I was actually curious and did a test against several toolkits since 8.8, for example when scanned zip MSMG Toolkit v 8.8 on VirusTotal nothing was found. Scanning zip MSMGToolkit v 12 13/54 sites reported virus inside MSMGToolkit not sure if those are false/positives or were getting Christmas presents already ?
Ok, will check and make the changes. The new Media Player (Zune Music ) App currently can install only for Windows 11 v22H1 preview and so the code was reverted to old one.
Usually code protection added to the ToolKitHelper does triggers false positive sign with some Antivirus programs. Before traveling I just forgot to take the backup for Toolkit v11.10 and so tried to download it from mega account but due to some issue it was stuck at 99.9% and so downloaded it from user uploaded third party site and used the ToolKitHelper.exe from it for v12.0 Can you post the SHA-1 for Toolkit_v12.0.7z and ToolKitHelper.exe you have downloaded and the ToolKitHelper.exe one from Toolkit_v11.10.7z Will check with my side to see if anything wrong.
File: ToolKitHelper.exe (v1.0.5724.0, from Toolkit_v11.10.7z) = ToolKitHelper.exe (v1.0.5724.0, from Toolkit_v12.0.7z) SHA-1: ADD586D9CDD5A8E12EB6DB4422579D90C6FF29F6 File: Toolkit_v12.0.7z (with ToolKitHelper.exe v1.0.5724.0) SHA-1: 0A94E0A41124D55C7CE9A9EE986B0EA17970F118 (If I understand you correctly)
2021-12-02 Nome: Toolkit_v12.0.7z CRC-32: b2a75d95 SHA-1: fc11e1294f0518fce75c58b36216700c9b8be2e9 SHA-256: 9d3b2fd420e8109004cdb4e32b09572a4688732d94f7f5983c2d9653784c99ff SHA-512: 176bfc454f26f6d4d5800110cf3d3a31ac885ce18b573986376a3e32bebdf0973425beb8ae859d5a81e69264b1e87035c9cc7bdcc5456fbd9fbfd6bde442d218 2021-11-13 no Trojan Nome: ToolKitHelper.exe CRC-32: 4058bb7b SHA-1: f372cecfe54322fb2588958b5855a1cf9bb964b4 SHA-256: 636963535527569695d48c596b32009a7f41f267c0c899033fce5b8656955a42 SHA-512: 177f6f444ce56212938e50e1536b7f5fa5c856d83682d836d05e2c085a672e5b32dc455936cbd44c9b795c3c86936e425315673e4b11d244179b88657e7d6e1a 2021-11-26 Nome: Toolkit_v11.10.7z CRC-32: 1a61591e SHA-1: fb2caccfed2dc66ed8f08cfd3bce5167d14aee78 SHA-256: f41c7904f36ef0bf0477d45f4368557e157d4da6c1e6ba31b80bea5acb7ec3e9 SHA-512: eb18fbd0b5ee103cd0052e42119598994ebb282b4a44fd2c5c0440659138e8e1e40cccda1765d50c4a545e13ccf5f97c7b0818397c9551d11ad9a0f9788d246a 2021-12-03 Nome: Toolkit_v12.0.7z CRC-32: 38defc4a SHA-1: 0a94e0a41124d55c7ce9a9ee986b0ea17970f118 SHA-256: e61fa862cf2165f8d552d1a8d157098798061b01639ce6813ec8580bc57adc40 SHA-512: e3eb57f0762604c4d207c0c8177fd6ab3ab6f1b3cbfd00283d01355f0dd6d7840263c64d6fa451e625ca218ed73fa43b1ee48ef8c904272cd5dd037b117a85ff 2021-11-26 Trojan Detected Nome: ToolKitHelper.exe CRC-32: 034786a4 SHA-1: add586d9cdd5a8e12eb6db4422579d90c6ff29f6 SHA-256: 1dcb7fc6859006ff74f2ed44d1afafca8ba695e97a3742d588eeb94345d05c88 SHA-512: 3c8bc802d72f9c9aec6290908af107d92e618d95fe039d25338ec4eb41851d9679cf4e6108d989cb21ad376d7a836350dc4d1b3c3ca64df1349d34540aa33821
@MSMG , In Toolkit 12.0 lines 19515 & 19882: Code: if "%ImageBuild%" equ "19042" Reg add "HKLM\TK_SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /v "TargetReleaseVersionInfo" /t REG_SZ /d "2009" /f >nul 2>&1 Everyone know that Windows 10 v2004 later version is v20H2, not v2009 so,it may change this into: Code: if "%ImageBuild%" equ "19042" Reg add "HKLM\TK_SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /v "TargetReleaseVersionInfo" /t REG_SZ /d "20H2" /f >nul 2>&1
Some of my Friend who never comes Online asked me Which MSMG Toolkit Version is best to be used with LTSB2016 ISO Plus Best List of Packages to be removed. He wants a Total Slimmed down Image of LTSB 2016 with very less telemetry a user can do. Pl if somebody can assist me with this. His Hardware is Dell Vostro Laptop Core2Duo 3 GHZ 2+2gb RAM & 120GB Sata HDD. Edit: Purpose of this Upgrade on his Laptop with Preinstalled Vista is to Use Laptop for some Online Job & i suggested him LTSB 2016 best to be used on this hardware. Thanks in Advance
