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Hi,

I am currently removing components for my Laptop and PC and have a few questions about individual components and what they do

Multimedia
Shared Media control

What this does ?

Windows Tiff IFilter OCR this Component is currently disabled in my Windows Components if i open Systemsettings -> Software -> Windows Components. So i think i can remove this safely.

Spatial Sound 3D Audio, i have never used this. On my PC i have Soundblaster AE9 installed with SoundBlaster Command (has its own Dolby Settings for Headphones and Speakers)
On my Laptop i dont use 3D Audio.

Network
Simple TCP/IP Services what is this ? I only use sometimes the commands "Ping, Tracert and Ipconfig"

Remotedifferentialcompression RDC is alway disabled in my Systemsettings -> Software -> Components and i dont need this so i think i can remove this safely.

Telnet Client, TFTP Client same as above this is always disabled in my Systemsettings -> Software -> Components.


Remoting and Privacy
Device Experience what is this ?

System
Desktop ActivityModerator (DAM) ?

embedded mode what is this ?
 
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Starfox said:
Hi,

I am currently removing components for my Laptop and PC and have a few questions about individual components and what they do

Multimedia
Shared Media control

What this does ?

Windows Tiff IFilter OCR this Component is currently disabled in my Windows Components if i open Systemsettings -> Software -> Windows Components. So i think i can remove this safely.

Spatial Sound 3D Audio, i have never used this. On my PC i have Soundblaster AE9 installed with SoundBlaster Command (has its own Dolby Settings for Headphones and Speakers)
On my Laptop i dont use 3D Audio.

Network
Simple TCP/IP Services what is this ? I only use sometimes the commands "Ping, Tracert and Ipconfig"

Remotedifferentialcompression RDC is alway disabled in my Systemsettings -> Software -> Components and i dont need this so i think i can remove this safely.

Telnet Client, TFTP Client same as above this is always disabled in my Systemsettings -> Software -> Components.


Remoting and Privacy
Device Experience what is this ?

System
Desktop ActivityModerator (DAM) ?

embedded mode what is this ?
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Most of the time I would be able to answer these questions but I just got up not too long ago and super tired.

Spatial audio also does Dolby Atmos and various other things in audio. I use it together with my Denon reciever even though the reciever has Atmos I find it needs it for various games and movies(it does a good job when it doesn't have it naturally)

Never used headphones very much so I couldn't tell you much about that one
 
Starfox said:
Multimedia
Shared Media control panel
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Sharing media files over WMP streaming to compatible devices.

Starfox said:
Windows Tiff IFilter OCR this Component is currently disabled in my Windows Components if i open Systemsettings -> Software -> Windows Components. So i think i can remove this safely.
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TIFF is gray-scale image format for dinosaurs fax machines. OCR is text recognition for it.

Starfox said:
Spatial Sound 3D Audio, i have never used this. On my PC i have Soundblaster AE9 installed with SoundBlaster Command (has its own Dolby Settings for Headphones and Speakers)
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There's controversy on this one. While you don't need it, some games expect Spatial Sound to be installed. Leaving it doesn't hurt.

Starfox said:
Network
Simple TCP/IP Services what is this ? I only use sometimes the commands "Ping, Tracert and Ipconfig"
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Simple TCP/IP are UNIX network services ported to Windows NT, so MS could pretend NT was just as good as UNIX.
Nobody uses it. But it's always included to keep the charade going.

Starfox said:
Remotedifferentialcompression RDC is alway disabled in my Systemsettings -> Software -> Components and i dont need this so i think i can remove this safely.
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RDC is Windows' version of BitTorrent for file syncing. On the consumer level, you won't notice it missing. But enterprises use it to push out large updates across multiple PC's in parallel.

Starfox said:
Telnet Client, TFTP Client same as above this is always disabled in my Systemsettings -> Software -> Components.
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Same boat as Simple TCP/IP.

Starfox said:
Remoting and Privacy
Device Experience what is this ?
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I keep forgetting this one.

Starfox said:
System
Desktop ActivityModerator (DAM) ?
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DAM allows advanced features for sleep mode. Newer laptops should leave it in.

Starfox said:
embedded mode what is this ?
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Mostly used by IoT, or standalone "appliances" like a smart router, NAS, cash register, ATM, whatever to run nothing but one app.
 
Windows components database (remove in the last session, no removal will be possible after removing this)?


I don't get it, can anyone tell me more about this? these sessions are about what? What would change if I removed it?
 
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It's okay remove Manifest Backup.
You won't able to update your install if removing WinSxS (Windows Component Store) unless you use a Host Refresh witch some prefer to circumvent Windows Update.
If you're a normal private user keep WinSxS.
 
I removed Telnet from my profile, is there any way to install it without creating another iso?
 
luckscent said:
I removed Telnet from my profile, is there any way to install it without creating another iso?
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Not without a Host refresh. When you removed Telnet as a Component, Windows lost the WinSxS overhead to configure Telnet as a Feature on Demand (FOD) capability.

Besides you can use putty or another SSH client, they all do telnet sessions.
 
luckscent said:
I removed Telnet from my profile, is there any way to install it without creating another iso?
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Or you might be able to recover that by restoring a backup if your computer has it turned on. I have done that a few times(but remember to not rely on it because it can only do so much)
 
Necrosaro said:
Or you might be able to recover that by restoring a backup if your computer has it turned on. I have done that a few times(but remember to not rely on it because it can only do so much)
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Doesn't help if you created Windows that way. Honestly, no one needs the Windows version of telnet. It hasn't evolved in decades, and any SSH client will open TELNET sessions to another system.

FTP & Telnet clients are kept around as a legacy of MS claiming the original NT as POSIX-compliant, in order to qualify it for DOD contracts to replace UNIX with Windows.
 
garlin This was very informational.....thank you.

I have a question regarding RDC.......isn't it used by live streaming services similar to IPTV ?
 
RDC as in Remote Desktop Connection (or RDP)?

Windows doesn't really have any native live streaming support (outside of a primitive Windows Media Player streaming feature). That's normally done by adding two features: 3rd-party streaming server processes, and supported codecs. Windows Media Center had some of that, but it's been deprecated for some time.

Remote Desktop isn't actually "streaming", it's rapidly sending graphics update events across the network to redraw your "view" in the client. So it's kinda tolerable on a local network session with no network contention or delays.
 
Remote Differential Compression was provided as an API for efficient data syncing, by allowing clients to compare data files and only send the changes to update two relatively similar files. If the two files are totally different, then RDC doesn't offer any benefits.

There was some initial excitement when it was added to Windows, but in reality it's not really used today. It's employed by Windows Server's Distributed File System (DFS), which is a primitive copy of what BitTorrent does to seed files to multiple servers.
 
I removed all LKG and I'm experiencing a crash once a day where I need to hold down the power button to turn it off.
A question: Which component does the Linux Subsystem depend on?
 
luckscent said:
I removed all LKG and I'm experiencing a crash once a day where I need to hold down the power button to turn it off.
A question: Which component does the Linux Subsystem depend on?
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WSL depends on Virtual Machine Platform.
 
Could there be a problem here?
How I do it:
1 I update the iso, generating an updated iso.
2 I use the updated iso to remove the components.
 

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Fixed the leftover software devices in the latest update, let me know if there are more.

Thank you.
 
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