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    Suggestions for removals with vLite

    in vLite

    Posted

    Remove anything that is nagging you, and that you don't need.

    That's my top reason to use vlite: remove annoyances. Not performance or disk space.

    For instance, I don't need "security center", and all the warnings you get .

    If I was worrying about performance, then I would first not install Norton ... (avast, nod32, kaspersky ... but norton, never).

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    how to remove this ....

    in vLite

    Posted

    hi nuhi,

    Concerning the nagging message "your searches might be slow",

    Vista just check if a service named wsearch is running.

    Unfortunately putting a dummy service , might freeze the whole system,

    according to this thread:

    http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/70871/

    I'm not sure that removing "Volume Shadow service" would be a god idea in my case.

    Because it would broke System Restore.

    And under XP (then probably in Vista too) , if I remove System Restore, my firewall "Look n Stop"

    will not automatically start when XP start ...

    Must give an other try with Vista though, but you guess why I prefer to disable these stuff instead of just removing them.

    thank for your help

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    Removing Windows sound recorder

    in vLite

    Posted

    In my Vlite install I removed the sound recorder, but when I tried to record with 3rd party software (Cool Edit Pro), I couldn't get any input. I'm not sure if it was due to removing sound recorder or installing a 3rd party volume control (don't like the Vista volume control/mixer much!). Anyone have any ideas?

    I doubt your problem is related to removal of sound recorder tool. This is a meaningless soft.

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    how to remove this ....

    in vLite

    Posted · Edited by extrabigmehdi

    hi,

    ---> does vlite allow removal of the "previous versions" tab that appears when I right click on a file ?

    Seems that disabling system restore change nothing ...

    ---> does vlite allow removal of the nagging message "your searches might be slow" that appears when I turn off Indexing ?

    I care more of the life expectancy of my hard drive, than using this "cool feature" that doesn't speedup much things.

    If it's not supported , thanks to add this to the wish list.

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    [request]how to make photoshop cs3 unattended addon

    in Application Add-Ons

    Posted

    hi,

    I would find funny if someone manage to make cs3 install unattended.

    It's already a nightmare to setup "normally" (what a crap).:

    * Take at least half hour to install.

    * Require that you close all your browsers

    * if you block access to internet by using firewall during setup,

    it will ask to reboot system. After reboot, it will re-install everything from the begin.

    Off course it can't be "extended" from begin,

    since registration cannot be automated,

    unless you make something not legit.

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    What is the best way to integrate Drivers with nLite ?

    in nLite

    Posted

    Hi,

    @AgiHammerklau

    There´s also "doubledriver" !

    It´s FREEWARE, but also got the same problem with nvidiadrivers, as "drivergenius" does...

    Well the "double driver" official website is down. I'm not confident with a software that is no more supported.

    Moreover, I never said there was problem with Nvidia.

    I was just "expecting" problems, but didn't perform any test.

    Also "driver genius" install at begin "nvidia tweak", so this might means that is support Nvidia at all.

    I can't test since I'm using currently an ATI card :whistle:

    Driver extractors from the current installation are not perfect, sometimes it can report missing files during Windows installation.

    well I have a problem for my 710c printer.

    There's no way to download the XP driver since HP say : "it's already included in Xp , no need to download"

    But what if I want to nlite the printers drivers ?

    Thanks Hp! :realmad:

    I tried driver genius , and although it is able to extract drivers for the 710c,

    the inf file "ntprint.inf" contains informations for many other printers.

    I guess this would induce problems as soon as I'll

    try to install any other printer than the 710c.

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    Services.

    in nLite

    Posted

    ALG can be set to disabled, Windows firewall still runs normally without it.

    What about other firewall (software based)?

    According to Black Viper website, the safe setting is manual.

    It's set to manual on my system, and despites this it always starts.

    If you don't use Windows networking, disable Computer Browser and Workstation, probably should leave Server as manual.

