do you have any XP install advice? - setup tips, dos and don'ts, apps etc

[iceni60]

hi, i'm planning to install XP today, or tomorrow. i haven't set it up for a while and was wondering if anyone has an tips to help secure and setup XP? i'm worried i might forget something that's important.

as well as any tips are there any apps (like safexp) and links to setup/tips pages you know? (i was thinking of that northern european guy who works at the nuclear power station who posts at dslreports - jonnas jansson, or something similar, do you know his site url?) any useful links will be a help. thanks.

i might write a XP setup guide in the next few weeks once i've got everything setup :o

[Seer]

Hello. :)

I'm not quite sure if this is what you're looking for, but Black Viper has a guide on installing XP Pro on this page (http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallXPPro/installxppro1.htm). You may also like to take a look at his Services guide (http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm), as well as his 'Super tweaks' (http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/supertweaks.htm). As a matter of fact, explore his whole site a bit, he's an extraordinary character.

Also, our member Mrkvonic has a guide which he wrote on his page (http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/install_xp.html). Take a look at his site, it's quite interesting.

Cheers ;)

[iceni60]

i'd forgotten about Black Viper, there's the eldergeek too. i'm using vmware too so i'll look through Mrkvonic's stuff as well. thanks.

[WSFuser]

If you have time/patience, you could experiment with nLite (see sig). it has many functions including removing components, created an unattended install, applying tweaks and more.

[ErikAlbert]

-{ Quote: "If you have time/patience, you could experiment with nLite (see sig). it has many functions including removing components, created an unattended install, applying tweaks and more." }-
I second that, once you have such a customized "Windows Install CD", you never have to do it again. Always get rid of problems once and for all.

[Teknokrat]

-{ Quote: "i was thinking of that northern european guy who works at the nuclear power station who posts at dslreports - jonnas jansson, or something similar, do you know his site url?" }-

My bet is you mean Markus Jansson?
http://www.markusjansson.net/erecent.html

regards
/T

[InfinityAz]

You may want to take a look at Tweakhounds: The Right Way to Install Windows XP (http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/installxp/installXP1.htm) (a little basic but pretty good and has some good suggestions) and Super XP Tweaking Guide (http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks1.htm) (although I wouldn't recommend doing everything he recommends in the guide, there are some good suggestions and sources of information).

[lucas1985]

Notok's Security Software & Resources (http://www.dyingsun.net/apps.htm) :)

[iceni60]

thanks everyone, i'll go through all the links, i remembered i've got a list of everything i had installed when i used XP, i had a program that listed the contents of every folder, i've got some old bookmarks too - one of the bookmarks had links for setting up XP.

just before i stopped using windows i downloaded nLite, so i might look at that too.

Teknokrat, thanks for the link, it was Markus Jansson i was thinking of.

[WSFuser]

just an fyi if u want to use nlite, u need to have an existing installation first and then u can use the new created windows cd.

[gerardwil]

Also read this :):

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/install_xp.html

Gerard