Windows TinyVista Rev01
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Vista Edition --------------> Ultimate
Architecture ---------------> x86
Install Type ---------------> Fully Unattended
Product Key ----------------> Not Required
Activation -----------------> Activated Offline, Upon Installation
WINDOWS Folder Size --------> 2.34 GB
ISO File Size --------------> 673 Mb
Install Time (In VMware) ---> 12 Minutes
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Thank you for trying this cut down version of Windows Vista.
To use this CD, simply burn the ISO file (as an image, not as data)
with Nero or IMG Burn, then set your PC to boot from the CD, press
any key when the message appears, then after Vista has loaded the
files you will only get one screen where you can format your hard
drive. Note that you cannot install this special eXPerience version
of Windows by upgrading, you can only install a clean install onto
a formatted partition or hard drive, because all the upgrade files
are removed.
MAKE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR HARD DISK OR PARTITION BEFORE FORMATTING!
Once your partition or disk is formatted, simply click "Next" and
that is all you have to do - Windows will install within 12 minutes
all on its own, you do not have to touch anything.
The install time of 12 minutes is timed in VMware, if you're
installing from a real CD it might take longer.
Windows is activated upon installation and you do not need any
product key.
This special edition of Windows Vista is fully updated with all
"Important" hotfixes to January 2008.
This installation still includes:
Aero Theme
Camera support
Fax support
Internet Explorer 7
Printer Support
Remote Desktop (both server and client)
Scanner support
Windows Media Player 11
Windows Mail (formerly Outlook Express)
Windows Update website
This is intended to be a functional installation with a lot of
items removed which I personally class as useless. Please make
absolutely certain that you check below to see which items are
removed before jumping the gun and installing this special
edition of Windows Vista!
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REGISTRY TWEAKS
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This special edition of Windows Vista has over 100 registry tweaks
to improve performance and your general use of Windows Vista. For
example - User Account Control is completely removed, you have
useful additions to your Computer icon like Services and Device
Manager among other things, you have context menu additions added
to files and folders like Take Ownership in one click, close the
CD/DVD tray, Windows will tell you exactly what it is doing when
it is shutting down or booting, the Start Menu is much better
with useless items like "Search" and "Help and support" removed
whilst other useful things are added like "Run" and "Administrative
Tools", you can register DLL and OCX files by simply double clicking
them, all the garbage is removed from the left side and bottom of
Windows to give you more space in your folders, all Windows are set
to Details View so you can see the file size etc. There are many
more tweaks than this - check the Registry Tweaks text file in the
eXPerience folder on the root of the CD for full details.
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REMOVED COMPONENTS (vLite was used to remove components)
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Many components are removed from this edition of Windows,
this allows this Windows edition to fit on a 700Mb CD.
All of the following components are removed:
ACCESSORIES
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Accessibility
Mobility Center
Speech Support
Welcome Center
Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
DRIVERS
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Display adapters
Diva Server
Modems
Printers (ALL)
QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter
Scanners
GAMES
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Game Explorer
Inbox Games
Premium Inbox Games
LANGUAGES
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Japanese
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Table Driven Text Input Processor
Traditional Chinese
MULTIMEDIA
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Media Center
Movie and DVD Maker
Music and Video samples
Sample Pictures
Screensavers
Shell event sounds
SideShow
Sound Recorder
Wallpapers
Windows Calendar
NETWORK
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Connect to a Network Projector
Internet Information Services (IIS)
MSN Installer
Windows Collaboration
SERVICES
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Diagnostics
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Error Reporting
IPsec Policy Agent
Microsoft DFS Replication
Offline Files
Remote Registry
Volume Shadow Copy
Windows Remote Management
Windows Search
SYSTEM
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Beep
BitLocker Drive Encryption
Disk Defragmenter
Disk Quota
Help
IMAPIv2 Burning Support
Malicious Software Removal Tool (Re-Installed on first logon)
Manual Install (Setup.exe)
Microsoft Agent
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)
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OPTIONS (using vLite)
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DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Disabled (AlwaysOff)
User Account Control (UAC) = Disabled
AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Disabled
AutoPlay = Enabled
Paging Executive = Enabled
Power scheme = Balanced
Hibernation = Off
Memory requirement = 256MB
TWEAKS (using vLite)
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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 Balloon Tips = Disabled
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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 January 2008.
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eXPerience DESKTOP FOLDER
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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!
Ethernet Drivers - Bashrat The Sneaky Ethernet Drivers are included
here in case you do not have connectivity out of the box on first
install. To get your Ethernet Card working, just read the included
ReadMe.txt file.
Hibernation - batch files to enable or disable Hibernation. Microsoft
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 relevant 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
should install this hotfix. This is only for nVidia cards, not ATI
or any other card.
Registry Backup - Simple batch file to create a complete registry
backup, just double click the "Backup Your Registry.bat" file
included here.
User Password - Quickly set up your login password.
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TuneUp Utilities 2007 and Registry Mechanic have both been tested
on this edition of Windows and are okay to use... but backup your
registry before using these kind of programs, just to be safe.
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QUICK FAQ
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Q: How functional is this TinyVista?
A: Very! Things that will zap your performance like System Restore
and Superfetch are either removed or disabled, but you do not need
to have such a thing as "System Restore" making backups in the
background, it just slows your system down - instead of using
System Restore, use "Acronis True Image Home v11" backup CD.
This installation is designed to take away all the things that
ruin your performance, for example the "Superfetch" service
causes your hard disk to be constantly spinning, that ISN'T
GOOD and is just wearing your hard drive out, for what? It seems
no reason, so this service is disabled. You can still use a
printer, digital camera, you still have the Aero Glass theme,
Ethernet drivers and fax support, modem support... this version
of Windows Vista is designed for 99% of users to use without
you even noticing it is a cut down version, that is the main
aim of it.
Q: eXPerience, you removed the Chinese language?
A: Yes, I also removed a lot of other things. If you do not
like whats removed - DO NOT USE THIS INSTALLATION. No one
is forcing you to use this. Just use the full version from
Microsoft that uses almost 4 times more hard drive space
(oh then also add on the size of your RAM for the hiberfil
sys file which is also disabled in this version, although
you can easily re-enable it if you need to)
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