Mini Windows 7 Iso

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• edited March 2015

  • Toolbar - Add - Image Folder - select ‘Windows8Pro': to select the OS source
  • For Windows 8.1, let NTlite convert the compressed .esd to a .wim
  • • Backup this folder for re-use later for example Windows8ProForNTlite
    • Add this folder as the source
  • Toolbar - Load: Load Windows 8.1 Pro from install.wim (wait a minute…)
  • In Components:
  • • Toolbar - Compatibility: select things you want to keep working..
    • • Printing
      • Recommended All
      • USB support
      • Windows Update
      • Host Machine (or HWlist)
    • Toolbar - Expand All - Uncheck All: now only the absolute minimum is selected to be installed
    • Add to that the following, by checking what you need:
    • • Application Compatibility! (needed for a lot of older applications)
      • Media - high definition audio device (both)
      • • wdmaudio (if not already selected)
      • Floppy Disk Support (otherwise Device Manager will have an unassigned Device from Parallels)
      • Group Policy Client & Local Security Policy (useful for changing some otherwise inaccessible settings)
      • Wallpapers (Default)
      • Internet Explorer client
      • optional: Accessories - Mouse pointers
        
      • optional: add 'Time Service' (did not work in Windows 8.1, but OK in Windows 7)
      • Win7: Desktop Window Manager (for Audio and Network Connections to work - may get fixed in later NTlite version)
        
    • No need to add Metro (almost all settings can be done elsewhere)
  • In Features:
  • • Internet Explorer is enabled
  • In Updates - Integrate Update Packages:
  • • To find out relevant Update packages, you should first make an NTlited install without integrated updates
    • • then run Windows Update and make a list of all important Security Updates by KB number
    • Download the relevant updates based on the list created in the first step
    • • manually from Microsoft Download Center https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/default.aspx (search by KB number)
      • or automatically from Windows Updates Downloader (http://www.windowsupdatesdownloader.com/Default.aspx)
      • • Do not just use all the updates from the downloader, but only the ones determined by the initial install, otherwise there will be problems when trying to install updates for components which have been removed
      • Put the Updates you want to use in a folder on your Desktop, for example Win8Updates
    • On Win8: Do Not Install KB3039066 (causes folder rename error: folders cannot be renamed after installing this)
  • In Tweaks:
  • • optional: modify ‘Services' according to Black Viper Safe list (http://www.blackviper.com) usually a few dozen changes
    • Auto Reboot on BSOD - disable
    • UAC: disable prompt on Secure Desktop
  • In Unattended:
  • • Toolbar - Enable, then Auto-fill
    • • modify Administrator user as needed including Password 'yyyyyy', possibly check Autologon
    • optional: Toolbar - Add local account: Group - Users, ..
    • Toolbar - Configure disk partition: Check.. Install to this partition, Maximum, OK
    • use Generic install Key for Windows 8.1 (Bing it ;-)
  • In Post Setup:
  • • Add 7Zip
    • Add Sysinternals Process Explorer (self-expanding 7zipped exe) https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
    • Add WinDirStat http://windirstat.info/index.html
    • optional: Add Firefox
      
    • add some tweaks, reg hacks etc. (see below)
    • • Win8DisableSwapfile.reg - disable Metro swapfile
      • Win8NoLockScreen.reg - disable the Lock Screen
      • setvmem.bat - set smaller Virtual Memory
        
  • In Apply:
  • • Toolbar - check Clean Update backup, optional: check Reuse Driver Cache
    • Toolbar - check Save changes to image
    • Toolbar - keep check on Backup Log & Backup preset
    • optional: Toolbar - check ESD compression (gets the image down to almost CD size, but can take about 15 mins longer) without ESD compression the image will be around 900 MB
    • Toolbar - check Create ISO image: Save to outside of the VM and name it something meaningful (Windows_8.1_Pro_32bit_en_US_NTLite4.iso)
    • In Source - Toolbar - Save - Preset name: for example Win8NTlite4
• edited March 2015

  • Select image file
  • • Select Operating System - 'Windows 8.1' (if not recognised)
    • Win8: Select 'Look like Windows 7' (to get Start8 start menu)
    • Customize: Sharing, Applications, Startup, Memory, disable USB Webcam
  • Install should then all be fully automatic for Windows 8, Windows 7 may ask for a key, which can be skipped
  • • when creating partition manually: search for 'How to Avoid Reserved or Hidden Partition in Windows 8'

