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  1. Duh, you're wrong. by Penguinoflight · · Score: 1 · on PC Makers See Little Reason to Deploy XP N

    Less functional and stable? Where have you been the last 4 years? Windows media player uses IE core, and therefor it it unstable, an extra security whole, and not worth the risk of using.

    You can get a version of windows without WMP, and it's gaining popularity even among droids as dumb as you! The EU demanded far less than they should have. They should have asked for windows without IE, and pointed to Nlite as their source. nliteos.com

  2. Re:Why not just download XP Pro, its just as illeg by jaseuk · · Score: 1 · on Free Upgrade From XP Home to XP Pro Lite

    Its quite easy to create windows bootable CDs with service packs, hotfixes, your specific drivers and other customisations using nlite which is a free download from http://www.nliteos.com/.

    Its worth keeping an Nlite disk up to date so then when you rebuild a system you don't have to spend so long applying service packs and downloading drivers. You can also easily apply unattended settings so that you can slap the cd in the drive, reboot and have the system up with no user intervention whatsoever.

    Jason.

  3. nLite OS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Free Upgrade From XP Home to XP Pro Lite

    http://www.nliteos.com/

    nLite is a program that allows you to create your own Windows CD ISO. It'll allow you to create a bootable CD from just files, slipstream service packs, slipstream certain types of hotfixes, create an unattended install, apply tweaks, and remove components you might not want and all of that from a nice GUI and without needing to know any of the details of doing it manually. (slipstreaming is the process of changing the install files on the CD to already have the service pack patches applied - meaning your Windows is up to date without needing to wait for an SP to install post-install and without making the install longer)

    Fantastic program. Use it!

  4. Re:One More Reason to Keep Win2K by fbjon · · Score: 1 · on No IE7 For 2k, Now In Extended Service
    I haven't had any problems installing 2k. What kind of esoteric hardware requires slipstreaming to work? Sure, SATA drives, but you get the same thing with XP.

    Also, if you need to slipstream anything, use nlite. (version 1.0 just came out)

  5. nLite by rathehun · · Score: 1 · on No IE7 For 2k, Now In Extended Service
    Works for me. Strips out IE and a lot of unneccesary junk.

    http://www.nliteos.com/

    Best of all, XP-64 Support.

    Cheers,

    R.

  6. Good by Penguinoflight · · Score: 1 · on No IE7 For 2k, Now In Extended Service

    Without a functioning version of IE, there will be significant reason to dump it (usually an executive decision). The user will have a system that is more secure, responsive, and workable.

    I need windows for school so I'm running nLite on win2k3 (SP1). No IE, much less insecurity.

    Tell your friends about nLite, more importantly tell an executive. http://www.nliteos.com/

  7. Re:Windows without IE by sanyacid · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Netscape 8 Breaks IE XML

    The best program I have ever used to customize my Windows installation is nLite.
    You can completely remove IE and many other components and services.

    Some features:
    - Service Pack Integration
    - Component Removal
    - Unattended Setup
    - Driver Integration
    - Hotfixes Integration
    - Tweaks
    - Patches
    - Bootable ISO creation

    So far it supports Windows 2000, XP and 2003.
    www.nliteos.com

  8. Re:Realplayer now illegal? hopefully by fbjon · · Score: 1 · on Washington State Outlaws Spyware

    Try nLite.

  9. Re:What am I supposed to run this on? by CuriosityKilledWHAT · · Score: 1 · on Windows XP Starter Edition Snubs P4, Athlon
    I have a Gateway 2000 with a K6-400Mhz cpu (upgraded from a P200MMX) with 64mb of ram running a REALLY stripped down copy of XP reasonably well. I used NLite http://www.nliteos.com/ to strip out huge chunks of it before installing, and disabled a number of services post install (there's ~10 running in the tasklist at startup).

    Also switched to LiteStep as an alternate shell, and Opera's the browser of choice on it. Running Kerio 2.something as a lightweight firewall, and BitDefender as a free AV prog to run on demand (wouldn't go for something resident).

    It's running better on it than WinME ever did (like that's difficult, heh). Previously ran Beatrix http://www.watsky.net/ on it just to see how well Gnome 2.8 would run in a really stripped down distro. (Answer: surprisingly not too badly, though the XP lite install is a bit snappier.)

    Something using Fluxbox (like damn small linux), IceWM or even XFce would be better of course, but the point was to see how well it would run something heavier.

  10. Re:But... by Masami+Eiri · · Score: 2, Informative · on Key Advantage of Open Source is Not Cost Savings
    Windows install 1 - 1.5 hours
    --Depending in hardware, I guess. 1.5 seems a touch long though...
    Driver updates and install 1 - 2 hours
    --There are programs (I use nLite), that let you add drivers to the windows install CD
    Driver updates and install 1 - 2 hours
    --Ever heard of Slipstreaming? You can make an install CD with the updates already on it.
    Office Install 30 minutes
    --I call bollocks. 30 minutes on a slow machine off a CD, maybe. If you're smart though, you'll be running off a network share or a thumbdrive.
    Office updates (who does that?) 2 hours
    --Ever thought of keeping the office updates on the network somewhere? But then again, who actually does Office updates?
    Securing and configuring all that crap 1 hour
    --Guess it depends on how much you're doing. Some settings can be made systemwide through gpedit.msc. Some can be stopped by removing services (like Windows Security center).
    Anti-virus 20 minutes to 2 hours depending.
    --NAV installs in 15-20 minutes, max where I work. And that's on the older hardware.

    As far as using images, if you're using relatively homogenous machines, they'll work fine. Otherwise though, I agree a fresh install tends to work better.

    nLite
    This is the program I mentioned. Allows you to slipstream Service packs and hotfixes, add drivers, remove components and services, and make unattended installs. Its a huge timesaver, if you're willing to make a new CD every month or two.