Camarade_Tux

Files are simply different for 64 and 32 bit versions. You'll notice 64-bit files are fast always bigger than their 32-bit counterparts. There's nothing to know : there is some code to execute, nothing more.

Another thing : I believe data in "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache]" is not used anymore. At least in IE7; I used regshot and saw nothing there.

Btw, you can try to run it by hand on a normal windows installation. Bug ? Then it has not modifiedpe. Otherwise it has.

IPX has been dropped in Vista. It's official.

You're welcome. I have another small comment : the less different paths the better. I mean [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer] ;Disables right-click "NoViewContextMenu"=dword: 00000001 ;Disable all access to Control Panel (and its modules) "NoControlPanel"=dword:00000001 it better (imho) than ;Disables right-click [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer] "NoViewContextMenu"=dword: 00000001 ;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;Disable all access to Control Panel (and its modules) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer] "NoControlPanel"=dword:00000001 It is much more readable. Btw, in Outlook Express, there are two "Hide Messenger". and in "other softwares too".

Check drivers in device manager and correct what is needed. This often happens when you install windows and some drivers are missing so windows can not put them in idle mode.

This is most probably due to SFC. If you had not modifyPE'd it, you would get an error wen trying to start explorer.exe and only at that moment.

I know nothing about MUI : I never had any chance to play with this. I still need to write a few small progs. The one I'm thinking to ATM will be used for translation : I updated one file and this prog make translated copies of it. In fact it should be ready but I can't make up my mind on the syntax. I think I'll go for: string_to_translate§§translated_string Also, because of IE7, I have to check all my IE-related tweaks.

I did not really understood what you wrote. Could you clarify it a bit ? Btw, another good point for Linux is its modular architecture. Same applies to windows : memory is returned to the OS which can do what it wants with it and which usually caches it. Forgot to say I prefer a version of nlite that does not remove much but that is stable. Keep in mind XP and Vista installation procedures have nothing in common !

But this would happen again within days. And anyway, *new* computers are faster without.

Not completely true. In fact, BSD and probably Linux use more RAM than any windows : they use as much RAM as possible.The thing is these OS have an aggressive memory management whereas windows has a conservative one. The second swaps what he thinks is useless. The first one swaps as late as possible. In the end, *nix use more RAM but lags less often. RAM should always be used at 100% but never wasted). Hope next nlite will have the tweak to enable installation on systems with less RAM. *nix have much more processes (but maybe not threads). It's probably the kernel that does not perform the same way.

When prefetch was still enabled, I used to look at my layout.ini which contains the so-called optimal layout for the files on your disk. Did you know it will tend to put mp3s at the beginning of your HD if you play some music quickly after launch.

I've tried to remove all CPU things and AGP filter. In VMWare, there's an entry in setuperr.log about agp440.sys but otherwise no problem, VMWare Tools installed successfully. Did not used dxdiag though. Have no agp test machine available. About CPU things : I had no problem in VMWare and on real install (first emulates an AMD CPU, second is a dual-core 64bit). Keep in mind XP (doesn't matter which SP) knows nothing about dual-core and 64bit.

Prefetch slows down fast computer with lots of RAM. Among others, it sometimes (to often) make your computer "sleep" during boot (when the Microsoft Windows XP screen with the progress bar is displayed). Trust my stars.

Indeed. They're so similar you can swap their activation components. @savale, it will probably be released on monday, new versions are fast always released on mondays.

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/769/

Tested on RTM ? Who managed to get it so early ?

OpenSuse 10.2 beta 2 took the same time to install.

Thanks for the info. I was really not sure about that one : I couldn't find anywhere that was handled.

MBSA has a lot of dependencies (Workstation, Automatic Updates, BITS, see my sig for some others) Consider using HFNetChk : http://www.download.com/HFNetChk-exe/3000-...4-10173801.html MBSA is based on it but is much better when using an nlite install because it only reports exploitable flaws : if a file that once had a flaw is missing MBSA will report it though your system is secure. (windows messenger has a flaw, if you have removed it with nlite, your system is secure; MBSA will report a "patch not installed", HFNetChk won't) Plus HFNetChk can be more verbose and is faster.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231 Just delete corresponding keys: go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Set autoadminlogon to 0 Maybe delete DefaultPassword and DefaultUserName.

At the beginning of context.menu there are some inconsistancies : [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell] Both point to the same location in XP (backward compatibilty thing). As far as I've understood, it's better to use HKLM\...

Actually, it looks like you just might. One of the values of the ShellState function (also read from this key in the registry) is to set the start bar to standard or classic mode, as well as 29 to 35 other shell settings, depending on the OS. So yes, this is probably the setting - you are likely setting the start menu to classic with one of those 00 entries. See this link for what you can do with this value: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default..../shellstate.asp It's not sneaky - it is well documented all over MSDN as a shell function. I love you! I never managed to get these infos and am somehow unable to search through MSDN. You just changed my whole life. I only have one question : some values such as fShowSysFiles TRUE to show system files, FALSE to hide them. seem to also be set with another registry entry. Do you know which one has the predececence ? PS: do you know if there is any entry in MSDN for HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop\TaskbarWinXP ? Thanks again. B)

Start menu entries are often not just like other files. Maybe that you have one shortcut for Autoruns in a "All Users" subfolder and another in current user : two files which appear as one but both are still referenced. It may also be related to another tweak such as the one that lets you select a shortcut (the .lnk file) rather than the file it is pointing to. Just some ideas.