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anshvarma
Copper Contributor
Nov 20, 2021

Custom windows iso

Hey so i had a lot of performance issues on my laptop so my friend gave me a custom iso which had a few services turned off i just want to ensure before installing that is it legal(windows is activated)

  • A1-A1's avatar
    A1-A1
    Gold Contributor
    Nov 20, 2021

    anshvarma 

    Hi
    Windows10 version 21H2 works great - it has a few PCs with minimal performance and really everything works fine!
    Your problem is not proper configuration or outdated applications.
    I would never install an ISO where someone changed the code - it's illegal!

  • KapilArya's avatar
    KapilArya
    MVP
    Nov 20, 2021
    Microsoft only recommends you to use official ISO file downloaded from Microsoft's website. Refrain using ISO from somewhere else.
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        A1-A1
        Gold Contributor
        Nov 20, 2021

        anshvarma 

        Creator The owner has the copyright - if without his consent someone makes changes and distributes the software, it violates these rights!

    • A1-A1's avatar
      A1-A1
      Gold Contributor
      Dec 30, 2021

      yooseojoon1130 

      Nobody knows what code is in ISO that is not certified!

      And it's certainly not legal!

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        yooseojoon1130
        Copper Contributor
        Dec 30, 2021

        A1-A1 
        I agree there could be a keylogger or something and no one knows but is removing things from the iso file illegal?

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    Deleted
    Dec 31, 2021

    Hi Anshvarma, I believe it should be fine, may you tell me what apps or services are not included? To be able to check if an ISO Is genuine, kindly follow this guide I found at aka.ms/winup!

    "If you would like to verify the data integrity and authenticity of your download, you can follow these steps:

    Download the desired product ISO file and follow the installation guidelines.
    Launch Windows PowerShell. If you need help finding the location of PowerShell for your operating system, get help here.
    In PowerShell, compute the hash value for the ISO file you downloaded using the Get-FileHash cmdlet. For example:
    Get-FileHash C:\Users\user1\Downloads\Contoso8_1_ENT.iso
    If the SHA256 output matches the value in the below table, for the product that you downloaded, this confirms that the file has not been corrupted, tampered with or altered from the original.
    Get additional information on the Get-FileHash command.

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    French Canadian 32-bit 8CC58D217531BC6B2569B832788555164AAD80C8B938927065D72A95915C9E1F
    French 64-bit 2CC9731EE278666A632BDF5944105FC5F215F59CED98D75AECCF8185BD5BCA3A
    French 32-bit ECA9CC34B5E679B3B286451428025A8140EAD85D81E9B927E17B9F305F2C2DD5
    Hebrew 64-bit 1FC30B2F7621BDFBB84E0440BF926E6E7E804C7ABFC17851712DE742832FD031
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    Croatian 64-bit 4ABB027ACEEE31F27732D3860C6FE781A37E9FF6394F908A4E0501326DABEFEC
    Croatian 32-bit EE09A62E8BAD55EC643E17DB869DB3069E00387F7934228296DEE2212DCC80C9
    Hungarian 64-bit 10C53457381DB1560AE689CDA53699CC30BFD227E19F9F62700702A7AD64E5B1
    Hungarian 32-bit C1E2FB61A7B117757831094530519FCD361718C69B34E6F1ED0B32C99C3BA2FE
    Italian 64-bit 8B86CBC4B729DCAD454599DD2BFE2B014E0D190BA317EF4B068F37358862A008
    Italian 32-bit 472A0879BD19F9536045B1CDC65A9F5AC257C735577B9FFDF99AFD427423E242
    Japanese 64-bit 5AD8F5A08465C08C2026FCD572416CADB4F7031893F2A2DE5A9B727AC3A0936D
    Japanese 32-bit B1ADC3262AF06C76C0EF250B7548B0959F76B005C79440C454EE2E8E0FE72FC4
    Korean 64-bit 28D50B5B9E794ADEEDE043AF93D8A4ED9D07BE27D7E20BD6A3C9F91A8D4E822D
    Korean 32-bit 6411B5AF90025CE5AFDDBE48013245C09A2BF1FAC35C351D494256E51134DFE2
    Lithuanian 64-bit 37E75FDA64969BC301CE37442D9BD28ECEFECEAB6EA683D489707E354FD8141B
    Lithuanian 32-bit 2E5EFEB13FA8EE2D7CAC635EDED9891F02ED7431CC85D0E49E12DAFD5EADA703
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    Dutch 64-bit F1E2CA1BA00E436F687C48BFCE89BD668123210CFE9BA4CC10B544874A58699A
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    Slovak 64-bit BF2AE605BA68994E7979AE5776D6886BE0E9110A5E870A628B8E6B156C2C55FE
    Slovak 32-bit 20C53FC19779491F972431E13F432FC9906BE71C5E01910FF88AEAD958A77F91
    Slovenian 64-bit 668841775C1BEECC6B1137224D137687088CCC26B28CDEB276B48B5600739AE7
    Slovenian 32-bit 6172C4690E3DDE190B556A8DED901E9D8DAE6A56EBF9C5CD694AFC777C7C5767
    Serbian Latin 64-bit 25446DA4A342BF0DEF1070F47586879A8805CC17399817826758B2AFE5AB5949
    Serbian Latin 32-bit 189A5BAB3456200F116C6530340A9D040055E10775D0A3FF82912D0F0B1B5ECA
    Swedish 64-bit CE1970E3C48DD75CA3C256EEA8C7A67835EB212A634EB94E9531B2B7DE2C33C4
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    Chinese Simplified 64-bit 1BC4224DAD6AD37847990EE4B153530EE5620AAA398C7F16A25DA018024153E2
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    "

    • A1-A1's avatar
      A1-A1
      Gold Contributor
      Dec 31, 2021

      Deleted 

      Unfortunately, this method does not and does not guarantee that iso is completely safe!
      I am waiting for feedback from Microsoft employees - after all, we are in MTC - this is an important topic and should be clarified!

      • Deleted's avatar
        Deleted
        Dec 31, 2021
        I see, that makes sense, though they could just go to support.microsoft.com/contactus and ask the support agents if it is okay though the answer would be to go to aka.ms/winup. To get the geuine ISO.

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