Windows 11

[scarface]

Tonight, Windows 11 with March updates is available.
Some drivers were updated too.


Link: https://mega.nz/folder/hFMVTIBL#OP7Z1vb95a0AIFl5-_UctQ





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2GfnYyYa8I


Note that a new version of Office 2007 is available (only 290 Mb).
Every update (SP3 and subsequent updates) was directly slipstreamed in the installer.
The Installer is completely silent.
https://mega.nz/file/ZB1RDYIA#k6HXUEoj9MkA6dIOQ4C1IvdXHZKWFTQgT-n0hLYJwug

The previous version is still available in this topic:
https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=3350.msg36198#msg36198

[Vasudev]

It was being rolling out in Philippines, South America, Vietnam, India and other South East Asian countries first as pilot program until it was scrapped due to backlash.

What is Google even thinking? Can you still sideload in India or did they scrap that over there too?

Is it possible to disable this garbage on iPhones? On Android phones you can't delete this garbage, but at least you can disable it. It disappears from the list of app icons and does not update.

I missed the email notifications for some reason.
Sideload has more steps and rolling out worldwide and you should see it in initial phases from Sept 2026 Onwards. Android 17 will make a significant mark that Google Pixel is going closed source and don't want those age verification laws or APIs being removed through fork. Currently AOSP code is 6-12 months old against Pixel Android changes unless you've sign an NDA for OEM licenses like Samsung, Oppo, Xiaomi etc which was the reason GrapheneOS went with Motorola and opted out of age verification apis.
On iPhones there are no bloatware and Apple doesn't allow third party OEM apps to be shipped as usual which must be downloaded separately during device setup.

[Vasudev]

Anyway I have successfully moved away from WinToolkit (just in case) and migrated everything to an unattended script plus my own ISO debloater.

Unattended File Compatible with Win10/11

This is the script implemented with AI with windows forms: Win Forms basic GUI

Command line version

Windows ADK is needed to generate ISO. Alternatively, you can download only oscdimg from this oscdimg blob and rename to oscdimg.exe after successful download.
Blog Article by rufus creator to download just oscdimg

You can point an ISO or extracted ISO folder which should pick up proper build. Edge and Webview removal are for Windows 11 23H2 and above while Windows 10 only support Optimize WIM, ESD conversion and Appx removal while Edge must be removed manually.

The scripts using Temp directory for everything and generates final ISO wherever the run script from current directory so that the file won't be missed.

I've used dism powershell module so its quite slower conforming to EcoQoS and suspends when display goes off and resumes operations once display comes back rather than getting the script killed by OOM or kernel.

The reg tweaks includes disabling of multiple SvcHost aka service split after a threshold for better redundancy but eats more memory plus other tweaks.

[humbert]

Are you going to put out an ISO of Windows 25H2 or higher? I'm asking because the one I downloaded from Microsoft won't upgrade on neither one of my 2 computers. It goes through the motions and at the end is comes up with the notorious "Undoing Changes" prompt and takes you back to square one. I don't know if this is badly written software or something wrong with my systems. Oh well....

[Vasudev]

Are you going to put out an ISO of Windows 25H2 or higher? I'm asking because the one I downloaded from Microsoft won't upgrade on neither one of my 2 computers. It goes through the motions and at the end is comes up with the notorious "Undoing Changes" prompt and takes you back to square one. I don't know if this is badly written software or something wrong with my systems. Oh well....

I couldn't update own when 24H2 came up. I didn't update Win 10/11 with new versions because I was pissed they were pushing untested updates that nearly broke my GPU and other hardware.

Make a full Backup and I can make updated 25h2 v2 ISO. Do you want Edge and webview? I migrated most regtweaks into unattended file. I remove most appx as well and include irfanview, vc++ runtimes,dx9 redist and brave to install after login for the first time. You can try my ISO in a VM.

Another news, I completely switched my creative workflows and main heavy tasks to a Mac mini m4. Easy to setup in 10 mins and didn't need online account which was added later after couple of days to sync few things from my phone. I managed to properly test my unattended file with ARM64 25h2 and took couple of days to debug and fix the issue.

