I need an advise

[MGadAllah]

Dear All:

a friend of mine will not be able to get a new or used PC for the time being,

All he has now is an old MICRON LapTop ... PII ... 32 MB Ram ... 4 MB VGA

and you can imagine the rest

All I would like to know:

• What can I really do remove if I want to make XP light to work on this machine
  
• Should I integrate any thing or not?
  

Really it will be very good news for my friend if I told him that it will be done

Thanks

[ZcWorld]

XP on 32 mb of ram

arrr XP it slow , and next to dead on 64 mb of ram

i say get windows 95 for it

[bledd]

need at LEAST 64mb for xp to perform well..

[MGadAllah]

even if I removed the minimum requirements using nLite

[Xyberz]

Honestly the system is very minimal in today's standards but surprisingly you can shrink it down to operate on that system. I mean XP. It will also again be very minimal in it's operations too. It's pretty much a gamers setup. So it's meant only to play games, and internet. Basically about it.

1. RAM USAGE: 17.59 MB

2. Installation Size: 206 MB WINDOWS folder

There's another one that has these specs:

1. 18MB-38MB of RAM

2. 116MB

3. 99% of XP's functionality and compatibility (This part isn't totally true as I tried it and I couldn't get my CounterSpy software to install, at all, even after contacting CounterSpy)

Just search the net for Windows XP Jacked to learn more about it. You'll be surprised to how small you can get Windows. Then again be warned as you will run into problems when trying to use certain software, even everyday things like a spyware program. Then again it is trial and error right?

Hopefully that helps.

Edited November 14, 2006 by Xyberz

[MGadAllah]

He will only use computer for windows normal operations, internet, playing tutorials, run some old applications, and finally Office.

He will not play games at all.

And will office 2003 can be installed (run on 1st usage)?

Thanks

[Tails]

He will only use computer for windows normal operations, internet, playing tutorials, run some old applications, and finally Office.

He will not play games at all.

And will office 2003 can be installed (run on 1st usage)?

Thanks

****, honestly, he planning to use office 2k3 as well on that system??? you gotta be kidding..... even for the internet u need a very very light-weight browser as welll.... Openoffice or probably abiword for the Office stuffs....

[MGadAllah]

Thanks a lot for your help guys

It is a good idea to include open office

I did not think about it before

here is my last session file

[Main]
Env = 1.2.1 - 2.0.50727.42.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Target = Windows XP Professional SP:2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

[Tasks]
Remove Components
Unattended Setup
Hotfixes and Update Packs
Tweaks
Create a Bootable ISO
Options

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Accessibility Options
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Calculator
Defragmenter
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Display Adapters
Display Adapters (old)
Ethernet (LAN)
IBM PS/2 TrackPoint
IBM Thinkpad
ISDN
Logitech WingMan
Microsoft SideWinder
Modems
MultiFunctional
Portable Audio
Printers
Scanners
SCSI/RAID
Serial Pen Tablet
Sony Jog Dial
Sound Controllers
Tape drives
Toshiba DVD decoder card
Wireless Ethernet (WLAN)
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Albanian keyboard
Arabic (102) AZERTY keyboard
Arabic (102) keyboard
Armenian Eastern keyboard
Armenian Western keyboard
Azeri Cyrillic keyboard
Azeri Latin keyboard
Belarusian keyboard
Belgian (Comma) keyboard
Belgian (Period) keyboard
Belgian French keyboard
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Bengali keyboard
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Bulgarian (Latin) keyboard
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Canadian French keyboard
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Chinese (Simplified) - QuanPin keyboard
Chinese (Simplified) - ShuangPin keyboard
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Outlook Express
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VALUEADD
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[RemoveFiles]
clock.avi

[Options]
DisableFreereq
DisableMinMem
ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"
TargetPath = "WINDOWS"
temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
AdvTweaks
NoISOPreset

[Patches]
TcpIp = 1000
UsbPoll = 500
DoUxTheme
DoSFC

[Services2]

