free utility to make a gamers vista light version of vista OS

They're just talking about the Vista version of nLite. Nothing new at all.
 
I can't vouch for vLite but I've been using an nLite version of XP on my main desktop for four years now and I'm extremely happy with it. If you want to give it a go just be sure to heed the warnings to make sure you know what you're removing.
 
I don't like nLite. It does some weird default stuff in addition to what I tell it to do, resulting in some extra dialogs during install, and OS instability. I always end up quickly reinstalling after trying an nLited and slipstreamed XP image.

I contemplated using vLite when I installed Vista last week, but I decided I wanted to see the default install procedure to familiarize myself.
 
I tried nLite once, trimmed stuff like windows media player and other things, and ended up with a half borked install that couldn't do some things (such as installing .NET framework or playing some media files, don't really remember).
So, I found it a bit pointless if all I want is get windows cleaned up and running fast. I already do that myself through configuration. it seems useful to reduce the size of the OS if you're gonna install it on a flash drive for instance, or if you want a decent OS "out of the box".

now vLite seems more needed. 15GB.. lol! Vista's new explorer.exe sucks too. I'd use an alternate shell, KDE 4 or other (not a fan of KDE but worth a try). though, why would I use Vista when I already have XP and ubuntu.
 
seriously though what the bloody hell is taking up an extra 14gb
it doesnt really do anything over xp
 
I have all of my applications installed to the C drive and with running Vista Ultimate 64bit it's using 13.1 Gig. Are they counting, how by default, Vista uses a hibernation file and swap file on the main C drive in their size usage?

What's odd is how explorer and disk properties is reporting my usage. It says the drive uses 13.2Gig with 11.7Gig free. When I try to figure out what's using the space I get the following. My Program Files (x86) uses 1.5Gb, Program Files uses 700 meg, Program Data uses 1.2 Gig, Users uses 510 Meg, and C:\Windows reports using 13.1 Gig. Somehow the sum of the parts is more than the parts. Is this from the virtual file/data pools?
 
BRiT said:
I have all of my applications installed to the C drive and with running Vista Ultimate 64bit it's using 13.1 Gig. Are they counting, how by default, Vista uses a hibernation file and swap file on the main C drive in their size usage?

What's odd is how explorer and disk properties is reporting my usage. It says the drive uses 13.2Gig with 11.7Gig free. When I try to figure out what's using the space I get the following. My Program Files (x86) uses 1.5Gb, Program Files uses 700 meg, Program Data uses 1.2 Gig, Users uses 510 Meg, and C:\Windows reports using 13.1 Gig. Somehow the sum of the parts is more than the parts. Is this from the virtual file/data pools?
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I've seen this too. Defragging helped. I'm not sure what it means, perhaps some sort of result of the largest available contiguous free space being small?
 
Davros said:
seriously though what the bloody hell is taking up an extra 14gb
it doesnt really do anything over xp
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Well, what would the average user do with all that hard disk space otherwise?

Alternatively, why would people buy a new PC if their current one is sufficient to run it?

And most Windows sales are with new PCs anyway, so it's an encouragement for people to upgrade to the new and shiny Vista by buying a new PC.
 
Lots of stuff are cached on your drive, for when it might make a small difference in speed. It's faster to load a single big block than lots smaller ones.
 
I've been a big fan and user of nLite, and subsequently vLite for some time now.

Leave the warnings on (tells you that what removing items may break) and apply a little intelligence and it can help cut the crap out and give you an installation set up to your liking from the outset.

RyanVMs XP Post-SP2 update packages are an essential for nLite too :D
 
Thorburn said:
I've been a big fan and user of nLite, and subsequently vLite for some time now.

Leave the warnings on (tells you that what removing items may break) and apply a little intelligence and it can help cut the crap out and give you an installation set up to your liking from the outset.

RyanVMs XP Post-SP2 update packages are an essential for nLite too :D
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Seconded. I nLited my XP 64 bit setup and stuck the SP2 in it and created a CD whos image is just 234 MB. How is that not cool?!
 
Hard drive utilization and Vista -- something most people miss...

If you have volume shadow copy turned on (which, by default, it is) then as much as 15% of your disk space can go "missing" due to system restore points and even previous versions of your own data files. If you want to see into some of these options, you can right-click a document that you've changed once or twice in the last week or so and select "Restore previous versions".

This being the case, looking at the space usage of the entire drive and making a declaration that the entire Vista OS uses (x) disk space after updates and whatnot is a bit misleading. You can view / manipulate some of these settings via VSSADMIN.EXE at the command line.
 
Meh, storage is super cheap. I just bought a 750 GB HDD and partitioned it 30/rest to have Vista on the 30 GB partition.
 
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