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...It uses built-in DISM capabilities and Microsoft's oscdimg utility to generate a bootable ISO from an official Windows source. The script removes bundled apps along with major system components, services, drivers, Windows Defender, Windows Update, and the WinSxS component store. An unattended setup file bypasses the Microsoft Account requirement and enables compact installation by default. The resulting system can be dramatically smaller than a normal Windows 11 image. That reduction is intentionally destructive to serviceability, so removed languages, drivers, features, and updates cannot simply be added back later. ...

A single fact determines the starting point of configuration, and that fact can be the same regardless of whether the software is running standalone under a logged-in user's account, or launched from another program with debugger access, or as a service or daemon, or even as a component within a dynamically linked library.