How to Create a Custom Windows ISO with Preinstalled Software Included for FREE! (Tutorial)
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2024
- In this tutorial video, I'll show you how to Create Your Own Custom Windows ISO with Preinstalled Software Included for FREE! I recently created a custom Windows 11 ISO file for my own personal use and decided to record and share the process with you. So, if you've been wondering how to create a custom Windows 11 image that has software preinstalled which can be used for mass deployment, this video is for you as I'll take you through the entire process step-by-step.
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For those of you wondering if you can set it up in such a way where it keeps all of your Windows Settings, Shortcuts, Taskbar Setup etc. Yes you can, in that case you need to skip deleting the User account and initializing Sysprep and still follow all of the other steps. For more info, you can watch this video where I created another Custom ISO, but I didn't use Sysprep. ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
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Nice tutorial, and just FYI, after the sysprep, when you boot into the Windows ISO, no need to go through all the menus to get the command prompt, instead press SHIFT+F10 to open the command prompt directly.
Excellent tutorial. This is not exactly what I was looking for but you know what? It gave me an alternative solution that turns out to be better than what I wanted to do. Just a comment.. when creating a local user you don't need to do all that overcomplicated registry magic.. Just ender username a@a.a and a random password. It will come back with an error but then you can create local user. But even better if you don't even connect to internet. Just hit SHIFT F10 and in command prompt enter oobe\BypassNRO and hit enter.
I've actually been trying to find a way to install a custom iso with app i want, so this is very helpful, thanks
As someone who reinstalls Windows frequently (mainly because of Insider program) this is very helpful. Thank you for this guide.
Question my update says it cannot run windows11 I am running windows 10 I tried several times but no success can it can carry windows 11
Huge thanks!!! Will come in handy when making some Windows mods!
Timestamps:
0:00-1:37 - Downloading the Windows 11 ISO
1:37-9:22 - Setting up a VM & Installing the needed programs
9:22-12:05 - Making Windows ask for First-Time Setup (OOBE)
12:05-15:17 - Generating the install.wim file
15:17-18:07 - Testing the VM
18:07-20:00 - Editing the ISO to include our custom install.wim file
20:00-21:26 - Testing the VM again
21:26-21:57 - The end
Hope this helps!
It's a pleasure! Thanks for the timestamps, appreciate it! 🙂
AWESOME tutorial, thanks so much!!
As an added note, I followed your advice and skipped the sysprep step so I could keep the user accounts/settings, but upon boot after completing the rest of the tutorial, I was greeted with a “Windows could not display the images available for installation” message when I selected “I don’t have a product key during the install process.
After doing some digging, I found a forum post with a super simple fix: all you have to do is add /Description:”Your Description” to the end of the DISM command when capturing the install.wim file, and then I was able to get past the “I don’t have a product key” section of the install.
I hope this helps someone that runs into the same issue, thank you again for this helpful video!! :)
Thanks so much for clarifying! I wasn't aware of this issue, but now I know for the future. Glad my video got you halfway there!
And just like that, 9 hours later you have a custom ISO with Chrome on it.
Lol
*Firefox
Lol that's gonna be me bc I stay making dual boot systems for my friends, gonna have preset steam,Firefox,etc
But at the end you have an iso which have all of your desired softwares and you don't have to install them in such a case where your window corrupts due to some errors or you changed your system or laptop your 2 hours will be saved every time you have to install new windows
@@memstechtipsby the way thank you very much vro
Wow, there are quite a few steps to take! You're a genius individual. At least I've learned how to bypass the Microsoft account with the registry. The entire guideline is clear, and it's easy to follow, thanks to your clear explanations. It's just that there are too many steps to take, but they are doable.
Glad I could help! Thanks for your kind comment, really appreciate it! Yeah I can imagine it's not for everyone, but for those who want to do something like this, I hope it's useful.
This video is definitly usefull, thanks a lot for the efforts to make it happend.
You're very welcome!
Very cool tutorial, thank you!
You're very welcome!
Very good tutorial! Thanks for sharing.
Great job!!!
You can do the same using a software called mdt, Microsoft deployment tool kit you don't need register key to bypass Microsoft account login instead you can change it to new user logon
Thanks, I will have a look at this.
