Custom Windows Images

Their are a lot of "custom" windows spins out there, but are any of them good? Let's talk about what it takes to make a custom windows and some new projects on the horizon.

Timestamps:
00:00 Custom Windows Types
01:07 Built-in Bloat
01:45 Windows AME Wizard
04:00 Concerns
06:35 Using AME Wizard and Install Example
08:50 What it Removes
10:38 First Boot into AME
12:08 Thoughts on the Project and Recommendations .

[ChrisTitusTech]

It's very interesting to see this method of creating a custom windows develop.

[FattrTV]

I am really loving your Custom Windows distros coverage. Please keep on the pulse of this growing scene

[kazue]

Chris I use ur script "one tool for everything" its probably the best tweak script I found out there and I suggest it would be a lot better if it also have uninstaller section where u can uninstall any bloatware or built in apps that sometimes can't be uninstalled

[thisismelsemail]

I think we really need a Chris Titus playbook. I know the debloat tool does a lot already. I just think the playbook would add just the one extra layer of convenience. Fingers crossed

[Omooze]

Hopefully, we get the opportunity to make our own playbooks with an easy GUI (check what you want and uncheck what you don't want) That would be very very awesome!!!! allowing us to tailor our windows as we like.

[Zonx]

Been using NTLite for about 6 months now to make my own custom iso. Best piece of software I've purchased in a long time. Lots of walk-throughs online of what to remove to turn off and strip out all the Microsoft Spyware and unwanted stuff.

[Macho_Man_Randy_Savage]

Been on Windows 10 AME for over 2 years, with gaming in mind and loving it still. It's really not as restrictive or dangerous as I some make it out to be but there's other options for you. Super stable, I don't remember having any crashes on it either. It so good to have a stable modern Windows OS that is there to do what you want it to do, with out interruptions or bloat.

[zoltan]

Can we get a new NTLite video about what you would remove and what you would keep for a general use daily driver windows system?

[bmiller]

I like this detailed review; in which, no stone is unturned.

[Zundfolge]

So it seems to me the best use case for these things is to install Linux as your base system and then run one of these in a VM so you can run some piece of Windows only software that you need that won't run (or won't run well enough) under Wine?

[salapolivalenta]

I still prefer windows official iso and then debloat with your tool Chris which is amazing, that's why I got the exe version. When it comes to security, I can't trust those modified isos, they are fine inside a VM, ok, agree, but using as a main os is not a good idea.

[yoyoyogames]

im watching from a distance, im not the most experienced user ever but i know some stuff, if there is ever something like this that is fully open source, and allows for people to create their own settings/presets or "playbooks", will be very awesome, im watching from a distance 0.0

[gwgux]

This is something I'm much more open to over the custom ISOs out there. People have been using 3rd party utilities to customize Windows and see where they can take it for decades and there has always been security risks associated with doing this kind of deep level customization of it.

That said, while tools for customizing Windows aren't anything new (I remember some letting you change the shell Windows used back in the Windows 3.1 days), I can't help but notice how more people have been talking about them now more than they have in the past. Like has Microsoft made another recent boneheaded decision for their software again that is now pushing people to look more into these things than they have in the past? Or is this just the result of many people getting fed up with the direction Microsoft is taking and alternatives like MacOS and Linux aren't going to cover what they need, but they really can't move forward with Microsoft's direction either? I suspect there's a quite large user base out there that is stuck in the middle like that and they aren't being covered by Linux/MacOS/Microsoft/other.

[whitebeartigtig]

I'm now at the point where I'm installing windows and removing bloat often enough that I might just have to make a playbook. I've been able to get my Windows 10 22H2 installs down to 50 processes without removing Windows Defender, or even the Microsoft Store. Creating a playbook would save me a good hour of work per Windows install. If I do make one I will definitely release it to the public too.

A lot of what I've been doing for debloating Windows 10, still works on Windows 11 so with support coming to an end in not too long, it would be worth doing both.

[travenature]

About time something like this comes out hopefully it takes off and they’ll make it customizable like he said.

[VenturiLife]

You don't want to remove Defender / MRT tbh.

[Omooze]

Love this new tool! Thanks Chris for your video!

[peterwassmuth]

Thank You so much for being out there
and share with us your expertise on windows.
It is just a gold mine for the ordinary PC user like myself.
I have learned so much during the the last 3 years inkluding LINUX.
Thank You so much Chris.

[aleksisutinen]

Thanks for your videos. Really helpfull. The reason I like your channel, out of the myriad of available content boils down to one thing. For some reason, I trust your skills and judgement the most 😅 You give a really professional posture. Received my new working laptop and entering the customization with your tips (win+ubuntu) dual boot.

[Revenant]

Thanks for highlighting another up and coming great tool. I don't know how this will all end up with Win10 EOL coming hard. Personally I am moving to Linux. I would like to see an alternative for people that don't know how to or just can't be bothered for what ever reason to switch to a replacement for Microsoft.