Dude, where have you been hiding all these years?! This is a great tutorial! I've been testing this for the past two days before leaving my comment. I have a few PC laying around that I use exclusively to test new software and configurations. I uninstall and install back Windows with this XML file, test a few different software, run some benchmarks, among other settings. I also used this on my gaming laptop with a 7th generation Intel CPU. Meaning, my gaming laptop does not qualify for a Windows 11 upgrade. I've been playing my games for the past two days without any hiccups. I can tell anyone without a shadow of a doubt that this is legit. In fact, all PCs run faster than before. I love it! So, I included this XML file in all my Medicat Windows ISO files and now I have an even better Medicat tool. I can reset my clients' PCs faster and more efficiently. Thank you! I subscribed to your channel. You have a new fan :D
Probably because a bypass dictates that when shit hits the fan, it's all on the user to fix. That and the fact that one may have a sub-optimal experience going down this route due to hardware struggling with something.
The moment that a wood working power tool is created, it's goal in life is to remove your fingers. Always remember that and treat such tools accordingly! Thank you for the Windows tips and info!
I was just googling how to bring back the old right click context menu, and this popped up in my feed. Thanks for the vid, and props to the creator of the website! Made my day!
well here is how you bring back the old options enter this into powershell reg add “HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32” /f /ve Restart your computer You're Welcome
This kind of things were so popular back in the XP era, installing Windows unattended, all the apps silently, changing it to your unsigned theme and changing the Windows system dlls' internal icons to reflect your theme, etc
Thank you for this very informative video. I previously saw this video about a week ago. I followed your steps and now I have a working copy of WIN11 on UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE. On another note... I like the way that you talk to your listening audience. You DON'T talk down to us, and say that we're stupid for not knowing this, like another well known UA-cam computer topic presenter. Your calm cool demeanour, gets the point across without criticizing your listening audience. Very well done sir. It is my hope that you get a million SUBs
Finally an "unattended" xml file that is truly "unattended"? Cool I have tested this multiple times on 3 different HDD's in the same P.C. It works great! it's FAST EFFICIENT AND FANTASTIC... THANKS FOR THIS ONE Rich...
The biggest problem is Microsoft introduces issues every time they update. It's why I ended up on Fedora Linux but I will admit it's not perfect either. I have to give up all the software for a lot of my peripherals like my mic, dac, and other things. No OS is a perfect solution.
@@bradmiles1984your mic or dac doesn't work on linux? Both my mic and dac work fine. Also DL fooyin it's a foobar clone. If you switch to kde they have a app that detects fake flac files
@@Homiloko2 Yeah the problem is Microsoft keeps burrowing certain features so far into the OS it breaks things when you pull it out. Having always fight your OS is just kind of crazy.
This works great! My friend gave me a bunch of old laptops that I'm refurbishing that don't meet the hardware requirements of Windows 11. I was doing the manual methods to bypass the hardware limit and forced ms account but this does it for me and I love how I can disable widgets, stop the bloat installs, adjust the start menu etc. all automatically. What a great timesaver this is especially if you have to reformat multiple computers. Thank you for your very detailed explanations!
I like using Rufus to make the bootable USB drive. Just download the ISO and then apply it. No need for the media creation tool. Also Rufus can remove hardware requirements, bypass privacy questions, remove online account requirements, and set local account if you choose to do all that. It's also great at creating bootable USB Linux images. I have 1 USB for openSUSE Leap 15.6 and one for W11_23h2
May I recommend Ventoy so you can have 1 USB for all ISO files you'd need. It's a very handy USB tool. I have several ISO files of my own creation. Stock Windows XP vista 7 8 10 & 11 Modded/DeBloated version Server versions (mainly 10-11) And many versions of Linux Manjaro Ubuntu Kububtu Fedora Pop os Nobara Mint arch. Very convenient for testing and repairs. 128gb USB helps alot. And they're not too expensive either.
me too, been using rufus for years, just did a Win 10 install, thinking of switching over to the darkside windows 11, if I had not seen this video I would not even considered it.
@@jettramel it's not as bad as people make it out to be. I have win11 on a old 2013 motherboard FM2 socket AMD A series processor. Runs great with no issues. You just have to get used to some of the features, that's all.
@@Yotes_ I tried Ventoy for all the mentioned reasons. However, it simply did not work. So I tried Rufus - works like a charm. (Both used on a Windows 11 system to create different bootable sticks.)
@@batemanjo9 Thanks, tweaking it on this I5-6500 seems to work fine, may switch my I3 Dell Inspiron One 2330 over to it also, I've messed up the I5 a couple of times with tweaks & it got stuck on some updates but I like learning new stuff anyway, it's just what you get use to, I remember not wanting to switch to Windows 10 but I did anyway.
Wow. What a game changer. It took me well under 8 minutes from boot to desktop. It took me longer to fill out the answer file. Still had a prompt to fill out keyboard settings during installation, but still by far the best method to install Windows. Cheers mate😊
@@andrewryan8533 Yes done it and it works. I had to install on my Brother old PC with Intel core i5 2500 cpu. as the Tutorial show I just put the edited XML file I created and put it at the USB thumb drive of the WIN 10 Installation and all was good. good luck
This is working like a charm, so far, on a Lenovo ThinkPad that had Windows 10 Pro. I also have two Lenovo Desktop PC to update. I will be testing the update on a backup machine. These machines are being used in a radio studio with Windows 10 Pro with a digital license. I love how you can install the OS on "unsupported" machines, opt out on any bloatware and settings. Thank you for the simplistic and valuable info.
