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Changelog 2017

NTLite stable version changes history

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December 25, 2017

1.5.0.5855
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Settings: Added Expand/Collapse buttons
Fix
Components: Win7 Shell Search removal was breaking Libraries
Components: Loading preset after opening compatibilities was crashing
Drivers: Inserting drivers from a directory named windows* would not show anything
Post-setup: Adding second Command through the UI would do nothing, false duplicate detection
UI: Tool visual style was not properly saved between restarts

December 18, 2017

1.5.0.5840
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Source: Windows 10 RS4 17046 support
Source: O&O Bluecon v15 boot.wim support
Components: WinSxS Component Store removal includes update packages
Fix
Post-Setup: Command sorting could be mixed on some preset loads
Post-Setup: Command applying would not indicate progress in identical commands with different parameters
Components: Win10 1607 ‘Firewall’ and ‘Performance counters’ removals were breaking Metro UI
Components: Win7 Search removal was breaking library shortcuts

November 27, 2017

1.5.0.5790
New
Components-Win10: ‘Data Sharing Service’
Components-Win10: ‘Local Profile Assistant Service’
Components-Win10: ‘Network Data Usage Monitoring Driver’
UI-Settings: Local Machine and Users merged into a single Settings page
Settings: ‘Accent color’
Settings: ‘Accent color on inactive title bars’
Settings: ‘Always show more details in a file copy dialog’
Settings: ‘Dark theme for apps’
Settings: ‘Show accent color on Start, taskbark and action center’
Settings: ‘Show accent color on title bars’
Settings: ‘Immersive context menu’
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Components: ‘Portable Device Enumerator Service’ split from ‘Portable Devices’
Components: ‘Windows Mail Communications DLL’ moved outside of ‘Sync Host’ to preserve MHT compat
Components: Activation KMS compatibility split
Components: ‘Appx Deployment Service’ unlocked for removal, does not break start menu any more
Components: ‘Firewall Service’ split for Win7 too, live removal only, fixes setup error in certain situations
UI-Components: service names can be used to find the underlying component
UI: Translator name and email added to the File – Settings
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou), Dutch (Rene), Spanish (Oleada), Farsi (Mona mon), Arabic (thamermousa), Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft), Chinese Traditional (Matt), Portugues-Brasil (Igor)
Fix
Components: ‘SNMP’ leftovers
Components: ‘TPM’ removal, cumulative update install fix

v1.5b merge

New
Components: ‘Battery’
Components: “NetBIOS over TCP transport”
Components: ‘System File Check (SFC)’
Components: ‘Servicing Stack’
Components: ‘Servicing Stack (WOW64)’
Components: “TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper”
Components: ‘Universal Notification Platform (UNP)’
Components-Win10: ‘Assigned Access’
Components-Win10: ‘Enterprise Data Protection (EDP/WIP)’
Components-Win10: ‘Input Service’
Components-Win10: ‘Phone Service’
Components-Win10: ‘Spell Checking’
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Payments and NFC/SE Manager’
Components-Win10RS2: ‘WaaS Assessment’
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Capability Access’
Components-Win10RS3: ‘DirectX Warp JIT Service’
Config: ‘Extra Services’ page added, shows and edits hidden and driver services
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UI: nicer dialogs and page transitions

November 14, 2017

1.4.1.5741
Fix
Components: Build 5740 issue removing services on Win8.1, recommended update for all OS versions

November 13, 2017

1.4.1.5740
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Unattended: Localized ‘Administrator’ account enabling support
Components: ‘Sync Host – Additional languages’ split from ‘Sync Host’
Post-setup: All file types allowed as non-executables, passive type (copied only)
UI-Updates: Better displayed name for some updates, like the Adobe Flash update
UI-Components: Prompt for rechecking sub-components now has a ‘Skip all’ option
UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft), Chinese Traditional (Matt),
German (KrX), Arabic (thamermousa), Portugues-Brasil (Igor), Farsi (Mona mon), French (tistou),
Russian (Den-s), Spanish (Oleada), Italian (gabritb01), Dutch (Rene)
Fix
Source: ESD conversion setup.wim.wim error
Config: ‘Restore Photo Viewer’ preset saving
Components: ‘Sticky Notes’ removal was breaking ‘Maps’ app
Components: ‘Store’ sign-in requirement for ‘AAD Broker Plugin’ removed
Components: ‘Speech Recognition’ removal was breaking ‘On-Screen Keyboard’
Components: Driver class automatically protected if a driver of that class is protected
Components-RS3: Leftovers for ‘User Data Access service’, ‘Containers’, ‘Windows Media Codec’, ‘Defender’, ‘Zip folder’

