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XP is dead ! Long live TinyXP

Even though Linux is my OS of preferance, I cannot ignore Windows as there a lot of software which have no quality linux replacements and then Games.

18 Jul 2007 was the last date you could legally buy Windows XP. Microsoft simply stopped selling them so that they can promote Vista. But XP fans there is a news to cheer …  eXPerience has just relesed TinyXP Rev09.

TinyXP contains all the updated drivers to the day and there are several custom installation options. It’s based on XP SP3.  The best thing about this is that allows you to install Windows XP without the much hated Internet Explorer, Outlook express and Windows media player.  These are the available install options.

  • TinyXP With IE/OE/WMP (With Added Driverpacks)
  • TinyXP With IE/OE/WMP (Without Added Driverpacks)
  • TinyXP Without IE/OE/WMP (With Added Driverpacks)
  • TinyXP Without IE/OE/WMP (Without Added Driverpacks)
  • TinyXP BARE With IE/OE/WMP (With Added Driverpacks)
  • TinyXP BARE With IE/OE/WMP (Without Added Driverpacks)
  • TinyXP BARE Without IE/OE/WMP (With Added Driverpacks)
  • TinyXP BARE Without IE/OE/WMP (Without Added Driverpacks)
  • TinyXP With Repair Option (Product Key Already Filled In)

Tiny XP installs thousands of registry hacks, that improve the system so much you’ll never want to go back to the standard version. As if that’s not enough, it even includes a bunch of cool options at boot time for trouble shooting, and even a fully functional copy of the Damn Small Linux live CD!

The installation will automatically install follwing components.

Service Pack 3 Final (Build 5512)

All Hotfixes Up To May 2008

DirectX DLL Libraries (24 to 36)

Flash Player v9.0.124.0 (IE) – / – Plugin DLL v9.0.124.0 (Firefox/Opera)

Royale Theme (Options 1 to 4) – / – Classic Theme

The following applications are also included in CD are Acronis Backup & Restore, Damn Small Linux 4.3, Hirens Boot CD 9.5 and SpinRite 6.0.  You can download the TinyXP ISO which is only 700 MB using torrents.

Here is a link to download it from The Pirate Bay - The world’s most loved torrent tracker. You will also find installation instructions there.

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61 Responses to “XP is dead ! Long live TinyXP”

  1. thank you!! im gettin a new laptop n iv to emmigrate as well – so i cant get an illegal version of xp installed in my system but i despise vista – i was looking for an option and this is it!! thank you loads!!

  2. Wait, is this legal?

  3. >>is this legal?

    Certainly not. But who cares ?

  4. I use TinyXP and TinyVista. I have TinyVista running fast on a Pentium 3 with only 384MB RAM and TinyXP running a Virtual Machine. I also use MicroXP.

  5. try MicroXP – it is even smaller. 48MB is all the RAM it takes up after boot.

  6. Is this 32 bit or 64 bit, because I am going to have 4gb of ram. Will Tinyxp recognize and utilize more than 3gb of ram?? or is it stuck at a 3 to 3.5 gb limit like microsofts 32 bit xp?

  7. it’s 32 bit. I am not sure of a 64 bit version.

  8. I didn’t know about tinyxp, that is cool!

  9. Seems to be really nice. Thanks Man. Downloading it.

  10. I use tinyxp and is great but I have a problem using the ethernet because in an home lan configuration i can see the other pc not tinyxp, but from all the others i can’t see tinyxp pc and the configuration is the same for all pc in the net.somebody know why? thank you.

  11. >>A little problem!!!!

    sry ! but I am not an expert in networking nor tinyxp actually. Just sharing what I know. If anyone know plz help.

  12. Yep – I can endorse TinyXP rev09. Just found it by chance as I was rebuilding an 4yr old PC and it went well. I did option 1 install and goes fine. All I added was the /windows/help directory as I wanted the help.chm files for windows – extra 16Mbyte of disk space.

    Great…. shows how MS should have done it.

  13. TinyXP is awesome I am redoing all my old pc’s with it right now. Works great on old Compaq Presario – just had to go find my video driver which was no problem because it was intel. Only other glitch so far when I tried installing The Gimp – the words/letters were just boxes so I had to uninstall and use Paint.net instead. Any one else have Gimp issues?

  14. How much RAM would I need for TinyXP? I only have 128 MB of RAM. I apologise if it was mentioned somewhere in the article. I am sure I read it all, so I thought I would ask.

  15. 128 MB of RAM is fine for TinyXP

  16. “I use tinyxp and is great but I have a problem using the ethernet because in an home lan configuration i can see the other pc not tinyxp, but from all the others i can’t see tinyxp pc and the configuration is the same for all pc in the net.somebody know why? thank you.”

