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Making the iPhone work with stripped down Windows XP

this is my first time posting here and I have a really specific question. I have an ASUS eee 901 running Windows XP Home. I had everything working well, but then I decided to improve performance by moving Windows to the smaller but faster internal…
Gabriel
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Retro PC: How to Install Windows XP to SSD Using PATA to SATA Adapter On ICH1 Through ICH6

I purchased a PATA to SATA adapter with a JM20330 chip to use with a cheap SSD on a retro PC (Celeron 1.2GHz on socket 370 with ICH2 chipset) running Windows XP. I booted the Windows XP installer CD and it could not detect the drive, but the system…
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How to add registry entries using nLite?

I'm new to nLite. I don't know how to add registry commands using nLite. I can convert .reg to .inf using Reg2Inf but I don't know how to add this .inf file using nLite. How can I do that?
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Minimal footprint Windows instance on OS X to run ActiveX

I need to run Windows to be able to use a feature for some remote work. However, I would rather not have a full-blown 20GB (or much more) Windows 8 install for Parallels. Is there a way to get a barebones Windows virtual environment on a Mac?…
László
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Why can't Windows XP setup load my F6 SATA drivers from a floppy?

I'm installing Windows XP onto a SATA drive connected to a SiI3112 PCI-to-SATA controller. For setup to see the drive I need to install the drivers for this device from the F6 menu as it starts up. I am able to choose the driver from the menu and…
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How can I reinstall QoS Packet Scheduler if it was removed from the winxp installation by nLite?

I have a WinXP SP3 installation modified by nLite. This particular installation was stripped off the QoS Packet Scheduler. I was advised to remove QoS because of the overhead it produces or something like that. Now, I read this lifehacker post about…
Mikka
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RAID driver to choose for slipstreaming XP installation on ASUS P5S800

I'm trying to install Windows XP on my new SATA drive but I need to first slipstream the drivers with nLite. I've done this before, but not on an ASUS P5S800 - VM motherboard. I'm not used to the number of choices it gives me for drivers in SiS…
alex
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What can cause Windows XP to reject a valid product key?

I bought a new motherboard last week. Windows 7 is running well, so now it's time to get my Windows XP running. I can't install direct from the original Windows XP Home CD (retail version) because it crashes, possibly because it's only SP1, also…
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nLite Windows XP Bootable USB Drive

I've found a number of tools for writing a Windows XP install to a bootable USB drive, but they all remove the customization from nLite. The target computer lacks a CD drive (it's technically an IO Server, that can run typical OS's). Thus far any…
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Clonezilla , NLite and PCs with different hardware specs

I used Clonezilla to create and restore images from a master computer to other workstations with the same specs, but the problem now is there are new computers whose hardware specs are different than the ones I maintained (mostly the video card is…
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How do I inject registry with nLite before the setup finishes the installation?

I'm trying to inject a key into the Windows XP's registry using nLite. I want it injected before the second stage setup (before it enters the graphical setup). I tried using addons but I discovered that it injects after the installation is complete…
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