Ive had this happen to me too, when i wanted the firewall. I just reformatted last night. I have firewall so this is what I did: When you come to the remove components screen. And then this pops up http://www.nliteos.com/guide/pictures/b5.jpg Make sure you select to hide "Ethernet DHCP functionality" and "Internet Information Services (IIS)" Those should hide the things necessary for firewall Just dont go nlite heavy and you should be ok. Remember, those that are in red, only remove if you know what youre doing. Once youre at the unattended setup. (Im not sure if i remember this correctly but ill try) go to Network and make sure ICS is installed. It is the first one.