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19-Aug-2004, 02:27 PM
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| Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation Here we go. I'm going to give this to you in parts. Removing these, the first list of files I am about to give you will give you the most bang for your buck. I'm going to start with the toughest files in this first part. Just so we can get them out of the way. Here we go... ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART I ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________ The first thing I do is download the latest "Preview Version of XPLite". (I still don't recommended buying XPLite because even though it says it has been updated for SP2, the program is still a bit buggy. It removes a few files it shouldn't, it doesn't remove some files it should, and creates some errors in the Event Viewer...which is something I dislike. Go to this page and in the upper right-hand corner click on "Download Preview". http://www.litepc.com/xppreview.html Open it's zip folder and copy its "XPlite_TRIAL.exe" to your Desktop or a folder of your choice. Open it and go to its "Windows File Protection" tab. Select "Disabled" and then "Apply". Close the program and reboot your computer. Then I go to this site and download and install "Register - Unregister This DLL v1.0.0.1". http://www.programmersheaven.com/zon...t633/30729.htm This helps me unregister DLLS I will be removing. It will put two items in your right-click context menu when you highlight and right click on single DLLs, or when you highlight multiple DLLS and right-click on one of them..."Register This Dll" and "UnRegister This Dll". I really like its ability to unregister multiple DLLS at one time. Now lets remove some files. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386 I delete "drivers.cab" and "sp2.cab" (I have SP2 Slipstreamed so that is why sp2.cab shows up here for me.) ...I do have backup copies of "drivers.cab" and "sp2.cab" on other backup images I have stored, along with my Slipstreamed Installation CD, so should I ever need a file I can get it from one of those. I DON'T DELETE ANY NEW FILES ever created in i386. Because, later, as Updates arrive from Microsoft, any newer versions of files then placed in the "i386" folder will be the only copies I will have. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache I remove all files in the dllcache. ...I do have backup copies of the dllcache on other backup images I have stored, along with my Slipstreamed Installation CD, so should I ever need a file I can get it from one of those. I'll only do this this one time. I DON'T DELETE ANY NEW FILES ever created in the dllcache. Because, later, as Updates arrive from Microsoft, any newer versions of files then placed in the the dllcache folder will be the only copies I will have. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ C:\WINDOWS\Fonts Sometimes .fon extension fonts (The red A fonts) hide, so you need to run a search for *.fon in Search Assistant. Open your Search Assistant. Be sure under "More Advanced Options" you have "Search for hidden files and folders" selected. Do a search for *.fon About 138 of these Fonts should show up. Now, highlight these specific 15 Fonts... cga40woa.fon cga80woa.fon coure.fon dosapp.fon ega40woa.fon ega80woa.fon modern.fon roman.fon serife.fon smalle.fon sserife.fon symbole.fon vgafix.fon vgaoem.fon vgasys.fon At the top of your Search Assistant click on "Edit". Scroll down and select "Invert Selection". Now delete all at once the other 123 unnecessary Fonts. ___________________________________________________________________________ TTF Font Extentions: Here is a list of the 22 remaining *.ttf Fonts I have in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts. To see them all, because some are hidden, you need to do a search with your Search Assistant for *.ttf You can do the Search Assistant trick above to keep these and remove all the others. arial.ttf arialbd.ttf arialbi.ttf ariali.ttf courbd.ttf lucon.ttf marlett.ttf micross.ttf tahoma.ttf tahomabd.ttf times.ttf timesbd.ttf verdana.ttf verdanab.ttf verdanai.ttf verdanaz.ttf These could not be removed on my new system since I bought this new computer even in safe mode, so I also keep these three now: trebuc.ttf trebucbd.ttf trebucbi.ttf trebucit.ttf These 2 Fonts I think SP2 holds dearly now, because they will not delete for me as they did with SP1: framd.ttf framdit.ttf So I'll just keep them too. __________________________________________________________________________ The two single file areas that YOU MUST BE MOST CAREFUL WITH are NLS Files = Multiple Language Resource Files. Character Translation; National Language Services driver (font or font map) ...and "KBD*.dll" files...which are for foreign language keyboard layouts. VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU DO NOT READ CAREFULLY...AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SAID PERFECTLY...THE WORDS OF CAUTION OFFERED IN THESE NEXT TWO PARTS....STAY AWAY FROM THE NEXT TWo TYPES OF FILES I REMOVE, *.nls Files and kbd*.dll Files. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32 There are 85 kbd*.dlls in the system32 folder...you only need one of them. A WORD OF CAUTION about kbd*.dlls. kbd*.dlls are Keyboard Layout files. My settings are for U.S. English, so I only need and keep the "kbdus.dll". All others I remove. While in the system32 folder, highlight all the kdb*.dlls in system32. Hold down your "Ctrl" key on your Keyboard, and click on the one kbd*.dll you need to keep (in my case the "kbdus.dll", the United States Keyboard Layout). This takes that file out of the highlighted grouping. Now right-click on one of the highlighted files and select "UnRegister This Dll" that is now in the context menu because you already downloaded and installed that program I told you about up top...right? 