[Jim]

If your looking for a good chopped down version of XP then look no further than HERE
a new version released a couple of weeks ago includes sp3 and all the usual refinements. I've been using this guys cut down versions for a while and they have always been excellent.
I'm just about to reinstall using this new version

[Bubba]

Any idea whether this is ok on AMD processors - SP3 seems to have been having trouble with AMD

[account_inactive]

What is the final install size?  Wondered if it was smaller than the lite version I did for my eeePC?

[unclesomebody]

If you want to do it properly then get yourself nlite and create the perfect XP install for your application. There are many other lite, skinny, naked XP installs around, some down to 100mb but with nlite you can tailor it to exactly what you want (which is what these guys do anyway).

[cofe]

SP3 seems to have been having trouble with AMD

word. mine is wanting to download sp3 and i have amd - should i be wary?

[account_inactive]

If you want to do it properly then get yourself nlite and create the perfect XP install for your application. There are many other lite, skinny, naked XP installs around, some down to 100mb but with nlite you can tailor it to exactly what you want (which is what these guys do anyway).

That's exactly what I did without the SP3 stuff

[Jim]

If you want to do it properly then get yourself nlite and create the perfect XP install for your application. There are many other lite, skinny, naked XP installs around, some down to 100mb but with nlite you can tailor it to exactly what you want (which is what these guys do anyway).

This is all well and good if you have the time to do it.
I have been using this guy's versions for a few years now and have always been spot on (apart from not correcting US english to UK english but he's probably american anyway so I'll let him off)

The iso size is 200mb and the windows folder size once installed is 800mb (just finished now!)

[account_inactive]

My install was ALOT smaller than that.  I suppose it doesn't matter on a real computer, but space is of the essense with the eeePC

[Jim]

Only thing I've found missing is ie7 update but it comes with firefox instead.
It works fine with windows update as I have just updated to ie 7 and a couple of other updates

[underground]

Sorry to be ignorant but what does a 'chopped down' version achieve exactly? That isn't meant to sound sarky by the way... What 'features' of normal XP are retained  / lost - and I suppose I may be about to answer the original question, but, does it give a significant performance boost?

In my case we're talking normal modern tower PC with an Intel core duo processor if it makes a difference...

[Jim]

This is the English Only Edition.

The Following has been Removed From This OS.

Applications:
Briefcase
Games
Internet Games
Pinball
Screensavers

Drivers:
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
Display Adapters
Display Adapters (old)
IBM PS/2 TrackPoint
IBM Thinkpad
ISDN
Logitech WingMan
Microsoft SideWinder
Modems
MultiFunctional
Portable Audio
Printers
Scanners
Serial Pen Tablet
Sony Jog Dial
Tape drives
Toshiba DVD decoder card

HardWare Support:
Brother Devices
Gravis Digital GamePort
Iomega Zip drive
Multi-port serial adapters
Ramdisk

Multimedia:
ActiveX for streaming video
AOL ART Image Format Support
Media Center
Mouse Cursors
Movie Maker
Music Samples
Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder
Speech Support
Tablet PC
Windows Sounds

Networking:
Client for Netware Networks
Communication tools
Comtrol Test Terminal Program
Connection Manager
FrontPage Extensions
H323 MSP
Internet Connection Wizard
Internet Information Services (IIS)
IP Conferencing
MSN Explorer
Netmeeting
Peer-to-Peer
Share Creation Wizard
Synchronization Manager
Vector Graphics Rendering (VML)
Web Folders
Windows Messenger

Operating System Options:
.NET Framework
Administrative Templates
Administrator VB scripts
Blaster/Nachi removal tool
Color Schemes
Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Document Templates
DR Watson
FAT to NTFS converter
File and Settings Wizard
Help and Support
Input Method Editor
Manual Install and Upgrade
MS XML 2.0
Search Assistant
Security Center
Service Pack Messages
Shell Media Handler
Symbolic Debugger (NTSD)
Tour
Web View
Zip Folders

Services:
Alerter
Application Layer Gateway
Beep Driver
Distributed Link Tracking Client
Error Reporting
Fax Service
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service
Indexing Service
Messenger
Network DDE
Remote Registry
Removable Storage
Route Listening Service
RPC Locator
Service Advertising Protocol
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Uninterruptible Power Supply
Volume Shadow Copy

Directories:
DOCS
SUPPORT
VALUEADD

I have disabled and deleted the Classic Windows XP Install Screens with the info about XP and the blue Background.
You will just see a black background now and the install will look similar to 2000. This saves Space and gives more
info while installing.

