MSMG ToolKit

took me a few seconds but I found a 17763.1 iso. used heidoc.net's tool. giving that a go for my sysprep issue. as I was using a 17763.107 iso before. building custom iso now

 

The problem is that is an offline computer and never connected to internet, and some new features need to be downloaded

 

can a lot of the features in 1809 be disabled instead of removed?

example, edge, ie... can these actually be just disabled?

 

what could be “safely” removed/disabled in Win10 1809 so nothing will be broken (windows update, windows search etc) ?

and are there any remove package (system apps) templates?

also, i can’t remove a thing in Win8.1, the tool is just crashing when i’m trying to click “remove windows default metro”, same problem with other “remove” menu.

 

All of my PCs currently run 1709, all installed from images created with MSMG (v8.2 IIRC).
One of the kids has just said her laptop freezes randomly for several seconds (about every 20 minutes or so) when gaming. Then others decided to jump on the band wagon saying their desktops are doing the same thing, and now every one is saying "yes, mine does that too"...
Now, I realize I'm grabbing at straws here, but I'm wondering if any one has had similar experiences with installs from MSMG where EVERYTHING MSMG could remove was removed.
I shudder at the thought of letting a plain vanilla Windows 10 install connect to the internet, but with gaming it's impossible not to, so before I go down that path I'm hoping someone may have had similar experiences and is willing to share.

I know that Windows 10's wake from sleep will crash explorer... even does it on 1809 still. We use classic shell for the menu, and the installs are heavily customized with group policy settings to stop advertising and so forth... Game mode is disabled.

I game too but have no problems on my PC. Any thoughts?

 

Are they all on the same graphics hardware and drivers, playn the same game? Have you visited any graphics driver forums; they never have problems there with PC gaming . My gaming experience varies driver from driver and since I OC i have crashed. Maybe drivers have yet to mature. Stable wi-fi, cable, connection? Gonna say getting rid of Ms. Cortana may not be effecting their gaming. I would look at a whole lot of other things before pointing at MMSG or the OS. You may have the short straw there?

Regards

 

Apologies. I wasn't trying to point the finger at MSMG. The tool is exceptional at what it does. I was wondering if by removing absolutely everything I might have gone overboard. The only things each machine has in common is that they were all installed from the same image I created using the tool.

Different graphics cards, different drivers, different games. Different motherboards, CPUs etc. I've tried updating graphics cards. I've even gone as far as removing my A/V product. Wired and wireless. Internet connection is fiber 100mbit down, 40mbit up. No VPN.

Every game they play, online or offline will hang, crash, freeze. It isn't Cortana - That like everything else had been removed. This apparently has been going on for months. For graphics drivers, there have been several updates over that time. Except the laptop, which is an Acer Aspire VX5-591G; and there is only one driver. The driver from the Intel site will not install - Intel block it. But I'm using the GTX 1050 Ti not the internal GPU anyway.

Last night I bit the bullet. I installed a plain vanilla Windows 10 1709. I turned off all the privacy settings and applied the same GPO, services and registry changes. (So basically ALL windows 10 components/applications/bloatware is intact). Installed some games; Hearthstone, Tera, Fortnite, PUBG, Doom, DOTA2, Runscape, Installed the common apps like Microsoft office, ClassicShell menu, Winrar and used the same drivers as are on the PCs (With the exception of the laptop). No hangs. No freezes.No crashes.

The only issue is that explorer still crashes when the computer wakes from sleep.

So - Scenario 3; Install from my MSMG'd image - But this time did not make any GPO or registry changes. Did not stop any services - Games crash again.

I followed the readme.txt in the tool's package when I created the image.

I was asking if anyone had a similar experience.That is all. I would never try to tarnish the reputation of the MSMG toolkit. It's a great tool. And it's no doubt my fault - something I've done - I just can't figure out what and I was just looking for a little guidance.

Anyway, this could very easily get off topic, since this forum is about MSMG. If there is ZERO chance that removing everything from the 1709 image could be the cause, then my question has been answered.

 

Can you release code for ToolKitHelper.exe? @MSMG

 

Hello MSMG, 1809 After updating the patch, run Sysprep error, is it fixed?

 

Supposedly multi language support has been postponed, @MSMG?

Cheers.

 

Just to know...

When you say you'll release a new versión of the ToolkitHelper, will that be inside the whole MSMG package (so this should be updated to 9.1 or something)?

Or do you upload ToolkitHelper's updates separatedly on any other place NOT announced in the OP?

Hope I explained myself. English is not my main language, sorry.

And thanks for your work. It's VERY useful

PS: just read 9.0 is not compatible with multilanguage 1809, so I'm afraid I won't be able to help testing, then :/

 

When to upload the new version?

 

when its ready