cyneuron 2 years ago

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III. Things Added and Why
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1. Kerio Personal Firewall
(This firewall is the best firewall I have ever seen in my life. I have tried all firewall available, namely Zone Alarm, Sygate and others. They do provide good protection but they also take up lot of RAM. This firewall takes up only 5 MB RAM and provides most advanced protection.

You can configure a program access not just to Internet, rather even a single address, or port (local or remote), both inbound and outbound. Even Zone Alarm Pro doesn%u2018t have this.

This software is not available anymore. I found this gem in some abandoned repository of softwares.

Note : If you don%u2018t know how to configure firewall notification / you are a normal user, please uninstall this and use windows firewall. (Start it from control panel, has been turned off by default).


2. Control Panel Utilities

This is one of the finest collection of control pane utilities you will ever fine. These make life so easy in configuring and tweaking your system, and dont take any memory or resources.
(BootSafe v1.0.1002
Bootvis
ClearType PowerToy
CPU-Z v1.40
Dial-a-Fix v0.60.0.24
DirectX 9.0c CPL
HostsXpert v4.0
MemTest v3.5
Microsoft AutoPlay Repair Wizard
Microsoft TimeZone -- Requires .NET Framework
Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel v2.0.1.1
MSI CleanUp Utility 4.4
New MSConfig
Regedit
Startup v2.8 CPL
Services and Devices
TweakUI PowerToy v2.10.0.0
Windows Task Manager
WinUpdatesList v1.13
User Accounts 2 CPL
Driver Backup Utility -- Requires .NET Framework 1.1
Registry Tweaker
Safe XP
Startup Delayer
WinAudit
XP SysPad )


3. Themes

1. Windows Vista Basic
2. Windows Aero
3. Mac OS X (default)
4. Luna Royale
5. Vista




IV. Patches Applied
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1. Patch: HIVESYS.INF
Changes resolution information in HIVESYS.INF to run GUI-mode Setup in 1024x768x32.

2. Patch: XPRAID5
Patches the three necessary files to enable Software RAID-5 in Windows XP.
The offset patching used is different than the information provided by the Toms Hardware Guide,
But has been tested and proven to work just as well.

3. Multi-Patch: UXTHEME.DLL
Allows for the use of Themes that are not digitally signed by M

4. Multi-Patch: USBPORT.SYS
Sets the polling rate for the USB to 500 Hz, allowing for smoother mouse precision.

5. Multi-Patch: TCPIP.SYS
Uncaps the TPC/IP to allow for 100 Concurrent Connection attempts.

6. Patch: SFC_OS.DLL
Disables Windows File Protection from registering, sets it to "Always Off" even during Text-Mode GUI setup.


V. Tweaks Applied
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Boot and Shutdown-Auto-End tasks immediately
Boot and Shutdown-Auto-Kill hung applications immediately
Boot and Shutdown-Auto-Kill hung services immediately
Boot and Shutdown-Do not parse Autoexec.bat
Boot and Shutdown-Setup Prefetch-Cache-Disabled
Boot and Shutdown-Status Messages-Extended
Desktop-Internet Explorer icon-Hide
Desktop-My Computer icon-Hide
Desktop-My Documents icon-Hide
Desktop-My Network Places icon-Hide
Desktop-Recycle Bin icon-Hide
Explorer-Add %u2018Command Prompt%u2018 to folder context menu
Explorer-Advanced Search: preconfigure options
Explorer-Classic Control Panel
Explorer-Disable Accessibility keyboard shortcuts
Explorer-Disable Beep on errors
Explorer-Disable Prefix: Shortcut to
Explorer-Recycle Bin: allow to rename and delete
Explorer-Remove Send To on context menu
Explorer-Restore previous folder windows at logon
Explorer-Show Drive Letters in front of Drive Names
Explorer-Show Statusbar in all windows
Explorer-Show the full path in the Address Bar
Internet Explorer-Disable Download Complete notification
Internet Explorer-Disable Go Button
Internet Explorer-Disable information bar when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Disable Internet Explorer link creation
Internet Explorer-Disable Market Place bookmark
Internet Explorer-Disable Media Player 6.4 created bookmarks
Internet Explorer-Disable Outlook Express link creation
Internet Explorer-Disable Password-Caching
Internet Explorer-Disable sound when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Enable Google URL-Search
Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-www.google.com
Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time
My Computer-Add Control Panel
My Computer-Add Control Panel to Context Menu
My Computer-Add Device Manager to Context Menu
My Computer-Add Drive Cleanup to Context Menu
My Computer-Add Network Connections
My Computer-Add Services to Context Menu
My Computer-Add Software to Context Menu
My Computer-Remove Manage from Context Menu
My Computer-Remove Search from Context Menu
My Computer-Remove Shared Documents
Network-Allow receiving Remote Assistance-Disable
Network-Disable administrative shares
Network-Disable automatic search for network folders and printers
Network-Disable DNS failure cache
Network-Disable LM HOSTS lookup
Network-Disable restoring mapped network drives on logon
Network-Disable Simple File Sharing
Network-Remote Desktop-Disable
Performance-Disable Last accessed Timestamp on files
Performance-Disable Optimize harddisk when idle
Performance-Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links
Performance-Disable Warn on low disk space
Performance-Disable WBEM logging
Performance-Do not cache thumbnails
Performance-Enable USB Idle Endpoint support
Performance-Minimal Power Management
Performance-Processor scheduling-Background services
Performance-Run 16-bit Windows applications in a separate process
Performance-Snap mouse-pointer to default button
Performance-Use Windows classic folders / No Tasks Sidepanel
Privacy-Disable Driver Update Internet prompt
Privacy-Disable Error Reporting
Privacy-Remove Alexa
Security-Disable Screensaver
Security-Disable Web Open With prompt
Security-Screensaver Password-Protection-Disabled
Start Menu-Disable and remove Documents list from the Start Menu
Start Menu-Disable Drag and Drop
Start Menu-Disable Highlight newly installed programs
Start Menu-Disable popup on first boot
Start Menu-Do not use Personalized Menus
Start Menu-Expand Network Connections
Start Menu-Hide Search button in Start Panel
Start Menu-My Network Places-Don%u2018t display this item
Start Menu-Network Connections-Link to Network Connections folder
Start Menu-Printers and Faxes-Don%u2018t display this item
Start Menu-Reduce popup delay
Start Menu-Remove Search For People from Search
Start Menu-Remove Search the Internet from Search
Start Menu-Remove Windows Catalog shortcut
Start Menu-Remove Windows Update shortcut
Taskbar-Disable Balloon Tips
Taskbar-Disable Group similar Taskbar buttons
Taskbar-Disable Hide inactive icons
Taskbar-Disable Language-Bar
Taskbar-Hide Volume Control Icon in System Tray
Taskbar-Lock the Taskbar-Yes
Visual Effects-Active window tracking-Disable
Visual Effects-Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing-Disable
Visual Effects-Combo box animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Cursor shadow-Disable
Visual Effects-Fade out selection-Disable
Visual Effects-Gradient captions in windows-Disable
Visual Effects-Keyboard shortcut underline-Disable
Visual Effects-Menu animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Menu shadows-Disable
Visual Effects-Menu style-Flat
Visual Effects-Show translucent selection rectangle-Disable
Visual Effects-Show window contents while dragging-Disable
Visual Effects-Slide taskbar buttons-Disable
Visual Effects-Smooth edges of screen fonts-ClearType
Visual Effects-Smooth-scroll list boxes-Disable
Visual Effects-Tooltip animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Use a background image for each folder type-Disable
Visual Effects-Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop-Disable
Hibernate-Disabled
Windows Firewall-Disabled