Whislt this might be an alternative, it does mention on the download page. The Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 1809 or later, is required for all deployment scenarios.
be aware this MDT may be deprecated soon. It uses a lot of VBScript and they are trying to do away with that. but with newer paid tools they may never convert those scripts to whatever will replace it.
Awesome! thanks 👍👍
No problem! Glad you like it!
This channel is so good! keep it up! btw i did not create the D drive. instead i created the wim image to my pendrive lol. thx man! (u earned a sub :)
Glad I could help! Thanks for the positive feedback! Yeah you can also use a USB drive, no problem. 🙂
Very helpful, great video
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic, thank you so much.
Glad you liked it!
Very useful info.Thank you bro
So nice of you, thanks!
Great Idea! Thanks! I´ll try...
You are welcome 😊
Ill have to rewatch this later! I personally use Oracle Virtualbox, but VMware is also good
Please let me know what you think once you've watched it! I've used VirtualBox before but my VM's kept freezing the whole time, decided to switch the VMware after that.
I have to say I use Oracle Virtualbox too, followed the steps inside windows and voila, I have my first dism windows image. Albeit, it took forever! I thought dism had hung, it was just having a great almighty think. 🙂
Great video, you've earned a sub 👍
Awesome, thank you!
hey
so you can also to lookups on witch drives you have, by usning diskpart and list Vol, simpler then going around and guess the drive letter
Hey, yes that is also a good point, thanks!
Thanks a lot!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.
Very useful video. I'm permanently bookmarking it.
Glad it was helpful! And thanks so much for the tip! 😀 I really appreciate it and may God bless you!
thank you your video helped me very much
You're welcome!
I am following along to build a reference ISO based on your new answer file :)
This is a great crash course on how to do it. I’m not sure VMware Player will do it, but you should take advantage of snapshots. Make a snapshot just before the last sysprep. Then power off and snapshot again. Then reboot let it go thru OOBE and all and test everything. If it is all good, restore to the Shutdown snapshot. If not, restore the pre-Syspre snapshot and make tweaks.
In the custom image you just made in the video, you’re not going to have many problems. But if you full on tweak the system you’re going to find some things just don’t survive thru the sysprep process. One major offender is setting defaults and have them persist across users. Windows 10 made this hard and 11 made it even harder. Microsoft Office has some quirks and requires special handling for imaging but can be done. Microsoft Store apps have major issues some will handle sysprep some will not. Some will outright stall sysprep and requires you to dig thru logs to find out why, only to discover some Store apps refuse to deal with it.
Have fun!
Thanks for your detailed comment, I really appreciate it! Yeah I think the Pro version of VMWare can take snapshots and it's now free.
Excellent video, very well explained as well!
I have a small question, let's say I change a few settings, I install the latest updates and customize Firefox/Edge to my liking. Do those setting also carry over to the custom ISO file?
Thanks so much! So the thing is, if you don't initialize sysprep, then all of those options & settings will remain as you set them up, but then you are loaded into the same user you used to create the custom image. I have another video on how I created a custom gaming ISO, you can also watch that because I didn't use sysprep in that video. You have to keep in mind if you don't use Sysprep then I think the PC name and system ID will all stay the same on all of the different pc's you install Windows on using the custom ISO. If that's not an issue then don't use the sysprep command.
Wow, that was a mouth full however I did understand it all. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent guide. Is there a way to change the default preference options for any account created after you make the custom image, like start menu and taskbar items, custom desktop icons, chrome/edge extensions and options. ect...?
I'm so glad you like it! So the thing is, if you don't initialize sysprep, then all of those options will remain as you set them up, but then you are loaded into the same user you used to create the custom image. I have another video on how I created a custom gaming ISO, you can also watch that because I didn't use sysprep in that video. You have to keep in mind if you don't use Sysprep then I think the PC name and system ID will all stay the same on all of the different pc's you install Windows on using the custom ISO. If that's not an issue then don't use the sysprep command.
Very good tutorial.
What about Windows Updates, should you do those or aren't they done automatically? I worry a bit about device specific drivers that might be downloaded via Windows-Update, making the ISO only work properly on the same device the ISO is created.. .
