Kmuland Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Using 98lite.. I used the windows95 shell on the michro install version for maximun performance and low memory requirements.. so OS runs very fast.Its posible do the same replacing the XP shell by the one of win2000?I have tried replacing just the explorer.exe file.. but ists not enough for display the start bar and the desktop. Maybe I need to replace more files than just explorer.exeAny help appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Why not use directly Win2k ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmuland Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 cause some programs dont work properly on win2k :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Even if it's possible (while breaking few features of XP), tweaking will best choice than replacing the shell, IMHOFew regsDisabling themes & effectsDisabling un-used servicesCleaning programs at start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeveL Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Even if it's possible (while breaking few features of XP), tweaking will best choice than replacing the shell, IMHOFew regsDisabling themes & effectsDisabling un-used servicesCleaning programs at startAaah but (and i'm not trying to be a condescending b**tard here)what if he wants to tweak it with reg tweaks, disable themes andthe fade effect, disable useless services, stop programs startingand then wants to save more RAM? He is still left with the optionof somehow replacing explorer.exe with something lighter orperhaps the Windows 2000 explorer.exe. One thing is, the Explorer on XP is about 1Mb in size whereas the oneon Windows 2000 is only 237Kb - that is a massive difference really.I reckon there has to be a way to make the Windows 2000 one work on XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmuland Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 (edited) I already have very stripped XP with Nlite.. all "visual" stuffs disabled, using really few services.. and no programs loading at startup.. running all my programs as portable versionsI only look for fastest computer response.. and minimal memory usage--- so I was thinking about improving system resources using the win2000 shell instead of the XP one Edited February 26, 2007 by Kmuland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 but explorer.exe is not only responsable of windows responsiveness.Look for win2k + patchs/hack to allow the features you want in XP to keep responsiveness of Win2k ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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