Making the Best Windows ISO
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- čas přidán 4. 10. 2022
- I've talked about NT Lite in past videos, but this shows you everything you need to make NTLite ISO in minutes. Here is the website guide so you can copy paste any links you see in the video.
Website Guide: christitus.com/ntlite-guide/
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Rufus recently got updated to patch the Windows ISO which include Secure Boot and TPM bypass, bypass the requirement for a Microsoft account, skip all data collection questions by setting them to false and more
@@gamerking64 yeah i like ventoy better especially for keeping different versions of windows and linux distros on the same usb stick
@@gamerking64 Yeah Ventoy is cool
@@gamerking64 Ok Ventoy Employee😑
@@gamerking64 where is this? I find no documentation.
Does not matter, a lot of games will update security to tpm, like Valorant and Fifa 23, if u use win 11. Thats why i will switch to win 10, Dont have money for upgrades now
I've been doing this since 95lite all the way to now. When 95lite and 98lite came out this was awesome. Well worth the money. Thanks for spreading the word.
Maybe in that time no, but... Nowadays doesnt the bloatware come back with Windows updates?
@@santo998 u can block some stuff with GPO (needs Pro) for example or some windows settings, but yes some stuff will come back
When I was a Windows 10 Desktop Engineer/Lifecycle Administrator, NTLite was my secret sauce for creating clean and fast Windows images to load into SCCM.
When adding updates with NT Lite always remember to check the resetbase box to clean the winsxs folder.
Keron, I keep getting a "windows cannot update boot configuration" pop up that cancels the install. I've run Chris's NTLite process twice and tried the resulting ISO on several machines but get the same pop up every time. I must be doing something wrong. Any suggestions? Thanks
@@mthansk in this case I recommend checking your bios for any updates. If that does not work then reset your bios or UEFI firmware to it's default state and retry the setup and see if it goes through.
Where do I find this option?
@@ludwigvan8600 it's in the updates section on the left hand pane and on the top there's a dism resetbase option make sure to check it
@@KeronBullock Thanks for yor quick response, I will rebuild my Win10 with that option.
I have another question, I downloaded from Microsoft the latest Win10_22H2_English_x64 iso, and when I download the latest updates in Ntlite for that it downloads the Cumulative Update KB5025221, but it skips it in the integration process (and is colored red in included updates). I'm not sure if this means this update is already integrated in the iso. I haven't been able to display the version of this iso.
Thanks Chris, another awesome guide for making a Lite Win10 ISO. This is a really great accompaniment to your VM guide.
Seems like a do-it-yourself, legit alternative to LTSC. Very nice. I absolutely LOVE that you end up with such a bloat-free install. Nice!
the only thing to be careful with is these break VERY often with updates
It would be nice to be able to remove certain items in windows after it was installed (Xbox related bloat)
@@limpa756 use his tool to only allow security updates.
@@shadowopsairman1583 geek uninstaller allows you to remove a lot of the bloatware installed by default.
@@revenge977 He should include that as part of the preset then, honestly
NT Lite is the absolute best. I use this software all the time to integrate updates and I rarely ever run into any sort of issues.
I think it’s very helpful that you have an accompanying guide, as it was not immediately obvious to me from the video a few things, for example the main difference between this and some other custom ISO making videos. I see now that this is a sort of half way house solution, since the tool has some pre-set options to do some of the stuff for you if you pick the typical final ISO type you are looking for.
@@eDOC65 Hi
I am not familiar with team viewer and am not really expert enough to advise anyone else on Chris’s Debloat stuff. I am only one of Chris’s Viewers.
I followed Chris’s Debloat stuff for the last 2 years. But I still use his older win10script, (I prefer the simpler GUI), which I have modified a bit to include any advancements he has made in the actual working as he has moved on to his new GUI winutil thing
If you are starting new looking at Chris’s stuff, it’s probably best to look at starting from his newer GUI winutil thing.
CZcams won’t let me post a full link, but I will give you the last bit of a bitly link to the relevant videos from this year with the date they came out. (Add that bit to the typical start bit of a bitly link and you will get a full URL to take you to the video)
Apr 29 3ejT2WX
May 4 3MkNUhC
May 6 3TtTlNV
May 14 3rMAaTw
Sept 14 3EuOh7B
Alan
LOVED NT Lite in the Win XP days, it's how I used to make my SP2 discs. But I thought it was useless with Win7 maybe I didn't give it a chance- glad to see it still around!
