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description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! Empty[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Tue 28 Apr 2015 - 15:30

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Hello... it's me again! Very Happy

I'm now using WinReducer 3.2.7. Well, just trying to make another ISO without some features and all updates until now included, but I noticied WinReducer IS NOT removing various components and features I checked to remove. Even if I uncheck "Automatic Removing" and/or uncheck the switches to not protect Office, Sysprep, etc... no success: some items are not removed. Here is the list I can see not removed, and I checked to be removed:


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    <Element Category="Features" Name="Windows Sidebar" Selected="true" Value="remove" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Accessories" Name="Auto Play" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Accessories" Name="Briefcase" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Accessories" Name="Character Map" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Accessories" Name="Recovery Disc" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Accessories" Name="Snipping Tool" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Accessories" Name="Sticky Notes" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Accessories" Name="System Restore" Selected="true" />
 
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Action Center" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Action Center (Files)" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Auto Play" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Backup and Restore" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Backup and Restore (Files)" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Ease of Access (Files)" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - HomeGroup" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Recovery" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Recovery (Files)" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Sensors" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Speech Recognition" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Text to Speech" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Control Panels" Name="Control Panel - Windows Defender" Selected="true" />

    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="Calendar" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="Clock" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="CPU" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="Currency" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="Media Center" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="Picture Puzzle" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="RSS Feeds" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="Slide Show" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Gadgets" Name="Weather" Selected="true" />

    <Element Category="Remove - Languages" Name="ALL LANGUAGES I CHECK ARE NOT REMOVED!>
 
    <Element Category="Remove - Network" Name="Remote Applications" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Network" Name="Remote Assistance" Selected="true" />
    
 <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Screensavers - Blank" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Screensavers - Bubbles" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Screensavers - Mystify" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Screensavers - Photo" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Screensavers - Ribbons" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Screensavers - Text 3D" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Architecture" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Characters" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Ease of Access - High Contrast (1)" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Ease of Access - High Contrast (2)" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Ease of Access - High Contrast (Black)" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Ease of Access - High Contrast (White)" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Landscapes" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Nature" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Themes – Scenes" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Wallpapers – Architecture" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Wallpapers – Characters" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Wallpapers – Landscapes" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Wallpapers – Nature" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Remove - Themes" Name="Wallpapers – Scenes" Selected="true" />
    
 <Element Category="Services" Name="Family Safety Service" Selected="true" Value="5" />
    <Element Category="Services" Name="Fax Service" Selected="true" Value="5" />
    <Element Category="Services" Name="HomeGroup Listener and Provider Services" Selected="true" Value="5" />
    <Element Category="Services" Name="Remote Registry Service" Selected="true" Value="5" />
    <Element Category="Services" Name="Security Center Service" Selected="true" Value="5" />
    <Element Category="Services" Name="Sensor Monitoring Service" Selected="true" Value="5" />
    <Element Category="Services" Name="Windows Defender Service" Selected="true" Value="5" />
    
 <Element Category="Presets" Name="Automatic Removing Process" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Presets" Name="Protect Important Files" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Presets" Name="Protect ModernUI Apps" Selected="false" />
    <Element Category="Presets" Name="Protect MS Office" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Presets" Name="Protect Sysprep" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Presets" Name="Protect VirtualBox" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Presets" Name="Protect VMware Player and Workstation" Selected="true" />
    <Element Category="Presets" Name="Protect Windows Activation GUI" Selected="false" />
    <Element Category="Presets" Name="Protect Windows Search" Selected="true" />


As you can see, all these items are checked to be removed, but don't. Others items, like DVD Maker and some others, are removed without problems. The final ISO don't get reduced, also.


    Here is the log from WinReducer:

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***** 28/04/2015 09:37:18 - SESSION OPENED *****
ERROR : 28/04/2015 10:10:37 ==> Windows - Unneeded Files Cleanup


What is worong?