VI. What Has Not Been Added And Why
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I have seen lots of windows xp torrents in which people adds lots of extra softwares. But I have not done so because different people have different choices and you should install other softwares as you wish. Then you must be surprised as if why I added Kerio Personal Firewall. The answer is that you can%u2018t install this piece of beauty yourself as it is no longer available.



# How To Install #

Burn the iso file from any burner. Boot the disc, and perform a clean installation as you do otherwise. ( You can not upgrade your existing system. Removed upgrade option as it frequently causes trouble to many people.)


# Recommended Things To Do After Installation #

1. First Install all your drivers.

2. Then Perform a Disk Clean up.

3. install Antivirus.

4. Install Dot Net Framework 2 and Java. ( You ultimately need them in some or other software.)

5. Install Office Suite and Other heavy Softwares first.

6. Install other softwares

7. Perform Disk Clean up.

8. Open Startup Control Panel from Control Panel. Unmark the things you don%u2018t need to start automatically when you boot up, because they take up lot of RAM, thus wasting resources, and also increase boot time.


# Recommended Softwares To use: #

Some are open source/Free (F) and for other paid (P) softwares, get them from torrents. To know about the software, Google the name.

1. Mozilla Firefox (F)

2. Video Player Codec : K-lite Mega Codec Pack(F)

3. Music Manager :

Mediamonkey (F/P) (best Of all)
or
Songbird (F) (For iTune addicted, far better than itune)

4. Burner : Ashampoo Burning Studio (P)

5. Antivirus :

Nod32 (P) : Not recommended for normal users.
or
AVG Home Free edition (F)

6. Torrent Client : utorrent (F)

7. Disk Cleaner : CCleaner (F)

8. Pictures Manager : Picasa (F)

9. PDF reader : Foxit Reader (F/P)

10. MP3 Tag manager : tag rename (P)

11. Download Manager : Internet Download Manager (P) [ This is the fastest I have seen of all]

12. Streaming video Downloader : Net Transport (P)

13. Antispyware : Lavasoft Ad-Aware (F/P) or Search And Destroy (F)

14. Application Launcher : Launchy (F)

15. Registry Maintainer : Registry Mechanic (P)

16. Office Suite : Microsoft Office 2003 (P)
or
Open Office (F)

17. To shutdown PC at defined time : Timed Shutdown (F)

18. File Compression /Decompression : 7-zip

19. Disk partition Manager : Acronis Disk Director Suite (P)

20. Place Bar Tweaker

21. Explorer Bar Like Vista : Explorer Breadcrumps

22. Dictionary : Wordweb Pro

23. To give Mac OS X like look to your PC : Flyakite OS X (F)

24. To give Windows Vista like look to your PC : BricoPacks Vista Inspirat 2 (F) [ Far Better Than Vista Transformation Pack ]


# About Viruses And Spyware #

Since me being one of you, that is, a file sharer, I have no interest in infecting anyone%u2018s computer. So don%u2018t be frightened if someone posts that it contains virus or spyware, because all these things are posted by people funded by organizations who are against file sharing and by Microsoft itself, so that people don%u2018t share files.



# A Request #

Please don%u2018t restrict your upload speed while you download and keep seeding once you download (this is only how file sharing survives) and do write in your experiences on this post.


Thanks

Cyneuron

dolefully 2 years ago

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Two things:
First off I scanned it with AVAST and it stated that there is a trojan virus in these three files.
Second access is constantly denied to me when I try to access any of this, to view the .doc, to read the .txt, and to burn the .iso.

Very frustrating but this whole torrent sounds like a really good idea - except the virus.