[humbert]

Make a full Backup and I can make updated 25h2 v2 ISO. Do you want Edge and webview? I migrated most regtweaks into unattended file. I remove most appx as well and include irfanview, vc++ runtimes,dx9 redist and brave to install after login for the first time. You can try my ISO in a VM.

Please give me link for your ISO. I can guarantee it'll work in a VM, my problem is upgrading from 24H2. All I've gotten so far with other ISO's are "Undoing Changes" errors. Maybe yours might just work.

Another news, I completely switched my creative workflows and main heavy tasks to a Mac mini m4. Easy to setup in 10 mins and didn't need online account which was added later after couple of days to sync few things from my phone. I managed to properly test my unattended file with ARM64 25h2 and took couple of days to debug and fix the issue.

You bought yourself a Mac? I've never used one. I hear they're very expensive. Are they as good as people say they are? Is there even a file manager where you can see the root directory? I sideloading apps possible or are you tied down to Apple's world?

[Vasudev]

Please give me link for your ISO. I can guarantee it'll work in a VM, my problem is upgrading from 24H2. All I've gotten so far with other ISO's are "Undoing Changes" errors. Maybe yours might just work.

Here you go. I'll update the links with Windows 10 22H2 ESU and Windows 11 25H2.
Windows 11 25H2 April 2026 ISO
Windows 11 25H2 April 2026 SHA256 Checksum
Windows 10 22H2 ESU April 2026
Windows 10 22H2 ESU April 2026 SHA256 Checksum

You bought yourself a Mac? I've never used one. I hear they're very expensive. Are they as good as people say they are? Is there even a file manager where you can see the root directory? I sideloading apps possible or are you tied down to Apple's world?

Macbook Air and Pro are expensive so I went with Mac Mini at 599$ plus discount. You get deep discount for base model if you're student or veteran by 100-150$. If you add storage and RAM the price to perf and efficiency goes out of window and you're better getting Mac Studio or MBP 14 base versions. In India its 100$ higher but 50$ cheaper than Neo.
Its similar to Linux and you can install dmg files that apps outside the store. Within store the apps are paid when free versions are available outside store. They are much better for web usage and power efficient with idle at <1W and max at 25W.
If you do just web browsing Neo laptop is good enough. Mac mini Os 26.4 uses 5GB with Brave and other apps open and hovers around 10-12G. You can do heavy photo or video editing at 4K60 and don't feel a stutter. But coding with heavy memory usage will use high swap use almost 16-20GB if you use big local AI. 24/32GB RAM should be sweet spot if you have huge NAS as it works well with exFAT/FAT32/ext4. For NTFS it will be slower.

[scarface]

You can point an ISO or extracted ISO folder which should pick up proper build. Edge and Webview removal are for Windows 11 23H2 and above while Windows 10 only support Optimize WIM, ESD conversion and Appx removal while Edge must be removed manually.

Note that It's useless to remove edge in windows 11 since the iso will be the same size. There are duplicates files in the winsxs folder.

[humbert]

Note that It's useless to remove edge in windows 11 since the iso will be the same size. There are duplicates files in the winsxs folder.

Lack of space isn't the only reason. I personally detest Microsoft Edge, and have to spend time getting rid of it or at least disabling it.

The same logic applies to all that unwanted garbage they pre-install. On a new installation I have to spend tons of time doing nothing more than taking out the trash.

[Vasudev]

You can point an ISO or extracted ISO folder which should pick up proper build. Edge and Webview removal are for Windows 11 23H2 and above while Windows 10 only support Optimize WIM, ESD conversion and Appx removal while Edge must be removed manually.

Note that It's useless to remove edge in windows 11 since the iso will be the same size. There are duplicates files in the winsxs folder.

It removed 2GB from 7GB stock ISO for all 11 editions while exporting to Home and Pro reduces the size to sub 5GB and ESD can bring it to 4.6GB. If you are not skipping Edge and Webview while applying CU through W10UI the size will increase dramatically and at this point I'd recommend running the script once update integration is completed.
The hidden dism command doesn't cleanup SxS files which could cleanup by another 500-800MB but breaks Edge and webview reinstall if someone needs it.
Is there something wrong with my script where it doesn't cleanup extracted ISO as expected on your PC?