And what about any settings that you do that are not account-based? Services disabled, OneDrive removed, some Registry changes? Would they be "saved" to the new ISO that way or only the installed Software?
Awesome video, sir. Could you do a video of custom windows ISO with drivers or diverpacks pre-installed, please?
You can use this same method but just install all of the drivers for your pc before creating the install.wim file. It will work.
0:33 same for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
Thanks for letting me know!
@@memstechtips you're welcome
Does this method also Provide all Changes regarding Regs and Settings? Huge thank you this will Speed Up fresh installs soooo much.
If you use the Sysprep command, no, but you can check this video where I don't use the Sysprep command and everything stays the same: ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
Once you have your custom ISO file and are in the process of installing the OS are you limited to using only a local account, or does this maintain functionality with logging into your Microsoft account?
You should still be able to use a Microsoft account like always.
Amazing, This will be create for my company as we have programs we normally install that was created for us. Question, would it be okay after installing our programs to update windows fully before moving forward with the rest of the process?
Yes you can also do that, should work perfectly fine.
thanks alot
Hi. Thank you for great and strait forward tutorial. Is there any way to capture Drive C ( windows drive ) and Drive D ( ex. MySQL installed ) and put them in a single .iso file like what you did ?
Not that I know of, sorry. I haven't done too much research into that.
Thanks that is handy I guess that's how all these custom made windows are done
Pleasure! There are a lot of different ways to create a custom Windows ISO, this is just one of them.
@@memstechtips Yes a good one thanks
someone tell you who are you?
YOU: i'm your OS
father
I see what you did there... 😄
great walkthrough indeed! so if we choose win11 Pro instead, does that mean that all devices we install the custom iso to will just need to run win11 pro then? and you need to buy a prod key? also, thanks for some program suggestions, will definitely check them out.
That is correct, it is bound on the version you select, but with Home, if you enter a Pro key, it will convert to Pro, same with Single Language. But if you install Pro and enter a Home key it won't work.
Nostalgic feeling that make Custom Windows XP Nlite
Nice 👍
Thanks for the visit!
Good video. Will this install on PC's that are considered Unsupported?
Yes, if you use a program like Rufus to remove the requirements.
Hi!, where can i download you .ISO file?
Thank you so much can you please show me how can I customise the wallpaper as well
You should just be able to change the wallpaper, but it won't be kept because of the sysprep command. If you want to keep your wallpaper then you can't run the Sysprep command.
hi...i wondering is it the same methods used by the computer manafactures to pre-install windows on their product like laptop?...coz new laptops today has already windows installed on it preloaded apps, and customized setting...
It could be one of the methods they use yes. There are also other methods to run scripts and stuff to install the programs, but most likely they are using this type of Imaging method.
kinda complicated for newbies, but great job, thanks anyway
Yeah I figured that it won't be for everyone, you'll need to have advanced computer knowledge to follow it. Thanks for the support.
is it possible to install for example all the apps from adobe creative cloud, red giant plugin for after effects , Cinema 4D and then re-enter the credentials of the licenses? I ask because in the office I solidly do a normal installation of everything then I directly clone the disk for the other systems in 25 minutes clone 400 gb of installation and repeat for 8 pc. your method seems interesting because windows is installed according to the personal pc configuration but I think it is much slower or wrong? thanks to share
You can do that but then you shouldn't run the sysprep command, I basically show it in this video: ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
But then all of the pc's will have the same name and user etc.
You don't have to do the F10 thing. Just choose the domain choice and options and create a local account.
Nice
Of much help. But friend. Could you make a video to do the same with w11 ltsc 2024? After capturing the image. The system does not install. Throws an error It says that the edition license key could not be validated, something like this
Thanks! I can't really because LTSC is tricky due to the fact that you can't download the iso file directly from MS (only eval version) and you can't get a key to activate it (easily and legally) - so its just too much of a risk because I'll get striked on RUclips and could face legal troubles, sorry.
im thinking to do this but i kinda have a question.
will this work if i wanna make a specific image for my own laptop (basically having all the drivers and programs for that laptop only) and basically make it so i dont have to do any updayes and get straight to using the laptop right away after installing
basically making an almost OEM image for this one laptop only
Thanks so much! So the thing is, if you don't initialize sysprep, then all of those options & settings will remain as you set them up, but then you are loaded into the same user you used to create the custom image. I have another video on how I created a custom gaming ISO, you can also watch that because I didn't use sysprep in that video. To answer your question, yes, you can set up your pc in the way you like it and then just skip the process of deleting the user account and running sysprep, then your Windows ISO will be EXACTLY as you set it up. You can have a look through this video too if you want: ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
I would suggest looking at cloning your fresh intalled pc with all the software and setting you want.
