How do you get rid of XP "extras"?

[nickbuol]

I have heard of people stripping Windows XP down to just what is needed to get their machines to boot faster, and then also using a frontend as their O/S shell.

Problem is, I have been searching the forums for about 45 minutes and still can't find anything on the topics, even though I know that they are here.

I would appreciate it if anyone can point me in the right direction.

Nick

[Minwah]

www.blackviper.com used to be a great resource for this, but it seems to be down

Try googling for 'windows xp services', 'improving windows performance' etc.

[markb]

Here's a thread I posted a few weeks ago, this may be of help.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,38710.msg347893.html#msg347893

Also you may want to try this utility to remove some of the extras.

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

It creates a new XP bootdisk with all of the extras erased and any ustomisable features you want available on install.

[arcadegamenut]

I haven't tried this (just marked it), but there appears to be a free guide for tweaking windows xp here:

http://www.tweakguides.com/XPTC.html

[Tiger-Heli]

www.blackviper.com used to be a great resource for this, but it seems to be down

Try googling for 'windows xp services', 'improving windows performance' etc.

Mirror to blackViper - http://dhost.info/kyeu/mirror/blackviper/

News on blackViper - http://www.deeperwants.com/cul1/homeworlds/journal/archives/001731.html

Other tips on hiding XP stuff:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,35205.msg306896.html#msg306896
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,22414.0/all.html
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,39313.0.html

Much thanks to DaemonCollector.