One year later..... I'm still churning out fully functional ISO mod's. This video was GOLD !!! Thanks man :)

This dude is the Gandalf of computers, he even has the wizard beard.

3:00 download 4:20 Windows ISO Download 5:30 First look inside NT Lite 6:30 Windows edition selection 8:00 Updates to windows 9:07 Drivers 9:50 Registry 10:30 Removing Components 11:40 System Apps 13:00 Scheduelded Tasks 13:20 Features 14:20 Settings (Personalization) 18:00 remove sponsored apps 20:11 Unattended setup 25:00 Adding external apps (use silent) 30:00 Apply 33:00 Virtual box to test iso

Just wanted to mention something important: When it comes to disabling Windows Defender, you'll want to keep the window open, just minimized. Or else it will turn itself back on and it may happen before you're ready for it. But keeping the window open and minimized somehow keeps it disabled until you either close the window, or re-enable it.

When removing components a good starting point is the templates (not shown in the video). Essentially the “privacy” template unchecks ALL of the components marked green. From there you can untick more (or less) but it’ll save you a lot of trouble going through all the menus.

I've followed step by step and I managed to make it work. I really NEEDED a bloat free windows and its working INSANELY well. Thank you for your videos!

Followed this. Used a copy of LTSC 2021 and some activation stuff. Threw in the apps I normally install and ran into a few issues with the order of the setcomplete cmd. Figured out it was deleting the scripts folder before 1) it installed the apps or 2) it would activate. Moved all the deleting lines of the cmd to the bottom and boom ... Activated lite windows 10. Thanks for the great tutorial.

Great information. I’m an old guy who was pretty good from the start of computers through retirement in 2008, but wow, so much easier to learn with videos from experts. Thank you😀

@CyberCPU Excellent video! Well done. EDIT: Kudos for including FireFox! That was very cool of you.

JUST WHAT I NEED!!! I am CONSTANTLY having to install the individual apps when I setup a new computer; VLC, Adobe Reader, Chrome, Firefox... sooo many. Using this method, I can create a custom ISO so I don't have to install all these apps later! Thank you so much for this.

Debloating windows has been my standard since several years. So thanks for this video! I'll be starting to make my "own" iso's from this point onward.

Not to feel old, but I wonder how many kids watching this video don't understand the fast forwarding noise edit at 11:30. Sort of like how the original meaning of "roll down the window" has been lost, or that the save icon is a floppy disk. I bet a bunch of kids have never fast forwarded a cassette or VHS tape this day in age. Fantastic video. Extremely informative and immensely useful.

I like that you actually mention the risk of doing a 'lite' windows install. I've ran into issues and it's good advice.

This video brought back fond memories of 20 years ago when I was using Nlite and NTlite for the first time.

Having an article to refer to would be a nice value add

Excellent. I'm going to have fun playing with this program. Reminds me of MSMG Tool Kit, except with a GUI.

Possibly the best tutorial I've ever seen after 24 years on the net, I think that is a compliment!

Always informative, I often learn or relearn from your video's.. I have a good tip for people who have a lot of different programs they use, but don't want to clutter up their desktop, Just open a folder and put it on you desktop and name it "Programs I Use" Then stash all those you use a lot.. Thank you for sharing..

Good ol' days... 20-25 years ago, I made similar things with Windows 98, then 2k and XP. In reality, only the 98lite worked as expected (I have used it to remove Internet Explorer integration from the shell, so it was much stable and faster - and it was still possible to install it separately as a browser). None of the others worked well as the mentioned glitches continuously appeared, so I gave this up after the 98 times - but anyway, it's nice to see that someone else is continuing this road... Just one recommendation for 3rd party installations: if possible, always use MSI packages (FF and VLC also has it), so you don't need to research for the silent install option - it's always the same for all MSI packages. Otherwise, I don't recommend any other customization - there are still chances that some apps or games will not kick off (for example: if secure boot is not enabled, FIFA 23 will not start on Windows 11).