    I had the same problem but a simple fix solved it…
    go to start>all programs>administrative tools>local security policy>local policies>User Rights Assignment>deny access to this computer from the network>double click it and remove guest or anything else from list….
    i installed tiny xp on 6 pc’s so far and only one had guest under this… i don’t know why????actually its the only pc i did not format before installing(so if you did not follow this part of the instructions you get this problem)…. just remove it then voila it works for networking… hope i helped you

  17. Yeah… loving it as well. Works great for virtual machines.

  18. I have installed tiny XP on an old IBM600x thinkpad rather than throw it away. It works well but the only problem is that I cannot seem to install a working printer either using a USB connection or using a parallel port. Obviously I would prefer to use a modern USB printer but tinyXP does not seem to run the installation software for the printer or alternatively, there may be some patch needed for my Epson stylus D78 USB printer in order to make TinyXP recognise the USB port.
    Also, I was unable to install microsoft office: obviously Office refused to recognise a non-real version of windows. I did however get a working version of Office by downloading ‘Open Office’ the non-microsoft version of office. This runs on tinyXP OK.

    Does anyone have any experience of USB printers and tinyXP or more specifically, for the Epson D78? This is the one flaw that needs to be corrected as far as I am concerned.

    A separate issue is the poor graphics on my IBM laptop. I do longer have the drivers and utilities for the IBM 600x and in any case, they were for Windows 98. Any ideas about improving graphics with tiny XP?

  19. anybody have a usb version of this? I keep finding the old version. would love to have the v9

  20. Man, I just installed this on 4 machines today, its bringing the older PCs back to life! Long live TinyXP!!!

  21. Can I install this legally if I use a valid license for XP?

    Does this patch on its own like full blown windows?

  22. Can I install this legally if I use a valid license for XP? >> its not a legal one

  23. 64 bit??????????
    plz!

  24. Can anyone tell me the difference between Micro and Tiny XP, also which is the latest and which runs fastest for games

    thanks

  25. Forget tiny XP. Try tiny vista

  26. Jon Dzindzio:

    I’m running Rev 06 and only 3.25 GB of RAM show up out of my 4GB.
    I’m on 32 bit system.

    It’s too bad. OS X and most Linux distros should pick it up though. :)

  27. Hoping that this is great as it sounds for web testing on Linux via a VM.

  28. Hi,
    could you let me know if TinyXP also works on the new line of acer Nettops? Ir do I need to find drivers first? would I have to include into Tiny-CD or can I install after the XP-installation?

    yr advice much appreciated

    cheers
    Christian

  29. Hi,

    I have a very old laptop that I would like to intall tinyxp on, but it does not have cd rom and the usb does not work. Is there a way to put tinyxp on floppies?

    Any help would be much appreciated

    Greg

  30. Not possible in a floppy … It is a full OS

  31. if printer is not working in tiny xp here’s a solution.. go to start>run> type services.msc then find printer spooler and just enable it and there you go printer installation working

  32. Unfortunately print spool has been disabled on Tiny XP and is not available in the services menu. You must understand that Tiny XP is basically a gaming operating system and is not really comprehensive enough to run a pc if you need modern and up-to date office softare on it, eg, besides not being able to to run any kind of printer, Tiny XP will not allow microsoft office to install (U must use open office) nor a whole load of other good programs which I need to use every day. I am taking tiny XP off and reinstalling Windows 98 series 2 which I jsut love to work with. Its filing system is old fashioned but it is a joy to do stuff with.

    • btw u can indeed use Microsoft office, and it is capable of installing printers, ive used them myself, maybe u just got a shitty copy or something, but mine worked fine as soon as i installed

  33. I just installed TinyXP on and old HP Presario with a 533 Celeron. It came with Win98 and I upgraded that to Win2k. The only problem I have had so far is it didn’t install the Chameleon modem and I haven’t been able to find a driver for it. It recognized and installed a USB wireless keyboard/mouse combo and I was able to install MS Office 2k. Office 2k installed without a problem but I haven’t tried to use it yet. It works better and faster that it did with Win2k. I didn’t know there was a problem with installing printers on it so I hope I can install a USB printer/scanner on it. I did notice that the Remote Assistance doesn’t work on it. I’m setting this up for a friend so I was hoping I would be able to use Remote Assistance when she needs help with it.

  34. so I am still stuck on tinyxp vista edition.. anyone have an idea of how the vista theme was installed on that distro? I want to say it was with windowblinds, but I’m not certain and I don’t feel like pulling up the readme.

  35. could anyone upload it on a 1-click hoster and post the link here ?

    torrents suck so much on my connection config…

  36. >r3k November 4, 2008 at 1:52 am
    >
    >so I am still stuck on tinyxp vista edition.. anyone have an idea of how the vista theme was >installed on that distro? I want to say it was with windowblinds, but I’m not certain and I >don’t feel like pulling up the readme.
    ========================================================================

    r3k,

    Go to:~

    C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds

    Run wbconfig.exe and setup your skins there, you can even update your skins from Stardock as well.

