Demonolith XP
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I've been asked to look at ways to install XP without using the XP installing. Let me clarify that. :-) A client wants to install a very cut down version of XP. He doesn't want to circumvent the activation either. -- Any ideas on the best way to approach this ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
Warning Link to the minion's animation, do not use. It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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I've been asked to look at ways to install XP without using the XP installing. Let me clarify that. :-) A client wants to install a very cut down version of XP. He doesn't want to circumvent the activation either. -- Any ideas on the best way to approach this ? Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
Warning Link to the minion's animation, do not use. It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
Colin Davies wrote: A client wants to install a very cut down version of XP. He doesn't want to circumvent the activation either. -- Any ideas on the best way to approach this ? Some ideas: . Sysprep from Microsoft . an automated installation response file (sorry, I don't recall how to create it, but on Technet you'll surely find it). . If a high degree of "cutting down" is required, you could use Windows XP Embedded Edition, which will allow you to remove almost everything but the kernel and HAL from Windows XP.
It's not the fall that kills you: it's the sudden stop - Down by Law, Jim Jamursch (1986)