all telemetry, bloatware and Microsoft online account integrations. Get Crowdsec: www.crowdsec.net/?mtm_campaig...
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[@proaxel7003]

My only concern with these stripped down versions is that I’m afraid I’m going to run into a situation where some app or game would have some weird obscure problem because it relied on something that had been stripped out. And because the vast minority of people use these lightweight installations chances are the problem is never going to turn up on google searches so you’re completely on your own on troubleshooting it.

[@steen8156]

I've been using the super light version for a long time with zero issues. Actually, I've had so many issues with w10 vanilla, it was the reason I started looking for alternates and finished when I found this version used only for gaming. I use Linux mint as my daily since I will not allow telemetry

[@123sleepygamer]

Mother fuckin ONEDRIVE. Some games literally, by default, save files to OneDrive. ARMA 3 is one of them I know for sure, it wouldn't launch until I turned OneDrive back on.

[@ash_1419]

If you've ever downloaded pirated games then it's just soooo easy to fix almost any type of missing file errors.

[@exaq]

@@123sleepygamer i have onedrive removed and i can still play arma

[@AndromedaCrab]

@@123sleepygamer it should have those files in your documents not one drive

[@alexmm01]

I think benchmarks comparing standard Windows to this would have been useful.

[@xscript00024450]

There is video of benchmarks kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4nSc3uueNuroqc

[@anstropleuton]

Would be a billion times faster than windows 11 xD

[@xscript00024450]

@@anstropleuton i've been using windows 11 superlite for 5 months now and it feels much better than windows 10 and windows 11 stock

[@alexmm01]

@@xscript00024450 Thanks. As I suspected. Although this version has a smaller memory footprint, it isn't more than a few percentage points faster in real world performance. I'd imagine that any performance gains seen is simply due to Windows Defender being disabled.

[@123sleepygamer]

That's the thing. I just can't be bothered to reinstall my entire OS unless I have hard proof this increases performance, maybe it would be worth it for low tier gaming rigs or as I call em "I.T. closet 'gaming' rigs" but a mid tier like mine or a NASA computer doesn't exactly need this unless they have their OpSec level set to "Paranoid as fuck"

[@MarcusAntonius415]

I’ve been using Ghostspectre windows 10 and 11 for more then 2 years now. With the compact version, I didn’t run into any compatibility issues. No Cortana/Defender is a big plus for me and I get 5-8 fps more in every game. Battery life on laptops is also better because it runs less processes in the background. I’ve been monitoring outgoing internet connections and haven’t really found anything suspicious yet.

[@123sleepygamer]

The bad thing about that is Windows Defender is actually a pretty damn good anti-virus software. I don't know if this channel speaks against it just because it comes from Windows or what but most security minded people I've seen speak about it just say good things about it mostly. Also, most gaming laptops are... not the "best" way to game on PC, temps are always an issue with 95% of gaming laptops. Keyboards suck ass, I could go on.

[@MarcusAntonius415]

@@123sleepygamer I agree mate, gaming PCs are much better. I also agree with the Defender being a good antivirus, yet for me, I kinda know how phishing/malware/scams work so I haven’t used an antivirus in 7-8 years. But yea, if you want to use one, it is a good choice and it is free

[@tairikuokami]

@@123sleepygamer Defender is the only AV that brings my PC to a crawl. It might be good, but it is not optimized.

[@chipsie7596]

@@123sleepygamer I think this channel doesn’t like it because of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHS5YoquaLaonck

[@swimfan6292]

I call Bull shit.

[@mrkmdz]

For a channel names "The Security Channel," I am surprised that you didn't do any basic security analysis of these ISO's. For example, scanning the files before and after installation with a couple of anti-virus products, monitoring network traffic for calls or beacons out to malicious or unrecognized sites, doing an analysis of the running processes. One immediate concern is that the project owners don't publish a hash to determine if the files downloaded are authentic. Even if I trust the TechLatest, I might not trust that the download links haven't been hijacked by malicious actors. I would do all these things myself before using these CD's on a real network. But many others who watch your channel won't have the knowledge or skills to do so. This would have turned an interesting video into a truly useful one.

[@dluziond]

Exactly.

[@LifeSucksAndWeAllKnowThat]

honestly i have been using custom isos my whole life including ghost specctre and i have been hacked or anything, it seems fine, only issue is regarding antivirus. usually there is none. which is a issue.

[@mgjk]

"One immediate concern is that the project owners don't publish a hash to determine if the files downloaded are authentic." - I don't trust these ISOs for a second. The lack of hashes might even be intentional to provide them with plausible deniability if malware is found. It also doesn't have to be something that introduces a detectable common malware, it can be a subtle configuration error such as a key which wasn't regenerated or randomized on install. It's hard to understand why a group would put so much work into such a polished image for no personal benefit and significant risk. Who are these guys?

