NTLite 2024.11.10166 [Update]

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 2024.11.10166 changelog:

New

• Unattended: Change ‘Users’ (Profiles) directory deployment option
• Setting: ‘Limit print driver installation to Administrators’ option
• Setting: ‘ReadyBoost’ option
• Setting: ‘Sticky Keys’ option
• Settings: ‘Explorer – Navigation pane – Home link’ removal option (re-save Gallery setting to preset, changed tag)
• Settings: ‘SMB Server – Digitally sign communications (Always)’

Upgrade

• Components: ‘Network Profile’ component is an expansion and merger of:
• ‘Network List Service’, ‘Network Location Awareness (NLA)’ and ‘Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI)’
• Components: Improved ‘Windows Defender’ removal in certain cases, remains disabled if returned by a cumulative update
• Components: ‘OOBE – FOD Setup’ split from ‘OOBE’
• Components: ‘ReadyBoost’ split from ‘SuperFetch’
• Components: ‘Encrypting File System (EFS) – Service’ removes more
• Components: Improved Win11 24H2 DISM RestoreHealth and update cleanup compatibility after removals
• Features: WMIC enabling on Win11 24H2 images requires removal of ‘OOBEFodSetup’ scheduled task, or ‘OOBE – FOD Setup’ component
• Updates: Dism Cleanup with UI progress for Windows 11 hosts
• Updates: On integration of multiple cumulative updates, picks latest servicing stack first and indicates visually
• Updates: ‘Safe OS Dynamic Update for WinRE’ update type support. Integrated after Servicing stack, before Cumulative updates
• Updates: .WIM update extension support for integration
• UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Romanian (Coman),
• Spanish (Plátano_RD), Swedish (1FF), Turkish (Just)

Fix

• Components: ‘MIDI’ component removed from Win7 as it was not removable anyway
• Components: ‘OneDrive’ removal was breaking 24H2 setup in some configurations
• Components: ‘WMI Providers’ removal was breaking Settings – Network adapter list in Win11 24H2
• UI: Fixed silent closing of the tool during removals, was a crash in rare cases

Download: NTLite 64-bit | 21.0 MB (Free, paid upgrade available)
Download: NTLite 32-bit | 18.8 MB
Link: NTLite Home Page | NTLite Features

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