84 little windows will pop up trying to unregister these files individually. Chances are, like me, none will be able to be unregistered. But it's worth a shot. A good registry cleaner will do the job for you. Or you can manually edit the registry in these three locations of your registry: 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Keyboard Layouts 2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Keyboard Layouts 3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts Or, you could even leave them alone. It won't hurt anything. _________________________________________________________________________ A list of kbd*.dlls... KBDAL.DLL > Albania Keyboard Layout kbdaze.dll > Azerbaijan_Cyrilic kbdazel.dll > Azerti-Latin kbdbe.dll > Belgian Dutch kbdbene.dll > Belgian kbdblr.dll > Belarusian kbdbr.dll > Brazillian kbdbu.dll > Bulgarian kbdca.dll > Canadian Multilingual kbdcan.dll > Canadian National Standard kbdcr.dll > Croatian/Slovenian kbdcz.dll > Czech kbdcz1.dll > Czech_101 kbdcz2.dll > Czech_Programmer's kbdda.dll > Dannish kbddv.dll > Dvorak US English kbdes.dll > Spanish Alternate kbdest.dll > Estonia kbdfc.dll > Canadian French kbdfi.dll > Finnish kbdfo.dll > Faeroese kbdfr.dll > French kbdgae.dll > Gaelic kbdgkl.dll > Greek_Latin kbdgr.dll > German kbdgr1.dll > German_IBM kbdhe.dll > Greek IBM 220 kbdhe220.dll > Greek IBM 319 kbdhe319.dll > Greek kbdhela2.dll > Greek IBM 220 Latin kbdhela3.dll > Greek IBM 319 Latin kbdhept.dll > Greek_Polytonic kbdhu.dll > Hungarian kbdhu1.dll > Hungarian 101-key kbdic.dll > Icelandic kbdir.dll > Irish kbdit.dll > Italian kbdit142.dll > Italian 142 kbdkaz.dll > Kazak_Cyrillic kbdkyr.dll > Kyrgyz kbdla.dll > Latin-American Spanish kbdlt.dll > Lithuania kbdlt1.dll > Lithuanian kbdlv.dll > Latvia kbdlv1.dll > Latvia-QWERTY kbdmac.dll > FYROMacedonian_Cyrillic kbdmon.dll > Mongolian kbdne.dll > Dutch kbdnec.dll > JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for (NEC PC-9800) kbdno.dll > Norwegian kbdpl.dll > Polish kbdpl1.dll > Polish Programmer's kbdpo.dll > Portuguese kbdro.dll > Romanian kbdru.dll > Russian kbdru1.dll > Russia(Typewriter) kbdsf.dll > Swiss French kbdsg.dll > Swiss German kbdsl.dll > Slovak kbdsl1.dll > Slovak(QWERTY) kbdsp.dll > Spanish kbdsw.dll > Swedish kbdtat.dll > Tatar_Cyrillic kbdtuf.dll > Turkish F kbdtuq.dll > Turkish Q kbduk.dll > United Kingdom kbdur.dll > Ukrainian kbdusl.dll > Dvorak Left-Hand US English kbdusr.dll > Dvorak Right-Hand US English kbdusx.dll > US Multinational kbduzb.dll > Uzbek_Cyrillic kbdycc.dll > Serbian_Cyrillic kbdycl.dll > Serbian_Latin And then there are a few other new ones that SP2 installed. I also delete those. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32 A WORD OF CAUTION about NLS files. Delete any one of these you're not supposed to and your system may not restart. NLS Files = Multiple Language Resource Files. Character Translation; National Language Services driver (font or font map). My system settings are for U.S.English. If you live outside of the U.S. using a foreign from U.S. computer you will need to check within your Layout.ini file within your Prefetch folder to see exactly which NLS files your system uses. For my U.S.English settings, I remove all of these 40 NLS files: c_037.nls c_500.nls c_737.nls c_775.nls c_850.nls c_852.nls c_855.nls c_857.nls c_860.nls c_861.nls c_863.nls c_865.nls c_866.nls c_869.nls c_874.nls c_875.nls c_1026.nls c_1258.nls c_10000.nls c_10006.nls c_10007.nls c_10010.nls c_10017.nls c_10029.nls c_10079.nls c_10081.nls c_10082.nls c_20127.nls c_20261.nls c_20866.nls c_20905.nls c_21866.nls c_28592.nls c_28593.nls C_28594.NLS C_28595.NLS C_28597.NLS c_28598.nls c_28599.nls c_28603.nls c_28605.nls _________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32 ALL "noise", "wbcache" and "wbdbase" files ( files in different languages) can be deleted. (Registry keys location for files listed below: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Language) noise.chs noise.cht noise.dat noise.deu <<...Note: ...DEU = acronym for Deutsch (german) noise.eng noise.enu <<English noise.esn <<Spanish noise.fra <<French noise.ita <<Italian noise.nld <<Dutch noise.sve <<Swedish noise.tha ALL "noise", "wbcache" and "wbdbase" files ( files in different languages) can be deleted. (Registry keys location for files listed below: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Language) wbcache.deu <<...Note: ...DEU = acronym for Deutsch (german) wbcache.enu <<English wbcache.esn <<Spanish wbcache.fra <<French wbcache.ita <<Italian wbcache.nld <<Dutch wbcache.sve <<Swedish wbdbase.deu <<...Note: ...DEU = acronym for Deutsch (german) wbdbase.enu <<English wbdbase.esn <<Spanish wbdbase.fra <<French wbdbase.ita <<Italian wbdbase.nld <<Dutch wbdbase.sve <<Swedish __________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\inf I deleted all .PNF files in this folder. PNF files, are cache-type that help making the opening of some applications quicker and more responsive. These are files which, when deleted, will re-create themselves should its corresponding .inf file by the same name be called upon. Per Rob Elder: It's a "pre-compiled" version of the ASCII .INF file that gets created when the Setup first processes a particular .INF file. It's done to speed up searches of the .INF files (as you've noticed there are LOTS of those on the system in Windows 2000/XP); if the dates of the .INF and .PNF files compare favorably (.PNF is later than .INF) the corresponding .PNF file will be used (if present). If, and only after you give it some time, (say 30 days), a corresponding .PNF file is not re-created alongside the .INF file, it means you aren't using the .INF file at all. Then go ahead and delete them. However, in the meanwhile, I picked this tip up from NeoMayhem: "Do a search for mdm*.* and delete all the *.inf files that comes up. These are all modem drivers, and it is very unlikely you will ever need them because you either have a modem installed already, or if you do add one, it will come with newer drivers." ___________________________________________________________________________ _ C:\WINDOWS\Help\Tours I delete the entire "Tours" folder and its contents. Then I go and delete The "tourstart.exe" file from the system32 folder. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ |
