[underxp]

dead0, i dont remove EAP+protected storage and the problem persist!!! Any ideas?
Ps, when I open the windows with wlans detected, the protected wlans dont show the lock!!!

[dead0]

underxp, on Jul 8 2009, 01:15 PM, said:

dead0, i dont remove EAP+protected storage and the problem persist!!! Any ideas?
Ps, when I open the windows with wlans detected, the protected wlans dont show the lock!!!

did you remove the network diagnostic package with dism? also did you keep wlan support?

This post has been edited by dead0: 08 July 2009 - 03:31 PM

[liquid0624]

I was thinking underxp the problem might be these 2 components

Link-Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD)
Quality of Service (QoS)

Also removing Network Explorer could possibly have something to do with it as well
EAP and NAP could be an issue as well possibly

[dead0]

this should be the final version of my batch file & last session for x86 build:




i may keep WCF tho?

[underxp]

dead0, on Jul 8 2009, 06:18 PM, said:

underxp, on Jul 8 2009, 01:15 PM, said:

dead0, i dont remove EAP+protected storage and the problem persist!!! Any ideas?
Ps, when I open the windows with wlans detected, the protected wlans dont show the lock!!!

did you remove the network diagnostic package with dism? also did you keep wlan support?

- Network diagnostic removed with vLite.
- I keep wlan support.
- Link-Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) was not removed.
- Quality of Service (QoS) was not removed.
- EAP was not removed.
- NAP was not removed.
- Network Explorer was not removed.

Any ideas ?

[liquid0624]

I would just disable the service. hopefully i will talk to you about something ive been working on let me know when u can meet me on msn

[Jeronimo]

@underxp: in your preset I saw WLAN Suppport removed. I also have WLAN and need to keep this component, EAP and Network and Sharing Center.

[underxp]

Ok, wrong .ini file !!!!!!!! Attached the last .ini, applied to Vista Premium SP2, Windows cannot connect automatically to wireless protected router

Attached File(s)

•  Last_Session.ini (24.63K)
  Number of downloads: 17

[XtremeFuturistic]

dead0, on Jul 8 2009, 07:32 PM, said:

this should be the final version of my batch file & last session for x86 build:

rem7264.zip
Last_Session.ini

i may keep WCF tho?

Will these files work on any Windows 7 build or any particular release only ( if latter then which one exactly ) ?
Also are these fine to be used/slimming Win 7 RTM Too ? I know this might not be answerable right now, but if the process is a bit same then these should be working on maybe RTM too, when its released ? Any ideas ?

[liquid0624]

XtremeFuturistic, on Jul 11 2009, 02:51 AM, said:

dead0, on Jul 8 2009, 07:32 PM, said:

this should be the final version of my batch file & last session for x86 build:

rem7264.zip
Last_Session.ini

i may keep WCF tho?

Will these files work on any Windows 7 build or any particular release only ( if latter then which one exactly ) ?
Also are these fine to be used/slimming Win 7 RTM Too ? I know this might not be answerable right now, but if the process is a bit same then these should be working on maybe RTM too, when its released ? Any ideas ?

The should work on build 7100 and up. Well build 7264 is what it has been tested on. So the answer is yes they should work with rtm

i will be posting some batch files myself shortly just need to run a few more tests also new preset will be coming with it so keep checking back just have been really busy lately

[travgens]

liquid0624, on Jun 10 2009, 11:31 AM, said:

Attached are the two presets that i came up with based on all input of this forum (thanks to everyone) and have tested them using the latest virtual box like i have done more installs then i would have liked to (hundreds). Using the latest build 7232 these presets work great (should also work on 32-bit as well but i have not tested it so feedback would be great). The ELITE version removes Media Center and things not needed for the average user. The ULTRA version is experimental which removes file print sharing and just about everything else. All of there dependencies have been removed as well.

If anyone has any issues or questions please do post in this thread or feel free to pm me. I will respond asap and my honest recommendation as of now is the super preset it really works very well. This is not really a guide but just based on experience, testing, and the input of other users in this forum. The services were tweaked using the famous black viper windows 7 guide.

