6. Tweak Now, Save Time Later

If you’re always tweaking these settings anyway, let vLite do it for you, and you won’t have to make the changes ever again!

The Tweaks dialog allows you to preconfigure commonly changed settings in four areas. The Security option lets you edit Anti-Spyware Realtime Protection, Data Execution Prevention, and UAC options. The System section allows you to set AutoPlay and paging executive, hibernation, memory requirement, Power button, and Sleep button options. Explorer lets you edit view settings for the Control Panel, file extensions, hidden files and folders, and operating system files. And finally, the Internet Explorer option allows you to edit the IE Phishing filter and phishing verification balloon tips. Click an item you want to change (such as the Power button), and a pull-down menu arrow appears to the right of the current setting. Select the setting you prefer. Click Next to continue.

7. Run an Unattended Installation

The Unattended dialog helps you create an unattended installation. In the General tab, you can select your preferences for the install process. “Select this version on install” refers to the version of Vista you specified when you started vLite; the “Protect your PC” button lets you choose an automatic-update setting. In the Regional tab, you can specify the UI language, time and currency format, keyboard or input method, and time zone.

8. Burn a New Installation Disc

You get a few different options for making your final disc, based on how much time you want to spend!

Once done with the Unattended tab, click Apply to open the Apply Method dialog. Of the three options given, use Rebuild One (the default) to create the smallest ISO image and smallest installation size (select the others to see suggestions on when to use them). Click OK. It takes about 15 minutes to complete changes to the install image. Click Next when prompted to open the ISO menu. You can create an ISO file on disk, CD, or DVD. You can adjust burn speed, verify the image after writing it, perform a simulated test write, or split the image to fit onto multiple CDs. After you create an install disc, use the Preset menu to save your configuration for reuse before exiting vLite.