Windows 10 Optimise and Debloat Script

[jamesclarke555]

I wanted to share something I've been working on recently. The goal with this project was to get the clean feel of something like Windows 2000 but on a modern OS that's light on resources and good for gaming.

I'm currently using this on my Steam Deck OLED and it works great so far! Please feel free to test and provide feedback.

Screenshot[ibb.co]

# BuildImage (OS Build 19044.1288)
Download[drive.google.com]

Intended for use with Windows 10 x64 Enterprise LTSC 2021, trial version can be downloaded here.[go.microsoft.com]

See readme.txt for instructions. Recommended updates to integrate:

Servicing Stack Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2[www.catalog.update.microsoft.com]
Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 21H2[www.catalog.update.microsoft.com]
Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2[www.catalog.update.microsoft.com]

UPDATE (30/01/2024):
* Added CleanBrowsing[cleanbrowsing.org] as default DNS servers for Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
* Added custom hosts file blocking many known Microsoft telemetry domains.
* Fixed an issue with unattended OOBE.

[r.linder]

Atlas does basically the same thing, removes bloat and optimizes the OS, but it's based on W10 23H2, problem with these things is that they need to be regularly updated by the people who are making them because Microsoft updates can restore a lot of that junk, and removing certain things can straight up brick the OS

People that want something lighter and better for gaming are better off looking into Arch Linux which was the basis for SteamOS on the Deck, and a much better OS than any version of Windows for that device

[A&A]

Hmm 48 processes
It's not bad at all, but there seem to be a lot of things that make the system not very usable. I can see that the notifications are missing, which is not good because sometimes antiviruses rely on Windows notifications and if the system goes a little bit quirky from false positive, you won't be notified of this action.

[_I_]

wtf are you talking about?
amd/nvidia do not make (develop or publish) any games

[r.linder]

Автор сообщения: Rexali_

The reason that GPU companies don't support Linux is on purpose, because if they release their games officially on Linux, it requires significantly fewer resources. So people who play on Linux Proton don't play them officially either, and you need the same resources as Windows. So even if you can optimize your Windows despite the fact that it is not open-source, your final result is that whatever happens on your Windows still won't support modern games, and you won't be able to play games anymore. It's like you are using an operating system that does not meet the minimum requirements to play the games.

But since 2008, Micorosft has done some stuff to be able to optimize Windows and even make IT engineers needles from using Linux, like making powershell, or there used to be classic themes on Windows 7 or 8 that made the windows way lighter, or you can install Windows Server on the core version,etc.

But powershell and Windows command-line scripts like batch scripts never became popular like Linux CLI and its bash script. especially when Linux is free but you need to pay for a license for Windows. So anyone who likes to pay for a Windows license definitely prefers to use its GUI, because if he/she wants to use CLI, why bother to pay for a license and not use the free Linux??

In the end, there are ways to make Windows lighter by default, like using classic themes on previous versions of Windows (IDK if Windows 11 has them or not) or using PowerShell or disabling some elements on the registry. But whatever happens in your final result won't affect games because games will use graphic cards, and it depends on the GPU that supports your current operating system or not.

But despite the things I said above, I'm still glad to see your final results.

Автор сообщения: Rexali_

Автор сообщения: _I_

wtf are you talking about?
amd/nvidia do not make (develop or publish) any games

Their GPU library and driver files are what need to be supported dude.

Both AMD and Nvidia make Linux drivers, AMD’s are open source for the most part but the only good driver for Nvidia on Linux is literally the proprietary driver that only Nvidia can produce

Intel also has investments in Linux, they have Linux Clear

[The_Abortionator]

Автор сообщения: Rexali_

The reason that GPU companies don't support Linux is on purpose, because if they release their games officially on Linux, it requires significantly fewer resources and will reduce hardware sales.. So people who play on Linux Proton don't play them officially either, and you need the same resources as Windows. So even if you can optimize your Windows despite the fact that it is not open-source, your final result is that whatever happens on your Windows still won't support modern games, and you won't be able to play games anymore. It's like you are using an operating system that does not meet the minimum requirements to play the games.

