See the nLite - Free desktop configuration tool

WINDOWS TIP SHEET: See the nLite
Harried by the mundane tasks of configuring and loading desktops?
Here's a miracle tool.

By Jeffery Hicks

If you spend part of your day configuring or loading desktops, you
can simplify your life with a terrific and free tool. Go to
http://www.nliteos.com/ and download a copy of nLite, which is
currently at version 1.4. This miraculous tool allows you to build
customizable installations for just about any Windows OS you need to
deal with today, except for Vista -- more on that in a moment.

Tired of building an XP box, loading Service Pack 2, loading all the
new updates and then configuring it? With nLite you can streamline
and simplify this process.

Here are just a few of nLite's features:

* Service Pack Integration
* Component Removal
* Unattended Setup
* Driver Integration
* Hotfixes Integration
* Tweaks
* Services Configuration
* Patches
* Bootable ISO creation

I've used nLite in the past to create unattended installation CDs
that have made life very easy.

Because Vista has a whole new way of installing and configuring, the
author of nLite decided to develop a new solution, instead of trying
to force Vista support into nLite. I think it's a wise move. If you
require Vista support then visit http://www.vlite.net/index.html and
download vlite.exe. It has many of the same features of the
original nLite.

There is enough online documentation to get you going for both
applications, although most if it is pretty self-explanatory. So
don't fumble around in the darkness of configuration and installation.
Head towards the (n)lite.

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