qboileau / custom-win10

Windows 10 customization scripts

custom-win10

From ChrisTitusTech project and video

• Debloat Windows 10 by removing/desabling some services and apps
• Configure some security and privacy settings
• And install softs from essential-packages.config with chocolatey

Install

Download repository zip and extract

Start powershell commandline in administrator and remove execution restriction

 Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Go to extracted directory and run customize.ps1 script

From here we can run post install to setup more packages or generate ISO from this minimal version of Windows 10

Post install

Install packages from post-install-packages.config run in powershell with administrator rights in extracted directory:

choco install .\post-install-packages.config -y

Build custom ISO

Preparation

1. Download latest Windows ISO using tool
2. Download WinToolKit 1.7.0.15
3. Extract ISO in a folder using 7zip
4. If source\install.esd exist in a powershell admin inside source folder

# List Indexes (versions) in ESD file
> dism.exe /Get-WimInfo /wimfile:install.esd

Outil Gestion et maintenance des images de déploiement
Version : 10.0.19041.1

Détails pour l´image : install.esd

Index : 1
Nom : Windows 10 Famille
Description : Windows 10 Famille
Taille : ...

...

# Extract one index into an install.wim file
> dism.exe /export-image /sourceimagefile:install.esd /sourceindex:1 /destinationimagefile:install.wim /compress:max /checkintegrity 

Customization

1. Open WinToolkit and All-In-One Integrator and select install.wim file
2. Select windows version to customize
3. Load and apply presets file wintoolkit-aio-remove-settings.ini
4. Configure additional tweaks
5. Run Start that will remove packages/services and rebuild wim image
6. When finish close current window

Create/Update Unattended file

1. In WinToolkit, run Unattended Creator in intermediat tab
2. Import Autounattended.xml file
3. Modify unattended configuration
4. Save file in extracted ISO folder

Create ISO

1. First re-convert install.wim to install.esd

# Remove old install.esd
> rm .\install.esd

# Convert index 1 install.wim to install.esd 
> dism.exe /export-image /sourceimagefile:install.wim /sourceindex:1 /destinationimagefile:install.esd /compress:max /checkintegrity

# Remove temporary install.wim
> rm .\install.wim

2. In WinToolkit Create ISO from folder