But since 2008, Microsoft has done some stuff to be able to optimize Windows and even make IT engineers needless from using Linux, like making powershell, or there used to be classic themes on Windows 7 or 8 that made the windows way lighter, or you can install Windows Server on the Core version, etc.

But powershell and Windows command-line scripts like batch scripts never became popular like Linux CLI and its bash script. especially when Linux is free but you need to pay for a license for Windows. So anyone who likes to pay for a Windows license definitely prefers to use its GUI, because if he/she wants to use CLI, why bother to pay for a license and not use the free Linux??

In the end, there are ways to make Windows lighter by default, like using classic themes on previous versions of Windows (IDK if Windows 11 has them or not) or using PowerShell or disabling some elements on the registry. But whatever happens in your final result won't affect games because games will use graphic cards, and it depends on the GPU that supports your current operating system or not.

But despite the things I said above, I'm still glad to see your final results.

What the hell did I just read?

Nothing you said was even remotely correct. First off, you named GPU companies and said not releasing games.

Not only do GPU companies release their drivers to Linux but they don't make games.

Game devs do and many have released native Linux clients and have officially supported proton too.

Also no, no magic optimizing happend for windows in 2008 nor did Linux become useless as it literally does things Windows can't.

Not to mention your GUI vs no GUI point makes no sense.

You can now (and for a long while now) use powershell to run Windows, and you can use a GUI in Linux. So what are you even on about?

[The_Abortionator]

Автор сообщения: Rexali_

Автор сообщения: _I_

wtf are you talking about?
amd/nvidia do not make (develop or publish) any games

Their GPU library and driver files are what need to be supported dude.

OK, and they release drivers for Linux. Infact, the open sourced Linux drivers are even better than the ones in Windows.

[r.linder]

Absolute nonsense. Linux gaming is already outperforming Windows because the OS performs better overall and the drivers aren't bloated, even with Nvidia's proprietary drivers I'm getting better performance on Linux than Windows.

[The_Abortionator]

Автор сообщения: Rexali_

Автор сообщения: The_Abortionator

What the hell did I just read?

Nothing you said was even remotely correct. First off, you named GPU companies and said not releasing games.

Not only do GPU companies release their drivers to Linux but they don't make games.

Game devs do and many have released native Linux clients and have officially supported proton too.

Also no, no magic optimizing happend for windows in 2008 nor did Linux become useless as it literally does things Windows can't.

Not to mention your GUI vs no GUI point makes no sense.

You can now (and for a long while now) use powershell to run Windows, and you can use a GUI in Linux. So what are you even on about?

It's three-side contracts, GPU drivers, Operating systems, game companies all three sides need to sync each other to release native games on linux, none of them would agree on that because if they want to release games on linux native, So it would reduce hardware sales significiantly. Just a simple search on google will show you that linux is way better and much more optimize to release games.

The other thing is that releasing powershell on 2008 made windows much more commands to use, For IT engineers it is possible to install windows server on core version without any GUI, but that's not something favorable because linux is free price out there and also despite of so many commands powershell gives us, Still linux has more freedom because it's open-source.

What drugs are you on? Theres no "three sided contract". Stop hitting the crack pipe so hard.

Nothing needs to be "Synced" to release games. One side comes out with a standard and it either gets supported or doesn't. Thats it.

This can be seen by Vulkan getting supported and Nvidia being late to the party meaning their GPUs are 6 years behind AMDs in being able to use DXVK.

This can be seen again by Nvidia dragging their feet with Wayland support. Again making them years behind AMD.

Theres no 3 way cabal, AMD straight up left them behind. The world moved on without Nvidia.

GPU companies have zero say in whether games come to Linux, just like Microsoft and Linux distro maintainers have zero say.

The protocols and libraries are there, GPU drivers there. Nothing they can do to stop it.

Also power shell had its full release in 2006 not 2008. And by the time server 2008 R2 came out it was still hot garbage.

