I came across this and not sure whether anybody wanted it. it seems interesting. if this isn't allowed then a mod can just delete it. No product key is needed. Windows Vista is activated upon installation. Windows is fully patched with all "important" Windows Updates to 8th may 2007. The 512Mb RAM memory requirement is reduced to just 256Mb. The requirement of almost 8Gb of disk space is reduced to less than 3Gb. This installation only takes up about 35% of the size of a normal installation of Windows Vista. Many components have been removed from this edition of Windows, but you still have Microsoft's three main programs: Internet Explorer 7 Windows Mail (Formerly "Outlook Express") Windows Media Player 11 You also have the new Aero theme in this edition of Windows and the ability to use Windows Update. There are no services taken out of this special edition of Windows. Only three services have been disabled: Remote Registry, Windows Error Reporting Service, Windows Search. You cannot do an upgrade installation from this CD, because the upgrade files have been removed. You can only install Windows by booting from the CD and formatting your partition or hard drive. The eXPerience folder on the CD contains the following three folders: ---DirectX DLL Files--- Despite Windows Vista being an absolutely massive operating system, it still does not even include DirectX DLL files! What were Microsoft thinking? So if you need the DirectX 9 DLL files (d3dx9_24/25/26/27/28/29/30/31/32/33.dll) you can just double click the file in this folder to extract these 10 DLL files to system32. This will keep compatibility with games you might have stored on another drive from a previous installation. ---Ethernet Drivers--- Despite Windows Vista being an absolutely massive operating system, it still does not even include some Ethernet Drivers! What were Microsoft thinking? So if your Ethernet card is not working after installing Windows Vista and it needs its driver installing, you can use the Ethernet Driver pack thats included in this folder. Follow the instructions in the ReadMe.txt file. After installing your Ethernet Card, see if your onboard sound is working, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE, it seems Microsoft forgot to include Realtek AC97 sound drivers in Windows Vista, this is ridiculous considering almost every motherboard in the world has Realtek AC97 sound! Its almost as if Microsoft are trying to annoy people on purpose, they give you a 2.5Gb+ DVD sized Operating System WITHOUT Ethernet Drivers, Sound Drivers or DirectX DLL files. This unattended version of Windows is very easy to install. You can only install this edition of Windows onto a formatted partition or hard drive, in other words, you cannot do an upgrade installation from within Windows. This edition of Windows is heavily modified for the best possible user experience, with more than 120 registry tweaks, you can see all the details of the changes made by looking at the file "5 - Custom Tweaks.htm" that is in the Release Info folder in the eXPerience folder on the CD. [HIDE]Download : (Rapidshare.com) Code: http://stealth.to/?id=uyuurz0ljs9l2701tf0mtcsbvn4y8e [/HIDE]
ye it works like ordinary vista. just so u know if ur gonna get this, u rele want the specifications of the usual vista despite it saying it runs on 256mb ram, it runs ok, but not as fast as xp. on my comp its pretty fast though i have to admit but still i seem to prefer xp.
well i installed it today, its more aesthetically pleasing but i think that my comp works better with xp so i reverted back.
this type of thing would work beautifully with vmware or some other virtualization software. you can get a working vista without doing a full blown install\. i'll give it a try bbes might want to get vmware or something so u can install numerous pc on your computer without having to wipe and reinstall so many times
^ i have 4-5 os's running at any one time. 2 Windows 2k3 servers 1 windows xp 1-2 linux boxes and it doesn't requre any type of dual botting or anything the machines just start up on your desktop like there was another computer @knoc how would you compare it to vmware
will sp1 for vista be worth the wait as more new pc's ship with vista have to jump in and try the bloated new windows ... sigh.
Think of it as emulating an os that you can run simultaneously withing your own operating system. Currently running little over 10 virtual machines with each of the major operating systems out there on one of my servers.
wow, knoc is it really neccessary to have all them OS's? lol i would rather just at the beginning partition my HDD for windows xp and ubuntu, but unfortunatly my HDD is failing ATM and i need to get it replaced... sigh....
Testing purpose and other in uses. There are partitions also, but with the ease of a vpc, more convenient. Just sufficient RAM is the key and hard drive space to spare.
