I think I should leave these options be?

[357mag]

Okay I'm at the point where I am making my NTLite .iso bootable using Rufus. I think I am at the final screen called Windows User Experience. There are six check boxes listed, and the first two are checked by default:

1. Remove requirement for 4 GB+ RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0
2. Remove requirement for an online Microsoft account

I believe I read someone on this site said to just leave all these be. Although in my setup disk, I told NTLite to remove the Microsoft account requirement anyway.

So should I just leave these first two checked, and the other four just leave those unchecked?

The other four are:

3. Create a local account with username...
4. Set regional options to the same value as this user's
5. Disable data collection (skip privacy questions)
6. Disable BitLocker automatic device encryption

Just to note, I already created a local account within NTLite.
I told NTLite not to skip privacy questions. I want to answer those.
I already disabled BitLocker on my computer.

 

[garlin]

Rufus is a great tool for users who don't have a Windows imaging tool like NTLite. Otherwise, you don't need Rufus to duplicate existing NTLite features unless you're on the free edition.

1. Remove requirement for 4 GB+ RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0
2. Remove requirement for an online Microsoft account

1. Settings -> System / Setup requirement - RAM
-> System / Setup Requirement - TPM and Secure Boot
2. Settings -> System / Local user account bypass support (BypassNRO)

3. Create a local account with username...
4. Set regional options to the same value as this user's
5. Disable data collection (skip privacy questions)
6. Disable BitLocker automatic device encryption

3. Unattended mode
4. Unattended -> Auto-fill / All
5. Unattended -> OOBE / Shell options / Out-of-box experience / Skip 'Get going fast' page (Privacy options)
6. Settings -> System / Automatic device encryption (BitLocker)

Rufus creates its own unattended file hidden under \Windows\Panther to customize its settings. If you're using NTLite's Unattended mode, then don't use Rufus's customization because the two unattended files can conflict with each other.

There's nothing that Rufus does in the unattended file that NTLite didn't already do as a built-in feature.

 

[357mag]

The only reason I am using Rufus is to make the flash drive bootable. That is it. You told me earlier that I would need to use Rufus to make the drive bootable.

If I don't need to use Rufus to make the drive bootable, then I certainly won't.

 

[garlin]

You can use Rufus to prepare USB drives, without enabling the optional Windows customizations.

Rufus is used by so many non-technical users; the extra options were added a few years back as a convenience. Just leave the options unchecked because you're already using NTLite for the same work.

 

[tistou77]

If you have licensed NTLite, Rufus is useful if your install.wim (.esd) is larger than 4GB and have a bootable USB key quickly