That happened to me at one point due to adding the cumulative update out of order. You have to pay close attention to the documentation.
I removed Windows Defender, but Windows Defender Firewall service is still running. How can i disable that service ? I did not find any option in group policy. I install Norton Security but it do not disable Defender Firewall service.
Windows Defender Firewall is not removed when Defender is removed as it the actual Windows Firewall in Windows 10.
@MSMG: Can you please release the toolkit as it is now? I really only need it working for x86 images. Cheers.
Exactly. We have no right to push MSMG for updates. If there is a rush for an update, then perhaps they could update the Toolkit themselves.
MSMG stated some time back in this thread he's working on a new version that fixes some issues including sfc errors (LTSC 2019 is covered by the latest version of the toolkit). So you have to wait with the rest of us for that.
Nobody else knows that better than me, and I've said it before. I was referring to MSMG's own comment that x86 was working without issues. Mind you that the English-only version also has been released as an "intermediate" release. You've been able to play with that, while multilang hasn't even't seen the first build. Just a request, not in any way to harass the devs. Cheers.
I look forward to a new version of MSMG ToolKit that works 100% well with Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC RDS5 1809 x64Bit, because I have to remove that annoying search and defender. MSMG ToolKit v9.1 does not seem very stable there is something wrong.
LTSC RDS5 1809 .379 after removing all coponents, dxwebsetup - gives an error message = dxerror.log & directx.log directx_Jun2010_redist.exe = works great.
Unfortunately the next version is not very promising for x64 builds as with the regular editions the setup is breaking when some apps are removed and with LTSC the setup is breaking even with the components working on regular editions. The ToolKit needs more time for testing for x64 images to fix the issues but anyhow will be releasing an update today.
That's unfortunate for me since I'm using LTSC x64. I regularly check this thread in hopes there will be a version at some point that has no ill effects on that image. For now I'm just disabling things rather than removing. When those issues get worked out I'll use the toolkit. At the minimum I want remove flash player from the installation image. There's just no way I can find to uninstall that package otherwise. In previous versions of Windows it's just a reg tweak to make the package visible and a call to dism /Remove-Package. They buried it in LTSC. Why did they do that, especially considering the damn thing will be deprecated next year. I can actually get ToolKitHelper.exe to work from a script for the most part, modified image installs without a problem. The main issue for me is it breaks the component store. Component cleanup after installation fails with a file not found error (dism /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup). Would also be good to see sfc run without flagging any files.
Do try out and see if it works for you if you are only removing few selected components and not all, It may work as my tests were with all components. Right now testing WHD update pack integration, once it's finished will upload the newer version.
I'll give it a try, let you know what happens. I'll start by removing flash player and see if any issues arise. Probably try it tomorrow or next day. Thanks for all your work on this. After looking into removing stuff with dism it seems like a bit of magic involved. They really made things convoluted with this new component store layout, at least in terms of identifying packages through the registry.