@@Ffinity do you purchase the premium everytime or what?
@@Ffinity 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@vortex4900 *every time
Thanks bro finally someone who isn't posting malware or fake stuff, you deserve my subscribe!
Love your work Chris tons and tons of very informative information on Windows and Linux operating systems.
Also love the Mandalorian picture behind you.
May I ask where you got it.
Cheers Stuart Law from Australia
Awesome tutorial Chris. Snagged NT Light for myself.
very interresting Chris. sure would like to be able to make my win10 iso as light as that. thank you for sharing your knowledge. impressive about how much you know of all this stuff :)
Making it lightweight is nice, but IMHO, the best reasons to do this are the ability to have the user profiles installed to a separate partition from the moment you install as well as the ability to have an install with all the most recent updates.
This is awesome appreciate the info as always thank you 🙏
I thank you for your time and everything you've done for the community the people online and the entire internet thank you...👍😁
Someone who doesnot blow up your mind with an awful music and a loud voice. Thanks for your great work.
Will you go through all the changes made in the xml file in a future video? Maybe explain all the Windows components and software stuff entirely?
Nice video, will you be making your own preset for NTLite in the future?
Wow, The name of the forum (MSFN?) escapes me but Nuhi started making software way back that would strip down Windows. Pretty sure Nuhi started NT Lite as well and he might be the one doing it today. Odd enough, I really enjoyed trying each update and getting back to him on any issues I had and it was amazing how quick he would come back with a fix. Back then it was free and had other names for different versions of Windows. This guy was very talented and should be paid for his work. God knows he did the free work for a long time.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
I started using Ntlite back in time with Windows 7 and XP, and it was a really helpful tool to get ultralight versions of both OS. Nowadays, the Ntlite team has improved a lot of cool things that make it easy to set up Win 10 or 11, as you mentioned, so it is worth paying $40 for the home version. I have a question regarding your settings for Gaming OS. Can I use those settings on a home PC on a windows Home (such as browsing, using Microsoft office and that kind of stuff), or Does it need to be a Windows Pro?. This is because I am trying to help someone from my home country, so if that works, it will be easier to deploy. Thanks.
Worked thank you alot! you're the best bro liked
Thanks Chris. As always good tech and easy to understand. Keep them coming.
I use your debloat script, I have familiarity with this tool, PS and CMD are my friends, and your debloat utility works for me.
Great video Chris! I might have to give this one a try. I would love to be able to make my own OS. I saw your video on tiny 11 this morning, scrolled down and saw this video and thought I would watch it. Can this software work with Windows 11 also?
Hey Chris, awesome video as always! I think it would be greate if you make a video about the tool WinReducer.
i didnt hit the create iso in the beginning and was so confused, I figured it out though! Thx a bunch!
Your content is great 👍
always love yr vids
I am a ntlite user and i can say that it was the best purchase I have ever made :)
Can you share your iso?
Exactly what I needed
2:50 you got me hooked there - thats awesome
Question. After making your own custom ISO, does Windows try to reinstall their bloatware with updates? Or can you specify only security updates with ISO? Just want to know if Windows tries to sneak (install) their bloatware back on.
And...appreciate any input on custom ISO for a gamer but not strictly gaming, surfing net for news and financial things too. Was definitely looking at removing Windows Store, Cortana, Calender, (killing auto update), ect but possibly keeping IE, and Defender. Don't use IE but sometimes you can't escape it (rarely).
Same question here
That's interesting.
I spent a week making a company image last year and writing unattended scripts by hand.
I remembered the days of win xp when we could get a working image of about 200mb hacking at it. Good old days.
I’m still getting on well for now using Chris’s tool utility stuff on stock instillations, but I will move on to making my own custom ISO and this video will certainly get on my to view list then.
The trick for getting at the ISO simply was useful, (as I recall it used to be more straight forward).
