Best/Recommended nLite Configurations

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Toggie, it’s a part of my nature - minimalism. :-X

I figured out which option that caused my setup.exe to be gone. See the attached image. I decided to keep it gone, because I’ll only use this installation from booting. So setup.exe is unnecessary here. I also tweaked my brand new ISO a bit; added Windows Media support (according to above) but not the player itself. IE is untouched. Removed some more stuff too, but I think this ISO will work perfectly.

New size: 249 MB. 8)

LA

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Hey Leon, did you use the latest 1.4 or an older ver? I never saw such option in my setup. It’s either I enabled one of those fail-safe (the Compatibility one) options to avoid possible trouble or a different ver. Also, did you integrate any Service Packs?

You enabled Security Center? (:LGH)

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Yes, latest 1.4. But that fail-safe thing, I thought it should only warn you, not take away the ability to use those “protected” options?

No integration of anything. The hotfixes did not work the first time, so I leave them. My current installation had sound and graphics drivers integrated. It works without problems, but I decided to leave them for the latest ISO (which is not the same as my current installation, which cannot handle Windows Media).

LOL, that ■■■■■■ security center, I enabled it only because I’m not 100% sure why I got CFP 2.4 + internet problems the last time. But probably it was something I did with the windows firewall, not that I removed SC (which I don’t even remember if I really did). This time (the current installtion and the even newer ISO) I kept both SC and firewall to be sure, but both are disabled by default.

Btw, I burned the new ISO with CDBurnerXP 4.0 (because InfraRecorder freezes my whole system :(), but something went wrong so I had to make a new CD with ImgBurn.

How’s it going with yours? Will you install it soon?

LA

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LA, why don’t you use the nLite built in ISO burner?

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I have no idea, the thought just hasn’t crossed my mind. I’ve always waited a while (perhaps to ponder whether it was a good setup or not) between the making of the ISO and the burning of it.

LA

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You can always create the ISO, save it to disk, then, when you’re ready, rerun nLite and just burn the ISO…

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But of course. :slight_smile:

I’m disappointed with CDBurnerXP which ruined a CD (~ US $1, but still). It has always been nice. And the wonderful little InfraRecorder, why does it have to freeze? It has also worked before (though it froze also when I had a default XP setup, not nLite tweaked) Some registry cleaner’s fault? Well, end of discussion, because this is off topic.

Anyway, looking forward to try the latest setup.

And guys, imagine when we can integrate SP3 with XP… this day we may get more pleased than ever before, with Microsoft.

nLite for flexibility and Comodo for security, today I can’t see any better option than XP+nLite.

/LA

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Hi [ at ] all interested people

Quote: waeylander

MorphOs would your nlite recommedations also apply to vlite? As I had Vista forced upon me when I
purchased my new laptop I would love to trim it down. Any insight you have is appreciated. Oh you
mentioned getting a prog to store your sys partition in dvd format… suggestions?
On a side note, I did enjoy the ■■■■ for the 2 years I was in Bamburg.

Nope, of course my recommendations will not work on Vista. Vista’s inherent sys architecture is way, if not totally different. If you want to “trim it down”, rather get your hands on a licensed copy of XP? The backup prog I use is old (2004) and not free (the only payware I use, by the way). It is called Simon Partition Backup. It works quite well using CD’s, though it has certain problems with some DVD’s.
Cheers.

Quote: LeoniAquila

MorphOs knows this better than me (actually I know nothing about Vista)

Nope, my friend, you’re perfectly wrong here (Sorry to say so). MorphOS doth naught know dis badder than thou dost. (LOL). In fact, VISTA is foreign language to me…
Pöiheg awroih hert awrhoh igasan öliher iwhwa :slight_smile:

Quote LeoniAquila again:

Today I installed the nLite OS I made weeks ago (see previous posts), for the first time. It works very well, with the important exception of WMV support. I completely removed Windows Media Player (also the old 6.4 version), this may have caused WMV files not to be rendered anymore. The won’t work in Media Player Classic.

