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Win-RAID forum is a great resource for finding Windows drivers, in both the official and modded versions. Some modded drivers are signed by Fernando (aka Dieter) using a Win-RAID certificate, but you're expected to use their CMD script to import the certificate on a live system. This doesn't...

Windows 11 is adding a new security feature to prevent attackers from using incorrectly followed symbolic links. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/april-8-2025-kb5055523-os-build-26100-3775-277a9d11-6ebf-410c-99f7-8c61957461eb [OS Security] After installing this update or a later...

MS has removed the download link for Windows 7 Microsoft Security Essentials. If you installed a copy of the old client, it may have stopped downloading new security definitions after Feb 26, 2025. There is a MS EasyFix for enabling the TLS 1.2 secure protocol, in order for existing W7 systems...

Chibibowa is a highly animated active member of the NTLite Discord, and recently posted a video tutorial on preparing his ideal Windows ISO. This video is for more experienced Windows or NTLite users, but follow along if you want to learn more about the modding process. Chibibowa explains many...

More users are encountering Error: '[5] Access is denied.', when trying to disable the "News & Interests" taskbar widget. This is not an NTLite fault. Later versions of the W10 & 11 Monthly Updates have pushed out the User Choice Protection Driver (UCPD). Contrary to the feature's name, UCPD...

If you're performing 24H2 live upgrades, you'll need to apply additional reg keys for the HW bypass. https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/2568#issuecomment-2387934171 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows...

When using NTLite to create a System Drive's new disk layout, it may cause a major problem by assigning the Recovery partition in sequential order, before the Windows partition. This becomes an issue if Windows Update runs out of disk space, while applying the Monthly Update to WinRE. The...

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/vbscript-deprecation-timelines-and-next-steps/ba-p/4148301 1. W11 24H2 will be the last release that enables VBScript to run by default. 2. Afterwards in 2027, you will have to manually enable it as a Feature on Demand. 3. Disappears...

Broadcom purchased VMware, and has now decided to make Workstation 17 Free for Personal Use, and discontinue Workstation Player. This means you don't any excuses for not switching from VirtualBox to VMware, because it was too expensive. Workstation is by far a more polished VM platform than...

May 12, 2024 NTLite Forums has reached a major milestone in user growth, by passing 25,000 registered users! Now some profiles are owned by spammers, bots, or one-time visitors who signed up to get download access. But we have to go by whatever user count we have. It's an impressive number...

There's a sticky post on one of the Language Pack threads, with download URL's to W10 & 11 Language Pack (LP) and Feature on Demand (FOD) ISO's. Most users don't need access to the full ISO's, since they only want to add one or two languages. For those who require the full set of LP's or...

If you're using VMware for testing, it's normal practice to mount your ISO as a DVD device. That's fine for installs, but it's on a read-only filesystem. Sometimes you want to test how a true USB flash drive works. Like the convenience of updating ISO files without needing to build a whole...

There are several online guides, which help explain how to enable Windows Firewall rules to allow Network Discovery (file sharing), or Remote Desktop access. You might see commands like: netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Network Discovery" new enable=Yes powershell...

Did you know there's an official DirectX 9 runtime package for Windows 10/11? It's available on winget, but not listed on MS Store. This means you don't need to run the legacy offline installer. winget install Microsoft.DirectX

Michael Niehaus explains why the different Start Menu customizations don't work for W11 22H2. Copying start.bin (or start2.bin) is effective, but obviously you can't customize it without an existing W11 desktop -- nor can you see what's inside. Why does Windows 11 make Start menu layout so hard?

Before Google was flooded with terrible search results, it was easy finding out what every Windows error code meant. Now the top answers are usually paid-content garbage instructing you to run Windows Update, sfc /scannow, or perform a clean reinstall. This is useless advice, since you just...

NTLite doesn't support this tweak yet, but you're likely seeing the annoying Bing Discover badge when using Edge. Here's the reg tweak to hide it. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge] "HubsSidebarEnabled"=dword:00000000 PS - This...

WinPE support for iSCSI was broken sometime after W10 2004, and doesn't work up to W11 22H2. When you start the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service, this error happens: From this GitHub bug report, iSCSI apparently needs access to the Event Logger. But WinPE deliberately disables the Event...

canonkong (best known in the Windows mod community for backporting the Intel USB3 driver to W7) has a signing fix for the latest NVIDIA drivers on W7. This will help those trying to get newer-generation NVIDIA cards (he's posted a screen capture with a RTX 2080). You replace "nvlddmkm.sy_" in...

When Windows Update automatically replaces an installed 3rd-party driver with a different version, without your knowledge, it can lead to random and unexpected problems. You might have a valid reason for keeping a specific driver, and don't want Windows touching it. The normal options are to...