TinyXP Rev11 updated - 2nd May, 2011

[Raitsa]

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 eXPerience Presents...

 Windows TinyXP Rev11 - September 2010
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 This CD includes 10 Windows installations and 2 extra boot options.

 At the main menu, you have the choice of a normal installation (press 1)
 or an unattended installation (press 2). After pressing 1 or 2 at the
 main menu, you are taken to a menu with four choices:

 1) Full Windows XP (includes all languages, IE8 and WMP11)
 2) Slimmed Windows XP (includes IE8 and WMP11)
 3) TinyXP with IE8/WMP11 and Windows Update
 4) TinyXP without IE/WMP or Windows Update

 Back on the main menu again, you also have two more Windows options:

 3) TinyXP Beast Edition II (Unattended Only)
 4) MicroXP v0.86 (Unattended Only)

 In addition to these ten Windows installations, you also have two
 more boot options:

 5) Acronis Backup + Restore
 6) Mini Windows XP (ONLY) - Live Bootable Environment

 Option 5 - is the Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server bootable
 ISO that allows you to backup your current Windows partition or disk
 and it also allows you to restore a previously created backup.

 Option 6 - is a live bootable Windows XP called "Mini Windows XP" that
 is taken from Hiren's BootCD v10.6. IMPORTANT: This is not the complete
 Hiren's BootCD. The only option that works is "Mini Windows XP". If you
 try to use any of the other tools, it will not work. This is done
 intentionally, the live XP environment is only on this CD so you can
 access your hard disks whilst your Windows installation is offline.
 This allows you to access your disks in a completely separate Windows
 XP environment where you can get to your data if a virus is stopping
 Windows from booting normally.

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 This CD includes an updated version of the fabled "TinyXP Beast Edition"
 that was originally released on 6th June 2006 (06.06.06). Instead of
 having to wait 996 years until 6th June 3006 comes around, now a brand
 new "TinyXP Beast Edition II" is included on this CD for 10th October
 2010 (10.10.10).

 Some people that have used the original TinyXP Beast Edition have
 reported hearing bumps in the night. You have been warned...

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 To install Windows from this CD, set your PC up so it will boot from
 the DVD/CD-ROM in the PC's BIOS.

 In the normal (not unattended) editions of Windows you have access to
 the "Repair" option.

 You can install Windows as an "upgrade" from within Windows with
 the usual setup.exe in the "XP01" folder.

 This CD is designed to autorun like a normal Windows XP CD does, so
 setup.exe runs when you put the CD in on systems that have AutoPlay
 enabled.

 You do not need any product key in this release.

 The "normal" Windows installations are the same as a normal Windows
 setup, asking you for your Language settings, Timezone, Username and
 network/workgroup settings. The only thing you will not get asked for
 is a product key. With the four "normal" installations, you can access
 the "Repair Option" and the "Recovery Console".

 In the the "unattended" installations, no user input is required, Windows
 will automatically install. All you have to do is format your partition or
 hard disk and leave Windows to install all by itself. All unattended
 installations are set to "US English" for the language choice, but your
 keyboard settings can be changed in Control Panel after installation.
 There are no adverse effects from using the unattended option, but be
 aware that the "Repair Option" and "Recovery Console" are both not
 available in these types of Windows installations. Remember this in
 case you make a standalone ISO file of the option.

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 In all ten of the Windows XP installations on this CD (yes even Beast
 Edition and MicroXP) the latest QFE addon was used:

 XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_1.4.3_20100920.7z

 Options that include Internet Explorer 8 had the following addon
 in addition to the QFE addon:

 YumeYao_IE8_Addon_Nosetuperr_ENU_1_3_11.7z

 Options that include Internet Explorer 8 and Windows Media Player 11
 had the following addon in addition to the QFE and IE8 addons:

 YumeYao_WMP11_Addon_ENU_V3_4_3.7z

 Because of the nature of the QFE addon, no added features are included.
 For example, DirectX is not added, the .NET Framework is not added, or
 Silverlight. The addon only updates Windows XP with the necessary
 updates.

 All installations are updated to September 2010.

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 For full details of removed components and added hotfixes, see the
 files in the "INFO" folder. This folder contains a file for each
 individual installation. When you look at the file names you will
 see which file relates to which installation.

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 Added Drivers
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 In all ten installations you have the following driverpacks added:

 - Chipset
 - CPU
 - LAN Ethernet
 - SATA
 - Wireless LAN

 In this installation, because the included driverpacks only amount
 to about 40Mb, the driverpacks always extract in all installations
 automatically, with no user input needed.

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 APPS Folder (on the CD root)
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 Some useful silent installers are included here. These programs
 are not installed at all when you install Windows from this CD.

 These programs are simply included as an optional extra.

 NOTE: Running any of these files will install the program
 without warning, because they are "silent" installers.

 The only large install here is Comodo. You will know when this
 has finished installing because the Comodo icon appears on the
 desktop. All the other programs do not have or need desktop
 icons.

 DirectX includes only the necessary DLL files for gaming.

