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The earliest releases of nLite go back to 2004, and the earliest mods known to use the tool can be traced back to 2005 and 2006. Examples are [[Windows AlphaBetas]] (''based on Windows 2000, nLite 1.0 beta 6 on Windows 2000''), [[TinyXP]] (''nLite 1.0 RC3 on Windows XP Professional SP2''), [[Wesmosis 2.5|Wesmosis]] (''based on Windows XP, nLite, earliest releases go back to 2005'') and [[Windows XP Gamer Edition]] (''nLite 1.0 RC7'', late 2006). The latest version of this program is 1.4.9.3, and can still be [https://www.nliteos.com/download.html downloaded] today. It has not been updated for more than a decade, as the creator has switched to making a tool named NTLite, which has the same purpose, but supports Windows 7, 8.x, 10 and 11. It has also enjoyed some use by modders, with bootlegs like [[Windows 7 Infinium Edition]] (''Spanish version, NTLite 1.0.0 on Windows Server 2012 Standard'') using it.
Despite not being updated for more than 10 years, nLite has continued to be the most popular program for making Windows XP bootlegs.
=== vLite Era ===
vLite is a tool for customizing Windows Vista installations. vLite is similar to its predecessor, nLite. As with nLite, vLite's capabilities were used by many modders to finish off their bootleg. The earliest examples of vLite being used go back to [[TinyVista]] (''vLite 1.2 beta on Windows Vista SP1'') and [[Windows Vista Lite]] (''vLite 1.1.6 on Windows XP SP3''). There are also bootlegs like [[Windows Vista Kagome Titanium SP2 Edition]] (''vLite 1.2 on Windows Vista Ultimate SP2'') and [[Windows Vista Alienware 2010]].
vLite was used on most Windows Vista bootlegs. It was also used on Windows 7 RTM bootlegs, such as [[Tiny7]] (''vLite 1.2 on Windows 7 RTM'') and [[Windows 7 Apple Logo]] (''ditto''). vLite did not get many updates and was much more shortlived than its predecessor, nLite. The next iteration of the software would be NTLite.
Despite the harsh criticism of Windows Vista, modifications of Vista were still made. 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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