  After Installation in Parallels VM:

  • Parallels Hard Disk will be about 2.3 - 2.8 GB, memory usage about 250 MB (win8.1)
  • Win7: disable system restore
  • set 125% Windows & Font scaling (on Hi-Res monitors)
  • Install Parallels Tools
  • • Win7: Install Parallels 'Mac Look'
    • • adjust fonts & sizes Segoe UI 11px
    • Win8: 'Windows 7 Look' (Win8)
  • add Process Explorer shortcut
  • check or install WinDirStat
  • In Win8.1:
  • • Start8
    • • optional: Update Start8 to version 1.5+ (from website)
      • • sometimes problems with uninstall-loop in Windows 8.1
    • Start 8 settings:
    • • Desktop: Disable all Windows 8 Hot corners
      • Configure:
      • • Show ‘Run'
        • Hide shortcuts:
        • • Games (do not work)
          • Help and Support, etc.
  • Check for Updates in Windows Update (first time can be slow)
  • • ignore (most) Optional Updates
    • change Settings (uncheck 'give me recommended updates..')
    • HIDE (in Windows 8.1):
    • • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
      • Do Not Install KB3039066 (causes folder rename error)
        
      • KB3008242 not needed
      • KB2994290 not needed
      • as of March 2015 (in Windows 8.1)
      • • install KB2919355 (2.3 MB)
    • HIDE in Windows 7:
    • • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
        
      • optional: IE 11, 10, 9
      • KB2532531 (not needed BT related, cannot install)
        
      • KB2552343
      • KB2786081
      • KB2798162
      • KB2868116
      • but install KB973688 (XML SP2)
    • Optional:
    • • Win7: Install .NET 4.5 Offline Installer
  • make Firefox default (if installed)
  • launch 7Zip as Admin to associate file-types with all users
  • disable Windows Error Reporting in Group Policy
  • • Administrativ Templates - Windows Components - Windows Error Reporting
  • Activation
  • • check: %windir%system32cmd /c slmgr/dli
  • optional: Install downloaded Theme
  • Check Device Manager
    
  • Win7: sounds: disable startup sound
  • • Disable Delete Confirmation on Recycle Bin

  • Use WinDirStat to check what is taking up most space
  • Delete ‘Software Distribution' (stop Windows Update Service first)
  • Shrink WinSXS
  • • (see relevant articles)
    • On Windows 8.1:
    • • Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore
        
      • Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
      • Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore
  • Delete: C:UsersChristianAppDataLocalTempPrlToolsPackages
  • Delete any restore points and disable System Protection (Win7)
  • launch Windows Disk CleanUp
  • optional: CCleaner (disable Monitoring)

  Not working or Missing:

  • Creating new Users in a Group
  • • fast user switching
    • Create an account via an Administrator command shell cmd.exe:
    • • net user /add useraccountname mypassword
      • net localgroup administrators useraccountname /add
  • Even with Metro disabled, Metro IE is installed
  • • Metro IE will not load any pages
    • On full screen 'Here is Start' will not disappear
  • cannot change account picture (due to Metro not being installed)
  • generally: if nothing from .Net is installed, Event Viewer will not work
  • some errors will show up in Event Monitor, not all of which have been explored by me

  Conclusions after testing:

  • Saves a lot of space for each VM, usually only 2.5 to 3.5 GB per VM even with installed updates & applications
  • • whereas a regular VM with Win7 or Win8 easily takes up 8 to 20 GB and keeps on growing
  • Win8 Lite is more responsive and almost as fast as a Windows XP VM
  • used Process Explorer to check memory usage, which is between 200 and 300 MB after idling for 5 minutes (about half of a regular install)
  • Device Manager shows no errors
  • Network, Sound and all built in desktop applications incl. Administrative Settings work
  • .Net Framework 3.5 or 4.5 can be installed later, if needed
  • most desktop applications will install and run smoothly
  • tested Firefox, Quicken, Bibleworks, etc.
• Win8DisableSwapfile.reg

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management]

  
  

  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsPersonalization]

  
  

  wmic computersystem set AutomaticManagedPagefile=False

  wmic pagefileset where name='C:pagefile.sys' set InitialSize=256,MaximumSize=512

  Some Silent Install Switches:

