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I presume that when using either the ELITE or the ULTRA ini's in Post #1 of this thread that you still CANNOT slipstream either the chipset drivers or the matrix storage drivers ?
Ben
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My sincere thanks to all of you.
I have done and can do the reverse integration - did it before VLite allowed for Vista SP s/streaming but I find it a real drag - especially for a BETA.
I'll wait until SP2 is final / gold and if nuhi hasnt updated Vlite for SP2 slipsteaming** I'll reverse integrate then.
All the best again.
Ben
** - who knows, maybe SP2 gold / final will be coded / built in such a way that Vlite 1.2 will s/stream it anyway without further updating from nuhi.
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Many thanks cluberti
Just curious ....... do we know if anyone has actually tried slipsteaming SP2 into Vista RTM ?
I'd be interested to know how far it gets, if anywhere at all.
Thanks again,
Ben
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Hi all
I know Vlite 1.2 will not let you slipstream SP2 if SP1 is already installed.
So, will Vlite allow me to slipstream SP2 into Vista RTM [sP0] ?
Assuming its still a no - is there anyway known to slipstream SP2 into Vista RTM or Vista SP1 ?
Thanks,
Ben
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Hey Kelsenellenelvian and bledd ....... relax guys.
I only asked because (i) I havent been around here for a while and (ii) by nuhi's [excellent] standards, it seems that quite a period has passed since his last release.
Hence, given I am about to do a major re-build of my own rig, I thought I would ask .... I am fully aware that "..... it will be out when it comes out. No sooner or later..... " but given the current relative time-lag from the last release, I figured and hoped nuhi would not be offended or annoyed by asking the question.
Ben
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Hi nuhi
Just wondering ...... I note that 1.2 Final is now around 2 months old and as I'm due to do a personal re-install in the next week or so, of my own personal rig, I thought I'd ask before proceeding .....
=> is there going to be a new/next version of Vlite .....say.... 1.3x in the next few days or week or so...... or is 1.2 Final the *final* version for the forseeable future ?
I'm more than happy to use 1.2 Final for my re-build, but naturally, if a new / updated / revised version is due any day [or week] now, I will wait ...... alternately, if nothing is in the very-near-future-pipeline, I'll happily proceed with 1.2 Final.
Any news ?
Either way, thanks again for all your excellent hard work !!
All the best,
Ben
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Hi all
This has me beat.
I am doing a XP x64 SP1 strip with the latest NLite. Am using the same settings I have in the past [which have worked before] but it seems no matter what I do this time I get the following error - it arises during the install blue installation phase ie: the CD boots, begins the install and then tries to start Windows and then without fail, the screen remains blue and I get the following error in white text:-
STOP: c0000221 UNKNOWN HARD ERROR
\ SystemRoot \ System32 \ ntdll.dll
I’ve checked the CD and the “ ntdll.dll “ file is on my Nlite’d CD.
Any thoughts / suggestions ?
The ONLY thing I have done differently this time, is that before, my original SOURCE XP x64 SP1 files were copied to my hard disk directly from the original CD.
To save space, recently I made an .ISO file of my original SOURCE XP x64 SP1 CD. Now when I need it, I just de-compress the ISO with UltraISO and then begin Nlit'ing it ……..could this be a potential problem ?
Many thanks,
Ben
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Nuhi
I'll be popping 1.2RC onto my rig in the next day or so.
All I can say is up until this release, the "considered wisdom" of the so-called Vista elite expert users was that DRM was unremovable / un-turn-off-able ....... and even if it was done, Vista would be unuseable and uninstallable .........now without any fanfare you give us 1.2RC and amongst a pile of other great changes, its in the list.
Dont know if this has been said before but YOU ARE A LEGEND !!!!!
Thanks again nuhi.
Oops .... nearly forgot my question:-
Q):- I know Server 2008 isnt supported [offically] yet, but am I right in saying that Server 2008 has no DRM in it for Vlite to actually remove ?
Ben
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Hi all
I havent come across this before.
I recently did a Vista X64 SP1 install with .NET removed and all was fine.
I then went to install a small audio program but it requires .NET to install and run.
So ......... I thought to myself, I'll just d/l the latest .NET and install it.
Anyway, I d/l .NET 3.5 full redistributable which is compatible with Vista, XP, Server 2003 and Sever 2008 and I run it.
If starts of OK, but then stops and winds back / uninstalls itself due to something like a missing service or servcie not being enabled !?!
Is there a way around this without doing a new install disk with .NET on it and wiping my current install ?
