HydraHeaded

Thanks, will try it out.

Hi, I finally made an installation, with SP 3 and all the hotfixes in it; the total installation size is 330 MB for the iso. Now the thing is that when I installed it, the total installation size on the partition became 2.2 GB, and after I had installed the drivers and all, it is at present 4.13 GB. I was hoping I would be able to keep the installation on the hard disk to less than 1 GB. Anyway, the computer runs faster than the previous untinkered version. I have a question as well: Maybe sometime during the settings I clicked it this way, but now what happens is that when I click in the browser to save an image or a page, the dialog box opens, and it has the following options at the extreme left: My Computer, C, D, E, F; generally I put everything in the My Documents folder, so is there any method to put a My Documents icon as well there; also, the last drive (not the CD, the partition) is G:, but that is also not displayed. I'm attaching an image.

I've already made an iso. So what I have to do now is go to the folder where the installation has been made by nlite, open the last_session.ini file and replace whatever I have set with what you have given here, and then run the setup or make another iso and run the setup? Thanks for the information on the services.

Alright, I ran the installation again; this time with just SP 3, my necessary drivers, and this update given by a member, which is post SP3: OnePiece_Windows_XP_Post-SP3_UpdatePack_v1.7.0_ENU.7z From: http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?...&highlight= Again, I didnt have much info on all the later options that it asked, but I just clicked along; I didnt tinker with the services tab this time; the installation I got this time was 471 MB. I don't know how you people can get down to less than 200 MBs. Is there a sort of automation for nlite, so that I download a file from you which tells nlite what to do, and then I just run it and it gives me a 200 MB XP? I have a question here; this 471 MB installation of mine, when it installs, roughly how large will it be? Above 1 GB? Now I am thinking of tinkering with X64 now; there's something available here: http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?...ghlight=windows (The file "5er_UpdatePack_XPx64SP2_2008-10_2.7z")

I've been looking for a really slim XP; I saw that people have cut down the XP installation like anything and have only about a 100 MB installation, that installs as about 500 MB on the hard disk. What I wanted was an XP that really works fast. I am a total noob as far as all those services of Windows and such stuff is concerned, but I still went ahead and tried to make my own XP. My XP at present is: XP Pro SP2, Build 2600. I downloaded the updates for my present XP manually; I used the app "Windows Updates Downloader", and it downloaded a whole lot of updates, some 92 files in the Critical Updates folder (the ones that go KBxxxxxx), and also the .NET framework and other stuff. I also got SP3 from the microsoft site. I ran Nlite, and first slipstreamed the SP3; then I pointed to the folder where all those updates are kept. At a later stage I reached a point where it asks which all services I want, and I didn't know anything about what to keep and what not to, so I just ran "services.msc" on the present XP and saw which ones were there, and set it that way. The only thing that I did know that I could safely remove was stuff like "Briefcase" and "Windows Tour". Anyway, in the end, when it was making the installation, it started giving a hell lot of errors when it was adding those updates/hotfixes. I made a few screenshots at this time, which I've attached here, along with the last session ini. Now, I have an installation that is a 445 MB .iso, and it has all my motherboard, graphics card, and sound card drivers in it, compared to the earlier one which was something like 650 MB (without the drivers), so it's good, though I haven't installed it yet. But still, its not exactly what I wanted. What I wanted was something that would be really light and would boot and work fast, and would have all the clutter programs removed since I want to use it only for typing documents and for checking mails, so I think only MSPaint and Notepad would be really necessary. But I didnt know about what to remove and what not to, and now I have ended up with a very large installation. So to use the OS for only those two things (typing and checking mails), what all things can I remove from the installation. Specifically, what things are there which, if removed, would kill the internet connection? (I have an ADSL modem - PPPOE). Thanks. LAST_SESSION.INI