And just clone them back to your laptop whenever you need to reformat your machine.
You may need to learn how to make a bootable windows on a flash drive to help you achieve this.
After clone you are pretty much all set already and can use the machine right away
what about windwos updates, i work at an it support company and i have sometimes to install the same stuff in around 300 same pc's, can the windows updates be saved to?
Yes I'm pretty sure it will be saved too.
Hi !
Great tutorial, Thanks !
Just one thing, there is no install.wim file in the ISO I downloaded from Microsoft but a install.esd. Is that the same ? Would it work if i delte it and put the wim file instead ?
Yes you can delete the. esd and replace it with your .wim 🙂
@@memstechtips Thanks for the answer, I just watched the other tutorail you made for Win10 and I got the answer there too ! I feel a bit stupid now... 🤣😅
@@memstechtips It did work for me with a little problem though : at the end of the installation the PC just hangs up, vCPU @100% et no activity on the virtual disk. I let it like that for 5-6 minutes and shut it down. I then restarted the VM and it went through some final steps and there you go, VM started with all softwares installed.
I think that depending on what software you want it to install for you during the OS installation, it may have some little issues like that. But it finally worked for me.
Thanks again for that tutorial !
May its helpful, give Necessary command in video description /
Check the first link for my written guide, all commands and step by step is written out for the tutorial.
I was looking for something that also includes removing bloatware and unnecessary files from the windows image
Keep an eye on my channel because I'm releasing something in the near future which will help with that.
Hi bro. First of all thx for the video, great work !! New sub here. Sorry about my english. Let me ask you something. As far as I saw in the video, you first installed the so with a normal account "user". Then you installed the soft and at the end you run the command sysprep. At the end you deleted the normal "user" account. The way I know is to to press Ctrl+Shift+F3 to enter the admin account and then run sysprep command, and then install all soft you want with de administrator command. So now I'm a little bit confused and Idk if the final result is the same lol. Can you enlighten me a little on this topic please? Ty in advanced
Hi bro, thanks for your sub and support to my channel, really appreciate it! So I think what you are describing will give the exact same result, it's just done in a different order. Hope this helps!
Excellent video, but you don’t need to add the caption to the screen, your accent is pure and easy to understand.
Noted! Thanks so much, I have stopped adding them after this video. Appreciate your comment.
Don't stop.. Better with caption for clear instructions and those not good in listening along the voice
I upload proper subtitles to RUclips, so now you can just click the CC button and you will see the subs.
Can I download & install program without ninite when custom windows with pre installed software ?
Yes you don't have to use Ninite or any of the other programs I installed, it was just an example.
I like the tutorial, but I have to ask: if I apply my serial keys from my paid apps, then delete the user, and do everything needed until exporting the ISO, when I install Windows, will my paid apps be installed and activated? Or will I need to activate them again? I am asking because I am about to do this, and if I will need to activate them again, I will not activate them now.
If you do it that way then you'll have to activate them again I think. If you choose not to run the sysprep command and just create the image, everything will stay exactly as is and you will load into the existing user after the Windows install completes.
@@memstechtips I think I find a fix for the problem. Before I use NTLITE, disable Microsoft Account and WIFI Connection on UNATTENDED, and in the same page I enable Sysprep(allow the user changes go to all users). After this I create the ISO with those changes and start your tutorial on this video. I believe It will inherit the activation of my paid apps, because Administrator of the computer could be on of All Users.
How did you get that context menu that transparent 😮
It's Nilesoft Shell and it has a config file where you can set the transparency. I might make a video in the future.
Trying to use this using windows 11 24h2, then trim the iso using tinybuilder, => the tiny11 iso generated from this can be installed, but after adding few programs and generate the install.wim, and then incorporate the install.wim to the iso, the installation failed at 5%
Meanwhile using it on latest 23h2 is successful.
