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spystyle:
VNC stands for "Virtual Network Computing"

If you want XP with all of it's networking abilities, you should probably just use XP SP3 "full" and disable the services you don't need, manually.

Alternately, I just recently acquired an Nlite'd XP made tiny specifically for the Asus EEE internet laptop. I haven't tested it but it was, allegedly, a smaller XP with networking support. Attached is the lastsession.ini.

I, personally, would add driverpacks, service pack 3, and minlogon to it. Then test the ISO in virtualPC.

Cheers,
Craig

spystyle:

--- Quote from: fisk on May 06, 2008, 08:51:11 am ---...
Also, with Beast installed, has anyone set up there machine to boot straight into Mala?

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Mala has an option to "start with Windows". If that doesn't work see below.

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You can get any program to start with Windows:

Create a shortcut to the executable (ie: Mame32.exe)

Right click the shortcut and tell it to run "maximized" (as opposed to "normal window")

Locate the start menu's "startup" folder

(ie: C:\documents and settings\administrator\start menu\programs\startup)

Place the shortcut in that folder

Now every time you start Windows the program will start, maximized.

Cheers,
Craig

fisk:
Thanks spystyle...that's pretty much what I was thinking.

You mentioned driverpacks.  Can you elaborate on them and where they can be found.

Thanks

spystyle:
http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/

For more than 10 years, every time I built a computer I had to see the "device manager" and install every driver that was missing from it. I had to scour the internet looking for obscure drivers if Windows didn't have said driver built in. It suXed.

Then they created "driverpacks" - you can download all the drivers and integrate them into your Windows disk, so Windows automatically has all drivers. It is so sweet :)

Then there is "Nlite", another essential tool for creating your Windows disk. You can remove the useless components, or leave everything. You can make the install "automated" by integrating the CD-key, integrate a service pack*, and set windows up the way you like**.

Life is sweeter these days due to these two utilities :)

*In my testing SP3 was much faster than SP2, integrate it.

**Why does the desktop have a trash can on it? Do you want to see a trash can every time you look at your computer? Remove it from the desktop and put it in "my computer" folder instead.

Also, why does "networking neighborhood" need to be on the desktop? Most computers are not part of a network, and those that are aren't accessing the other computers so often to warrant a desktop icon. Remove it from the desktop and put it in "my computer" folder instead.

These are just examples. Almost every windows option can be pre-set with Nlite, it rocks!!!

And if that wasn't enough - you don't have to study all day to see what can and what can not be removed from Windows - just use some smart guy's "last session.ini" and all of his selections will be in your Nlite - you don't have have to study a thing!

Cheers,
Craig

fisk:
Spystyle...Thanks for the detailed explanation!!

So let me see if I got this correct, nLite takes an existing Windows XP CD and creates an ISO file with any driverpacks, SP3, minlogon and lastsession.ini applied.  At which point the ISO can be tested via Virtual PC.  Once it is determined that the ISO works properly a bootable xp cd can be created.

Tom

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