[Randomness]

Redirection: Complete Guide to VLite v1.2

This post has been edited by Randomness: 03 January 2009 - 06:44 AM

[oskingen]

Nice guide! But it always depend on your use. Some others components recommended for you are safe to remove regarding your personal use.
Anyway it can help some people
Thank

This post has been edited by hannubys: 05 August 2008 - 11:02 AM

[aviv00]

my suggestion:

Display Adapters - remove all use newer driver or integrate it
Diva Server - remove it u mostly dont need it
Ethernet Network adapters - leave it its tiny and very useful when its new OS getting inet to work
Modems - remove it use the web to get the lastest driver
Printers - remove it all use the web to get the lastest driver
QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter - remove it u mostly dont need it
Scanners - remove it all use the web to get the lastest driver
Sound Controllers - small driver for hd sound driver keep it if u dont wanna use the "big" driver
Storage Controllers - leave it its dont take much
TV-tuners - remove it all use the web to get the lastest driver


vista will work lessy bugy with newer drivers

This post has been edited by aviv00: 05 August 2008 - 11:13 AM

[lobbie1978]

As for the drivers section; If you integrate newer drivers, then it's safe to remove all...

[Wurrtrak]

Nice guide,but you should add "the other" components who are hidden with the "compatibility list"

and some components that are safe to remove in you guide need components that arent safe to remove?

Thanks anyway!

[bledd]

i tick most of the red ones

'IMAPlv2 Burning Support - Keep it, or else you won't be able to burn CDs or DVDs'
huge lie

This post has been edited by bledd: 05 August 2008 - 07:12 PM

[anonymous_user]

For many components you only say keep it but you should give a reason at least. A good reason would be even better.

[iceangel89]

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Simple TCPIP Services - Not installed by default, but it is useful, and the file is only 0,08 MB.
Telnet Client - Do not check.
Telnet Server - Do not check.

Simple TCPIP Services - i removed it and its OK
Telnet - most home users dont use telnet right? i removed it too without problems

thats just my opinion

but this is a great guide. care to do 1 for Services too?

[d0p3y2k4]

i remove some of the items u listed as red & i never have any problems

[Randomness]

That is exactly why we need a thread like this. I do not know in detail about all the components. Therefore it says keep it at many places, since I'm too unsure to remove it. So if everyone could try to specify which things they know are safe to remove, then do so.

[Avneet]

i only remove languages.. lol.. scared to remove others..never knw it can cum in need...

[shadin]

Keeping this thread going and updated with information would be fantastic. Sometimes it's hard to track down what every component does, or what effects can happen when it's removed.

[anonymous_user]

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Diva Server - I'm not sure on the function of this one, so do not check unless you know what you're doing.

Ive had no problem removing it.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Ethernet Network adapters - It is a needed driver, although it'll get installed automatically when booting anyway.

Remove it and use the manufacturer's driver.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Modems - You are unlikely to get updated drivers on this one. So keep it to avoid being annoyed by Microsoft Update.

Remove it and use the manufacturer's driver (do people still use dialup?).

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter - Keep it just for stability reasons.

Stability reasons? Hmm Ive removed and my Vista is fine.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Sound Controllers - These drivers can be hard to find sometimes. Leave unchecked.

Remove it and use the manufacturer's driver.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Firewire 1334 - Leave this one unchecked.

If you dont have or use Firewire then just remove it.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Modem Support - Leave this one unchecked.

If you dont have or use a modem then just remove it.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Shell Event Sounds - These are the sounds in Windows, like when you open a window etc.

If you disable sounds then just remove it.

[anonymous_user]

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Sound Recorder - You can never be sure on that you won't buy a microphone. So better leave this unchecked.

If you dont plan on recording using your mic then just remove it.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Windows Photo Viewer - It is the type of "gallery" that you have by default in Windows. Do not check.

Remove it and just use a third-party photo manager.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

SSDP Discovery - Keep it.
Universal Plug and Play (UPNP) - Definitely keep it!

If you dont use PlugnPlay, just remove it.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Digital Rights Management - Is it even legal to turn this off? tongue.gif Seriously, I'm not sure if it is. Ask Nuhi about it.

