Windows Essential XP SP3

Updated 10/5/2008

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.

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. No languages have been removed.

UxTheme.dll has been patched to allow 3rd party themes. USB mouse polling rate increased to 500Hz for smoother mouse movement while gaming. Max TCP half-open connections raised to 100.

NOTE: INSTALLATION MAY TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 30 MINUTES DUE TO THE .NET FRAMEWORK! PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE INSTALLING.

Quote:Detailed List of Removed Components

Windows Applications
Briefcase
Games
Internet Games
Pinball
Screensavers

Built in 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 Stuff
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 Stuff
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

System
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
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Quote:List of Added Software

- Windows Media Player 11 Including all updates
Latest media player from Microsoft

- Internet Explorer 7 Including all updates
Latest stable release

- .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

- WinRAR 3.71
Most popular archiver. Pre-cracked

- Unlocker 1.8.7
Gives write access to files in use

- Ashampoo Burning Studio 7.21
Very lightweight and reliable burning app with many features. Pre-cracked

- Adobe Reader Lite 8.1.2
Bloatless version of the best PDF reader

- Combined Community Codec Pack 1/5/2008
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. Pre-cracked

- 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.

Screenshots:

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.

Download
http://rapidshare.com/files/113908625/Essential_XP.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/113927514/Essential_XP.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/113939222/Essential_XP.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114017362/Essential_XP.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114022176/Essential_XP.part5.rar

Please say thanks if you downloaded! =)