[@masterTigress96]

I just wrote a similar comment before I saw yours. I fully agree. This almost seems some sort of advertisement. Why the hell would anyone in this audience with some working brain cells left, be interested in someone else's custom Windows ISO? Would this be a great segway into building your own ISO to circumvent these issues that we outlined? Wouldn't it be great if this "Ghost Spectre" group would publish how they managed to build their version of Windows? Maybe with instructions how to do it yourself? I don't trust it one bit, and I would do as you stated in your comment and really, really keep a close eye on your firewall/event/IDS logs to see what's going on, *if* you do end up using it.

[@boksorunfedaisi6287]

Why would he do that, this video is an advertisement for CrowdSec, which does exactly what you said.

[@gmt1]

I've always tried removing telemetry and debloating Windows the best I could with tools like ThisIsWin11 and other tweaks, but never went so far as to install modified ISOs. I think the lowest CPU process count I got was 114, so to see only 92 in this is very impressive, and Edge being purged too given it always lingered. I'm currently trying out Linux and liking it a lot, but if it doesn't work out I may consider something like this (or maybe in a virtual machine).

[@xCarbonMan]

then you didnt try chris titus debloat ita drop to 72 proccess when i preform his tool give it a try and thank me later

[@CalaTec]

I followed Chris Titus guide on his KZbin channel. I had my windows copy on a fresh install with 70 processes, though it was still taking 2gb of ram

[@xCarbonMan]

@@CalaTec yup but really i dont care about ram usages who care about 1 GB of ram in 2022 ? if you realy want that extra 1 GB of ram you can install this copy of windows and then debloat it with chris tool but i really dont recommended to install a custom version of windows that you dont know what they done with is.

[@bidenisasnake9932]

VM!

[@AlteredCarbons]

linux is the way i went as well. AntiX for laptops and Linux mint for pc's. for gaming i use SteamOS as well now. for emulation , the linux side handles it well or i can boot up Batocera OS as its great as well. ill never understand windows11 at this point any more.

[@dabjeb09]

This brings back some memories. I still have my 210 MB mini CD with Win 98 SE Lite on it.

[@davidharrison6535]

I have a Phenom Black edition and a Phenom Triple core systems I want to build too Maybe into a stripped version of Win 7 And No Internet plus a Duron XP machine. That i'm about to rebuild after a suicidal Cockroach blew his power supply. Blew the top off a big Cap He said it was like a gunshot going off and that was it system dead and him shaking Blew the Ram Faulted the HDD and trashed the old AGP Card.

[@thomaseliason8376]

Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln ?

[@usamac4108]

I would love to see a follow-up and an elaborated video on Spectre. The newer versions include an SE edition, which allows to return to win 10 start menu. Would be cool to see you go into the updating feature that's through the Ghost Toolbox. The toolbox is very well done as well. I am still playing around with the OS in a VM but I really do like this!

[@Eikonic_]

thanks for this. I've been usin the GS compact versions for a long time, and was always a bit suspicious, but never noticed any abnormal processes or activity in all that time. its once to see a security pro have a look at one of his releases. makes me feel a bit better about the whole thing.

[@suprememasteroftheuniverse]

Why? He didn't test anything. This video is just an ad.

[@AlyesRock]

I have been using win10 ghost for almost two years now for gaming and daily softwares and no problems so far, as a person who loved win7 it's just nice to have full control over the OS I am using

[@AlyesRock]

@SAVE VICARIOUS VISIONS from my experience I haven't encountered any security issues but then again I only visit specific trusted sites and use legit programs and I keep my important data saved in the cloud, however if you got any very sensitive data it's wisher to create your own custom OS and debloat it just for the peace of mind

[@bigboiman1236]

If you really want to have full control over the OS you are running, you kind of have to use Linux, Windows is proprietary software and who knows what unremovable backdoors M$ have put into it.

[@matiassella4935]

@@AlyesRock If you keep your important data saved in the cloud it isn't yours anymore buddy, what are you talking about?

[@Volkaer]

@@bigboiman1236 Been trying with ubuntu on my laptop. Still can't disable the automatic update prompt popup. Kinda defeats the purpose for me - might try different linux versions but so far it's come with it's own problems.

[@AyahuascaJourneying]

@@Volkaer Try Mint :)

[@XWar_LockX]

This is actually really cool! Might put this on my future builds!

[@handmade_videos]

Cool, I habe been watching those videos about Windows 7, 8 and 10 how to reduce bloatware, telemetry and so on. So getting an .iso that lets you install only the stuff you really want sounds like a good idea. Greetings and thanks for sharing

[@unlucky1307]

I love this. I really wish Microsoft would just make an official lite version or better yet let the average user control their computer. I'll still do my best to stick to Linux due to the open nature of it, but things like this definitely tempt me to go back to Windows land.

[@ano_nym]

@@caresblair1234 yeah, unfortunately they have gone from being a company selling OSes to a company stealing your data like all others. Data is power these days. Linux is likely the best way to go, for games you can dual boot.

