[srroos]

Just got a heavily nLited XP install on my new Mini 9, but even with the Dell Battery driver and Switch app I can't get wireless or the battery to work. Anyone had a similar problem? Perhaps I am missing something critical that was removed with nLite?

[stultus]

I reinstalled XP 3 times to fix these nagging issues. The final time I ditched nlite.

I don't know if you followed a guide to strip down windows or just winged it on your own. The guide for netbooks I followed was flat wrong and I ended up with no hyperthreading on my second install. The first install had no remote desktop or ACPI.

When you first start windows off an nlite CD, there's a menu where you choose your CPU type. There are two options, "other", and something else that sounds vaguely more promising. The problem is that there's a bug and you're at the bottom of a list with like 6 items on it. You need to scroll up and choose the long description with ACPI in it. So that's your ACPI issue.

I don't know why your wireless doesn't work. You probably removed a critical module somewhere. I'd pass on nlite if you have an 8+ GB SSD. I never had any problems.

[srroos]

I've got a 4GB SSD, so I pretty much have to use nLite.

I'm going to reinstall to see if that tip fixes the ACPI issue and maybe the other issues will sort out.

[stultus]

Here's the bad guide in question:
http://www.i64x.com/eeexp.php

Do not remove multiprocessor support or hyperthreading will be disabled.

Something in the guide also disables remote desktop. I don't know which one it is. But on the plus side the wifi worked fine...

Finally, if you're really trying to pare down, check out xp-slim-drivers-t386.html
My suggestions: do not put all of these into the nlite install.

This display driver is incomplete and your desktop icons will get reset every boot if you use this. Use the real dell drivers.

This set doesn't include touchpad drivers (the touchpad scrolling features are nice) or battery indicator or wifi shutoff support (which is mostly useless to be true) but everything else worked with basic functionality. You might try using batterybar instead of the real dell battery indicator anyways.

[srroos]

Well, I redid my nLite to be less agressive and it worked. Although, now I have the desktop resize problem even on the new BIOS. Bummer...