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Tested also in VirtualBox, gets to blue screen with DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL error, after a pretty long installation.
[[User:Tatsh|Tatsh]] ([[User talk:Tatsh|talk]]) 18:20, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
The Installation is WIM Image based,nearly exactly the way Vista is deployed to pcs. Instead of copying files like the usual XP setup does, it copies a hard drive image of the OS to your HD. This Image can be configured with the setup assistent ( which creates an xml file behind the scene ), wher you can choose between a minimal, a "typical", full or custom installation.
A Custom Install lets you remove via checkboxes :
Internet Explorer 6SP1 ,DirectX9,Mediaplayer 10,Messenger 4.7.3001, the complete XPSP2 Driver.cab, all Help Files,"Local management ( mmc, gpedit,secpol ) and complex lannguage support BEFORE the image is copied, so these features will never reach your PC.
The Downside is : you can by no way re-install what you have not installed. In "Add/Remove Programs" there is no tab for Windows Components.So if you end with no IE6, and thus making installatin of a lot of apps that rely on MSHTML impossible by doing so, you will have to re-install the OS with the option IE included.
What is missing everytime and not included is for example Outlook Express and Netmeeting,Paint and Windows Movie Maker.
Replacements that do work :
Windows Live Mail,Thunderbird.. MovieMaker 2.0 can be found as a standalone download from various pc-magazine websites ( MS does no longer offer it) and can be installed like a standalone application ( but it relies on installed WMP ) .If you install the .NEt Framework 2.0 you can use Paint.NET as a replacement for paint.
In the case for paint and others ( tiny apps in XP ) in most cases one can copy the exe files from a full XP over and it will also work.
Office XP and Office 2003 both install and work like expected. ( Access not tested )
I use Avast Antirus 4.7 and 4.8 plus Spybot S&D for security and have not found any issues.
If IE6 was included you will be offered IE7 via automatic updates and as of WMP10 included you can upgrade to 11 that way too. But these two will decrease the experience a lot because the requirements for the newer apps are double that of the included.
Sp3 for Xp cannot be installed onto this OS. Sidenote : if you visit WU website and search for updates you will be offered SP3, which intends to install and then fails with the note that you need a special version . SO the OS seems to identify itself falsely as a standard XP SP2 and not as a special OS.
Overall MS has done a good job with this. The performance on such old hardware like Pentium 2 with typically 128 MB Ram is very good. A standard full XP with SP2 would slow such a pc down.
When it comes to "unique Design" there is a mixed feeling :
The overall appeareance is XP with Luna theme ( enabled by default ), excluding wallpaper and screensavers. The icons are the same as XP, only the screensaver, the Aboutbox and the System-properties will tell you "windows Fundamentals for legacy PCs 2006". Help and Supportcenter falsely says "XP Professional" ( a known bug - see the MS Knowledgebase ) and the Bootscreen is XPs.
The Design of the Setup process is unique in black and features a windows Logo known as the vista flag and I find it very nice and professional looking - most people will be disapointed to see the product after that nice setup is "just like XP".. a black theme like "zune style" would fit the overall experience a lot better. But MS did this product to not bring eyecandy but sheer function, never forget it's for Businesses and the only official alternate to Vista Enterprise.
nearly all XP Internet and lightweight applications are supported. because the Appcompat engine of XP is included, one can also run Win 9x and older Software. I really like this OS from setup to using it. It feels a lot better and snappier than XP.
On new hardware it will fly, and on old hardware it does exactly what it offers :
bring XP features and NT stability to windows 9x machines, thus securing them ( Security Center and Firewall is included / Windows Defender can be downloaded and works ) I think if they would sell this officially oem or retail, they would wonder how many people actually would choose this over xp standard or any vista.
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