- Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:00 pm
#281691
I've been working with this for the last few days http://www.nliteos.com/
Once loaded you go through a series of screens where you choose what features you want in the "final build" of the operating system. It's set up such that if you don't understand *everything* it gives you a bit of information about each entity. If you undestand the operating system then its a breeze. It took about 45 minutes the first time I used it to get an image of the OS I wanted. It could have taken less time but I went through every detail. Once I was done I had an OS image that was 100 Meg - a far cry from the typical system install. If you don't need access to the internet you can strip out IE. It does far more than simply take out "themes" or what have you. Many of the options if not understood could make a mess of things.
I installed this on an older machine and really couldn't believe what I am seeing. Its not the prettiest thing you've ever seen (I took out anything that was more than a basic button with text). I don't know the last time I clicked on an icon to open something and it just "opened". *POP*
I've been going through building a smaller and smaller OS for a project I'm working on that will use a VIA pico-ITX MB. I looked at using WinCE and the embedded version of XP. For me it makes far more sense to buy an OEM version of XP and strip out all the crap than get into CE or such. On that note; this IS NOT a pirate OS or anything like that. You must have a legitmate OS version with the serial number.
If it wasn't such a PITA to unregister and re-register Solidworks I'd do this to my main machine. If you have an older system that you want to put XP on give it a go. AS with any new install you don't have to activate for 30 days - plenty of time to try it out.
Once loaded you go through a series of screens where you choose what features you want in the "final build" of the operating system. It's set up such that if you don't understand *everything* it gives you a bit of information about each entity. If you undestand the operating system then its a breeze. It took about 45 minutes the first time I used it to get an image of the OS I wanted. It could have taken less time but I went through every detail. Once I was done I had an OS image that was 100 Meg - a far cry from the typical system install. If you don't need access to the internet you can strip out IE. It does far more than simply take out "themes" or what have you. Many of the options if not understood could make a mess of things.
I installed this on an older machine and really couldn't believe what I am seeing. Its not the prettiest thing you've ever seen (I took out anything that was more than a basic button with text). I don't know the last time I clicked on an icon to open something and it just "opened". *POP*
I've been going through building a smaller and smaller OS for a project I'm working on that will use a VIA pico-ITX MB. I looked at using WinCE and the embedded version of XP. For me it makes far more sense to buy an OEM version of XP and strip out all the crap than get into CE or such. On that note; this IS NOT a pirate OS or anything like that. You must have a legitmate OS version with the serial number.
If it wasn't such a PITA to unregister and re-register Solidworks I'd do this to my main machine. If you have an older system that you want to put XP on give it a go. AS with any new install you don't have to activate for 30 days - plenty of time to try it out.
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