Thanks,
Ben
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Just had a chance to do a full-strip of both Server 2008 SP1 X64 and Vista SP1 X64 - used the same machine for each which has 4gig RAM and loaded just the .inf, video and s/card drivers for each install - the basic results for a full-strip of each are as follows:-
Server 2008 SP1 X64
- 370meg RAM Footprint
- 1.2 gig install size [ excluding swap file ]
Vista SP1 X64
- 370meg RAM Footprint
- 2.6 gig install size [ excluding swap file ]
Apart from the Server 2008 SP1 install feeling a lot snappier and responsive [just like using an Nlite'd XP install] can anyone explain why the Vista SP1 X64 install is over 2x twice the size of the Server 2008 SP1 install ?
The only thing I can think of is that the Vista code has all the DRM "stuff" still in it whereas the Server install doesnt ?!? - but even allowing for that, I really doubt the "DRM stuff" would account for such a massive install size difference ?
Ben
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Hi nuhi & hannubys
Yeah, I certainly feel a bit embarressed even asking - like I said, 1.2Beta is super stable and really lean and snappy - its just that if the next version is due to come out before next w/e, I'll wait - otherwise I'm %110 happy to proceed with my re-builds using 1.2Beta.
All the best,
Ben
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Hi nuhi
Dont in any way mean to be rude or pushy - you have an amazing product here and it is a major gift to all of us.
I am only asking as I am scheduled to do 2 family/friend re-builds next weekend [19/7 and 20/7] and I will happily use 1.2Beta unless of course there is likley to be a new update before then ?
Again, I dont mean or intend to be rude, but could you please advise if 1.2Beta is still going to be current as of next weekend, or if a new update is scheduled.
I am perfectly happy either way as 1.2Beta is running brilliantly, and I certainly know that 1.2Beta is only 4 weeks old, its just that if a new version is due by next weekend, I will hold of on doing the install disks for it.
As always nuhi, many thanks and keep up the fantastic work !!!
Ben
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Hi all
This is driving me nuts.
I have the same problem as here:-
http://www.msfn.org/board/nLite-WinXP-Pro-...re-t118598.html
I've gone to all the links posted there-in and there is no clear or obvious "fix" I can find.
I have:-
- Win XP PRO SP0 - Original RTM
- SP3
They Slipstreamed no problem.
I then "fully" strip XP SP3 - as I have with XP SP2 in the past wiht no problems.
All I leave is:-
- Calculator
- WordPad
- MultiProcessor Support
- Keyboard - US
- Language - US
- DirectX
- DirectX Diagnostic
- Command Line Tools
- FAT to NTFS
- VB5
- VB6
Everthing else is removed.
The above works fine with XP SP2 [ slipstreamed ].
Now ..... my Boot CD begins the Install process but then asks me to put the " SP2 CD in Drive A: " or words along those lines.
Can anyone please help ?
Is there something I have removed that has caused this ?
What is the fix ?
Many thx,
Ben
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Yep ..... given Vlite is at 1.1.6 and Nlite is at 1.4.5 ..... I'd imagine [ and am hoping ] that once Vlite is as mature and "component-removal-rich" as Nlite, we could well be looking at Server 2008 SP1 X64 .iso's that are ~250meg <-> ~350meg in size with installed HDD useage of ~500meg <-> ~700meg with resulting RAM footprints in the ~120meg <-> ~170meg range.
Still, even if no further updates issued, who would have imagined an X64 o/s as lean and small as this.
Nuhi is a seriously amazing and talented person !!!!
Ben
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Hi all
- Vlite 1.1.6 Final [using " -extreme " switch]
- Windows Server 2008 SP1 X64
Full Strip - only items left in are:-
Notepad
System Information
Wordpad
Multimedia Class Scheduler
Microsoft HTML Engine
Everything else stripped out
- 588meg ISO
- 1.3gig installed size on HDD [ excluding Swap file ]
- 290meg RAM Footprint [after installing all video and audio drivers]
Runs super quick and super snappy and super smooth.
I know Server 08 SP1 and Vista X64 SP1 use the same code base, but there is something - I dont know what - that makes Server 08 SP1 so much snappier and quicker than Vista X64.
I've even done a test of a full-strip of Vista X64 using 1.1.6 Final and no matter what I do to it, it simply will just not run as smooth or quick as Server 08 SP1 stock / unstripped <= I'm guessing that maybe its because Vista has a stack of DRM "stuff" embedded into its code and Server 08 doesnt (?) - you know, 2 versions of the same code
Quite frankly, this is utterly amazing given it is an X64 o/s.
Nuhi - you are a genius.