[@unlucky1307]

@@caresblair1234 They won't. No matter how much good will and positive talk it would generate from users, they would lose money so they won't do it. I was simply stating that it would be nice for consumers if they did.

[@wolontong]

There is a huge reason of why they dont do that

[@dragogos]

There are a couple of official light-weight versions of Windows. Here is the list of all light-weight versions of WIndows: Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (Windows XP) Windows Thin PC (Windows 7) Windows 10 LTSB (2015-2016) Windows 10 LTSC (2019-2021, IoT for support till 2032) These have been made for the enterprise market so getting a license is going to be a bit hard.

[@Derek-tk4wf]

CIA wouldnt allow it

[@user-kd4dr4rh5n]

I have been using his iso's for quite a while now and I'm happy with the result, since windows 10 1709 to now windows 11 22h2 his versions of windows always worked for me since I was looking for something that didn't had the telemetry and bloadware the normal windows has for a bit more privacy, I tried creating my own debloated ISO but since I don't know much in depth about it like he is with the toolbox he made and the scripts I can only follow a tutorial, I also tried other versions of "lite" windows ISO but they either don't have windows update option anymore since I know that is a way for Microsoft to spy on their users and it's a good thing it's disabled to the sfc / scannow comand for corrupted files being disabled as well and I will download updates manually and install them, no way I got time for that and so ghost windows iso's were the best combo for me, I had the benefit of the update working even tho I know it's a privacy concern and the sfc comand works as well, the toolbox is helpful for installing brave, visual c++ installers and directx, the sound mod is cool somewhat and use nvcleaninstall to make an Nvidia driver without the telemetry also and just works for me, this doesn't mean that anyone should trust him more for his custom iso's or that they're the best but I'm just saying that if ur like me and I don't want to take everything apart piece by piece and choose what u like then put it back together it's a pretty good one to use day to day like I do, its my point of view using his work for some years and being pleased with it, so as for right now I trust his iso's and I would always choose them over original Microsoft iso's.

[@user-kd4dr4rh5n]

I think yes I'm not completely sure because in this version of windows a lot of things are removed including Microsoft store so if it's an app from there I think you can install Microsoft store again via the toolbox, I didn't do that or I don't know if it's possible because I wasn't interested into adding the store back but everyday apps that u download as . exe and install yes they all work, and its not a stupid question don't worry, this version of windows is a slimer one with a lot of things removed from it and I'll check tomorrow to see if you can install the store again via the toolbox of you need and use any app from within

[@alwu5071]

hi, does MS office tools function normally with this OS? for work etc thanks

[@user-kd4dr4rh5n]

@@alwu5071 Hello, I think yes I haven't tried them yet on this version but I don't see why they wouldn't work since they are apps that you download from Microsoft and any downloaded app as an executable will install and work just fine on it however if you need Microsoft teams and one drive back since they are removed on this version you can add or install them back using the toolbox so it's not like other versions where if the item is removed you can't bring it back. I know I had word and PowerPoint free versions I downloaded back when I had to work with them and I don't know if I still have them stored somewhere or I lost them completely but if I find them again I'll try and give you a solid answer on that one too.

[@user-kd4dr4rh5n]

@@thespacetime Hello, I write this next comment as a completion of my past one to you since again if you need any app from Microsoft store or one drive you can install them again trough the toolbox, PDFs I have downloaded and opened just fine in browser and for word and spreadsheets I don't see why it wouldn't work but as in my other comment I made a few seconds ago if I find my free versions I'll give them a try so you know for sure.

[@kartikarya3207]

@@thespacetime yes

[@salty22]

That version of the iso is VERY old, he did lot of update to it on it's official website and it improve a lot

[@salty22]

@@Jtzkb it's ghost spectre on youtube should check out on it's video comparison the link is in description with the details :3

[@keylanoslokj1806]

So where get iso from

[@sampatkalpesh]

This is awesome Leo. How about a follow up video checking it for malware and viruses etc along different antivirus and see how it performs against full version with same antivirus.

[@Trixie_I]

if we knew for a fact it was safe and it would keep getting security updates then this would clearly be a superior version in every way. sadly it being a custom OS built by randoms, you just can't ever be sure you won't one day be screwed for using it due to some hidden code or missed security update that ended up making your system very vulnerable to major exploits, it's just too scary to use as your main OS for anything important. Though, I guess it can be amazing if you use it on a machine you never intend to connect to the internet and only transfer singeplayer games to it? but that's such a niche concept, who would waste time doing that? I'd rather have my windows eat 2 more GB of my ram and be able to use the internet on my machine to do whatever I want.

[@fr4gl3]

You can probably install security updates. I've always used lite versions and they always updated. This would be an exception.

[@JamesNashWalker]

@@fr4gl3 how you update those?

[@fr4gl3]

@@JamesNashWalker Windows update? I still use windows 7 and I can choose which updates to install.