This is fantastic! I tried it for the first time, I cannot believe how fast Windows will install debloated without an internet connection or creating an account! Thank you so very much for this, it is saved me time and made my life so much easier when doing a fresh Windows 11 install.
Routers are awesome! Did plastic surgery with mine. Did a thumby tuck. Modified thumb comes to a point. Love your video. Exactly what I was looking for. I'm all 1.6 thumbs for you
Becareful guys if you have more than 1 hard drive attached. Don't copy his exact setting. You must not touch the default setting "Partition the disk interactively during Windows Setup" if you have 2 or more drives attached. Because if you choose his setting selecting GPT etc... it will just choose disk0 and start installing from the very beginning until it finishes without stop and you will not have a chance to abort at anytime. I made the mistake of trying to see if my Ventoy even works and it just installed on my backup drive without any prompt.
That's strange that a USB drive would be disc 0. Did you have to install drivers for your controller? I probably should have added that it would be a good idea to unplug any other drives in the system before doing this. If I ever revisit this topic again I'll make sure to include that.
for me that was simple, I merely removed any storage devices, you do not wish to accidentally format. An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure(or loss)
@@CyberCPU I've also had a portable (yes, it is) Win10 install decide to rewrite the file table on an attached USB drive that was formatted in a previous century -- Win10 does NOT like the older NTFS format and WILL nuke and replace it. This rendered all the data on that drive unreadable. I expect Win11 does the same. After that adventure, Win1x never again touches an older system in my house unless ALL the other drives have been disconnected first. (See also the problem with rewriting the volume label on floppies, rendering them unreadable, but for that there is the NoVolTrack fix.) Portable? I've found Win10 will tolerate an installed HD being moved between systems (this one has been through at least six, not even same era hardware), and at most it may tweak some drivers. I imagine Win11 will do likewise, but haven't yet tried it.
I assume you can just disable all other disks in the bios, or yes unplug them. As for selection, i guess you just select Disk Number So would be 4 on my machine, i dont get the partition number, what would you set that at 1 also?
As a retired shop teacher, your right that was really dangerous, next time go to an auction and buy a used router table. I see them all the time for sale for next to nothing, $10 bucks or so and save your fingers man. Also, I hope you were wearing eye protection!!!
Hell he could build one for 2 us od scrap plywood etc there is zero excuse for doing as he did Barring some murder horror movie come to life etc ie not bloody likely!
This fellow could be wearing a full suit of armour, but if he gets impatient, he might kill himself. Gives good medical advice. By the way, could someone remind him that we don't have 10 fingers, we have eight, and two opposable thumbs. We do however, have ten digits, or twenty digits if you also count with your toes.
Now we need a custom drive to UPDATE an existing Windows 10 system on unsupported hardware to 11 without formatting the drive and starting and installing from scratch.
So glad I found your vid. This worked flawlessly for my recent install. Great tips and caveats. Outstanding presentation, too. i think the best part is being able to not install all that MS bloatware.
Seriously, this seems to easy to be true; too good to be real. Bypasses the MS hardware requirements? I'm running 10 and it's legitimate. I hope my understanding of the presentation is correct. Thanks CyberCPU Tech.
I just installed Windows 11 Pro on a new AMD build using Rufus. It went fine but I do like your automation. I have one question. Will the debloated Windows stay debloated after a few Windows updates?
sheer MAGIC!!! thank you! old house framer here, who appreciates how VERY-lucky your are, for that itty-bitty cut. haaa. good to laff, after that close-call, right? whewww.... [ tip: there's NO laffing IF one's long-beard get's caught. good to band it when working. lots of us old framers know a little :-) ]
this is really nice actually. just running this installer vs installing win 11 normally saved me like 15% of my 16gb ram that was being used at startup. and for my ROG ALLY, thats a big deal.
So this does the "custom iso file" for you, instead of using NTLite i guess. Probably for the best for most people. Also it's funny how smaller channels talk about stuff like this but not bigger channels...
This worked really well, except that no amount of pre-install debloating will prevent Windows 11 from forcing its updates onto your computer to inevitably restore the useless bloatware anyway.
Astounding !! I did it and it works amazingly, even on an 8 year old laptop. After a year on Linux and desperately trying to escape Windows, I keep fining there are certain softwares that are only windows friendly even with WINE. The whole idea of a virtual machine on Linux sort of defeats the purpose, so I have reluctantly bitten the bullet and returned to the devil.
I bet you intended to say "unattended" rather than "unintended". 0:02 That said, thank you for this, and I'm glad you didn't have to learn to use nonary!! When power tools attack, they attack swiftly and without mercy!!! :)
I have not watched your video yet, but I already know I'll like it. I've never paid for anything MS has released to the public. I'm running win11 for workstations at zero cost. Disabling all telemetry is the goal. I'm running Glasswire also. I'm busy making a stand-alone OPNsense or Sophos firewall at the moment, so many projects, so little time...
Do an in depth video explaining each of those settings and check boxes. i.e. what all the features are that you can turn on/off like Skype, etc. As a lot of those, I have no idea what they are for or do.
9:01 So what if you a windows license product code that's already activated on the PC you're installing it on? Any time I do a clean install windows I don't bother entering a product code since it just automatically activates it self once I go online with it. Will this step change this if it's using a "generic product key?"
