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Windows 11 lightweight modification projects

Overview

Developers are working on various methods to create highly compressed or stripped-down versions of the Windows 11 operating system.

Tiny11 Builder released version 0.1.3, an open-source tool that allows users to modify existing Windows 11 ISOs to remove bloatware like Microsoft Edge and OneDrive, while also bypassing hardware requirements such as TPM. This update introduced a WinUI graphical interface to replace previous PowerShell script methods, offering modes for standard use, virtual machines, or custom configurations.

In a separate development, a developer known as NTDEV used an experimental tool called Pico11 to compress Windows 11 into a 700 MB image capable of fitting on a standard CD-ROM. While the resulting version is significantly smaller than a standard installation, demonstrations show it can boot into a functional desktop environment capable of running basic applications like Notepad and Calculator.

Entities

Microsoft · Windows 11 · NTDEV · Tiny11 Builder

Timeline

  1. [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Developer compresses Windows 11 onto 700 MB CD

    Developer NTDEV used the Pico11 tool to compress a functional version of Windows 11 onto a 700 MB CD-ROM.

  2. [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Tiny11 Builder updates tool to create lightweight Windows 11 ISOs

    Tiny11 Builder 0.1.3 introduces a new graphical interface to help users create lightweight Windows 11 ISOs by removing bloatware and hardware requirements.

Sources

borncity.com · chip.de · hardware.com.br · iguru.gr · tecnologia.com.pt