[arctirus]

I found one of the things that was causing it not to boot was the removal of manual install. Without pagefile and hibernation I'm now just under 3gb installed and working on getting it smaller.

[sp00f]

Yep Vlite works fine, exept for drivers (Never worked for me.) and hotfixes.
Those things you need to do with Dism.exe.
(Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool)

Mount an image from Windows 7 and go to "System32" in the mounted wim.
Copy the directory "DISM" and the file "DISM.exe" to the system32 folder of your computer.
For x64 this is wow64 ( Im not sure cause i dont have the x64 version. )

Open the DISM folder and register the dll's inside (Some cant be registered.)

Then do "DISM.exe /?" without the quotes in a command promt.
Then you will see how it works.
I sucsessfully integrated drivers and the hotfix that is there for Windows7. (Used Vista drivers for that, most work fine.)

So the old ways to do this will not work on Windows7 anymore (pkmgr and peimg.)

And very importand is to not empty the sources folder on the root of your windows7 DVD.
With Vista it was no problem to remove all things in there exept "boot.wim" and "install.wim"

This post has been edited by sp00f: 06 November 2008 - 06:35 AM

[aviv00]

arctirus, on Nov 4 2008, 06:36 PM, said:

I found one of the things that was causing it not to boot was the removal of manual install. Without pagefile and hibernation I'm now just under 3gb installed and working on getting it smaller.

could u post ur ini

[sy3264]

This has the look of a good OS, I've not yet begun stripping it down yet as I am still playing with an untouched Ult, but I will follow your progress guys and will soon start on MCE also

[arctirus]

aviv00, on Nov 5 2008, 02:18 AM, said:

arctirus, on Nov 4 2008, 06:36 PM, said:

I found one of the things that was causing it not to boot was the removal of manual install. Without pagefile and hibernation I'm now just under 3gb installed and working on getting it smaller.

could u post ur ini

This would not install on the 4gb disk on my eee but I installed it to a vm and ghosted it to my eee without a problem. I did end up quickly going back to xp though because win7 wouldn't allow the power management utility to launch, even in compatibility mode and as admin. Too bad that this utility is a deal breaker for win7, at least for now because all the drivers installed just fine.

Without system restore, hibernation and having my pagefile on another drive this install is 2.75gb

; vLite preset file
;
;#Environment:
; vLite v1.2
; Framework 2.0.50727.1434
; Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 64-bit
;
;#Target:
; Windows Vista BUSINESS 32-bit 
; Version 6.1 English (United States)
;
[Compatibility]
ACDSee / XnView
DriveimageXML
DVD Treasury
Halo 2
Hauppauge WinTV
KMPlayer
Logitech Setpoint
MediaPortal
Perfect World Client
Zoom Player
Aero Glass
File and printer sharing (Server)
Internet Explorer
Internet Information Services (IIS)
Recommended
Scanners and Cameras
System Restore
Windows Fax and Scan
Windows Update

[CustomHide]

[Components]
;# Accessories #
Accessibility
Games-Inbox Games
Games-Premium Inbox Games
Speech Support
;# Drivers #
Diva Server
Modems
QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter
Scanners
TV Tuners-ADS Technologies
TV Tuners-ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
TV Tuners-AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
TV Tuners-Compro Technology Inc.
TV Tuners-Conexant Systems, Inc.
TV Tuners-Creatix
TV Tuners-Hauppauge
TV Tuners-KNC ONE GmbH
TV Tuners-KWorld
TV Tuners-Lumanate, Inc.
TV Tuners-Philips Semiconductors
TV Tuners-Pinnacle Systems
TV Tuners-TerraTec Electronic GmbH
TV Tuners-VidzMedia Pte Ltd.
TV Tuners-ViXS Systems Inc.
;# Hardware Support #
Floppy Disk Support
Modem Support
Smartcards
TV Tuner support
XBOX 360 Controller
;# Languages #
Arabic
Brazillian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Simplified Chinese
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Table Driven Text Input Processor
Thai
Traditional Chinese
Turkish
Ukrainian
;# Multimedia #
Media Center
Music and Video samples
Sample Pictures
Screensavers
Shell event sounds
Wallpapers
;# Network #
Connect to a Network Projector
Distributed File System (DFS)
MSN Installer
Windows Collaboration
;# Services #
Error Reporting
Microsoft DFS Replication
Offline Files
Remote Registry
Windows Search
;# System #
16-bit Support
Beep
BitLocker Drive Encryption
Crash Dump Support
Disk Quota
Help
Natural Language
Security Center
Sync Center
Tablet PC
Windows Defender
Windows Easy Transfer

[Options]
DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Default
User Account Control (UAC) = Enabled
AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Default
Memory requirement = 256MB
AutoPlay = Disabled
Paging Executive = Disabled
Power scheme = Balanced
Power button = Default
Sleep button = Default
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 = Disabled
IE Phishing Verification Ballon Tips = Disabled

[Services]

[Protection]

[Drivers]

[Unattended]
DontSelectImage

[Hotfixes]

[LanguagePacks]

This post has been edited by arctirus: 05 November 2008 - 09:27 AM

[YACO]

hmm... going to try this tonight and post back.

