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Software Tool Strips Windows Vista To Bare Bones Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday January 28, @07:23AM
Preedit writes "A free download that can cut Windows Vista's gargantuan footprint by half or more is developing a big following on the Internet. vLite is a configuration tool that lets users automatically delete a lot of unnecessary Vista components -- such as Windows Media Player and MSN installer -- to pare the OS down to a reasonable size. The software is catching on. An InformationWeek story notes that a forum that asks users to suggest new features has drawn nearly 50,000 page views.