FILES REMOVED:
ACCESSORIES
- -Accessibility
- -Disk Cleanup
- -Mobility Center
- -Speech Support
- -Welcome Center
- -Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
DRIVERS
- -Display adapters
- -Diva Server
- -Modems
- -Printers
- -QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter
- -Scanners
- -TV Tuners
GAMES
- -Game Explorer
- -Inbox Games
- -Premium Inbox Games
HARDWARE SUPPORT
LANGUAGES
- -Japanese
- -Korean
- -Simplified Chinese
- -Table Driven Text Input Processor
- -Traditional Chinese
MULTIMEDIA
- -Media Center
- -Movie and DVD Maker
- -Music and Video samples
- -Sample Pictures
- -Screensavers
- -SideShow
- -Wallpapers
- -Windows Calendar
NETWORK
- -Connect to a Network Projector
- -Internet Information Services (IIS)
- -Remote Desktop and Assistance
- -Windows Collaboration
SERVICES
- -Diagnostics
- -Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)
- -Error Reporting
- -Volume Shadow Copy
- -Windows Search
SYSTEM
- -Beep
- -BitLocker Drive Encryption
- -Component Cache (winsxs)
- -Digital Locker
- -Disk Defragmenter
- -Disk Quota
- -Guided Help
- -Help
- -IMAPIv2 Burning Support
- -Malicious Software Removal Tool
- -Manual Install (Setup.exe)
- -******oft Agent
- -******oft Message Queue (MSMQ)
- -Natural Language
- -Parental Controls
- -Performance Counters
- -Reliability and Performance Monitor
- -Remote Differential Compression
- -Run a legacy CPL elevated
- -Security Center
- -Sync Center
- -System Restore
- -Tablet PC
- -User Account Control (UAC)
- -Windows Backup
- -Windows Defender
- -Windows Easy Transfer
- -Windows SAT (Performance Index)
- -Windows Ultimate Extras
OPTIONS (using vLite)
- DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Disabled (AlwaysOff)
- User Account Control (UAC) = Disabled
- AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Disabled
- Memory requirement = 256MB
- AutoPlay = Disabled
- Paging Executive = Enabled
- Power scheme = Balanced
- Power button = Default
- Sleep button = Default
- Hibernation = Off
TWEAKS (using vLite)
- Control Panel - Classic View = Enabled
- Show hidden files and folders = Yes
- Show protected operating system files = Yes
- Show extensions for known file types = Yes
- IE Phishing Filter = Enabled
- IE Phishing Verification Ballon Tips = Default
The "Last Session.ini" file for use with vLite is included in the eXPerience folder on the root of this CD.
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All "Important" Hotfixes are integrated (using vLite) or installed on first login. This brings Windows up to date up to August 2008.
When Windows is finished installing you will see a folder called "eXPerience" on your desktop. This folder contains the following:
Comodo Firewall - Download and install this! Comodo Firewall Pro is the very best software firewall available. You might wonder why you would need a firewall since there already is a firewall in Vista, but Comodo firewall is far better than the standard "Windows Firewall" thats built into Vista.
Desktop Icon Layout - These registry files let you add or remove two options on the right-click of your Recycle Bin: "Save Desktop Icon Layout" and "Restore Desktop Icon Layout". This is handy in case you
change resolution and it moves your icons into the top left corner of your screen, you can just restore the icons to their original position, as long as you saved the layout beforehand!
Driver Install Tool - This has a small LAN driverpack, this same pack is used on installation. You can add driverpacks to this folder, see the ReadMe.txt file. Do not be put off by the XP driverpacks - in VMware the old XP pack works for the Network adapter. The included tool that scans for hardware knows it is running on Vista, its unlikely that you'd get a wrong driver installed. Just leave obvious ones alone like graphics, its not possible for the XP drivers to run on Vista in a lot of cases!
Hibernation - batch files to enable or disable Hibernation. ******oft must have forgotten to put an option in the Windows GUI to enable or disable Hibernation! How stupid is that? You could do it in Windows XP,
but not anymore in Windows Vista. So these batch files allow you to instantly turn Hibernation on or off. Hibernation feature is disabled in this installation. If you need to use Hibernation you'll have to run the relavent batch file to enable it. NOTE: With Hibernation enabled you're wasting as much hard drive space as the size of your RAM so if you have say 2Gb of RAM, then you're wasting 2Gb of disk space.
Keyboard Settings - This install is set to U.S. keyboard by default. To quickly open "Regional and Language Options" run the included file "Quick Access.bat". There you can change your keyboard to your own country if you need to.
nVidia Hotfix - If you have an nVidia GeForce graphics card, you can always try this hotfix. This is only for nVidia cards, not ATI or any other card. I tried to install this and I did not need it, testing with an nVidia card so, maybe it is only for specific cards.
Registry Backup - Simple batch file to create a complete registry backup, just double click the "Backup Your Registry.bat" file included here.