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It is IMPORTANT to delete WIN.INI

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In Reply to: RE: cPlay - the open source high-end audio player using ASIO posted by cics on May 05, 2008 at 13:31:58

Hello, everybody. I was just messing around with the system hive and again deleted smth wrong. The system started to a BLUE SCREEN, so, as usually, I booted into another windows, deleted everything in config folder and repopulated it from reserve folder. Started cmp machine and... it won't boot, telling me it misses config file.
So, I deleted everything again, DELETED WIN.INI, opened working system in regedit just to create a log file and rebooted into cmp again. All went smooth.
So, It's either the log file or deleting win.ini. And I think it's the latter.
Serge.
default 8, security 8, sam 12, software 16, system still 350 kb!!!

Edits: 02/11/12

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SOFTWARE at 16kB - you must have deleted (almost) everything - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 08:38:50 02/12/12 (3)
Inspired by your kunacy I have been making my way.

At 20kB and the only things I have left to delete are the MICROSOFT and POLICES entries - I am assuming the entries that mention ASIO and my soundcard must stay?

But who knows?

My system is at 252kB.

Sorry I am not good at making clear screenshots. Grant has given me the tool but I have not found the time to learn how to use it.

What more have you removed, Serge?
- The Good, the BAD and The UGLY - steppe 11:12:55 02/12/12 (2)
  Hello, Rick, Hello, evertbody!
  The Goog thing is that Software can be reduced to 16 kb (see the pic of what remains).
  The Good thing is that Mr.Wong has found even smaller versions for some files, and their substitution, especially one of *.nls, csrsss.exe and cssrv.dll give brilliant results, however small the difference in sizes.
  The Bad Thing is that not all his files I can use and most of xp-pro users, especially basesrv.dll, what a pity, really, as it's one of the most dirt-important.
  The really UGLY thing is, I never had my system backed-up like some of you do with some image, I don't know what You do and how, but this is what happened. Mr.Wong sent me his watchdog.sys, that is smaller, but warned me I have to substitute among kernel and vga.sys, and videoport.sys (a long mortal friend of mine) also hal.dll. And when I did it, the sun stopped shining, my mermaid girl has abandoned me, four horsemen rode across my sky... Well, it all BURNED F***ING DOWN, with no restore. No config substitutions, no total windows folder rewrite, nothing would help. It seems, that NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM are working in conjunction with hall.dll. I am with no cmp again. But I don't griev, as it will allow me to start again from scratch and, documenting every step, to "pave" the way for other NEW inmates to achieve our ULTRA setups easily.
  Serge.
  See the pic for software. I have deleted WINDOWS, but left windowsnt. Also, delete all persistent handlers in class.
  DON'T ASK ME FOR THE JW FILES.
  - AS you can see from my SOFTWARE - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 12:09:35 02/12/12 (1)
    Not only can you get rid of persistent handlers you can get rid of all of the file extensions.
    
    Now to see if I can combine our work!
    
    Sorry about the start over, even though there is always something to be learned.
    
    I would certainly keep my config folder since it should work just fine in your new installation.
    
    You need to get SNAPSHOT. It is worth the money!
    - Yeah, surely, but what's this - steppe 12:27:37 02/12/12 (0)
      Good evening (It's late and very fine and snowy evening here) to everybody.
      Surely, I'd invest in this thing, but what's this. Please excuse the wild boy. I am used to surgery without anaesthetics...
      Joke. I really would like to know about the ways to restore fast. Can anybody tell me, please.
      Serge.
      BTW, MR.WONG has just sent me another set of files and a possible way to a tweak. HE IS A JEWEL!!!
      Will post it in the morning, just let me restore

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