NTLite is a Windows configuration tool that allows you to modify your existing Windows install or an image yet to be deployed, remove Windows components, configure and integrate, speed up the Windows deployment process. Reduce Windows footprint on your RAM and storage drive memory. Remove components of your choice, guarded by compatibility safety mechanisms, which speed up finding that sweet spot. Windows Unattended feature support, providing many commonly used options on a single page for easy setup.
Easily integrate a single or multiple drivers, update or language packages. Package integration features smart sorting, enabling you to seamlessly add packages for integration and the tool will apply them in the appropriate order, keeping hotfix compatibility in check.
One of the important new features of NTLite (compared to its predecessors) is the ability to modify an already installed the operating system, by removing unnecessary components.
Supports Windows 11, 10, 8.1 and 7, x86 and x64, live and image. Server editions of the same versions, excluding support for component removals and feature configuration. ARM64 image support in the alpha stage. Does not support Checked/Debug, Embedded, IoT editions, nor Vista or XP.
NTLite 2.3.3.8585 changelog:
New
- Source: Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22538 support
- Components: ‘Night light’ and ‘Volume Shadow Copy’ compatibility options
- Settings: ‘Setup Requirement – TPM/CPU – Host’, setting necessary on a Win10/11 host to skip CPU requirements when using the setup.exe method
Upgrade
- Components: ‘Quality Windows Audio Video Experience (qWave)’ split from QoS, needed for Nvidia Geforce Experience Overlay and Discord
- Components: ‘Shell Experience Host’ and windows.immersivecontrolpanel (‘Settings’ app) removals unlocked by default, not recommended
- Components: Win7 IIS is needed for MSMQ HTTP Support, so locking that feature config if IIS unchecked for removal (fixes component error during setup)
- Updates: Delta CAB PSF filename pairs now allow for different suffixes (e.g. manually saved from UUP dump)
- UI: Win11 ’21H2′ label returned to the status bar for clarity compared to future versions
- UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), German (Cartman586), Polish (KrzysioZ)
Fix
- Components: ‘Shared Folders UI’ removal was removing Services shortcut from the Computer Management menu
- Components: ‘Device Lockdown (Embedded Experience)’ removal on Server 2016 with Desktop Experience would switch desktop to command-line mode
- Components: ‘Error Reporting’ removal could prompt Microsoft\Windows\Feedback file access error
Download: NTLite 2.3.3.8585 64-bit | 18.9 MB (Free, paid upgrade available)
Download: NTLite 2.3.3.8585 32-bit | 18.4 MB
Link: NTLite Home Page | NTLite Features