Vista Lite?

[DocMAX]

Hello,

is it possible to lighten Windows Vista? I mean reducing it's
installation size? For example can i delete the Help files and
DriverStore folder. They take up a lot of GigaByte! I also found a
forlder named "winsxs" inside the Windows folder. It takes about 3.5
GB. Is it realy neccesary? Is there a tool which can do this vor me?

love

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[bubbabubbabubbaman]

Hello,

is it possible to lighten Windows Vista? I mean reducing it's
installation size? For example can i delete the Help files and
DriverStore folder. They take up a lot of GigaByte! I also found a
forlder named "winsxs" inside the Windows folder. It takes about 3.5
GB. Is it realy neccesary? Is there a tool which can do this vor me?

love

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Well, I couldn't install the upgrade unless it was on top of an
existing system, and Vista seems to morph that system into something
called *.old when it is finished. The computer clean up wizard
suggested I could delete it. So if you run that wizard, it will tell
you what to do.

Usually defrag my hard drive before I clone the backup. Vista does
not give you a graphic interface of what is happening during defrag?
Also my clone had to be repaired by the installation disk once I
tested the backup.

To me it seems like the basics of computing needs are still lost in
the XML files at Microsoft? The Truth is Out There.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Hello,

is it possible to lighten Windows Vista? I mean reducing it's
installation size? For example can i delete the Help files and
DriverStore folder. They take up a lot of GigaByte! I also found a
forlder named "winsxs" inside the Windows folder. It takes about 3.5
GB. Is it realy neccesary? Is there a tool which can do this vor me?

Why do you want to reduce the installation size?

When I was installling XP onto some older PIII Thinkpads and VAIOs I used
nLite to get rid of pointless stuff. There is a Vista version being
developed at the moment, but it is in the beta stage as far as I know.

http://www.vlite.net/

ss.

 

[DocMAX]

Why do you want to reduce the installation size?

to save disc space?

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[Dale M. White]

Do a google search for a product called vLite. It will let you clean things
up, and some haven't gotten the install size down to a CD.

 

[Rick Rogers]

That's really not a good solution, you'd be better off just getting a larger
drive. One that suits your intended needs. Why?

That free space you create will quickly end up being used by program files,
temp directories, paging and hibernate files, files you create and store,
etc. Before long, you'll be back to where you started - looking for more
free space. By reducing Vista's footprint, you are only delaying the
inevitable.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Conor]

Hello,

is it possible to lighten Windows Vista? I mean reducing it's
installation size? For example can i delete the Help files and
DriverStore folder. They take up a lot of GigaByte! I also found a
forlder named "winsxs" inside the Windows folder. It takes about 3.5
GB. Is it realy neccesary? Is there a tool which can do this vor me?

Yes.

You need:
(Freeware)
To create an installation disc so everything is removed before
installation, VLite from www.vlite.net - now supports streamlining
drivers into the installation ISO.

 

[mikeyhsd]

save it from what or for what.
hard drive cost is WAY WAY down these days.
300 gb drives for little over $100.
why worry about a few gb's.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

Why do you want to reduce the installation size?

to save disc space?

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[Synapse Syndrome]

That's really not a good solution, you'd be better off just getting a
larger drive. One that suits your intended needs. Why?

That free space you create will quickly end up being used by program
files, temp directories, paging and hibernate files, files you create and
store, etc. Before long, you'll be back to where you started - looking for
more free space. By reducing Vista's footprint, you are only delaying the
inevitable.

...especially with System Restore.

ss.

 

[Nina DiBoy]

Hello,

is it possible to lighten Windows Vista? I mean reducing it's
installation size? For example can i delete the Help files and
DriverStore folder. They take up a lot of GigaByte! I also found a
forlder named "winsxs" inside the Windows folder. It takes about 3.5
GB. Is it realy neccesary? Is there a tool which can do this vor me?

love

http://www.nliteos.com/

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Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"DRM is not added to anything in Vista."

"Good poets borrow; great poets steal."
- T. S. Eliot

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

http://www.nliteos.com/

That's the XP version. vLite is the new Vista version. I suggested vLite,
and then a few other people suggested it as well in this thread, for some
reason...

ss.

 

[Nina DiBoy]

That's the XP version. vLite is the new Vista version. I suggested vLite,
and then a few other people suggested it as well in this thread, for some
reason...

ss.

Thanks SS. I didn't know they had a separate site for the vista
compatible version, but on the nlite site, they have a post about the
new version for Vista, which is why I posted it.

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Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"DRM is not added to anything in Vista."

"Good poets borrow; great poets steal."
- T. S. Eliot