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 2024.6.9976 changelog:
New
Image: Server 2025 support, license support date same as Windows 11 24H2
Components
- ‘Sudo’
- ‘Voice Clarity (Apo)’
- ‘Composite Image File System (CimFS)’
- ‘Boot-time FsTx update recovery utility (AutoFsTx)’
- ‘Microsoft Copilot’ app/inboxapp removal (24H2)
- ‘Start Experiences’ (InboxApp)
Settings
- ‘Windows Copilot+ Recall’ disabling
- ‘Allow your controller to open Game Bar’
- ‘Show me notifications in the Settings app’
- ‘SMB Server – Enable insecure guest logons’
- ‘SMB Server – Digitally sign communications’
Components merged from beta
- ‘Boot-time File System Verification Utility (Autochk)’ 32-bit
- ‘COM OLE 2.x Legacy’ 32-bit
- ‘Client URL tool (cURL)’ 32 and 64-bit
- ‘Driver Verifier Manager (verifier.exe)’ 32 and 64-bit
- ‘Extensible Storage Engine (ESENT)’ 32-bit
- ‘Extensible Storage Engine Utilities’ 32 and 64-bit
- ‘JScript9 Legacy’
- ‘Natural Language Legacy’
- ‘Windows Globalization’ 32-bit
Fix
- Components: Com Plus MSC had a start menu link leftover
- Settings: Disable ‘Remote Desktop’ should had no enable option
Upgrade
- Components: Removing more with ‘Sustainability Service’, ‘OOBE’, ‘Microcode Update – AMD’, ‘WLAN’, ‘Optional Features’,
- ‘Device Association Framework Providers’, ‘Proximity’ (includes Wi-Fi Direct’)
- Win11 24H2 removal improved for ‘Direct Access Connection’, ‘ReFS’, ‘Bluetooth’, ‘APX speaker and microphone driver’,
- ‘WLAN’, ‘Device Association Framework’ and ‘Dolby Atmos codec pack’, ‘Mixed Reality’
- Components split: ‘Print 3D’ 32-bit, ‘Processor microcode update’ to Intel and AMD (careful: removing Intel one breaks OS since 24h2),
- ‘Language MTF’ from ‘Input Processors’
- ‘Sensor Service’ added to OOBE compatibility
- Features: Win11 24H2 “WMIC” feature enabling support
- UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Simplified (Gskening), French (tistou77), Turkish (Just)
Download: NTLite 64-bit | 23.5 MB (Free, paid upgrade available)
Download: NTLite 32-bit | 20.3 MB
Link: NTLite Home Page | NTLite Features