I have the same question :P edit: I did find a way to find the original product key of your computer, use command line (cmd) as administrator, and use the following command " wmic path softwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey " ( without the quotes obviously) . That will give you the product key of your windows license.
@@adrnik19 Yes which is what i believe had happened in the past with all of my licenses keys at some point in the past in the Windows 8 era. Even though I'm not using a Microsoft account currently on my PCs. Even then doing clean installs i never have to enter in a product key, and it's a retail product key. It just works. If i build a new PC i buy a new key, but then at some point it reverts to that default key at some point but I don't login to my Microsoft account.
Followed instructions to the letter, (twice.) Had to check 'Language Australia,' and 'I don't have Internet,' but everything else was unattended, and worked perfectly.
You've done a great job with your UA-cam channel and as a system builder and old computer refurbisher I applaud your efforts! You're obviously very knowledgeable and I love the candid approaches! I would like to see (or if you have a good tested method) for REinstalling Win11 Pro on an unsupported machine (i.e., no secure boot, no TPM 2.0) on a previous install of Win11 Pro so that files, installed programs, current settings, etc. are not lost. This would be to repair a currently damaged Win11 Pro install where there are likely more issues than corrupt system files. A regular attempt to reinstall Win11 Pro on an unsupported machine seems to abort when the server finds that it doesn't meet the requirements (though Win11 Pro was running perfectly before, including updates, etc.) This would be extremely helpful to all of us if it's possible -- or is that not possible??? Keep up the great work and thank you! ...Jeff
Next project: Router Table Mine had to be the odd one. Tried this on bare metal(MSI MPG B550) and immediately it prompted me to 'Install driver to show hardware'. I got it to accept something from the motherboard driver disc but after that nothing was automatic and shortly after I was informed my system didn't meet the requirements ☹ Then I installed 20H2 using the same autounattend file followed by an install if the 24H2 successfully. I really like that script! Thanks for all the interesting videos. 😀
What a great set of instructions! This eliminates a lot of the suckiness of Win 11, which I will probably install on my new build (I'm still checking out other OS's, but I'm used to Win 10.) Thanks, I'm subscribed!
The forced Microsoft account requirement upon installing Windows 11 is super annoying. The new stupid right-click menu is terrible, and the fact you can't fully disable Windows Defender like you could in Windows 10 makes me hate Windows 11 even more. Will have to try your new method.
The Microsoft about thing is easy on Pro, at least. Just tell it you want to join a domain, and it will let you make a local account. Then just, well, don't join a domain once Windows is installed.
This is awesome, it even worked on my x99 xeon that has no tpm 2.0 and Would Not let me even with registry key hacks, so this is a welcome tool! All seems to be running good after some updates and ill be playin what i want as soon as it downloads. Now i hope it stays stable.
dose anyone even think that 11 is better than 7 was... i hate 10 and 11 so over complicated and multiple sortcuts for Everything, 4 clicks to get to the same place that used to take 1 or 2 clicks in windows 7 ....
This looks great. Even better would be having the answer file integrated in the actual ISO file so it could be used with Ventoy intead of having a separate USB stick fro every version of Windows.
I spent 10 years renovating and furnishing a barn to be my residence and workshop. Made every stick of furniture (lots of router work) and not one cut. I solder in the nude! The trick is to firmly believe that all your tools are sentient, malevolent, and patiently waiting for the perfect time to strike and fuck you up. Your tools are not your friends! They are evil bastard things that you must bend to your will!
This is what I've been looking to have for years, Sir, thank you very much, this is just what I wanted to have a clean, ready-to-use Windows .. Thanks again!
None of those "apps" are actually installed unless you try to use them. They "bloat" you are removing is minimal and has literally no effect unless you run the app and decide to use them. Using a VM that is not connected to the internet is a bad example as pretty much all these apps will be "reinstalled" once connecting to the web. Autounattend files are great, don't get me wrong, and can be used for a good deal of customization and automation, but it's better to actually script installing the apps you want with a powershell script after first login. The "debloat" fad is a clickbait theme that really has no relevance on modern hardware.
this is great! I was able to make the drive on UTM virtualized Win11 running on an M2 MacBook Air and then ran the install on an old Intel Mac and it worked flawlessly!
Well i am also using win 10 sine years now and atlas os 10 since 1.5 years but now I am thinking to switch to win 11 for aesthetics, meeca ui, a bit of animations, a lot of softwares only supports win 11 so I have to go now
Thanks so Much for This 👍 Just bought a new computer, first computer that I bought already built for me in 20+ years. In any case, this is a great way to just wipe it and make windows the way it should be. OH and that custom xml page, has a BUNCH more options now that what it did just a month ago when you made this video.
Chill bro 72% of the world uses windows. Not everyone cares about Linux. It still needs a lot of development to make it mainstream. Linux is awesome if you are a dev or have some knowledge. Not everyone likes the scary terminal commands on Linux
Thanks for this. I'm poor and was given a really old computer that didnt work. I was able to find some used parts and I think I might be able to get it to work. Found this video when trying to figure out how to get windows installed. Hopefully this type of windows install will help the older PC run better.
Everything always goes the way you expect until it doesn't ... I've had a few close calls with a router and I now approach everything with a 'what way can this go wrong attitude'! Nearly forgot, thanks for the video on how to install Windows quickly and easily, will be useful when I eventually buy a new system to replace my current system (a i7-2600k from 2011).
As a maintenance guy who uses a router to mortise hinges and strike plates, the router is one of the scariest tools that I use. Hope you have a quick recovery!
