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Windows Essential XP SP3 - x86
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This is a slimmed down version of XP to the bare essentials but still remains fully functional. Over 300mb of crap removed from a real genuine XP ISO and added some important software (see below) to make a very complete OS.
This is my own version and not in anyhow related to the other Essential XP. The name is something I thought of right after I made this and at the time I didn't know there was another with the same name.
At no point will you need to enter a serial during installation. The original ISO is from an ETH0 Student Edition release so there is no need to worry about WGA. This has been tested on VirtualBox/VMWare numerous times without errors. All your applications, games and everything will work just fine.
UXTheme.dll has been patched to allow 3rd party themes. USB mouse polling rate increased to 500Hz for smoother mouse movement while gaming. Pointer precision enhancement disabled (all gamers rejoice!). Max TCP half-open connections raised to 100.
No languages have been removed.
As of 25/05/2008 Drivers for the most popular SATA/RAID Controllers have been added as part of the install. No more need to Press F6 to load drivers.
Since many keep asking me this question. No other drivers have been added! Drivers that have been removed can be seen in the list of removed components below.
IMPORTANT: You will need to backup your drivers if you don't have them!
THE INSTALLATION MAY TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 30 MINUTES DUE TO THE .NET FRAMEWORK! PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE INSTALLING!
Quote: ....List of Added/Updated Components
- Windows Media Player 11 Including all updates
Latest media player from Microsoft
- Internet Explorer 7 Including all updates
Latest stable release
- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 including all updates
Needed for many latest apps to run
- Sun Java Runtime Environment 6 Update 6
Needed for Java based apps
- Unlocker 1.8.7
Gives write access to files in use
- Adobe Reader Lite 8.1.2
Bloatless version of the best PDF reader
- Combined Community Codec Pack 17/5/2008
Very lightweight codec pack that will let you play back almost anything you come across
- CoreAVC Professional 1.7.0.0
The Best H264 Decoder available
- KMPlayer 2.9.3.1431
The best all in one media player with a plethora of features
- Windows Live Messenger 8.5
Pre-patched to allow polygamy, remove ads and etc. Includes Live Safety Scanner
- Windows Live Mail
Microsoft replacement for Outlook Express
- Zune theme
Theme from Microsoft. XP will default to this theme after install
- TweakUI in Control Panel
User interface customization app
- Raxco PerfectDisk 2008 Professional
Award winning defrag software for Windows
- CCleaner
A very safe and reliable registry cleaner
- Hashtab Shell Extension
A shell extension for viewing file hashes. A must have for every uploader!
- Gabest AVI Splitter
Replacement for the built in lackluster Windows AVI Splitter. Now you can play back broken AVI files even in WMP!
- UPDATED! WinRAR 3.80 Beta 1
Most popular archiver
- UPDATED! Your Uninstaller! 2008 Professional 6.1.1250
Leave nothing behind of your unwanted software
- NEW! Nero Micro 8.3.2.1
Due to popular demand! Nero Micro is a slimmed down version of the Nero Suite that contains only Nero Express and Nero Burning ROM
- Lots of registry modifications to help improve performance
- Contains all Windows Updates till the date of release
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I will try to update the ISO as new versions of these apps are released. I am open to suggestions on more things to add. If you find any problems while installing please PM me.
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Code: http://rapidshare.com/files/121283961/ESSENTIAL-6-5-2008.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/121284242/ESSENTIAL-6-5-2008.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/121285462/ESSENTIAL-6-5-2008.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/121285945/ESSENTIAL-6-5-2008.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/121287592/ESSENTIAL-6-5-2008.part5.rar Changelog:
- Updated SATA/RAID Drivers to latest version
- Updated WinRAR
- Updated Your Uninstaller! 2008 Pro
- Replaced Ashampoo Burning Studio with Nero Micro due to popular demand
- Deleted some unnecessary files in OEM folders
- Fixed TweakUI integration in Control Panel
- Added new screenshots
To do list (More feedback needed on this):
- O&O CleverCache?
- A DVD codec (DScaler?)
- File copy/move accelerator (TeraCopy?)
- New WinRAR theme (Delato?)
- Compress all the apps with 7z ultra compression to save more space
Please say thanks if you have downloaded!
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Posted in programs by luis
on Jun. 10, 2008 // 23:37
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Comments (2)
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Looks Great
I see this is the ETH0 Student Edition
this might be a dumb question but can this be updated at MS after install ??
Thanks for your hard work luis
YES THIS VERSION CAN BE UPDATE FROM M$ IS COME WITH THE VLP LICENSE !!!!