I think it is generally a good idea to always get a copy of a standard MS windows ISO when you can. It seems that as MS develop something further, they make it less easy for us to modify. I think Chris mentioned that by his utility tool tweaks it was easier with the earlier versions. I do not know if the same is true for when customising the ISO, but I think when I investigate making my own I would like to experiment with different stock versions.
In Germany it is more straight forward as some reputable computer magazines offer a simple stock MS ISO download. In fact, until recently, one was offering the complete series of all the earlier windows 10 operating system versions, so I got a full set of ISOs.
I don’t unfortunately have a set of all the English versions, so if anyone passing knows of a safe source to get at those I would be grateful, thanks.
Alan
@@eDOC65 Sorry I don't understand who or what you are asking. I have no experience yet with any of this ISO making stuff
Alan Elston
@@eDOC65 No problem
U can get a free iso directly from windows websiye
@@blankfido7229 Hi
I am looking for copies of all the official earlier operating system versions. As far as I know, you can only get the most recent version from the official windows site?, and any other sources on the internet are usually just the newest version?
Alan
Blud is signing himself 💀
Good video, thanks mate.
Great video man
That tip about getting the ISO you need was nice to see. Though I wish we could download only the Pro version. I gave up modding years ago because nothing ever seemed to work for me. Started again last month. I finally bought NTLite after failing with the other free tool out there. Wow, what a difference! The config file chose the wrong timezone though. CANCELLED! 🤣
You can do that tho. Just use MSMG toolkit gut all the other editions and make any customizations you want
2:35 You can simply hit f12 and click tablet button on the top left corner. And hit f5 or refresh the page manually. (It works for Chrome, i don't know how to do it for other browsers but it might be similar.)
While doing this don't close the developer tab until you got the dowload link.
msmg toolkit is like command prompt
ive used ntlite free edition for my windows iso's and it was very good
3:01 "But, it's Microsoft. it's not meant to." This statement pretty much sums up the era we are in with Big Tech, going from Windows XP days to what they now call Windows 10/11.
Hey Chris thanks for the tutoria;. Is there a way to change the desktop wallpaper with NTlite?
I've been using this software since the Windows XP days, it's worth every penny.
The only problem I ever have - I can *_never_* get my old HP LaserJet 1022 working after installing with a custom ISO 😮💨
Unfortunately so many things are intertwined that removing bloat always bears the risk of deleting essential components.
@@ArniesTech Unfortunate, but very true!
Is that the wired (usb) / wireless (wi-fi) model that you have to initially go through usb to setup???...even for wireless??? If you get it setup on Wi-Fi, you should be able to use an HP universal PCL driver and setup with an IP address.
@@fookingsog It's a pretty old printer, USB only, haven't been able to figure out which removed component is causing the issue. I should probably just buy a newer printer lol.
@@phobes does it have an ethernet port?🤔
Did I get it right: you can include software in this image you would install anyways (e.g. an office)? And also can I put in my active directory to get the computer right into the network?
I've been looking into moving to an NVR setup called Blue Iris instead of a proprietary NVR as they seem to fail far too often. However, Blue Iris is Windows only. It doesn't make sense to build a headless server out of Windows Desktop with all of the bloatware that is running on it.
This seems to be a way to run Blue Iris "bloatless" on a headless server. I mean it would be the same light weight install as I would want for a dedicated gaming machine.
Thanks for this!
I'm going to keep on watching this video a lot until I'm confident I can do it. I love those low process in the task manager. I really want my gaming pc like that. All about buttery smooth 😎
Oh one more thing to add to that Chris when you do your download of doing that making your custom ISO is there a way to have every driver out there downloaded with it so you don't have to worry about searching whatever software from wherever it could just slap the drive or in no problem even if you go from Windows to 2 raspberry pi or you know Linux or whatever if you understand what I'm trying to say if you're getting kind of stuck let me know..
Hi Chris !
I love your videos!
Can you make one where you explain how to get paid programs into the image and have them install automatically with Windows.
During the installation, a window should appear with the programs we want to install and not play around doing this later.
We mark and they are installed with Windows.
For example, Wondershare Filmora X, Revo Uninstaller Pro, Visual Studio, Internet Download Manager, etc.
I'm making an image with AOMEI Backupper, but I want to know how it goes with NTLite ISO.
Thanks !
Hey Krasi!
