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Any utility with the ability to do a low-level format will probably do just fine. There are a number of such utilities on the Ultimate Boot CD (free).

22, single and free. Seems like most people on this forum are unmarried men, and few have kids.

I removed that reg-key with my tweakfile because I thought that it didn't do anything else except removing quota management. To remove only the quota tab in explorer you have to remove the next key, 7988B573-... (and not 7988B571-...). How did I figure it out? At first I tried only the tweaks to disable services (on a clean install), but that wasn't it. Then I targeted the section where I remove keys and searched the web for some info about each key (I don't keep that info in the file). Found the two most likely keys and tried them one at a time (after exporting them). @Yzöwl, as I asked you earlier in this thread do you know any good source for more info on advanced batch-scripting? Thanks for your help!

I found it! Removing [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7988B571-EC89-11cf-9C00-00AA00A14F56}] or "Disk and Profile Quota" in nLite will disable this functionality.

P2:s and older.

Have you tried it on your own system? The first part, using the created .vbs-file does work just fine. It is the part with pagefileconfig.vbs that doesn't work. I made the batchfile a few months ago and it was working very well back then. I recently made a few very small changes in it, but nothing that could affect the functionality. To make sure those settings didn't do anything I tried by using the original file, with the same results. After some more testing I'm not really sure that the problem is in the file. I've tried it on a few different configurations (all XP Pro and recently installed) with different results: In VMware: nLited (ver 1.0rc1, removed only a few components) with my own tweaks - not working nLited (ver 1.0rc1, removed some more components) without any tweaks - not working Physical comps: With my own tweaks. - not working Standard installation - working Do you have any idea on what setting and/or component that might be causing this problem? I will take a look at my tweaks, but I'm not sure that I will find anything because I use a lot of tweaks (4000+ lines in a reg-file). What confuses me is that it is not working with the nLited, but totally untweaked installation. Update: Now I know that no service is causing this, tried on a clean install with only the services tweaked.

Yzöwl, I've been waiting for your post. You are probably the batchfile-expert of this forum. I'd like to learn more on the subject, do you know any good source for info? Did a few minor changes to the file and tried again: Replaced %CD% with . (why doesn't %CD% work?) Added -f and changed the shutdown timeout from 0 to 1 If the size used in the vbs-script is too small, Windows will set the pagefile automatically. This is because it is smaller than the minimum usage. Setting a larger size (like around 70-120) will work, an even larger size can be set just to be on the safe side for different PC:s. The problem seems to be something with this part: IF EXIST "%systemdrive%\pagefile.sys" ( cscript //B //NOLOGO "%systemroot%\system32\pagefileconfig.vbs" /Change /I 1028 /M 1028 /VO %systemdrive% ) ELSE ( cscript //B //NOLOGO "%systemroot%\system32\pagefileconfig.vbs" /Create /I 1028 /M 1028 /VO %systemdrive% ) Since it does everything else it's supposed to do, except from setting the size as specified. Pagefileconfig.vbs is present. It doesn't work if I run the first command (cscript...%systemdrive%) manually from the prompt (after setting it manually in the gui). It has worked before, but it won't work now.

Why do you want to have that many OS-installations at once? You will probably do just fine with only one OS (or two if there are no suitable drivers or maybe compatibility issues). Read more about having multiple OS:s if you want it. Do you use any older printers/scanners? If so, check whether there are 64-bit drivers for them. You can create more than two partitions using the partitioning tool in the Windows setup. Partition Magic is a very good program for working with partitions, resizing, creating... You will have to decide if you need it or not, depending on what you do/want to do.

1,2 No. 3. Do a clean install (you might want to keep the file wpa.dbl if you want to reinstall Home without having to re-register with MS). 4,5 Boot from the cd and repartition the drive (in setup, first delete all partitions and then create two new ones before installing) to something like a 10-15GB system-partition (for Windows and installed apps only) and the rest as storage. This will make it easier if/when you reinstall Windows (you just copy everything you want to save to the storage-partition and format the system-partition). Then choose to install to the first/smallest partition you created, do a full (not quick) format with NTFS. 6. Do as above without deleting/recreating the partitions, just choose install and format with NTFS. 7. C (the first partition) is what most people choose. 8. Some of them probably are... 9. The hardware manufacturers website (the specific item of hardware).

