Windows 10 22H2 Lite x64 8in1+/– Office 2021 by Eagle123 [06.2023] (RUS/ENG)

Build Information:

Build Benefits :
- Auto activation
- Updates Windows 10 22H2 to 06.2023 (version v22H2 19045.3086)
— Selecting installation options
- Extended driver package (more details in "Some features of the assembly")
- MsDART in Windows Recovery Environment
- Start menu like in Windows 7 (optional)
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint (optional)
- Removed UWP apps, Xbox, Cortana, Microsoft Store, Edge and OneDrive.
- Turn Windows Updates On/Off via Start Menu Shortcut
- Turn Windows Defender on / off via a shortcut in the Start menu
- Automatic check for build updates
— Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package 2005-2008-2010-2012-2013-2015-2022
- .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8
- DirectX 9.0c
— RuntimePack 20.3.3 Lite
- Recording to a USB flash drive with automatic verification of checksums

List of editions :
- Windows 10 Home Single Language x64 Lite (64-bit) Russian
- Windows 10 Professional x64 Lite (64-bit) Russian

— Windows 10 Home Single Language x64 Lite (64-bit) English
— Windows 10 Professional x64 Lite (64-bit) English


Removed:

All UWP Apps :
• Microsoft Store (Microsoft Store),
• Photos (Standard Windows Photo Viewer is available instead)
• Windows Media Player (Windows Media Player is available instead),
• Movies and TV (Windows Media Player is available instead),
• Calculator (during the installation of Windows, a checkbox for installing the "old" calculator is available),
• Maps,
• Wallet,
• Mail,
• Skype,
• Weather,
• Camera,
• Cortana,
• OneNote,
• Alarm,
• Your phone,
• People (People),
• Xbox App,
• Xbox TCUI,
• Xbox Game Bar,
• Xbox Identity Provider,
• Microsoft Office Hub,
• Get Started (Tips),
• Desktop App Installer,
• 3D viewer,
• Microsoft Solitaire Collection,
• Microsoft Sticky Notes (Notes),
• Get Help (Technical support),
• Windows Feedback Hub (Review Center),
• Windows Sound Recorder (voice recording),
• Mixed Reality Portal (Mixed Reality Portal),
• Paint 3D (regular Paint does not apply to it and is available in the system),

And also :
• Microsoft Edge (Internet Explorer 11 is available instead)
• OneDrive [1] [2]

If necessary, remote applications can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store.

How to restore Microsoft Store (Microsoft Store):
1) make sure windows updates are enabled
2) make sure you have an internet connection
3) Run Command Prompt as Administrator
4) enter the command "wsreset -i"
5) press the "Enter" key
6) wait for the end of the process ~ ± 1 minute.


Description of some installation options:

Checkbox " Apply a set of registry tweaks ":
Tweaks are located in subfolders "Tweaks" along the path "JINN\WinSetup\OEM". You can open .reg files with a text editor and edit them to your liking.
Including disable OneDrive.

Checkbox "Disable spyware ":
The program O&O ShutUp10 is used. A shortcut will be created for it in the Start menu.

Checkbox "Start menu like in Windows 7" :
The StartIsBack++ program will be installed.

Checkbox " Turn off Windows Defender ":
The DefenderControl program is used.
Please note that a negative reaction of antiviruses to this utility is possible.

Checkbox " Disable auto-update of the system ":
The program StopUpdates10 is used.
Please note that if this utility is active, i.e. you have allowed blocking updates, then the utility blocks not only some update-related processes, but also many processes/programs/utilities that access Microsoft servers, such as the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 , Windows Defender updates, installing additional language packs, and more. In order for the utility to stop blocking them, you can use the corresponding shortcuts to turn on / off updates in the Start menu.
Please note that a negative reaction of antiviruses to this utility is possible .

Checkbox "Compress system files ":
The "Compress system files" checkbox enables the "Compact OS" mechanism to compress system files. On x64 system, it allows you to free up to 2 GB of disk space.

Checkbox " Disable reserved storage »:
The "Disable Reserved Storage" checkbox disables the feature designed to allocate disk space for updates in order to avoid various problems associated with insufficient free space. "Reserved Storage" typically allocates around 7 gigabytes.


