diff --git a/scripts/autoconfig-all.cmd b/scripts/autoconfig-all.cmd
index 06d4dec..835becb 100644
--- a/scripts/autoconfig-all.cmd
+++ b/scripts/autoconfig-all.cmd
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ echo.
 rem ... remove stupid public folders
 call cleanup-publicdir.cmd
 
+rem ... remove ALL tasks from the scheduler
+call cleanup-taskscheduler.cmd
+
 date /t
 time /t
 echo ####### %0 #######
diff --git a/scripts/cleanup-startmenu.cmd b/scripts/cleanup-startmenu.cmd
index d28d5d5..b7af287 100644
--- a/scripts/cleanup-startmenu.cmd
+++ b/scripts/cleanup-startmenu.cmd
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ping 127.0.0.1 -n 3 >nul 2>nul
 echo cleanup TempState directories and reset cache ...
 del %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\* /q
 del %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\* /q
-REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\StateStore" /V ResetCache /T REG_DWORD /D 1 /F
+reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\StateStore" /V ResetCache /T REG_DWORD /D 1 /F
 
 echo removing useless entries in startmenu ...
 rd /S /Q %STARTMENU%\"Go Programming Language" 2>nul
diff --git a/scripts/cleanup-taskscheduler.cmd b/scripts/cleanup-taskscheduler.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d164cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cleanup-taskscheduler.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+@echo off
+
+echo ####### %0 #######
+
+echo removing all tasks in the task scheduler ...
+
+rem using a command ...
+schtasks /delete /TN * /F
+
+rem file system ...
+rd /S /Q %SystemRoot%\system32\Tasks
+mkdir %SystemRoot%\system32\Tasks
+
+rem regsitry ...
+reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks" /f
+reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\Microsoft" /f
+
+echo ####### %0 #######
+
diff --git a/wim/packages-to-remove.csv b/wim/packages-to-remove.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddb0948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wim/packages-to-remove.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Microsoft-Windows-MediaPlayer-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.488
+Microsoft-OneCore-ApplicationModel-Sync-Desktop-FOD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.488
+Microsoft-OneCore-DirectX-Database-FOD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-Client-LanguagePack-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.508
+Microsoft-Windows-Hello-Face-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.508
+Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-Optional-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~11.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Handwriting-en-us-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-OCR-en-us-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-Speech-en-us-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-LanguageFeatures-TextToSpeech-en-us-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-MSPaint-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-MSPaint-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-MSPaint-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-Notepad-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.488
+Microsoft-Windows-Notepad-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.488
+Microsoft-Windows-Notepad-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-Notepad-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell-ISE-FOD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell-ISE-FOD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell-ISE-FOD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell-ISE-FOD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-Printing-PMCPPC-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-Printing-PMCPPC-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-Printing-WFS-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.488
+Microsoft-Windows-Printing-WFS-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.508
+Microsoft-Windows-QuickAssist-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-StepsRecorder-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-StepsRecorder-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-StepsRecorder-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-StepsRecorder-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-TabletPCMath-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.488
+Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.488
+Microsoft-Windows-WordPad-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-WordPad-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.488
+Microsoft-Windows-WordPad-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~en-US~10.0.19041.1
+Microsoft-Windows-WordPad-FoD-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~wow64~~10.0.19041.1
+OpenSSH-Client-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.488
diff --git a/wim/remove-packages.cmd b/wim/remove-packages.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4bc09f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wim/remove-packages.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+@echo off
+set IMAGE=c:\TEMP\IMAGE
+
+echo exporting PACKAGES list BEFORE doing any changes ...
+dism /Image:%IMAGE% /Get-Packages 1>Packages-BEFORE.txt
+
+FOR /F %%P in (packages-to-remove.csv) do (
+
+  echo removing package [ %%P ]
+  dism /Image:%IMAGE% /Remove-Package /PackageName:"%%P"
+
+)
+
+echo exporting remaining PACKAGES list ...
+dism /Image:%IMAGE% /Get-Packages 1>Packages-AFTER.txt
+
+rem showing packages ...
+dir Packages*.txt
+