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    DISM + SFC Workflow: Step-by-Step Windows 10 Repair Guide

    Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) and System File Checker (SFC) remain the quickest, least-invasive tools to restore a damaged Windows 10 installation — when used in the correct order, with the right sources, and with realistic expectations about what they can and cannot fix. This...
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    Nano11: Extreme Windows 11 Debloat for Tiny ISOs and Trade-offs

    NTDEV’s Tiny11 already rewired how power users think about Windows 11; now a new set of community tools is taking that work even further — and raising fresh questions about safety, supportability, and the line between useful customization and outright breakage. The latest headline-grabber is a...
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    Nano11 Builder: Ultra-Small Windows 11 ISOs via Aggressive Debloat

    NTDEV’s new Nano11 Builder takes the Windows‑11 debloat movement from pragmatic trimming to experimental minimalism, producing bootable ISOs and installed images measured in single‑digit gigabytes by surgically removing inbox apps, servicing infrastructure, and even parts of the Windows...
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    Nano11: Extreme Windows 11 ISO Shrinking with NTDEV Tiny11Builder

    NTDEV’s latest build tools push Windows‑shrinking projects into new territory: a purpose‑built “nano11” pipeline that trims a Windows 11 ISO to the absolute minimum, producing ISOs and installed footprints measured in single‑digit gigabytes — and, in developer demos, as small as a 2.29 GB ISO...
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    nano11: Extreme Windows 11 ISO Shrinking for Lightweight VMs

    NTDEV’s ecosystem of third‑party builders has a new, headline‑grabbing member: nano11, a PowerShell‑driven script that pushes the tiny‑Windows idea to its limits by producing an ultra‑small Windows 11 image — the developer says an ISO a little over 2 GB and runnable installs in the sub‑3 GB...
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    Repair Windows 10/11 with DISM and SFC: Online and Offline Guide

    If your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC is misbehaving — BSODs, apps refusing to start, unexplained slowdowns, or failed updates — the built‑in duo of DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) and SFC (System File Checker) will often repair what a reinstall otherwise would. These tools work...
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    Reclaim Windows Disk Space: Safe Cleanups, Compression, and Debloat Tactics

    Windows will often eat tens of gigabytes over time: updates, restore points, index databases and caches can quietly bloat a C: drive, and preinstalled “trial” apps make matters worse — a problem that’s acute on 128 GB laptops and devices with soldered storage. The practical fixes range from...
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    Tiny11 25H2 Debloat: Strip Copilot, Outlook, Teams for a Lean Windows 11

    Windows 11’s inbox app pile just got a new nemesis: Tiny11’s updated builder can now strip Copilot, the new Outlook client, Teams, and a long roster of built‑ins from a Windows 11 image — and the change is explicitly framed as a “25H2‑ready” rebuild that shrinks install size and prevents much of...
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    Windows Error 0x8000FFFF: Catastrophic Failure and How to Fix

    Error 0x8000FFFF — the dreaded “Catastrophic failure” — is rarely fatal, but it’s a disruptive Windows error that often appears after an update, during a System Restore, or when a core servicing operation fails; it generally signals corrupted system files, a damaged component store, driver...
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    August 2025 Windows Recovery Fix: OOB KB5066189/88/87 Restore Reset and Cloud Recovery

    Microsoft’s August update cycle produced an unexpected and dangerous side effect: built‑in recovery tools stopped working on numerous Windows client releases, and Redmond pushed emergency, out‑of‑band (OOB) cumulative updates — KB5066189, KB5066188 and KB5066187 — on August 19, 2025 to restore...
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    Windows 8 Windows folder takes 38GB but all folders inside it take only 19GB (show hidden folders enabled).

    I made my C partition 100GB thinking that i wouldn't need more than that for my windows and users folder, but it turns out that most of the time i am struggling to keep the 10% needed for the windows to function properly. Now while my User folder takes 18GB which is reasonable my Windows folder...
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    Windows 8 Windows takes two much space

    I have recently bought a Samsung ativ book 9 lite. Generally I'm happy with it but not at all with the bad usage of the disk space it has. It is supposed to have 128GB but: 1) It has a recover partition which takes up to 18GB (I think I should remove this one, what do you think of this?). 2)...
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    How to address disk space issues that are caused by a large Windows component store (WinSxS) directo

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    How to Alleviate Disk Space Pressure Caused By a Large Windows Component Store (WinSxS) Directory

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    WinSxS folder Size Explained

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    Windows 7 Uninstalled Microsoft Visual C++, need help getting it back

    Sorry if this sounds confusing. I really need some help here. I've only had Windows 7 installed for a few weeks now, but I've already got most of my software and games installed and working. Based on some bad advice on another forum, trying to solve a problem with getting a game to run, I...
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    Windows 7 Access denied to OpenOffice Installer

    I cant install OpenOffice because, at some point, the installer says it cant write in any \winsxs\ folder. As far as I see that, only "trusted installers" have access to this directory. So how do I force Win7 to like my OpenOffice installer? I changed compability to Vista and everything is ran...
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