Well, they SHOULD work, if you haven’t removed the 6.4 compatibility as well :frowning:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/Windows_Media_Lite/1153684346/1
http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/Real_Alternative_Lite/1054136293/2
http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative_QT6/1049831315/2

If needed, I can post the (hopefully) working files here, as published at the mentioned site some months ago (“hopefully” working ones, this means). :slight_smile:

by the way, if you need the best (i.e. audiophile) mp3 player quality, it’s still XMPlay (obviously the smallest great audio player on earth) that rules…
(because of the B.A.S.S. concept), it is not too comfortable to use, though, but…configurable a lot.

takes time if you want do to so… needs no real install, by the way

Jetaudio does play ALL them files rather fine, too.
Windows Media Player is NOT the first choice concerning Audio Quality, btw…
And surely not, if concerned about security…

And… just to hail something…

I really think InfraRecorder is the only Burning program you’ll ever need.

If it does NOT work, it’s not the progs fault, I’m almost sure (in 99,99999 % of the cases).

It’s really a superlite Nero Killer (not to speak of the other contenders… at the moment)

Chris Kindahl is a rare kind of programmer.

Something like a very groovy One Man Band, if you know what I mean…

I totally support his free software. It’s simply great.

Cheers

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Oh, forgot to answer to Soyabeaner :slight_smile:

Quote: I took me hours to setup everything I wanted using Rebol’s suggestions on NLite. This program is gold. There are settings in there that I’ve never even encountered (even though I was confident I’ve seen all the XP tricks from googling these years). Now we’ll see if it lives up to its reputation. I won’t get to start this new beginning until probably year end. hehe

Now, I really DO hope your HEHE is still on your face?

What are your xperiences by now, friend?

oh …and … of course :slight_smile: have a ■■■■ (a fine one, I recommend)

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Still have stuff to finish. Looks like I won’t be able to do this until early next year.

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And…if it’s too late then?

:slight_smile:

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Foobar2000 The definitive audio player :slight_smile:

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seems like this depends on personal opinions

so it shall be

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It does and we’d better not go there :slight_smile:

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MorphOS, then we’d better stick with XP both of us. :wink:

I completely removed everything about Windows Media, including 6.4 support. All because I didn’t read earlier posts carefully enough. :-[ Thank you for offering files, but it’s alright, I will reinstall my system quite soon instead. This time with W.M. 6.4 support, so it’ll work out.

Media Player Classic forever, for LA. :-*

I totally agree with you on InfraRecorder, I suppose it’s RegCleaner that has made it impossible for me to run the program. It’s a pity, and surprising, since it has worked great before. I’ve used RegCleaner for a long time, with no InfraRecorder problems. So I have no idea what this is about, it doesn’t make it easier that the problem remained after a reinstallation of Windows XP. Anyway, let’s stick to the nLite stuff. :slight_smile:

Thanks,
LA

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Tried the new setup. Even though I left WMP 6.4, it was not possible to render WMV files. From nLite’s forum I got the tip of Windows Media Lite, which contains all components of Windows Media. It seems to be specifically designed for those who removes everything about Windows Media Player, but want to keep support for it.

/LA

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Well, you’re totally right with “Windows Media Lite” being needed @ Löwenadler, old Weissbeer freak.

And that’s what I exactly posted some days ago in that oh so lenghty post above…
Please read again? I prefer the above link to codecguide and free-codecs.com, though.

fileforum.betanews is one of the best sites around, I guess.

Anyway, have a fine weisse, my friend :slight_smile:

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Yes thank you, I saw your links, but I wanted to find out why the WM support was gone - despite that I did not remove 6.4. It doesn’t matter really, I like to remove it completely with nLite and the install what’s necessary with WM Lite!

In my latest CD (hasn’t installed it yet) even more is gone, including all WM support which I will fix with WM Lite instead. The CD’s size is just below 200 MB!

–OT–

  1. QT Lite and Real Lite are good things too, I’ve always liked them. On the other hand, the QuickTime system seems to be vulnerable since Apple updates it quite often - and the non-Apple Lite versions always need an extra day or two to get updated… but who cares, if anything sneaks in, CFP 3 would catch it.