 - AllSnap v1.33.2
 - Comodo Internet Security v5.0.163652.1142 (requires reboot)
 - DirectX 9c June 2010
 - Everything v1.2.1.371
 - Foxit PDF Reader Pro v3.0.1301
 - GetDiz v4.4.0.0
 - HashCheck v2.1.11
 - Prio v1.9.9.2091
 - Visual-C++ Runtimes 2005 and 2008
 - WinRAR v3.91

 If you have never tried "allSnap" or "Everything" before, you will be
 pleasantly surprised.

 All these programs can be uninstalled in Add/Remove programs.

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 eXPerience folder (Desktop)

 Most of these folders contain quick solutions to things that otherwise
 would be buried away in the Windows GUI or require DOS style commands.
 
 - Check WGA Status (see if Windows is still Genuine)
 - DeskSave (save desktop icon layout)
 - Driver Install Tool (ReadMe file explaining about DP_Install_Tool.cmd)
 - Hibernation (turn Hibernation on or off)
 - Registry Backup (quickly backup the entire registry)
 - Services Configuration Files (reduce RAM usage and speed up boot time)
 - ShrinkXP Scripts (reduce bloat and speed up virus scan, backup, defrag)
 - System Restore (can be re-enabled here)
 - System Volume Information (lock/unlock this folder)
 - User Password (access the screen to choose if windows needs a password)

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 ISO folder (on the CD root)

 In the ISO folder on the CD you can make a single ISO file of any of
 the ten Windows installations, to use as a standalone CD. This CD will
 not have any of the other options, only the Windows version you choose.

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Enjoy this fine release from eXPerience

Release Date : October 10th 2010

[WhereEaglesDare]

 

[saint]

Is this an illegal distribution of Windows XP, or does this require you to have licensed copy of Windows XP to use?

[jimmy2x2x]

Thanks for the heads up!

[garwil]

Is this an illegal distribution of Windows XP, or does this require you to have licensed copy of Windows XP to use?

I believe you can only obtain this from the sorts of web sites we aren't allowed to link to on here...

[ahofle]

Doesn't it still require a valid windows license though?

[Bender]

any news on a x64 version of tinyXP
is it available?
is it any good?

[Raitsa]

No TinyXP64 version available, and not coming either.

[WhereEaglesDare]

No TinyXP64 version available, and not coming either.

How about Tiny98?

[Bender]

No TinyXP64 version available, and not coming either.

I found this one: DekkerTinyXP64

this is what the read me says, makes no sense to me, but I thought I'd try it out

Using eXp's last session.ini from the latest Xmas 2008 TinyXP this is Dekker's beautiful effort and a blindingly fast x64 based Tiny XP. In a nutshell he has used a theme pack, added some hotfixesand whatnot from ryanvm.net and a few reg tweaks from Planet64.
A little bit of fine tuning and personalising for one's own system and it rocks man.
If speed and power are what you are after then this is the baby for purists!
Cheers jasperfish

EDIT: There is an issue with the DekkerTinyXP64 where the winotfy.dll file prevents  a shell (maximus arcade in my case) from shutting down the system

I'm Trying another x64 version called TinyXP + RUS, This seems a little bigger but is working well so far

[Raitsa]

There was a new, updated version of TinyXP rev 11 released today (may 2nd, 2011, updated drivers, silent installers, and 2 bug fixes).

[Gray_Area]

You might want to put 'UPDATED', and the date, in the title thread.

I've actually been using the full unattended version of the original rev11, and have had no weird issues. I wonder whether those would be different in this update. Although, particularly given I've de-OC'd my processor, my boot time is pretty quick right now.

[Raitsa]

Community Update 1 changes 2nd May, 2011:

*renamed eXPerience.txt to (Original)eXPerience.txt. Contents will not be tampered with
+added this CU changelog "(Changelog)CommunityUpdate.txt" and it sits beside the original
+added wireless fix DLLs into MicroXP and Beast
+added msconfig in all editions
+added msconfig reference in txtsetup.sif in all editions (otherwise, it's not copied/installed)
+added silent installers: f.lux, ImDisk, CoolPDFReader, 7zip, QuickPar
*updated silent installers: Prio, Comodo Internet Security, WinRAR, GetDiz
+added Windows Update alternatives
+added _INFO.txt file with descriptions and URLs for WU alternatives
+added _INFO.txt file with descriptions and URLs for all silent installers

[lettuce]

Does .net framework work with microxp now, whenever i tried to install it it used to get part way through the installation then throw up a error message, guess some files that are need to install .net are removed from micro and tinyxp??

Is there a download or torrrent link for this?

[Gray_Area]

Is there a download or torrrent link for this?

You need to look round....

[howtocontrol]

I have looked around, but cant find it anywhere. Is there any better instruction?

[PL1]

Is there any better instruction?

Assuming that garwil's reply to saint is right, instructions like that would definitely fall under Rule 5.   

Is this an illegal distribution of Windows XP, or does this require you to have licensed copy of Windows XP to use?

I believe you can only obtain this from the sorts of web sites we aren't allowed to link to on here...

Scott