UPDATE (06/18/09) *** Updated APPLICATION COMPONENT Removal Issues ***
UPDATE (06/16/09) *** Tested both PRESETS posted below with Build 7232 x64 ***

COMPONENTS that CAN be removed

Notepad
Paint
Wordpad
Printer Drivers
Printer Support
Media Metadata Handler
Photo Metadata Handler
Windows Aero Theme
Windows Media Codecs
Windows Media Player
Desktop Window Manager
Windows Remote Management
DHCP
SuperFetch
Windows Color System
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
SQM (Software Quality Management)

COMPONENTS that CANNOT be removed

Game Explorer
Snipping Tool
Welcome Center
Windows Image Acquisition
WLAN Support
Internet Explorer
Network and Sharing Center
Windows Firewall
Application Experience
Internet Connection Sharing
Multimedia Class Scheduler
Background Intelligent Transfer
Windows Update
Component Cache (winsxs)
Manual Install (Setup.exe)
Microsoft HTML Engine
MDAC

IMPORTANT Windows System32 files to PROTECT

wer.dll
msdrm.dll
browcli.dll
msoert2.dll
winipsec.dll
werconcpl.dll
Magnification.dll

Miscellaneous APPLICATION & COMPONENT Removal Issues

Removing Help component breaks Windows Features
Removing Fax Support component breaks Windows Features
Removing Windows Search service breaks Windows Features
Removing Task Scheduler service breaks Disk Defragmenter
Removing Windows Connect Now service breaks Devices & Printers
Removing Crash Dump Support breaks Hibernation and Hybrid Sleep
Removing Event Log service breaks Tweak 7 Beta and O&O Defrag 11
Removing Distributed File System component breaks Group Policy Object Editor

Maybe you can share your x64 .iso?

[blade64]

liquid0624, on Jul 11 2009, 03:00 AM, said:

XtremeFuturistic, on Jul 11 2009, 02:51 AM, said:

dead0, on Jul 8 2009, 07:32 PM, said:

this should be the final version of my batch file & last session for x86 build:

rem7264.zip
Last_Session.ini

i may keep WCF tho?

Will these files work on any Windows 7 build or any particular release only ( if latter then which one exactly ) ?
Also are these fine to be used/slimming Win 7 RTM Too ? I know this might not be answerable right now, but if the process is a bit same then these should be working on maybe RTM too, when its released ? Any ideas ?

The should work on build 7100 and up. Well build 7264 is what it has been tested on. So the answer is yes they should work with rtm

i will be posting some batch files myself shortly just need to run a few more tests also new preset will be coming with it so keep checking back just have been really busy lately

Could you please explain to me how to use the last_session.ini file in conjunction with my .iso of Windows 7?

I am very confused, as I am unable to locate any instructions on the forum to help me. I want to be able to slim down my Windows 7 in order to obtain as much performance as possible.

Thank you very much,

Blade

[Jeronimo]

The install wim tweak tool does not work for me anymore since build 7264. I also do not think I need it that much...

First I install Home Premium, for IE, DVD Maker and Windows Gadgets removal with Windows Features and language pack integration (at OOBE stage ctrl+shift+F3). This installation I generalize and create an image from. Then I remove the few packages that I can (the language related stuff: GB, US, ZA, etc.) with dism, run vLite, cleanup and finally vLite again for a reducing the image-file size because of the cleanup. Just Windows Firewall and ICS that keep me bugging (instllation fails) and Snipping tool, Welcome Center and TPM Based Service that re-appear in vLite.

For IE: when I remove IE with Windows features and remove the directory from ProgramFiles and ProgramFiles(x96) with the cleanup, then near everything of IE is gone.

[SausageHack]

theruan, on Jul 2 2009, 12:19 AM, said:

Hi, i was trying to reduce the amount of data of "windows rc1", on vlite it showed that the reduction was to be about 3,3gb or something like that, i obviously realized it was wrong, but at the end it only reduced in 800MB, and be sure i've taking out only 840MB is that right?
i've attached the preset i used, i've not tested it yet, it was only supposed to me to have an idea of the amount was possible to take out, so i can realize what kind of softwares i will be able to put in at the end.