32:00 - 32:40 I think you could set up a Autohotkey script to click at the position of the Ok button every few seconds. But the problem for most people will propably be writing that script, I guess

I only used Nlite (for Windows XP) and NTLite (Windows 7 and up) to add drivers for hardware, like network, RAID controllers and such. But you can do so much more.

im confused !!!!! HOW this video didn’t hit 1M views ??? GOOD JOB Man 👍

Thanks for the tutorial. Your tutorials are like a breath of fresh air - easy to understand and learn from!

it would be nice to have a full step by step on the use and execution of NTLite i assume it would be long but bloody useful :) keep up the goodwork

POST-INSTALL can be just a BAT file with batch code, its very easy to change or add something

I am happy because you are my teacher. I learned a lot from you, because I enjoy every lesson you teach. As a role model, you are a source of inspiration for me. Thank you very much

Immediately starting installing once I saw you can disable the new context menu. Definitely agree!

Great video. Thank you for taking time to make these. It is greatly appreciated. Per your request, I do like the Windows Wallpapers, so I would keep that. However, when I install Windows, I generally don't have my computer connected to the Internet when installing, and I usually install something called WinAero Tweaker with the setting adjusted to "Disable Auto Update of Store Apps" and I find it keeps a LOT of that garbage off my system. Only after I got a local account pretty much the way I want it, and to block store apps update, then I connect the Ethernet cord and watch Windows update first tell me my computer is up to date, then actually come up with a scrolling list of updates. I will also likely remove all the bloat except for CDM for that lockscreen wallpapers and I will finally be able to banish Edge. I will be trying it on my "Break Me" machine first if it allows me to bypass the EUFI (or whatever) TPM, CPU, nonsense requirements. I have an ISO for that, but obviously I'll be blowing that one away in favor of this particular customized incarnation. My favorite browser by far is Mozilla Firefox, and then my go to when Mozilla blocks too much that it breaks things, "Brave", Opera, and Vivaldi. But for the most part, Firefox trumps everything and that's what I use if I can get to do what I need to get done. WinAero has a silent install so I might play with that and see if I can make it do that. I ALWAYS use the program. If I had my way it would come with Windows. I could have SWORN you told it not to install Edge, but maybe just wishful thinking on my part. Luckily, I have what I call a "Break Me" computer which is not my every day use computer. I use it to practice setting up what I want to do. As better as it is, there is still sometimes the need to blow away the computer and start from scratch again. Back in XP days I was doing it twice a year. Back in Windows 7 and 8.1, every other month, 10, once a year and 11... Maybe once every 3 years or so, give or take a year. $96.00 does seem a bit unreasonable. If the price was around $20.00 or $30.00 it would be worth it to pay and help the person out. I've always had the philosophy to keep prices low. For example, if I see something for $5.00. Keep the price there. If you raise it to $10.00 and no body can nor wants to pay it, then you'll end up with ZERO. $5.00 is more than nothing... This plays out in my head differently and I am not able to get it out the way I want it, so I hope the point came across. You're really awesome. The information you provide here is invaluable. It helps SO many people, and we need more people like you in the world, that takes the time to teach others. The information is valuable to those that know how and like to manipulate their computers. It's unfortunate we have to jump through so many seemingly impossible hoops to make OUR computers do what WE want them to do and that's another reason this information is so valuable.

Just an example of why you might want to disable the shutdown button - when running servers, my workplace disables the shutdown button on all of their servers to prevent accidental shutdowns.

Very interesting one, NTlite seem the way to go so you avoid messing up with so many windows settings upon new installation, wow

Thanks so much! Keep up the great work! Thanks for taking my suggestion. Love these videos!

Always a joy to learn new things from you! My company installs new computers almost daily, mostly laptops, so this might come in very handy! Too bad all the third-party apps has to have silent installers.. We do have some software which do not support silent installs.. I was wondering, have you ever tried creating a custom windows installation by copying an existing computer with tools like Clonezilla? I'm currently working on a bare-bone system to use as a template right now to see if it's possible ^^

This video is exactly what I needed. I want to make a custom version of windows with preinstalled apps for work .

I'm sure someone has already mentioned this but you could potentially test whether or not installers can run silently by testing it in batch code first, I end up having to do that a good bit for work

A lot of yrs wanting something like this. and didn't have the time to search and by chance recommended video I found your video. Excellent video Thank you for sharing I will follow you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Presumably one of the registry changes you can add is the one to prevent the OOBE from checking for UEFI/secure boot/TPM support, to allow seamless setup on non-supported devices?

