Multi OEM/Retail Project Build 07.2024

The MRPCreator is more DPI aware and it will now be in 'Advanced' mode by default so no need to run as Administrator,
there is a bit more space now for later options/tabs, above 150% dpi scaling it will look messy as i only had time to
adjust for up to 125% scaling at this time.

Have gone through the main brands in the OEMs.7z file and corrected URL's etc, the non main stream brands i have not
processed all of those and will address them when someone mentions the URL or other support data is wrong. Sadly a lot
i can no longer find the websites as the company's have either been taken over or no longer trading, so those i have
checked with no new updated data they will not show anything for support etc. I have tried to find the new company
that has bought out the original brand and used their info where possible. Acer seems to have bought a lot of brand
names, HP, Compaq, Gateway, PBell etc and so i have tried to link to their product legacy pages where possible.

OEM's.7z has had a few brand's 'user810' user account logo's updated to be transparent for w10/11 it may also work
same on Windows 8.1 too.

User810 user account Brands so far converted
Acer, Asus, Asrock, Aorus, Dell, HP, Novatech, Vmware, VBox, Compaq, HyperV, Intel, Lenovo, Omen, Samsung, Toshiba,
Sapphire, MSI, Gigabyte and Alienware. Others may be done later when time and need arises.

BitLocker detection has been enhanced so that the 'Prevent Bit locker Encryption' option now properly checks if BL is
already active in any way, if so it will not use the option to prevent issues.

New option for W11 only: Unlock Defender2, this uses the same code as the original 'unlock defender' option but it also
will disable/turn off SmartAppControl and SmartScreen. Once SmartAppControl is disabled either by this option or by
using the option specific for SmartAppControl you cannot revert, it has to be a reinstall of the OS to turn it on.

Added 'Uninstall Co-Pilot App' option to the selectable list of Apps that can be removed, this replaces the 'Get Started'
app option as you cannot easily remove that app from the OS without a struggle so repurposed the creator entry.

Both the 'All Apps' removal option{s} will/should also remove Co-Pilot too now if it present. I know it can be confusing
why there is two similar options, but there is slight differences in their internal operation, so if you wish to remove
all safe apps possible select both options because MRP will use the one best suited for the OS/Build installed.

Updated the 'move StartMenu to left' option so that it will also remove/disable the 'News' and 'Weather' apps/icons,
which can also interfere with some 3rd party StartMenu replacements.

Tweaked the MRP clean up routine so on builds 26100+ if the 'windows.old' folder exists and is actually empty then it will
attempt to delete it. If it not empty then it will leave alone, the log will show if it was removed or not. If you have
done a upgrade/repair over the top of a previous installation then the routine will not attempt to remove that folder and
will state in the log that it was not empty.

Updated the UEFI security certificates routine to cover a few more Certs plus better checks for Canonical and Debian Linux
grub patches. Also the blacklist {DBX} list is also updated for those certs being decomissioned.

Important Note: M$ has removed the 'classic' Taskbar look from build 26100.1297 so some Taskbar options may no longer work.

Added in a some Server 2025 ID's to the product channel identification database, just a few OEM-SLP ones for now.

Added internal exclusion paths for Defender as it seems to get initialized early on so during oobe stage so it can
grab files such as MAS etc, plus MRP files so add some exclusions early on, they may not get removed later as Defender
not like being messed with but they do no harm and can be removed by the user later on via the Defender's dashboard/UI.

Fixed reg entry line in the 'Disable SmartScreen' routine as before it was not set due to a missing % on a variable,
it was not a show stopper/crash.

Fixed the issues with the Edge options, however with these options you may see some red error text in the info screen
when the addon manager is running this is ok as some commands may not be present in the OS/Build no harm is done as
it just info that x,y,z is not present etc.

UnlockDefender v1 is operative and scanning is ok again manually, it won't auto scan and grab files in the
background now when this option is used.

SmartScreen removal and SmartAppControl disable options are selectable on win 10 now. The Smartscreen option is quite
intense and hopefully prevents it coming back on next CU.

An improved stable wmic test added. If the OS build is above 21x00 or the first win11 public release then MRP
will skip using WMIC and use an alternative method to obtain specific information via VBScript or Powershell as
required.

Added new Server option (For 2022 and 2025 only): Remove/Disable Azure Arc Setup.

Added Optimize/Defrag C/T menu option for Win 10/11, it just opens the inbuilt defrag GUI program with OS
translations.

Updated the 'HideSearchIcon' option routine a bit more so that it should remove the icon off the taskbar, this
is a policy edit so that the option within the Taskbar Settings section of PC Settings will be greyed out and
set as Hide. So make sure you no longer wish to use the Taskbar search.

Updated the SSD Tweaks routine to have better detection if a SSD or HDD is the main boot drive and adjust
how the routine is run.

Updated the CoPilot App removal option to mention that Recall will also be removed as they are interlinked
and not separate.

The Defender Unlock (1 & 2) options are now fully auto selective, if both are selected in the Creator then
MRP will only use the one designed for the OS being installed and ignore the other.

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