squallgreg Posted October 9, 2003 Posted October 9, 2003 Excuse me, but is anyone can explain me how to remove movie maker, outlook, WMP and netmeeting ? do i use the batch above ?(MSN cant be removed in winnt.sif so it's ok)
captdilly Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Hey does anybody else get an error about MSGSC.DLL missing in GUI Setup when they use the MSMSGS.INF he posted?Here's the code in Code blocks (for longevity)SR.INF:[version]Signature="$CHICAGO$"SetupClass=BASELayoutFile=layout.inf[DefaultInstall]MSNETMTG.INF:[version]signature="$CHICAGO$"LayoutFile=layout.infSetupClass=BASE[DefaultInstall]DFRG.INF:[Version]Signature = "$Windows NT$"DriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2535.0[DefaultInstall]MOVIEMK.INF:[version]signature="$Windows NT$"ClassGUID={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}LayoutFile=layout.inf[DefaultInstall]MSMSGS.INF:; MSMSGS.INF; Setup INF file for Messenger; Version 4,7,0,0041[Messenger]Suite = Windows ComponentRTCSP = 1MinIEVersion = 4[version]signature="$Windows NT$"Version=4,7,0,0041[Optional Components]msmsgs[msmsgs]Thanks alot Gosh!
Spheris Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Scary, just simply scary.....makes a note to move code futher into the setup.dll for next revision.
Rancor Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 Nice post and a great way to get rid of some of that "important" "core" stuff Just one quick question: Nologics post of an old gosh post states that"4 - Now run setup from the flat you made on the hard drive, and movie maker won't be installed. You'll get an error during setup, but you can continue. After installation, in the program files folder you'll still have a movie maker folder, but it'll be empty.Does this mean that modifying the .infs - not necessarily deleting files - will cause errormessages to appear ?? which would be kinda crap during an unattended install
gosh Posted November 2, 2003 Author Posted November 2, 2003 You might get an error as setup tries registering files. Look in syssetup.inf under the [olecontrols], the movie maker file is in that list (i don't remember the file name off hand, it's something like mmer...dll), so when syssetup.inf registers files it'll say "hey, i can't find this file". Also in the list is srstr.dll, the system restore file (i believe, i'm not in front of an xp box so i could be wrong). If you are using FullUnattended, any errors will be silently logged to setuperr.log, you won't see them during the install. If you're not using an unattended install, you *might* see the errors.-gosh
Rancor Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 You might get an error as setup tries registering files. Look in syssetup.inf under the [olecontrols], the movie maker file is in that list (i don't remember the file name off hand, it's something like mmer...dll), so when syssetup.inf registers files it'll say "hey, i can't find this file". Also in the list is srstr.dll, the system restore file (i believe, i'm not in front of an xp box so i could be wrong). If you are using FullUnattended, any errors will be silently logged to setuperr.log, you won't see them during the install. If you're not using an unattended install, you *might* see the errors.-goshAlrighty then, as long as no dialog boxes pop up, interrupting everything, I'm cool with it... thanks again, gotta try this out
jamesagmoore Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 In the components section of winnt.sif it is possible to addmsmsgs=offwhich will prevent installation of Messenger. Never found a way to avoid movie maker etc.
Bachus Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 Has anyone figured out how to remove Media Player 8?
gosh Posted November 2, 2003 Author Posted November 2, 2003 you can edit mplayer.inf i believe to remove it. Just look under [infs.always] section of syssetup.inf to see what inf's media player uses.-gosh
Marztabator Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 Would removing WMP8 allow one to carry out a clean install of WMP9? BTW, are the following IE.INF and MSTASK.INF altered correctly?IE.INF: ;; IE4 INF;[Version]signature="$Windows NT$"ClassGUID={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}SetupClass=BaseLayoutFile=layout.infDriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.1106[DestinationDirs]; Anything not installed by the system by defaultBase.AppDir.CopyFile = 16422,%MSIE4%Base.AppDir.DelFiles = 16422,%MSIE4%Base.SysDir.DelFiles = 11Base.WinDir.DelFiles = 25MSIE3patch = 17TextConverter.CopyFile = 16427,Microsoft Shared\TextConvBranding.CopyFile = 16422,%MSIE4%\SIGNUPTriedit.CopyFile = 16427,Microsoft Shared\TrieditMSInfo.CopyFile = 16427,Microsoft Shared\MSInfo[DefaultInstall]MSTASK.INF:;; Scheduling Agent installation script;[Version]Signature=$CHICAGO$LayoutFile=layout.infDriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.0[DestinationDirs]CopyInf = 17SystemDirCopy = 11JobFolderCopy = 25,%TASKS_FOLDER%HelpDirCopy = 18FilesToDelete = 10,%Tasks_FOLDER%[DestinationDirs.NT]CopyInf = 17SystemDirCopy = 11JobFolderCopy = 25,%TASKS_FOLDER%HelpDirCopy = 18FilesToDelete = 10,%TASKS_FOLDER%[BaseWinOptions]DefaultInstall.NT[DefaultInstall]Come to think of it, are there like any really bad side effects from removing IE with this method?
gosh Posted November 2, 2003 Author Posted November 2, 2003 I'm actually actively working on a way to completely remove ie in XP. Editing ie.inf is a good start. The problem is ie is installed in several inf's:homepage.infieunit.infiereset.infie.infie5files.inf - used by msinfo32So the short answer is i don't believe editing just ie.inf will remove ie.For mstask.inf u just need this:[Version]Signature=$CHICAGO$LayoutFile=layout.infDriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.0[DestinationDirs][DestinationDirs.NT][baseWinOptions]DefaultInstall.NT[DefaultInstall][DefaultInstall.NT]-gosh
Marztabator Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Hmmmm, it appears removing OOBE isn't a good idea if you want to create your own user at initial startup.Plus, removing System Restore happily caused the tab in My Computer Properties to disappear, but the option still existed in Help & Support.Also, I tested a cut-down ISO through Virtual PC, and text-mode setup complained about a file missing: mstask.hlp.I have a feeling that this could be something to do with LAYOUT.INF...
jdeboeck Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Just some things I discovered...SysOc.inf contains a list of optional windows components to be installed.For each entry there is "the component_name" and "component.inf" in the [Components] section.I guess you can use all of these "component_names" in your winnt.sif under [components] but only a few are documented in ref.chm, others areAutoUpdate = OffFp_extensions = Off ; frontpage extensionsmsmsgs = Off ; messengercommapps ; dialer, chat, hypertrmIEaccess = Off ; IE linkOEaccess = Off ; OE linknetfx= Offmsnexplr = OffSome of the "component.inf" files have an [OptionalComponents] section, and the subcomponent names in here can be disabled in winnt.sif as well.spider = Offhearts = OffI only tried this for a few components but it seems to work. There are also options for installing Freestyle (media center) en .NET (netfx) in here but i guess these are not for xp pro...I guess you could also check all the inf files referenced from sysoc.inf and delete the files they copy from your xp cd. also remove the filenames from the inf and dosnet.inf and layout.inf
jdeboeck Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 dos anybody know how to remove "Tour windows xp" ?you can remove the files pro_*.*xpth*.*tourw.*tourstrt.*this will save you about 15mb on your xpcd, remove them from dosnet.inf and layout.inf as well.I just don't know where tourstart.exe is added to the start menu, and what makes it startup in the system tray when you start windows
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