October 25, 2017

1.4.1.5675
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Components: Auto-cleanup of pending Windows file renames in Live edit
Components-Win10: ‘Edge’ removal could break setting default browser
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Diagnostics’ removes ‘Diagnostic Execution Service’
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Sounds’ removes more
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Windows Mail/CommunicationApps’ leftovers
Components-Win10RS3: ‘.NET WPF’ leftovers
Components: ‘.NET WPF Core’ split for Kaspersky UI and potentially others
Components-Win8.1: ‘HyperV’ leftovers
Presets: Right-click Open file location for presets
UI-Translation: Thanks for Spanish (Oleada), Dutch (Rene), Farsi (Mona mon), French (tistou), Arabic (thamermousa), Chinese Simplified (Gskening), Chinese Traditional (Matt), Portugues-Brasil (Igor), Spanish International (Eduardo), Italian (gabritb01)
Fix
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Fax’ and ‘Internet Printing Client’ detection fixed
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Edge Html’ removal could slow down MSC opening
Components-Win10: ‘Containers’ removal could cause app start filter error
Components-Win10: ‘Insider hub’ removal could break Store app download
Updates-Win7: SP1 existing package detection fixed
Sources: Expired feature subscription could cause skipped image saving

October 4, 2017

1.4.1.5632
Update
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Wallet Service’ removal with “Wallet” app
Components-Win10RS3 detection of components:

  • ‘Push Notifications’
  • ‘Application compatibility’
  • ‘Device Association Service’
  • ‘Windows Insider Hub’
  • ‘Location Service’
  • Missing Features like ‘Fax’ and ‘Internet Printing Client’

Components: ‘SMB Server v1 & v2’ merged with ‘SMB v1 & v2’
UI-Translation: Thanks for Spanish (Oleada)

October 2, 2017

1.4.1.5625
New
Source: Win10 RS3 ‘1709’ build 16299 support
Components-Win10RS3: ‘Guarded Host’
Update
Components: ‘Windows Update’ leftovers
Components: ‘EventLog Service’ added to Windows Update compatibility
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou)
Fix
Components: Improved Win7 update compatibility after removals

September 19, 2017

1.4.1.5590
Update
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou), German (KrX), Chinese Simplified (Gskening), Spanish (Oleada)
Fix
Components: Improved cumulative update compatibility after removals
Components: Win10 .NET WPF component detection
Components: ‘Mixed Reality’ removal was breaking Edge Settings
Components: ‘Printing’ removal was breaking 15063.608 CU install

September 11, 2017

1.4.1.5565
New
Post-setup: ‘Install VMware Tools’ template if VMWare detected on the host
Unattended: Boot to Audit mode Reseal option for easier base image auditing
Components-Win10: ‘Azure Active Directory’
Update
Components: Defrag does not need Bitlocker for partition Shrink operation
Components: ‘Microsoft Account’ and ‘Mixed Reality’ remove more
Source: List mounted images even if parent directory is removed for easier cleanup using unload
UI: Tooltips are displayed for a longer period of time
UI: Showing elapsed processing time in the complete message
UI-Translation: Thanks for Italian (gabritb01), Portugues-Brasil (Igor), French (tistou), Arabic (thamermousa)
Fix
Components: Win7 components detection was missing ‘Dvd Maker’ and ‘Games’
Components: ‘User Device Registration’ removal was breaking CU install on 1703 RTM
Components: Fix for 14393 blank screen on logon after some removals

