ChrisTitusTech/winutil

This is essentially what the IoT Enterprise LTSC edition is. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-11-iot-enterprise-ltsc Aside from that, there are various tools and deployment files to automate a stripped down Windows 11 installation. I don't really use Windows except on my gaming PC, but I like winutil: https://github.com/christitustech/winutil But there are better declarative tools out there that generate a stripped down installation. Despite it's reputation, Windows 11 is fairly modular for a commercial OS.

I've had good luck with the winutil tool, which is wrapper for a bunch of powershell commands and registry edits in a .ps1 to remove bloat. After using it on a fresh install I can't recall the last time I've had any of the mentioned issues. If you're (understandably) concerned about the security implications most of the changes can be done manually going off the docs. https://github.com/christitustech/winutil

I'd recommend Chris Titus' winutil to remove most of the crap. I use the recommended settings and also remove copilot and onedrive. Then from there you can open O&O Shutup10 and disable a few more "features". It's just a band-aid not a solution, and you'll have to run it again after Windows updates and helpfully undoes your settings, but at least makes it usable. https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

In defence of Windows . . . (I've been a cross platform numerical developer in GIS and geophysics for decades) serious windows power users, current and former windows developers and engineers, swear by Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility. It's an open powershell suite collaboration by hundreds maintained by an opinionated coordinater that allows easy installation of common tools, easy setting of update behaviours, easy tweaking of telemetry and AI addons, and easy creation of custom ISO installs and images for VM application (dedicated stripped down windows OS for games or a Qubes shard) https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil It's got a lot of help hover tooltip's to assist in choices…

Great. Thanks. For those who could be interested as well: https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

You can get a completely minimalist Windows 11 by grabbing an ISO from Microsoft then reprocessing the ISO by feeding it into this utility: https://github.com/christitustech/winutil (Win11 Creator Tab) to get a NEW ISO which you then install. The end result is an extremely clean and stable Windows 11 installation. The resulting image can remove telemetry, bypass hardware requirement checks, and enable local account setup out of the box. Official docs: https://winutil.christitus.com/ https://winutil.christitus.com/userguide/win11creator/

https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil - That's what you're looking for. Kept updated for latest Windows 11

You can use winutil to replace the new start menu with the old one. I think the option is in "advanced tweaks". https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil

You dont need to mess with any of the stuff mentioned in this article. Use the open source chris titus scripts that fix everything https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil?tab=readme-ov-file