NTLite: A powerful tool to streamline Windows 11 ISO image

Want to streamline the system and reduce bloat before installing Windows 11? NTLite can help you create a lightweight custom Windows 11 system. This article will guide you to download NTLite and use it to customize your ISO image file.

What is NTLite?

Windows 11 installation requires a lot of disk space. For veteran users, they usually choose to make some adjustments after installation, or even disable some features. But why not simplify Windows 11 directly before installation? NTLite is the excellent tool for this, which allows you to customize Windows 11 before installing.

NTLite is a powerful Windows customization tool that can:

• Reduce attack surface
• Remove unnecessary Windows components
• Simplify the Windows installation process
• Free up disk space
• Integrated drivers and updates
• Automate Windows and application settings
• Speed ??up the Windows deployment process
• Create a bootable ISO image from any offline image
• Supports driver positioning, mirroring management, unattended installation, registry integration and editing functions

How to streamline Windows 11 with NTLite?

Create a thin version of Windows 11 ISO image with NTLite, you need to download NTLite and get the official Windows 11 ISO file. Then, load the ISO into NTLite for configuration.

Step 1: Download and install NTLite

NTLite is compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8.1 and 7 (32-bit and 64-bit, as well as server versions). Visit http://m.miracleart.cn/link/5739286cebed3495484f106535d1932a to download NTLite, and choose to download the 64-bit or 32-bit version according to your computer system. After the download is complete, double-click the .exe file and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Step 2: Download Windows 11 ISO

Download Windows 11 ISO files from Microsoft's official website. Under "Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO)", select Windows 11, click "Download", select the language, and then click "Confirm>64-bit Download".

Step 3: Load Windows 11 ISO to NTLite

To adjust the downloaded Windows 11, you need to load it into the NTLite application.

1. Start NTLite.
2. Click Add under Mirror and you will see two drop-down options - Mirror Directory and Mirror (ISO, WIM, ESD, SWM). Select the second option.

3. Find the Windows 11 ISO file you downloaded and add it to NTLite. Then, expand ISO in NTLite and you will see all the Windows versions that the ISO image contains. Find a version, right-click it, and select Load.

4. Wait for NTLite to complete the loading of the Windows version (the green icon indicates that the loading is completed), and then you can start doing some configuration operations to customize Windows 11.

Step 4: Customize Windows 11

Download update: You can download updates for selected Windows versions. Go to Tools > Download Updates, select the available Windows 11 updates, and click Download (this feature may not be available in the NTLite free version).

Integration, Remove, Configure, and Automation: In the Toolbar, you can see several options to help you customize Windows 11, including integration updates, adding drivers, loading REG files, unchecking components to remove, configuring Windows (features, settings, services, and extra services), and more.

Step 5: Apply all changes

After customizing Windows 11 with NTLite, all changes take effect. Go to Apps, uncheck the Create ISO box, and click Save. Then, click OK and click the Process button in the upper left corner.

Soon you will get an NTLite Windows 11 ISO file that you can use to install Windows 11 with your custom settings.

Summarize

This is all about how to streamline Windows 11 ISO image using NTLite. Just get NTLite, download Windows 11 ISO officially, run NTLite and do some settings to customize Windows 11. You can then use NTLite Windows 11 ISO to install your own Lite version.

Backup Windows 11

After installing Windows 11, it is highly recommended that you create a system backup. Because system crashes, Windows errors, misoperation, etc. may occur at any time, the system cannot start or data is lost. To perform a computer backup, you can run the professional Windows 11 backup software - MiniTool ShadowMaker. It helps you easily back up files, folders, Windows systems, disks, and partitions.

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