Thank you for this video tutorial. Man I followed this to a tee and NO ISSUES. Love it! I previously installed Hyper V and had Windows issues. So I removed and was skeptical about Virtual Box but man this app brings back the old days when you could test things out. In fact, I remember installing vMware back in the day and had all the windows installed from Windows 3.0b, Of course all the DOS and some Linus distros too. Anyhow, thank you for this and all the stuff you do. Way cool

Is there any way to extract just Win 10 pro in order to make a smaller ISO to be able to burn to DVD?

Would be great if you could consider doing a stripped down version of Windows that only has the absolute minimum necessary for playing games. Surely that would have to run faster than the stock Windows ?

this guy is hilarious. Its like watching This Old House or Bob Vela explaining home diy lol good stuff

Brilliant tutorial. I had no issues because I did this using Revi-os on my old HP Z440.

Fun fact, this application creator has been around since the windows 98 days, I’ve used it all, super fantastic software! Buy a license ! 😊

Would appreciate an updated for 2024 vid! Been looking to try ntlite out

Excellent tutorial. Clearly and simply explained, as usual. I was considering doing this months ago...probably when your previous video came out. But after trying Windows 11, I realized that it is a dog of Vista and Win8 level proportion...and I'm tired of "fixing" Windows at this point. Ripping out the telemetry, only to have Microsoft break my efforts with new updates has been exhausting, and they will do it to this as well. Learning Linux is my new goal. It will be work, but I think my efforts will be more rewarding. I will have to learn this ISO building method to include my programs with it instead...maybe you could do a tutorial on that, too? That would be truly awesome, although I'm sure it won't get enough views to make it worth your while...yet!

I finally made my own customer iso. Thank you for your service.

Wow, thank you so much, sir.

Wow. Explained really, really, really, really, really well!!! 🎉

The best context menu to use for windows 11 is indeed the one from nilesoft as it blends in well with the modern ui of 11 and is way more superior than the classic menu by far and ofcourse the default one in Windows 11.

Looks like you just got back from a sunny vacation!!😁

Thanks for the tutorial, wanted to setup a custom iso for my steam deck.

I appreciate you this is first video that I am watching, I understand that you described this topic like the Inventor of Windows could.

Thank you for this guide, everything was so crystal clear! My only doubt is on how can I update my custom installation if keep a template and generate a new build. Will I have to reinstall the OS from scratch or there is another way?

I was searching a tutorial in italian for a firend of mine that dosen't understand english... What I have found its that in that tutorial was explained some other little steps taht im trying to see if work: -Use the way to add a command to install other program via winget... seems easier, im trying it (there are many site that allow you to search the right command for the desired program). -Before complete the setup for the ISO, deselect all the other windows install selection (will make the ISO lighter)

Great video, I followed along and made a custom version of Windows 11 Pro because that is what I installed on my laptop. Now I can have Windows 11 the way I want to. Thank you for being able to do a custom install of Windows. Note: I also follow CareyHolzman's channel and watch it regularly. Take care

on the Legion7 RTX3080 i had to disable secure boot in the bios (F1 or F2 keys to get into it) and i use the Ventoy usb to have this windows installed. Use F12 to get the BootMenu show up. Great tips on NTLite. Was a great fan of NLite/VLite too on windows 7

very good content! I learned so much from this video and subscribed!

Very helpful tutorial. Would have liked to see how you add a driver.

I use NTLite for also custom Windows 7 iso file

The content Delivery Manger i use the custom wall papers yes but I did find anther way to keep windows from installing Apps there's a REG setting you can change it stops the Apps from loading that are not part of the ISO image or updates directly use that in connection with keeping content manger I forgot the name though this I can confirm I did this trick on 1703 and it has stayed no problems

you are not using the Free Version of NTLite in your Video

DISM++ is a good alternative of NTLite

use the print screen button to open screen snipping tool is very slick

underrated channel

You can change the context menu in the registry if thats the best part of this. I used to hate the context menu myself. That was until I figured out how much easier it was for me to make use of Autohotkeys with it. So now I can't live without it anymore 😂😂

Thanks, Now I can get stuck on single version of windows and avoid AI take control over my computer.

