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Yes that makes sense. But isn't all of Windows' internals under Admin? That is, when I do Remove Reinstalls, aren't all those Windows components (for example, Edge) under control of Admin? (If not the higher Trusted account?) Anyway, a long time ago I titled the Shortcut to NTLite on my Desktop...

Tnx. But now I'm confused. When I run NTLite from User, UAC pops up, asking for Admin privileges. So isn't NTLite being run as Admin when I process? If yes, then it makes sense to me that I would have to log in as Admin after a reboot so that Windows can finish the tasks that NTLite delayed...

NTLite v2023.11.9515 Per the screenshot attached, here are two tasks still waiting to run (once) and clear after I used NTLite to "Remove Reinstalls" on a live Win10. I ran NTLite from a User account to "Remove Reinstalls," and then rebooted back into my User account. That's when I saw these...

AeonX is correct. For this install, I set Volume License in ei.cfg. Interestingly, the old way, I never saw the Blue Screen of Activation - ever.

No, it's not the EOL screen that I'm talking about. I did see that screen after Windows finished refreshing. But I clicked the "Pause reminder for three months" and it's gone for now. (Although it would be nice if NTLite could take it away forever.) I will take a photo of the BSO Activation...

Tnx. Yes, I know about the EOL. (Which, philosophically, makes me wonder if "activate" a dead OS has any meaning?) I'm still wondering "What changed" from my previous install vs this one, that the nag screen appears now. (Am guessing a KB.)

I recently updated/"refreshed" a version of Win8.1 Pro that I'm testing. Since then Win8.1 now shows a Blue Screen about two or three times a way, nagging me to Activate. (It hasn't been 30 days yet and I like to wait until I'm sure I have done everything correctly before I activate.) I have...

You know more than I do, but my understand is that AlwaysOn is different from the standard Opt-In setting, in that AlwaysOn enforces DEP for every program/process. This fellow thinks so too. I agree and I understand that Win10/11 kernel protections are better than Win7. So perhaps DEP AlwaysOn...

I was pleased to see a Post-setup template to turn off hibernation. Now, may I suggest a template to Always Enable DEP? I know that Win10/11 are supposed to have better memory management. Yet, DEP is still an option under System > Advanced system settings > Advanced > Performance >Data...

Okay, so he solved his problem. But I chime in to add that Kasual is correct here. My Win8.1 box is AMD with AMD soft-RAID. I had to remove all the standard storage device drivers from the .wim in order for Win8.1 to see the RAID. Not only that, but one has to go the extra step of "Reapply[ing]...

Thanks. I presume that NTLite would flag any missing prerequisites. But it didn't. If none of these KB's install IE11 into the .wim, then it makes sense that any KB's updating IE11 in Win7 wouldn't process. I'll call this one "Probably Solved."

Thanks. I understand. Now that you mention it, IIRC, IE 11 was not available in the early days of Win7. If that is correct, then I suppose a KB "failing" to install because IE 11 hadn't been installed yet makes sense.

Edited to change references from Win8.1 to Win7. I made a fresh .wim of Win7 starting with a mostly vanilla .wim that had only the AMD RAID driver on it. (And had been stripped of unwanted Editions last year by NTLite. Only Win7 Home Premium on it.) I began by loading Win7 in NTLite on a Win10...

SOLVED. As someone else hinted here, it was a 3rd party problem. (Not antivirus specifically. But security software.) Once garlin stated that "NTLite works in userland, the only privileged operation it needs is to call TrustedInstaller (through DISM)," that started me thinking. As Sherlock...

I was just about to report that NTLite v 2.3.8.8920 didn't crash on the same Win7 wim as above. And in fact, it made to about 95% of completion. It wasn't a fair experiment though, with only one variable changing. In addition to trying an earlier version of NTLIte, I also moved the location of...