Thanks

vLite merely tells you how much disk space you save, not the space on the ISO. If you delete 5 Gbs worth of data, that might amount to only a gig or so on the ISO. This is because an entire OS image is inside install.wim, which is highly compressed.

[SausageHack]

Jeronimo, on Jul 11 2009, 01:38 PM, said:

The install wim tweak tool does not work for me anymore since build 7264. I also do not think I need it that much...

First I install Home Premium, for IE, DVD Maker and Windows Gadgets removal with Windows Features and language pack integration (at OOBE stage ctrl+shift+F3). This installation I generalize and create an image from. Then I remove the few packages that I can (the language related stuff: GB, US, ZA, etc.) with dism, run vLite, cleanup and finally vLite again for a reducing the image-file size because of the cleanup. Just Windows Firewall and ICS that keep me bugging (instllation fails) and Snipping tool, Welcome Center and TPM Based Service that re-appear in vLite.

For IE: when I remove IE with Windows features and remove the directory from ProgramFiles and ProgramFiles(x96) with the cleanup, then near everything of IE is gone.

Jeronimo, last night I used the wim tweak tool on b7264 x86 without a hitch! I then proceeded to use the rem7201 batch file (edited to 7264 obviously) to remove the packages. I also removed the WinSxS backup (had to use takeown and icacls to have permission?) and extra wallpaper. I used the preset dead0 posted in his temp guide (thanks dude), but vlite said that it failed to rebuild the image. I think this was because I screwed with the permissions with icacls and all. GImageX also said it couldn't unmount my image on a seperate occasion because it didn't have permission to remove a dir I gave myself full perms to

btw how do you install HOMEPREMIUM? just selecr thru vlite or do you delete ei.cfg? I hate ultimate .

This post has been edited by SausageHack: 11 July 2009 - 12:55 PM

[liquid0624]

when you mount the image you gotta specify the index of the image

set index = 1 Home Basic
set index = 2 Home Premium
set index = 3 Professional
set index = 4 Ultimate

imagex.exe /mountrw %source%\install.wim %index% %mount%

[Jeronimo]

I might have forgotten to mention it this 1 time, but I have x64 and with this I can not get install wim tweak to work.

In order to install other editions, remove ei.cfg from the sources directory. See the above post on how to mount a specific edition (or use: imagex /list sources\install.wim). Also perform cleanups after vLite-removal. It gives a smaller image and installation (just a dozen of files for me, but still: smaller).

This post has been edited by Jeronimo: 12 July 2009 - 09:58 AM

[SausageHack]

Jeronimo, on Jul 12 2009, 10:46 AM, said:

I might have forgotten to mention it this 1 time, but I have x64 and with this I can not get install wim tweak to work.

In order to install other editions, remove ei.cfg from the sources directory. See the above post on how to mount a specific edition (or use: imagex /list sources\install.wim). Also perform cleanups after vLite-removal. It gives a smaller image and installation (just a dozen of files for me, but still: smaller).

Thanks. I just selected HOMEPREMIUM with vLite out of curiosity, then slimmed it with a modded 'ultra' ini file. I installed build 7264 Home Premium with no problems. As for deleting/editing ei.cfg, well, I just delete it anyway along with everything else in the /sources dir except install.wim, boot.wim and setup.exe. But thanks for the confirmation.

I just have one small little problem with install_wim_teak: Whenever I use it, irrespective of the build, it says unhandled exception blah blah blah something about a naming issue? I tried run as administrator with no success. It isn't a super big deal, but my install.wim is like EXACTLY a gig and I really want it to fit on a CD-R (7264 x86 btw)

[dead0]

finally got the x64 build to just over 3gb after compression! would prefer it uncompressed tho? im still hoping to get the iso down to under 1gb with install size at around 2.75gb or less? i will continue once i return from my holidays

[Jeronimo]

I am at 1.03GB/3.25GB currently. When I would remove the Backup folder, then I would probably get close to 1.0/3.0GB. However I am still not convinced that folder can be removed, I am still cautious on removing anything but drivers from winsxs.