[Tweaks]
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Desktop-My Computer icon-Show
Desktop-My Documents icon-Show
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Explorer-Disable Beep on errors
Explorer-Disable File MRU-List
Explorer-Disable Prefix: Shortcut to
Explorer-Disable shortcut arrow
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Explorer-Launch folder windows in a seperate process
Explorer-Preset Places Bar to: C: D: E: DESKTOP LAN
Explorer-Recycle Bin: allow to rename and delete
Explorer-Restore previous folder windows at logon
Explorer-Show Drive Letters in front of Drive Names
Explorer-Show hidden files and folders
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Explorer-Show the full path in the Title Bar
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Internet Explorer-Disable information bar when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Disable Internet Explorer link creation
Internet Explorer-Disable Market Place bookmark
Internet Explorer-Disable Media Player 6.4 created bookmarks
Internet Explorer-Disable Password-Caching
Internet Explorer-Disable sound when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Enable Google URL-Search
Internet Explorer-Keep IE URL-History for-50 Days (max recommended)
Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-www.google.com
Internet Explorer-Set IE-Cache limit to-200 MB (default)
Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time
Internet Explorer-Set popup-blocker to high
Network-Allow receiving Remote Assistance-Disable
Network-Remote Desktop-Disable
Performance-Disable Info Tips on Files and Folders
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Performance-Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links
Performance-Disable Warn on low disk space
Performance-Disable WBEM logging
Performance-Do not cache thumbnails
Performance-Enable USB Idle Endpoint support
Performance-Processor scheduling-Programs
Performance-Run 16-bit Windows applications in a separate process
Performance-Snap mouse-pointer to default button
Performance-Speed-up Access to AVI Media Files
Performance-Use Windows classic folders / No Tasks Sidepanel
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Privacy-Disable Error Reporting
Privacy-Disable File MRU-List
Privacy-Disable Tracking of most used programs
Privacy-Remove Alexa
Security-Always show Updates under Software
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Security-Disable Web Open With prompt
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Start Menu-My Music-Display as a link
Start Menu-My Pictures-Display as a link
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Start Menu-Remove Windows Catalog shortcut
Start Menu-Remove Windows Update shortcut
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Taskbar-Disable Group similar Taskbar buttons
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Visual Effects-Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing-Disable
Visual Effects-Combo box animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Cursor shadow-Disable
Visual Effects-Fade out selection-Disable
Visual Effects-Gradient captions in windows-Disable
Visual Effects-Keyboard shortcut underline-Disable
Visual Effects-Menu animation-Disable
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Visual Effects-Menu style-Normal
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Visual Effects-Show window contents while dragging-Disable
Visual Effects-Slide taskbar buttons-Disable
Visual Effects-Smooth edges of screen fonts-Disabled
Visual Effects-Smooth-scroll list boxes-Disable
Visual Effects-Tooltip animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Use a background image for each folder type-Disable
Visual Effects-Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop-Disable
Windows Media Player-Accept Privacy Statement
Windows Media Player-No visualization

[Unattended]
UnattendMode = 1
ComputerType = Automatic
HibernationNo
FirewallOff
DisableSRestore
MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12
RestorePointLife = 30
DefaultThemesOff
DesktopTheme = Windows Classic|Windows Classic stye|Normal
IISInstall = 2
AutoUpdates = 4
AutoUDay = 5
AutoUHour = 15
ProgFilesPath = "\Program Files"

[NetAdapter1]
connname = ""
macaddress = ""
ipaddress = "192.168.0.1"
subnetmask = "255.255.255.0"
defaultgateway = ""
dnsserver1 = ""
dnsserver2 = ""
winsserver = ""
netbiossetting = "0"
ipxnetworknumber = "00000000"
ipxnetworkframetype = "0xFF"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

[Hotfixes]
HotfixingReports
HotCatCleanup
ASMSCompress
D:\AddOns\PatchAddon_HIVESYS.cab
D:\AddOns\Ricktendo_PageDefragCPL-AddOn_2.32.rar
D:\AddOns\PatchAddon_UXTHEME.cab
D:\AddOns\Addon_LClock_v4w_dgelwin.cab
D:\AddOns\MrsP_Copy_Message_Box_Addon_v2.2.cab
D:\AddOns\Kels_CPLBonus_addon_v4.2.CAB
D:\AddOns\MrsP_Flexible_Renamer_Addon_v7.3.cab
D:\AddOns\Ghettochild_IE_Buttons_v2_addon.cab
D:\AddOns\Kels_Runtimes_addon_v1.5.CAB
D:\AddOns\MrsP_PowerOff_Addon_v3.0.1.3.cab
D:\AddOns\RVMAddonsDX9_1.0.7z
D:\AddOns\RVMAddons_1.7.2.7z
D:\AddOns\RVMUpdatePack2.1.3.7z

Please advise on any extra setting

Thanks a lot

[bonestonne]

i did a search with firefox, and IE Core appears to not come up, that could be a source of problems.

Internet Explorer are slightly dependant on that. but you should install it on a virtual drive to finalize that everything works.

[MGadAllah]

You did not find it above because I did not removed any thing related to internet explorer even core or any other thing related

But I really do need to know if I can move any thing else

Thanks

[bonestonne]

sorry, im slightly dyslexic and it stabs me in the back sometimes...now i see whats going on.

that setup looks pretty good, it should run at a fairly quick pace, maybe not the leaps and bounds of highend PCs, but it'll do its job.

at least party like i said before, just test it in a virtual machine if possible to make sure it installs properly. i'm sure your friend will like it.

[Tails]

You did not find it above because I did not removed any thing related to internet explorer even core or any other thing related

But I really do need to know if I can move any thing else

Thanks

well, u should remove IE, if u remove IE, it will definetly helps in speed and memory....

[MGadAllah]

are you sure about removing IE?

does using FF do the job or I'm still need IE?

source now is 236

Thanks

I forget to ask about this issue:

Is it advisable to integrate any thing with the source using nLite

[MGadAllah]

I know that it has been discussed before

And I did posted a reply on an old topic to jump it up

But in my current situation shall I Enable or Disable Setup Prefetch-Cache?

Thanks

[bonestonne]

are you sure about removing IE?

does using FF do the job or I'm still need IE?

firefox does the same thing internet explorer can do only much more secure.

firefox is also completely independant of IE, although when first setup it may ask if you want to import bookmarks from IE, which isn't necessary.

as for Prefetch-Cache, its really user determined. if you want windows to try to start programs faster, keep it. firefox will always have a somewhat slow startup. i can't find the topic on why though, i remember reading it here before though. Prefetch-Cache isn't important to windows, so it can be deleted for size, or kept in the hopes that it works.