[hougtimo]

So, I'm trying to work out a configuration for Windows 7.

I've viewed the various threads on here, and put a provisional list together.

I tried to install, but after the first reboot it hung just saying "Installing Windows" - no hard disk activity etc... Left for 30mins.

Here's what I took out:

Accessibility
Games
Mobility Centre
Welcome Centre
Wordpad

Media Centre
Music + Video Samples
Sample Pictures
Screensavers
Shell Event Sounds
Sideshow
Sound Disc

Bitlocker
Disk Quota
Parental Controls
Security Centre
UNIX Subsystem
Tablet PC Components
Windows Defender
Easy Transfer.

Any ideas?

[Junior2613]

I've managed to successfully <- (is that how it's spelled ? ) get Windows 7 x64 down to just under 1.7gb Here is the .ini attatched to the post

; vLite preset file
;
;#Environment:
; vLite v1.2
; Framework 2.0.50727.4918
; Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7100.0 64-bit
;
;#Target:
; Windows 7 ULTIMATE 64-bit
; Version 6.1 English (United States)
;
[Compatibility]
Internet Explorer
; Internet Explorer
Windows Update
; Windows Update

[CustomHide]

[Components]
;# Accessories #
Accessibility
; Accessibility
Character Map
; Character Map
Disk Cleanup
; Disk Cleanup
Games-Inbox Games
; Games-Inbox Games
Games-Premium Inbox Games
; Games-Premium Inbox Games
Mobility Center
; Mobility Center
Snipping Tool
; Snipping Tool
Speech Support
; Speech Support
Welcome Center
; Welcome Center
Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
; Windows Sidebar and Gadgets
Wordpad
; Wordpad
;# Drivers #
Diva Server
; Diva Server
Modems
; Modems
Printers-Generic printer
; Printers-Generic printer
QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter
; QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter
Scanners
; Scanners
Storage controllers-Adaptec
; Storage controllers-Adaptec
Storage controllers-Elxstor
; Storage controllers-Elxstor
Storage controllers-IBM ServeRAID
; Storage controllers-IBM ServeRAID
Storage controllers-ICP vortex
; Storage controllers-ICP vortex
Storage controllers-Intel (Matrix)
; Storage controllers-Intel (Matrix)
Storage controllers-nVidia
; Storage controllers-nVidia
Storage controllers-SiS
; Storage controllers-SiS
Storage controllers-Via
; Storage controllers-Via
TV Tuners-ADS Technologies
; TV Tuners-ADS Technologies
TV Tuners-ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
; TV Tuners-ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
TV Tuners-AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
; TV Tuners-AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.
TV Tuners-Compro Technology Inc.
; TV Tuners-Compro Technology Inc.
TV Tuners-Conexant Systems, Inc.
; TV Tuners-Conexant Systems, Inc.
TV Tuners-Creatix
; TV Tuners-Creatix
TV Tuners-Hauppauge
; TV Tuners-Hauppauge
TV Tuners-KNC ONE GmbH
; TV Tuners-KNC ONE GmbH
TV Tuners-KWorld
; TV Tuners-KWorld
TV Tuners-Lumanate, Inc.
; TV Tuners-Lumanate, Inc.
TV Tuners-Philips Semiconductors
; TV Tuners-Philips Semiconductors
TV Tuners-Pinnacle Systems
; TV Tuners-Pinnacle Systems
TV Tuners-TerraTec Electronic GmbH
; TV Tuners-TerraTec Electronic GmbH
TV Tuners-VidzMedia Pte Ltd.
; TV Tuners-VidzMedia Pte Ltd.
;# Hardware Support #
Dynamic Volume Manager
; Dynamic Volume Manager
Fax Support
; Fax Support
Firewire (1394)
; Firewire (1394)
Floppy Disk Support
; Floppy Disk Support
Infrared Support
; Infrared Support
Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
; Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
Microsoft Multi-Path Bus
; Microsoft Multi-Path Bus
Modem Support
; Modem Support
Printer Support
; Printer Support
Smartcards
; Smartcards
TV Tuner support
; TV Tuner support
Windows HotStart
; Windows HotStart
Windows Image Acquisition
; Windows Image Acquisition
Windows Portable Devices
; Windows Portable Devices
XBOX 360 Controller
; XBOX 360 Controller
;# Languages #
Arabic
; Arabic
Brazillian
; Brazillian
Bulgarian
; Bulgarian
Croatian
; Croatian
Czech
; Czech
Danish
; Danish
Dutch
; Dutch
Estonian
; Estonian
Finnish
; Finnish
French
; French
German
; German
Greek
; Greek
Hebrew
; Hebrew
Hungarian
; Hungarian
Italian
; Italian
Japanese
; Japanese
Korean
; Korean
Latvian
; Latvian
Lithuanian
; Lithuanian
Norwegian
; Norwegian
Polish
; Polish
Portuguese
; Portuguese
Romanian
; Romanian
Russian
; Russian
Serbian
; Serbian
Simplified Chinese
; Simplified Chinese
Slovak
; Slovak
Slovenian
; Slovenian
Spanish
; Spanish
Swedish
; Swedish
Table Driven Text Input Processor
; Table Driven Text Input Processor
Thai
; Thai
Traditional Chinese
; Traditional Chinese
Turkish
; Turkish
Ukrainian
; Ukrainian
;# Multimedia #
Media Center
; Media Center
Media Metadata Handler
; Media Metadata Handler
Music and Video samples
; Music and Video samples
Sample Pictures
; Sample Pictures
Screensavers
; Screensavers
Shell event sounds
; Shell event sounds
SideShow
; SideShow
Sound Recorder
; Sound Recorder
;# Network #
Connect to a Network Projector
; Connect to a Network Projector
Distributed File System (DFS)
; Distributed File System (DFS)
File and printer sharing (Server)
; File and printer sharing (Server)
Internet Information Services (IIS)
; Internet Information Services (IIS)
Remote Desktop and Assistance
; Remote Desktop and Assistance
Remote Desktop Client
; Remote Desktop Client
RIP Listener
; RIP Listener
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
; Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Simple TCPIP services
; Simple TCPIP services
Telnet Client
; Telnet Client
Telnet Server
; Telnet Server
TFTP Client
; TFTP Client
Windows Collaboration
; Windows Collaboration
Windows Mail
; Windows Mail
;# Services #
Application Experience
; Application Experience
Desktop Window Manager
; Desktop Window Manager
Diagnostics
; Diagnostics
Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)
; Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)
Offline Files
; Offline Files
Protected Storage
; Protected Storage
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
; Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
Remote Registry
; Remote Registry
Routing and Remote Access
; Routing and Remote Access
Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
; Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
WebDAV (WebClient)
; WebDAV (WebClient)
Windows Connect Now
; Windows Connect Now
Windows Event Log
; Windows Event Log
Windows Remote Management
; Windows Remote Management
Windows Search
; Windows Search
;# System #
Beep
; Beep
BitLocker Drive Encryption
; BitLocker Drive Encryption
Crash Dump Support
; Crash Dump Support
Disk Quota
; Disk Quota
Help
; Help
Jet Database Engine
; Jet Database Engine
Microsoft Client For NFS
; Microsoft Client For NFS
Natural Language
; Natural Language
Parental Controls
; Parental Controls
Performance Counters
; Performance Counters
Reliability and Performance Monitor
; Reliability and Performance Monitor
Remote Differential Compression
; Remote Differential Compression
Run a legacy CPL elevated
; Run a legacy CPL elevated
Security Center
; Security Center
Software Quality Management (SQM)
; Software Quality Management (SQM)
Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA)
; Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA)
Sync Center
; Sync Center
System Restore
; System Restore
Tablet PC
; Tablet PC
User Account Control (UAC)
; User Account Control (UAC)
Windows Defender
; Windows Defender
Windows Easy Transfer
; Windows Easy Transfer
Windows SAT (Performance Index)
; Windows SAT (Performance Index)

