The ISO image contains all of the components that will be installed on your computer. Most of these features are not used by users, so they serve no purpose at all. On the contrary, some of us tend to disable a number of features after performing a fresh install of the Windows operating system. One possible way to circumvent these problems is to create a custom ISO image for yourself. There are numerous custom third-party ISO images available that have been stripped down to offer better performance on low-end computers. However, these third-party ISO images are not always recommended due to potential security risks and more. In such a scenario, what you can do is create a custom ISO image of your own, where you can choose to remove the features that you do not use from the image and keep the ones that are important to you. This will result in a stripped-down installation of the Windows operating system, and ideally, it will even perform better.
1. Download the Windows 11 image.
To get started, the first thing you need to do is download the latest version of the Windows 11 ISO image on your computer. This can be found easily on the UUP Dump website. In this article, we will disclose two different tools that allow you to create custom images of the Windows operating system. To download the latest Windows 11 image, follow the instructions below:
2. Use MSMG Toolkit.
MSMG Toolkit is a famous tool for tweaking Windows ISO images. The utility allows you to make any changes to the ISO image according to your requirements and specifications. This includes adding specific drivers to the ISO image, incorporating potential updates, or even removing components from the ISO image, which is the focus of this article. An arguable downside of the MSMG Toolkit is that it uses a command-line interface; therefore, there is no graphical user interface that allows you to make these changes. If you would like to use a graphical user interface, refer to the following method below. In this section, we will be showing you how to remove components from the Windows ISO image with the help of the MSMG Toolkit. Removing components from the ISO image also reduces the overall size of the ISO image, which as a result, reduces the installation size of Windows. Additionally, the number of processes running on your computer is also reduced, which can give you a performance boost. Follow the instructions below to use the MSMG Toolkit for tweaking the Windows ISO:
3. Use NTLite.
NTLite is another utility that you can use to tweak Windows ISO images. It was essentially developed to reduce the footprint of Windows installation, but it comes with a number of features that you can use, including removing components from an ISO image. NTLite even allows you to remove Windows 11 TPM and RAM requirements, along with providing a graphical user interface for all of this. Follow the instructions below to use NTLite on your computer:
