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lukaszml

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I need an absolutely minimal version of windows (with Networking, TCP/IP, UDP) that only has the ability to boot up and open to full screen an application written in pure C++ OpenGL 3 with no other frameworks than WinAPI with Winsockets for TCP/IP connection.
I tried to use the NotRecommended template in NTLite, but I am not even able to install system.
Template 'Lite' is still has a lot of overhead e.g. doesn't need Shell.
Is anyone able to prepare a Perset that allows to boot the system and run a single EXE file that uses the Opengl 3 API with simple TCP/IP networking ?
 
If you don't care about hosting any other apps or features, even the leanest image isn't going to make you happy. There's still a lot of background overhead in normal Windows. Even in kiosk mode, or Windows IOT.

You might want to consider using a WinPE-based OS. Rather than shrink normal Windows, features and frameworks are added to WinPE.
Try the WinPE community over at https://theoven.org/
 
The problem is that we have licenses for Windows 10 Home, making it the only ISO version I can rely on.
Unfortunately, buying another version of windows is not an option.

Another issue is security, I don't want to rely on someone else's ISOs.
 
I don't want to sound like discouraging you from using NTLite.

It's just when most users say "bare bones", they still consider the basic desktop as part of their profile. And so almost nobody tries to slim it down to a no-desktop solution. The closest to bare bones would be WinPE, or any image which has stripped to look like WinPE except to keep the license activation.

If you're stuck with Home, then I suggest using the GamerOS preset as a starting template, and trim even further.
 
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