I've had lots of errors with missing files, it seems to remove quite a bit too much. Sometimes the slimmed down and 7-zipped Office 2003 installs just fine, but sometimes setup won't complete because of missing files (it won't say which files, you have to check the Event Log) that aren't in the slimmed down but uncompressed source. When adding all the missing files, it just keeps getting errors for more and more files. The end result is approximately the same as before using the prog, minus a few components. I thought the program was great when I first started working with it, but now it feels like it really sucks. It might however work for some people with their hardware/software/language/installation configurations, but it certainly doesn't work for everyone at all times. Some notes: It has worked for me a few times, in both virtual and physical machines. It has successfully slimmed down the installation source, but as I said it is a bit too effective.

What is the -! part in /qb-! for? What does CUSTOM=1 do? The ! flushes each line to the log. The CUSTOM=1 shows the user just the progress bar and removes the cancel button. Ok

What is the -! part in /qb-! for? What does CUSTOM=1 do?

I've created a batch (with included VB-script) to set the pagefile to a predefined size on the systemdrive and remove it from all other partitions. The problem is that it only works sometimes and not always. What's wrong with it? The reason for using a batch-file instead of just calling a VB-script is that if the pagefile happens to be placed on some other partition/drive, it will only resize it where it is. Using only the pagefileconfig.vbs present in system32 will not change/delete the pagefile if it hasn't previously been set manually. What the batch-file is supposed to do: 1. Check if the .vbs-file is already present to determine what to do next: If the file is not present: 2. Copy itself from the current directory to %systemroot%. 3. Create a .vbs-file and run it. 4. Check whether or not the pagefile is already in the systemdrive and if so change the size of it. 5. If there is no pagefile in the systemdrive it will create it it and delete the other ones. 6. It will add itself to Runonce and reboot. It will then continue: If the .vbs-file is already present (or has been created before the reboot): 2b. Delete the pagefile from all other partitions since it is no longer in use. 3b. Delete both the .vbs-file it created and itself. The batch-file is named Vxl.cmd (vxl is a shortening of växlingsfil=pagefile in Swedish, like pgf or something in English): cmdow @ /HID @ECHO OFF&setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion IF EXIST "%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs" GOTO :DE ELSE GOTO :DO :DO xcopy /s /q /h /k /y /r "%CD%\Vxl.cmd" "%systemroot%\" ECHO strComputer = ".">>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO ^& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" ^& strComputer ^& "\root\cimv2")>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO Set colPageFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO ("Select * from Win32_PageFileSetting")>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO For Each objPageFile in colPageFiles>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO objPageFile.InitialSize = 10>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO objPageFile.MaximumSize = 10>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO objPageFile.Put_>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs ECHO Next>>%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs cscript //B "%systemroot%\vxl.vbs" IF EXIST "%systemdrive%\pagefile.sys" ( cscript //B "%systemroot%\system32\pagefileconfig.vbs" /Change /I 1028 /M 1028 /VO %systemdrive% ) ELSE ( cscript //B "%systemroot%\system32\pagefileconfig.vbs" /Create /I 1028 /M 1028 /VO %systemdrive% ) FOR %%i IN (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF NOT %%i: == %systemdrive% ( cscript //B "%systemroot%\system32\pagefileconfig.vbs" /Delete /VO %%i: ) REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\ /V "Vxl" /D "%systemroot%\Vxl.cmd" /f GOTO EOF :DE FOR %%i IN (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF NOT %%i: == %systemdrive% ( attrib -r -h -s -a "%%i:\pagefile.sys" & del /f /q "%%i:\pagefile.sys" ) del /f /q "%systemroot%\Vxl.vbs" del /f /q "%systemroot%\Vxl.cmd" GOTO EOF2 :EOF endlocal shutdown -r -t 0 :EOF2 endlocal EXIT (I could have used codebox tags on this, but I just couldn't figure out how to include blank lines.)

