Re: XPe SP2 bloat

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Roger, checking the archives will answer some of your questions. I'm not
going to get into a debate with folks that don't read the docs and can't
supply specific information, general complaints don't enable me to provide
you answers or to target specific features for more work, if you're just
wanting to blow off steam then please say this so I can invest my time more
efficiently.

An example of a discoverable issue of yours is that a 16MB swap file is not
needed. What's needed is at least a Maximum 2 MB swap file for the perf
counters, and that is a *bug* not a functional requirement per the feature
specification so the Perf counters folks are fixing that bug in a future
release.

As for 'unwinding the dependencies', let's be clear that with very few
exceptions (like Minlogon and NTLDR), XPe uses the same binaries as XP Pro.
This means that if to effect security changes in Pro SP2 a feature needs to
introduce a dependency that was not there for SP1 or Gold, then we also have
the same dependency. Where the embedded team can come in and assist is
identifying *optional* dependency feature teams have introduced and expose
those in the configurable UI of the component. Simply unchecking the box in
the config ui for those can have dramatic effect on the footprint (and
behavior) of the feature. We also monitor features that comprise the main
features of the most popular device categories and negotiate with those
feature teams to think of the embedded customer's requirements when they are
making functional changes.

I encourage you to read the documentation and peruse the newsgroup archives
and then ask specific questions (like the perf counters deal) if you
honestly feel a dependency is weird. Otherwise there's not much I can do to
answer general questions like 'my footprint is too big' without details.
With those details you can now search the archives, if the question isn't
answered there then ask it here or file a bug via the WECRT @Microsoft.com
alias so I know someone is actually interested in using Telnet Server for
instance in a minimal system.

I'm not going to continue this thread however feel free to pile on here,
I'll monitor it but not respond. But if you have specifics then please start
new threads or file a bug, it goes right to my inbox.

Thanks
Andy

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"Roger H. Levy" <rhl@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uG4OAxPbFHA.1148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I think Andy has dodged the issue. My SP1 image was about the same size as
> Larry's (50-60M, which I think is huge relative to what I need it to do)
> but
> even after removing the firewall from SP2, the image grew by 20-25M. The
> real issue, I think, is the terrible job TD does in resolving
> dependencies.
> My image is bloated because it contains many DLLs and components that have
> nothing to do with my application and which will never be used but they
> are
> pulled in because there was inadequate effort by MS in unwinding the
> dependencies. If you haven't seen this, try taking a small minlogin,
> command shell system and then include a telnet server and watch your image
> size nearly double. Another perverse example is the need for me to have a
> 16M swap file because performance statistics depend on it. This got more
> bizarre when I moved to ram-reg ewf on flash and found out that it's
> unhealthy to have a swap file. What am I supposed to do with those two
> facts?
>
> RL
>
> "Andy Allred [MS]" <andyall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:#0KYK$KbFHA.3332@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Did you read the relnotes or the documentation for SP2 or search the
>> newsgroup archives on this subject?
>>
>> Here's one example for you:
>> Since (for your device's protection) more features depend on the firewall
> in
>> SP2 you're footprint will naturally go up , if you choose to attempt to
>> *not* bring in the firewall in order to reduce your footprint, then read
>> this blog post after checking out the relnotes and the SP2 help:
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/harshs/archive/2004/10/12/241426.aspx
>>
>> --
>> Andy
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>>
>> ------------------
>> "Larry Waibel" <lwaibel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:VA.00000299.01c8b20d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I just installed the SP2 update and updated my target designer
>> >configuration.
>> > It's now over TWICE the size. It added all sorts of components that I
>> > don't
>> > need/want such as disk indexing services, distributed transaction
>> > coordinator, and a bunch of other stuff that I'm not sure what it is
>> > but
>> > didn't need it before. How do I get a reasonable sized (60MB or so)
> image
>> > back again?
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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