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PL1: /* Remove Software you do not use */

2014-09-19T17:11:04Z

‎Remove Software you do not use

2014-09-19T17:05:14Z

‎Remove Software you do not use

2014-09-11T05:06:12Z

‎Replace XP with a cutdown version

2014-09-11T05:05:14Z

‎Replace XP with a cutdown version

2014-09-11T05:04:14Z

Reverted edits by PL1 (talk) to last revision by Saint

2014-09-11T05:02:44Z

‎Advanced Changes

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‎HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many

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‎HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many

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 Remove software you no longer use<br>
 Control Panel -> Add/Remove Software
 List of [http://www.sevenforums.com/software/89960-hp-pre-installed-programs.html unneeded HP programs] on Win7 systems.

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 Remove software you no longer use<br>
 Control Panel -> Add/Remove Software
 ===Clean your registry===

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 Probably the most effective method of speeding up your boot times is to use a cut down version of XP/Vista.<br>
-This vastly slimmed down versions can be customised and created ''before OS installation'' using the [http://www.nliteos.com/ nlite] utility (or [http://www.vlite.net/ vlite] for Vista).<br>
+The vastly slimmed down versions can be customised and created ''before OS installation'' using the [http://www.nliteos.com/ nlite] utility (or [http://www.vlite.net/ vlite] for Vista).<br>
 ===HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many===

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	This vastly slimmed down versions can be customised and created ''before OS installation'' using the [http://www.nliteos.com/ nlite] utility (or [http://www.vlite.net/ vlite] for Vista).<br>		This vastly slimmed down versions can be customised and created ''before OS installation'' using the [http://www.nliteos.com/ nlite] utility (or [http://www.vlite.net/ vlite] for Vista).<br>
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−	~~There are also pre-stripped down versions available, called TinyXP and TinyVista.<br>~~

	===HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many===		===HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many===

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	==Advanced Changes==		==Advanced Changes==
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		+	===Replace XP with a cutdown version===
		+	Probably the most effective method of speeding up your boot times is to use a cut down version of XP/Vista.<br>
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		+	This vastly slimmed down versions can be customised and created ''before OS installation'' using the [http://www.nliteos.com/ nlite] utility (or [http://www.vlite.net/ vlite] for Vista).<br>
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		+	There are also pre-stripped down versions available, called TinyXP and TinyVista.<br>

	===HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many===		===HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many===

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	==Advanced Changes==		==Advanced Changes==
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−	~~===Replace XP with a cutdown version===~~
−	~~Probably the most effective method of speeding up your boot times is to use a cut down version of XP/Vista.<br>~~
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−	~~This vastly slimmed down versions can be customised and created ''before OS installation'' using the [http://www.nliteos.com/ nlite] utility (or [http://www.vlite.net/ vlite] for Vista).<br>~~
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−	~~There are also pre-stripped down versions available, called TinyXP and TinyVista.<br>~~

	===HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many===		===HORM = Hibernate Once Resume Many===

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 If you see "HORM active" now you can try to hibernate and resume as many times you want by the same hiberfile.sys
-EWF protection is still disabled till you don't enable it using ewfmgr.exe<br>
+EWF protection is still disabled till you don't enable it using ewfmgr.exe '''(You probably don't want EWF active - it is designed to reduced writes when using Flash storage as a system drive)'''<br>
 '''NB It is best to hibernate with no external drives attached to prevent cached data being saved in the hibernation file.'''

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 ''(NB - this info was sourced from this [http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/winnt-based/97696-just-horm-only.html thread] on mp3car.com.)''<br>
-*# You need to use files extracted from "XPeSP2FeaturePack2007.iso" downloaded from MS XPe site. [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9bdf1dea-a37e-4d25-83df-aabbaa78914f&displaylang=en Link].
+*# You need to use files extracted from "XPeSP2FeaturePack2007.iso" downloaded from MS XPe site. [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9bdf1dea-a37e-4d25-83df-aabbaa78914f&displaylang=en Link].<br>
 *# Mount or extract the Iso, you will see a file called 'XPEFP2007.EXE' which you can then extract with Winrar/Winzip.
 *# The files mentioned below can be found in the "rep" directory
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 If you see "HORM active" now you can try to hibernate and resume as many times you want by the same hiberfile.sys
-EWF protection is still disabled till you don't enable it using ewfmgr.exe
+EWF protection is still disabled till you don't enable it using ewfmgr.exe<br>

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 *# copy ewf.sys in system32\drivers dir
 *# copy horm.dat in root dir (same as ntldr), c:\
-*# add to the registry the ewf informations using a .reg file. Detailed info [http://granturing.blogspot.com/2007/12/this-guide-is-based-off-my-original-ewf.html here.]
+*# add to the registry the ewf informations using a .reg file. Detailed info [http://granturing.blogspot.com/2007/12/this-guide-is-based-off-my-original-ewf.html here.] [[EWF reg file]] to download.
 *# enable hibernation support on the system if not yet
 *# restart and use command prompt to run "ewfmgr" (see below):