Recently Microsoft released a new build of Windows 10 (build 10041) with and stability improvements. For all those early adopters and also those who want to switch to it in near future, today I show you how to create a custom ISO of Windows 10. This process will automate some steps of installation, let you slipstream any programs you want, and remove features and components to reduce the installation size. This all can be done by using the freeware application WinReducer 10.

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Image courtesy of The one drawback of this method is that you need a working Windows 10 installation to run the program. If you don’t want to install Windows 10 on your primary PC, you can. Before we start, make sure you have: • Windows 10 Technical Preview ISO. You can download it from. • Latest version of.

The software giant has already announced that Windows 10 is a free upgrade for existing Windows 7 as well as Windows 8.1 users who upgrade to Windows 10 within the first year of the RTM release of Windows 10. The free upgrade is not available for Enterprise edition though. How to Create a Bootable Windows 10 Installer USB on a Mac. Not an upgrade. But you’ll need to create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive first. The process is a little more complicated if you’re using a Mac. Browse to and select the Windows 10 ISO file you downloaded.

• At least 25 GB of free space on your storage drive for you to save the WinReducer 10 folder. Cool Tip: You can also create a custom ISO of Windows 8/8.1 using WinReducer. Creating a Custom ISO of Windows 10 Step 1: After downloading WinReducer 10, copy the WinReducer100 folder to a drive that has at least 25 GB of free space.

Inside the folder you have two sub-folders, HOME and WORK. The HOME folder houses all the files and folders related to the application while the WORK folder holds all the files related to the Windows ISO. Step 2: Open the program by clicking on WinReducer100.exe. A dialog box will open asking you to activate Lifetime VIP edition. Click NO, which will bring up another dialog box, showing a configuration error.

Click OK, which will finally bring up this window. Step 3: In the CONFIGURATION window, you will notice that all the switches in the Software Detection box are OFF. We need to turn them ON.

Click on the name beside each button, which will begin the respective file downloads and display a “download complete” message when done. After you do that for all five buttons, your CONFIGURATION window should look like this. If any of the downloads fail, go through the above process again. Step 4: After completing the above step, close the CONFIGURATION window and a new small window will be waiting for you.

Now the main task begins, the above was just to make sure that WinReducer has all the tools it needs to modify the ISO. Step 5: In this new window click on Options > ISO and navigate to the location of the Windows 10 ISO. It will start the extraction process, which may take some time. After extraction is finished, click Mount to mount the ISO file. The window in which we do the main tweaking of our ISO will open. Step 6: Customize away! WinReducer includes a plethora of options to tweak your ISO to your liking, but explaining each and every option is beyond the scope of this article. Instead we will list the most common options you can use to trim the OS size and automate some of the installation steps.

Getting Down to the Settings Presets: Under this tab you can toggle the Automatic Removing Process to remove the. All those protect toggles, if turned ON, will prevent removal of necessary files from the ISO that are required for the functioning of those respective items. So if you want to install MS office in future, toggle Protect MS Office to ON. Toggle Protect Important Files to ON as well in case it is turned OFF. Features: Here you can remove certain components of Windows that you don’t desire. For example if you are never going to attach a printer/fax machine to the PC you can remove the Printer & Fax support. But if you are unsure about the function of any component or feature, it’s safer to not remove it.