I think all you need to do is create a shell script to install these softwares for you and then add it under the "Post Install" tab!
After the installation, a shell prompt should pop up asking you about confirmation for all the softwares you'd like to install and you can answer it with y and n for each subsequent piece of software!
@@devangshekhawat Thanks Dev, but I think the video tutorial will guide me more quickly on how to do this.
I can completely understand Chris if he is afraid of complaints about the paid programs (company patent) that he puts in the example package.
I will look elsewhere for information if necessary.
Any chance we can get a more in-depth video about this, and maybe some additional presets for a minimal and debloated install that is still good for every day use like web browsing and email? This video goes kinda fast and only covers the GamerOS preset.
Edit: Also, where can we get that file with all of the drivers at about 5:30 in the video?
Are these custom .iso installs just for convenience or do they allow you make changes that are impossible after a regular install?
I followed the same process but the iso file is still larger than 5 gigs. Is it because I used the free version?
amazin video didnt know about this tool
This is pretty cool. Would it be possible to run a .bat file for installing apps with chocolatey post windows install? Also, is it possible to create an image from an existing version of windows with all the settings in other apps?
you can create windows iso with preinstalled apps
Wow.. just learnt how to easily download the windows iso 👍
Hi, actually you have two more options:
1) Press F12 and enable "Responsive Design Mode" (press Ctrl + Shift + M on Firefox) and refresh the windows download webpage. This works on Chrome, Edge and Firefox.
2)Install Rufus, in the preferences activate the online updates and restart Rufus, then you'll see another option that "select" for the ISO, now you have "Download" as an option and you can choose Win 7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 11 and immediately create a USB. You can download the ISO on any folder you want in case you want to keep it.
Blessings !
@@andresjosegonzalezsanchez Thanks a million ✨
thankyou for the process, is there an already created bare bones win11 iso which we can get directly?
Have you ever use uupdump? thats my favorite piece of file to download any windows 10 or 11 versions weather it be retail, beta or developer iso. i like to use that in conjunction with ventoy
I would like like this but windows 11 so can I do same step on windows 11 image?
Man I love everything that you are doing. I used to do this as well before I loved to linux. I used to use black vipers services batch file too. Shut off anything that is not needed. I wonder if you have done this? Disable all those services running which no one uses except the hackers or microsoft to check if your license is valid every other clock cycle.
Excellent vid! Just bought NTlite and made my first ISO. Question: How can I load both home AND pro versions to be placed into the ISO I'm making? Seems like once I 'load' one of them, there is no option to load any other.
You have to unmount the one you are working on first, then mount the other one you want to edit.
is better WinToolkit than MSMG Toolkit? your recent video is about MSMG Toolkit (2020), but in this video you recommend the WinToolkit(2019)
Great video, thank you. I am having trouble getting my xBox Wireless Controller for PC to work with this build. I added the drivers to the image but it still doesn't work. Any ideas on what else I might need to add back to the image? For a "Gaming" image, this is pretty necessary ...
Hey, Great video but just a quick question. I followed your steps created an iso, installed on machine but then could not access wifi, even though I had loaded all network drivers at creation. Any thoughts ?
It's a little bit fast for me, but an outstanding great video. Thanks a million times.
@Chris Titus Tech I know you just got your 3D Printer. Might there be an optimized installation specific to 3D printing and 3D design? Also, could Windows 11 be optimized and setup to serve media files & documents with minimal overhead? Transcoding not needed for media streaming.
Why not Linux? You've got cura, blender, and can use tinkercad in a browser.
Can you make an updated guide on msmg toolkit coz in 40$ I can eat for 30 days lol
Very good video!
Thank you very much for this video Chris. You said that the ISO u created with nLite is appropriate for gaming reasons but i would like to ask you if i could use nLite in order to add office and a bunch of other softwares to the windows iso, so I don’t have to install them one by one after the installation of windows itself?
Thank you 👍🏻
I hope someone knowledgeable is gonna reply with instructions as well..I'll be waiting too
@@ravenn0us still no response 4 months after
@@almedogjurgji Still no response after 1 year
I love this so much
Can I add a custom Windows wallpaper to NTLite app, so that it installs on all the machines I use that pendrive on?
