Yes I noticed something similar. I know userbenchmark is not a particularly reliable site, but for the sake of the exercise I did two tests. One with his Windows 1903 installation which scored 83/98/82, 70th percentile. Then I put my Windows 1809 on the same PC and did the same test and scored 89/145/131, 80th Percentile. All non-essential tasks/processes were killed, so for the most part the only difference in the PCs was Cortana. Probably was something else hidden away in his system I didn't see and I couldn't get his PC below 2% constant CPU usage, whereas mine was 0% Now this is not particularly scientific but it should have been enough to show him how PC performance can be affected by system processes.
It seems to be a good difference to be only because of Cortana but I don't doubt it is. Anyway I try not to depend on Windows Apps as much as possible. The "infrastructure" for maintaining the UWP ecosystem is resource intensive. There are several services active in backgrounds with the sole purpose of providing resources for Windows Apps to use IF and WHEN they need it. I disable or remove all that are possible.
Good morning to all. I have a question about MSMG Toolkit. I have removed 4 editions keeping only 2. Can I directly apply, save and create ISO, or must I first select Index, cleanup Source Images befor saving and creating ISO?
The range option doesn't seem to work, so i had to do the export to new.wim twice to be able to export 2 indexes to new.wim.
Yes, it can take a while to compress the install.wim to install.esd, depending on the used host hardware.
MSMG, Where can I get registry tweaks from O&O ShutUp10? p.s I used Nirsoft's RegistryChangesView to get the settings, my own analysis of Group Policy gave a ton of settings! I don't want to risk it, so I need proven settings! I couldn't find the registry key from SmartScreen from the results from RegistryChangesView, I can't believe they didn't blacklist this master spy! I'm interested in Group Policy keys, I'm making a list to do a more thorough analysis! In the latest test builds, they decided to replace the word "telemetry" with "diagnostic data" (for idiots).
- Yes will check with OneDrive and Cortana removal on Live system although it gets removed when tested with VMware. - Cortana Button on Taskbar can only be hidden but not removed. - Removing Search package will break the Start Menu and Settings Search, do you want it to be removed?
From next version you can remove the pre-installed Edge Chromium in W10 19042. You can create the pack yourself by using VMWare. - Install a clean OS. - Disable all notifications, monitoring's and cut off Internet to VMware. - Use Total Uninstaller Ultimate to create a snapshot of the current OS, but don't close it. - Install Google Chrome using Offline Installer. - Select Installation is finished in Total Uninstaller Ultimate. - Filter the unwanted entries in the File System and Registry in Total Uninstaller Ultimate. - Export the Registry in Total Uninstaller Ultimate to a file Chrome_w10_x64.reg - Copy all the required file/folder entries in Total Uninstaller Ultimate to a file and save it as Chrome.ini This is a sample format for EdgeChromium.ini Code: [ExclusionList] \ [ExclusionException] \Program Files\Microsoft\Edge \Program Files\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate \Program Files\Microsoft\Temp \ProgramData\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Edge.lnk \Users\Public\Desktop\Microsoft Edge.lnk \Windows\Installer \Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\ImplicitAppShortcuts \Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Microsoft Edge.lnk \Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Microsoft Edge.lnk \Windows\System32\Tasks\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBrowserReplacementTask \Windows\System32\Tasks\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore \Windows\System32\Tasks\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineUA - Use Wimlib-imagex to capture the Chrome image by using the below command Code: wimlib-imagex capture C:\ Chrome_w10_x64.esd test test --compress=LZMS --solid --config=Chrome.ini >nul - Now in the Live System, do apply the captured Chrome_w10_x64.esd to a folder and then re-capture it using the DISM /Capture-Image command - Export the captured Chrome_w10_x64.wim to Chrome_w10_x64.tpk using the DISM /Export-Image command with /Recovery switch - The Pack is ready.