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[audiojunkie]

Whatcha guys think about WinUtil from Chris Titus?

I investigated it a while ago when looking for a tool to lighten CPU/RAM requirements for virtualization on Linux. It seems legit. But remember, Windows was never meant to have some of these things done--you'll have to be careful with what you choose to do and have enough understanding to fix things if you get yourself in a rut.

Remember, tools like NTlite, WinUtil, BCUninstaller, debloat scripts, registry nuking guides, etc, are not intended by Microsoft to be used by consumers. Some (many?) may not even be safe. It's good that you are being careful and checking. There are some enterprise-level tools that allow enterprises a much more granular level of control, but none of it is meant for regular users--especially those who are uncomfortable with computers.

[whassup]

Whatcha guys think about WinUtil from Chris Titus?

I investigated it a while ago when looking for a tool to lighten CPU/RAM requirements for virtualization on Linux. It seems legit. But remember, Windows was never meant to have some of these things done--you'll have to be careful with what you choose to do and have enough understanding to fix things if you get yourself in a rut.

Remember, tools like NTlite, WinUtil, BCUninstaller, debloat scripts, registry nuking guides, etc, are not intended by Microsoft to be used by consumers. Some (many?) may not even be safe. It's good that you are being careful and checking. There are some enterprise-level tools that allow enterprises a much more granular level of control, but none of it is meant for regular users--especially those who are uncomfortable with computers.

Thanx man!
I am somewhere in between the full on sys admin and the user only guy.
Can't be bothered these days to go into all new OS details.
I got an Win11 stripped down with WinUtil running for several months now.
It mostly runs smooth and then there are times when It simply gives me a blue screen.
Several times repeatedly on one or two days and then strangely that prob disappears for some weeks only to come back then.
Again, not nerdy enough now to investigate deeply and learn all those new ins and outs of Win.
These are the moments when I thought about Linux again.
Maybe next round when the frustration hits so hard again.
So this is basically why I asked if somebody has good/bad experiences with WinUtil using it for audio.

[audiojunkie]

Whatcha guys think about WinUtil from Chris Titus?

I investigated it a while ago when looking for a tool to lighten CPU/RAM requirements for virtualization on Linux. It seems legit. But remember, Windows was never meant to have some of these things done--you'll have to be careful with what you choose to do and have enough understanding to fix things if you get yourself in a rut.

Remember, tools like NTlite, WinUtil, BCUninstaller, debloat scripts, registry nuking guides, etc, are not intended by Microsoft to be used by consumers. Some (many?) may not even be safe. It's good that you are being careful and checking. There are some enterprise-level tools that allow enterprises a much more granular level of control, but none of it is meant for regular users--especially those who are uncomfortable with computers.

Thanx man!
I am somewhere in between the full on sys admin and the user only guy.
Can't be bothered these days to go into all new OS details.
I got an Win11 stripped down with WinUtil running for several months now.
It mostly runs smooth and then there are times when It simply gives me a blue screen.
Several times repeatedly on one or two days and then strangely that prob disappears for some weeks only to come back then.
Again, not nerdy enough now to investigate deeply and learn all those new ins and outs of Win.
These are the moments when I thought about Linux again.
Maybe next round when the frustration hits so hard again.
So this is basically why I asked if somebody has good/bad experiences with WinUtil using it for audio.

All OSes have their pros and cons. You just need to stick with the pros and cons that work for you.

[BBFG#]

The beauty of Windows is also it is a modular OS, use NTLite to strip off parts you do not want to even install. Zero problems with Win11Pro.

Good to know that this still works. I used nLite back then to shrink XP down to less than 50 MB for my audio workstations. Insanely fast.

Likewise, and I was able to do this from the beginning of Windows 3.x through 8.1 and even much of 10 in its beginning. As of the last forced backdoor updates though, that hasn't been as possible in doing it and having it getting left alone by MS. And that has been the biggest drive to go Linux.
Customization.

You are just using the wrong software ReviOS Playbook is amazing for stripping down Windows

I've always done it myself. Just starting to get informed about these apps that are new to me.

[legendCNCD]

I got an Win11 stripped down with WinUtil running for several months now.
It mostly runs smooth and then there are times when It simply gives me a blue screen.
Several times repeatedly on one or two days and then strangely that prob disappears for some weeks only to come back then.

Then something is not really right if you'll get BSOD's like that. Have still 0 as count on all 4 PC's here.

Read this first: https://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed_enablingdumps to enable dumps
And install this: https://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed to see what happens - if it is identifiable.

I had odd crashes back few years, cause of it was overheating of almost 10 years old GPU and nvidia driver saying STOP.

[whassup]

I got an Win11 stripped down with WinUtil running for several months now.
It mostly runs smooth and then there are times when It simply gives me a blue screen.
Several times repeatedly on one or two days and then strangely that prob disappears for some weeks only to come back then.

Then something is not really right if you'll get BSOD's like that. Have still 0 as count on all 4 PC's here.

Read this first: https://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed_enablingdumps to enable dumps
And install this: https://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed to see what happens - if it is identifiable.

I had odd crashes back few years, cause of it was overheating of almost 10 years old GPU and nvidia driver saying STOP.

Good to know!
Thanx a lot!