  77z938.msi /q INSTALLDIR='C:Program Files7-Zip'
  Firefox Setup 36.0.1.exe -ms
  windirstat1_1_2_setup.exe /S
  msxml4-KB954430-enu.exe /quiet
  WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x86.exe /quiet

  Process Explorer.exe -o'C:Program Files' -y (7zip created self-extracting exe)

  Attached xml settings file for Windows 8.1:

  • intended as a working example, but may not work as expected without adapting it first
  • this needs to be tweaked for your individual needs and file paths
• edited March 2015

  
  

  Comments, questions, suggestions and corrections are welcome.

  Chris
• edited March 2015

  Ho-ly monkey, it's like reading a letter from a long lost twin!
  Excellent guide, covers a lot more than I expected from the title.
  You might think about changing it to something more generic, and it applies to Win7 as well as you said.
  I'll for sure be getting back to you for input on the online documentation in the future, and reference this in the next blog post.

  Also pinned it on the forum to be more visible in the future.
  

  Thanks Chris!
• edited March 2015

  
  

  I modified the title a bit, as you suggested. Thanks for pinning the post. I probably won't have much time to give input regarding documentation in the future, as too many other projects are coming up.

  Chris
• • intended as a working example, but may not work as expected without adapting it first
  • this needs to be tweaked for your individual needs and file paths
  • it is derived from a previous, basically original image (Win7ProFullBase) which had over 100 Updates installed
  • lists of applied Updates can be found in the log and xml files
• edited March 2015

  • 106 Windows Update Packages were added to create the Win7ProFullBase 32 bit Windows 7 SP1 Professional image.
  • Attached is the code of the list, which can be added to the .xml configuration.
• For the benefit of people who may need to organise their Windows 8.1 64-Bit updates for a new image. Here's a spread sheet which I used as of today 20.07.15, to download each item from the Windows update catalogue. Was a worthy exercise, after doing it once, just keep adding to it.
• Hi Chris - you mentioned:

  • Win8 Lite is more responsive and almost as fast as a Windows XP VM

  Is this just subjective or have you done any other kind of concrete benchmarks whoch show that Win8 Lite is faster than Win8 and close to XP ?
  
• edited August 2015

  It should be noted that following the steps with a 64-bit Windows 7 does not yield a 700 MiB image, but a 788 MiB one. Not a big deal for me, since I wanted it for VMware only.
  Also, post-setup steps to include could be:

  • powercfg -h off
  • disabling or minimizing the page file (depending on what you mean to do with it) - saw it as policy for Win 8 above
  • on Windows 8/8.1 disable swapfile.sys

  Also, if you merely want to use WinDirStat, you can simply copy windirstat.exe from the installed copy. The language DLLs are not strictly necessary, nor is the DLL included for 9x/NT compatibility. If you want to create a shortcut on the desktop still, I recommend NirCmd (actually I recommend the whole package!).
  I'm also currently pondering on how to include VMware Tools into the image. Will get there eventually .. it appears to be the usual MSI wrapped in an EXE. setup64.exe /s /v /qn appears to do the trick.
  To list installed updates, use wmic qfe
  
• Hi All,
  I'm new to the NTLite Community but I'm an old fan of NLite .
  Thank you for the tutorial.
  
• Hello. I don't quite understand what exactly makes a windows image lose its weight? My ISO Windows 7 Ultimate Image uses 4+ GB HD space. When installed, it would use 12-13 GB HD space. So this post is intended to show how to compress an iso image? I've followed these steps, except 'Installation in Parallels VM' paragraph, since I'm using VMWare Workstation instead of it, but it doesn't seem my iso image is 700MB now. Can you help me?
• edited April 2016

  After some corrections in the source of my OS, it says 'Deleted files: 12114 (2019 MB)' in the Apply section , BUT only the NTLike programm says so, actually it hasn't lost any weight. The install.wim file is still 3.7 GB, while it must be like 1.7 now.
• edited April 2016

