Comment by runjake

This is essentially what the IoT Enterprise LTSC edition is.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-...

Aside from that, there are various tools and deployment files to automate a stripped down Windows 11 installation.

I don't really use Windows except on my gaming PC, but I like winutil:

https://github.com/christitustech/winutil

But there are better declarative tools out there that generate a stripped down installation. Despite it's reputation, Windows 11 is fairly modular for a commercial OS.