[@accountid9681]

I can see myself using this as gaming VM with GPU passthrough from my main linux PC, but yeah, I wouldn't ever put sensitive data on that thing

[@jeroen5736]

you never know what you install on your system for code. you think a sertain name is trustworthy or because someone else says something is good ? people say just about everything just to sell stuff or scam you or they are just being ignorant.. lol

[@ripredowski1376]

Hi Leo, this looks awesome. How about a follow up video checking it for malware / viruses etc and installing / testing a game or 2 as well.

[@VerseChorusCurse]

@@caresblair1234 so did you see the other video where the guy running this channel compared Windows 11 (clean install from Microsoft) to Windows XP? Win11 connected to various services including external vendors without consent? That's pretty much the definition of spyware. I second the guy running this channel running this cut-down version of Windows 11 through Wireshark as he can show any back doors opening there, if any.

[@jamesg8246]

@@caresblair1234 Linus Tech Tips.

[@xeon39688]

Idk I use his windows 10 iso and never had any issue

[@AIC_onyt]

@@jamesg8246 he is reffering to the video cris titus tech. he makes win 10/11 debloated videos

[@jamesg8246]

@@AIC_onyt Yeah I see now. Thanks.

[@buoiii5737]

Your content is great and concise. I just watch tell the end for that juicy youtube alg.

[@Wahinies]

This was a truly excellent look at what I would call a distro of win11 :) thanks for putting it together, I am intrigued

[@ExZ1te]

But is it secure, can you run some tests?

[@repairman2be250]

As secure as Windows itself.

[@Egoryotu]

@@repairman2be250 yeah but can you prove that?

[@limeadeTV]

Pretty sure it is since it's just windows without bloat ware and telemetry

[@marfnl2]

@@limeadeTV where you can remove you can add. The only really safe way is creating your own version.

[@Freshbott2]

@@marfnl2do you create your own versions of Linux too?

[@NorthernScrub]

I'd be very interesting in seeing a wireshark result on this system

[@SMGJohn]

Apart from the connection to a North Korean server, there nothing else thats unusual.

[@raitchison]

@@SMGJohn That actually might be concerning if not for the level of trust we all have in our great and glorious leader of True Korea™ the great Kim Jong Un.

[@Headcrabman9999]

@@SMGJohn YOOOOO BRUHHH FOR REAL ON GOD????????????? Jesus fucking christ, this comment is facetious you trogs.

[@Noahitis]

@@lievre460 facepalm

[@Noahitis]

@@lievre460 he's joking about the nk connection lol

[@dv7548]

Thx for your research and sharing this.

[@hardwin82]

Love it. Updates works ? Will mess something up?nice video👌

[@steen8156]

I've been using this version for a long time now with zero issues. I only use windows for gaming and Linux for daily.

[@keylanoslokj1806]

How did you extend it beyond the trial version

[@oujt]

​@@keylanoslokj1806 kmsauto lite

[@keylanoslokj1806]

@@oujt meaning?

[@guyveg8]

I installed this into my main system, no problems with it, they are not asking for your personal info, it's just perfect, been using it with 4 GB RAM and it was idling at 41% (this also applies to Windows 10)

[@orca2162]

Great, very useful indeed ❤

[@BooDamnHoo]

I've been using it for a year. Love it. Solid and zero problems of any kind.

[@FreeThinker0]

You should totally do Wireshark test on this and compare it with regular windows 11. I also want to know if it gonna be able to run updates like returning back to windows XP?

[@sioh3]

Yes we need this! :D

[@7rich79]

Now that it's been a few months, how has the experience been with MS security updates or feature upgrade packs?

[@ruperterskin2117]

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

[@ChrisHalden007]

Love it. Great video. Thanks

[@MrOfflineAlways]

I literally miss the days when you didn’t need a Microsoft account to setup Windows, and where there wasn’t a lot of things preloaded like OneDrive, Teams, and other apps they pay to have pre installed

[@johndododoe1411]

OneDrive and Teams are other spyware products owned by Microsoft.

[@pinkipromise]

you dont if you disconnect from internet during first boot

[@dynallene]

@@pinkipromise i just set up a new windows laptop and it requires you to connect to the internet to proceed with the setup process. there's probably a way to bypass this but it's far less convenient for the average consumer which is exactly what microsoft wants

[@Lil-Jonn]

Leo, can you find the avast AV version from 2007 with nuclear alert sounds with every detected virus? I would like to see it in action. It's pretty fun 😊

[@notabene9630]

Good video, would be nice to have the official download link in the description

[@MohanadShaban]

Has been using it for a while on several devices and it's awesome 🥳

[@levyroth]

I've tried this distro (lol) in a VM and it's very cool. I'll run it directly on my gaming rig soon with no regrets because it's that damn good.

[@ricn5494]

The one question I have is does it support 4k, HDR, and Dolby Audio?

[@BoratWuschki]

@@ricn5494 of course it does. you can still download and install all the drivers you need.

