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- sirhomer, on 08/04/2008, -7/+134The cool thing about this is you can also REMOVE and not just add stuff from to Windows XP installation disc. I use Windows VMs on my main machine running Ubuntu, and it's helpful to be able to remove a lot of the crap that typically comes with Windows.
In fact, I managed to reduce the size of the Windows ISO to a mere ~160 MB. Not only is it small, but it boots extremely fast, around 5 seconds (no joke!) on the virtual machine. Unfortunately you have to be careful, because the way I made my ISO, it will not install on real hardware, only VMs like VMWare and Virtualbox.
I have written a guide (mostly for my boss) on how to get all this set up, and I have also written a software system that makes managing Windows VMs on a Linux desktop fairly easy. So if there are enough people interested I can probably convince my workplace to make a this software and guide available for free on the Internet. - inactive, on 08/04/2008, -3/+75I'm interested.
- KloroFormd, on 08/04/2008, -0/+49I got a 170MB ISO that WILL install on real hardware. Currently using it in a dual-boot setup with Ubuntu. XP for gaming, Ubuntu for everything else.
Screenshot of Task Manager's Process tab. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h139/kloroformd/ ...
Note that this is before sound/video/wireless driver installation. Still not bad if you ask me.
Mark one more more for being interested in mentioned software. - KennMac, on 08/03/2008, -8/+33Since this was created in January, the guide integrates SP2. I'm wondering if the instructions will still work for SP3.
- obsolite, on 08/04/2008, -2/+25http://digg.com/img/c-bury.png
- StealthMonkey, on 08/04/2008, -0/+23nLite is for XP. There is also vLite, which is for Vista.
http://www.vlite.net/ - inactive, on 08/04/2008, -0/+21xP
- Steve95613, on 08/04/2008, -2/+19Slipstream guide for SP3 http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/xpsp3_slipstr ...
- obsolite, on 08/04/2008, -2/+19I can't believe this took 9 comments. I was expecting top 5 at least...
- oduska, on 08/04/2008, -1/+18This article isn't about Linux... go troll somewhere else.
- aelias, on 08/04/2008, -0/+17So you're installing the same keyed copy of XP on everyone's computer? For profit? That doesn't sound good.
- miggyb, on 08/04/2008, -2/+17"Personally I don't understand why people are still running XP if they only play games/surf the net/read email."
"Nothing beats a 4gb+ machine running Vista 64 imho."
Separated for emphasis. - FTLJohnson, on 08/04/2008, -4/+18unless you like games, photoshop, or a computer that most of the world knows how to operate without having to retrain themselves...
- growler1, on 08/04/2008, -1/+15There's a tool for Vista that's similar to nlite called vlite:
http://www.vlite.net/ - snek, on 08/04/2008, -1/+15How to Create the Ultimate Windows XP Installation CD/DVD is called Linux?
I think you're mixing up a few things here ;p - compgeek, on 08/04/2008, -4/+18nlite is a great program slipstreaming all the stuff saves me so much work as a tech got an updated XP home with SP3 slipstreamed (yes it will work) and all the other stuff takes me 1 hour to install XP from start to finish with the waiting around for some odd minutes that we all love instead of 4-5 hours with tweaking and such. My customers are happy they spend less and I'm happy I can serve more people in a day small margins on each person but more people makes for more profit and profit is always good
- EllimistX, on 08/04/2008, -0/+14http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa ...
- gamben0, on 08/04/2008, -1/+14Who let you out of your cage?
- brownr21, on 08/04/2008, -13/+26Does it let you upgrade the OS into a more modern one?
- white, on 08/04/2008, -1/+14Here's my tutorial:
1. download microxp
2. install it - gilbert2048, on 08/04/2008, -1/+13would be great for that ***** laptop i have
- myhandleondigg, on 08/04/2008, -0/+12vlite
- chris062689, on 08/04/2008, -1/+13That would be awesome. Doesn't nlite save some kind of configuration file where other people can use the same settings you've used without having to download the iso? I use VirtualBox quite a bit with Windows, and would love to have one customized for a VM.
- inactive, on 08/04/2008, -2/+12My linux elitist radar is beeping.
- ExRe, on 08/04/2008, -0/+9When you want to take something that works out of the box and make installing it even faster and easier instead of spending a week messing around in terminal trying to get your wireless drivers working only to do something wrong and trash the entire OS.