The Minimum HD and RAM Requirements have been lifted. You can try and install this on whatever machine you like now.
High ISO Compression has been enabled to save space.


The Following Tweaks and Patches Have been Applied.

Patches:
TCP/IP Half-Open Connections = 100 (Default 10)
UXTheme Patch (Allows Unsigned Themes to be applied to XP)
Windows System File Checker Disabled (SFC)

Registry Tweaks:
Boot and Shutdown-Status Messages-Extended
Desktop-My Computer icon-Show
Desktop-My Documents icon-Show
Desktop-My Network Places icon-Hide
Desktop-Recycle Bin icon-Show
Explorer-Disable Prefix: Shortcut to
Explorer-Disable shortcut arrow
Explorer-Show extensions of known file-types
Explorer-Show hidden files and folders
Explorer-Show protected operating system files
Internet Explorer-Disable information bar when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Disable Outlook Express link creation
Internet Explorer-Disable sound when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Keep IE URL-History for-0 Days
Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-www.google.com
Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time
My Computer-Add Administrative Tools
My Computer-Add Control Panel
My Computer-Add My Network Places
My Computer-Add Network Connections
Performance-Disable Info Tips on Files and Folders
Performance-Disable Last accessed Timestamp on files
Performance-Disable Optimize harddisk when idle
Performance-Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links
Privacy-Disable Driver Update Internet prompt
Privacy-Remove Alexa
Security-Always show Updates under Software
Start Menu-Clear most recently opened documents list on logoff
Start Menu-Disable Highlight newly installed programs
Start Menu-Disable popup on first boot
Start Menu-Do not use Personalized Menus
Start Menu-My Network Places-Don't display this item
Start Menu-Network Connections-Link to Network Connections folder
Start Menu-Printers and Faxes-Don't display this item
Start Menu-Remove Search For People from Search
Start Menu-Remove Search the Internet from Search
Start Menu-Remove Set Program Access and Defaults
Start Menu-Remove Windows Catalog shortcut
Taskbar-Disable Balloon Tips
Taskbar-Disable Language-Bar
Taskbar-Hide Volume Control Icon in System Tray
Taskbar-Lock the Taskbar-Yes
Visual Effects-Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing-Disable
Visual Effects-Tooltip animation-Disable
Windows Media Player-Accept Privacy Statement
Windows Media Player-Disable auto-add music to library
Windows Media Player-Disable automatic codec download
Windows Media Player-Disable metadata retrieval
Windows Media Player-Disable MRU
Windows Media Player-Disable silent acqusition
Windows Media Player-Disable starting with Media Guide
Windows Media Player-Enhanced privacy settings

The Following Settings Have been added to the unattended aspect of this OS.

VLK Serial Number
Firewall Disabled
System Restore Service Disabled
Automatic Updates Disabled (Can be re-enabled)
Default Theme Set on Classic (Can Change to Luna Which is Still Included)

[Jim]

I'm having problems with this new sp3 and with searching on the internet, I'm not alone. Even people with genuine copies of xp are having nightmares!!!

For now I would highly recomend people not to install or use versions with sp3 intergrated. I am going back to good old stable sp2 release for now

[unclesomebody]

Well I've been using XP SP3 since it was a beta and I've not had any problems. Even in it's final incarnation I've had no problems. In fact, it seems like you have more than your fair share of problems with computers Jim.

If you're NOT Jim then I suggest getting SP3.

I'm also shocked you're not running a genuine copy of Windows!    Both Vista Ultimate and OSX are genuine on my PC. 

[Jim]

Well it turns out its not sp3 thats been giving me problems but its that new anti-virus I've been trying, Avast. So I'm going back to using this version and trying a different anti-virus