This is really cool! Thanks for making this video!

thank you for this awesome video. I've been waiting for something like this. I do have a question. Is there any place that has explanations what each of the apps or packages do so we know whether or not to remove them? I basically started googling each item to get an explanation, it kind of worked, but was wondering if there is a place that has more explanation or even suggests which ones are recommended to be removed as you've explained for some apps in this clip.

man you're getting more tanned with each video

I never heard about this, great tutorial 👍

My question is why dont you use Brave Browser if you like Fire Fox and Chrome??? Brave is basically Chrome and Firefox in one browser.....???

LOL great T Shirt. Thank you sir for this video its about the best, easiest to follow for this subject. (like all your videos). Which is why I subscribed in the first place. 😁👍🤛

Hello sir, i would like to know if i can also use a "SD card" to be my internal memory since my chrome book has a low memory ? I am waiting for your answer. God bless. Thanks

I know that you are aware of this but why not revisit this video and show how to download the win10 ISO without having to download the media tool?? which unless you are logged in as admin to the machine doesn't work. this way you can just get the ISO itself.

27:58 - I wonder if you can install the portableApps versions of the applications? These are portable versions (well,duh) but to install them you simply unzip them. No installation required. You may just need to add a shortcut after the event, but that should be easy.

That's awesome utility. Thank you very much for this knowledge! I made my own custom image of 11 23H2 and significantly reduced emount of manual stuff required for a clean installation. The "Post-Setup" isn't the best approach in my opinion, as far it doesn't display a progress. So I put custom files and scripts embedded into the image to run on manual demand. The script runs installation of such apps like Chrome or VLC via winget (as far as it's available in Win 11 out of the box) - so it can bring always the latest available version.

Another Brilliant video! Thanks so much!!

Fab work bro....wonderful! KIU!!🤩

Such a good video and helpful! Thank you!

Fart When People Hug You!!! 😂 best shirt ever.. you got my sub!

I started using nLite-1.4.9.3 and nlaom21 years ago for Windows XP installs...HUGE assets.

Any Idea where to get Windows 11 IOT edition?

That shirt.......you are the man! I LIKE IT!!!

SMBv1, I know you said some people would disagree you turned that on, I strongly disagree with turning it on, big security issue. Legacy scanner that needs it still? Buy a new scanner, it'll be cheaper in the long run

lots of people still use windows 10.. he could try doing the same video for both versions so he can confirm that many many are still using windows 10

If you do that, sir, you’re gonna be the best

I've always wanted to be able to create an iso image, full custom, of windows 10 with all my 2D/3D applications already installed. Every time I build a PC, it takes me hours to install all my software. I can very well create a backup point, but it will only be valid for the PC on which I'm creating the backup.

I bought a win 11 pro key using your code - since i had 7 Ultimate key i got 10 Pro for free. so 11 Pro ... i get 12 Pro for free i hope ... works great activated also - i rolled it into a custom 11 ISO ... best windows install i have ever done !

SMB 1.0 is a big security risk ... but GREAT video... thank you!

Man i forgot about this software it was nice back when i was using it

I guess its rather easy to create a AHK-script to deal with those prompts... And to ask ChatGPT 3.5 to make everything for you. I dunno. But I will find out. Thanks for uploading :)

Thanks for the video

Nicely done! Thank you.. 😊

You title is incorrect , and you should have put install iso any virtual program. I noticed a few changes on virtual software. However, I followed your instructions and reinstalled ISO on my PC, and certain settings remained same.Only a few increased in size. On the other hand, Chris Titus Tech created a trim iso without the Win Store, which is what I wanted.

oh you mean the SMB 1.0 with the beautiful CVE-2017-0144 Exploit? Yeah man love it xD but anyways pretty good tutorial thank you ^^

We see your video from India which we like very much that you tell it about Windows

Thank you for the video, Rich. Seems to me that, until W11 gets its sea legs, there will be a lot of recovery being done with ISOs. It'd be a good idea to have a customized ISO on hand and €40 ($1.07 x 40 or $42.80) ain't to bad. But hiw big of a USB drive for the ISO? 32GB? Thanks!

Great video!!!!!👏

A question purely for clarification: Can you load your de-bloated ISO back into NTLite and re-enable components, or do you have to start again from scratch?

What about TPM, secure boot, processor check option for windows 11

Going to try and install w10 on an older pc. thanks for the video.