thanks, been using that for awhile just never heard the OS called xplite fp
At 01:56 PM 12/18/2008, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: >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 >> >> -- 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