Nice video Rich. As a carpender for 38 years, I know how dangerous powertools are. I have not cut my fingers with powertools. Only a knife and a saw. In my appinion they are more dangerous because you are not alert enough when using them the way you would do with powertools.
Hold up. I had to pause this video at about 3:09. I'm sorry but this is one of those moments when you fall in love with a channel immediately. Just kidding with being sorry. You can tell a real tech/engineer when you see one. Glad to subscribe. Now, on to the rest of the video.
I'm a guitar builder. I bought a router table a couple years ago. That thing scared the sh!t out of me. I was never comfortable around it and as a result I never used it. Decided I didn't really need it. Sold it. Just not for me. Glad you're ok!
I strongly agree with the comment which stated that you should go with the interactive partitioning as in plenty of cases you got computers with one ssd and one HDD
Worked great. Thanks. Just one note. On windows machine you must boot the computer up with the USB stick attached. You may also need to go into you bios setting so it boots from the USB stick first, not the hard drive.
Dannnnnnnng, this worked great. I just set up a VM on unRAID and it was the easiest and fastest Win11 install ever. Had to exit the VM template manually to add another ISO to be mounted but that was mostly just a copy and paste job with a couple edits. TY for bringing this to at least my attention.
Thanks for this. Microsoft has been really insistent lately that I upgrade to Windows 11 - especially with end of support coming next year - so I figure I better stop putting it off and get myself acclimated.
Dude, where have you been hiding all these years?! This is a great tutorial! I've been testing this for the past two days before leaving my comment. I have a few PC laying around that I use exclusively to test new software and configurations. I uninstall and install back Windows with this XML file, test a few different software, run some benchmarks, among other settings. I also used this on my gaming laptop with a 7th generation Intel CPU. Meaning, my gaming laptop does not qualify for a Windows 11 upgrade. I've been playing my games for the past two days without any hiccups. I can tell anyone without a shadow of a doubt that this is legit. In fact, all PCs run faster than before. I love it! So, I included this XML file in all my Medicat Windows ISO files and now I have an even better Medicat tool. I can reset my clients' PCs faster and more efficiently. Thank you! I subscribed to your channel. You have a new fan :D
i would love to see what you did differently than i did, as it did not work for me in any meaningful way
@@DeltreeZeroI didn't do anything different than what he explained in the video.
how can i select a specific drive to install windows because i have 4 ssd installed on my pc
well done, probably the best demo of W11 installation I've seen. Gets the 'thumbs up' from me.....oh sorry about that !
Why isn't this method so popular yet ? This is the best method among all. 🔥
It's definitely easy.
@@CyberCPU The best part is , we don't have to do anything after setting up the usb device as it's fully automated thus saving us alot of time.
I used NTLite more options disable apps read each settings see if its something you don't like takes more of your time
I heard about this about two months ago. A bit late to the party here.
Probably because a bypass dictates that when shit hits the fan, it's all on the user to fix. That and the fact that one may have a sub-optimal experience going down this route due to hardware struggling with something.
The moment that a wood working power tool is created, it's goal in life is to remove your fingers. Always remember that and treat such tools accordingly!
Thank you for the Windows tips and info!
And the larger the tool, the higher up the limb it bites. (See also "chainsaw")
Careful Icarus ...
Start at 4:57
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you will miss the story about the thumb tho
Thank you
I was just googling how to bring back the old right click context menu, and this popped up in my feed. Thanks for the vid, and props to the creator of the website! Made my day!
well here is how you bring back the old options
enter this into powershell
reg add “HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32” /f /ve
Restart your computer
You're Welcome
Making a "thumb" drive. I see what you did there. That green thumb should help in the garden.
This kind of things were so popular back in the XP era, installing Windows unattended, all the apps silently, changing it to your unsigned theme and changing the Windows system dlls' internal icons to reflect your theme, etc
Shout out to Nlite
@@NutMilkBag there are the same tools for aiming at 10 / 11 etc. they also use the unattended.xml
I literally went from 152 running processes to 33. My CPU can finally catch its breath.
what did you do?
@@jagannathisherehe watched the video
Yea but probably 100 of those processes were idle/sleep consuming zero flops
WOW! I wished I learned this 10 years ago. So magical that it was worth the painfully long (yet funny) intro. Thank you!
A nifty site/tool, will definitely keep in mind. IT repair shops must love stuff like this.
Agreed!
it repair shops love things that work, and this does not
I knew it was only a matter of time before I ran across a video that talked about woodworking and computers at the same time.
maybe I should start a channel.... lol. Dados and Windows.
Thank you for this very informative video. I previously saw this video about a week ago. I followed your steps and now I have a working copy of WIN11 on UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE.
On another note... I like the way that you talk to your listening audience. You DON'T talk down to us, and say that we're stupid for not knowing this, like another well known UA-cam computer topic presenter. Your calm cool demeanour, gets the point across without criticizing your listening audience. Very well done sir. It is my hope that you get a million SUBs
Yes he's nice guy and knows how to talk to people.
you sound weak
@@DeltreeZero ?
Finally an "unattended" xml file that is truly "unattended"? Cool I have tested this multiple times on 3 different HDD's in the same P.C.
It works great! it's FAST EFFICIENT AND FANTASTIC...
THANKS FOR THIS ONE Rich...
