First off, wow, great to see nuhi back! I haven't visited this forum in years, but had to log-in just to offer my warm greetings. Second, my current 'main' XP installation is still going strong five years or so after being prepared by nLite - I believe this is testament to the quality of nuhi's superb programme. Anyway, I recently upgraded my internet connection, with the new provided utilising PPPoE. Unfortunately, my current XP setup had stripped the components required for this functionality away. So I spent a little while working with VirtualBox and nLite, creating a new XP installation that was as light as possible but retained PPPoE support. I re-nLited the same distribution over and over, gradually removing components until I was left with just 'Dial Up Networking' and 'Kerberos Authentication'. While repetitive, the trial-and-error detective work felt rather nostalgic, and reminded me of similar processes I had been through five or so years ago in preparing my - then - 'ultimate' lightweight XP setup. In the end, rather than reinstall XP keeping the required components, I decided to just pick-up an inexpensive router and use this for handling PPPoE connectivity. However, following nuhi's return, I'm planning to prepare a 'new' up-to-date XP installation in the new future (just need to find an up-to-date alternative to RyanVM's post SP3 update pack), and will of course update my signature accordingly! I'm of course also looking forward to nuhi's future projects - especially if they allow Windows 7/8 to be stripped-down in a similarly intuitive manner as nLite. So, once again welcome back nuhi, however I'm sure I'm not the only person who is rather curious as to where you've been for the past few years! Cheers, James x