Thank you, it's make my life alot easier.
Btw any idea why it's failed using win 11 24h2?
I'm not sure why it won't work on 24H2. But I won't be bothered with it until it fully releases into the stable channel.
@@memstechtips yup, rightfully so, i just had the free time and curious to see if it would work, and yup not working..
windows product id should be different in every installation ?
If you're going to install it on a whole bunch of different computers, then yes. If it's just for your own pc, then it doesn't matter.
This would work with windows updates too? For like do a fresh install of windows that already comes with all the software I need but also with an updated windows
Yes it will work👍
@@memstechtips Awesome! Thanks bro! Excellent video btw!
I prefer portable version of anydesk just to prevent the auto startup of the service and possible attacks.
Good point, haven't thought of that yet tbh.
if i recall, anyiso is installed in the template VM after capture and is then a throwaway, it can’t affect the host system above the VM. So unless it injects something into the ISO, this won’t be a concern since you’ll delete the VM later anyway.
YIPPEE!
Woah 4GB bigger than the normal Win11 ISO... crazy how so little additions to the image blows it out of proportions
Yeah very true, it does make the ISO file HUGE.
there might be a dism option to reduce WIM size.
Windows could not display the images available for installation... i go this promt after clicking on install
At which point in the video?
thanks thanks thanks
This is taking forever, just image your drive and copy paste via bootable usb drive
Same thoughts
I keep getting a sysprep error saying it can't validate Windows 11 23H2 ( update) ok I had to update Windows so that it would work
Thanks for clarifying and providing the solution.
Will this work with settings as well
If you don't use sysprep yes, watch the other video I made about the Windows 10 custom ISO, I didn't use the Sysprep command there.
Error 184 - AMD Software Installer Cannot Continue Due to an Unsupported Operating System can you please solve this issue this appears when i try to install the amd software
do you have a debloated os?
Which OS are you running? Should be Windows 10 or 11 x64 otherwise you will have issues.
When you run the AMD driver installer, it will check to see if you have an AMD video card. Because you are using a virtual machine inside VMware, the driver installer will not continue the installation. In this case, I usually use DISM to export the driver on the host, copy the exported driver to the virtual machine, and use DISM inside the virtual machine to import the driver.
How or can you combine this with autounattend tutorial you created?
Yeah you can do the install with the answer file and then follow this video to create a new ISO with all of your apps if you want.
EDIT: I made it work by putting the autounattend inside the sysprep folder but renaming it first to unattend.xml
@@memstechtips Uhmm, okay so I tried installing the OS+autounattend and installed the apps. I then got to the sysprep step but it keeps giving me the error "Sysprep was not able to verify your Windows Installation". I then tried to do another clean OS+autounattend without any apps installed and just followed the steps in here, and unfortunately, it gave me the same error. I tried tinkering with the autounattend file but I still get the same error.
we can install drivers too?
Yes!
Where did you get that cursor?
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/Bi3sAVa2D00/видео.html
@@memstechtips thank you
I think that is a very helpful and precise explanation on how to use sysprep. Wil try that!
However: please stop using that hypernervous (and fully useless) yellow subtitles. They are only distracting from the really good content!
Thanks for your comment and feedback, I really appreciate it. I thought the word by word captions might be good because I'm a faceless channel but maybe it might be hurting the channel. I will make my next videos without the burned in subtitles and see if there is any negative impact on my content and then decide from there. Thanks
@@memstechtips the yellow subtitles are great for hard of hearing, keep it up :)
Next....how to install android os with custom system apps on Android TV
Maybe someday!
I remember when ninite could do all of this by itself.
You sure have been in the industry for a long time then!
this is great but in any case i prefer cloning
I'd rather have an ISO with my apps that can be installed on any PC with any drive size.
Just a quick question for this, does it also save the wallpaper?
If you use the Sysprep command, no, but you can check this video where I don't use the Sysprep command and everything stays the same: ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
Anyone know how to turn off windows update permanently ? my laptop getting slower after the update 😩
Search my channel for videos on that subject.
Please upload this file somewhere (gdrive) and send a link plz
Unfortunately I can't do that, I could get in legal trouble over that, sorry.
