NTLited a stock ISO, how to load, audit and recapture for new reinstallation

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Can I please have a guidance on my request; i understand there are guidance but I would like to slipstream all into one guide for me to comprehend and successful getting a fresh custom image thst will be used to reload my system every 30 days.

I have license and I'm not trying to bypass this activation but rather than understanding how pre, during and post setup work with my stuffs.

So far I have worked out the post setup but I prefer to do all work in audit mode and recapture image on current working computer, then using that custom iso to install a new computer. I wanted to learn from this point. Windows xp has this deployment tool and I never had time to learn how to work with windows 11.

The setup will have:
- win11 stock iso from Microsoft, But I have been using UUP for latest windows insider preview. I assumed this is legit but for sake of legit, I think I will use windows iso from Microsoft media creation tool.

- inside iso will be extracted of all thing, then extracted install.wim to get only win 11 pro. Saved that to installw11pro.wim. loaded it in nlite and saved into iso. It offered drivers and other to apply but I wanted to focus on integrating my stuffs in audit mode.

- I have all drivers ready for specific computer. And prerequisite apps. I have no need to remove features yet. No need for update to be applied. All stock with drivers and preloaded apps.



So my question how do I emulate or deploy the such image, and allow me to audit from here and recapture into fresh install.wim? It's so hard to learn when I have lots of stuffs to looknip thst don't goes with same answers.

Much appreciated!
 
Sysprep really isn't needed when using NTLite, and Sysprep tends to give people a lot of problems since it has its own set of quirks that have to be learned and worked around. You may need to refine the goals you have by doing some experimentation first, because I can almost guarantee that your outlook will change as you start working on this and begin encountering problems. After you make an image with NTLite you can save that custom Windows to a thumb drive and just reinstall the OS whenever you want.

I would recommend going through all the guides below to gain the hands-on experience and knowledge you need in order to get a better feel for what you want, and to learn the troubleshooting skills that will be needed to work through more complicated things, such as Sysprep (if you still feel like you need that by time you're done with the guides).

1) Guide: NTLite for Beginners (link)
2) Guide: Installing Windows (link)
3) Guide: Optimized Windows (link)
4) Guide: Quality Control (link)
5) Guide: Choosing a Preset (link)
 
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Normal users don't need to sysprep images if NTLite can handle adding your drivers, updates and 3rd-party app installs.

Some experts do sysprep to work around a technical problem, or to speed up installs by merging apps into the image. But that requires the extra capture work every time, and you lose flexibility because changing any installed app requires a new sysprep.

I would start by learning with a normal W11 ISO, before moving on to Insider. Insider features may be broken, no matter if you used NTLite or another way to prepare the image. If you made a normal W11 image first, then it's more obvious if your wrong steps caused a problem rather than guessing it was an Insider issue.
 
garlin said:
Some experts do sysprep to work around a technical problem, or to speed up installs by merging apps into the image. But that requires the extra capture work every time, and you lose flexibility because changing any installed app requires a new sysprep.
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Triggerpost!
Nothing could be more wrong - it's not about technical or speed for install and certainly not about 3. party apps- 2 captures and nailed quicker than WM on a SSD.
I'm a "normal" user - just use PRO of Windows if have kownlegde!
Not everything here have to be answered!
 
i have "startisback++". after the installation of windows10 iso i want "startisback++" to get automatically installed. /SILENT /NORESTART unnecessarily increases the "Getting started" animation screen time. So can I use audit mode to preinstall "startisback++"?
 
aniket945 said:
i have "startisback++". after the installation of windows10 iso i want "startisback++" to get automatically installed. /SILENT /NORESTART unnecessarily increases the "Getting started" animation screen time. So can I use audit mode to preinstall "startisback++"?
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Didn't you move StartIsBack++ to Post-Setup (After logon)?
https://www.ntlite.com/community/index.php?threads/startisback.1913/post-46134

You can boot into audit mode to pre-install it, but that's more work to capture the sysprepped image.
 
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