[@AmrHazem_EG]

I am installing it now.

[@TwilightSirius]

Now that Tiny11 has been recently released, it would be great seeing a head to head comparison betwen Tiny11 and Ghost Spectre.

[@thomaseliason8376]

Ghost wins out on both installed size and RAM at idle.

[@blinddog1212]

@@thomaseliason8376 And ghost lets you do system updates, correct?

[@thomaseliason8376]

​@@blinddog1212 - Yes it does, I'm fully updated without a hitch. It's a very good OS.... even allows for compatibility with older programs.

[@SoK05]

Tried Tiny11, and for some reason it was very clunky... Tried Ghost 11 and it's perfect.

[@munimhasibul2072]

I am using Ghost Specter windows 10 lite for quite a long time. Not just for gamers but this runs amazing in older pc's. I highly recommend it. And in my 7 or 8 months of use I've never seen anything suspicious or harmful for my system.

[@danielduncan6806]

When you are your most secure, you also are at your most vulnerable.

[@NobbsAndVagene]

@@danielduncan6806 In this case I would like proof, as I seriously doubt much of the bloatware and telemetry on a standard Windows installation provide any level of security. All this shit does is track you so advertisers can use that information to sell you crap. That's why Windows is free since 10.

[@danielduncan6806]

@@NobbsAndVagene Sorry, I can only tell you once. After that it is up to you to decide. I will leave you to it, you have a lot of thinking you need to do.

[@youdonegoofed]

@@danielduncan6806 🤓

[@maxscott3349]

@@danielduncan6806 What did I miss here?

[@PatchRowcester]

Thank you so much for this!

[@davidharrison6535]

I just found you. This looks like fun stuff LOL Subscribed..

[@MrJest2]

I use command prompts all the time; I "grew up" (computing-wise - I only really started getting re-introduced to PCs in the late '80s; my first was the TRS-80 Mod.I) on DOS and am still faster and more comfortable doing things in a command setting. When the OS itself becomes bloat/spyware, it's time to look at a different operating environment. They are eliminating everything _fun_ from the PC.

[@amruzaky4939]

Ah, 👻 ghost spectre. I used his iso for virtual machine. Neat because it seems like the original w11 ran a lil too rough on my VM. Haven't upgraded my main CPU to 11 though.

[@Revenant483]

Awesome find! I would like to install this in a VM in my Linux rig and use this for running Steam.

[@Alexandra-Rex]

Oh, this is very handy. Will definitely try on my gaming PC.

[@jerodburnett6422]

I'm intrigued, it kind of looks more similar to a Linux distro this way. I was wondering, does having it stripped down so much cause any issues with AMD/NVIDIA drivers? I might give this a try..

[@adithyasunil8809]

Clean build to run windows apps on a vm. Rly liking it so far

[@kristianzapater1913]

Great video, have you done any analysis as to whether this build is giving off any telemetry or has any spurious software installed? Curious to see if it comes packaged with any malware or viruses...

[@thebadtemperedbrit]

Reading through lots of comments, long term users of 1 year+ all report no issues, no suspicious outgoing connections & great functionality, sounds great, I'm considering it for tired old PC's!

[@ryomario90]

I made the switch to this superlite version after I saw this video, so far so good, it's certainly snappier and less RAM consuming. The only issue I had was activating windows, not sure how but I managed to get it activated, the activation in the toolbox didn't do anything, then in windows settings I ran the activation troubleshooter which detected that I have a valid activation key ( either the toolbox key or the key that I have linked to my account, I'm not sure which ) and it activated it.

[@davidharrison6535]

Yeah I just had to reinstall every thing back to win10 Pro to get my License now running Pro on this machine And this one is on the Insider Channel

[@pukwaan]

Kmspico dummy

[@kenrock2]

If you have valid license key you can activate like u normally do. The activation tool is just to extend trial to 6 months.. Not really a crack or uses enterprise license to activate it.

[@keylanoslokj1806]

​@@kenrock2so how do you postpone it beyond the 6 months?

[@jondonnelly4831]

Make a guide how to DIY this yourself using the utilities, power shell and other tools available.

[@ShakilShahadat]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

I really would love it if they could bring back Windows 10's Start Menu. If they ever do that, I would use this Windows 11 build in a heart beat.

[@TeamRaident]

One of the builds contained in the iso includes the windows 10-style start menu. :)

[@johndododoe1411]

I'd prefer the Windows 7 and older start menu as resurrected by at least one 3rd party shell extension for Windows 8.

[@PrivacyEnt]

then just use the win 10 build of this?

[@aretzky6647]

Open Shell is what you need XD

[@theclearsounds3911]

@@johndododoe1411 I want the Windows 2000 start menu! Microsoft started ruining it as early as XP! Good thing for the 3rd party shell extension you mentioned. I used it on Windows 7. Worked great.

[@FaustRSI]

Just what I need, thanks.

