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Feb 17, 2014 | 5:02 pm

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Originally Posted by LAXlocal

is there anywhere to download a clean XP disc that you can install and then use your CO number off the computers sticker ?

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Originally Posted by gfunkdave

You can download official ISOs of Windows 7 from Digital River.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...7-1c8486a46ebf.

ETA: Sorry, got confused her between xp/7. Pay no attention to the man typing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAXlocal

is there somewhere that tells you all the stuff you do NOT need to install ?

thanks

I don't think Microsoft is interested in telling you what not to install.

In the old days, we used to prune an OS installion by just deleting stuff we didn't need/never used. Not so easy nowadays, but the add/remove window gives you the option of removing Windows components.

Are you wanting to do a minimalist install because of hard drive space restrictions, or just to speed up the install process? You can do a complete XP install in under 4 gigs, and it's hard to find even older computers with less than 20-40 gigs.

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