I love your focus, using windows without all the major problems!❤
The biggest problem is Microsoft introduces issues every time they update. It's why I ended up on Fedora Linux but I will admit it's not perfect either. I have to give up all the software for a lot of my peripherals like my mic, dac, and other things. No OS is a perfect solution.
@@bradmiles1984 Why fidora as opposed to Ubuntu pro? I'm considering it myself.
@@bradmiles1984your mic or dac doesn't work on linux? Both my mic and dac work fine. Also DL fooyin it's a foobar clone. If you switch to kde they have a app that detects fake flac files
@@bradmiles1984 And that's why we keep debloating windows every time.. lol
@@Homiloko2 Yeah the problem is Microsoft keeps burrowing certain features so far into the OS it breaks things when you pull it out. Having always fight your OS is just kind of crazy.
Unbelievable! It even works on an old Samsung laptop from 2009....Thanks for the very good tip!
That old computer must be a 32 bit machine, right? And Win 11 works on that? Incredible.
Came here for the IT advice, stayed for the woodworking advice 😆
Portal profile picture!!!!!!!!!
I love portal so much!!!!!!!!!!
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This works great! My friend gave me a bunch of old laptops that I'm refurbishing that don't meet the hardware requirements of Windows 11. I was doing the manual methods to bypass the hardware limit and forced ms account but this does it for me and I love how I can disable widgets, stop the bloat installs, adjust the start menu etc. all automatically. What a great timesaver this is especially if you have to reformat multiple computers. Thank you for your very detailed explanations!
I like using Rufus to make the bootable USB drive. Just download the ISO and then apply it. No need for the media creation tool. Also Rufus can remove hardware requirements, bypass privacy questions, remove online account requirements, and set local account if you choose to do all that. It's also great at creating bootable USB Linux images. I have 1 USB for openSUSE Leap 15.6 and one for W11_23h2
May I recommend Ventoy so you can have 1 USB for all ISO files you'd need.
It's a very handy USB tool. I have several ISO files of my own creation.
Stock Windows XP vista 7 8 10 & 11
Modded/DeBloated version
Server versions (mainly 10-11)
And many versions of Linux
Manjaro Ubuntu Kububtu Fedora Pop os
Nobara Mint arch.
Very convenient for testing and repairs. 128gb USB helps alot. And they're not too expensive either.
me too, been using rufus for years, just did a Win 10 install, thinking of switching over to the darkside windows 11, if I had not seen this video I would not even considered it.
@@jettramel it's not as bad as people make it out to be. I have win11 on a old 2013 motherboard FM2 socket AMD A series processor. Runs great with no issues. You just have to get used to some of the features, that's all.
@@Yotes_ I tried Ventoy for all the mentioned reasons. However, it simply did not work. So I tried Rufus - works like a charm. (Both used on a Windows 11 system to create different bootable sticks.)
@@batemanjo9 Thanks, tweaking it on this I5-6500 seems to work fine, may switch my I3 Dell Inspiron One 2330 over to it also, I've messed up the I5 a couple of times with tweaks & it got stuck on some updates but I like learning new stuff anyway, it's just what you get use to, I remember not wanting to switch to Windows 10 but I did anyway.
Wow. What a game changer. It took me well under 8 minutes from boot to desktop. It took me longer to fill out the answer file. Still had a prompt to fill out keyboard settings during installation, but still by far the best method to install Windows. Cheers mate😊
Absolutely brilliant , done this today with Win 10, it works like a charm and fast ! Thanks
did it ? I tried it some days ago and had an error message
@@andrewryan8533 Yes done it and it works. I had to install on my Brother old PC with Intel core i5 2500 cpu. as the Tutorial show I just put the edited XML file I created and put it at the USB thumb drive of the WIN 10 Installation and all was good. good luck
@@andrewryan8533 What's the error you've got ?
@@RanTausi disk part error.
I tried it yesterday late I just pressed Escape and it ignored the message and it works now. Strange.
I'm grateful to have found you. I saw many videos but none as well explained as yours. Now I need to know a reliable key site. Does anyone know any?
Try as long as it's not an OEM site. Normally they are sites that do not tell you what you are purchasing and they only work with specific hardware.
@@BrianandKarina Okay, and what kind of site should I use? I don't know much about keys if I'm honest.
@@Melissalove44 BNH-Software never fails.
@@BrianandKarina thank you!! You are helping me a lot!
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Im a tech teacher at a public schoola nd this was very helpfull. Thanks
Great walk through, I just used this to install windows 11 on my new pc, very easy, much appreciated :)
This is working like a charm, so far, on a Lenovo ThinkPad that had Windows 10 Pro. I also have two Lenovo Desktop PC to update. I will be testing the update on a backup machine. These machines are being used in a radio studio with Windows 10 Pro with a digital license. I love how you can install the OS on "unsupported" machines, opt out on any bloatware and settings. Thank you for the simplistic and valuable info.
This is fantastic! I tried it for the first time, I cannot believe how fast Windows will install debloated without an internet connection or creating an account! Thank you so very much for this, it is saved me time and made my life so much easier when doing a fresh Windows 11 install.
Routers are awesome! Did plastic surgery with mine. Did a thumby tuck. Modified thumb comes to a point. Love your video. Exactly what I was looking for. I'm all 1.6 thumbs for you
Becareful guys if you have more than 1 hard drive attached. Don't copy his exact setting. You must not touch the default setting "Partition the disk interactively during Windows Setup" if you have 2 or more drives attached. Because if you choose his setting selecting GPT etc... it will just choose disk0 and start installing from the very beginning until it finishes without stop and you will not have a chance to abort at anytime. I made the mistake of trying to see if my Ventoy even works and it just installed on my backup drive without any prompt.