Some build features:

- During the installation of Windows, a choice of installation options is available, which includes: auto-activation of Windows and Office, the use of various registry tweaks, the Start menu, as in Windows 7, disk grouping in Explorer, the ability to return the old view of the calculator, as well as optional disabling at will: "spyware" functions, user account control, Windows Defender, firewall, hibernation and auto-update of the system. It is possible to set the time zone of the Windows being installed, indicate the need to switch to daylight saving time and vice versa, enter your unique user display name, user folder name, computer and workgroup name right during the installation of Windows.
- The build integrates critical updates available as of June 2023.
- In the JINN\WinSetup\config.ini file, a preset of the initial state of the checkboxes (on / off) for additional options is available. And also it is possible to manage some options that are not available through the graphical interface (through the checkboxes in the Windows installer).
- By checking the appropriate checkbox in the installer, it is possible to make a choice about the need to install Windows immediately with the preinstalled Microsoft Office 2021? 64 v2305 (16.0.16501.20210), which contains Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- The System Restore service, both launched from the installation media and built into the system itself, is integrated with the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (MSDaRT) 10 module, which greatly expands the possibilities for resuscitation of the system.
Extended driver package in the assembly
If during the installation of Windows and the partitioning of the disk, the disk on which the installation is planned was not determined, then you can try using the installation of the extended driver package (see screenshot and gif-animation below):

After installing Windows, immediately after starting the computer, through the F8 key you can get to the system recovery menu, in which the Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (MSDaRT) module is available, which greatly expands the possibilities for resuscitation of the system. You can also choose whether to install an extended driver package for the recovery environment if it could not detect some device, such as a keyboard / mouse / NVMe disk, etc. (see screenshot and gif animation below).

- Before starting Windows installation, the following programs are available to run: Total Commander, Paragon Hard Disk Manager, Acronis True Image, BootIce, Windows password reset from Simplix, ProduKey.
- The system is installed immediately with Russian and English language packs. The choice of language during installation only affects which of the languages ​​will be the main one. So at the end of the installation, you can easily change the interface language using standard OS tools without downloading additional files.
- Restored the functionality of the boot menu by pressing the F8 key when starting the computer.
- Due to the fact that the assembly is a combined x64 distribution, and even having more than one language on board, installation from under an existing system is not available. The following installation options are available: from the installation media as a bootable device in BIOS Legacy mode for 64-bit OS; from the installation media as a boot device in EFI/UEFI mode for 64-bit OS only.
- It is possible to connect automatic installation of drivers from Snappy Driver Installer or SamDrivers, as well as automatic installation of programs from MinstAll.
- Removed UWP apps, Xbox, Cortana, Microsoft Store, Edge, and OneDrive from build. More under the spoiler "Removed". If necessary, remote applications can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store.
- Microsoft Visual C ++ 2005-2008-2010-2012-2013-2015-2022 Redistributable Package is integrated into the assembly.
- The package is integrated DirectX 9.0c.
- The assembly includes a fix to counter the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities. If necessary, you can disable protection against Meltdown and Specter simply by running the .reg file from the assembly on an already installed system, which is located along the path "JINN\WinSetup\OEM\$OEM$\$$\Setup\Scripts\Tweaks\Skipped\Disable Fix Meltdown and Specter KB4056892.reg";
- Changed default font (template) in Word. Now it is Times New Roman 14, line spacing 1, line spacing 1.25, justified and all spacing 0.


How to write to a flash drive:

Utility " Write to USB ":

1) Pause the distribution
2) Check that all antiviruses, antimalware, cleaners and optimizers are disabled (including Kerish Doctor and similar programs), and Windows Defender is disabled, which can turn on by itself if it sees that you have disabled a third-party antivirus. If the antivirus manages to block some file, then even after disabling antivirus protection, it may NOT stop blocking this file, but will stop blocking only new files. In this case, you must not only disable antivirus protection, but also unlock the file in the antivirus settings.
Details under the spoiler "Why do antiviruses react?"
3) check the checksums of the ISO image with those indicated in the topic header under the "Checksums" spoiler;
4) mount the ISO image into a virtual CD/DVD drive so that a new CD/DVD with the label "JINNLIVEUSB" will appear in Windows Explorer and assigned a drive letter. In Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, this is done simply by double-clicking on the ISO image in Explorer, and for Windows 7, you can use additional programs, such as Daemon Tools, Alcohol 120% and others, which can be downloaded on the same tracker;
5) run the file "JINN\Write to a USB flash drive" from the mounted ISO image. The "Write to USB Flash Drive" utility is located INSIDE the ISO image, in the "JINN" folder. You need to mount the ISO image, and not extract the utility from the image and try to run it separately.