Yes i suggested him too he will change it to SSD tmrw . Pl if you have good toolkit version to be used with this OS Image plus its Packages to be removed. I myself after research & analysis found these packages from offline hive loading via "HKLM:OfflineSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages" List of Packages from LTSB 2016 i think to be removed according to my research goes like this : [ Package Names removed (Script Uploaded) ] Creating a Script for removal of these packages from installed OS.
i never find this way to deeply get rid of package,just follow msmg's list.however thx for provide another way
Pl load offline software hive of Local Machine then cross check the same suggested reg key & you will find lots of packages on offline LTSB 2016 image . i have analysed the list myself for online removal not offline. Let @MSMG approve the list i found or if he will suggest better components to be removed from image or might be cut down some components from the list . waiting for his response as he has vast experience in image packages tweaking
where to get Packages Removal List for LTSB 2016 . cross checked 8.8 , 11.8 but 17763 is the build supported in predefined packages removal list. this LTSB 2016 is 14393 Build
I havent tested these packages removal either offline or as installed VM OS thatswhy waiting for MSMG to suggest the best list for LTSB 2016 we can remove offline via his Best of the Best toolkit project. If i will be testting this Image for my own use then i will research it to max extent but why take so pain for somebody else as i know theres already predefined list for LTSB 2016 by MSMG somewhere at his side. plus users dont like my tweaking to max extent & they always say it breaks stability of os .
For me i only assure via my tweaks not a single data packet to be transmitted to M$ in any way & i know via going that much in depth breaks many things which i dont need for my usage of OS. as i always say either Let OS ride us its own way or Make ourself that much Confident to ride OS our own way .
in the past i always used msmg toolkit plus wimtweak exe etc to slim down even ltsc 2015 and 2016 . whenever i slimmed it down to barebones there always were some issues and errors in even viewer. for the past few years i was using ltsb 2016 my own made it needed only 700mb ram etc. i was curious about windows 11 so i got msmg wimtweak dism etc together and started working on it. then i came across windows 11 image called Ghost spectre not sure if you heard of it but myself i never trusted windows copy made by someone else. i have installed it on my spare ssd just to try it. it need around 1gb ram and everything works perfectly scanned it with few antiviruses and nothing was found and really digged into it trying to find some trojan malware and such and found nothing. it works perfectly and no errors in event viewer. maybe you could try it on your laptop it works well on both of my desktop and laptop.
Sorry to say not needed now . as my friend is so happy after i have done installation with my own installed system Packages removal script & nothing is found broken as he tested himself. even sfc no errors . event logs are disabled due to telemetry reasons, etc etc etc etc etc cant share whole process i have done on his laptop . anyways thanks for your reply. What i learn: best we can do in OS tweaking is to help ourself nobody is there who will help with our queries. i asked for packages list to be removed from LTSB 2016 but nobody found who has answered my query. I helped myself =====>