Because the WinSxS store is pruned, Microsoft's cumulative updates (LCUs) will fail to install. They check for the presence of original files. When they don't find them, the update hard fails.
After a clean install on an NVMe drive (Intel 12th gen, 32GB RAM, RTX 3080), the boot time was surreal. From POST to desktop: 4 seconds. Xtreme.LiteOS.11.x64.iso
Then came the friction.
For the uninitiated: Xtreme LiteOS is not an operating system. It is a surgery . It is a custom-modified version of Windows 11, stripped of everything the author (the elusive "Xtreme") deemed unnecessary. No Edge. No Cortana. No Windows Defender. No Xbox Game Bar. No Print Spooler. No fonts . Because the WinSxS store is pruned, Microsoft's cumulative
Task Manager revealed the lie we’ve all been living with. On a stock Windows 11 Pro install, even after debloating scripts, you hover around 90-110 background processes. Xtreme LiteOS? Memory usage at idle: 1.1GB. After a clean install on an NVMe drive