Streamlined Windows Installation Guide

if you are in the habit of reading the comments on the channel you will surely have noticed that since its inception it has developed a mantra or rather a recurring question that some member of the community asks me every now and then and the question is always the same and it is this one here how do I install Windows if I follow the traditional procedure every time I go to answer all the questions that are asked to me during the installation with the risk of making some mistakes well the answer is absolutely no if you remember well some time ago I asked you presented a utility which was that of Chisus which allowed a downstream debloat i.e. once the installation had been carried out and which I still consider very valid however it is not the method that I have been using especially for a year now. There is in fact a very simple customizable method deblo and set for all our needs and that is certainly worth it at this point so we answer once and for all it is worth showing you and therefore if you feel ready let's start Well yes as you can see from this document published right on their website it is Microsoft itself provides us with the possibility of creating a so-called response file, i.e. the unattend.xml file. What does this file do? Let's read it together. Response files or automatic installation files can be used to change Windows settings during of the same installation and it is also possible to create further settings that activate a series of features and customizations of our system so that once installed without us having to lift even a finger this will be exactly how we want it, certainly a great convenience. So let's go to see how it's done But first we have to do something that apparently YouTube likes a lot disclaimer the contents of this video are exposed for purely informative and educational purposes let's move on and nothing by now we've learned that the tube is a bit of a strange animal We are learning to know its rules and above all we have understood that if we put a nice disclaimer even if we do nothing wrong on this channel we can probably hopefully stay a little more calm but we come to us because I wanted to remind you of that wise Chinese proverb that tells us that if we give a fish to a man we will have fed him for a day while if we teach him to fish from that moment on he will boast for the rest of his life of having caught sea bass that big. Jokes aside what we have to do is learn to create our own our open our trusted browser and in the search engine go to type gentiluomo digital, carry out our search and refer to the first result, that is, the one relating to the domain gentiluomo digital.it, open our site and here at the top we go to the download section on the page that it will open, we will go down a little further until we find this entry, the one called unattended you will have to choose which version of Windows you want to install so as to be automatically taken to the installation site in this case I will install Windows 11 then click on Windows 11 the official Microsoft website opens and we go down a little further until we find this entry here What is called creates the installation media for Windows 11 we click on the Download now button and in a second peak the file will be downloaded to our computer we go to open it we accept that changes are made to the device and at this point we start the process of creating our pen drive we click on accept and in this window we choose our settings Although as we will see it is irrelevant because we can change them later so we click on the button next let's choose the USB Flash drive item let's click once again on next and choose our drive in my case the one I just connected to my PC let's click again on next and you'll see that the installation procedure will start at this point Let's go back to our digital gentleman site .it and instead let's click on this other entry, the one called the official site. At this point we move to the tab that has just opened up here and we will find ourselves in front of the tool that allows us to generate the so-called XML file that is, what once set appropriately as we will see will allow us to carry out a perfect installation of Windows 10 or Windows 11 without us literally having to lift a finger. Let's see how it works to obtain our XML file. In fact, what we have to do is fill in a kind of form exactly like we do when we go to the municipality by filling in all its entries or leaving them exactly as they are. Because many, as we will see, are pre-filled, the entries that I have highlighted in yellow are the particularly important ones and that need to be retouched. I have already left you the settings optimal ones that you can easily Copy from this video which are fine in 90% of cases But of course you will also have the possibility to customize your XML file depending on your needs and above all your preferences the first part is called Region and language settings and naturally it must be set to Italian Italian Italian going even further down We have the processor architectures which naturally, especially in the case of Windows 11, must be set to 64 bit If instead you are installing Windows 10 you will have the possibility to choose between 32 and 64 bit Considering that there is also the entry relating to arm processors, the setup settings entry is particularly important, in fact it allows us to bypass the requirements for Windows 11 you understand, including TPM secureboot etc. It also works with the 24H2 version apparently still the second entry allows Windows 11 to be installed without an Internet connection this is particularly useful when you precisely do not want to use the connection or do not have the possibility going forward we have computer names and timezones that can easily be left as they are while as regards partitioning and formatting I usually choose to have Windows independently create the partitions it needs by choosing this option which, however, I recommend that when it