using Rufus with the following settings:
While standard Windows 10 might use 1.5GB–2GB of RAM at idle, a Lite 1607 version can often idle at under 500MB System Requirements Minimum for Lite 1607 1 GHz or faster 1 GB (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) 10–12 GB (compared to ~20GB for standard) DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver Important Considerations Security Risk: windows 10 lite 1607