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19-Aug-2004, 06:42 PM
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| Bold, I saw you started this thread. The first thing that came to mind was: why am I not surprised that you're the one posting this Let's see...SP2 came out about two weeks ago and you've already got it slim & trim.I'm printing it out now to read through for when I download & install SP2. You're really amazing. Thanks again!! Chris |
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19-Aug-2004, 07:50 PM
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| Hey Chris. Are you keeping up so far? Here's Part II. These ones are easy choices to make if you want to remove them. ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART II ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users... C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures I only delete "quest.bmp" C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures I delete the avatars I will probably never use, and place a few of my own in the folder I like. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents (or Shared Documents)\My Music I'll delete the "Sample Music" folder and its contents only. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents (or Shared Documents)\My Pictures I delete the "Sample Pictures" folder and its contents _________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility I delete this folder and its contents. Then I delete these file that belong to Accessibility Options: C:\WINDOWS\Help acc_dis.chm access.chm access.hlp accessib.chm magnify.chm magnify.hlp osk.chm osk.hlp utilmgr.chm utilmgr.hlp And in C:\WINDOWS\system32 access.cpl accwiz.exe mag_hook.dll magnify.exe narrator.exe narrhook.dll osk.exe sethc.exe utilman.exe __________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications I delete the entire "Communications" folder and all its contents. This removes these shortcuts from my desktop. I access them rarely, I just enter the Control Panel to get to them. _________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME... C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Favorites I delete "MSN.com" and "Radio Station Guide". C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music I delete the contents of this folder. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Pictures I delete the contents of this folder. C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My eBooks I delete this folder. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories I take the Accessories shortcuts I use (such as "Notepad" and "Windows Explorer") and cut and paste them to... C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories, and then I come back and delete the... C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories folder. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files... ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Common Files\SpeechEngines I delete the contents of the SpeechEngines folder and its contents. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech I delete the contents of the Speech folder. Then I delete these to files that belong to Speech in C:\WINDOWS\Help... sapicpl.hlp speech.chm ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationary I delete any stationaries in this folder that I most-likely won't use. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Connection Wizard I delete entire contents of the Connection Wizard folder. And, C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP I delete the contents of the SIGNUP folder. Then I delete these 2 files that belong to them in C:\WINDOWS\Help... connect.hlp icwdial.chm And also these 5 files that belong to it in C:\WINDOWS\system32 icfgnt5.dll icwdial.dll icwphbk.dll inetcfg.dll isign32.dll ...Internet Signup ___________________________________________________________________________ _ C:\Program Files\Messenger I delete the entire contents of the Messenger folder. (Don't if you use it.) C:\Program Files\Movie Maker I delete the entire contents of the Movie Maker folder. (Don't do it if you use Movie Maker. I don't, so I delete it.) C:\Program Files\MSN I delete contents of the MSN folder. C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone I delete the contents of this folder. ______________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Netmeeting I delete the entire contents of the Netmeeting folder. (Don't do it if you use Netmeeting. I don't, so I delete it.) Then I delete these 4 files belonging to NetMeeting in C:\WINDOWS\Help... conf.chm conf.hlp nmchat.chm nmwhiteb.chm And these 8 files that belong to NetMeeting in C:\WINDOWS\system32... mnmdd.dll mnmsrvc.exe msconf.dll msg723.acm msh261.drv msh263.drv nmevtmsg.dll nmmkcert.dll _______________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Online Services I delete contents of the Online Services folder. C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Skins I delete all the Windows Media player skins I will never use. __________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS... C:\WINDOWS\Cursors I deleted any cursors and animated cursors I will never use. C:\WINDOWS\Media I delete most of the sounds Windows makes. C:\WINDOWS\Temp I delete any files I ever find in here. (note: It's a good idea to delete these after a reboot, because some programs you install still use these temporary installation files to complete their installation on the next boot C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper I deleted all the wallpapers I didn't like...which is actually all of them. __________________________________________________________________________ Individual Files I remove in the Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS any *.log files (I regularly delete any ".log" files that turn up in this folder.) "WindowsUpdate.log" will not be deleted in SP2. control.ini (zero-length file) system.ini (XP doesn't use this.) win.ini (XP just ignores it anyway.) NOTEPAD.EXE (They is another one in system32 I keep.) All *.bmp Files clock.avi ________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32... I delete all the empty numbered folders except 1033, which isn't empty. This just kind of gets them out of my way so I can more easily see what's in system32. C:\WINDOWS\system32\DirectX\Dinput I delete contents of the Dinput. