[rubab]

What should be slipstreamed for a Fast Gaming/Multimedia PC?
First of all i thank everyone who are involved in making superb add-ons and helping people with their unlimited amount of knowledge .
Sir i used most of your add-ons and i am satisfied with the qualities.

Now my question is do you guys have enough time to help me create a Windows XP CD for Gaming , watching Movies and listening to MP3.I use "Widows XP Pro Retail With Service Pack 2"on an 80GB NTFS Hard Drive. I want to know which softwares should i include and which one should i omit for fast performance.At the moment i am using a 56kbps pre-paid dial-up connection.I don't use Internet Explorer or Outlook.The software i use are listed below:

1.Winamp 5.3.1 Full & CyberLink Power DVD V7.03 Delux Edition
2.Alcohol 120% 1.9.6.4629
3.AVG Anti-Virus Professional Edition 7.5.432 Build 867
4.Ad-aware Se Professional Edition 1.06r1 & ZoneAlarm Firewall
5.AVerTV GO 007 FM Plus
6.ATI Catalyst 6.11 & ATI Tray Tools 1.2.6.955
7.Diskeeper 2007 11.0 Build 686
8.Futuremark 3DMark®06 1.1.0
9.CCleaner 1.34.407
10.Firefox 2.0 & Thunderbird.
11.Adobe Reader 8.0 for Windows XP SP2/Vista - Final
12.Microsoft .NET Framework V3.0 Silent Installer(With Hotfix)
13.Nero 7 Premium Reloaded 7.5.9.0 A
14.RegCleaner v4.3 & RegSupreme Pro 1.4
15.DirectX 9.0c
16.7-Zip 4.43 Final & WinRAR 3.62
17.FlashGet 1.80 Beta 2
(Sorry i tried but failed to keep the list short)

I also disable a lot of windows services to free up RAM.How can i do it on the first log on i mean not manually disabling the services.The services i disable are:
.NET Runtime Optimization Service
ASP.NET State Service
Clipbook
Error Reporting Service
Fast User Switching Compatibility
IMAPI CD‐Burning COM Service
Indexing Service
Infrared Monitor
Machine Debug Manager
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Network DDE
Network DDE DSM
Network Location Awareness (NLA)
Performance Logs and Alerts
Portable Media Serial Number Service
QoS RSVP
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Routing and Remote Access
Secondary Logon
Security Center
Smart Card
SSDP Discovery Service
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Telnet
Terminal Services
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Volume Shadow Copy
WebClient
Windows CardSpace
Windows User Mode Driver Framework
Wireless Zero Configuration
WMI Performance Adapter

I also modify/ delete these reg entries:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
1.HungAppTimeout=1000
2.WaitToKillAppTimeout=1000
3.MenuShowDelay=0
4.AutoEndTasks=1
5.[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client]
PreventRun=1
PreventAutoRun=1
6.(Delete)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteCom
puter\]
NameSpace
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}
{2227A280-
3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
7.(Delete)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyCompute
r\NameSpace\DelegateFolders]
{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}


I also want the Windows CD-Key to be included with the setup so that i don't have to enter it manually every time.

Now can you guys help me on how should i do these things and what should i include or exclude while makind the CD.

[rubab]

Sorry when i posted the topic for the first time i forgot to 'Tick' on the "Enable email notification of replies?"

[footballking3420]

I wouldn't install Adobe Reader 8 at all. Go and download Foxit Reader. You can get it as an install or as an executive so you don't have to install it at all. It's about 3mb without the installer. Does everything Adobe does, but a much smaller and faster program.

I never use a Real-Time antivirus scanner because I have yet gotten a virus, spyware, adware, trojan, worm, etc. I don't even have Windows Firewall on. I removed that from my install and everything is fine. If you don't need a real-time scanner, get ClamWin. Then you don't have any extra services taking up resources.

ZoneAlarm firewall just sucks up to much resources for my taste. Like I said, I don't run any firewall and am perfectly fine. Even the regular Windows Firewall does a well enough job that you shouldn't need a third party one.

Do you really need 7-Zip and WinRAR? I just have 7-Zip and it does basically everything WinRAR does just without the fancier interface.

[rado354]

Here we go:

Winamp 5.3.1 Full - I would install Foobar 0.8.3
PowerDVD 7 - use PowerDVD 5.0 same s*** but requires much less resources
CCleaner 1.34.407 - CCleaner 1.35.424 slim is better
Nero 7 - Nero Burning ROM 6.6.1.4 is better (consider using NCAB too )
RegCleaner v4.3 & RegSupreme Pro 1.4 - ccleaner is enough.
7-Zip 4.43 Final & WinRAR 3.62 - WinRAR 3.62 is enough
FlashGet 1.80 Beta 2 - I prefer Free Download Manager 2.1.494

This post has been edited by rado354: 06 December 2006 - 02:49 PM

[rubab]

When i said "What should be slipstreamed for a Fast Gaming/Multimedia PC?"
I meant which windows components Should i remove/include(Example-Start>Programs>Accessibility-which i don't need)

and i want to know which add-ons/update pack should i include/exclude.Such as i integrated these ones:

1.RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack 2.1.4
2.RyanVM WGA Addon 1.5.716.0
3.AIO Cursors Addon Pack(Highspin Included)
4.System File Patches 10-18-06 : PatchAddon_HIVESYS.cab + PatchAddon_UXTHEME.cab
5.CCleaner 1.34.407 Add-on
6.MS Signed Themes Addon Pack v2.1
7.CPL All-in-One v4.2 2006-11-10
8.Kels' Runtimes 2006-08-14
9.SysInternals Addon Pack Builder 2.9(SysInternals_AddOn_2.9.cab)
10.Vista Icon Pack Ultimate - System Patch(rytukz_Vista_Icons_Pack_Ultimate_System_Patch_addon_1.1.cab)[THIS ONE IS NOT WORKING EVEN WHEN I RUN REBUILD]
11.Vista-alike Sysdm for WinXP(owikh84_Sysdm addon.7z)
12.Boooggy's Windows Media Player 11 Addon(Boooggy_WMP11Addon.7z 11/15/2006@11:17)
13.Vista RC2 & RTM Sounds AddOn(Ricktendo_VistasoundsAddOn.rar)

[Ponch]

-DirectX 9.0c is included in SP2 so you don't need to add it.
-Winamp is (hard to follow) already at 5.32.

[hammr25]

Ponch, on Dec 7 2006, 03:40 PM, said:

-DirectX 9.0c is included in SP2 so you don't need to add it.
-Winamp is (hard to follow) already at 5.32.

Some games require newer builds of DirectX than comes with the Windows XP cd. I can think of one that I own that requires last may's build or later.