[Options]
DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Default
; DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Default
User Account Control (UAC) = Enabled
; User Account Control (UAC) = Enabled
AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Default
; AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Default
AutoPlay = Enabled
; AutoPlay = Enabled
Paging Executive = Disabled
; Paging Executive = Disabled
Power scheme = High performance
; Power scheme = High performance
Power button = Shutdown
; Power button = Shutdown
Sleep button = Do nothing
; Sleep button = Do nothing
Control Panel - Classic View = Default
; Control Panel - Classic View = Default
Show hidden files and folders = No
; Show hidden files and folders = No
Show protected operating system files = No
; Show protected operating system files = No
Show extensions for known file types = No
; Show extensions for known file types = No
IE Phishing Filter = Default
; IE Phishing Filter = Default
IE Phishing Verification Ballon Tips = Default
; IE Phishing Verification Ballon Tips = Default

[Services]
MPSSVC = Disabled
WINDEFEND = Disabled
WSEARCH = Disabled

[Protection]

[Drivers]

[Unattended]

[Hotfixes]

[LanguagePacks]

[hougtimo]

just done another, this time only taking out:

Accessibility
Games
Welcome Centre
Wordpad

Music + Video Samples
Sample Pictures
Shell sounds
Sound Rec.

Disk Quota
Parental Controls
Beep
Tablet PC

Got to almost the end and then failed, saying windows could not install some features...

It's 7 x64, btw.

[Junior2613]

Yeah for some reason yo need to keep games I think. I can get rid of inbox games and premium games but not the other one, also you need shell sounds for some reason those 2 knock the installer out. I'm going to try and vlite further to see if i can drop some more stuff. Oh and which build have you been working with. AFAIK the only vlite-able builds are 7100 RC - 7600 RTM.

You also need the basics like error reporting and a few others.

[liquid0624]

In my testing i have found out that you have to remove the Snipping Tool package using DISM to be able to remove Game Explorer using vLite or your install will fail.

[Junior2613]

I will try DISM ASAP Does it use the same technique as vlite in respect to finding the 7 files ?

[liquid0624]

Its used for package removal and is totally different then vlite.

[zyjolly]

hougtimo, on Jul 24 2009, 07:12 AM, said:

just done another, this time only taking out:

Accessibility
Games
Welcome Centre
Wordpad

Music + Video Samples
Sample Pictures
Shell sounds
Sound Rec.

Disk Quota
Parental Controls
Beep
Tablet PC

Got to almost the end and then failed, saying windows could not install some features...

It's 7 x64, btw.

remove "Welcome Centre" and "Game Explorer" can cause this on x86