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe I delete the entire contents of the "oobe" folder. OOBE is "Out of the Box Experience". OOBE is the wizard that usually runs after Setup and performs the following functions: product activation, registration, mouse tutorial, user creation. ___________________________________________________________________________ __ C:\WINDOWS\system32 Individual Files I also remove from system32 at this point while I'm in there: Any *.scr Files (SreenSavers) I don't like. ctfmon.exe ...CTF Loader (The Language bar appears on your desktop automatically when you add handwriting recognition, speech recognition, or an Input Method Editor (IME) as a method of entering text. In addition, if you add a second language or keyboard layout, you can display the Language bar from the taskbar.) ntimage.gif packager.exe setup.bmp sysedit.exe |
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19-Aug-2004, 08:01 PM
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| Just put more paper in the printer Keeping up is another story all together Chris |
20-Aug-2004, 12:52 PM
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24-Aug-2004, 01:31 AM
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| The past few days I've been fighting like hell with XPLite...trying to get my $50.00!!! worth out of the program. It's such a shame that XPLite is such a **** poor program. 98Lite was a fantastic program, and the makers are banking on the reputation of 98Lite to take our money gladly for this very unstable, unready XPLite. Below, I'll list the components I removed using XPLite...for a grand total space savings of 34MB. These files are the exact files XPLite removes. These are also the only components I could remove with XPLite that did not start creating errors in the Event Viewer, or crippling some of SP2's new vital and cool stuff...like Firewall Protection, as one example. Microsoft definitely tied some components together this time with the integration of SP2. The files in C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem are not as easily removed as they were with SP1...at least, not without mucking some things up. Many components are now tied together. You can't even remove the Wireless Zero files from system32 without messing up Microsoft's Firewall Protection. And the list goes on. Anyway, back to XPLite. I paid $50.00!!! for the program. As my way of getting even with the makers...You won't have to! Here's what I used XPLite to remove from my system, and the exact files it removes. Other than these, if you go any further with deleting things with it, you'll find yourself in a world of hurt. This program was not ready for market, and the makers should be ashamed of themselves. I won't be keeping my setup this way. I don't trust this program getting it right. I would much rather go on learning about files and what can be removed on my own. This is just something I just I thought I'd try. I still trust myself more about what I know about files than I do the makers of XPLite. Now, here's how to save 34MB with XPLite... ___________________________________________________________________________ _ Active Directories Service Deleted these 3 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem dsprov.dll dsprov.mfl dsprov.mof Deleted these 11 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 activeds.dll activeds.tlb adsldp.dll adsldpc.dll adsmsext.dll adsnt.dll dsprop.dll dsquery.dll dssec.dat dssec.dll dsuiext.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ Web Client Removed these 2 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 davclnt.dll webclnt.dll __________________________________________________________________________ Internet Authentification Service Deleted the entire contents of C:\WINDOWS\system32\ias(IAS) Deleted these 10 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 iasacct.dll iasads.dll iashlpr.dll iasnap.dll iaspolcy.dll iasrad.dll iasrecst.dll iassam.dll iassdo.dll iassvcs.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ _ MSAC (MS Data Access Components) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Per X-teq: Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) includes a service DataFactory, that allows developers to easily access data over the internet on this machine. However, it can happen that this technique is a security problem. If configured in "Unsafe Mode", it allows hacker to execute code, query data and other ugly things. This bug was fixed with MDAC 2.o, but can still be a problem. To make sure your machine is safe, activate this option. