Re: Alternatives

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry


"mayayana" <mayaXXyana@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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build yourself a new CD-image from the original XP-
CD with the use of: http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

I've seen that. It looks like a good idea, though
I haven't tried it.
From my experience with it, the behaviour of XP
is definitely a bit different, if e.g. the switchoff of
services is directly done within nLite (for the install-
CD-image), compared with a later switchoff of
services from a "normal" XP-install (which often
results in the usual unwanted "re-popping-on-effect"
you've already experienced).
Not only gives nLite a detailed description, what
an appropriate "switchoff" implicates (and does),
it also ensures a correct switchoff of dependent
services in a way that the new XP-install later on
will play with the remaining stuff as good as possible.

And IIRC the RPC-services are also included as a
"disable-option" in nLite (though not recommended).

But that's certainly not something
that one can recommend to a non-techy person, ...
Yep, thought that you only had your own machine(s)
in mind. Nonetheless, if you prepared your own
nLite-Image-CD, which worked well for you - why
not give that CD to your "unexperienced neighbour",
in case he has a licensed copy of XP and only wants
to "refresh" his former XP-installation on his System.

But if we talk about "out of the box-experience", then
you may be right - then a Win98-install, paired with
a good hardware-firewall is more secure (at least with
regards to the "spyware-topics") than a Default-XP-Install.

And regarding your "Linux-aversion" <g> - just wait a
bit more (maybe only one year or so), then you should
be able to download modern distributions, which
offer much greater hardware compatibility than
Win98 (and also the current XP) out of the box (not one
single driver-install is needed, everything is in the kernel) -
and that without any "spyware-" or registration-attempts.
There are a lot of new enhancements and activities
currently, to make the support of e.g. graphics-devices
(mainly NVidia and ATI/AMD as the main-players
currently) more stable - especially with regards to
the new direct-rendering-features of the new Desktop-
environments over OpenGL (as e.g. the new KDE 4, but
also the AIGLX-support in the latest Gnome-versions).
But also the Wireless-stack is currently "in focus"
(already over the last months') and should play well
with "everything on the market" then (be it USB-sticks
or cards) - WebCams, TV-Cards the same, etc. pp...

In 2010 also the Wine-support should be even more
matured, so you should be able to run nearly everything
which currently works on your Win98-install without
problems directly on Linux, without any VMs (since
I know, you don't like them ;-)).

Olaf


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