Speaking at a forum in South Africa regarding a plan for Microsoft to make major technology investments in the country, Bill Gates said there was an "80 percent chance" Windows Vista would by ready for its planned January launch. He also had no qualms about delaying the OS further if necessary.
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Member since:2005-10-19
"So much about my choices on Windows, right?"
Not exactly. If you are a Windows user with a serious background in computers, you can strip it down a very long ways. It's just not something I would recommend for Jack and Jill Sixpack.
nLite and other utilities will allow you to create as big of mess as one can imagine. Hack it up anyway you wanna hack it up. http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
As I attempted to say in my previous post;
Windows doesn't mind so much if you remove various components of the system. Third-party applications are the problem. They expect to see these components installed, and they fail when they don't see them.
Do I blame Microsoft for this.... Not in the slightest.
They have no control over what some third-party wanna be programmer dude is going to cook up.
Member since:
2005-07-06
"Removing IE is not recommended by "me". This will create havoc with 3rd party applications which use it.
Removing Media Player is ill advised. It might as well be welded to the OS."
So much about my choices on Windows, right?