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO All the contents of this folder. C:\Program Files\Common Files\MSSoap\Binaries\Resources\1033 All the contents of this folder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado Deleted these 14 files: adojavas.inc adovbs.inc MDACReadme.htm msader15.dll msado15.dll msado20.tlb msado21.tlb msado25.tlb msado26.tlb msadomd.dll msador15.dll msadox.dll msadrh15.dll msjro.dll But kept this 1 file: msado27.tlb -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\msadc All the contents of this folder and its contents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB Deleted these 22 files: msdadc.dll msdaenum.dll msdaer.dll msdaorar.dll msdaosp.dll msdaps.dll msdasc.dll msdasql.dll msdasqlr.dll msdatl3.dll msdatt.dll msdaurl.dll msxactps.dll oledb32.dll oledb32r.dll oledbjvs.inc oledbvbs.inc sqloledb.dll sqloledb.rll sqlsoldb.chm sqlxmlx.dll sqlxmlx.rll But kept these 3 files: MSDAIPP.DLL msdaora.dll MSDAPML.DLL ___________________________________________________________________________ _ System Restore Deleted this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers sr.sys Deleted the entire contents of C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore Deleted these 3 individual files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 srclient.dll srrstr.dll srsvc.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ _ USR/3Com Modem drivers Deleted these 16 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 usrcntra.dll usrcoina.dll usrdpa.dll usrdtea.dll usrfaxa.dll usrlbva.dll usrmlnka.exe usrprbda.exe usrrtosa.dll usrsdpia.dll usrshuta.exe usrsvpia.dll usrv42a.dll usrv80a.dll usrvoica.dll usrvpa.dll _________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Agent Deleted these 18 files from C:\WINDOWS\Help agt0405.hlp agt0406.hlp agt0407.hlp agt0408.hlp agt0409.hlp agt040b.hlp agt040c.hlp agt040e.hlp agt0410.hlp agt0413.hlp agt0414.hlp agt0415.hlp agt0416.hlp agt0419.hlp agt041d.hlp agt041f.hlp agt0816.hlp agt0c0a.hlp Deletes these 11 files from C:\WINDOWS\msagent agentanm.dll agentctl.dll agentdp2.dll agentdpv.dll agentmpx.dll agentpsh.dll agentsr.dll agentsvr.exe agtctl15.tlb agtintl.dll mslwvtts.dll Deleted this 1 files from C:\WINDOWS\msagent\chars merlin.acs Deleted these 18 files from D:\LastGood\msagent\intl agt0405.dll agt0406.dll agt0407.dll agt0408.dll agt0409.dll agt040b.dll agt040c.dll agt040e.dll agt0410.dll agt0413.dll agt0414.dll agt0415.dll agt0416.dll agt0419.dll agt041d.dll agt041f.dll agt0816.dll agt0c0a.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ OBDC Database drivers ODBC is a programming interface that enables applications to access data in database management systems that use Structured Query Language (SQL) as a data access standard. Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC) is an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows a programmer to abstract a program from a database. When writing code to interact with a database, you usually have to add code that talks to a particular database using a proprietary language. If you want your program to talk to an Access, Fox and Oracle databases you have to code your program with three different database languages. ___________________________________________________________________________ Deleted these two files from C:\WINDOWS\Help msorcl32.chm odbcinst.chm Deleted these 37 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 cliconfg.dll cliconfg.exe cliconfg.rll dbmsrpcn.dll DBnetlib.dll dbnmpntw.dll ds16gt.dll ds32gt.dll mscpx32r.dll mscpxl32.dll msorc32r.dll msorcl32.dll odbc16gt.dll odbc32gt.dll odbcad32.exe odbcconf.dll odbcconf.exe odbcconf.rsp odbccp32.cpl odbccp32.dll odbccr32.dll odbccu32.dll odbcji32.dll odbcjt32.dll odbcp32r.dll odbctrac.dll oddbse32.dll odexl32.dll odfox32.dll odpdx32.dll odtext32.dll sqlsodbc.chm sqlsrv32.dll sqlsrv32.rll sqlunirl.dll sqlwid.dll sqlwoa.dll ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I deleted the shortcut, "Data Sources (ODBC)", in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I removed this file in C:\WINDOWS OBDCINST.INI ___________________________________________________________________________ Search Assistant Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\chars Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\mui\0409 ___________________________________________________________________________ Twain Image Acquisition Drivers Deleted these individual files from C:\WINDOWS twunk_16.exe (Twain Working Group) twunk_32.exe (Twain Working Group) twain.dll ...Twain Source Manager (Image Acquisition Interface) I don't have a scanner. twain_32.dll ...Twain_32 Source Manager (Image Acquisition Interface) I don't have a scanner. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ Indexing Service and Indexing Service language resources Deleted these 14 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 ciadmin.dll ciadv.msc cic.dll cidaemon.exe ciodm.dll cisvc.exe idq.dll infosoft.dll ixsso.dll LangWrbk.dll mimefilt.dll nlhtml.dll offfilt.dll webhits.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ Smart Card Services Deletes these 9 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 scarddlg.dll scardssp.dll scardsvr.exe sccbase.dll sccsccp.dll scredir.dll slbcsp.dll slbiop.dll slbrccsp.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ _ Migration Wizard Deleted these 20 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\usmt guitrn.dll guitrn_a.dll iconlib.dll log.dll migapp.inf migism.dll migism.inf migism_a.dll migload.exe migsys.inf miguser.inf migwiz.exe migwiz.inf migwiz_a.exe script.dll script_a.dll sysfiles.inf sysmod.dll sysmod_a.dll usmtdef.inf ___________________________________________________________________________ __ |
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02-Sep-2004, 11:37 PM
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| I took a lot of your advice here (BoldFortune) on slimming down windows xp after sp2. It was a lifesaver for me as my "Disk was Full!" So a big Thank You for that! But would like to give a little warning to others about the part of removing any fonts (.ttf files)... I followed your advice but it caused me many problems in many programs. I now have those fonts back and everything is running again... but it was a pain! Just a word of caution... |
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15-Sep-2004, 12:53 PM
