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I think the two top questions lots of Windows users would like answered now are:

0- Did they also remove telemetry and similar malware?

1- Is it usable for gaming? I mean, didn't they also remove anything important among the cruft? I have memories of shrunk XP "distros" back in the day that were hacked to the point they refused to run a lot of software.



I have another one to add: does Windows Update work? I'd like to keep receiving security patches


It seems updating is possible only to some extent and done by hand.

FTA: "This OS install “is not serviceable,” notes NTDev. “.NET, drivers and security definition updates can still be installed from Windows Update,” so this isn’t an install which you can set and forget. Moreover, removing the Windows Component Store (WinSxS), which is responsible for a fair degree of Tiny11’s compactness, means that installing new features or languages isn’t possible. If you install and enjoy Tiny11, we guess you will have to look out for ISO updates as major feature revisions of Windows 11 arrive."


Thank you for the help. That's too bad


Telemetry isn't malware.


Depends upon your perspective.


Telemetry that you can't disable is spyware. And spyware is malware. QED.


But you can disable it, by not using the software that includes telemetry. QED.




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