Windows Project Blackout (Modified LTSC 2019)
Windows Project Blackout (Modified LTSC 2019)
So, I've been messing around with customizing Windows Installs lately and finally somewhat finished making both a cut down version of LTSC 2019 which skips the OOBE as well as an installer for a bunch of software and tweaks to improve the experience. The Installer is completely separate and can run on any install of LTSC 2019 (haven't tested other versions and because it's messing with custom themes I wouldn't be surprised if it has issues on newer versions) Disclaimer I wouldn't run this under your current install as there's a chance it will break things. You're using this at your own risk. (that being said, I didn't compile the bat scripts so if you want to look at the code it's all there.) Software Included in the Installer: 7-Zip by Igor Pavlov Audacity by The Audacity Team Unlocker by IOBit Notepad++ by Don Ho & Curriculum Vitae OldNewExplorer by Tihiy (I don't think they have a webpage to link to so here's the page I downloaded it from) Open-Shell (fork of Classic Shell by Ivo Beltchev) Paint.net by DotPDN Resource Hacker by Angus Johnson Shutup10 by O&O Software (not actually installed, just ran once.) SuperF4 by Stefan Sundin T-Clock by White Tiger UltraUXThemePatcher by Manuel Hoefs Vivaldi by Vivaldi Technologies™ WinXEditor by Winaero ThemeSwitcher by Winaero Sysinternals Suite by Microsoft GnuWin32 by idk Nircmd by NirSoft NSudo by M2Team Soft of these have custom user data or settings that should be handled by the installer. Tweaks: Custom System-Wide Dark theme (based on xTheme by niivu) with script to fix issues on system unlock. Enabled System Startup Sound Added Sound Scheme for Windows 7 Sounds Removed Quick Access and 3D Objects Folder Disabled Game Mode & Game DVR Enabled Hidden Files & File Extensions by default Replaced default text editor with Notepad++ Disabled Action Center, People, and taskview Icon on Taskbar Modified list of new files in context menu (removed contact & rtf, added bat, vbs, and png) Added option to open CMD here (and here as Admin) in context menu Added options to Reload Theme & Restart Explorer in desktop context menu Removed the ability to print script files from the context menu (because Who the fuck prints bat files) It is recommended to Activate Windows PRIOR to running the installer as it has problems with themes because of the restrictions on customizing your pc before activation. if the theme doesn't properly apply properly, just select it from the themes menu Also, another note related to themes, you CAN NOT change the colour the normal way, it will revert every time you unlock your machine. The way to edit it is to either save the theme and copy that theme from: %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\ to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\ and rename it to 'xWin.theme' (replace the theme that's already in there) or manually open that same xWin.theme file and change the below line to a new value: ColorizationColor=0XC48000FF Sorry about that, it's because the theme needs to be re-applied in order to fix a weird issue where some elements revert to white with white text or black with black text. I can't provide download links for the LTSC 2019 ISO but I can link you the script I used for first user setup, my unattend XML file and this Craft Computing video that explains mostly everything you need to do to make it. (You might also need this link to the Windows ADK) firstuser.bat (place this in C:\Windows\) unattend.xml (place this in C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\) This is just here if you wanted to make an image that skips all the OOBE. (and gives you the option to add programs to it but from my experience it takes significantly longer if you add anything for some reason...) The modified LTSC 2019 image skips directly to the Administrator desktop with a helpful script that allows you to specify and username and password for you account, then logs out and disables the built in Admin account. (this is to get around having to put in security questions and toggle off all the 'privacy' options) Installer Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MP7blE8...sp=sharing yes, I know the installer is not good code ok. But it works... mostly... Feel free to ask questions and request things, idk how much I'll update it though
This seems amazing. I plan to install it on a virtual machine. I’d like to see a “Classic” theme for the latest versions of Windows. I understand some options exist, but most are marked as malware or cause system issues. If I could run Windows 7 Classic, that would be ideal.
I also checked it out. You can turn on the built-in option, though it seems to be quite faulty.