HOW TO CREATE MY ISO FILE❤❤❤❤❤
i tried but my ISO says "Windows could not display the images available for installation"
Strange 🤔
i didnt get any error messages either during any of the steps . what can i do to validate the 1) install.wim file and 2) validate the .iso file so i can make sure both are independently working before i use anyburn?
To be honest, I'm not sure how you can validate it before creating the ISO. I would just create it with Anyburn and check if it works.
Sysprep was unable to validate your windows installation error while running sysprep command, what to do
I'm sorry but I haven't received this error yet, I don't know... You'll have to do some research on Google about it.
@@memstechtips Can i share you the screenshot
Yeah, I got this same error. I ended up just starting over. I'm going to try using Virtual Box this time (not that I think VMWare had anything to do with it.) If I get the error again I'll try to figure out a fix & post it here. I'm pretty sure I saw another video on here mention this error and how to fix it.
did you install Windows Store apps? Many of those hate the sysprep process and will stall it.
Let me know if you guys manage to find any fixes so it helps others in the comments as well.
Excellent tutorial, but I've been taking shots for each time you wobble your mouse.
I'm the person drunkest ever.
😂
i try twice bıt custom iso wasnt work. Bı video is nice
Sorry it didn't work for you... Thanks though.
can i do it with win7
I haven't tested it yet but it should work. Let me know.
I haven't entered any product key (yet) at steps around 11:50 in the video and I get message from sysprep: "... not able to validate your Windows installation... After resolving... use Sysprep to validate your installation again." Am I the only one?
I didn't delete User so maybe that's why... Anyway now following steps from link in Mem's pinned comment and adding description per comment by @nich.olas_518
ah why don't you create a window to go disk install software there that way you just clone it to whatever system you like
To be honest I didn't know about this option, will have a look into it, thanks!
@@memstechtips yeah you can use rufus or any software you like, some have even the ability to convert windows to go to internal are paied those the only thing is to make sure that you use a enterprise sku go to uudump that way you can integrate the updates also
imagine using klite when there is vlc and adobe when u don't even need it anymore
I like Klite a lot more than VLC. Also, Adobe Reader has always been and always will be the leading PDF viewer, given that they don't push their paid service on their users constantly. But your PC is your PC, use whatever you like.
When you update the latest preloaded apps & a.i. update. Unless you don't want updates & the latest security patches, sure do this, u can't get away from it its embedded in the registry and the startup be4 you even type your password. Im not saying you can't create a custom iso but the real question is why ? I've been building pc's since 95, windows always has the last laugh.
Unfortunately yes you are correct, Windows always has the last laugh.
wouldnt the correct answer be to disable all updates and only use windows from the ISO
The thing is, if you want the latest updates, you don't really have a choice. I'm currently working on something that will disable the feature updates and so on and only install security updates. The issue is that Microsoft sometimes bundle some of these unwanted changes into the security updates.
when edited the ISO mine shows install.esd, can this still work?
Yes it will still work
@@memstechtips so i dont have to convert my .wim to .esd?
No you can just delete the install.esd file from the ISO with Anyburn and replace it with your install.wim file, it will work.
@@memstechtips Thank you 🙏
Use NTlite instead.
If you want.
Rufus has all the option
Not sure what you mean.
uhm for me when i launch it it shows this:
Time Out.
→EFI Network...
and then an "Boot manager"
Then the VM is not booting from the ISO file, just make sure that you selected it before starting the VM.
@@memstechtips i selected it, also i tried with Windows 10 image on Virtual box and he said "We could't read the settings 'Product Key'"
I guess this is a more professional way of doing it no need to tamper bcd 😂
This is one way of doing it, there are other ways too. 😀
difficult to follow
Sorry about that, it's not for everyone.
There are too much steps to follow 😅
Old programs
You can install whichever programs you want, mine is just an example.
@@memstechtips I was referring if you create a custom iso with a bunch of apps they'll be outdated in a month or so.
@@MrMarblesYes but you can update them anytime. Just try to install windows on several machines in one day and you'll understand why we need iso-s with pre installed software
@@eugenereim456 Why not create a script to install the required apps via winget? You'll have the latest version.
Those captions were annoying
Well noted, thanks!