If you dont download DRM-protected files, you can remove it.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

IMAPlv2 Burning Support - Keep it, or else you won't be able to burn CDs or DVDs.

Remove it and use a third-party burning software. And afaik, they dont need this component.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Malicious Software Removal Tool - Keep it.

You can just remove it. Windows Update will have the latest version anyways.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Security Center - Keep it.

I consider this component rather useless since Im rather capable of monitoring my security software myself.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer - Keep it.

Remove it and just use a third-party image viewer like XnView.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 09:16 AM, said:

ZIP Folder - And keep it!

Remove it and just use a third-party archive tool.

[shabador]

Good initiative. I agree with all the follow-up posts here at the moment, and got a couple of extra notes for you:

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Speech Support - This got nothing to do with microphone use. It let you controll your PC with your voice. Used by very few.

It is also used for text-to-speech applications. Ventrilo for example uses this to make Microsoft Sally (or whatever her name is) say who connects to the server, changes channels, etc.

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Dynamic Volume Manager - Only leave it if you use Windows Back-Up.

Isn't this needed for Dynamic Drives?

As for drivers. If you have downloaded drivers available for integration, you can remove them all.

[Hanschke]

bledd, on Aug 5 2008, 07:11 PM, said:

i tick most of the red ones

'IMAPlv2 Burning Support - Keep it, or else you won't be able to burn CDs or DVDs'
huge lie

thats wrong. if u use nero or cdburner u dont need this crap!

[Tomorrow]

aviv00, on Aug 5 2008, 07:58 PM, said:

Printers - remove it all use the web to get the lastest driver
Scanners - remove it all use the web to get the lastest driver

I would point out that many Printer/Scanner drivers use parts of the integrated drivers.Canon for example.Removing integrated drivers means that Scanner/printer wont work even with fresh drivers.
IMAPv2 Burning support is needed for a ISO maker app that uses it.

[Chrno]

Tomorrow, on Aug 8 2008, 02:33 PM, said:

IMAPv2 Burning support is needed for a ISO maker app that uses it.

Sounds like a poorly coded and outdated app. Anyways, there's tons of OSS for ISO creating/burning that are coded without using any "native" resources on windows.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 06:16 PM, said:

Display Adapters - The drivers for your graphics card. You can safely all the options except the brand that your PC uses (Nvidia, ATI etc.).

Remove and integrate your own.

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 06:16 PM, said:

Windows Media Codec - I've found out the hard way how things intend to not work without these. Let it be!

Mainly used for WMV (WMV3/9 and WC-1) decoding. It also supports most MPEG-4 standards such as h264, DivX4+ and XviD. Just get ffdshow to cover all crap you need. It's still needed as noted for wmv streams along with WMP (the firefox addon won't do much without WMP as a side note

Note that this is still needed if you want the thumbnail support for some codecs such as WMV at all. If anyone knows a way to fix this (has an idea on what files are needed for wmv decoding /w thumbnail support) send me a PM.

Tomorrow, on Aug 8 2008, 02:33 PM, said:

Media Metadata Handler - Creates thumbnails/previews of your videos. Check if you do not want it.

Again, keep it with Windows Media Codec (70MB~) until someone can figure out those 1-3MB worth or files needed (only*) for WMV thumbnail/playback support as well.

Tomorrow, on Aug 8 2008, 02:33 PM, said:

16-bit support - Access to old software. Keep it.

Same call as on XP, your choice.

Tomorrow, on Aug 8 2008, 02:33 PM, said:

Crash Dump Support - Keep it.

If you've gotten used to BSODs I suggest you remove it. Most BSODs for normal folks are cause by display drivers anyways...


I also recommend you to try the extreme switch once your familiarized yourself with vLite.

[grafx1]

@ Randomness How much Memory did your Vlited Vista take, please ??
Thank you...

This post has been edited by grafx1: 10 August 2008 - 03:25 AM

[meowing]

Randomness, on Aug 5 2008, 06:16 PM, said:

4# Languages

Uncheck All - Unless you have special needs, like having Chinese and Japanese symbols, then check.

You mean Check all.