Ok, I went ahead and removed several components, drivers etc, as per another users post. Well I got it to about 2.1 GB. Burned the image and installed last night. Install went smoothly, no issues. Was very quick. Installed all my drivers and have had no issues. Checked update and there were only 3 so this install is very up to date. My system runs amazingly quick with 8GB of Corsair. Thats another thing, no issues installing with 8GB. So looks like it worked beautifully. Thanks all. It is amazing how much junk comes with the Vista install, you don't need over half of it.