That's strange that a USB drive would be disc 0. Did you have to install drivers for your controller?
I probably should have added that it would be a good idea to unplug any other drives in the system before doing this.
If I ever revisit this topic again I'll make sure to include that.
for me that was simple, I merely removed any storage devices, you do not wish to accidentally format. An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure(or loss)
Yeah. I usually pull those drives during a reinstall. @@williampollard4759
@@CyberCPU I've also had a portable (yes, it is) Win10 install decide to rewrite the file table on an attached USB drive that was formatted in a previous century -- Win10 does NOT like the older NTFS format and WILL nuke and replace it. This rendered all the data on that drive unreadable. I expect Win11 does the same. After that adventure, Win1x never again touches an older system in my house unless ALL the other drives have been disconnected first. (See also the problem with rewriting the volume label on floppies, rendering them unreadable, but for that there is the NoVolTrack fix.)
Portable? I've found Win10 will tolerate an installed HD being moved between systems (this one has been through at least six, not even same era hardware), and at most it may tweak some drivers. I imagine Win11 will do likewise, but haven't yet tried it.
I assume you can just disable all other disks in the bios, or yes unplug them.
As for selection, i guess you just select Disk Number So would be 4 on my machine, i dont get the partition number, what would you set that at 1 also?
Thanks, I did everything as instructed but for WMWare and bought Win11 for $23. Awesome!
As a retired shop teacher, your right that was really dangerous, next time go to an auction and buy a used router table. I see them all the time for sale for next to nothing, $10 bucks or so and save your fingers man. Also, I hope you were wearing eye protection!!!
Hell he could build one for 2 us od scrap plywood etc there is zero excuse for doing as he did
Barring some murder horror movie come to life etc ie not bloody likely!
That is really dangerous
@@konnorj6442seriously very scary what he did 😂
This fellow could be wearing a full suit of armour, but if he gets impatient, he might kill himself. Gives good medical advice. By the way, could someone remind him that we don't have 10 fingers, we have eight, and two opposable thumbs. We do however, have ten digits, or twenty digits if you also count with your toes.
back in the day installing Windows Xp and windows 7 i remember always needing a 6 pack for the frustration and 3-4 hrs it took
-this seems much better
i feel that... and remember those days... vividly... 12 pack, 12 ga., and pc. great first person shooter....
Now we need a custom drive to UPDATE an existing Windows 10 system on unsupported hardware to 11 without formatting the drive and starting and installing from scratch.
This is exactly what I need.
IT support? 😂 that's my current project
Why would anyone want to update to 11 from 10? except to scam some old lady of course as we IT people do
Need!
So glad I found your vid. This worked flawlessly for my recent install. Great tips and caveats. Outstanding presentation, too. i think the best part is being able to not install all that MS bloatware.
Is there an option to transfer an existing windows 10 PC and keep programs and then install windows 11? Thank you
Seriously, this seems to easy to be true; too good to be real. Bypasses the MS hardware requirements? I'm running 10 and it's legitimate. I hope my understanding of the presentation is correct. Thanks CyberCPU Tech.
I just did this on an 11 year old Dell laptop and
it was glorious! Thank you.
I just installed Windows 11 Pro on a new AMD build using Rufus. It went fine but I do like your automation. I have one question. Will the debloated Windows stay debloated after a few Windows updates?
sheer MAGIC!!! thank you! old house framer here, who appreciates how VERY-lucky your are, for that itty-bitty cut. haaa. good to laff, after that close-call, right? whewww.... [ tip: there's NO laffing IF one's long-beard get's caught. good to band it when working. lots of us old framers know a little :-) ]
Getting this right after the July PC sales is awesome!
this is really nice actually. just running this installer vs installing win 11 normally saved me like 15% of my 16gb ram that was being used at startup. and for my ROG ALLY, thats a big deal.
So this does the "custom iso file" for you, instead of using NTLite i guess.
Probably for the best for most people.
Also it's funny how smaller channels talk about stuff like this but not bigger channels...
Hesitant, but I decided to try this. I tried it and it went perfect. Thank you very much
You were not the only lucky person in the USA the last week! :)
I see what you did there
And brother you ain't lyin'!
This worked really well, except that no amount of pre-install debloating will prevent Windows 11 from forcing its updates onto your computer to inevitably restore the useless bloatware anyway.
Thanks!
You're welcome and thank you.
A lot of good woodworkers are missing a finger. You were almost a good woodworker.
I'm glad I'm still an amateur. 😂🤣😅
Astounding !! I did it and it works amazingly, even on an 8 year old laptop.
After a year on Linux and desperately trying to escape Windows, I keep fining there are certain softwares that are only windows friendly even with WINE.
The whole idea of a virtual machine on Linux sort of defeats the purpose, so I have reluctantly bitten the bullet and returned to the devil.
I bet you intended to say "unattended" rather than "unintended". 0:02 That said, thank you for this, and I'm glad you didn't have to learn to use nonary!! When power tools attack, they attack swiftly and without mercy!!! :)
OMG 🤯🤯🤯 this is TIME SAVING as hell! Thank you!!
I’m trying to get Windows 10, but I keep getting an error. Does anyone know a good website to get it from?
Hello Joshua! I can recommend you bnh software. I got mine and it was all easy and very secure!