  @Shamil788, do you save changes to the image when applying changes?
  If you unchecked Save Changes on the Apply page toolbar, you can save it by manually unloading image on the Source page and ticking save changes when prompted. In that case don't forget to Convert - Rebuild to reduce WIM size.
  Then you can right-click image and choose Create ISO if you need the ISO file.
• Thank you for your help I guess it worked. A folder with OS on vmWare used to use 12-14 GB of my disk space, now it's about 8. However, it's still a huge amount in comparison with the success of the topic starter.
• If I do this process with Windows 10, how much disk space it would need?
• Oh yes, I remember I did the same thing long time ago. Very nice a CD-Image and its still working well. I just forgot what I exactly did, so later tries resulted in crashed systems. Nice to see here that someone had fiigured out again and give us a tutorial. Great Work! Keep it Up!
  Few questions about experience:
  - Same way with Win10 possible?
  - Running Office 2016, Skype and VPN-Clients with it?
  - Language Pack support?
  Greetz
• edited August 2016
• edited August 2016

  523MB? pah! Windows 7 SP1 64Bit iso with 441MB. installed 1,22GB on VM
  edit: sorry, i its only 32bit, not 64bit
• edited August 2016

  I've tried this and whenever I try booting it into VMWare, the internet does not work. I've tried NAT and bridged, and neither seem to work. Any information I can provide to troubleshoot?
• edited August 2016

  @trentfromrid, keep all Network - File Sharing components, Drivers - Network adapters, and Hardware Support - Individual - Network*. I would also enable Components - Compatibility - VMWare machine.
  If you still have issues, or did not remove those, then please send me an email to support at ntlite dot com containing the preset in question. Thanks.
• I am trying to download Win8NTlite8forum.xml 38.2K.
  It is empty in firefox. In Chrome I get 'failed no file'.
  Can someone help?
• Fixed, returned all presets in this topic, thanks for the notice.
• Can this possibly get updated for Windows 10? Specifically touching on the things that will definitely break the OOBE, because everytime I try to make one I end up with a boot loop. I can edit the registry to bypass it, but I'd rather not have to.
• edited March 2017

  kronflux, what's wrong with the OOBE compatibility option in Components-Compatibility, it is supposed to protect the needed components?
  If it did not help, please open a new topic and attach your preset or send it to support email. Thanks.
• edited April 2017

  here is a Preset for a minimalst Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate 32Bit (German) with only 768MB but included 41MB for vmware Tools.
  CD size is 330MB.
  tested and drivers for vmware Workstation.
  nice to see how small NTLite can do
  
• edited April 2017

  I can get Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate 64bit(with 3125574) installed at 1.1gb, but 500mb of that is syswow64, so that could go down to 600mb using 64bit programs only.
  768mb installed, great work. What is the installed size(minus pagefile and hibernation file) for a standard 32bit install?

Antivirus Tools

• F-Prot Antivirus 3.16b: Very good virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu).
• McAfee Antivirus 4.40: A virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu).

Collection of Dos Utilities

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Disk Clone Tools

• Drive Image 2002: Best software to clone hard drive.
• Norton Ghost 8.0: Similar to Drive Image.
• Partition Saver 2.80: A tool to backup/restore partitions.

Dos File Managers

• Dos Command Center 5.1: Classic dos-based file manager.
• FastLynx 2.0: Dos file manager with Pc to Pc file transfer capability.
• File Maven 3.5: An advanced Dos file manager with high speed PC-to-PC file transfers via serial or parallel cable.
• File Wizard 1.35: A file manager – colored files, drag and drop copy, move, delete etc.
• Image Viewer, .avi .mpg .divx .xvid Movie Player, etc…
• LapLink 5.0: the smart way to transfer files and directories between PCs.
• Mini Windows 3.11: Back to old days, use it as a file manager.
• Mini Windows 98: Can run from Hard Drive / Ram Drive. Added 7-Zip which supports .7z .zip .cab .rar .arj .gzip .bzip2 .z .tar .cpio .rpm and .deb, Disk Defragmenter, Notepad / RichText Editor.
• Volkov Commander 4.99: Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support (Similar to Norton Commander).

Dos Tools

• Interlnk support at COM1: To access another computer from COM port.
• Interlnk support at LPT1: To access another computer from LPT port.
• NTFS Dos Pro 5.0: To access ntfs partitions from Dos.
• Universal USB Driver 2: Panasonic v2.20 ASPI Manager for USB mass storage.
• USB CD-Rom Driver 1: Standard usb_cd.sys driver for cd drive.

