Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs and GBPVR

[Bathman]

Just out of interest has anyone tried this OS with GBPVR?

[nitrogen_widget]

Which OS?

[Bathman]

This one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Fun...Legacy_PCs


Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP) is an operating system from Microsoft optimized for older, less powerful PC hardware.

Microsoft's intent is to provide an operating system that will provide basic computing services on older hardware, while retaining much of the modern core technology in Windows XP Service Pack 2, such as Windows Firewall, Group Policy, Automatic Updates, and other management services. It is mainly designed as a full PC OS for older hardware, like a Windows XP derivative specifically optimized for legacy PCs.

Minimum system requirements
64MB RAM (128MB Recommended)
Pentium class processor
500MB HDD (1GB recommended)
800x600 screen resolution or higher
Network Interface Card

Key features
Consumes lesser amount of RAM than full Windows XP (Improved RAM support for further application usage)
Fully supports games (Installed with Media Support / Direct-X upon OS installation)
Supports most Windows 2000 / XP applications
Supports basic networking features
Supports latest PC and laptop drivers
Updates older machines to modern security specs

Known cons
Dial-up networking & terminal based connections are not supported
May have backward compatibility issues with older programs (Windows 98)
May have problems with old drivers
OS installation may need skilled technician capabilities
Installation requires full partition format

Sounds like idea OS for a HTPC to me

[martint123]

Hmmm, interesting - I might resurect my old tablet PC with it's touch screen but limited memory. Thanks for the pointer.

[nitrogen_widget]

You would do better to fire up nLITE & gut your copy of XP or windows 2000 if VMR9 isn't important to you.

With much work I was able to get a functional copy of windows 2000 going that only used 40MB of ram at boot up.

I also lost the Add/remove button in the control panel somehow. OOPS.
But at the time I felt it was a fair trade-off.

[dfdario]

I'm trying to get it working.
Up to now everything seems fine. I've just had a problem with ACPI of my ASUS M2V board that wasn't recognized.

[dfdario]

OK, finally it worked with less effort than i though.
It was just a try I gave and now I'm back to my fully functional Win XP SP2.
The WinFLP experience.
After the installation process ends I was pleased to see WinFLP immediately started to update from Microsoft site and after a the 43 updates (even Internet Explorer 7), were installed the system was operative.
Further software packs I installed were: GBPVR (of course), a codec pack (klcodec283f from free-codecs.com), directx_feb2007_redist (from Microsoft), the v. 3.3c drivers for my three HVR-1300 and finally the Cyberlink muxer.
A few changes in my batch files because of the the move from an Italian to an English system and... ready to start.
What I can say after a 3 hours run is that it worked fine a part:

• netstat command I have in Hibernate batch file to check if any MVP i connected
  
• a weak in repeated skip commands frw/rew that make GBPVR hanging
  
• others possible issues I didn't check
  

Why I came back to XP? Because since I spent a lot of time building up a stable configuration I don't want start a new never-ending story with WinFLP.

[maddog]

wow seems like ms is trying to destroy nlite now lol
anyway wth did u get this,,can i get one to try?

[Bathman]

I have installed it on my "work" PC which is an old atherlon 700 with 256 meg of memory. It works very well. It is noticeably faster than Windows XP. It didn't automatically install all the required drivers. However I was able to "update" the missing drivers using my windows XP cd. My HTPC is running like a dog at the moment so next weekend I am going to rebuild it using windows fundamentals for legacy PC - I get sick of all the bloat that windows install that will never be used on a PC that is purely a HTPC.

[dfdario]

wow seems like ms is trying to destroy nlite now lol
anyway wth did u get this,,can i get one to try?

ISO file is available here
While for the key you have to google around the net. I tried to use one I have of an older XP Home but without success.
If you gat problem in recognizing ACPI you'll have to press F5 at first installation startup as described for XP installation) and if this don't solve your problem you can try what is written here
One thing more VMR9 works fine but it needs drivers coming with your graphic card (mine is an ATI X300).