[SausageHack]

Junior2613, on Aug 8 2009, 03:40 PM, said:

I seriously don't understand how to mod the .bat file to my situation I know how to edit it in notepad but I just can't seem to understand. Any chance you can elaborate a bit

Maybe I can make a custom batch for you

Put imagex.exe and intlcfg.exe (as I cannot distribute that cuz of 1b) in your hard drive root, then place the files I upload in there too (I'm uploading as a ZIP). Extract the ZIP to C:\*.*

Place all drivers into C:\Drivers
DVD content goes to C:\ISO
Language packs in C:\LNG
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Mount folder is C:\Mount

Just remember to copy the imagex and intlcfg over to the hard drive root. They have to be consistent with the architecture of Windows you are modding (ie x86 or x64). These two files can be found in: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\tools\amd64 (or x86)\*

Hope that helps!

btw King George next time could you just put all that stuff in a txt and upload? It makes it a real pain in the you-know-what for all the other viewers to have to scroll through all the pages of people replying... just gets a little too much Take a look in Jeronimo's Packages.xls file for reference

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This post has been edited by SausageHack: 08 August 2009 - 05:49 PM

[liquid0624]

Please edit that post King George its way to long and attach your presets as files

This post has been edited by liquid0624: 08 August 2009 - 06:48 PM

[George King]

liquid0624, on Aug 8 2009, 06:48 PM, said:

Please edit that post King George its way to long and attach your presets as files

Sorry , now its ok.

[Junior2613]

Thanks sausagehack running the operation now All seems fine

[LeveL]

The problem is we are using a program made to reduce the size of Windows Vista... on Windows 7.

For example, vLite says in "Users/Public" there are over 400Mb of media files. Maybe on Vista thats true, but in Windows 7 these files amount to only 41Mb not 400Mb.

vLite says the Speech Support components takes up 450Mb. Maybe on Vista thats true, but in Windows 7 the Speech folder in Windows is merely 172Mb, not over 450Mb.

Will there ever be a tool like vLite but for Windows 7?

If not then I am not using vLite because I do not even know what it is removing anymore.

Totally unrelated things break other totally unreleated things etc.

Can't understand why some are "persevering" with vLite.

Why can't we just delete the folders from the mounted WIM image? Then we actually know whats happening, plus all you'd need is to run a batch file then to remove stuff.

This post has been edited by LeveL: 09 August 2009 - 06:54 AM

[Junior2613]

is it normal that when i run cleanup it says it can't find a lot of files ? and when i do a dummie run in vlite it crashes when its preparing is this ok ?

[LeveL]

Junior2613, on Aug 9 2009, 01:46 PM, said:

when i do a dummie run in vlite it crashes when its preparing is this ok ?

Nope. Check your disk space, maybe theres not enough space to mount the WIM.

[Junior2613]

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I have enough disk space 60gb have i done something wrong ? can you explain how to do a dummie run in vlite just to check if im doing it right

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ok i seem to have fixed it. i was removing 2 components rather than a dummie

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Done install.wim = 1.03gb iso is 1.1gb now to test this bad boy

This post has been edited by Yzöwl: 16 August 2009 - 04:12 AM
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[SausageHack]

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LeveL, on Aug 9 2009, 06:52 AM, said:

The problem is we are using a program made to reduce the size of Windows Vista... on Windows 7.

For example, vLite says in "Users/Public" there are over 400Mb of media files. Maybe on Vista thats true, but in Windows 7 these files amount to only 41Mb not 400Mb.

vLite says the Speech Support components takes up 450Mb. Maybe on Vista thats true, but in Windows 7 the Speech folder in Windows is merely 172Mb, not over 450Mb.

Will there ever be a tool like vLite but for Windows 7?

If not then I am not using vLite because I do not even know what it is removing anymore.

Totally unrelated things break other totally unreleated things etc.

Can't understand why some are "persevering" with vLite.

Why can't we just delete the folders from the mounted WIM image? Then we actually know whats happening, plus all you'd need is to run a batch file then to remove stuff.

The obvious problem with that is the registry entries associated with the files. That would mess the installation more than vLite doesn't.

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Junior2613, on Aug 9 2009, 08:28 AM, said:

I have enough disk space 60gb have i done something wrong ? can you explain how to do a dummie run in vlite just to check if im doing it right

Ok lol a dummy run is simple... You just want to do like one tweak so that vLite lets you 'Apply'

Then, it will automatically find and weed out the files that were associated with the ones that were deleted in 'cleanup'

This takes substantial size off both the install.wim as well as the install.