August 28, 2017

1.4.0.5537
Update
Source: More flexible ISO boot sector handling, support for Acronis and similar WinPE images
UI-Translation: Thanks for Chinese Simplified (Gskening), Chinese Traditional (Matt)
Fix
Components-Win10: ClouldExperience removal, or Update Cleanup could cause WIFI settings page crash
Components-Win10: Removing WWAN while keeping Provision would stuck setup on ‘Getting Ready’

August 21, 2017

1.4.0.5525
New
General: Win10 RS3 16257 build support
Components: Windows Updates install support after removals
Components: Win10 and 8.1 SFC scannow support after removals
Components: Win10 and 8.1 DISM ScanHealth support after removals
Components: ‘Picture password’
Components-Win10: ‘Natural Authentication’
Components-Win10: ‘Spatial Sound (3D Audio)’
Components-Win10: ‘Isolated user mode’
Tweaks: ‘DNS multi-homed name resolution’
Tweaks: ‘DNS parallel name resolution’
Tweaks: ‘DISM ResetBase functionality’
Tweaks: IE ‘Enable Enhanced Protected Mode’
Tweaks: IE ‘Enable 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode’
Tweaks: Nvidia ‘Allow experience improvement program’
Update
Updates: Win7 update cleanup now does ‘Seal Features’-like level of cleanup by default without breaking features config
Components: Many components moved around due to Windows Update compatibility requirements
Components: Auto-detection of pending file operations in Live editing (e.g. feature config prior to removals)
Components: ‘Device Management Enrollment Service’ split, needed for OOBE
Components: ‘Gaming Peripherals (Xbox GIP)’ split from ‘Xbox App’, needed for the controller
Components: ‘PowerShell 2’ (legacy) split from ‘PowerShell’
Components: ‘Shared Protection Point (SPP)’ and ‘BLB’ merged into ‘Windows Backup’ for simpler use
Components: ‘ShellExperienceHost’ and ‘immersivecontrolpanel’ components listed, protected by default
Unattended-Win10: ProtectYourPC changed to Skip ‘Get going fast’ page (Privacy options)
Drivers: Better class + driver connections, now more classes are automatically tied as dependencies
UI: Apply page Process button prompt has the option to skip the confirmation
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou), Chinese Simplified (Gskening), Spanish (Oleada), Russian and Ukrainian (MrHelgi), Farsi (Mona mon)
Fix
Components: slmgr.vbs was dependent on ‘WMI Providers’
Components: HotspotAuth leftovers for WLAN
Components: ASP Net 4.7 name correction
Components-Win8.1: Languages removal could cause black screen on logon

May 26, 2017

1.3.1.5060
New
Unattended: Skip Welcome Center (SkipUserOOBE), Skip Windows Welcome (SkipMachineOOBE)
Tweaks: ‘Quick access’
Tweaks: ‘Show frequently used folders in Quick access’
Tweaks: ‘Show recently used files in Quick access’
Tweaks: ‘Open File Explorer to’
Tweaks: ‘Hide folder merge conflicts’
Tweaks: ‘Use Sharing Wizard’
Tweaks: ‘Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar’
Tweaks: ‘Let Microsoft provide more tailored experiences with relevant tips and recommendations by using your diagnostic data’
Tweaks: ‘Include drivers with Windows Updates’
Tweaks: Prompt ‘Windows Update is on its way’ message
Components-Compatibility: ‘Samsung Switch’ protection option
UI-Translation: Thanks for Czech (Tom)
Update
Components: ‘Edge HTML core’ split from ‘IE Engine’
Components: Moved ‘Windows Update’ under ‘Windows Component Store’
UI-Translation: Thanks for Arabic (thamermousa), Chinese Traditional (Matt), Farsi (Mona mon), French (tistou),
Italian (gabritb01), Spanish (Oleada)
Fix
Components-Win8.1: ‘Core Metro Services’ removal login issue
Components-Win10: Sysprep generalize error after some app removals
Components-Win10: Skip error prompt if connected online while installing
Components-Win10.1703.332: ‘Bitlocker’ causing WinSetup.dll error during install
Source: Server 2008 R1 Core image loading