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| Sorry it took so long for me to get back with PART 5 of this new SP2 file deleting guide, but I recently switched to a DSL connection from a Dialup connection and have been have tons of fun downloading movies, and learning about codecs and such needed to watch these movies. Anyway, for PART 5 I ran some tests with the cmd files I made for SP1. I find they work perfectly for SP2 as well. Please do read some of the notes I made next to some of the files listed below before downloading and using the three cmd files I'll post below all this. ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART 5 ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________ I have three .cmd files I made for removing "complete" folders and all their contents. They remove only the folders which I normally remove the entire folder and its contents. They do not remove individual files I single out from a folder to remove. That will have to come later. For now you'll have to remove those manually. Files and folders that cannot be removed will either not be removed or else be replaced by Windows immediately or upon the next boot. I made them the .cmd files into three sections: 1. Documents and Settings Folders.cmd 2. Programs Files Folders.cmd 3. WINDOWS and system32 Folders.cmd I'll post the three files in a zip folder below. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smart Placement: These .cmd files will move and save the folders and their files to a backup folder on C:\ . The backup folder is simply named, Backup. Within the Backup folder you'll notice what I call "smart placement" of subfolders, identical to how they look in XP. For example, you will see a folder named Program Files. Within Program Files you will see Common Files. Within Common Files you will see Microsoft Shared. Within Microsoft Shared you will see Speech. Within Speech you will see all the files the Speech folder contains. I did this "smart placement" of folders and their files for you, so you would always know exactly where they came from should you decide to replace some, or all, of them to their original locations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some files and folders I already removed in Parts 1-4 of this new SP2 file deleting guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Removed using my cmd files: C:\Documents and Settings I completely delete the LocalService folder, not just its contents. I completely delete the NetworkService folder, not just its contents. (I'm not on a network of computers.) ALTHOUGH, I notice that these folders will no longer delete for me, even with System File Protection disabled. It either has something to do now with SP2, or because I am now using DSL instead of a Dialup connection. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM I delete the folder and its contents. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates I delete the folder. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto I delete the folder and its subfolders. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson I delete the folder. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\HTML Help I delete the folder. __________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Help I delete the folder. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Identities I delete the folder and its contents. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\MMC I delete the folder. _______________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files... C:\Program Files\ComPlus Applications I delete the ComPlus Applications folder. C:\Program Files\microsoft frontpage I delete the microsoft frontpage folder. C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information I delete the Online Services folder. C:\Program Files\xerox I delete the xerox folder. ______________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo I delete the folder and its contents. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders I delete the folder and its contents. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Services I delete the Services folder and its contents ______________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS I delete all $NtUninstall$xxxx folders. These first folders you see in the WINDOWS folder are Windows Update installation/uninstall files for the updates gotten from Windows Update. These files are only used if you want to "uninstall" a particular Hotfix. They have nothing to do with the Hotfixes being in good working order on your system. You can safely delete these folders. Then go to the Add/Remove Utility. From here you can delete their corresponding Hotfix entries, as it will be invalid now anyway. Highlight their Hotfix entry and click on Remove. C:\WINDOWS\addins ActiveX controls (.ocx) files This folder is always empty on my system, so I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\AppPatch (Application compatibility files) I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\Config I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\Debug\UserMode I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations I delete the contents of the folder. C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files I delete the contents of the folder. -------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\Help I delete all individual files but keep the folder. ALTHOUGH, I have decided to keep my Help files...I'm not that bright, and I can still learn a lot from them. So I replace the Help folder and its files back to C:\WINDOWS after I run the command files. ------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\ime (language files) I delete the "ime" folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\msapps I delete the folder and its contents. Files that support backward compatibility in applications. C:\WINDOWS\mui I delete the "mui" folder. Multi-user interface files. C:\WINDOWS\nview I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\Offline Web Pages I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\PIF I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\pss I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\Profiles (Seemingly useless folder created by Adobe Reader.) I delete the folder and its contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\repair I delete the folder and its contents. (Registry backup files. These files are updated if you use NTBackup and choose to back up system state files. Per relder: There are backup copies of the hive files in the systemroot\repair directory. But if you are not running MSBackup, they are from the day that the operating system was installed. If you're using MSBackup then they are from the date of the last backup.