File Integrity Check :
6) click the "MD5" button at the bottom of the utility;
7) in the new window that appears, click the "Check" > "Yes" button;
8) wait for the message that no errors were found and click "OK" > "OK". If the MD5 of some files is incorrect or some files are missing, then once again make sure that steps 1 and 2 are completed, and then download the distribution using qBittorent and preferably to another hard drive. Then repeat steps 1 to 8;

9) select the device (USB drive) to which you will write the assembly. If your device is not displayed in the list or "Removable devices not found!" is displayed, then try checking the box next to "Show all drives";
10) select the components you wish to record;
11) check the box "+ Office" if you want to write files to the USB flash drive to add the ability to install Windows immediately with Microsoft Office preinstalled. Please note that although Microsoft Office files will be written to the USB flash drive, if necessary, during the installation of Windows, you can still refuse to install it;
12) check the box "Check files after recording";

After applying the following paragraph, all data on the flash drive will be deleted !
13) click the "Record" button;
14) wait for the message: "File integrity check completed! No errors found!" and click OK.

If an error message appears: "File integrity check completed! Errors found - details in the log.", then make sure again that steps 1 and 2 are completed, try recording again, and also change the flash drive.

Multiboot USB Drive Created !

If there are problems with launching the Write to USB Flash Drive utility :
If the "Write to flash drive" utility:
1) does not start
2) disk detection error appears
3) the error "Exception ETaskbarException in module Could not register tab -2147467259" appears
4) the checkbox "Show all disks" is not available

Then do the following :
1) Check that all antiviruses, antimalware, cleaners and optimizers are disabled (including Kerish Doctor and similar programs and are DISABLED completely, i.e. unloaded from memory, and not just suspended their protection for 5 minutes), and Windows Defender is also disabled, which can turn on by itself if it sees that you have disabled a third-party antivirus. And also make sure SmartScreen is disabled
2) Right-click on the file "Write to flash drive.exe" and on the file "JINN\data\tools\rmpart.exe" and if there is a checkbox "Unblock" in the "General" tab of any of the indicated utilities below , then put a bird there and click "OK", confirming the changes made
3) Try renaming the files "Write to flash drive.exe", "JINN\data\tools\rmpart.exe" and "%temp%\JINN\hddinfo.ini" (or aka "C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\ Local\Temp\JINN\hddinfo.ini"). Those. make sure that some program does not block access to them and does not use these files. If some program uses these files or one of them and does not allow renaming, then disable this program or reconfigure it so that it does not do this. After renaming these files, don't forget to return them to their original names.
4) Make sure the MD5 of JINN\data\tools\rmpart.exe is AA2572E7B0B3F6FF62CA7CD2A52E44C5
5) Try to open the JINN\data\tools\rmpart.exe file - a black window with inscriptions should appear and close after 5 seconds
6) Recalculate the hash of the distribution or / and completely delete the distribution and download again.

If you have an external hard drive and you want to make two FAT32 and NTFS partitions on it, then create these two partitions with any disk utility, for example, "Paragon Hard Disk Manager" or "Acronis Disk Director" - create the first partition for files assembly of the size you need in FAT32, and the second partition in NTFS. Then follow the instructions for creating a flash drive, described above, just do not forget to DISABLE FORMATTING. And do not be afraid that the utility shows both partitions of your external HDD in one line. In this case, since formatting will be disabled, the two previously created partitions will remain, and the assembly files will be copied to the first logical partition mounted by the operating system on your external hard drive with a "lower" letter.

By manually copying the files from the ISO image :
1) Check that all antiviruses, antimalware, cleaners and optimizers are disabled (including "Kerish Doctor" and similar programs), and that "Windows Defender" is disabled, which can turn on by itself if it sees that you have disabled a third-party antivirus. If the antivirus manages to block some file, then even after disabling antivirus protection, it may NOT stop blocking this file, but will stop blocking only new files. In this case, you must not only disable antivirus protection, but also unlock the file in the antivirus settings.
Details under the spoiler "Why do antiviruses react?"
2) check the checksums of the ISO image with those indicated in the topic header under the "Checksums" spoiler;
3) optional: format your flash drive. For EFI boot support, it is highly recommended to format to FAT32;
4) manually copy the "EFI" and "JINN" folders from the mounted ISO image to the flash drive (the "boot" folder and the "bootmgr" file are not needed for the flash drive);
5) run the file "JINN\Change flash drive loader.exe" from the flash drive. Attention! Run the "Change Flash Drive Boot Loader" utility only from a USB drive (flash drive or portable hard drive), and you should not start it from the main hard drive with your working Windows!
6) click the "Install" button, then after waiting a bit, click "OK".

