Windows can be lean, but it rarely is by default — and the difference between a clean, responsive system and one bogged down by invisible cruft often comes down to a handful of targeted tweaks and a readiness to trade a few gigabytes for stability or convenience. The PCWorld checklist of “12...
backup restore
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compactor
custom windows iso
disk cleanup
imagebuilding
indexing options
ntlite
reserved storage
safe backups
storage sense
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tiny11
tiny11builder
vhd experiments
windows optimization
windows search index
winntsetup
winutil
Consider the following scenario: You are building an image for Windows 7 deployment. All supplemental components are also installed. You run the WinSAT prepop command to generate a Windows Experience Index score. You run sysprep to seal the image for...
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