  2. InfraRecorder now doesn’t freeze!
    https://forums.comodo.com/Themes/Comodo/images/post/thumbup.gif

  3. I actually haven’t had any Weiss at home since you gave me the tip of mixing with Coke, but I really should try it for Christmas :slight_smile:

–End of OT–

Thanks,
LA

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MorphOS, I ROFL’d so hard at your second post! :smiley:

Anyways, here’s my (un-tested) configuration:

I call my OS… WINDOWS XP PRO MINIMUM (since I prefer to disable everything lol)!

Applications

Disable:

Accessebility Options - (Enable only ff you have problem with your eyes or ears, tho I doubt you’ll use it anyways lol)

Briefcase - (Anyone ever used this?)

Calculator - (Use IRL-calculator, or else Google works)

Charmap - (Ok?)

ClipBook Viewer (If I want to store information I use Notepad)

Defragmenter - (Lol, use Auslogics Disk Defrag)

Games - (I’ve never played any of them)

Internet Games - (Same as above)

NT Backup - (There’s other ones that doesn’t need to be set to run automatic)

Paint - (There’s other ones out there…)

Pinball - (I haven’t played it for umm… some years)

Screensavers - (It’s not like I watch them…)

Wordpad - (So owned by Notepad. You can create virus in Notepad, so enough for me)

Keyboard

Disable all except your own…

Languages

Same as above…

Multimedia

Disable:

AOL ART Image Format Support - (Omg, I hate AOL…)

DirectX Diagnostic Tool - (Diagnostic stuff causes more problem than they help you)

Images and Background - (Own background FTW)

Media Center - (Are you using Windows Media Center?)

Mouse Cursors - (Like name says, it’s a CURse)

Move Maker - (Anything’s better)

Music Samples - (No comment really…)

Tablet PC - (I use Desktop PC)

Windows Media Player - (Cocec, codec, CODECS!)

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer - (View it with your image software insted, and who needs the log-in avatars)

Windows Sounds - (NO NO! SAVE ME FROM THE BEEEEEEEEEEEP!)

Network

Disable:

Active Directory Services - (I never needed this…)

Client for Netware Networks - (Netware…?)

Communication Tools - (Lol?)

Comtrol Test Terminal Program - (Never heard of it before)

Connection Manager (REMOTE=Remove)

Dial-up and VPN support (I’m better than you, because I have a router)

FrontPage Extensions (We lack a BackPage, so why we need a FrontPage?)

H323 MSP (Oh, my Lord God Almighty! [!], I thought it was a virus!)

Internet Connection Wizard - (I’m the computer mage, so why I need a wizard?)

Internet Explorer - (■■■■■■■)

IIS - (Lallalala)

IP Conferencing - (Zoom, bye bye!)

MSN Explore - (Who use it…?)

Netmeeting - (So old…)

NetShell Cmd Tool - (Never used, so bye bye)

Network Monitor Drivers and Tools - (Bye bye)

NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Protocol - (I hate NetBIOS)

Outlook Express - (MSN>Outlook)

Peer-to-Peer - (“This is not needed for normal p2p applications, only Microsoft.” Omg, Microsoft doing piracy?!)

Share Creation Wizard - (I don’t share my stuff, so go away)

Syncronization Manager - (Delete, I can’t spell it)

Web Folders - (I have own folders on my own computer)

Windows Messenger - (Omg…)

Operating System Options

Disable:

.NET Framework - (Install if needed)

Adminastrativate Templates - (Another word I can’t spell)

Administrator VB Scripts - (You can live without them)

Blaster/Nachie Remover Tool - (Now you’re removed too)

Color Shemes - (Omg, I loved changing this in school like 7-8 years ago)

Desktop Cleanup Wizard - (Not another wizard…)

Disk and Profile Quota - (Quota, what a stupid word)

Disk Cleanup - (Heard of CCleaner?)

