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What does exactly the presets XML include? I looked inside, of course, but there is over 3000 lines in there 
I have licensed NTLite.
Maybe I'm asking the wrong question but the reason I'm asking is this:
I know that applying new Windows Updates once components have been removed is not advisable. So, can I start a new image from scratch, apply all the latest updates and then bring the presets XML from my last good build. Will that work? Will that carry over my previous settings, removals and post-setup additions? Obviously, anything I've copied inside the image will need to be re-done, but that's not much. The settings, the removals and the post-setup sections are the ones that are most time consuming and prone to errors.
I guess, I'd need to go over the components and settings pages just to make sure nothing was added or changed, but that's still less work than doing all from scratch.
I mean, it should work, since this is the way that people share their presets, right? But I've never done it this way so I'd like to make sure it's worth trying. I normally would just build a new image and never bother updating anything for a year, then build a new image with the latest updates and wait a year again. This time, however, I see things may be coming to 25H2 that I may want to add before the year is up. Like the new, better performing NVME driver.
Or, is there a better way to apply updates? Like running the update and then removing reinstalls? I tried that, but NTLite unexpectedly quits while removing reinstalls and I have no idea what state the disk is left in. That would be the quickest way as it wouldn't involve Windows reinstallation.
Thanks!
I have licensed NTLite.Maybe I'm asking the wrong question but the reason I'm asking is this:
I know that applying new Windows Updates once components have been removed is not advisable. So, can I start a new image from scratch, apply all the latest updates and then bring the presets XML from my last good build. Will that work? Will that carry over my previous settings, removals and post-setup additions? Obviously, anything I've copied inside the image will need to be re-done, but that's not much. The settings, the removals and the post-setup sections are the ones that are most time consuming and prone to errors.
I guess, I'd need to go over the components and settings pages just to make sure nothing was added or changed, but that's still less work than doing all from scratch.
I mean, it should work, since this is the way that people share their presets, right? But I've never done it this way so I'd like to make sure it's worth trying. I normally would just build a new image and never bother updating anything for a year, then build a new image with the latest updates and wait a year again. This time, however, I see things may be coming to 25H2 that I may want to add before the year is up. Like the new, better performing NVME driver.
Or, is there a better way to apply updates? Like running the update and then removing reinstalls? I tried that, but NTLite unexpectedly quits while removing reinstalls and I have no idea what state the disk is left in. That would be the quickest way as it wouldn't involve Windows reinstallation.
Thanks!
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