Yess it's a really good website! A while ago, my coworker recommended it to me, and I loved it! It's also super safe.
@@MarkUSAfreedom Okok, I purchased it and it's working fine! Do you have the Office products too??
Nope, I don't have it, but anyway, their customer service is always available to answer any questions you may have.
@@MarkUSAfreedom I got both. Everything's working great! Thanks a lot bro!!
I love it. I haven't worked in IT Desktop Support since 2005, forgotten most of it, and even I could do this. Thank you.
Rich, talking about Thumb Drives, How's you Thumb!!
Doing well, I've had my stitches taken out since the video was filmed and it's just a thumb now. 🤣😂
I have not watched your video yet, but I already know I'll like it. I've never paid for anything MS has released to the public. I'm running win11 for workstations at zero cost. Disabling all telemetry is the goal. I'm running Glasswire also. I'm busy making a stand-alone OPNsense or Sophos firewall at the moment, so many projects, so little time...
Do an in depth video explaining each of those settings and check boxes. i.e. what all the features are that you can turn on/off like Skype, etc. As a lot of those, I have no idea what they are for or do.
So good. I didn't know you could drag n drop the xml file into the bootable usb. Very good.
9:01 So what if you a windows license product code that's already activated on the PC you're installing it on? Any time I do a clean install windows I don't bother entering a product code since it just automatically activates it self once I go online with it. Will this step change this if it's using a "generic product key?"
I have the same question :P edit: I did find a way to find the original product key of your computer, use command line (cmd) as administrator, and use the following command " wmic path softwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey " ( without the quotes obviously) . That will give you the product key of your windows license.
you can bind the license to your Microsoft account
@@adrnik19 Yes which is what i believe had happened in the past with all of my licenses keys at some point in the past in the Windows 8 era. Even though I'm not using a Microsoft account currently on my PCs. Even then doing clean installs i never have to enter in a product key, and it's a retail product key. It just works. If i build a new PC i buy a new key, but then at some point it reverts to that default key at some point but I don't login to my Microsoft account.
Followed instructions to the letter, (twice.)
Had to check 'Language Australia,' and 'I don't have Internet,' but everything else was unattended, and worked perfectly.
Great work! I'm missing something: How do I run the setup USB from Virtualbox? 18:07 you show the windows 11 already sitting there?
same problem
This is pretty awesome. I thought creating an ISO like this was way complicated. Beats trying custom isos. 🤘🏻
You've done a great job with your UA-cam channel and as a system builder and old computer refurbisher I applaud your efforts! You're obviously very knowledgeable and I love the candid approaches! I would like to see (or if you have a good tested method) for REinstalling Win11 Pro on an unsupported machine (i.e., no secure boot, no TPM 2.0) on a previous install of Win11 Pro so that files, installed programs, current settings, etc. are not lost. This would be to repair a currently damaged Win11 Pro install where there are likely more issues than corrupt system files. A regular attempt to reinstall Win11 Pro on an unsupported machine seems to abort when the server finds that it doesn't meet the requirements (though Win11 Pro was running perfectly before, including updates, etc.) This would be extremely helpful to all of us if it's possible -- or is that not possible??? Keep up the great work and thank you! ...Jeff
All of my windows 11 on unsupported hardware videos should work for upgrading as well as fresh installs. If they don't I mention that in the video.
Really? 😂. I never win anything 😊 🎉. That’s great!
Video starts at 5:51
Next project: Router Table
Mine had to be the odd one.
Tried this on bare metal(MSI MPG B550) and immediately it prompted me to 'Install driver to show hardware'.
I got it to accept something from the motherboard driver disc but after that nothing was automatic and shortly after I was informed my system didn't meet the requirements ☹
Then I installed 20H2 using the same autounattend file followed by an install if the 24H2 successfully. I really like that script!
Thanks for all the interesting videos. 😀
Sorry to hear about your opportunity. Been there done that. Love your channel and your information.
What is the link for this super tool?
Sorry, it's in the description now.
@@CyberCPU thanks Rich
The main disadvantage I see here is the inability to specify the LTSC edition. I'll write to the author to add it.
Ltsc still not added
What a great set of instructions! This eliminates a lot of the suckiness of Win 11, which I will probably install on my new build (I'm still checking out other OS's, but I'm used to Win 10.) Thanks, I'm subscribed!
The forced Microsoft account requirement upon installing Windows 11 is super annoying. The new stupid right-click menu is terrible, and the fact you can't fully disable Windows Defender like you could in Windows 10 makes me hate Windows 11 even more. Will have to try your new method.
The Microsoft about thing is easy on Pro, at least. Just tell it you want to join a domain, and it will let you make a local account. Then just, well, don't join a domain once Windows is installed.
This is awesome, it even worked on my x99 xeon that has no tpm 2.0 and Would Not let me even with registry key hacks, so this is a welcome tool! All seems to be running good after some updates and ill be playin what i want as soon as it downloads. Now i hope it stays stable.
video starts at 5:00
nice one, this is really PERFECT video to install win11 as an vm
dose anyone even think that 11 is better than 7 was... i hate 10 and 11 so over complicated and multiple sortcuts for Everything, 4 clicks to get to the same place that used to take 1 or 2 clicks in windows 7 ....
Windows 7 is the best!
Still using it in multiple devices!
Fuck Windows 8, 10 and 11!
w7! yaaay
7 is best
This. Still miss XP.