I've seen a few different lines for installing it with the .exe-file. One of the things that differ is the number and placement of quotation marks and switches: /s /v /qn or /s /v"/qn or /s /v\"/qb Also: ADDLOCAL=Jrecore,extra IEXPLORER=1 or ADDLOCAL=jrecore IEXPLORER=1 Will this work (in RunOnceEx): "whateverpath\Jre.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=Jrecore,extra IEXPLORER=1 REBOOT=Suppress JAVAUPDATE=0"

Yeah, the old games are fun. I like to dig up my old gaming consoles (NES/SNES/N64) sometimes and play them the old way. It ain't the same feeling when playing them as ROMs. I didn't have any Gameboy and those games are not as good as the other ones, they are best played as they were meant to (on a small portable device). There are a number of different generations of gamers (computer- and/or videogames). Some have been around since the very beginning, while others are quite new to it. Nowadays more people play games, and not only gamers. What you would call a gamer may differ, but I don't think that that girls at the age of 8-14 years playing Sims are to be considered gamers. I myself began playing the NES as a kid in the late 80:s, then it went on with the SNES in the early 90:s and the PC in 94. I consider myself a gamer even though I haven't had time to play that much lately. I have played lots of different games over the years and also have a good knowledge of games in general. Different gametypes have their own place in time. Back in the time of the NES there couldn't be any FPS because of hardware limitations, so platform-sidescrollers, adventures and the likes had their time then. How many games of that type are released today? Very few!

You have even fewer services running than I have, so it's probably something else. As I said, I will try it again... Slightly off topic about services: Have you been using that config for a long time without any problems, is it thoroughly tested? You have kept some services disabled but not removed for dialup connectivity, am I right? At the moment I am in the process of revising my services-config a little bit (removing even more, but not as much as you've done).

No, it isn't: Daemon Tools Homepage

I have those running. Since I have disabled a number of other services that is my first guess, but it may be something else. Will try it again...

This past weekend I discovered a small and simple prog to make icons: Imagicon It works very good, try it!

I've never got PerfectDisk to work (probably some service I've disabled), would like to since it seems to be the best one. I didn't like Diskeeper for a few reasons. O&O is ok, PageDefrag is also ok. Will try DIRMS sometime. Haven't tried the other ones in the poll. Right now I'm not using any Defrag-prog (I should). I want to manually run the defrag and not have it running in the background.

Make sure you haven't set (in VMWare) the virtual machine to use too much memory. The host and the virtual machine share your system RAM, so set it accordingly. You should use the page file as little as possible because it is a lot slower than RAM. If you use VMWare a lot you may want to buy some more RAM for better performance.

You can find most Windows-settings by comparing the registry before and after the setting has been done: 1. Open the window where the setting can be done 2. Run regedit and export the entire registry 3. Set and apply the setting as you want it, preferably one setting at a time (keep regedit running) 4. Switch back to regedit and export once again, this time to another filename (don't overwrite the first one) 5. Run cmd and go to the folder where the exported files are 6. From the prompt: fc /u before.reg after.reg Repeat for all settings you want to find out. Notes: Don't do anything else while doing this (no clicking around, opening files & progs and so on, but you can listen to music if you want) since it will access/change the registry and probably make it harder to see the changes you wanted to see. It's preferable to save the exported files to for example B.reg and A.reg in the root of the drive for less writing (you could also write a batch). There are other progs to do it, but this is the way to do using Windows built-in tools. Not all settings can be found by using this method or these progs. Check out the tweak threads, you can find many of the settings there.

It is quite a lot more than it may seem at first. Actually this forum section (=Unattended Windows) is not the only one on the subject, there are some more sections more or less closely related to it. Read the guide prathapml suggested.

You could always just move them to some other folder, that way they get of that list without being removed/deleted.

It was a good idea you had there, when I think about it I could also use something like that. It just hasn't crossed my mind. Sorry I couldn't help you more.