J6 0 Posted March 19, 2000 IN WIN 2000 PRO HOW DO YOU REMOVE ALL THE STUFF YOU DONT WANT SO YOU HAVE A BASIC OPPERATING SYSTEM? OR IS THAT WHAT IVE ALREADY GOT AT 750MEG BECAUSE THATS A BIT BLOODY BIG! ALL I NEED IS THE BARE ESSENTIALS TO RUN ONE APPLICATION.NO NETWORKING OR ANY OTHER BELLS AND WHISTLES. MANY THANKS. [This message has been edited by J6 (edited 19 March 2000).] Share this post Link to post
Andy_25 0 Posted March 22, 2000 Hi, I already posted this answer to the Applications board. Here goes again: Try this: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/win2k_removecomps.asp Share this post Link to post
herbilicious 0 Posted March 23, 2000 but that only gets rid of 50MB .. where are the drivers in %systemroot%\winnt? surely you don't need every single driver for every stinkin' piece of hardware on the compat list sitting on your hdd ------------------ Who's got the herb? Share this post Link to post
SHS 0 Posted March 23, 2000 Well you could always del "winnt\driver cache" & "winnt\system32\dllcache" folder, I'am sure about dllcache folder thougth Share this post Link to post
DosFreak 2 Posted March 24, 2000 1. Get a bigger HD. 2. Use NTFS. 3. Delete all HELP files. 4. Delete all *.gid files. 5. Delete all *.bak files. (Be careful!) 6. Delete all *.cnt files. 7. Delete all *.old files. (Be careful!) 8. Get a bigger HD. 9. Use Compression. 10. Fdisk and then formar C:, Install DOS. 11. Get a bigger HD. Share this post Link to post
Andy_25 0 Posted March 24, 2000 Is it really safe to delete the "dllcache" directory under winnt\system32\? It's a huge directory with over 200mbs on my hd. What is it there for, if I can safely delete it? Andy Share this post Link to post
DosFreak 2 Posted March 24, 2000 I haven't really looked at this for very long but it looks like the dllcache folder is compressed and that there are some files in this folder that are not in any other directory on the HD. What I am thinking this directory is for is for that System File Protection stuff. (Where if you overwrite a windows file, then windows will take the file out of dllcache and replace it.) Share this post Link to post