[@shurikencookies]

Im going to try install this on my windows based tablet, lets see how it goes, thanks Leo!

[@Finnisher_DAD]

Okay this actually makes me wanna try Win 11 finally. Or re-install Win 10 as Superlite. As someone who first learned computers with DOS I long for the days when users had control over the OS and not the other way around

[@renatatostada3318]

Linux exists...

[@CallumCarmicheal]

@@renatatostada3318 Linux is great if you don't have a DSC required monitor. The only thing stopping me from using Linux as my primary operating system is that I cannot use my monitor is 5120x1440p240hz. Nvidia keeps stalking about it in the GitHub repo but no progress. So yeah there are reasons people still need to use windows.

[@repairman2be250]

That looks pretty darn good to me to have a play when using M$ Windows virtual machines. From security point of view how does one test such a system? Try all the antivirus and variants?

[@Unmannedair]

Holyshit, this is what I've been wanting for so long! 🤯

[@anonymous6666]

thx for showcasing this

[@profesortodorovic4117]

There are certain issues which I found; 1. You cannot edit hosts file. 2. You cannot fully use "run as administrator" as you are not full administrator. 3. Issues with usb ports and windows not reading hdds.

[@user-yv7mu9en6v]

The not being able to change the hosts file is suspicious to be honest

[@ChrisAzure]

I have been using it for months and the issue about editing the host file I can't say anything because I don't mess with it but, your second point is wrong, because the account you create when you install the OS is an administrator account, so obviously you don't need "run as administrator" on an administrator account, that basic logic. And issues with USB ports or not reading HDDs look more like a hardware thing but I haven't encountered that issue in any of my computers or any other computer where I installed GhostSpectre version of Windows.

[@profesortodorovic4117]

@@ChrisAzure Firstly, I do think Ghost Spectre is a decent product. Every product has issues and they are both good and bad. Secondly, there are certain tweaks for W11 tweaks that cannot be done because they require such actions as "run as administrator" but the system will not allow you to do so. The user is not full administrator. Hence why you also cannot edit the hosts file. Thirdly, please thoroughly test the product before commenting with basic knowledge or no experience.

[@ChrisAzure]

@Profesor Todorović so basically 3 computers 2 of which are for daily use and 1 as a gaming PC with lots of installs are not enough to know how something works...sure

[@landonmackey1091]

I tried (to no avail) to install Windows Ameliorated in the past. This looks much more promising, PLUS it includes Windows 11. I MUST try it. I need a Windows target platform for development

[@theclearsounds3911]

I also tried Ameliorated something like 2 years ago, and it was such a disaster that I gave up on it very quickly.

[@MajorEncore]

Heh, ive been running ghost for a loong time. Nice to see it featured.

[@MINI_91]

Ghost Spectre, Tiny11 and Windows X-Lite all seems to be great options to avoid all the trash and inconviniences in Windows, for literally everyone. Super happy we have people who are willing to fix modern Windows systems.

[@barrybear2012]

I'm mostly a Linux person (I use my own custom Debian Sid distro called zOS Desktop....formerly Zoonity Desktop), but I swear this version of Windows 11 is smooth as butter.

[@johndododoe1411]

Please beware that zOS is also the name of one of the biggest operating systems out there, specifically one of IBM's operating systems for mainframes etc.

[@barrybear2012]

@@johndododoe1411 my friend Roberto Dohnert informed me of that, so I changed the name to MontaninIX

[@qwewer6]

Will you test it to know if it is as safe as the unchanged one with windows defender and others?

[@noorcollo6495]

I always click on the sponsor link as a way for thanking you for your videos.

[@NicuStoica2008]

It would`ve been nicer if the video wasn`t half about this modified version of win and the other half about your sponsors. we really understand that you have to talk about the sponsors but I don`t think the time spent on reviewing and sponsors should be the same. ON: Ghost Spectre releases really nice customized win images and very stable. I used win 10 from Ghost like 2 years and switched to an older version of Ghost`s win 11 and all is stable and running smooth. I even do my banking on this OS, even though I`m dual booting with Mint as the other OS (and main one).

[@montecorbit8280]

Could you do the compact version please?? Also it would have been nice to know how much Windows 11 takes up in memory when you first booted up, not all of us know that....

[@penguindrummaster]

My Windows 11 PC sits at ~8GB RAM usage after startup. Even my Windows 10 work laptop usually boots at ~4GB and quickly ramps up to 8GB RAM at idle because of WSL

[@gr0wnup5]

GHOST builds are truly Spectacular 🌟

[@SjarMenace]

Ghost builds? This is called spectre

[@ExZ1te]

@@SjarMenace He meang Ghost spectre

[@Karla_Finch-Cluff]

That's a well worded pun if I've seen one :D

[@Mario583a]

How can Ghost builds be spectacular if we normally cannot see phantasms?

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

This is an interesting compromise. Will have to give it a look!