Multiboot USB Drive Created !

With Rufus :
1) Check that all antiviruses, antimalware, cleaners and optimizers are disabled (including "Kerish Doctor" and similar programs), and that "Windows Defender" is disabled, which can turn on by itself if it sees that you have disabled a third-party antivirus. If the antivirus manages to block some file, then even after disabling antivirus protection, it may NOT stop blocking this file, but will stop blocking only new files. In this case, you must not only disable antivirus protection, but also unlock the file in the antivirus settings.
Details under the spoiler "Why do antiviruses react?"
2) check the checksums of the ISO image with those indicated in the topic header under the "Checksums" spoiler;

Burn the ISO image to the Rufus flash drive in the usual way. Then you need to open the syslinux.cfg file on the flash drive and replace the small letters "jinn" with the capital letters "JINN", otherwise you will not be able to boot from the flash drive in Legacy / CSM mode. However, if you plan to boot only in UEFI, and do not plan to boot Legacy / CSM, then you can not change anything in the syslinux.cfg file.

If you can't boot from a USB flash drive created in Rufus in the usual way, then you can try to burn the USB flash drive using the ALT-E key combination to a FAT32 partition, and for this:

1) Select a flash drive in the "Device" list;
2) Press the "Select" button and specify the ISO image to be burned;
3) "MBR" partition scheme;
4) Target system "BIOS (or UEFI-CSM);
5) Press ALT-E and make sure that the entry to "FAT32" has become available in the "File system" drop-down list below. If this does not happen, then press ALT-E again or / and switch between different items in the "Partition scheme" and in the "Target system".
6) Select "File system" FAT32;
7) Make sure that all the above items are set correctly, and the rest can be left by default;
8) Press the "Start" button.

ATTENTION ! After writing to a flash drive, you need to open the syslinux.cfg file on it and replace the small letters "jinn" with uppercase "JINN", otherwise it will not be possible to boot from the flash drive in Legacy / CSM mode. However, if you plan to boot only in UEFI, and do not plan to boot Legacy / CSM, then you can not change anything in the syslinux.cfg file.

This method is the least recommended, in my opinion, because:
1) there is no possibility to check files by checksums after recording
2) there is no recording mode on a flash drive in USB-HDD + format
3) it is not possible to write a text grub4dos menu without graphics to a flash drive

With Ventoy :
Ventoy - writing to a USB flash drive not only under Windows, but also from under Linux. Allows you to upload several different ISO images to a USB flash drive and load them all from one USB flash drive. But does not support UEFI with Secure Boot. When booting into UEFI, disable the Secure Boot option in the BIOS settings. The method is good because the antivirus does not have the ability to get to the files in the ISO image and delete / block something.
In some cases, it will be necessary to additionally defragment the ISO image on the flash drive, for example, with the WinContig utility, which can be downloaded from the Internet.
And also do not forget to check the checksums of the ISO image with those indicated in the topic header under the "Checksums" spoiler.

With UltraISO :
1) Check that all antiviruses, antimalware, cleaners and optimizers are disabled (including "Kerish Doctor" and similar programs), and that "Windows Defender" is disabled, which can turn on by itself if it sees that you have disabled a third-party antivirus. If the antivirus manages to block some file, then even after disabling antivirus protection, it may NOT stop blocking this file, but will stop blocking only new files. In this case, you must not only disable antivirus protection, but also unlock the file in the antivirus settings.
Details under the spoiler "Why do antiviruses react?"
2) Check the checksums of the ISO image with those indicated in the topic header under the "Checksums" spoiler;
3) Launch UltraISO. UltraISO can be run from an ISO image along the path "JINN\data\Tools\UltraISO\UltraISO.exe";
4) File - Open - select the ISO image to be burned;
5) Boot - Burn a hard disk image;
6) Select a flash drive to record in the drop-down list "Disk Drive";
7) Press the "Record" button.

If you can't boot from the USB stick :
If you cannot boot from your USB drive in Legacy\CSM modes, then:

1) Burn the flash drive using the "Burn to USB Drive" utility with the "USB-HDD+" checkbox checked, as well as the "Grub4Dos-menu without graphics" checkbox
2) Try to boot from USB again
3) if booting from the USB drive fails again, then start from the newly created USB drive "JINN\Change bootloader". Attention! Run the "Change flash drive bootloader" utility only from a USB drive (flash drive or portable hard drive), and you should not start it from the main hard drive with your working Windows!
4) set the dot at "Xorboot"
5) click the "Install" button
6) wait for the message about the successful installation of the bootloader and click "OK"
7) Try to boot from the USB again
8) if the boot from the USB drive failed again, then repeat all the steps starting from step 3, only now in the fourth step, instead of "Xorboot", select any other bootloader.