Document Templates - (Nice to know you…)

DR Watson - (Doctor’s usually don’t drive you crazy)

FAT to NTFS converter - (Lalalalalalaallaal)

File and Settings Wizard - (Never used)

Format drive support - (I only format from the boot CD anyways…)

Help and Support - (Well, I haven’t got any help)

IExpress Wizard - (Omg, I’ve had it with wizrds)

Input Method Editor - (I don’t speak Japanese)

Manual Install and Upgrade - (Wate of space)

MS Agent - (No spies on my computer)

Out of Box Expeirence - (I love my darkside version of XP PRO)

Private Character Editor - (Never used)

RIS - (…)

Search Assistant - (I like dogs, but not this one)

Security Center - (More like ResourceEating Center)

Shell Media Handler - (Oki)

NTSD - (Sounds stupid)

Tour - (No thx)

User account pictures - (I can live without them)

Zip folders - (Zap!)

Now to my favorite…
Services

I don’t know if nLite completely removes or only disabled the services…
Here’s what’s worth keeping enabled:

Event Log - (Might be useful sometimes)

Network Connections - (It’s set to manual, so why bothering disabling it)

Plug and Play - (Playing is funny)

RPC - (Your computer will stop working without this)

Windows Audio - (Needed for the sound to work)

Windows Management Instrumentation - (I don’t know what it’s used for, so better leave it alone)

Now I owned Safe Mode hard? :stuck_out_tongue:
Does it work? Yes, it works for what I need to use my computer for.

NOTE: YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP DHCP AND DNS ENABLED!

Cheers,
Ragwing

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Rag, please post again when you’ve tried it! You’ve gotta do it soon, it’s holidays now. :wink:

LA

EDIT: I thought, why not post my current nLite setup. Perhaps it could inspire someone or raise questions. Here it is:

[Main]

Env = 1.4.1 - 2.0.50727.42.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
Target = Windows XP Professional SP2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

[Tasks]

Remove Components
Unattended Setup
Tweaks
Create a Bootable ISO
Options

[Components]

;# Applications #

Accessibility Options
Briefcase
ClipBook Viewer
Games
Internet Games
NT Backup
Pinball
Screensavers
Wordpad

;# Drivers #

Cameras and Camcorders
Display Adapters
IBM PS/2 TrackPoint
IBM Thinkpad
ISDN
Logitech WingMan
Microsoft SideWinder
Modems
Scanners
Serial Pen Tablet
Sony Jog Dial
Tape drives
Toshiba DVD decoder card

;# Keyboards #

All except my own (SE)

;# Languages #

All except my own (SE) and EN

;# Multimedia #

AOL ART Image Format Support
Images and Backgrounds
Luna desktop theme
Media Center
Mouse Cursors
Movie Maker
Music Samples
Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder
Speech Support
Tablet PC
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player 6.4
Windows Sounds

;# Network #

Client for Netware Networks
Communication tools
Comtrol Test Terminal Program
Connection Manager
FrontPage Extensions
Internet Connection Wizard
Internet Information Services (IIS)
MSN Explorer
Netmeeting
Network Monitor Driver and Tools
Outlook Express
Peer-to-Peer
Share Creation Wizard
Synchronization Manager
TAPI Application Support
Web Folders
Windows Messenger

;# Operating System Options #

.NET Framework
Administrator VB scripts
Blaster/Nachi removal tool
Color Schemes
Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Document Templates
DR Watson
File and Settings Wizard
Help and Support
Manual Install and Upgrade
MS Agent
Search Assistant
Security Center
Shell Media Handler
Tour
User account pictures
Web View
Zip Folders

;# Services #

Alerter
Beep Driver
Error Reporting
Fax Service
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
Indexing Service
Messenger
Performance Logs and Alerts
Remote Registry
System Restore Service
Telnet
Volume Shadow Copy

;# Directories #

SUPPORT
VALUEADD

;# Compatibility #

[KeepFiles]

msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]

clock.avi
yahoo.bmp
swtchbrd.bmp

[Options]

