Windows 10 22H2 and nvstor.sys BSOD again

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So I'll post my preset later today when I get home, but in the meantime wanted to see if others might be familiar with this issue.

NTlite version: 2024.12.10221 x64
Host OS: Win 10 21h2 x64
Target OS: Win 10 22h2 x64

I have a moderately conservative preset for ntlite that removes a lot of MS junk but doesn't touch any core functionalities, integrates updates, the usual. I recently updated all my install ISOs to include all updates from the last ~3 years (which was the last time I did this), as well as newly adding 22h2 to the list.

Installing the 22h2 ISO on both a live system as well as Virtualbox 7.1.4, I get a BSOD after the first reset, complaining about missing nvstor.sys, with error 0xc000000f (? not sure here, going from memory).

So I tried installing my new 21h2 ISO that I created with the **EXACT SAME PRESET** (except integrating 21h2 updates instead of 22h2) and that worked fine.

This is my first time working with 22h2 media, so the immediate question is: what's different/unique about 22h2 that might cause this?

Thanks for any and all help.
 
Let's compare the two presets:
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3c3
<       <Date>01/20/2025 14:06:27</Date>
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>       <Date>01/20/2025 13:20:40</Date>
11,12c11,12
<               <Version mode="offline">Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2 x64 - 10.0.19045.3803 (en-US)</Version>
<               <GUID>{0ADBEB6B-DD80-411A-B6DB-FD52CE5EDED8}</GUID>
---
>               <Version mode="offline">Windows 10 Enterprise 21H2 x64 - 10.0.19044.1706 (en-US)</Version>
>               <GUID>{91D18793-F00E-4B64-B0DB-741D616B2F6A}</GUID>
21d20
<               <c>bingsearch 'Bing Search (InboxApp)'</c>
25d23
<               <c>dcsvc 'Declared Configuration (DC) service'</c>
170,174c168,172
<               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\22h2\windows10_kb5011054_dotnet481_ger_x64.msu</File>
<               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\22h2\windows10_kb5011069_dotnet481_rus_x64.msu</File>
<               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\22h2\windows10_kb5049981_x64.msu</File>
<               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\22h2\windows10_kb5011048_dotnet481_x64.msu</File>
<               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\22h2\windows10_kb5049621_dotnet481_x64.msu</File>
---
>               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\21h2\windows10_kb5011054_dotnet481_ger_x64.msu</File>
>               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\21h2\windows10_kb5011069_dotnet481_rus_x64.msu</File>
>               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\21h2\windows10_kb5049981_x64.msu</File>
>               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\21h2\windows10_kb5011048_dotnet481_x64.msu</File>
>               <File>D:\win10\x64\hotfix\21h2\windows10_kb5049621_dotnet481_x64.msu</File>

Probably not Bing Search. What is Declared Configuration (DC) service? It's used to remotely sync device configurations. I have never removed this component myself, so don't know if Windows install has a dependency or not.
 
That is really bizarre, I did not make that change between the two versions. Basically I loaded up 22h2 at the start, set up all my removals, tweaks, and everything else except updates to integrate, and saved that to a "base" preset. Then I reloaded that "base" preset for all the versions that I keep around (1909, 2004, 20h2, 21h1, 21h2, 22h2), added each version's updates, saved a version-specific preset for each version, then ran ntlite and made ISOs.
 
19045.3803 is W10 22H2 Dec 2023, or the last public ISO available. KB5049621 (Jan 2025) would supersede any previous 4.8.1 updates.

KB5011054_dotnet481_ger_x64 (not listed on official .NET update history)
KB5011069_dotnet481_rus_x64 (not listed)
KB5049981 (Jan 2025 CU)
KB5011048_dotnet481_x64 (NET 4.8.1)
KB5049621_dotnet481_x64 (Jan 2025 NET 3.5/4.8.1)
 
The items in red are the language packs for .net 4.8.1. I found the links for them on one of the MDL forums.
 
I found the master KB article for 4.8.1's Language Packs, and extracted the URL's.
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    nl-NL Dutch                  https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011064-x86_7cf16422cfe1c11f5220a17f1ee814e382771434.msu
    pl-PL Polish                 https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011066-x86_4eb1e404bb6b0aa225727c01725b62e8b880d208.msu
    pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil)    https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011067-x86_51edfbf7260e9347a1dbb5bd55f6e289105c3d28.msu
    pt-PT Portuguese             https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011068-x86_1a240bc3e821f9bfe1ebd7c2148628d27ed2ce0a.msu
    ru-RU Russian                https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011069-x86_90b3e86bec34bd54034889e27804a5c745337ad7.msu
    sv-SE Swedish                https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011070-x86_83eb15c2205ea85990ec6d0a226ce435e57a2ff6.msu
    tr-TR Turkish                https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011071-x86_0f3e3d9249064a7cd5b22d8bf49abb95c417a83b.msu
    zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)   https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011050-x86_d542c979ed8093b6cc2cdc4d77c6eb504b946dc1.msu
    zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)  https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/c/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011051-x86_f3489ed9dcfe3bb1934218a60370aec8f77927d3.msu