You again say "IT engineers" and I don't think you have a clue what you are talking about. And no even after 2008 R2 the "No GUI" version of Windows still had a GUI.

You seem to be promoting Linux which is great but you also seem to know NOTHING about anything you are talking about.

[The_Abortionator]

Автор сообщения: r.linder

Absolute nonsense. Linux gaming is already outperforming Windows because the OS performs better overall and the drivers aren't bloated, even with Nvidia's proprietary drivers I'm getting better performance on Linux than Windows.

I don't think they are anti Linux, I think they are just ret*rded.

[r.linder]

Автор сообщения: The_Abortionator

Автор сообщения: r.linder

Absolute nonsense. Linux gaming is already outperforming Windows because the OS performs better overall and the drivers aren't bloated, even with Nvidia's proprietary drivers I'm getting better performance on Linux than Windows.

I don't think they are anti Linux, I think they are just ret*rded.

I know, the point was that he was saying that they don't intend their drivers to be used for games at all, which is rubbish, considering AMD hardware in particular on Linux is absolutely dominating everything else.

[lsdninja]

Автор сообщения: Rexali_

So, Instead of making fun of me can you explain me why don't we have native games on linux to this day when releasing games on it will reduce hardware resources ??

Linux 1.97% +0.06%

:P

[r.linder]

Автор сообщения: Rexali_

Автор сообщения: The_Abortionator

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What drugs are you on? Theres no "three sided contract". Stop hitting the crack pipe so hard.

Nothing needs to be "Synced" to release games. One side comes out with a standard and it either gets supported or doesn't. Thats it.

This can be seen by Vulkan getting supported and Nvidia being late to the party meaning their GPUs are 6 years behind AMDs in being able to use DXVK.

This can be seen again by Nvidia dragging their feet with Wayland support. Again making them years behind AMD.

Theres no 3 way cabal, AMD straight up left them behind. The world moved on without Nvidia.

GPU companies have zero say in whether games come to Linux, just like Microsoft and Linux distro maintainers have zero say.

The protocols and libraries are there, GPU drivers there. Nothing they can do to stop it.

Also power shell had its full release in 2006 not 2008. And by the time server 2008 R2 came out it was still hot garbage.

You again say "IT engineers" and I don't think you have a clue what you are talking about. And no even after 2008 R2 the "No GUI" version of Windows still had a GUI.

You seem to be promoting Linux which is great but you also seem to know NOTHING about anything you are talking about.

So, Instead of making fun of me can you explain me why don't we have native games on linux to this day when releasing games on it will reduce hardware resources ??

It's entirely up to the game developers and most of them aren't going to go through the effort of adding native support when less than 5% of the world are using it. Basically 2% of reported Steam users.

Games that also use garbage anti-cheat also tend to conflict with compatibility layers like Wine and a lot of devs just won't enable support for it because of the aforementioned issue with numbers, as well as the potential for a backdoor that can be abused.

Not like native support is really needed anyway because we have Wine and Proton, which does the job well enough.

[Viking2121]

Yeah I use to run debloat stuff, but I find it hardly does anything for performance on a modern PC, even on the lower end stuff like a q6600, as long as you got enough ram, it not going to make a huge difference, but I guess squeezing every last bit out of something, then maybe, But still better off just closing background stuff like mouse software or RGB garbage. I always end up reinstalling as most of them debloat stuff screws something up if not immediately, later down the road something I need wont work that I need to use or something.

[Crawl]

Автор сообщения: r.linder

Absolute nonsense. Linux gaming is already outperforming Windows because the OS performs better overall and the drivers aren't bloated, even with Nvidia's proprietary drivers I'm getting better performance on Linux than Windows.

You are saying that like its some absolute which it is not. For every game benchmark where Linux performs better I can show you a game where Windows does better and probably a dozen games that flat out wont run on Linux at all. In the vast majority of cases where the games run on both systems the performance is similar. For anyone who just wants to play games Linux is a second rate gaming OS and that isn't going to change any time soon.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

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