Partition Tools

• eXtended Fdisk: XFDISK allows easy partition creation and edition.
• Paragon Partition Manager 6.1.571: Universal tool for partitions.
• Partition Commander 8.01: The safe way to partition your hard drive, with undo feature.
• Partition Magic Pro 8.05: Best software to partition hard drive.
• Ranish Partition Manager 2.44: A boot manager and hard disk partitioner.
• Smart Fdisk 2.05: A simple harddisk partition manager.
• SPecial Fdisk: SPFDISK a partition tool.
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Recovery Tools

• Active Partition Recovery 3.0: To Recover a Deleted partition.
• Active Password Changer 2.1: To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003 (FAT/NTFS).
• Active Uneraser 3.0: To recover deleted files and folders on FAT and NTFS systems.
• Lost & Found 1.06: A good old data recovery software.
• Offline NT/2K/XP Password Changer: Utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password.
• Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro 6.04: To Recover data that has been deleted/virus attack.
• TestDisk 5.8: Tool to check and undelete partition.
• Winternals Disk Commander 1.1: More than just a standard deleted-file recovery utility.

Hard Disk Tools

• Active Kill Disk 1.1: Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.
• Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 6.30
• Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0
• HDD Regenerator 1.51: to recover a bad hard drive.
• IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.04
• IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 1.80
• Maxtor (or any Hdd) Low Level Formatter 1.1
• Maxtor amset utility 4.0
• Maxtor PowerMax 4.21
• MHDD 4.4
• Norton Disk Doctor 2002: A tool to repair a damaged disk, or to diagnose your hard drive.
• Norton Disk Editor 2002: A powerful disk editing, manual data recovery tool.
• Ontrack Disk Manager 9.57: Disk Test/Format/Maintenance tool.
• Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.25
• Samsung HDD Utility (HUTIL) 1.25
• Seatools Desktop Edition.
• SmartUDM 2.00: Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer.
• Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools
• Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04c

Other Tools

• Bootmagic 8.0: This tool is for multi boot operating systems.
• DosCDroast beta 2: Dos CD Burning Tools.
• MpxPlay 1.15: A small Music Player for dos.
• Ontrack Data Advisor 5.0: Powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of your computer.
• Picture Viewer 1.94: Picture viewer for dos, supports more then 40 filetypes.
• QuickView Pro 2.54: Movie viewer for dos, supports many format including divx.
• Universal TCP/IP Network 5.2: MSDOS Network Client to connect via TCP/IP to a Microsoft based network. The network can either be a peer-to-peer or a server based network, it contains 85 different network card drivers.

System Information Tools

• Aida16 2.12: A system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC.
• Astra 5.1: Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant.
• HwInfo 4.96: A powerful system information utility.
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• PC-Config 9.33: Complete hardware detection of your computer.
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• SysChk 2.46: Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC.
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Testing Tools

• DocMemory 2.2b: RAM Test utility.
• GoldMemory 6.64: RAM Test utility.
• Memtest86+ 1.55: PC Memory Test.
• PC Doctor 3.0: A benchmarking and information tool.
• PC-Check 5.50: Easy to use hardware tests.
• System Speed Test 4.78: It tests CPU, harddrive, etc.
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• The Troubleshooter 7.02: All kind of hardware testing tool.

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• Active Undelete 5.0: A tool to recover deleted files.
• Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06: Find and remove spyware, adware, dialers etc. (a must have tool).
• Disk Speed1.0: Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool.
• Drive Temperature 1.0: Hard Disk Drive temperature meter.
• DriveImage Explorer 5.0: To add/remove/extract files from Drive image file.
• Ghost Image Explorer 7.0: To add/remove/extract files from Ghost image file.
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• IB Process Manager 1.02: A little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc.
• MemTest 1.0: a Memory Testing Tool.
• PageDfrg 2.3: System file Defragmenter For NT/2k/XP.
• PCI 32 Sniffer 1.1 Device information tool (similar to unknown devices).
• Restoration 2.5.14: A tool to recover deleted files.
• SpaceMonger 1.4: Keeping track of the free space on your computer.
• Split Join 1.3.3: A Small File Split-Join Tool.
• Startup Control Panel 2.8: A tool to edit startup programs.
• Startup Monitor 1.02: a tool that notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup.
• TCPView 2.40: A detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints.
• Unknown Devices 1.2: Helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are.