is chosen it will erase all the contents of the disk so if by chance you have personal data present on the disk it will be advisable that first make a backup copy on an external medium, therefore a USB drive, an external disk, whatever you prefer, otherwise you can choose to carry out an interactive partitioning during the Windows installation itself. However, this makes the XML file lose a little meaning because in this in this case the self-installation would be interrupted so in my opinion this option here is the best one. As long as we are attentive to the contents of the disk and all your files, going even further we have the possibility to choose both the edition of Windows we want to use and then choose whether it will be a pro version, a home version and so on I usually choose the Pro version which is the most complete one But of course this depends on the license you purchased because naturally then you will be asked to insert it yet another extremely intelligent thing that does this program is the automatic creation of accounts. In fact, it is necessary to create two accounts, one administrator and one user whose passwords in both cases are passwords, precisely the word password of course. This can be changed to your liking just as you go to fill out this form here, going further we can choose what to have the computer do at the first logon, i.e. the first time we turn it on after installation and in my opinion the best option is to choose to have the administrator automatically logged into the system so that he can do all of them other installations and the operations you need after finishing the installation you will then have the possibility to manage the expiration of the passwords. In this case I left the password do not expire which is not the most correct procedure. But you can easily choose to use the Windows default i.e. 42 days or Determine with the third item yourself how often to change the password going forward we have the account lockout policy i.e. after how many incorrect attempts the account is blocked I usually choose the default policy which says that after 10 failed attempts to connect to the account. That is, if you make a mistake in the password 10 times, it will be blocked for 10 minutes. In this case too, you will have the possibility to disable the Policy or choose one you like. With the next item instead we can choose How to optimize the our Explorer That is, the way in which we interact with files, in particular what I suggest you use are the default settings of Windows Explorer but also enable the file extensions for security reasons, disable the Widgets which lighten and deblock our computer and use If you believe in the case of Windows 11 the classic contextual menu the one you open with the right click of the mouse going down again we have the System TX two of which are particularly important in my opinion and that is this one which is going to prevent the automatic activation of bitlocker which we have now understood does more harm than good and is a real thorn in the side for many users and then this one here which disables all those windows that open the first time you launch Microsoft Edge with your voice next we're going to manage the setup of our WiFi network which I recommend you configure manually once the installation is finished, continuing further we have the so-called Express settings which I keep all of them disabled and which are essentially all those relating to telemetry and sending of the data to Microsoft so let's leave them so we still have the lock key settings i.e. the state of the keys when we start the computer such as the Caps loock still activated as regards the wallpapers i.e. the Windows wallpapers I advise you to keep the default ones But if you prefer you can also choose a solid color and decide which one using this little box here which allows us to vary it further by going further down we finally have the most important item of all, namely the one relating to the blw, my suggestion is to carefully read the list of all these Windows features and go and disable all the ones you don't need which at this point won't really be installed in Windows unless you later want to add them and we've reached the end what we have to do now is simply go to at the end of the page and finally download our in my case it is ready it has already finished so we can click on finish and close this window. Then they will click on which we will find this file that we will need right now what we actually have to do at this point is copy this file move to the pen drive which we have just created and which contains the installation files of Windows 11 or Windows 10 and paste it in this way we will have created a Windows installation system which first of all will not require our intervention we will find Windows installed and configured without any Blot ware with all how many settings we have provided and above all without the slightest possibility of error in an absolutely very fast manner. Obviously what you will have to do at this point if you want to install this Windows will be to insert the pen drive into the computer on which you want to install it, set the boot from the pen drive which unfortunately I can't show you As I always say because in the Bios of the computer you log in differently from computer to computer and once started you can easily go and have a nice coffee and find Windows nice and ready when you return I'm sorry because this time I went a little longer than usual but unfortunately as you've seen there were many items that deserved our attention and above all I didn't want to create problems for you by not explaining some of the slightly more insidious things about the creation of our XML but as you can see we did it And at this point we can easily move on to the thanks of the day A thanks intended precisely for you who watched this video, you kept me company during these minutes and having said that, all I have to do is say hello as usual and see you next time

