Vista SP1 gaming edition

[doomangel]

the whole point is that turning Windows Server 2008 to workstation-like is easier than turning Vista SP1 to a more light Version by deactivating services and removing unneeded components to build a gaming OS(such as Media Center and Aero for example)

[oskingen]

The same thing you do with Vista sp1 is the the same thing you do with Server 2008. Don't think you will be more performance than ever. It's not a matter about the OS but How you tweak your system.

[RamGuy]

The same thing you do with Vista sp1 is the the same thing you do with Server 2008. Don't think you will be more performance than ever. It's not a matter about the OS but How you tweak your system.

Nah, we are testing this at hardware.no at the moment, at it seems like if you have a vlited Vista SP1 which seems more or less identical with a Server 2008 the Server 2008 still is quite a lot faster..

No idea why, but it's seems like it's something with Server 2008 that makes it faster than Vista SP1 even if you have a extreme light Vista.

[kailm]

I know your talking about getting rid of the bloat, but at the same time you can turn off everything that you dont really need.

I use a batch script that does this. I call it stop-vista.bat which turns off many services not needed. Of course it depends on the

users, but it helps load times and memory usage on the system.

Here is a list of things which I turn off and find annoying to be running. Use at own risk, dont test this on your running system, use it in vmware

so that you are comfortable!!! Copy in notepad save as bat file.

You can do the exact opposite of what is listed below to start it up again.

If you decide to keep UAC and turn off all the services below, it will not work! You have to disable UAC.

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rem disable UAC

%windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

rem disable 64bit driver signing

bcdedit /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

sc stop aelookupsvc

sc config aelookupsvc start= disabled

sc stop appinfo

sc config appinfo start= disabled

sc stop bits

sc config bits start= disabled

sc stop bfe

sc config bfe start= disabled

sc stop sens

sc config sens start= disabled

sc stop eventsystem

sc config eventsystem start= disabled

sc stop dps

sc config dps start= disabled

sc stop trkwks

sc config trkwks start= disabled

sc stop dnscache

sc config dnscache start= disabled

sc stop ikeext

sc config ikeext start= disabled

sc stop iphlpsvc

sc config iphlpsvc start= disabled

sc stop policyagent

sc config policyagent start= disabled

rem sc stop ktmrm

rem sc config ktmrm start= disabled

rem sc stop netprofm

rem sc config netprofm start= disabled

rem sc stop nlasvc

rem sc config nlasvc start= disabled

sc stop wpdbusenum

sc config wpdbusenum start= disabled

rem printer might be needed so use spooler

sc stop spooler

sc config spooler start= disabled

sc stop cscservice

sc config cscservice start= disabled

sc stop pcasvc

sc config pcasvc start= disabled

sc stop emdmgmt

sc config emdmgmt start= disabled

sc stop seclogon

sc config seclogon start= disabled

rem sc stop wscsvc

rem sc config wscsvc start= disabled

sc stop shellhwdetection

sc config shellhwdetection start= disabled

rem sc stop slsvc

rem sc config slsvc start= disabled

sc stop ssdpsrv

sc config ssdpsrv start= disabled

sc stop lmhosts

sc config lmhosts start= disabled

sc stop termservice

sc config termservice start= disabled

rem sc stop themes

rem sc config themes start= disabled

sc stop webclient

sc config webclient start= disabled

sc stop windefend

sc config windefend start= disabled

sc stop wersvc

sc config wersvc start= disabled

sc stop mpssvc

sc config mpssvc start= disabled

sc stop winmgmt

sc config winmgmt start= disabled

sc stop wsearch

sc config wsearch start= disabled

sc stop w32time

sc config w32time start= disabled

sc stop wuauserv

sc config wuauserv start= disabled

sc stop browser

sc config browser start= disabled

sc stop tabletinputservice

sc config tabletinputservice start= disabled

powercfg.exe /hibernate off

pause

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[Tomorrow]

Were do i have to put the .bat file kailm?(say i want to integrate it into Vista image and run during/before installation of Vista)

[kailm]

Im not sure if there is a vlite section to do batch file during the install, but you can disable the services under the tweaks in vlite directly.

I would just recommend using the batch file to stop or start it depending on what you need to do after the system is installed.

Here is the start section of the file.

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sc config aelookupsvc start= auto

sc start aelookupsvc

sc config appinfo start= auto

sc start appinfo

sc config bits start= auto

sc start bits

sc config bfe start= auto

sc start bfe

sc config sens start= auto

sc start sens

sc config eventsystem start= auto

sc start eventsystem

sc config dps start= auto

sc start dps

sc config trkwks start= auto

sc start trkwks

sc config dnscache start= auto

sc start dnscache

sc config ikeext start= auto

sc start ikeext

sc config iphlpsvc start= auto

sc start iphlpsvc

sc config policyagent start= auto

sc start policyagent

sc config ktmrm start= auto

sc start ktmrm

sc config netprofm start= auto

sc start netprofm

sc config nlasvc start= auto

sc start nlasvc

sc config wpdbusenum start= auto

sc start wpdbusenum

rem printer might be needed so use spooler

sc config spooler start= auto

sc start spooler

sc config cscservice start= auto

sc start cscservice

sc config pcasvc start= auto

sc start pcasvc

sc config emdmgmt start= auto

sc start emdmgmt

sc config seclogon start= auto

sc start seclogon

sc config wscsvc start= auto

sc start wscsvc

sc config shellhwdetection start= auto

sc start shellhwdetection

sc config slsvc start= auto

sc start slsvc

sc config ssdpsrv start= auto

sc start ssdpsrv

sc config lmhosts start= auto

sc start lmhosts

sc config termservice start= auto

sc start termservice

sc config themes start= auto

sc start themes

sc config webclient start= auto

sc start webclient

sc config windefend start= auto

sc start windefend

sc config wersvc start= auto

sc start wersvc

sc config mpssvc start= auto

sc start mpssvc

sc config winmgmt start= auto

sc start winmgmt

sc config wsearch start= auto

sc start wsearch

sc config w32time start= auto

sc start w32time

sc config wuauserv start= auto

sc start wuauserv

sc config browser start= auto

sc start browser

sc config tabletinputservice start= auto

sc start tabletinputservice

pause

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[gsharad007]

The same thing you do with Vista sp1 is the the same thing you do with Server 2008. Don't think you will be more performance than ever. It's not a matter about the OS but How you tweak your system.

Nah, we are testing this at hardware.no at the moment, at it seems like if you have a vlited Vista SP1 which seems more or less identical with a Server 2008 the Server 2008 still is quite a lot faster..

No idea why, but it's seems like it's something with Server 2008 that makes it faster than Vista SP1 even if you have a extreme light Vista.

do you have any article/test/benchmark or something coming out which shows this in cold hard numbers.

@kalim my whole point is to have a stripped out vista and not have all the junk enabled in the first place.

Also this post kinda got out of hand. what i meant to ask was which services/apps/stuff do i absolutely need in vista/2008 to play games and games only. i will strip off everything else. :whistle:

Edited April 26, 2008 by gsharad007