Ben
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Hi all !
Hmmm .... this has me stumped.
This is what I did.
- got my Vista Ultimate X64 DVD
- copied it onto the HDD
- ran Vlite 1.1.6 RC to "extract" just "Ultimate" - I want to keep things as small as practicable
- d/l Vista X64 SP1
- put it in a Directory
- ran Vlite 1.1.6 RC to S/Stream SP1 X64
- the slipstream menu / button is greyed out / cant be selected
- all this was done from within my Vista X64 partition not a Vista X32 partition
Am I missing something really obvious ?
Ben
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Hi Bilar
Is your install DVD a Vista X64 SP1 or Vista X64 Original ?
Is it pretty-much a full strip ?
Also, regardless of which one it is, when you install it, excluding the swap file, how much HDD room does it take up ?
Ben
PS: My Vista X64 SP1 with a full-strip using 1.1.6 RC gives me an installed sized of ~5.4gig excluding the swap file ?!?!?
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Well ..... I re-did the Boot CD / DVD and this is what I got:-
- Factory slipstreamed Vista X32 SP1 Install CD "fully stipped with 1.1.6RC" gives a Boot CD size of ~490meg
- User slipstreamed Vista X64 SP1 Install DVD "fully stipped with 1.1.6RC" gives a Boot DVD size of ~1.1gig
Does this seem right to other Vlite users ?
Ben
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Really ??
From memory, I would have sworn that when I last did a full-vlite-stripped install of Vista X64 [ pre-SP1 ] the HDD installed size was around ~2.5gig (?)
Why whould SP1 on a slipstreamed Vista X64 have more than doubled its HDD installed size ?
OR
Is my memory of the installed size of Vista X64 [pre-SP1] wrong ?
Ben
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Hi all
Here are the figures:-
- Factory slipstreamed Vista X32 SP1 Install DVD "fully stipped with 1.1.6RC" gives an installed HDD footprint of ~ 1.1gig excluding swap file.
- User slipstreamed Vista X64 SP1 Install DVD "fully stipped with 1.1.6RC" gives an installed HDD footprint of ~ 5.4gig excluding swap file.
I presumed and expected the HDD install size would be around 2X the Vista X32 size BUT its nearly 4.5X the size of Vista X32 SP1 ?!?!?.
I am using the -extreme switch for each and am checking WINSXS for each
-> is it possible that the the difference is due to X32 being a Factory sliplstream and X64 being a user slipstream ?
**OR**
=> is this normal ?
Thanks,
Ben
PS: FWIW, the RAM footprint for each above is very similar:- Vista X32 SP1 is ~ 230meg and Vista X64 SP1 is ~ 290meg
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What I can tell you is that I have done a full strip of XP X32 SP2 with Nlite [current version] and only installed video and audio drivers [ matrox and echo] and I get:-
-> ~220 meg install on HDD
-> ~35meg Ram Footprint
Ben
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Hi nuhi
Again, magic work !!
Nuhi - I was thinking and wondering.
Given how Nlite is - and noting especially that it is a more mature product than Vlite - do you think it is possible / probable / likely (?) that as Vlite further matures, we will be able to have Vlite'd Vista installations of say ~300 <-> ~500 meg on the hard disk with Ram footprints of say ~70 <-> ~90 meg ?
I thought if *anyone* is going to know if this is actually possible, it is going to be the master of getting Vista trimmed down.
Again, all the best,
Ben " as always, eagerly awaiting the next version " Ifin
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Hi nuhi
On 23/2 you wrote that you hoped to have the next update out in around 2<->3 [or more] weeks, plus it depended on Nlite updates as well.
Just wondering how things were tracking from a Vlite perpective ?
Nothing wrong with 1.1.1 at all, but I really looking forward to new Vlite's as I really enjoy getting Vista as "lite" as possible.
All the best and thanks again for such a great product.
Thanks,
Ben "yes I know, I need to get a life" Ifin
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Hi aviv00
No error as such.
Normally to disable the S.E.T, you do it either through gpedit.msc or MMC.
With gpedit.msc, the "disable" option simply does not exist under Admin Templates / System - similalry if I try to go back door through the MMC.
Obviously I've removed a component and/or service which has made this dissappear.
Any thoughts ?
I'm kind of hoping there is a registry edit and/or command line to do same, but cant find one.
Ben
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Wow ....... so has anyone here succesfully integrated the Chipset and Matrix driver with either the ELITE or the ULTRA ini's in Post #1 ?
Laslty, I gather using the " Unattended " page is still a no-go ?
Thanks,
Ben