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Just tried the INI on XP - the 2001 original XP which I then slipstreamed SP2 and Hotfixes into, then ran your INI and it has ended up 103Mb not 57Mb I tried 4 builds - one leaving in what I normally would, and it ended up 157Mb, this is very strange since I know it should be smaller! So I gradually took stuff out (which, heh, is putting stuff back into the ini, no... so I just rarred the old ini and used a more complete one each time - down to the original file which gave a 103Mb build on the entire untouched INI. Now, I know I took a lot of things out, like battery (80kb) that could be left in for what this is worth (80kb) and the amount of people who complain about it not working on a laptop jeeeez - is it me or is it really just that "Battery" bit which gives total laptop support? So long as its not IBM Thinkpad... This is what I cant understand - it can be stripped to 57Mb I am not disputing that, maybe, but why not just leave something like Battery in since it is just 80kb and allows laptop support?! The reg tweaks... one takes arrows off shortcuts (which some programs need to identify it as a shortcut) and one removes the shortcut prefix... that is crazy, you end up not knowing if the folder is local or what the hell it is! I have heard of removing the shortcut to prefix, or the arrows, but not both in one go! How do the reg tweaks save any space? I guess some do to a degree but, most are cosmetic, which does improve performance a great deal for some changes (disabling services we did not/do not/will not EVER use) This is a great concept, a truly microscopic Windows and the best thing is... its XP

Thats what made me vote Win32

So the real best solution is: get an Ethernet Modem?! Hmmmm, think I might try that. I have a different problem with this same heapa s**t.

S2K3 all the way... ...its the fastest (untouched) amongst the list to vote for, and can be made to do everything XP does with a simple 60kb reg file. Seriously good OS!

An opensource Antivirus? WHAT?! That would be extremely easy to slip a virus into! Then of course program it to ignore that virus, all in the background... I have used Symantec Client for ages now, its really good, and was relieved to find its got most votes, just about! Symantec are the original people for viruses, yes Systemworks leaves a lot to be desired but for corporations and in fact anyone their corp client is awesome. Even had deployment tools to re-build a custom setup

I always use it to save screenshots as BMP then edit that with Photoshop. paint saves JPG as a lower quality image but it is a quick and simple way to take a screenie! You have to press print Screen and once Paint is open Ctrl+V of course

Away with all that! Has to be "makecab.exe" for me! Q: Can you make anything into a .CA_ file and that will extract out of I386 always? You could cram some stuff in, like an entire cabbed folder of unattended proggies - anything, or can you only make single files into .CA_ files?! Huh, where's that PicoZip