Treatment procedure:

During Windows installation, the "Windows activation" checkbox is available.
Regardless of the state of the "Windows Activation" checkbox, if a Windows 8 or 10 license key "embedded in the BIOS" is found and it fits the edition of Windows being installed, then it will be used for activation. For full activation, you need to connect to the Internet. The key from Windows 8 "embedded" in the BIOS is NOT automatically transferred to Windows 10 - in this case, you must manually view the key, for example, in the "ProduKey" program, or immediately after installation in the file "C:\Windows\Setup\Scripts\Activation \MSDM Key\BIOSKEY.txt". This key can then be entered manually in "Settings\Updates and Security\Activation".

If the "Windows Activation" checkbox is checked and if the key "embedded in the BIOS" is not found or it does not fit the edition being installed, then alternative activation methods will be used. In case of successful activation, Windows will be activated with the "W10 Digital Activation Program", and Microsoft Office with the help of "AAct", as well as in the task scheduler, a task will be created to reactivate Microsoft Office every 10 days and an activator shortcut will be created in the Start menu ".
If you have the following folders on your computer, it is highly recommended to add them to your antivirus exceptions:
"C:\ProgramData\KMSAutoS"
"C:\Windows\AAct_Tools"

Windows Defender already includes these exceptions.

What to do if automatic activation of Windows 10 did not work or crashed? And the license key is not "sewn" into the BIOS?
1 option. You can activate Windows manually by clicking the "Activate Windows 10" button, by running the file "JINN\WinSetup\OEM\10_$OEM$\$$\Setup\Scripts\Activation\W10DigitalActivation.exe" from a flash drive or from a mounted ISO image.
Option 2. You can activate Windows manually by copying the file from the mounted ISO image "JINN\WinSetup\OEM\$OEM$\$$\Setup\Scripts\Activation\AAct\AAct_x64.exe" to your hard drive and running it (run directly from the ISO- the image does not follow!). Then, by clicking the "Activate Windows" button, wait, after activation is completed, click the gear icon in the lower left corner, check the box "Create a task to activate Windows" and click "Apply". If you install your own antivirus, be sure to add the "C:\Windows\AAct_Tools" folder to the exceptions.
If, for some reason, when using AAct, errors pop up during the activation process, then click the gear icon in the lower left corner and select another activation method, for example "Hook" and repeat the activation.

What to do if automatic activation of Office did not work or crashed?
You can activate Office manually by copying the file from the mounted ISO image "JINN\WinSetup\OEM\$OEM$\$$\Setup\Scripts\Activation\AAct\AAct_x64.exe" to your hard drive and running it (run directly from the ISO- the image does not follow!). Then click the gear icon in the lower left corner and in the "Office keys" section, click the "Install GVLK key" button and wait.
Then, on the left side of the program, click the "Activate Office" button and wait. After activation is complete, click the gear icon in the lower left corner, check the box next to "Create a task to activate Office" and click "Apply". If you install your own antivirus, be sure to add the "C:\Windows\AAct_Tools" folder to the exceptions.
If, for some reason, when using AAct, errors pop up during the activation process, then click the gear icon in the lower left corner and select another activation method, for example "Hook" and repeat the activation.


Why do antiviruses react?

Antiviruses are primitive in terms of heuristics, although they imagine themselves to be the crown of reason. Many programs in the assembly use direct access to OS resources, are packaged with upx or/and written in AutoIt, so many antiviruses consider this suspicious and mark the program as "potentially (Gen) dangerous".
So it's your choice to trust the assembly or your antivirus.


System requirements :
- 64-bit (x64) processor running at 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster;
- 2 GB (for a 64-bit system) of random access memory (RAM);
- 32 GB (for 64-bit system) hard disk space;
- DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver version 1.0 or higher.

Version History :
Windows 10 Lite with MSOFFICE from 06/29/2023:
regarding Windows 10 with MSOFFICE from 06/22/2023:
- Removed all UWP applications;
- Xbox apps removed;
- removed Microsoft Store;
- removed Microsoft Edge;
- Removed Access, Publisher, Outlook and OneNote from Microsoft Office, leaving only Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
- Removed editions "Home", "Corporate", "Corporate LTSC", leaving only "Home for one language" and "Professional".