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=== vLite Era ===
vLite is a tool for customizing [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows Vista|Windows Vista]] installations, designed as a successor to nLite. Much like nLite, it allows users to remove and add components, integrate updates, add registry tweaks, add custom themes, and more. The program also looks similar to nLite, although it has a more modern UI. Although not technically supported, vLite can also be used to customize [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows 7|Windows 7 RTM]] (but not SP1) installs.
vLite was first released in 2006, although most bootlegs that use it were released in 2008. As many users were unable to meet Windows Vista's demanding hardware requirements at the time, most users stuck with Windows XP, and as such, vLite did not see nearly as much usage as its predecessor. It did not receive many updates and it was discontinued nearly five years before nLite.
As with Windows XP, Vista bootlegs are still being made today, but they are much more rare and much, '''much''' [https://archive.org/details/windows-vienna-ultimate-m-18-x-64 less interesting] and [https://archive.org/details/max-and-ruby_202307 more questionable].
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In the early days of Windows 7 bootlegging, many tools were created to modify Windows 7 installations, the two most famous ones being 7Customizer by blue4603 and RT 7 Lite by the [[:Category:Bootlegs_created_by_Reckons_International_Team|Rockers International Team]]. Both tools were intended to replace the notably absent vLite and nLite, and allowed creators to slipstream updates, add and remove programs, add registry tweaks, add custom themes, and more.
7Customizer was first released in October 2009, and is thus far more common in bootlegs created between 2009 and 2011.
RT 7 Lite was released in late 2010.
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