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 2023.8.9402 changelog:
New
- Components: ‘User Choice Protection’ (Win11 22621.2215+)
- Settings: ‘Enable features introduced via servicing that are off by default’
- Settings: ‘Prompt security warning on launching applications and unsafe files (Internet Zone)’
Upgrade
- Components: Expanded removals for CloudDesktop, BioMetrics and SettingSync with new cumulative updates (Win11 22621.2215+)
- Components: ‘File Explorer’ apps labeled as Legacy and Extensions for clarity
- Components: ‘Apps’ and ‘System Apps’ moved to the root, ‘Windows Apps’ merged into ‘System’, Defrag moved under the needed VDS
- Updates: Defender Engine update version switched to the underlying signatures version, as it updates more frequently
- UI: Unattended page moved from Automate to Configure, Post-setup page moved from
- Automate to Integrate, in preparation for the upcoming feature
- UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Traditional (Matt), French (tistou77), Swedish (1FF)
Fix
- Updates: App (MSIX) package path saving to presets
- Updates: Error 416 on downloading updated existing file, different link (e.g. downloading newer Defender Updates)
- Components: ‘Modern App support – 32 bit’ removal was breaking Office 2021 full setup
- Components: ‘PowerShell 32-bit’ shortcut was leftover if 64-bit version kept
- Components: ‘Resume from Hibernate’ now listed only on Win11 22621+, not removable on older
- Components: ‘Universal Printing’ and ‘Powershell DSC’ had leftovers in certain combinations
- Components: ‘Windows Media Player 64-bit’ initial startup was blocked if Media Foundation 32-bit removed
Download: NTLite 64-bit | 23.3 MB (Free, paid upgrade available)
Download: NTLite 32-bit | 20.8 MB
Link: NTLite Home Page | NTLite Features
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