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I am in the process of cleaning up Windows XP Prof so that it can be reduced
to a minimum for my use.
Are there any web site or books that describe every single files and folders
(other than 3rd party softwares) that are under 'Windows' and 'Program
Files', how they are related? That way I can safely remove anything that I
don't need. The usual Control Panel wasn't enough to remove them.
Specifically, I have XP Professional (I chose it over Home edition since
laptop included it for the same price), and I would like to use it to run
games, some educational softwares, web browsing (Firefox, IE) and email
(Thunderbird).
But I don't need any file sharing, routing, Netmeeting, multimedia, cd
writing, development, etc. etc. I just want to make Windows as lean as
possible without taking up 2GB with useless files.
I almost tried installing Windows 98 (it should be legal with my XP license)
but XP seems to be less headache.
I am in the process of cleaning up Windows XP Prof so that it can be reduced
to a minimum for my use.
Are there any web site or books that describe every single files and folders
(other than 3rd party softwares) that are under 'Windows' and 'Program
Files', how they are related? That way I can safely remove anything that I
don't need. The usual Control Panel wasn't enough to remove them.
Specifically, I have XP Professional (I chose it over Home edition since
laptop included it for the same price), and I would like to use it to run
games, some educational softwares, web browsing (Firefox, IE) and email
(Thunderbird).
But I don't need any file sharing, routing, Netmeeting, multimedia, cd
writing, development, etc. etc. I just want to make Windows as lean as
possible without taking up 2GB with useless files.
I almost tried installing Windows 98 (it should be legal with my XP license)
but XP seems to be less headache.