Findings from Whirlinurd regarding EX 3.9.1.0

Found the following with EX-Series - v3.9.1.0 -


Features
"Features" Name="AD LDS Services" - Not removed
"Features" Name="Data Center Bridging (DCB)" - Not removed
"Features" Name="Internet Information Services (IIS)" - Not removed
"Features" Name="Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)" - Not removed
"Features" Name="MultiPoint Connector" - Not removed
"Features" Name="Net Framework 3.5" - Not removed


"Features" Name="Hyper-V" - BREAK - WINDOWS UPDATE - CBS_E_SOURCE_MISSING

"Remove - Accessories" Name="Anytime Upgrade" - MISSING DLL SETUP ERROR


"Remove - Accessories" Name="Briefcase" - DEPRECATED


"Remove - Accessories" Name="Steps Recorder" - DEPRECATED


"Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - HomeGroup"  - DEPRECATED


"Features" Name="Windows PowerShell" - AMD Chipset drivers fail to install


"Remove - Accessories" Name="Application Experience (Compatibility Tab)" - Breaks Windows Update


"Remove - Accessories" Name="Imapi" - Breaks Windows Explorer (22h2, 23h2?)

"Remove - Accessories" Name="Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC)" - Breaks Windows Install 22h2, Works with 23h2.
 
"Remove - Accessories" Name="Time Travel Debugging (TTD)" - Breaks Windows Update.


"Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Indexing Options" - Breaks Windows Search.


"Remove - Multimedia" Name="Game Mode" - Breaks Windows Update.


Several Tweaks also breaks windows 232h. Not sure anymore. Deselected the following with problems.


Probably Windows explorer crashes. Not opening file explorer.


"Context Menu - Remove Add to WMP list from audio files"

"Context Menu - Remove Edit With Paint 3D link for picture files"

"Desktop - Disable Get Tips, Tricks and Suggestions"

"Desktop - Hide Popup Help Tips"
"Explorer - Command Bar - Remove Burn"
"Explorer - Disable Ads and Notifications"
"Explorer - Run in a Separate Process"


Following components not removable with current version.


Clipchamp - Video Editor
Films & TV. - Have to check. Can not find it anymore. Maybe?
Get STarted - Not removed by Winreducer.
(New) Media Player.
(New) Outlook.
Windows Speech Recognition. Reappears when Speech is removed.


Like to see the following registry keys to be added.


UTCtimefix. Sets Windws time to diiferent standards helps with multiboot systems with Linux.


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]

     "RealTimeIsUniversal"=dword:00000001


Vulnerable_Driver_Blocklist_Disable - Disable driver protection. If enabled drivers updaters will not work.


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CI\Config]

     “VulnerableDriverBlocklistEnable”=dword:00000000




Thank you.


Greetings.




Olaf.


Corrections.


Films & TV (Movies & TV) - Microsoft.ZuneVideo.



Media Player  - (Microsoft.ZuneMusic)

Thank you for your findings!

As for me the following tweaks do NOT affect my system:

- "Context Menu - Remove Add to WMP list from audio files"
- "Explorer - Disable Ads and Notifications"
- "Explorer - Run in a Separate Process"

Best regards,
Markus