shrink the FootPrint of vista Customizing Vista Discuss shrink the FootPrint of vista in the Windows Vista forums; Hi, Is there a "Legal" (Supported) way to shrink the FootPrint of vista on the C Drive (Removing Binaries completely from the image) ? All i've found was ...

[Or Tsemah]

Hi,
Is there a "Legal" (Supported) way to shrink the FootPrint of vista on the C Drive (Removing Binaries completely from the image) ?

All i've found was vLite, which did a great job, but made my image not supported by Microsoft

Thanks.
Or.

[crabby]

I am pretty sure as Windows is closed source, you are unable to alter it whilst keeping it supported If someone else has an idea...

crabby

[Island Dog]

The only thing I am familiar with is vLite, and I haven't even tried that yet.

[Snuffy]

If you shrink the available storage space, Vista will kick out backups on a .... plan to reduce its physical server footprint by approximately 10 to 1. ...

Is this what your asking?

or are you referring to VistaPE ? ..

or answer found thru google asking exact same question.

http://help.wugnet.com/vista/Shrinki...pict55622.html

Any such utility won't be supported by Microsoft. Personally, I'd say that
if hard drive space is that big an issue you need a larger hard drive.

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[Or Tsemah]

Yeah, thats me
And no, i'm not reffering to VistaPE, i'm trying to install vista on a 8 GB Disk

[Znod]

Originally Posted by Or Tsemah

Hi,
Is there a "Legal" (Supported) way to shrink the FootPrint of vista on the C Drive (Removing Binaries completely from the image) ?

All i've found was vLite, which did a great job, but made my image not supported by Microsoft

Thanks.
Or.

I think that modifying Vista in ways that could not be accomplished via "normal user-procedures" after installation is a EULA breaker. I won't try to define "normal user-procedures" not, but they don't include modifying source code. They do include uninstalling user-uninstallable Vista component, things that can be done by editing the registry, trashing Vista files, etc. If needed I will try to get more precise. If interested in this issue, then you might be interested in this thread about the Vista EULA, hacks, and work arounds.