I took xp x64 with sp2 integrated, checked to remove everything, made unattended, and patched sfc, and applied tweaks:
I just noted down a few things in \system32,i found which perhaps isnt properly removed? This is by no means a complete list!
done with vmware. no updates of any kind were integrated its plain sp2.

batmeter.dll Battery Meter helper dll.
cscdll.dll offline network agent
dfrgifc.exe
dfrgifps.dll

dhcp:

dhcpcsvc.dll
dhcpsapi.dll
eventlog.dll

faultrep.dll Windows Error Reporting
loadperf.dll
localsec.dll local users and groups mmc snapin
lodctr.exe Load Perfmon Counters
ncxpnt.dll Network Setup Wizard Support dll.
nddeapi.dll Network DDE share managment
ntmsapi.dll Removable Storage ?
ntvdm64.dll 16-bit emulation on NT64 (lol?)
tsbyuv.dll toshiba video codec.


wirelezz zero configuration / wireless:

wlanmon.dll wireless monitor snapin
wlsnp.dll wireless network policy managment snap-in
wzcdlg.dll
wzcsapi.dll
wzcsvc.dll

service pack messages:

xpob2res.dll
xpsp2res.dll
ws03res.dll

It is on purpose.
Try removing those and you will see why.

Anything particular u think about? I have removed several of these already, i did a fresh install, i didnt let nlite remove everything, but very lite, no ie or wmp. For some weird reason Automatic updates were not removed, i did however update with hotfixes, but no IE updates. Kinda strange. However i managed to remove all windows update files i could see, typical wu*.* and the service too of course. I have problems deleting some files, like one of the dhcp files, but i reckon once i force registry permissions, id get that. Gonna read up on bold fortune and make a check list later.

Thank you for your time, much appreciated!

when about removing Drivers ( you can poorly remove anything using the "safe" preset)

can any one offer a good update to what "keep file" should include in reference to what files nlite shouldn't remove
for each removal or certain group

presuming you want to remove more and still get it safe