- Fmunkey, on 08/04/2008, -3/+12What about Vista? any program that does this for vista yet?
- sirhomer, on 08/04/2008, -0/+8The software program I wrote allows you to create packages (in the Debian format) from a VM image. So if you manage a lot of Linux workstations (yes, believe it or not, Linux workstations are out there), I found it helpful to have a different Debian package for for a given Windows VM configuration. So like: "apt-get install windows-basic" might install Windows and Office, but "apt-get install windows-webdesigner" might install Windows, Office, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc. Changing the configuration of a machine is really easy this way.
You can also deploy patches and updates to the VMs this way very easily, simply update the VM on your side, rebuild the package, upload it to the software repo, and you can have the client systems pull the update automatically using the update-manager. But since delta DEBs don't seem to exist, you do need a powerful LAN, since these Debian packages can be several gigabytes. But yeah, I'm working on a system that uses rsync for updates, so it should be easier on the network. - skektek, on 08/04/2008, -4/+11@snek "Nothing beats a 4gb+ machine running Vista 64"
Except for a '4gb machine' running XP or a '4gb machine' running Ubuntu. - mrBitch, on 08/04/2008, -1/+8TinyXP is awsome - great as a VM too.
- silverecco, on 08/04/2008, -1/+8I slipstreamed SP3 in with nLite (along with nVidia RAID drivers) and it works like a charm! It's just hard to find the SP3 manual installer on the Windows Update website.
- abhiroop, on 08/04/2008, -0/+7it does....But (for example) mine is VERY specific to my needs, and since I don't (again example) have a wireless card I just leave out all the wireless services. So you must be very careful with this.
- kevyn, on 08/04/2008, -0/+7all of the "I hate windows and love ubuntu! yey go me!" comments suck. XP is still important to a lot of people, so let them be happy knowing they can now have the OS they want, without the crap they don't need
- inactive, on 08/03/2008, -12/+19Great tutorial..
I was looking to integrate windows media 11 into xP anyway :) - captZEEbo, on 08/04/2008, -0/+7there's always enough people interested in stuff on the internet!
- choppergirl, on 08/04/2008, -0/+6one word: games
- sirhomer, on 08/04/2008, -0/+6Well really to get a small and speedy ISO (strictly for a VM), you should literally remove all the drivers included with Windows. Windows natively has enough drivers to boot in a VM, and the guest additions should be sufficient to use the VM to full effect. Note though that if you do this, your ISO will NOT boot on standard hardware. I'm not sure exactly why, but you'll get an error even before the installation loader pops up.
Removing all drivers will cut out a chunk of the space, also removing the "Help & Support Center", the autorun thing, and "Tour XP". Just those two things and your probably already close to 200MB. After that it's all about being creative. - EllimistX, on 08/04/2008, -0/+6Oh, and if anyone is put off by the warning about installing on one computer, windows update only downloads what you haven't already updated out of the SP3 collection of patches. To slipstream, you need the full package, which is what the network install is.
- miggyb, on 08/04/2008, -1/+6You realize people make those, right? I mean, they don't just spontaneously generate themselves.
- Ouze, on 08/04/2008, -1/+6best comment history ever.
- elambing, on 08/04/2008, -5/+10well arent you mr cool
- ProfessorFoo, on 08/04/2008, -0/+5Just don't install anything you don't need and keep your desktop clean. Then your Windows installation will always feel fresh and clean!
- Tbab, on 08/04/2008, -0/+5Very naive. Pretty dumb to declare Windows dead when it still holds the largest market share.
- ventralnet, on 08/04/2008, -0/+4by far
- manitoba98xp, on 08/04/2008, -0/+4This allows you to integrate patches, drivers, and such that you'd install anyways. You can, in fact, REMOVE components of Windows XP, reducing the "bloat".
- habbofresh, on 08/04/2008, -0/+4You mean "Ubuntard" radar?
- ProfessorFoo, on 08/04/2008, -2/+6Oh I hate you so much DavidGX! Take that! (buried you)
- manitoba98xp, on 08/04/2008, -0/+4At a bare minimum, it gives you a starting point closer to the current patch level than the original install disc. So at least you have to download fewer patches and driver updates than you otherwise would.
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