How to setup a bare minimal light weight security in this ISO? for the reason that we download and install binaries that may be harmful and this will become a vulnerable setup.
I like your videos, i wanted to learn something about ntlite, i tried free version which also works fine but i have a problem with those settings, i wanted to use microsoft account and that old email n calendar app (yes i like them still) played with settings and was able to use microsoft account but i couldnt add an email account to email n calendar app, kept making new iso to test which takes a lot of time and boring. Probably i am missing a single setting to make it work or something is missing there. Can you add some info to your guide about this when you have time for this settings ?
when installing my custom iso I get an error windows /panther/unnattend.xml in the cycle specialize ,any solution ? I've been trying things for 2 days
Can you do an up to date video of making a copy (settings) that got you the 78 processes at 11:20?
Thanks for sharing.
Well done great video By the way, I'm a little ashamed to ask, can I please have a link to download the Windows you made? I want to install it on my computer
Hi Chris your videos always help me fix my potato laptop lol
Go do your homework.
@@0deepak chronically online
@@0deepak go play bgmi or free fire
@@krayomatic2011 I don’t play either of those games and they’re banned in my country anyway.
Really good video, I am curious to know "How to make Best Windows ISO using NT Lite, as a daily driver?"
You Rock!!!! Thank you!!
AMIGO HELPS when applying changes in NTLite where it says "save changes in iso" it doesn't start from 100% and returns to 0% the others if they go green
Can u guys help me out from where did Chris get those drivers 5:16,
and I am getting this error after making the bootable “Display driver error”
But is there a way to have preinstalled apps like 7zip and others? If yes, how we can do?
I wonder if benchmarks will be better with the gaming lite version of Windows
Can you do a similar video but with base debian with baked in programs (for example vs code, but it doesn't matter) and desktop environment (kde, cinnamon or any DE) preferably with a free alternative? 😃
Debian has it's own preconfiguration system where all configuration responses are put in a special file. I forget the name as I usually prepare machines manually and copy in some configuration files before installing common apps like ntp.
Love it, thank you! Yes, very powerful stuff... and I do like it more than MSMG Toolkit, worth the $40.
The way you installed 7zip from your own website. Do you have a video or guide on how to set up a website repo like this? I would like to try.
What are your opinions of ghostspectre?
Is there a video of ntlite that you are going to make on how to intergrate apps and scripts
Is it working also with Windows 7, 8.1 and 11?
When at @2:34 you mention media creation installing bunch of stuff , well could you help us in identifiyng and unistall for those who run it? thank you and great video as allways.
do you have a guide for win 11 that also allows me to install it on unsupported systems
question is does it gets everything back after update i mean on telemetry and tracking
As usual you nailed it :-) I am kind of desperate with the Windows bloating (skyrocketed in Windows 11..) which seems to know no limits now.. As a small non profit IT support provider I try to clean the system as much as I can so people using it can actually do their work! I've been using all kinds of [re]imaging tools with mixed results. MSMG Toolkit is great but lacks of documentation or thorough tutorials. I know that NT Lite has been around a long time but did not know that it was still thriving. I will definitely give it a try. Thank you so much!
Hey Chris quick question where did you get the folder with all the drivers for all the OS's versions I would like to include on my image thank you! NVM I actually found it thanks!
i need this too!
Please, can I ask where did you find that folder with all the drivers?
same
There is the beautiful windows 10 script to debloat windows and it worked like a charm as well and removed every bloat and i really liked it...
Hey @Chris, could you do a video on FIDO2?
Thanks.
Curious if there is a specific reason following along mine is only removing 120 components, not 662?
is there a need to run your tool after this to do its "desktop" tweaks ? also, would there be a variant of the preset with windows defender enabled ?
As far as I understand it, it's just a preset. You can just re-enable it in the config menu.
Not sure what's wrong, but when I tried to use the configs for Windows 10 most of the features that were removed in your video weren't removed in my iso. Not sure why that is, but I guess I'm still stuck with features I don't want.
Is it possible to dual-boot NTLite and the standard MS Windows on the internal ssd?
just did this with a danish ISO and i selected danish everywhere i could in NTlite, but my keyboard dont work at all, only windows key, and windows update dont start when i click on it.