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spystyle:
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404:
--- Quote from: spystyle on January 25, 2012, 06:20:39 pm ---Well that never got answered, I'll take a stab at it :
404 Are you referring to "TinyXP" by "eXPerience" or "MAMExp" recently discussed in this thread ?
Also, Raitsa, I forgot to test that Win7 ISO ... I'll do it now :) Good thing I got it before the site went down :)
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Thanks for your response. I was speaking about the tinyxp64 build specifically. Not sure how the services and other apps differ between the 32bit and x64. I'm assuming there were some things different but since i couldn't find out for sure so i never bothered trying out some of the lastsessions from other XP builds to slipstream my own build.
A word of warning for the DekkerXPX64 iso floating around the interwebz, I used this build only to find out some days later that they botched the wga stuff. The WGA nag screen during startup appears and the build does not let you activate as it's missing some dependencies to allow you to do so. This build gives you constant boot loops during the login process because of this. I have plenty of legitimate XP serials at my disposal; couldn't even get to the license screen in order to use any.
spystyle:
404
I tried TinyXP before and found that they removed drivers from the Windows CD.
Those drivers aren't available for download anywhere, as they are assumed to be native to Windows XP.
So if you have a device and they decided to remove the driver for it, you can't use it.
I'm all for a tiny sized XP, but device compatibility should be priority #1. So I like to keep the Windows native drivers and add Bashrat's driverpacks.
I like to make my own tiny sized XP using Nlite. It's easy if you do it following Black Viper's services guide and other guides. It's pretty easy to discover what window's components are superfluous and what is important. And you can tailor that to your specific needs.
These guys are just using Nlite to make these releases. You can do it too :)
Raitsa
As for "Windows 7 lite ZD7x86v12c.iso"
I tested it in Virtuial PC, it looks good.
It was slightly slower than MAMExp, 17% difference. But that's not a big deal.
It should be a treat for folks that want to use Windows 7 in their cabinets :)
OK have fun!
Craig
404:
--- Quote from: spystyle on January 26, 2012, 12:15:32 pm ---404
I tried TinyXP before and found that they removed drivers from the Windows CD.
Those drivers aren't available for download anywhere, as they are assumed to be native to Windows XP.
So if you have a device and they decided to remove the driver for it, you can't use it.
I'm all for a tiny sized XP, but device compatibility should be priority #1. So I like to keep the Windows native drivers and add Bashrat's driverpacks.
I like to make my own tiny sized XP using Nlite. It's easy if you do it following Black Viper's services guide and other guides. It's pretty easy to discover what window's components are superfluous and what is important. And you can tailor that to your specific needs.
These guys are just using Nlite to make these releases. You can do it too :)
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I'm not a n00b at all when it comes to PC's. Mame on the other hand, I've only recently been exposed to the inner workings of.
I have slipstreamed my own copies of XP before using Nlite so that has never been a major issue for me. Biggest thing holding me back right now are the driver issues you and others have mentioned. I'm not really in the mood to install and test run so many different versions. Don't really have the patience for that.
Currently i have two test mame rigs going. One athlon x2 running xp x64 and one small 1ghz celeron system. The celeron currently runs the MicroXP build available on the net. Great memory footprint for such a small, diminutive system. I did run into the usual driver issues. I also encountered an issue with some Mame front ends. Some, like Mala tend to call up some windows media player dependencies, I'm assuming this is for playing sample game videos.
spystyle:
LOL, I took a look at the new "Tiny XP" release and it has driverpacks in it.
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