What Components can be safely removed?

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Starfox

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Hi,

i wan´t to build a safe Windows 11 Build for my Home Computer and Laptop.

The Presets Lite, Gaming e.g. are to unspecific, and i don´t know if the Stuff removed is needed later.

At the moment i create a List what can be safely removed like "Floppy" in Hardware or "Infrared"

Most regular Laptops and Computers don´t need this.

Is there a list with a build that is as compatible as possible and with nonsensical components removed.

For my Laptop i need Batterie, WLAN, Bluetooth, Network components.

Someone with a Build there that i compare with ?
 
This is the top question always asked by new NTLite users. The answer is "it depends on what your PC runs".

Everyone is different, and has a different mix of software. An image might work very well for someone, and poorly for you because your app needs something they removed, or missing driver support. The same image might not support a brand new app, which needs features you removed as "unimportant".

Deciding on how far to "lite" is a game of risk. If you don't like re-installing your system and apps, or are not technical in Windows -- chose a safer preset. If you enjoy learning about Windows and don't mind extra work, then pick a riskier preset.

NTLite's templates go from low to medium risk: Privacy -> Gaming -> Lite

Presets can be changed, use them as a start. If you find a compatibility problem, then someone can help answer your question on what components to restore.
 
Garlin is indeed correct. the general wisdom is that the less you remove the more stable the system and the more you remove the more likely you'd encounter some unexpected behavior or something completely unrelated simply won't work. I'll get into the why in the next part.

Why: Windows like most modern software uses what's called "object oriented programming" while this can be very powerful and effective way of programming there are downsides. in object oriented programming everything is an object. think of them like lego blocks. Because everything is a lego like block objects can be reused. This is called code recycling and it's done all the time all through the operating system. The plus side is that if you don't know how to write a piece of code you can just borrow it from something else, the downside of this is that if you remove a program you don't like let's use Windows Media player as an example even if you never use Windows Media Player, some other program that you do use may call on blocks of code that were removed with Windows Media Player and as such with that code no longer available your program will not work properly. This is quite common with a lot of games (which needs bits of media player to work).

It may be very difficult to figure out why it is not working so stick to the safer presets and be aware that the more you remove the more likely you are to encounter issues requiring you to reinstall a less stripped down version.
 
garlin said:
Everyone is different, and has a different mix of software.
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Trim the fat but leave the meat and bones,
Remove uneeded keyboards Languages and Fonts, 3rd party published drivers, trim down MS drivers for some hardware.

Cant remove a component without it breaking something? try disabling it in Features(if availible).
If something cannot be removed or disabled in Features you might be able to disable it, or parts/functions of it in Group Policy.

Learn to tweak services, use Autoruns, Viper service manager, SrvMan - service manager for windows, Easy Service Optimiser.
Disable or remove Scheduled Tasks, Autologgers and WinEvt Channels.

Autoruns is a very powerful tool that goes way beyond most tweaking tools but use with caution, best tested in a VM or test pc /laptop.
 
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