Creators Update Free Edition (Unofficial Bloatware-Free ISO Download)

[Amelith Nargothrond]

I was thinking of giving this a try for about a week now but not so sure anymore.

In a VM, maybe...

 

[Av Gurus]

I was thinking of giving this a try for about a week now but not so sure anymore.

Why not?
It is easy, but it take some time.
I created for myself and installed in Virtual Box (Windows Defender and Edge is ON).
Installation is finish more quicker then "normal" Windows.
RAM usage is about 700MB (on "normal" Windows is about 1200MB).
The entire system is somehow alive and quicker, space used on HDD/SSD is less then 9GB.

 

[Andytay70]

I'll make my own version as downloading/installing someone elses version makes me paranoid!
What i cant understand is, if its a stripped down version why is it larger than the original?

 

[frogboy]

I'll make my own version as downloading/installing someone elses version makes me paranoid!
What i cant understand is, if its a stripped down version why is it larger than the original?

See post 9 in this thread.

 

[Av Gurus]

My original Win10x64 (with Home & Pro version) is about 4GB, after custom mood it was about 4,7-5GB.
Don't know why is like that...logically, the file would be smaller if you removed some things ...

 

[Winter Soldier]

He removed Cortana. So windows search won't work right, in this edition of Windows. That's what I read somewhere.

Yo can use Everything Search Tool for files and folders search.

 

[Nightwalker]

I will never trust those "custom made" version, who know what they may "silently" added...

I will rather do it myself.

Well said!

 

[Game Of Thrones]

any custom made os is dangerous but sometimes you have to trust someone to experience something better.

 

[Marko :)]

My original Win10x64 (with Home & Pro version) is about 4GB, after custom mood it was about 4,7-5GB.
Don't know why is like that...logically, the file would be smaller if you removed some things ...

That's strange. Do you have clean ISO and your modified ISO? If so, extract those in two separate folders. Then download WinDirStat and see what makes customized ISO larger.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Umbra do you say in addition to that already silently added by MS?

yes but at least what MS does is official. This topic remind me a guy i knew, installing a "custom" WinXP, what he didn't know was the rootkit built-in that transmitted all his keystrokes to a C&C...

 

[Av Gurus]

Clean ISO, download from Microsoft site.
ISO must be extracted so that can be worked on it.
Will check when I got home.

 

[BugCode]

Yep as WS already says everything is great choise. Actually i removed win 10 CU cortana today and insalled classic shell, and many other thing i removed. But, thats the another story But, "works"... and looks great

 

[shmu26]

My original Win10x64 (with Home & Pro version) is about 4GB, after custom mood it was about 4,7-5GB.
Don't know why is like that...logically, the file would be smaller if you removed some things ...

The level of compression you use, when you reconvert it to ISO, makes a big difference in the size of the file.

 

[Marko :)]

Downloaded both versions of Windows (one from MS and customized one from link from first post). Apparently, install.wim uses the most space in both ISOs.

 

[Av Gurus]

Here is WinDir from custom created Win 10:



This is original source:

 

[Av Gurus]

The level of compression you use, when you reconvert it to ISO, makes a big difference in the size of the file.

I make the ISO trough that program (MSMG).

 

[Av Gurus]

Why not?
It is easy, but it take some time.
I created for myself and installed in Virtual Box (Windows Defender and Edge is ON).
Installation is finish more quicker then "normal" Windows.
RAM usage is about 700MB (on "normal" Windows is about 1200MB).
The entire system is somehow alive and quicker, space used on HDD/SSD is less then 9GB.

Here are some pictures (Start Menu, HDD space, RAM usage @idle & BootUp time):

 

[Marko :)]

Here are some pictures (Start Menu, HDD space, RAM usage @idle & BootUp time):

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Is it possible to remove Cortana completely but keep search bar in taskbar?

 

[Av Gurus]

I think not.

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Is it possible to remove Cortana completely but keep search bar in taskbar?

This I'd like to know as well. Don't want Cortana but search bar is useful.