  37. I have an HP dv2000 series laptop with the x64 AMD processors. I have TinyVista Rev 08 and was wondering if it would utilize the full 4GB of RAM I have. I would appreciate any help. Thanks. Also, will TinyVista allow installation of an antivirus program?

  38. I have a legal Windows XP Pro product key and product ID – is it possible to configure TinyXP to use these in case Microsoft finds a way to crack down on this?

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  40. Hey, i have tinyxp downloaded, but its a huge pain to unplug 5 harddrives from under my huge desk. is there anyway i can just transfer like a whole ghost image of it to the USB without an install? i also have a spare PC which doesnt support USB on boot, which is properly the only problem with tinyxp.

    any ideas guys?

    Thanks

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  42. Can this TinyXP Rev09 update hotfix from Windows website?

  43. Someone said there’s no Printer Spooler available…
    Of course it is!
    Don’t need the terminal to enable it; just go to Control Panel, then Administrative Tools/Services, find in the list Printer spooler and enable it.
    On TinyXP Vista edition this setting must be done every starting of the OS, if a printer is needed to be used.
    Does anybody how to enable it permanently?

  44. so just to be clear then, this isn’t a free-ware version?

  45. Chris, install it on one computer. The use Clonezilla to make and image of the installed O.S. Place the cloned O.S. hard drive image on a networked computer then boot up with Clonezilla on the other computers and just choose install the image and the navigate to were you have a copy of it on the network.

  46. This really rules! I’m a Linux user, as well, but I’m impressed….and one should NEVER pay for software.

  47. Hello!

    I like ‘TinyXP’ a lot. The only thing I miss is the full fileselector box, the original, with the icons (’My Computer’, ‘Network’, etc.) on the left side. Anyone who can tell me how to bring them back? I think it’s not a twak of ‘nLite’.

    Thanks!

  48. Hello.
    I have been using tinyxp for couple of weeks. Everything seemed fine until I needed Acrobat PDF. I installed it (pro 8)but I can not open it. After I click on the icon It does not open. I tried Foxit and it works fine but when I need to scan something (with my scanner) and I try to convert it to a pdf file to save it, it says: Format error: not a pdf or corrupted. Does anybody know what’s going on in here?

    I thank you in advance for any help provided.

  49. I have installed TinyXP on PC

    1) There is Print Spooler, Enable it by Going:
    Start>>Run>>Services.msc>>Print Spooler (Right-Click)>>Properties>>Start-up Type>> Manual
    This way, it starts every-time you give an instruction to print.

    2) Office XP runs smoothly. Office 2007 May give problems, not yet tested, but should work.

    3) This is not a Gamer’s Edition. It’s complete XP with MANY Tweaks (Select Option 1 during Installation).

    4) MicroXP is ultra Small (Smaller than TinyXP) Edition & is normally a Gamer’s / Tester’s Edition. I do not recommend installing MicroXP, if u have 128MB RAM & above.

    8) To top it it even has rescue & live CD Options to rectify any problems in Installation.

    eXPerience is a great person for tearing down XP & coming up with this Lean, Mean & Blazing Fast Edition of XP. Hat’s Off & Kudos.
    I am eagerly waiting for “Tiny Windows 7″

  50. I’ve installed and use Office 2007 and haven’t encountered any issues yet.

  51. I burned the tinyXP on a cd, but when I open the boot menu and choose ‘boot from CD’ it just starts windows Vista. Why does that happen?

  52. I like the configuration with TinyXP, even tough i have a couple of licenses for XP i prefer this one for running audio applications consuming less CPU/space – it is faster. But for by business computer i still prefer the standard installation/vista for better compatibility.

  53. I’ve got old PC (P3 600Mh2 with RAM 256MB). Right now m running normal XP version just to listen to music, typing and watching movie (without accessing to internet).

    So which of XP version, TinyXP, XP micro edition, or XP Beast edition do you think would help to improve the performance and use less resource.

  54. Just wondering if i have Vista on my laptop now, how do i change Vista to tinyxp?

  55. will there be any problem if i use it in norway or england?
    (i mean breaking copyright law or something?)

  56. eXPerience Presents…

    Windows XP 2003 x86 x64 Multi Boot DVD – eXPerience 12.7.2009

    This DVD includes 4 Windows installations and 3 extra boot options…

    1) Install Windows XP SP3 (x86) June 2009
    2) Install Windows XP SP2 (x64) June 2009
    3) Install Server 2003 SP2 (x86) June 2009
    4) Install Server 2003 SP2 (x64) June 2009

    5) Acronis Backup + Restore (Safe for Vista)
    6) Hiren’s BootCD v9.9 (Includes live Windows XP)
    7) SpinRite v6.1 (Hard Disk Testing and Repair)

    Nothing is removed from any of these four Windows editions.

    They are complete.

    ISO File size:
    2.94 GB (3,167,145,984 bytes)
    thepiratebay.org/torrent/4999066/Windows_XP_2003_x86_x64_DVD_-_eXPerience


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