This post has been edited by Yzöwl: 16 August 2009 - 04:05 AM
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[neuropass]

good effort but this guide isn't right. you forgot two important .dll.mui files, and if you remove the superfetch your booting time increase.. also what about Welcome Center?? why are you saying that cannot be removed?

This post has been edited by neuropass: 09 August 2009 - 05:44 PM

[clavicle]

To all the tweakers!

Can someone post a working preset for Premium X64 with WLAN and file sharing intact? I tried the listed presets and tweaked mine too, but somehow I am failing?

Thanks

[harusp3x]

Is there a reason that every single time I rebuild an image other than "Ultimate", I receive a "There are no images available." at setup? No matter what steps I take. I can only rebuild Ultimate and still have it work. I have removed ei.cfg, too.

[deathxxl]

Hi. I got x86 version of Windows 7 RTM. And where i can find preset for it?

Also i can't make a lite version of windows 7 which can start and instal on 256mb of RAM. I got error 0xE0000100 when trying to install it.

[trickstar]

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harusp3x, on Aug 10 2009, 09:27 AM, said:

Is there a reason that every single time I rebuild an image other than "Ultimate", I receive a "There are no images available." at setup? No matter what steps I take. I can only rebuild Ultimate and still have it work. I have removed ei.cfg, too.

had the same same problem, once i removed the product key the images showed up.

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clavicle, on Aug 10 2009, 08:34 AM, said:

To all the tweakers!

Can someone post a working preset for Premium X64 with WLAN and file sharing intact? I tried the listed presets and tweaked mine too, but somehow I am failing?

Thanks

where are you failing exactly? and are you using the removal.bat or just vlite.

This post has been edited by Yzöwl: 16 August 2009 - 04:07 AM
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[dead0]

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just spent over 3 hours manually deleting netfx3 & files from the winsxs...hope it works?

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oh well...looks like it didnt work!

This post has been edited by Yzöwl: 16 August 2009 - 04:08 AM
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[romanian]

Sirs,

*Why is Server disabled? [LANMANSERVER = Disabled]

** I assume you need vlite to be run with -extreme switch to build the new iso properly?

*** Does the presets as-is as of jul 2009 break homegroup and the gadgets features irrevocably even without actually removing them (maybe not gadgets i think that's removed by vlite) ?

Discussion here are very informative but a bit confusing now, as the first post just refers just using vlite to shrink win7 but a lot of posts now have throwaway references to using dism and waik to slim win7. Jeromino has a new thread for extreme shrinking. How about another thread specifically for a waik/ vlite combo shrinking that is NOT as extreme, based on the elite? I kinda like keeping some win7 functionality in.

[dead0]

after much tinkering, ive decided to keep netfx3! ive got the install size down to 2.61gb without pagefile/hiberfil. it takes too long to sort out which file causes errors so not worth the hassle!

[HamsterPro]

Humm, the elite preset looks cool, but workgroup is greyed, can't change it any idea why ?

This post has been edited by HamsterPro: 12 August 2009 - 10:28 PM

[SausageHack]

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romanian, on Aug 11 2009, 06:51 PM, said:

Sirs,

*Why is Server disabled? [LANMANSERVER = Disabled]

** I assume you need vlite to be run with -extreme switch to build the new iso properly?

*** Does the presets as-is as of jul 2009 break homegroup and the gadgets features irrevocably even without actually removing them (maybe not gadgets i think that's removed by vlite) ?

Discussion here are very informative but a bit confusing now, as the first post just refers just using vlite to shrink win7 but a lot of posts now have throwaway references to using dism and waik to slim win7. Jeromino has a new thread for extreme shrinking. How about another thread specifically for a waik/ vlite combo shrinking that is NOT as extreme, based on the elite? I kinda like keeping some win7 functionality in.

I think I'll start that new thread There's over 30 pages on this one, and things may be getting a little out of hand. Search for 'Minimizing Windows 7 Pre-install.' I'll have it ready in the day or so with a COMPLETE guide in PDF or DOC format

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Alright here it is!

http://www.msfn.org/...howtopic=136960

This post has been edited by Yzöwl: 16 August 2009 - 04:09 AM
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[romanian]

dead0, on Aug 12 2009, 04:24 PM, said:

after much tinkering, ive decided to keep netfx3! ive got the install size down to 2.61gb without pagefile/hiberfil. it takes too long to sort out which file causes errors so not worth the hassle!

How about an update to your style of slimming down win7 based on the above? Can't wait to give it a run. [that's based on 32-bit though? hope 64-bit can be tested too]