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Tue 28 Apr 2015 - 16:16

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romulocarlos wrote:
Others items, like DVD Maker and some others, are removed without problems. The final ISO don't get reduced, also.


hi,

how can you tell DVD Maker is removed when you say the final iso isnt reduced ?

maybe the external software like 7zip, reshacker, etc are damaged? try to download them via winreducer again (32 bit)

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Tue 28 Apr 2015 - 16:27

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how can you tell DVD Maker is removed when you say the final iso isnt reduced ?


Hi, KrX!

Well, I can say because I test the ISO in a VM. The items I listed above aren't removed, but some others are.

Some items I'm sure removed: Games (all of them), DVD Maker, Media Center, Accessibility items, Anytime Upgrade, Backup And Restore... and some others.

In other words: the needed software to WinReducer do the job are OK. Else, these other items would not have been removed!

PS.: I'm trying to reduce a 32bit Professional image.

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Wed 29 Apr 2015 - 10:13

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Hey,

Hope you feel good ... Smile

Just few questions for you :

- Are you using an old wccf file to load your preset ?
- Are you using an antivirus during the removing process ?

If you could do this :
- re-download the latest WinReducer 7.0 build from "www.winreducer.net"
- recreate entirely your WinReducer 7.0 installation using the classic installation available in the "Tutorials" website page
- then customize your ISO with your antivirus disable

And please let us know ...Smile

Have a good day !

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Wed 29 Apr 2015 - 13:45

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- Are you using an old wccf file to load your preset ?
- Are you using an antivirus during the removing process ?


No, I create a new one.

I'm reducing from my office computer (don't have computer at home for now), and here I can't remove antivirus software from my PC, but I disable it entirely.

A detail I forgot to mention: when I downloaded WinReducer first time, the antivirus (AVG Enterprise Edition 2015) found a virus named "Win32/Heur" on winreducer70.exe. I have to configure it to ignore the WinReducer folder, also.


- re-download the latest WinReducer 7.0 build from "www.winreducer.net"
- recreate entirely your WinReducer 7.0 installation using the classic installation available in the "Tutorials" website page
- then customize your ISO with your antivirus disable


I'll try at a friend's computer today, and post the results here.

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Wed 29 Apr 2015 - 14:35

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romulocarlos wrote:
I'm reducing from my office computer (don't have computer at home for now), and here I can't remove antivirus software from my PC, but I disable it entirely.



Winter didnt mean that you should remove (deinstall) the antivirus. He meant to disable it while winreducer removes the components you chose

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Wed 29 Apr 2015 - 14:53

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Winter didnt mean that you should remove (deinstall) the antivirus. He meant to disable it while winreducer removes the components you chose


Yeah, I disable it completly. The strange thing is AVG telling it have a virus on winreducer70.exe.

I'll try to reduce on another computer today.

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Wed 29 Apr 2015 - 15:27

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Hey,

This is not a virus, because only AVG see WinReducer as a virus ...

Few days ago, another forum user informed me about that he was doing an online virus detection (around 50 online antivirus were used) and only 2 antivirus have seen a virus. But none of them are the major antivirus companies !

And I assure you that there is no virus on all WinReducer Software !

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Thu 7 May 2015 - 19:01

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Sorry for later reply.

Well, I made the tests in a clean x64 enviroment, and all is fine: all features and components are removed, and the final size is smaller than original. The problem was the system at work, surely.

I have the same errors regarding sysprep, like before (winreducer.forumotion.com/t844-some-issues-with-wr7-v3-rc6), but the solution deleting the registry keys still working.

I'll make some other tests, because I don't have integrated some updates and IE11, and post here.

See ya!

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Fri 8 May 2015 - 6:47

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I always disable the AV, close any opened window and program before starting WinReducer to speed up the process.

There should be a warning message in the WinReducer start-up to close anything and disable the AV.

description[Answered] WinReducer not removing some features! EmptyRe: [Answered] WinReducer not removing some features!Fri 8 May 2015 - 12:56

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No, is not only the AV, in my case. Something else in my system was interfering with the process. I don't know what, but now I can continue.
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