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\security\Database I delete the folder and it's contents. C:\WINDOWS\ShellNew (I delete the folder.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\system (Backward compatibility files related to the System folder) I delete contents of the folder. Some older applications you install that look for files in the System folder. The majority of these files have duplicates in the system32 folder. If you want, you can cut and paste them to the system32 folder. The couple of files system32 does not contain will then be placed there now instead, and you shouldn't have any problem installing older applications. I found three files that did not already exist in system32: crlds3d.dll setup.inf stdole.tlb -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\twain_32 (Imaging files for scanners) I delete the folder and its contents. I don't have a scanner. __________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32... C:\WINDOWS\system32\3com_dmi I delete the folder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\system32\Com I delete the folder. Component Object Model (COM) objects. I don't use this. So I'll delete this folder and its contents, and then I open up the Control Panel/Administrative Tools and delete the "Component Services" shortcut there. Also, while I'm in Control Panel/Administartive Tools, I'll go ahead delete "Data Sources (ODBC)" as I do not use this either. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\system32\Defaults I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\dhcp I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\export I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\ias (Internet Authentication Service files) I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\icsxml (Universal Plug and Play files) I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME I delete the "IME" folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed I delete the folder and its contents. I do not use Macromedia Flash. C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsDtc\Trace (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator files) I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\mui (Multi-user interface files) I delete the "mui" folder and all its contents. Don't, if you have multiple users logging onto your computer. C:\WINDOWS\system32\npp (Network Monitor and trace files.) I delete the "npp" folder and its contents. I'm not on a network of computers. C:\WINDOWS\system32\ras ( Remote access server encryption files ) I delete the "ras" folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\ShellExt I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\wins I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\xircom I delete the folder ___________________________________________________________________ |
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23-Oct-2004, 10:25 AM
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| ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART 6 ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________ Terminal Services (First, Disable Security Accounts Manager Service so no errors report to Event Viewer.) Deleted these 6 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers rdpcdd.sys rdpdr.sys rdpwd.sys tdpipe.sys tdtcp.sys termdd.sys Deleted these 2 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem tscfgwmi.mfl tscfgwmi.mof Deleted these 41 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 cdmodem.dll cfgbkend.dll drprov.dll icaapi.dll logoff.exe msg.exe mstlsapi.dll mstsc.exe mstscax.dll perfts.dll qappsrv.exe qprocess.exe qwinsta.exe rdchost.dll rdpcfgex.dll rdpclip.exe rdpsnd.dll rdpwsx.dll rdsaddin.exe rdshost.exe regini.exe remotepg.dll reset.exe rwinsta.exe sessmgr.exe shadow.exe termsrv.dll tsappcmp.dll tscfgwmi.dll tscon.exe tscupgrd.exe tsddd.dll tsdiscon.exe tskill.exe tslabels.h tslabels.ini tsshutdn.exe usrlogon.cmd utildll.dll winsta.dll wscsvc.dll _________________________________________________________ After removing Terminal Services, I figured there was no point in keeping pchealth, because I only used the htm files within pchealth to tell me what was going on in my Event Viewer; i.e., double-click on the particular event and then click on the blue, underlined "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp." ...and without Terminal Services, this Windows function is inoperable. I find it much better to go to http://www.eventid.net/ to gather event information. There is much more input by other users there. __________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth I delete all its contents but keep the folder. IMPORTANT: Before you do this "move" msconfig (not copy) from inside the C:\WINDOWS\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\Binaries to inside the System32 folder, or you will loose it. Also, you will no longer be able to view System Information. I use the free program "Everest - system information, system diagnostics and benchmarking" instead. It's much better than Windows System Information. __________________________________________________________ I also decided to remove Windows Management Instrumentation... __________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem According to Microsoft this is: Web-based Enterprise Management data files. