nLite is an all-in-one GUI utility that will give you the ability to permanently remove unwanted components such as Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Media Player, MSN Explorer, MSN Messenger and a variety of other components from your own Windows CD. This results in a slimmer Windows CD, faster Windows installation, more hard disk space, and is also known to free up RAM resources when using a cut-down version of Windows.
Once it has finish the removal of components of your choice, you are given the option to create a bootable ISO of Windows XP which you can test in a Virtual environment or burn straight to CD media. nLite also includes an automated slipstreamer for slipstreaming a Service Pack on the go. And best of all, its free! It's written in C# (.NET) so you will need Framework to run it.
What's New:
- Fixed missing dw.exe
- Fixed missing mplayer2.exe and npdsplay.dll
- Fixed config.nt issue
- Fixed cmpnents dir deletion even if nothing selected
- Fixed non-English Timezones
- Cleaned layout.inf (7imo did it again)
- New component: Battery driver
- New options subpage - Tweaks (no more automatic tweaks)
- Custom presets support - put them in nLitePresets dir
- Reintegrated PCHealth to Help (too interconnected)
- Reintegrated Media Player 6.4 to WMP removal (too interconnected)
- Changed slipstream technique - reports enabled
News source: nLite Homepage