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                      Damn TINY Vista (Gamers' Edition) 64bit SP1
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                              General Information
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Type.....................: 64bit Vista SP1 OS
Release Name.............: Damn TINY Vista 1.0 (Gamers' Edition) 
Supplier.................: Dekk3r
Compression Format.......: None
Files....................: DamnTINYvista.iso
Image Format.............: ISO
Size of Image............: 573MB
Size of Windows Folder...: 1.4GB
Requirements.............: 64bit processor

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This was made with one thing in mind - games.
I've stripped Vista down to the bone using vLite,
then further removed and tweaked components.

The result:

* No Sidebar
* No Media Player
* No Themes
* No User Account Control
* No Internet Explorer
* No Windows Mail
* No DRM module
* No Firewall
* No Indexing
* No .NET
* No Windows Update

If you're put off by the above then please don't use this Vista.
It is not intended to be your main OS.
It doesn't look at all pretty but just to prove I'm not a total peasant I have included one wallpaper.

There is one thing it does very well - play games.
Please note that everything that's a threat to your system has been removed.
So no need to worry too much about lack of Windows Update.

Internet access is provided by a small application called Browzar which you will find on the desktop. As it's based on IE's engine, some of you may rather not use it. If this is the case, then just delete the file and get online by typing www.google.com into a regular explorer window. You can then download drivers and a browser of your choice, etc.

Tested with all recent games (Fallout 3, Crysis Warhead, Bioshock, CoDWaW, etc)
.......and it's blisteringly fast.

* ATI users, as there is no .NET framework you cannot install
  Catalyst Control Centre - just download the driver file.

Read below: It gives me pleasure to learn that this OS has had some good reviews. One happy user was kind enough to write about it in his blog (thanks buddy):-
 
http://handerre.blogspot.com/2009/01/damn-tiny-vista.html

However, it's unlikely that I'll work on this OS any further. I'm current project  is an XP 64 based on the maestro's (that's eXPerience, btw)  TinyXP Xmas 2008 edition. And then of course, there's Windows 7 for us all to get our teeth into!

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                                 Install Notes
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* Burn to CD
* Install to a formatted drive
* Leave cd-key field blank and ignore all activation nag prompts
* When desktop loads - DO NOTHING.
* When activation is complete you will be prompted to re-boot.

Please remember to seed. Comments and feedback are welcome.


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