-YACO

This post has been edited by YACO: 08 November 2008 - 07:44 AM

[zeus_hunt]

Have got a PreBeta version of Windows 7
Downloading AIK
Will try later today

Have installed the regular copy.. and it looks good.
OS looks very promising

[YACO]

so i tested and it works... win7 6801 and vlite work! sorta... it's picky depending on what you choose to remove. maybe we should start with a list of items that must remain unchecked when stripping win7.

-YACO

[arctirus]

YACO, on Nov 8 2008, 08:28 PM, said:

so i tested and it works... win7 6801 and vlite work! sorta... it's picky depending on what you choose to remove. maybe we should start with a list of items that must remain unchecked when stripping win7.

-YACO

The only things I've found that cause issues are removing the manual setup and customizing the owner info.

[weEvil]

RamGuy, on Nov 4 2008, 09:52 AM, said:

Windows7 seems to might get the much wanted MinWin after all!

MinWin was scrapped. Not surprised.

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

brucevangeorge, on Nov 10 2008, 08:08 PM, said:

MinWin was scrapped. Not surprised.

MINWIN is the hostname of Vista setup (no seriously)
you cant connect to the 'net during setup or open sysdm.cpl but if you run any utility that displays the local hostname after choosing Repair after booting from the Vista CD, itll display the hostname as 'MINWIN'

[blackhartct]

brucevangeorge, on Nov 10 2008, 09:08 PM, said:

RamGuy, on Nov 4 2008, 09:52 AM, said:

Windows7 seems to might get the much wanted MinWin after all!

MinWin was scrapped. Not surprised.

Um MinWin was not scrapped.. its part of windows 7.... MinWin is the Core of the os that they have been working on for about 10 years Since the windows code before hand was kinda crazy and all over the place. MinWin and its advances are going to be what future versions of windows will be built upon.
http://www.tgdaily.c...view/34455/140/
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20071019/...ndows-7-minwin/
http://www.winsupers...nwin_inside.asp

This post has been edited by blackhartct: 10 November 2008 - 08:46 PM

[zeus_hunt]

vLited done
Able to get 1.2Gb installation CD size..

Could not get network services removed...

When trying to access task manager.. gave error about a net*.dll missing 2-3 times before opening task manager.
In above case Computer browser was also removed.

Happy with the build

[sy3264]

1.2cd has indeed lighten the load I bet zeus_hunt, what was your installed hd size on a fresh install?

[zeus_hunt]

sy3264, on Nov 21 2008, 05:20 AM, said:

1.2cd has indeed lighten the load I bet zeus_hunt, what was your installed hd size on a fresh install?

I have added a few things by now..
I will reimage again and let u know...

By the way... in Case anyone didnt know about
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[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

sp00f, on Nov 5 2008, 03:15 PM, said:

Yep Vlite works fine, exept for drivers (Never worked for me.) and hotfixes.
Those things you need to do with Dism.exe.
(Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool)

Mount an image from Windows 7 and go to "System32" in the mounted wim.
Copy the directory "DISM" and the file "DISM.exe" to the system32 folder of your computer.
For x64 this is wow64 ( Im not sure cause i dont have the x64 version. )

Open the DISM folder and register the dll's inside (Some cant be registered.)

Then do "DISM.exe /?" without the quotes in a command promt.
Then you will see how it works.
I sucsessfully integrated drivers and the hotfix that is there for Windows7. (Used Vista drivers for that, most work fine.)

So the old ways to do this will not work on Windows7 anymore (pkmgr and peimg.)

And very importand is to not empty the sources folder on the root of your windows7 DVD.
With Vista it was no problem to remove all things in there exept "boot.wim" and "install.wim"

Thanks for the heads up spOOf, please empty ya inbox man....

EDIT: Few q's guys whats the min that must be left in the root & sources dir for the OS to work.

This post has been edited by MAVERICKS CHOICE: 22 November 2008 - 05:34 PM

[sp00f]

Imbox empty now....

This post has been edited by sp00f: 24 November 2008 - 10:36 AM

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Just in testing 7 with VLite seems to work fine here. I did notice you cannot remove many files from the Sources dir as we do in Vista cause the installation won't get past the pe boot.
Anyone else noticed this?

[YACO]

So... i'm removing something that is causing Hibernation on Windows 7 not to work... i really need hibernation. Does anyone know what could it be? (i'm removing pretty much everything (except for manual setup).

-YACO

[sy3264]

Yes MAVERICKS CHOICE same here, hey thankfully we have vmware others wise it could get pricey lol


On a side note...my cheap blue tooth stick that was not supported by Vista (bought for xp) but wow W7 installs it and its working with out error!!

This post has been edited by sy3264: 04 December 2008 - 02:00 PM