April 27, 2017

1.3.0.5024
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Components-Win10RS2: ‘Paint 3D’ split from ‘Paint’
Fix
Components-Win10.15063.250: ‘Windows Search’ removal was having the ‘sihost.exe’ logon error
Features: Auto-saved preset was saving all features as enabled when using ‘Install Updates wizard’

April 25, 2017

1.3.0.5020
New
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Devices Flow’
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Wi-Fi Direct Services Connection Manager Service’
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Windows Mixed Reality’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Replace Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the start button right-click menu’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Use Hotspot 2.0 Online Sign-Up to get connected’
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Components-Win10RS2: Associated Settings pages of the removed components are now hidden upon removal
Components-Win10: ‘User Data Storage and Access services’ was split into ‘User Data Access’, ‘User Data Storage’ and ‘Contact Data’
Components: gpedit.msc does not need ‘WMI Core’ any more
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou), Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft), Arabic (thamermousa), Spanish (Oleada), Portugues-Brasil (Igor)
Fix
Components-Win10RS2: Live app removal was breaking Sysprep Generalize
Components-Win10: ‘User Data Storage and Access services’ was breaking notifications
Components-Win10: ‘Windows Reader’ is renamed to ‘Windows PDF Engine’
Components: Leftovers for ‘Mobile Device Management’, ‘Media Streaming’, ‘Xbox App’, ‘Miracast’, ‘Paint’, ‘Point Of Service’

v1.3 merge

New
Apply: Image Tasks (easily automate tasks across other image editions)
Drivers: Live driver install
Source: Delete image edition context menu option
Components: ‘Active Directory’
Components: ‘App Readiness’
Components: ‘Browser window frame (IEFrame)’ split from IE Engine
Components: ‘Device Association Service’
Components: ‘DevQuery Background Discovery Broker’
Components: ‘Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)’
Components: ‘IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules’
Components: ‘Interactive Services Detection’
Components: ‘Network Connected Devices Auto-Setup’
Components: ‘Performance Counters’
Components: ‘Performance Logs and Alerts’
Components: ‘Windows Image Resource (SysWOW64)’
Components: “Legacy symbolic links”
Components: “Optional Features”
Components: “Remote Access Auto Connection Manager”
Components: “VPN Support”
Components: “Windows Connection Manager”
Components: “Windows Management Instrumentation” Providers, Core and Service
Components-Win10: ‘Event Tracing for Windows (ETW)’
Components-Win10: ‘KMS Connection Broker’
Components-Win10: ‘Storage Tiers Management’
Components-Win10: ‘Windows Insider Hub’
Components-Win7: WLAN compatibility option
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Apply: Page redesigned to accomodate Image Tasks, toolbar options moved to Updates and Drivers

April 10, 2017

1.2.2.4984
New
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Automatically install suggested apps’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Get fun facts, tips, tricks, and more on your lock screen”
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Occasionally show suggestions in Start’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Pre-installed apps’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Pre-installed OEM apps’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Show me Windows welcome experience after updates’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Windows lock screen spotlight’
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Components-Win10RS2: ‘System Resource Usage Monitoring’ removes more and renamed to ‘Data Usage service’
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou), Spanish (Oleada), Arabic (thamermousa)
Fix
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Camera Framework Server’ removal was breaking ‘Voice Recorder’
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Radio Management’ added to WLAN Compatibility
Components-Win10RS2: ‘Tablet PC’ removal was breaking ‘Sticky Notes’
Components-Win10RS2: ‘WindowsMaps’ removal was crashing Settings ‘Change where new content is saved’