.NET 4.8.1 (x64)
    ar-SA Arabic                 https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011049-x64_6789d5ad63d1f07ca00741c09ecf6eb188665bde.msu
    cs-CZ Czech                  https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011052-x64_e2d9592e5330123c71614f86e043eb65383c8e51.msu
    da-DK Danish                 https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011053-x64_06f74c37d1185848cdfb33c3d80c6588cca4b3a0.msu
    de-DE German                 https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011054-x64_1ef84e0c277cc4aef2b8ea39a6d01b542fe57af8.msu
    el-GR Greek                  https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011055-x64_f522384ab117f4bf4976b8852451c228af4a9c9c.msu
    es-ES Spanish                https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011056-x64_335d3442853e0a5ac563953a75037736f620e4ca.msu
    fi-FI Finnish                https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011057-x64_58e1de048bc5ff5e67316960a08af9e7ad295dc0.msu
    fr-FR French                 https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011058-x64_f3c752ac49b4c61907c170038d78175807e27a7a.msu
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    hu-HU Hungarian              https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011060-x64_710be08e40db6706246b13c95bd95681b95c08c5.msu
    it-IT Italian                https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011061-x64_ee41671730708aba93d42dc517486ed112c0a142.msu
    ja-JP Japanese               https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011062-x64_17ddb48a7c5647840b43ef48afea987c9c9edae4.msu
    ko-KR Korean                 https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011063-x64_c7f4e40abc59b8d7d2d031bda9c715c7e32575fb.msu
    nb-NO Norwegian              https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011065-x64_e1e376e30e6269442bafb1025b0c79902bf35e9e.msu
    nl-NL Dutch                  https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011064-x64_c3b2f1c6c73c9468b7b2075306b0762f3a11d51f.msu
    pl-PL Polish                 https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011066-x64_28dbd9acfdc2059e238e49ef76fe642b26c3ff51.msu
    pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil)    https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011067-x64_6f24956a28ececfb26923ee96bf4b84999f1c694.msu
    pt-PT Portuguese             https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011068-x64_ccbad7e2c272420230991841a513022a2ea296e8.msu
    ru-RU Russian                https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011069-x64_071bb616467d63c877cbbc7dab3b1321abba0ad7.msu
    sv-SE Swedish                https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011070-x64_d5c30b09484c39a80a3e643b5ddf4d5dcfca6ea8.msu
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    zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)   https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/d/msdownload/update/software/ftpk/2023/06/windows10.0-kb5011050-x64_b7f46027cf6d471f3fbd2444df0d0dcaaf2f785c.msu
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No memory of any possible problem with the 22h2 and Declared Configuration (DC) service component removed

EDIT : and no problem with W11 23h2 / 24h2
 
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Well happy news. I loaded up my 22h2 preset, added Declared Configuration service back in *with no other changes*, and voila! The 22h2 ISO now seems to be installing fine in Virtualbox.

Not sure why others haven't seen this, maybe due to some interaction between DC service and some other component I remove? Anyway just wanted to leave this here in case anyone else runs into this issue again in the future.
 
The nvstor.sys iso recovery thing is back again for me on virtualbox and a physical(1 iso created on virtualbox, the other on physical). The iso expects nvstor.sys and crashes before install completes on 1st reboot of installation. I load the same ISO for base as well, nothing should have changed but ill check declared config as you mention. Don't have logs would love to send them if it ever gets past reboot on os install on either machine. I vaguely remember something about hyper-v host compatibilty settings. Ive never had hyper-v enabled on any machine but i may had the compatibility checkmark checked. To be clear none of these machines should need nor should ever have had that drivers or any raid, etc driver ever on it. EDIT: i did find the vbox log, no log for the physical. ill capture the ntlite log on next attempt after i get that machine up to try again.
 

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The nvstor.sys error message is very misleading. What it means is Windows couldn't find the right storage driver, and falls back to trying to use nvstor.sys, and failing. VirtualBox emulates a generic PC with a "storage controller" that fits a standard Windows driver. Check if you removed any storage drivers from the image.
 
No, but what a did do that has appeared to work on another attempt was not pass anything from the settings tab to boot.wim. Not sure what i was passing but it would have been something in the "settings" section of the xml below, most likely requriement overides or something. But this was for win10 so not sure. So fine i guess, so long as you don't need to modify boot.win. in any way(refering to Setup not winpe of course). Not sure if the xml below is the good attempt or one of the fails, but the only differences is the boot.win (setup) "unmodified" did not error...so guess ill have to see what setting was doing it eventually, or evaluate how bad i need to change anything to the boot.wim

Or perhaps this? Doesn't look quite right does it, usually a yes in there somewhere:

<MachineDrivers>
<Machine enabled="no">HostMachine</Machine>
<Machine enabled="no">Hyper-V VM</Machine>
<Machine enabled="no">Parallels VM</Machine>
<Machine enabled="no">Virtual Box VM</Machine>
<Machine enabled="no">VMware VM</Machine>
 

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<MachineDrivers> is a compatibility setting to force NTLite to check the image for any missing drivers that are expected to support a specific VM environment. For example, all the drivers needed to boot up into VirtualBox.

I don't see anything strange in this preset, that would prevent installation. Just remember not to check the "automated install" box when creating the VirtualBox VM because it silently mounts a drive image to take over unattended duties.
 
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