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 2026.07.11258 changelog:
New
- Updates: DISM engine picker and "Debug logging" options in Menu-Settings (Automatic / Host / ADK)
- Image: "Minimize last change lists" toggle in Menu-Settings, unchecked shows full date and time under Last change columns
Upgrade
- Updates: Live progress bar for DISM package add in EXE mode
- Updates: Parallel export of independent WIMs during apply
- Image: Secure Boot boot sector changed to a combobox, Automatic follows the boot manager type
- Apply: Notes X now shown always on hideable messages
- Components: Category reorganization finalized, grouped per functionality, e.g. instead of a blunt "System"
- Components: Desktop Switcher split from Task View for separate removal
- Settings: Windows Defender Default(serves as Enable) tweak improved, helps recover removed Windows Defender if used in concunction with
- Windows Settings - System - Recovery - Reinstall Now
- Settings: Removing a component now clears its tied Settings, Visuals and Events tweaks from those grids and off the Apply page
- Was causing skipped settings on the Apply page if component removal was queued after the settings change
- UI: Combo box dropdown improved
- UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou77), Chinese-Traditional (Matt), Hungarian (John), Italian (clarensio), Russian (RDS), Vietnamese (Vu Anh Vu)
Fix
- Performance: Update check no longer freezes the GUI on an invalid host scheduled task
- Apply: Removed-files count was under-reporting in some cases
- Components: Empty "Uncategorized" category no longer shown
- Settings: Crash loading images missing default user hives (e.g. repacked boot.wim)
Download: NTLite 2026.07.11258 | 20.5 MB (Free, paid upgrade available)
Link: NTLite Home Page | NTLite Features | Screenshot