[@cobra4439]

This is awesome, ima try it

[@tamboleo]

What about a debloating-"detelemetring" tool that is open sourced and you can see the scripting behind it? Does it exist?

[@anonymousminer7401]

Hey I have tried Christ titus's script and it might do most of what this iso does while showing you what it does in PowerShell. Maybe something to check

[@mistermusic140]

I tried Chris Titus script and it works great. It cut the running processes from 120 down to 65. My computer is much faster now.

[@LynKazoyuu]

have been using this since the windows 10 release and im happy its all free of microsoft crap :) Good review! I do recommend downloading this from Ghosts YT channel instead.

[@callisoncaffrey]

You are using "Windows" which is free of "Microsoft crap". You kind of delusions can't be cheap. What are you shooting up?

[@higado2]

Thank you! My "worker" PCs will be getting this Windows now four sure!

[@TechX1320]

Been using ghost spectre superlites for many years. It's absolutely fantastic and my friends are running it too There was a point in time where ghostspectre had to put out a reminder statement to only download the ISO from his website because somebody was modifying his ISO and including viruses in it. So getting it from anywhere other than is website is just playing with fire like any other modified ISO. THE WEBSITE IN THE DESCRIPTION IS NOT GHOST SPECTER'S OR ORIGINAL WEBSITE. Like I stated he has warned against this in the past, only get the links from his KZbin channel to his website

[@Dameworth]

is the website linked in the description the right place

[@TechX1320]

@@Dameworth he did NOT link the correct website. Only way to get the links is to go from the links in the video description on ghost spectre's channel. He has his website coded so that it knows you are forwarded to his pages with KZbin.

[@thespacetime]

I have a question. Can you still run and use normal day to day softwares like spreadsheets and pdf and word? Sorry if this is a stupid question

[@TechX1320]

@@thespacetime oh yeah. Windows still works as it should like any other windows OS, just like the video states, all the Microsoft spyware, ads and bloatware is gone, also some functionality that most people don't use is disabled by default (biometrics for windows hello or finger print readers for example)

[@thespacetime]

@@TechX1320 okay thank you. i just want to make sure before trying it.

[@davidbwa]

I'm glad products like this exist. But this video also made me do 'time machine' in my mind. As a user since before there even was a windows it seems kind of weird to think of "ONLY uses 1.1 GIG of ram" as an achievement. Not throwing shade, I'm saying it makes me think about how much bloat there has been over the decades. I still laugh when I think of a conversation with a friend when I upgraded him to a 120 MB hard drive and we figured "You'll never fill that up!" lolololol

[@MiniRockerz4ever]

Sad to see most developers skipping optimization indeed. The amount of electricity modern PCs consume is crazy too...

[@theclearsounds3911]

My Windows XP machine uses 350MB of RAM when I'm not running a web browser, and I haven't done anything to strip my build down. 1.1 GIG with nothing running is still extreme bloatware. It makes me want to try it, just to look at the task manager to find out what could possibly be hogging all that RAM.

[@Opossum412]

I remember how happy I was to see 600 out of 640k base RAM free in DOS for the first time. 40k (plus whatever was in high and upper memory) being the entire overhead. 1.1GB as a sort of benchmark achievement is truly insane by comparison!

[@massylii]

Love it ❤️

[@chemloaf3020]

This is sweet!!

[@coldfront.]

Well, I discovered this right after I switched to Linux. At least I learned something new.

[@GPsarakis]

Anyone have a rundown of the difference between superlite and compact? I can't upgrade my gaming pc because I don't have TPM, though that's easy enough to remove. I also use a MSA, game pass and onedrive so those don't bother me.

[@monad_tcp]

This is cool, I though about doing something like that once because I know that Windows Server is almost the same system and come with none of the bloatware (almost).

[@monad_tcp]

I want the source for the WIM package generator so I can make build the ISO myself, so I can trust it because I read the installation script

[@atechcheck]

So this video is about Crowdsec more than it is about Spectre.... from a chanell that is called PC Security..... Nice one without any thoughts, tests, review of this third party baked builds security....where we are going to put all our data in.... really nicely done.....

[@MujurID]

- GhostSpectre compact - PhoenixLiteOS pro plus - ReviOS - or any other suggestions? which custom windows 10 has the best compatibility? a slight increase in performance is okay, I use it for ms office and programming for college students and a little gaming. my device spec HP Notebook - 14s-dk0076au AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500U with Radeon™ Vega 8 Graphics 8 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (2 x 4 GB) thanks.

[@the_dfh]

i remember my Windows XP install which i debloated manually would use something like 90 MB after boot, now i hear "it only uses 1.1GB" on an already debloated system like it's so little... that's nuts. BTW: i'm currently using Win10 and it uses that, around 1 GB after boot

[@nickryan3417]

Yep. "Only uses 1.1GB" is utterly nuts. It's a bloody operating system, it should provide the operating functionality and the shared resources for applications. This shouldn't require using a vast amount of RAM for no evident purposes whatsoever - I can't even think of what OS processes would or should ever total up to 1GB of RAM. The closest I have come to justifying this is if the RAM usage includes the display frame buffers but a 1920x1080 32 bit (8 bit RGB + 8 bits wasted for efficiency) full screen buffer is 8MB. Even double buffering various OS applications that seem to be essential at full screen is only going to add up to a couple of hundred MB at most. Which still leaves 900MB utterly inexplicably used RAM.