if you are in the habit of reading the comments on the channel you will surely have noticed that since its inception it has developed a mantra or rather a recurring question that some member of the community asks me every now and then and the question is always the same and it is this one here how do I install Windows if I follow the traditional procedure every time I go to answer all the questions that are asked to me during the installation with the risk of making some mistakes well the answer is absolutely no if you remember well some time ago I asked you presented a utility which was that of Chisus which allowed a downstream debloat i.e. once the installation had been carried out and which I still consider very valid however it is not the method that I have been using especially for a year now. There is in fact a very simple customizable method deblo and set for all our needs and that is certainly worth it at this point so we answer once and for all it is worth showing you and therefore if you feel ready let's start Well yes as you can see from this document published right on their website it is Microsoft itself provides us with the possibility of creating a so-called response file, i.e. the unattend.xml file. What does this file do? Let's read it together. Response files or automatic installation files can be used to change Windows settings during of the same installation and it is also possible to create further settings that activate a series of features and customizations of our system so that once installed without us having to lift even a finger this will be exactly how we want it, certainly a great convenience. So let's go to see how it's done But first we have to do something that apparently YouTube likes a lot disclaimer the contents of this video are exposed for purely informative and educational purposes let's move on and nothing by now we've learned that the tube is a bit of a strange animal We are learning to know its rules and above all we have understood that if we put a nice disclaimer even if we do nothing wrong on this channel we can probably hopefully stay a little more calm but we come to us because I wanted to remind you of that wise Chinese proverb that tells us that if we give a fish to a man we will have fed him for a day while if we teach him to fish from that moment on he will boast for the rest of his life of having caught sea bass that big. Jokes aside what we have to do is learn to create our own our   open our trusted browser and in the search engine go to type gentiluomo digital, carry out our search and refer to the first result, that is, the one relating to the domain gentiluomo digital.it, open our site and here at the top we go to the download section on the page that it will open, we will go down a little further until we find this entry, the one called unattended you will have to choose which version of Windows you want to install so as to be automatically taken to the installation site in this case I will install Windows 11 then click on Windows 11 the official Microsoft website opens and we go down a little further until we find this entry here What is called creates the installation media for Windows 11 we click on the Download now button and in a second peak the file will be downloaded to our computer we go to open it we accept that changes are made to the device and at this point we start the process of creating our pen drive we click on accept and in this window we choose our settings Although as we will see it is irrelevant because we can change them later so we click on the button next let's choose the USB Flash drive item let's click once again on next and choose our drive in my case the one I just connected to my PC let's click again on next and you'll see that the installation procedure will start at this point Let's go back to our digital gentleman site .it and instead let's click on this other entry, the one called the official site. At this point we move to the tab that has just opened up here and we will find ourselves in front of the tool that allows us to generate the so-called XML file that is, what once set appropriately as we will see will allow us to carry out a perfect installation of Windows 10 or Windows 11 without us literally having to lift a finger. Let's see how it works to obtain our XML file. In fact, what we have to do is fill in a kind of form exactly like we do when we go to the municipality by filling in all its entries or leaving them exactly as they are. Because many, as we will see, are pre-filled, the entries that I have highlighted in yellow are the particularly important ones and that need to be retouched. I have already left you the settings optimal ones that you can easily Copy from this video which are fine in 90% of cases But of course you will also have the possibility to customize your XML file depending on your needs and above all your preferences the first part is called Region and language settings and naturally it must be set to Italian Italian Italian going even further down We have the processor architectures which naturally, especially in the case of Windows 11, must be set to 64 bit If instead you are installing Windows 10 you will have the possibility to choose between 32 and 64 bit Considering that there is also the entry relating to arm processors, the setup settings entry is particularly important, in fact it allows us to bypass the requirements for Windows 11 you understand, including TPM secureboot etc. It also works with the 24H2 version apparently still the second entry allows Windows 11 to be installed without an Internet connection this is particularly useful when you precisely do not want to use the connection or do not have the possibility going forward we have computer names and timezones that can easily be left as they are while as regards partitioning and formatting I usually choose to have Windows independently create the partitions it needs by choosing this option which, however, I recommend that when it is chosen it will erase all the contents of the disk so if by