NTLite is a handy application that will allow you to create Windows installation disks with the characteristics you want, even when you are not an expert. You have never used similar programs before. Thanks to this platform, developing your variants of the mentioned operating system and setting up your software and all kinds of configurations and drivers is possible.

With this utility, a successor of the previous Nlite and Vlite, you can customize the ESD or WIM installer of any recent Windows operating system version, such as Windows 7, 8.1, or Windows 10. You can perform tasks such as adding all kinds of drivers, reducing the size of your OS by removing some of its components, adding others that you consider necessary by default, etc.

Once you have downloaded this program, which takes just a few minutes during the installation process, you will see that we can access its free version, which is not bad if you want to use its main functions personally. Even, and although on this occasion we will not dwell on it but on the classic one, there is a portable version of this system that you can carry on your USB memory to run on any computer.

Beyond that, once you run NTLite, you will find the traditional Add button, thanks to which you can add the folder or image with the operating system in question, which will take a few seconds to load. When the process is finished, you will see that all the buttons on the left side of the panel will be enabled, so you can start using them.

At this point, we can begin to customize our version of Windows. Although we are going to show you some of the main functions this program can offer you, we wanted to emphasize that it has several tutorials with step-by-step explanations of how to act. If they do not help you, even on platforms like YouTube, you will find some guides that could be useful.

Returning to the program and what it shows us, probably the first of the sections in which we must stop is that of Components , which will allow us to configure each of the elements that we want to be present in our version of the operating system. This is one of the basic steps, so you must pay attention to the contents you add to your version of Windows and analyze well which ones you leave out.

Later appears the Features section specifically, which is the one that will allow us to select the games and other issues, not so transcendental but that also make our operating system fit what we intend.

In Updates , within Install , you can select which updates you are interested in, so you do not have to look for them manually. Also, within the same section, we find the Drivers segment, which will allow you to add the specific drivers so that they are installed along with the system, and again, you do not have to do it later.

When you have finished making all the changes, modifications, and features of your operating system, you have to look for the Apply button, always on the left side of the screen. When you use it, the changes will be confirmed on the system, and you will be able to generate the ISO image of your new operating system, either to burn it on a disk or to install it later on any machine you want.

Does NTLite have other uses? Yes, since you can not only use this utility to reinstall your operating system, but you can also test particular modifications that you want to make on Windows or make adjustments to the current installation that you have on your computer. Thus, it becomes a tool that offers two different uses for the same system, so you can try everything before generating your version of Microsoft's OS.

As a point against this program, and perhaps the only thing we can point out, we must say that it is too annoying in terms of updates, to the point that it proposes that we update or keep notifications about new versions daily. Although we can remove this window manually, it comes active by default, making us encounter this message repeatedly.

In summary, we can say that NTLite is one of the best programs of its kind when we intend to create installation disks of Windows, making all the modifications we deem appropriate. In our tests, the user experience has been highly positive, without any program stops nor the sensation of producing an excessive consumption of resources for the class of software we analyzed.

Finally, we would like to point out that although this program is beneficial in terms of its possibilities, it replaces a series of tools already available in Windows that may work against it. That will depend on each user and which of these platforms makes him feel more comfortable, but if what Microsoft offers does not convince you, NTLite is undoubtedly a good alternative.