Regally3628
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Hi,
ISO: Windows 10 LTSC 2021.
Problem 1:
NTLite built in tool for grabbing updates doesn’t seem to grab ALL updates (ex. Jan 2023 update is manually downloaded by Windows Update after boot up).
Expected behavior: ALL updates should be already integrated into windows iso.
Problem 2:
Microsoft Edge is being installed online by Windows Update (all Internet Explorer/Edge components were removed from iso)
Problem 3:
Post-Setup section is absolutely anti-intuitive.
example from: click to go
Some automatic deployment scripts use even more complicated syntax as:
Problem 4
Main focus of this tool is debloating & AUTOMATION. Right now there’s no way for integration of nvidia drivers (can be added but without NVContainer which will cause problems.
Problem 5
Integration of winget without using scripts which will add ALL msstore deps is nearly impossible. Tried every possible method but winget is still not recognized in powershell & cmd.
Problem 6
Office auto-deployment using forums winrar method (creating SFX package) seems to install winrar execs into Windows (discovered by running bleachbit). So ‘reducing footprint’ is not the case here but also needs manual launch of SFX package.
Expectations and possible solutions
I understand that NTLite devs can’t create scripts for everything I need for full automation but some features (Problems 1-3) could be improved. I can’t imagine using tool that promise to grab latest updates & easily setup env with AAD’s when there’s little involvement by devs into actually making this tool full-featured for auto-deployment.
Imagine deploying Windows on 10 machines after grabbing all updates using NTLites tool and you realize that all of these machines need to download around 3-4 more updates, MSOffice needs to be deployed manually from pendrive using OCT&ODT and manually installing deps for winget and making it work. From my observation there’s too much focus on “component removal” tool and it’s “compability list” by default setting up compability for Teamviewer, Discord etc which is usually not needed because Discord can be run from Chrome instead of grabbing electron desktop version and Teamviewer can be easily replaced by open source remote tools. Maybe better approach will be focusing on STABLE versions of Windows instead of diving deep into some “insider” crap on Win11. Life would be easier if NTLite’s team provided some easy scripts for installing winget etc. Let’s make Windows great again until linux nvidia drivers & wayland will mature enough to use it as a daily-driver.
Some community-created scripts are actually crucial to make Windows bloat-free and make this OS more optimized so I want to send huge thanks to Hellbovine Guides&Scripts.
ISO: Windows 10 LTSC 2021.
Problem 1:
NTLite built in tool for grabbing updates doesn’t seem to grab ALL updates (ex. Jan 2023 update is manually downloaded by Windows Update after boot up).
Expected behavior: ALL updates should be already integrated into windows iso.
Problem 2:
Microsoft Edge is being installed online by Windows Update (all Internet Explorer/Edge components were removed from iso)
Problem 3:
Post-Setup section is absolutely anti-intuitive.
example from: click to go
So, In first section should I put only powershell and in next section pass all the params ex. “-NoProfile” etc?powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\SetupWinget\winget_install.ps1"
Some automatic deployment scripts use even more complicated syntax as:
So: “start” is going into first section and the “powershell…” part needs to be embedded into parameters in right section?start powershell someparams somexecs
Problem 4
Main focus of this tool is debloating & AUTOMATION. Right now there’s no way for integration of nvidia drivers (can be added but without NVContainer which will cause problems.
Problem 5
Integration of winget without using scripts which will add ALL msstore deps is nearly impossible. Tried every possible method but winget is still not recognized in powershell & cmd.
Problem 6
Office auto-deployment using forums winrar method (creating SFX package) seems to install winrar execs into Windows (discovered by running bleachbit). So ‘reducing footprint’ is not the case here but also needs manual launch of SFX package.
Expectations and possible solutions
I understand that NTLite devs can’t create scripts for everything I need for full automation but some features (Problems 1-3) could be improved. I can’t imagine using tool that promise to grab latest updates & easily setup env with AAD’s when there’s little involvement by devs into actually making this tool full-featured for auto-deployment.
Imagine deploying Windows on 10 machines after grabbing all updates using NTLites tool and you realize that all of these machines need to download around 3-4 more updates, MSOffice needs to be deployed manually from pendrive using OCT&ODT and manually installing deps for winget and making it work. From my observation there’s too much focus on “component removal” tool and it’s “compability list” by default setting up compability for Teamviewer, Discord etc which is usually not needed because Discord can be run from Chrome instead of grabbing electron desktop version and Teamviewer can be easily replaced by open source remote tools. Maybe better approach will be focusing on STABLE versions of Windows instead of diving deep into some “insider” crap on Win11. Life would be easier if NTLite’s team provided some easy scripts for installing winget etc. Let’s make Windows great again until linux nvidia drivers & wayland will mature enough to use it as a daily-driver.
Some community-created scripts are actually crucial to make Windows bloat-free and make this OS more optimized so I want to send huge thanks to Hellbovine Guides&Scripts.