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nLited XP installs for a cab
TOK:
--- Quote from: spystyle on October 22, 2006, 11:26:26 pm ---I stripped out all of the crap from Windows XP by installing Windows 2000 instead :)
It was easy
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I have 2000 on a second cab I'm building. The PC is up and running, but I haven't got to the point where I'm tweaking the OS on it. Out of the box, XP boots way faster than 2000 so I was thinking 2000 might actually be harder to optimize.
When I did XP, I used that Black Viper tweak guide to Services and disabled everything I didn't need. Figured on doing the same for 2000.
youki:
--- Quote ---For anyone using this... How much of a difference in boot speed/performance do you see vs. a standard copy of XP with the unnecessary Services turned off? Shutting everything off in standard XP, I get into the front end in about 26 seconds w/2ghz P4 with 512 meg of RAM.
I'm only concerned with speed, I don't care about the install size.
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My XP install in my cab boots faster than my Dos Install.
XP takes 11-12 second to boot to the FE
Dos takes 15 second to boot to the FE! (without CDROM support!!! XP has the CD Rom support)
I just started from a normal XP , and stopped all services i don't need, and few little things , Like manually disable few driver i don't need too.
The machine is a AMD 2000+ with 256mega of ram and a HD of 40giga IDE.
But the machine is dedicated to MAME only. No Internet, No Anti-virus ,No .NET , No other tool or emulator. Except the Front End and Mame.
JackTucky:
Drew:
Is there a program that will strip XP after it's installed?
Jacktucky
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: JackTucky on October 23, 2006, 12:15:05 pm ---Drew:
Is there a program that will strip XP after it's installed?
Jacktucky
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XP Lite, but it's far more harsh to the system. Also, if you accidentally remove something from XP with it, you may not be able to put it back in, which means another format and re-install.
It'll work if you're just trying to strip out useless crap like Paint, Briefcase, Calculator, Themes, etc from your current XP install, and it's a pretty decent solution for someone who wouldn't want to tinker with nLite, it's just not as robust a solution.
nLite is the solution to not even having stuff installed in the first place. XP Lite is the solution to possibly removing some things afterwards.
WunderCade:
Is it conceivable that these barebones OS' can be scaled down to such a degree that they can be flashed to a USB Flash Drive 1Gb< ? A pocket OS....sweeeet.
At any rate, I think DOT's script can be Flashed. That'd be a kewl little tool.
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