He means using the nLite tool to customize a version of XP that you then turn into an install CD/DVD:
http://www.nliteos.com/ Pretty cool. Allows you to include/exclude a lot of windows components, change which drivers are included as well as change a lot of default settings. You can really slim down an XP install that way. vLite is the same tool for Vista. ---- Brian On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:48 PM, FORC5 <fuf...@cox.net> wrote: > XP Lite ???? > never heard of it > fp > > At 10:50 AM 12/18/2008, Robert Martin Jr. Poked the stick with: > >I will switch to Vista once there are no activation issues, and when > utilities can strip out all the unnecessary crap to streamline the OS. I use > XP64 and a custom Lite version of XP for non 64-bit boxes. XPLite only takes > about 300 megs for the OS and is way faster without the bloatware. > > > >lopaka > > > >--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Bryan Seitz <se...@bsd-unix.net> wrote: > >From: Bryan Seitz <se...@bsd-unix.net> > >Subject: Re: [H] Vista Ultimate ? > >To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > >Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 8:22 AM > > > >Yeah agreed Brian. XP64 is ROCK solid ( based on Win2003 kernel ) and I > found > >good drivers for everything I own. > > > >Current setup: > > > >Areca 2 port PCI-E Raid card for RAID1 OS disk(s) > >6G of Triple Channel OCZ PC1333 Ramz > >620W 3 12V rails Corsair PSU > >Asus P6T Deluxe X58 motherboard > >* Onboard sound is ok > >Intel Core i7 920 ( Have not overclocked yet, but I will muahahaha ) > >EVGA GTX280 1G blah blah > >2x WD 150 Velociraptors for raid1 OS > > > >I tried Vista twice and not only did it feel slow/bloated it had several > >annoying things which made me run back to XP. > >I'm not saying I won't ever use Vista but until they pry XP64 from my > >cold dead hands or Vista starts looking like a > >supermodel, I'm stickin where I am :) > > > >On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:04:22AM -0500, Brian Weeden wrote: > >> One would hope by the second service pack they actually get it working > >right :) > >> > >> I haven't found any real problems with Vista (aside from a handful of > >> annoyances) but there still isn't anything to really make me recommend > >> it over XP. > >> > >> ---- > >> Brian > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Rick Glazier > ><rickglaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Things are getting better. It is becoming a mature OS. > >> > > >> > Rick Glazier > >> > > >> > From: "FORC5" > >> >> > >> >> curious how that is working for ya ? I have that but am afraid to > >mess > >> >> with it due to the stories I read about drivers and such. > >> >> At 08:21 PM 12/17/2008, Bryan Seitz Poked the stick with: > >> >>> > >> >>> And I recommend installing neither ;) I'm rolling with > >XP64 these days > >> >>> as Vista is a complete > >> >>> failure! > >> > > > > >-- > > > >Bryan G. Seitz > > -- > Tallyho ! ]:8) > Taglines below ! > -- > A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, > the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. > > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. > "Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." > -Benjamin Franklin, 1759 > >