I like 11's design but the amount of telemetry is insane
This looks great. Even better would be having the answer file integrated in the actual ISO file so it could be used with Ventoy intead of having a separate USB stick fro every version of Windows.
Best clean win11 install video.
5:43 is when the reason you clicked on the video starts.
Hope you heal quickly, I too have cut into my thumb with a bandsaw. Be safe. Thanks for the video.
I spent 10 years renovating and furnishing a barn to be my residence and workshop. Made every stick of furniture (lots of router work) and not one cut. I solder in the nude! The trick is to firmly believe that all your tools are sentient, malevolent, and patiently waiting for the perfect time to strike and fuck you up. Your tools are not your friends! They are evil bastard things that you must bend to your will!
This is what I've been looking to have for years, Sir, thank you very much, this is just what I wanted to have a clean, ready-to-use Windows .. Thanks again!
Link please?
It's litterally in the video...
Yes you have to type a little.
@@zackzeed It's may be in the video but it's like the the rest of the sceen can't be read by many. How about enlarger the screen capture.
Sorry, it's in the description now.
@@CyberCPU tq
This worked great for a new Win 11 install without connection to a network. When it ran it went very fast. Thanks.
None of those "apps" are actually installed unless you try to use them. They "bloat" you are removing is minimal and has literally no effect unless you run the app and decide to use them. Using a VM that is not connected to the internet is a bad example as pretty much all these apps will be "reinstalled" once connecting to the web. Autounattend files are great, don't get me wrong, and can be used for a good deal of customization and automation, but it's better to actually script installing the apps you want with a powershell script after first login. The "debloat" fad is a clickbait theme that really has no relevance on modern hardware.
this is great! I was able to make the drive on UTM virtualized Win11 running on an M2 MacBook Air and then ran the install on an old Intel Mac and it worked flawlessly!
The perfect W11 install is no W11 install at all.
Exactly i will remain on win 10 until a better version of windows appears like windows 12 or maybe move to linux.
Well i am also using win 10 sine years now and atlas os 10 since 1.5 years but now I am thinking to switch to win 11 for aesthetics, meeca ui, a bit of animations, a lot of softwares only supports win 11 so I have to go now
@@Pdfnaega You should it wasn't cosine years? 🤣
Well done my Good Man. Worked flawlessly. Thank you for the time you put into this. Liked and Subscribed
Thanks so Much for This 👍 Just bought a new computer, first computer that I bought already built for me in 20+ years. In any case, this is a great way to just wipe it and make windows the way it should be. OH and that custom xml page, has a BUNCH more options now that what it did just a month ago when you made this video.
Why go through the trouble? Just move to Linux. You are going to have to in the future anyway.
"Eyeroll" keep telling yourself that. Every Linux echo chamber fanboy has been saying it for decades.
As someone who has used it, cope bro.
Haha, oh man. Some really believe that :-D
Maybe when a majority of games are on Linux.
Chill bro 72% of the world uses windows. Not everyone cares about Linux. It still needs a lot of development to make it mainstream. Linux is awesome if you are a dev or have some knowledge. Not everyone likes the scary terminal commands on Linux
Thanks for this. I'm poor and was given a really old computer that didnt work. I was able to find some used parts and I think I might be able to get it to work. Found this video when trying to figure out how to get windows installed. Hopefully this type of windows install will help the older PC run better.
Skip to 4:58 to avoid all the "fluff !"
start a 5:30
Everything always goes the way you expect until it doesn't ... I've had a few close calls with a router and I now approach everything with a 'what way can this go wrong attitude'!
Nearly forgot, thanks for the video on how to install Windows quickly and easily, will be useful when I eventually buy a new system to replace my current system (a i7-2600k from 2011).
As a maintenance guy who uses a router to mortise hinges and strike plates, the router is one of the scariest tools that I use. Hope you have a quick recovery!
Nice video Rich. As a carpender for 38 years, I know how dangerous powertools are. I have not cut my fingers with powertools. Only a knife and a saw. In my appinion they are more dangerous because you are not alert enough when using them the way you would do with powertools.
Hold up. I had to pause this video at about 3:09. I'm sorry but this is one of those moments when you fall in love with a channel immediately. Just kidding with being sorry. You can tell a real tech/engineer when you see one. Glad to subscribe. Now, on to the rest of the video.
Thank you.
You have a good energy about ya. Great video. Building my first PC soon and this is going to help out so very much.
I'm a guitar builder. I bought a router table a couple years ago. That thing scared the sh!t out of me. I was never comfortable around it and as a result I never used it. Decided I didn't really need it. Sold it. Just not for me. Glad you're ok!
I strongly agree with the comment which stated that you should go with the interactive partitioning as in plenty of cases you got computers with one ssd and one HDD
Worked good for me. Had to change a few bios settings but once I did it installed great. Thanks you.
Worked great. Thanks. Just one note. On windows machine you must boot the computer up with the USB stick attached. You may also need to go into you bios setting so it boots from the USB stick first, not the hard drive.
Dannnnnnnng, this worked great. I just set up a VM on unRAID and it was the easiest and fastest Win11 install ever. Had to exit the VM template manually to add another ISO to be mounted but that was mostly just a copy and paste job with a couple edits. TY for bringing this to at least my attention.
You got yourself a SUB! I love how you explain things. One of the best I've heard, honestly, and I loved the woodworking mishap story, 😂
Thanks for this. Microsoft has been really insistent lately that I upgrade to Windows 11 - especially with end of support coming next year - so I figure I better stop putting it off and get myself acclimated.