ClassicSetup
ProfilesDir = “%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings”
TargetPath = “WINDOWS”
temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
NoWmpComp
AdvTweaks
NoISOPreset

[Patches]

DoSFC

[Services2]

Browser,4
FastUserSwitchingCompatibility,4
RDSessMgr,4
ScardSvr,4

[Tweaks]

Desktop-Internet Explorer icon-Hide
Desktop-My Computer icon-Hide
Desktop-My Documents icon-Hide
Desktop-My Network Places icon-Hide
Desktop-Recycle Bin icon-Hide
Explorer-Advanced Search: preconfigure options
Explorer-Change Windows Explorer folder view-Details
Explorer-Classic Control Panel
Explorer-Disable Autorun
Explorer-Disable Beep on errors
Explorer-Disable Prefix: Shortcut to
Explorer-Disable shortcut arrow
Explorer-Disable Web Files and Folders connection
Explorer-Display the contents of system folders
Explorer-Launch folder windows in a seperate process
Explorer-Remove Send To on context menu
Explorer-Show extensions of known file-types
Explorer-Show hidden files and folders
Explorer-Show protected operating system files
Explorer-Show Statusbar in all windows
Explorer-Show the full path in the Address Bar
Explorer-Use small icons in Explorer bar
Internet Explorer-Disable Download Complete notification
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-Keep IE URL-History for-0 Days
Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-www.google.com
Internet Explorer-Set IE-Cache limit to-8 MB
Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time
My Computer-Remove Manage from Context Menu
My Computer-Remove Shared Documents
Performance-Disable Info Tips on Files and Folders
Performance-Disable Last accessed Timestamp on files
Performance-Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links
Performance-Disable Warn on low disk space
Performance-Do not cache thumbnails
Performance-Use Windows classic folders / No Tasks Sidepanel
Privacy-Remove Alexa
Start Menu-Add Administrative Tools menu
Start Menu-Clear most recently opened documents list on logoff
Start Menu-Disable Highlight newly installed programs
Start Menu-Disable popup on first boot
Start Menu-Do not use Personalized Menus
Start Menu-Expand Network Connections
Start Menu-My Documents-Don’t display this item
Start Menu-My Music-Don’t display this item
Start Menu-My Network Places-Don’t display this item
Start Menu-My Pictures-Don’t display this item
Start Menu-Reduce popup delay
Start Menu-Remove Logoff User
Start Menu-Remove Search the Internet from Search
Start Menu-Remove Windows Catalog shortcut
Start Menu-Remove Windows Update shortcut
Start Menu-Use small icons in Start Panel
Taskbar-Disable Balloon Tips
Taskbar-Disable Hide inactive icons
Taskbar-Disable Language-Bar
Taskbar-Hide Volume Control Icon in System Tray
Taskbar-Lock the Taskbar-Yes
Visual Effects-Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing-Disable
Visual Effects-Cursor shadow-Enable
Visual Effects-Menu animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Slide taskbar buttons-Disable
Visual Effects-Smooth edges of screen fonts-ClearType
Visual Effects-Smooth-scroll list boxes-Disable
Visual Effects-Tooltip animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Use a background image for each folder type-Disable

[Unattended]

ComputerType = Default
HibernationNo
CustomLocales
Resolution = 1024x768
BitsPerPel = 32 bit (True Color)
DisableSRestore
MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12
RestorePointLife = 30
DefaultThemesOff
DefaultStartPanelOff
DesktopTheme = Windows Classic|Windows Classic style|Normal
AutoUpdates = 4
AutoUDay = 5
AutoUHour = 15
ProgFilesPath = “\Program Files”

[NetAdapter1]
connname = “”
macaddress = “”
ipaddress = “XXX.XXX.X.XX”
subnetmask = “255.255.255.0”
defaultgateway = “”
dnsserver1 = “”
dnsserver2 = “”
winsserver = “”
netbiossetting = “0”
ipxnetworknumber = “00000000”
ipxnetworkframetype = “0xFF”

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

[Hotfixes]