GamerOS Windows 10 & 11 DIY Preset

While the preset hasn't been updated for 22H2 or 23H2, it generally works for W10 22H2 to W11.

There will be minor differences (usually newer apps added in later versions), but the preset takes care of the major changes that impact performance the most with regard to background Windows services, and event logging.
 
If this helps anyone, the preset can be applied to Windows 11 23H2 and later. There may be some new things added in later versions of Windows that could be removed. I've been slowly modifying the preset to include some of the new components and settings, but it is a very tedious process. It is a great starting point though.
 
If this helps anyone, the preset can be applied to Windows 11 23H2 and later. There may be some new things added in later versions of Windows that could be removed. I've been slowly modifying the preset to include some of the new components and settings, but it is a very tedious process. It is a great starting point though.
The fastest way would be to (Preset) extract the current state from a set of clean 21H2 thru 23H2 images.
Run a 'diff' on them, to understand what's been added in successive releases, and use that info to tweak the current GamerOS.
 
The fastest way would be to (Preset) extract the current state from a set of clean 21H2 thru 23H2 images.
Run a 'diff' on them, to understand what's been added in successive releases, and use that info to tweak the current GamerOS.
I was not aware that you create a preset from an unmodified image that way. Interesting, I'll have to give it a look.
 
This is a way to reverse-engineer a preset from any existing image. NTLite does an existing config inventory, and you can apply this preset like a photo "negative" over a clean ISO of the same release, to get a list of removal and settings changes.

With a set of extracted states derived from clean images, you can see the component differences between each edition, or release. How does Home/Pro/EDU/Enterprise differ? What's changed from 22H2 to 23H2?
 
This is a way to reverse-engineer a preset from any existing image. NTLite does an existing config inventory, and you can apply this preset like a photo "negative" over a clean ISO of the same release, to get a list of removal and settings changes.

With a set of extracted states derived from clean images, you can see the component differences between each edition, or release. How does Home/Pro/EDU/Enterprise differ? What's changed from 22H2 to 23H2?
okay and which current (stable) version of GamerOS you suggest using? Sry but this thread is really big to go thru all..
 
Hrmm, not sure if I did something wrong here, but this issue is consistent across a few installs. I re-checked a few needed components like Windows Update, Bluetooth and a few others using the compatibility options. Finally, I reset the Features pages as I did not want to uninstall anything from there for the time being. As far as I know, I did not remove anything new according to the preset, only added back in a few things.

I applied the preset to Windows 10 Enterprise 21H2 as a test. I allowed the system to update itself, but the system froze when rebooting at the "Preparing to install updates" screen. I had to force a reboot for the process to continue normally.

Another oddity I came across was in the Settings menu. If I clicked on Accounts and then Other Sign-In Options, the Settings app would freeze. Exiting the app took a few moments to work. I know that component was removed based on the preset, and I certainly have no use for it, but I would rather not have the app freeze if possible.

Any ideas?
 

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Ive been recently experimenting with NTlite and wantent to make a gameros iso but when i then tried boot up discord on my new machine it said the installaton was corrupt and my headphones and microphone didnt register at all. I fell as tho the gamer os 11.xml delete some dependency but i dont know what so that i could fix it, could someone help me...
I used the gameros11.xml preset.
If you need any other information feel free to ask.
 
Ive been recently experimenting with NTlite and wantent to make a gameros iso but when i then tried boot up discord on my new machine it said the installaton was corrupt and my headphones and microphone didnt register at all. I fell as tho the gamer os 11.xml delete some dependency but i dont know what so that i could fix it, could someone help me...
I used the gameros11.xml preset.
If you need any other information feel free to ask.
I haven't seen reports of GamerOS preset breaking Discord app, but it does remove components for advanced HW audio support. Are your devices connected by Bluetooth?

Open the preset in Notepad, and try removing:
Code:
                <c>3daudio 'Spatial Sound (3D Audio)'</c>
                <c>dolbyatmos 'Dolby Atmos codec pack'</c>
                <c>hwsupport_bluetooth 'Bluetooth'</c>
 
These are the components in the Discord compatibility (which any preset for gamers should leave at enabled):
netframework4wpfcore 'Windows Presentation Foundation (Core)'
qwave 'Quality Windows Audio Video Experience (qWave)'
hidservice 'Human Interface Device Service'
 
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