GamerOS Windows 10 & 11 DIY Preset

Taosd said:

Guide: Optimized Image

Update (December 29th, 2023): I am actively working on revising this guide and all others for the latest Windows builds. See the following reply (link1) for detailed information about why there was delays on progressing things further. This guide walks users through the creation of an optimized...
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I'm using Windows 11
 
realrobd i hope you are aware that the GamerOS preset is just a guideline......... and if you had read through the posts as suggested, you would understand that things have to be changed for your own personal use

post #458. BUT apply the changes BEFORE you hit apply
 
Contrary to popular belief, MS Store isn't required to execute apps -- only to download and purchase.

If you haven't removed Modern App support, and the required UWP libraries; any pre-installed "Store" app will continue to run. Store is needed to download new apps, or purchase DLC content. Windows Update will update any install apps, unless disabled.

In your preset, restore the UWP libraries:
<c>Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.2.2 'NET.Native.Framework.2.2'</c>
<c>Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.2.2 'NET.Native.Runtime.2.2'</c>
 
Taosd said:
realrobd i hope you are aware that the GamerOS preset is just a guideline......... and if you had read through the posts as suggested, you would understand that things have to be changed for your own personal use

post #458. BUT apply the changes BEFORE you hit apply
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Actually no, you can just load the GamerOS, build your ISO and have a perfectly fine install. But... Like I said... I enabled MS Store under apps, but I couldn't find the listed dependencies to enable them. MS Store is installed but does not work because of those missing dependencies.
I'll just have to look closer I guess. They're obviously there somewhere.
 
A tale of two camps:

Hard-core gamer: "ermahgerd -- MS Store robs my FPS, and muh privacy!!"
Casual gamer: "Hey, nothing runs."

Remember kids, presets are just templates. You can modify the XML file inside Notepad, and remove offending lines. Obviously start with a clean ISO if you've already removed components.
 
garlin said:
A tale of two camps:

Hard-core gamer: "ermahgerd -- MS Store robs my FPS, and muh privacy!!"
Casual gamer: "Hey, nothing runs."

Remember kids, presets are just templates. You can modify the XML file inside Notepad, and remove offending lines. Obviously start with a clean ISO if you've already removed components.
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That's funny xD
For me personally, I just wanted to play with different installs for shits and giggles. The performance gains are negligible in my case.
I actually found the preset while watching Chris Titus Tech.
 
Is there a reason they cant check the store under compatibility tab and have what's needed for the store to work? I've never used the microsoft store so I have never even tried it, also having modern app support opens you up to exploits, it's much safer to just not bother with anything appx related
 
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Txmmy said:
Is there a reason they cant check the store under compatibility tab and have what's needed for the store to work? I've never used the microsoft store so I have never even tried it, also having modern app support opens you up to exploits, it's much safer to just not bother with anything appx related
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Appx doesn't expose you to worse exploits. In fact, it's sheer annoyance is because it runs inside an app container. Every user is provisioned with a private copy of the installed app. Infection of a personal instance can't cross to another user on the same system.

There was a reported exploit about two years ago, but that was MS forgetting to check provisioning. But otherwise, it's not the target of many security fixes. If you visualize the different app security levels:

Hyper-V VM > Sandbox > Appx > Win32
 
Idk Im just going off experience, if I leave onecore uap or something of that nature in the iso then my gaming connection seems easily manipulated in some fashion by outside sources, if I remove onecore uap as I used to not bother with the windows store, it would seem that they can no longer do what they have been doing, so I wouldn't call it an exploit per say, just in my experience of never actually needing the store everything was great, only when going backwards and adding store capabilities back in as requested by some after the release of the first preset and leaving it in for the past few months well working, I was yet again open to being taken advantage of, idk onecore uap description sounds alot like follina "enables apps to receive messages from the internet" a much greater mind would need to take a look and see exactly whats possible and see if there is something there
 
garlin said:
I read stories on other sites, where disabling UAC causes weird errors with specific apps launched from the taskbar. The question would be, does NVIDIA Control Panel still work if called by "nvcplui.exe"?
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sadly no. I can install the control panel using "winget install 9NF8H0H7WMLT", it installs fine and I get the confirmation box "has been installed, run now". However it won't run. No context-menu entry, and nvcplui.exe returns "not found".
Seems to be connected to me integrating the nvidia driver into the image.
Installing the nvidia driver from the .exe after finishing install works fine, including nvidia control panel being available to all users, even new ones.
Any ideas on how to go about this?
 
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it seemed to me that the app doesn't copy over properly when importing latest drivers and i experienced the same thing, i think its something that nvidia changed in latest drivers that ntlite just doesn't copy over when bringing the .inf, even on an unedited iso downloaded right from microsoft and just adding the driver it doesnt work, integrating nvidia drivers just doesn't work the same way and so i just used the regular method, but in other tests i would integrate only driver 472. and then i would install newer drivers later
 
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