Slimdown11 – turn Windows 11 or LTSC 2024 into classic/legacy Windows

Discussion in 'Windows 11' started by SunLion, Mar 2, 2025.

  1. Drake Nguyen

    Drake Nguyen MDL Novice

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    let me ask, i just want to enable windows hello to unlock by face on my laptop, how to do this?
     
  2. SunLion

    SunLion MDL Expert

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    Have you used any of the scripts in this thread?

    Which ones?
     
  3. sainfo

    sainfo MDL Addicted

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    I think that, in principle, this is not such a difficult task. Just delete the component - Hello.Face.20134~~~~0.0.1.0 - from Capabilities.txt and Capabilities2.txt.
     
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  4. Shrinklier

    Shrinklier MDL Novice

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    Open Settings > System > Optional features > Add an optional feature (View features)
    Choose Facial Recognition (Windows Hello) > Add > Next
     
  5. Mavericks Choice

    Mavericks Choice MDL Guru

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    I have used SunLion's 23H2 script & Sainfo's most recent 24H2 script both give the error below on install of the OS, whereas Sunlions previous 24H2 script
    works as expected.
     

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  6. siliconbeaver

    siliconbeaver MDL Senior Member

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    #1026 siliconbeaver, Sep 1, 2025
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    Finally I got time to test this one.

    the test passed on VM. no issues. all classic apps working fine. (snipping paint calculator)

    its installed OS size (some 12 GB) is similar to release 12.6. but much bigger than that by 24H2_Integrator_10.19 (some 10 GB. must be using W10UI .mum method).

     
  7. siliconbeaver

    siliconbeaver MDL Senior Member

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    I don't have any problem on Sainfo's latest 24H2 script. got similar size to that by Sunlions 24H2 script. some 12-13 GB. its ISO < 4 GB.


     
  8. sainfo

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    #1028 sainfo, Sep 2, 2025
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    #1029 bendeyar, Sep 2, 2025
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    I used both scripts.
    On ''SunLion''- ''25H2_Integrator_12.8_Lite'' ,
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    On ''sainfo'' ''24H2_UpdateOS_v.4.2_tr-TR'' .
    The ''sainfo'' script is a bit simpler and with more possibility for manual selection of options.
    The difference is only in the command line of the scripts.
    The end result is the same, there is no difference in the operating system.
    This is what you see in the picture.
    So far no problems.
     
  10. sainfo

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    #1031 sainfo, Sep 5, 2025
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    Hello, there is no error in the code; it is simply that the specified package (Windows11.0-KB5056580-x64-NDP481.msu) is not applicable to this image. Why, we need to look into it.
     
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    #1033 sainfo, Sep 6, 2025
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  12. siliconbeaver

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    I am starting to test it on physical computer.

    the installation went through. my computer has a clean-installed SD11 OS PRO.

    there are minor issues.
    1. install using ventoy/*.iso (made from the DVD folder) failed. error: DVD drive NOT found something. 1st time my install run into this problem. Previous releases working fine. I changed to simply copy DVD folder to a bootable usb drive. now it's working.
    2. OS wouldn't install audio/video/chipset/SMB controller , , , "automatically". Usually, Windows 10/11 will. but this release wouldn't. It's a pain on my Dell 7070. had to download all drivers myself manually from Dell web.
    3. no networking/sharing folder. running gpedit.msc couldn't fix (in past this fixed)
    4. too many add-on apps I don't want. MSFT VC, Studio 2010, Java 8, DirectX, , , they take much size from 4 MB to 222 MB. I would like to clean then all out.

    my install NOT finished yet as it cannot access the shared folders (my Lib of all files and drivers).

    Thanks,


     
  13. inTerActionVRI

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  17. ms_pam

    ms_pam MDL Novice

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    Hello and thank you for sharing this work. Would it be possible to post the full script text here rather than having to download a file from 3rd party website? There are security issues with downloading any files form a 3rd party site which I try to avoid. Thanks again.
     
  18. SunLion

    SunLion MDL Expert

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    Yes, I could just publish the script here, but it requires several tools to run, so I don't know if it would be better this way.