Remove or not to remove

[Nepsyde]

ok hi

hehe i have finally managed to get 148mb iso winxp. few processe running like 18 but i want to decrease that to 14 or lower hopefully. and using less ram also. I don't have any network etc on my computer as my computer is the only thing at home but i have dial up internet (sucks i know) so i can't really take whole lot of things. i use encarta 2007 money 2007 etc... which all work fine. was wondering what other items are safe for removeable? Network, operating system and services... one other thing is can i remove windows update because i surely don't use it. i perfer to use autopatcher... any help would be nice. (iam trying to get to TiNy version of xp which he runs nothing except the only things needed, hes even remove networking but i don't know which ones are needed for dial up internet).

Maybe you guys can share you lastseasion.ini file with me so i can compare it to mine and other then i know which ones are ok for removable.

[Components]

;# Applications #

Accessibility Options

Briefcase

Calculator

ClipBook Viewer

Defragmenter

Games

Internet Games

NT Backup

Pinball

Screensavers

Wordpad

;# Drivers #

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Cameras and Camcorders

Display Adapters

Display Adapters (old)

Ethernet (LAN)

IBM Thinkpad

InfraRed

Logitech WingMan

Microsoft SideWinder

MultiFunctional

Portable Audio

Printers

Scanners

Sony Jog Dial

Sound Controllers

Tape drives

Toshiba DVD decoder card

Wireless Ethernet (WLAN)

;# Hardware Support #

ALI IDE Bus Driver

ATM Support

Battery

Bluetooth Support

Brother Devices

Firewire (1394) Support

Firewire Network support

Gravis Digital GamePort

Intel IDE BUS Driver

Joystick Support

Logical Disk Manager

Multi-port serial adapters

Multi-Processor Support

Secure Digital host controller

Smart Cards

Sony Memory Stick

Teletext codec

Toshiba IDE Bus Driver

USB Audio support

USB Ethernet

VIA IDE Bus Driver

Video Capture

Windows CE USB Host

;# Multimedia #

ActiveX for streaming video

AOL ART Image Format Support

DirectX diagnostic tool

Images and Backgrounds

Intel Indeo codecs

Media Center

MIDI audio support

Mouse Cursors

Movie Maker

Music Samples

Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder

Speech Support

Tablet PC

Windows Media Player

Windows Sounds

;# Network #

Active Directory service

Client for Netware Networks

Communication tools

Connection Manager

FrontPage Extensions

Internet Explorer

Internet Information Services (IIS)

IP Conferencing

MSN Explorer

Netmeeting

NetShell Cmd-Tool

Network Monitor Driver and Tools

Network Setup Wizard

NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Protocol

Outlook Express

Peer-to-Peer

Synchronization Manager

TAPI Application Support

Vector Graphics Rendering (VML)

Web Folders

Windows Messenger

;# Operating System Options #

.NET Framework

Administrator VB scripts

Command-Line tools

Desktop Cleanup Wizard

Disk and Profile Quota

Disk Cleanup

Document Templates

DR Watson

FAT to NTFS converter

File and Settings Wizard

File System Filter Manager

Help

Logon Notifications

Manual Install and Upgrade

MS Agent

Out of Box Experience (OOBE)

Private Character Editor

Remote Installation Services (RIS)

Save Dump Utility

Search Assistant

Security Center

Service Pack Messages

Shell Media Handler

Tour

User Account Pictures

Web View

Zip Folders

;# Services #

Alerter

Distributed Link Tracking Client

Error Reporting

Fax Services

Imapi

Indexing Service

IPSEC Policy Agent

Messenger

Network DDE

Network Location Awareness (NLA)

Network Provisioning

QoS RSVP

Quality of Service (QoS)

Remote Registry

Removable Storage

Secondary Logon

Service Advertising Protocol

SNMP

TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper

Telnet Server

Terminal Services

Uninterruptible Power Supply

Volume Shadow Copy

WebClient

Wireless Zero Configuration

;# Directories #

CRACK

DOCS

EXTRAS

SUPPORT

VALUEADD

;# Compatibility #

[KeepFiles]

msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]

clock.avi

blastcln.exe

anyhelp would be great thank you

[bledd]

keep agp filter, keep things that sound like dial up, remove the rest, keep firewall too a good idea

[larisa]

keep things that sound like dial up

ex: if u have optical fibre u may not need dial up

what u can remove depends on what u do with your computer and what software u use and not only that

=> and such advise should be motivated and expained

[OuTmAn]

you're using some big Microsoft software (Encarta, et cetera) so I think you really should keep IE core and also IE, at least

if you're looking for a smart running Windows, be especially careful to services that are running. it's the most noticeable part, from far.

for the whole remaining stuff that's not running every time with Windows, I suggest you not to remove ALL that don't serve you at this time.

you could upgrade hardware, change network configuration, met a friend who'll want to connect his laptop... or simply try new software that will bug because you removed some needed component...

so stay careful

ah, and are you sure that you want to remove that CRACK folder?

Edited September 27, 2006 by OuTmAn