    Balck Viper: computer browser disable, WorkStation automatic

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    Services.

    in nLite

    Posted

    hi koolezt,

    I don't see how the link mentioned by GL could be useful for someone that wish to nlite XP.

    Even if XP "seems to work" while killing critical process, you'll have soon or a later a system that makes a regular user upset.

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    Services.

    in nLite

    Posted

    well for security,

    what BikinDutchman advised is fine.

    Now for performance/convenience :

    * Disable indexing service. Not very usefull, just kill the hard drive faster.

    * system restore. If you worry about backups, use a serious tool like acronis true image.

    With sytem restore you just loose disk space, and that's not very useful in case of serious problem.

    * error reporting service. You know these popup that ask if you want to report the problem to microft after an application crash. It collect so slowly informations... If you don't care about helping microsoft just disable it.

    Don't forget to remove also "dr watson".

    * terminal services: it induces lot of useless disk activity. Moreover it's more secure to disable if you don't use it.

    * automatic updates: frankly you should avoid to use automatic updates on an nlited install. Personnally, I tend to re-instal every 3 month and I integrate hotfix at same times.

    What you should keep absolutely:

    * Cryptographic services

    * Dcom Server Process Launcher

    * Plug and PLay

    * Remote Procedure Call

    * Windows Management Instrumentation

    These are the service that are always started, even in safe mode.

    I'll be adding :

    * task scheduling. Essential for prefetching which improve xp performance.

    There are other service that you must keep depending of your needs.

    For instance keep "window audio" if you want sound :rolleyes:

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    nLite 1.4 RC2 - Rain Ultra

    in nLite

    Posted · Edited by extrabigmehdi

    legolash2o said:

    the only thing i dont like about .ini is when someone removes keyboards/lanaguages and get a massive list! and when its in another language

    I only remove japanese/korean/chinese. These are the languages that take most of the space,

    and I don't get a "massive list" this way.

    I think that nlite should regroup these langages in few options,

    just like it's already does for vlite.

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    What is the best way to integrate Drivers with nLite ?

    in nLite

    Posted · Edited by extrabigmehdi

    hi NaDer_GenKO,

    thanks for letting me discover "Driver Genius"

    thing. I didn't know this even exist.

    I lost a driver cd, and with this I was able to backup the driver from an other install.

    Can this Program do the job ? or i need to do something else ?

    I think, this should work. Select the "inf" file of each driver for the integration.

    You can't escape from the need to perform a test though.

    For the Nvidia, this might be problematic.... The driver look more complicated to install (according to the setup)

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    xp install

    in nLite

    Posted

    hi,

    tested with my original "last_session.ini" , with read only + BITS disabled.

    Well, I'm unable to reproduce the problem again :realmad:

    The fact, is that since last time I'm working on a "different" system (XP nlited in a different way).

    I don't think that the system is indirectly affecting nlite and the iso....

    At the end , this hanging at 9 minute look like a bug that appears randomly,

    or very hard to reproduce reliably.

    At least , if it doesn't hang when using vmware,

    then there are chances your builded iso won't hang during a real install.

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    xp install

    in nLite

    Posted

    well, when I don't add anything, it doesn't hang ...

    I don't know if it comes from the drivers, or the xables package.

    Performing an other test with xables added...

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    xp install

    in nLite

    Posted

    hi nuhi,

    the hangs occurs only when BITS is disabled AND you have read only attribute (on all files used).

    If BITS is left as default but have read only attribute it won't hang.

    If BITS is disabled, but don't have read only attribute, again , it won't hang.

    So , in order to the hang to occur, you must have both.

    first start the test on the clean installation files and don't do anything extra to it.

    all right, will try

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    Idea.

    in nLite

    Posted

    I'm sticking with XP for a while, or perhaps dual-booting.

    Vista comes with a new boot loader...

    Use VistaBootPRO if you do so (useful to customize the boot loader)

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