Software update: NTLite 1.0.0 build 3146 beta

Dino Nuhagic is developing NTLite, a program that allows users to create a custom-built Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 installation CD. Dino is no stranger to this field, as he is also the creator of nLite and vLite, which do the same thing, but for Windows XP and Vista.

Among other things, NTLite can remove unused components and add hotfixes, updates and drivers. In addition, it is possible to make many settings, apply tweaks and answer questions that arise during installation, such as the registration key, user accounts and network settings. In this way, the program shortens the installation time.

New is that NTLite can also modify an already installed Windows. Also new is that there are different versions. The basic version is free, but has limited functionality. For example, only a limited number of components can be removed and it is not possible to modify an existing installation. The full version costs just under 45 euros and a commercial license can also be purchased. Since the previous entry in the Downloads, the following changes and improvements have been made:

1.0.0 beta build 3146

New

• Tweaks-Win8+: Adobe Type Manager Font Driver (ATMFD)

Upgrade

• General: Detecting temp folder from a share (Error 18 on mounting)

fix

• Updates: Crash on integrating updates under Windows 7 as a host

1.0.0 beta build 3135

New

• Updates: Update Analysis for KB prerequisites and recommendations
• Updates: IE11 and Language pack EXE support
• Post-Setup: Move rows
• Post-Setup: MSU file type support
• Tweaks: Windows Update settings
• Removals: Windows Disc Image Burning Tool
• Removals-Win7: Virtual PC (added via updates)
• Removals-Win7: Windows Media Services Remote Server Administration (added as updates)
• Source: Cancel support for Load, Export, Split and Create ISO (right-click)
• UI: Croatian translation
• UI: Light theme
• Drivers: Filtered some software devices from HW checks

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• Removals: Windows Media Player Network Sharing split
• Post-Setup: INI file type added to passive
• UI: Better naming of updates on the lists
• UI: Space key can be use to toggle checkboxes
• UI: Errors and warnings popup now has copyable content

fix

• Source: Junction points were corrupted on image save
• Source: Forget missing folder
• Features-Win7: SP1 slipstreamed had a blank feature list
• Removals-Win10: Hyper-V was causing black screen
• Removals-Win10: Firewall had leftovers

1.0.0 beta build 3059

New

• UI: All browse paths now remembered individually across sessions
• UI: All pages support drag and drop of files from Explorer
• UI: All lists contain a filtering row for fast list search
• UI: All lists support the keyboard Del key
• Translation: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, Romanian
• Post-Setup: Passive files support (mst, txt and inf)
• Unattended: ‘Copy to image’ option (Panther\Unattended.xml location)

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• Tweaks: Page split into tabs
• Tweaks: Driver services filtered-out from Services list
• Tweaks: Services connected to components (pending removal disables related)
• Translation: Automatic language usage if locale detected
• Translation: RTL support
• Components: ‘Previous Versions’ tab removed with Volume Shadow Service

fix

• Components-Win7: Action Center was breaking WinSAT UI
• Components: Remote Desktop Server was breaking Hyper-V Management
• Components: English(US) removal under the English(UK) image
• Components: Memory Diagnostic leftover (scheduler)
• Source: ‘Forget’ moved image now does not hang the UI
• Source: Preset save/load of Metro apps
• UI: Tab ordering of some controls

1.0.0 beta build 2986

New

• General: Translation support (see .\Lang\readme.txt)
• Components: Keyboard Layouts
• Components: MSConfig
• Components: ASP.NET 2 and 4.5
• Components: Network Center
• Components: Video For Windows

Upgrade

• Components: Portuguese (Brazilian) split from Portuguese

fix

• Source: Export error 2 in some cases
• Source: ISO filenames missing first character if folder in volume root
• Components: Rename folder issue after some KB installs
• Components: Appx Support removal breaking Sysprep
• Components: Windows Mail removal file sharing users not listed
• Drivers-Win7: Driver integration error 30 (0x0000001E)

1.0.0 beta build 2861

fix

• Removals: Tool auto-closing itself at the start of ‘Preparing data’ in rare situations

1.0.0 beta build 2856

New

• Source: Split WIM (SWM) support
• Source: Merge (Join) SWM support
• General: Digitally signed binaries
• Updates: Windows 7 SP1 slipstream support
• Unattended: User passwords automatically encrypted
• Unattended: OEM SetupComplete option
• Removals: Performance Monitor
• Removals: Virtual disk support
• Compatibility: Parallels VM hardware list
• Tweaks: Display tray items and Show clock options

Upgrade

• Removals: Preparing data optimized, now faster and uses less memory
• Removals: Sounds split to Default and Themes

fix

• Removals: Diagnostics – Explorer folder elevation popup wasn’t working
• Removals: Error Reporting – Marvel Heroes 2015 and TuneUp Utilities
• Removals: Hyper-V – Windows Time service could not start
• Removals: Sounds – Control Panel sound theme options were removed
• Removals: WebClient – ​​Word 2013 export pdf/xps would crash
• Removals 32-bit: Natural Language – Outlook 2013 search wasn’t working

Change

• Removals: Remote Desktop Services merged with Remote Desktop Server
• Source: Convert image, grouped options for WIM, ESD and SWM formats