chance you have personal data present on the disk it will be advisable that first make a backup copy on an external medium, therefore a USB drive, an external disk, whatever you prefer, otherwise you can choose to carry out an interactive partitioning during the Windows installation itself. However, this makes the XML file lose a little meaning because in this in this case the self-installation would be interrupted so in my opinion this option here is the best one. As long as we are attentive to the contents of the disk and all your files, going even further we have the possibility to choose both the edition of Windows we want to use and then choose whether it will be a pro version, a home version and so on I usually choose the Pro version which is the most complete one But of course this depends on the license you purchased because naturally then you will be asked to insert it yet another extremely intelligent thing that does this program is the automatic creation of accounts. In fact, it is necessary to create two accounts, one administrator and one user whose passwords in both cases are passwords, precisely the word password of course. This can be changed to your liking just as you go to fill out this form here, going further we can choose what to have the computer do at the first logon, i.e. the first time we turn it on after installation and in my opinion the best option is to choose to have the administrator automatically logged into the system so that he can do all of them other installations and the operations you need after finishing the installation you will then have the possibility to manage the expiration of the passwords. In this case I left the password do not expire which is not the most correct procedure. But you can easily choose to use the Windows default i.e. 42 days or Determine with the third item yourself how often to change the password going forward we have the account lockout policy i.e. after how many incorrect attempts the account is blocked I usually choose the default policy which says that after 10 failed attempts to connect to the account. That is, if you make a mistake in the password 10 times, it will be blocked for 10 minutes. In this case too, you will have the possibility to disable the Policy or choose one you like. With the next item instead we can choose How to optimize the our Explorer That is, the way in which we interact with files, in particular what I suggest you use are the default settings of Windows Explorer but also enable the file extensions for security reasons, disable the Widgets which lighten and deblock our computer and use If you believe in the case of Windows 11 the classic contextual menu the one you open with the right click of the mouse going down again we have the System TX two of which are particularly important in my opinion and that is this one which is going to prevent the automatic activation of bitlocker which we have now understood does more harm than good and is a real thorn in the side for many users and then this one here which disables all those windows that open the first time you launch Microsoft Edge with your voice next we're going to manage the setup of our WiFi network which I recommend you configure manually once the installation is finished, continuing further we have the so-called Express settings which I keep all of them disabled and which are essentially all those relating to telemetry and sending of the data to Microsoft so let's leave them so we still have the lock key settings i.e. the state of the keys when we start the computer such as the Caps loock still activated as regards the wallpapers i.e. the Windows wallpapers I advise you to keep the default ones But if you prefer you can also choose a solid color and decide which one using this little box here which allows us to vary it further by going further down we finally have the most important item of all, namely the one relating to the blw, my suggestion is to carefully read the list of all these Windows features and go and disable all the ones you don't need which at this point won't really be installed in Windows unless you later want to add them and we've reached the end what we have to do now is simply go to at the end of the page and finally download our in my case it is ready it has already finished so we can click on finish and close this window. Then they will click on which we will find this file that we will need right now what we actually have to do at this point is copy this file move to the pen drive which we have just created and which contains the installation files of Windows 11 or Windows 10 and paste it in this way we will have created a Windows installation system which first of all will not require our intervention we will find Windows installed and configured without any Blot ware with all how many settings we have provided and above all without the slightest possibility of error in an absolutely very fast manner. Obviously what you will have to do at this point if you want to install this Windows will be to insert the pen drive into the computer on which you want to install it, set the boot from the pen drive which unfortunately I can't show you As I always say because in the Bios of the computer you log in differently from computer to computer and once started you can easily go and have a nice coffee and find Windows nice and ready when you return I'm sorry because this time I went a little longer than usual but unfortunately as you've seen there were many items that deserved our attention and above all I didn't want to create problems for you by not explaining some of the slightly more insidious things about the creation of our XML but as you can see we did it And at this point we can easily move on to the thanks of the day A thanks intended precisely for you who watched this video, you kept me company during these minutes and having said that, all I have to do is say hello as usual and see you next time

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Streamlined Windows Installation Guide