[@AJSax0n]

Nice video, would love to see you actually installing and playing some games and maybe going over updates etc but otherwise good.

[@vazules]

cool, very useful, thank you :-D

[@leonaor534]

Ghost Spectre, Harbour of Tech and Phoenix OS they are all good in making Windows Lite installer.

[@sjsphotog]

What is the min requirements for the compact/lite version? Maybe this would be good to install on an older laptop?

[@Anderson_101]

Just what I was wondering too

[@yoshy2628]

1.2 Ghz processor, 2 Gb of ram and 40 gb of hdd. I use this variant for my beat up tablets, more stable than anything and is low on resources.

[@dexif4869]

thank you so much dude you're a god

[@roneeh7332]

Currently with my regular windows 11 pro install, i have around 87 processes with no running apps, but it consumes around 2.8gb of ram on idle. I just uninstalled several bloat apps, used NVClean stall to trim Nvidia Drivers, used Christitus Debloat script and tronscript.

[@ana303_]

Ghost spectre is a really popular build among gamers. It's the most basic/vanilla windows 11 build.

[@MrDeikas]

gods work🙏

[@trishafernandez8934]

Very helpful

[@georgianciucu9407]

Been using GHOST SPECTRE's modified versions of windows for about 4 years now and I could never go back. Stock windows is so full of crap, even LTSC or other variants. You could probably achieve the same thing that GHOST achieved by doing it yourself and "be safe" but be prepared because it will take a lot of time. I never had any problems with malware or anything like that. Windows defender and other antiviruses do find ghost toolbox as a virus but it's not. I might do a debloated version of windows 11 just for myself and see how it compares to the GHOST one.

[@mikopiko]

Is there no official download link? Just people sharing an ISO? Could you at least provide a checksum to your ISO image?

[@-zerocool-]

Very interesting!

[@Vsevolod3788]

0:06 I do actually get 1.1-1.3GB RAM usage in Win10/11 after I finish tweaking and debloating it without any additional software or custom ISOs. Oh, for Win11 I must say I use StartAllBack which provides more usability and consistency in system interface and also turns off some background bloat like modern search and start menu.

[@mihnealazar7039]

Do you have any source for any guide for twerking windows? I'd like to but I don't know enough

[@Vsevolod3788]

@@mihnealazar7039 I'm afraid I can't do that because my algorithm is based purely on my own experience but I'm sure there are plenty of guides on how to lightly debloat 10/11 without any additional software which tends to break things and do more harm than good.

[@mircconpetko1458]

Good video nice and clean! Dont like "custom" builds..Imake myself,just original MS ISO and then tweaking and tweaking Also use O&O Shutup and some more tools and expirience and litlle patience. Also use Linux,very good uprising and in future soon Linux will be bullet proof OS foe everyone. Keep it up with good work!

[@ShakilShahadat]

Can you please name those more tools?

[@gabriledyt]

Bruh, build a good version by you

[@fryfly5599]

The only concern I have with this, is kernel level anti cheats in games. But other than that, it looks great.

[@Wylie288]

You have 100s and 100s of kernel level software. Kernel level isn't an issue.

[@SciPunk215]

Very cool !

[@stranger.granger]

But can I move the taskbar to the side of the screen instead of having it at the bottom? I have a 21:9 monitor, and having it on the side just makes a lot more sense to me.

[@henryashbee7297]

I did try using this operating system tweak once; eventually my steam folder was found to contain a trojan, not after an install of anything. I cannot prove that it was ghost spectre but it was incredibly suspicious. Thankfully anything actually important I had was on Linux so it was safe. Haven't used windows since then lol

[@XTheEverything]

Currently using Spectre W10, and been using it for the past 7 months, and so far i encountered no malware after installing nor updating.

[@DoubsGaming]

I mean at one point I saw windows identify one of it's own processes as malicious so could have been a false positive or maybe you go it from something else.

[@henryashbee7297]

@@DoubsGaming I did say that I wasn't sure it was ghost spectre but I'd never had it happen in any other situation before so it was a bit weird

[@mining_steve]

@@henryashbee7297 false positives are always happening if didnt install anything malicous on the internet you good also check virustotal for this file the site can use mutiple virusscanners at one to ensure/warn that it is/isnt a virus. Researching the file name also helps to see if it its a false positive or not. Hope this helps

[@Rstudio8]

after a fresh install i already had a few programs on another drive including malawarebytes so i installed and right after i went to that specter terminal to install some other softwares and the av said blocked cuz its trojan