Change the "Gaming" preset name to "Medium"

[Eyevou]

Using the term "gaming" implies a lot of different things to a lot of different people and doesn't accurately represent what the profile actually does.

The profile itself is totally fine but from what I've found is that people want to associate a "gaming" profile to something that has maximum removals and would be an offshoot of the Not Recommended profile type, if we're being honest. Since a lot of those don't really have a ton to do with being able to play games in the first place.

There is also a desire for a place that the community could discuss what a "gaming" profile would actually look like. I have my own ideas, obviously, and I bet a lot of others do as well. Every month or so when we get an influx of people looking to upgrade we inevitably get the "what's the best profile for Gaming?" and when people bring up they tried the "gaming preset" they actively don't get the type of experience they wanted.

That's why I suggest the name change for the profile.

 

[nuhi]

Interesting, agreed.
What would be the best split:

- Min (hm pushing like a minimum removed, while it's more like Privacy oriented only)
- Medium (maybe General is better)
- Max (more like good starting point for max, quite reserved still, could be seen as 'Recommended Lite').

Maybe if we surface it a bit more, I could reach a conclusion.

One idea would be to give up on levels and append topics. Like Privacy, Languages, Printing... but then we come to the Component selection groups, maybe they just need to be more detailed.

Also combining with Compatibility options it could be a wizard-like questionaire.

Thank you.

 

[wurrtrak]

And one for all the AI bloat

 

[Eyevou]

Interesting, agreed.
What would be the best split:

- Min (hm pushing like a minimum removed, while it's more like Privacy oriented only)
- Medium (maybe General is better)
- Max (more like good starting point for max, quite reserved still, could be seen as 'Recommended Lite').

Maybe if we surface it a bit more, I could reach a conclusion.

One idea would be to give up on levels and append topics. Like Privacy, Languages, Printing... but then we come to the Component selection groups, maybe they just need to be more detailed.

Also combining with Compatibility options it could be a wizard-like questionaire.

Thank you.

I could totally see a questionnaire-type wizard for removal options. It would def be a larger project than just a revamp of the preset's naming conventions, however. I do have my worries with people just being like "remove it all!" then not having a working OS at the end of the day but the wizard could only go so far as to make sure not to break an attended setup.

Privacy, General, Lite, and Maximum (Not Recommended): would be my suggestion for the profile names.
Light, Medium, Heavy, and Full would also be good, in my opinion.

I do like the labels we have.

A "Gaming" preset is something people always look for and there are functions that some people want and others don't, like Defender - for example, especially if someone plays older titles they might also want .Net 3.5 but be unable to install it without Windows Update. If becomes a whole mess. xD

And one for all the AI bloat

AI removal is fairly easy. It's only a couple components except if you go too deeply the OS kinda breaks without using an unattended file.

 

[Hellbovine]

Maybe if we surface it a bit more, I could reach a conclusion.

I've been making the same suggestions for years, because these threads and their variants have appeared frequently, so us helpers see it often. I've been recommending the templates be renamed to Light->Medium->Heavy->Extreme, plus their color bands should be adjusted to a transition of white->yellow->orange->red, as the saturation levels correlate to increasing volatility. Or, choose something else akin to this philosophy.

There's room for improvement when it comes to NTLite's templates and it's one of the most popular features, so it would be prudent to prioritize development time going through each of the threads listed inside this (link) template summary, to help figure out where the remaining issues are. I linked directly to my replies, but those threads are relevant to templates and should be reviewed in full.