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of WBEM.) This has to be one of the most widely misunderstood things about XP. Even BlackViper, who we all regard highly for his expertise with respect to Services, I doubt seriously understands Window Management Instrumentation thoroughly. He tells us WMI is important to keep. However, these days, with the implementation of SP2, blkviper has since changed his tune about WMI. He "now" says WMI "was not" important with SP1, but it is now important with SP2 for a couple of other Services to run. Go figure that. People have been beating me up for years for disabling Windows Management Intrumentation, and partly because blkviper was saying it was a no-no. ...Guess now it's okay because "he" says so. Well, people like to hear it from experts, I guess. Most pros I've bumped into tell us not to disable this Service...but none of them really have a good explanation as to why we shouldn't. I know you have been told that WMI is very important to the operation of your system. I have never found it so. Even when I run Si-Soft Sandra, the program tells me that disabling this Service on my system would be a good thing. Plus it can make for a faster boot time and a little less memory usage when you disable it. Also, if you look in Disk Cleanup, Windows even displays the option to un-install WMI; however, it doesn't allow you to. (Weird, why would it be listed as an "optional component" then?) First, copy and paste "framedyn.dll" from this folder to C:\WINDOWS\system32. It is the only important file in the folder. Sometimes when you run System Restore you'll get the error 'System restore was unable to start due to a missing Framedyn.dll. Please reinstall the application to fix this problem'. Without "framedyn.dll" you might also get an error when right-clicking on My Computer. Keeping this file in the system32 folder prevents this from happening. You will also need to disable Windows Management Instrumentation in Services in order to delete some of the files. It is best to delete the contents of wbem in safemode, by first taking permissions to the folder. Then delete these 5 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 cmprops.dll licwmi.dll mmfutil.dll servdeps.dll wmimgmt.msc _________________________________________________________ TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service Delete this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers lmhsvc.dll __________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc I delete the files in this folder. HOSTS files are seldom used in today's environment. They are leftover from the days before DNS. ... and the only mapping that's in there by default is for the loopback address. Valid hosts files have NO extensions (.sam is Sample file) __________________________________________________________ |
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02-Nov-2004, 05:05 PM
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| I was just informed that some Google searchers are bumping into this thread by searching Google for what files can be removed from XP. That's how I used to search for files I could remove from Windows98...and I usually came up empty. Anyway, if that's how you got here, let me tell you where you can find my Complete 7-Part Guide To Slimming Down XP.... http://www.graphixanstuff.com/Forum/...showtopic=1692 |
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08-Nov-2004, 04:26 PM
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| Use nLite Slim XP down BEFORE you install it. http://nuhi.msfn.org/nlite.html |
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10-Jan-2005, 12:17 AM
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| I finally got my Guide To Slimming Down Windows XP in its completed form setup on my site. I'll be there should you have any questions... http://www.hollow-refuge.net/Bold/viewtopic.php?t=22 Hope you find it helpful being all in one piece and all in one place like it is. |
15-Jan-2005, 09:54 PM
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| It's a masterpiece that's what it is. |
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14-Feb-2005, 04:25 AM
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| Completely Revamped! Slimming Down Windows XP: The Complete Guide. You're going to like this. I've been quietly working on this awhile...and now it is finally ready! Now in perfect order! Broken down into sections for step-by-step file and folder deleting. UPDATE: NOW WITH 11 PARTS! Included now are DISABLED SERVICES and UNNECESSARY DRIVERS. PART 1....Documents and Settings PART 2....Program Files PART 3....WINDOWS PART 4....system32 PART 5....Using XPLite PART 6....Individual system32 Files and Their Definitions PART 7....NLS Files and Keyboard Layout Files PART 8....TEMP and Junk files PART 9....Disabled Services PART 10...Unnecessary Drivers PART 11...Miscellaneous...An Ongoing Work In Progress PART 11 of my Slimming Down Windows XP Guide is an ongoing work in progress. I will continue to add new files and folders to it http://www.hollow-refuge.net/Bold/viewforum.php?f=13 Bold |
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08-Jun-2005, 06:31 PM
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| Zowie! My Guide Made The Langa List! I'm watching these hits on my site this afternoon. The place was hopin' for over an hour straight (still is as I type this). I couldn't figure out what was going on. I never saw that much activity. So I e-mail Sadie and ask her to do a check where this traffic is coming from. Turns out, good ol' Fred sent out the link to my guide with his Langa Plus Newsletter. (Does that count as the Langa List? ..dunno.) http://www.hollow-refuge.net/Bold/viewtopic.php?t=229 |
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