April 3, 2017

1.2.1.4970
New
General: Windows 10 1703 (10.0.15063 – Redstone 2) ‘Creators Update’ support
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Let Windows track app launches to improve Start and search results’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Let apps use Tasks’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Let apps access diagnostic information’
Tweaks-Win10RS2: ‘Let apps run in the background’
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UI-Translation: Thanks for Spanish (Oleada), Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft)
Fix
Components-Win7: ‘prnms001.inf’ removal fix (now lists both versions of the file)
Components-Win10: ‘Task Scheduler’ leftovers
Components-Win10: ‘Windows Store’ removal was breaking Edge (autoclosed itself)
Components-Win10RS2: ‘App Readiness’ locked to Live only

March 20, 2017

1.2.1.4944
New
Tweaks-Win10RS2: “Show sync provider notifications”
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UI-Translation: Thanks for Farsi (Mona mon), French (tistou), Italian (gabritb01), Arabic (thamermousa)
Fix
Components-Win7: Disk cleanup updates, was stuck after some removals
Tweaks: “On resume, display logon screen” type fixed

March 7, 2017

1.2.1.4916
New
General: Win10 Insider Preview 15048 support
Tweaks: ‘Privacy’ options for OOBE and Settings, Users and Machine (helpful for fully unattended scenarios)
Tweaks: ‘Automatic update of the root certificate trust list’
Tweaks: ‘Automatic update of the speech models’
Tweaks: ‘Collect application inventory’
Tweaks: ‘Delivery Optimization’
Tweaks: ‘Include Malicious Software Removal Tool updates’
Tweaks: ‘OneDrive’ enable/disable
Tweaks: ‘Windows Defender’ enable/disable
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Components: Moved ‘Windows Apps’ to a dedicated branch
Components: ‘Proximity’ added to Store compatibility
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou), German (KrX and Sebastian), Dutch (Rene), Farsi (Mona mon), Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft), Portugues-Brasil (Igor), Chinese Traditional (Matt)
Fix
Fix: Telephony removal was breaking People and Calendar apps

February 21, 2017

1.2.0.4861
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Components: “Help file support (CHM)” split from “Windows Help Content”
Fix
Components-Win7: IKE service leftovers
General: Various minor fixes merged from 1.3 beta
Updates: build 4860-4861 fixed crash while integrating in certain situations

February 13, 2017

1.2.0.4830
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UI-Translation: Thanks for German (KrX), Dutch (Rene), French (tistou), Italian (gabritb01), Chinese Traditional (Matt), Portugues-Brasil (Igor), Chinese Simplified (Gskening and jockeysoft), Polish (Macio)
Fix
Source: ESD conversion from Win7 as a host
Components: ‘Accessibility OSK’ SystemWOW64 leftovers
Components: ‘Help Wizard’ leftovers
Components: Driver removal in a second session after ‘Component Store’ removal
Components: Moved ‘Windows Defender’ in live removal as last to reduce slowdown after
Components-Win10: ‘Windows Reader’ detection
Components-Win10-LTSB2016: ‘Hyper-V’ removals was breaking OOBE

January 27, 2017

1.2.0.4755
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Components-Win7: UAC removal enabled, live only
Updates: new KBs support, Win7 recommended stack to KB3177467 only
UI-Translation: Thanks for Dutch (Rene)
Fix
Components: big delay at the end of removals in certain combinations
Components-Win10: OneDrive leftover with 14393.726 cumulative

January 23, 2017

1.2.0.4750
New
Source: Server 2016 support (integration, config and automation)
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Source: Win10 Insider build 15014 support
Features: Win10 image Hyper-V feature can be configured on Win7 as a host
Updates-Win7: WMF 5.1 (KB3191566) integration support
UI-Translation: Thanks for French (tistou), Italian (gabritb01), Ukranian (MrHelgi)
Fix
Source: Exporting from a read-only mounted ISO was causing error 5
Post-Setup: MSI parameter was locked to /passive
Components-Win7-HomeBasic: Wallpapers were not detected
Components-Win10: MSAccount removal was breaking start menu
Components: Custom file protection now includes WinSxS folder as well

January 2, 2017

1.2.0.4680
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Source: Flags ‘none’ image load support
Source: Error 18 mount error auto-fix prompt
Presets: Component-saved XML entries now have display name next to it
Fix
Win7-Chinese: ‘Market Themes’ was not detected

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