I found a solution! In the slimdown_1.41 script I activated the execution of the addreg: "Hide Manage verb from context menu on This PC" with the option "0", that is: REM Hide Manage verb from context menu on This PC Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v "NoManageMyComputerVerb" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul And this did the magic.
I did a search on the slimdown.cmd script and found lines 827, 833 to 838, which contain spotlight: REM Disable Cloud Content Reg add "HKLM\TK_SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "ConfigureWindowsSpotlight" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f >nul Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "IncludeEnterpriseSpotlight" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f >nul Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsSpotlightWindowsWelcomeExperience" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsSpotlightOnActionCenter" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul Reg add "HKLM\TK_NTUSER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsSpotlightOnSettings" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >nul Not tested if removal works!
i alreday remove that. still not working. i would like to do more testing but....create and test but i dont understand how to acces wifi on virtual machine...
Truth. The process is long. Lots of tests... We don't always have positive results. But the best way to deal with these things is test...test...test!
Excellent update, thanks once again. Slimdown10 much like Integrate7 before it, has become a go-to tool for me
Just something I've learned: If you install Vegas Pro v20+, It WILL add Edge + Webview2 to the system . Manual install of the May Cumulative Update, did not. Thanks again wkeller for the work. Best "stripped" Windows I have ever tried out (up to 1.41 so far).
The resulting iso no longer contains the UserSetup.cmd script Is it supposed to be like that or is it a bug?
Just checked and install.wim\Windows\UserSetup.cmd is in place. But it is deleted after installation and it is intentional (it is run once script).
Actually it is - it wasn't there before, or I wasn't looking for it correctly. My fault. I checked the install.wim - via 7z - Now it's there!
It seems HWID activation with MAS 1.8 doesn't work, even after starting the sppsvc service. There is an error 0xC0000364 (STATUS_ACCESS_DISABLED_BY_POLICY_OTHER) when MAS tries to activate: Activation Failed [Error Code: 0xC0000364] (I use the Enterprise x64 Edition) EDIT: HWID activation with MAS doesn't work when "EnableStore = 0" (disable Windows Store, the default setting). It works when EnableStore = 1 to 4.
Never used MAS 1.8, however I just installed Win10 Pro and it activated using built-in mechanism and digital license. It failed me only once (ie. on one PC), so I clicked troubleshoot and typed the key from PC case (it was Win7 key but it worked). KMS_VL_ALL never failed. PS. I have never touched sppsvc.