OS-eXP, an enhanced version of Windows XP.

Not sure to understand, what does your enhanced version of windows xp does that the original doesnt?

Why thanks for all that info. My head is all muddled up with all that detail that you provided.

What did I just read...

So, this is XP... but with bloatware?

why bother?

7-zip is a pretty obvious one. A non-Microsoft browser. Probably Firefox, but Chrome or Chromium are fine, too.
Also, you should probably include latest updates for MSVC so people don't have to hunt those down.

vlc. A more detailed resource monitor would be cool, but I cant recommend any specific one since I jumped to linux before messing with that things :/
And did the xp had screen capture software built in? Cant remember
Anyway, (at least for offline usage/reputable and secure web sites) seems great, good luck

Gut WMP from the system entirely, and replace it with VLC. Install 7zip.

Ok. Two questions... Why are you so obsessed with making images of such an obselete and insecure OS? And are you going to see it through this time?

because they fucking can leave them alone lol

Who cares? This isn't the first XP distro and it won't be the last. If you don't like it, ignore it.

It's a genuine and reasonable question... If you don't like it, ignore it...

Notepad++, VLC, ProcessExplorer, ProcessMonitor, CPU-Z, GPU-Z, Catalyst Drivers, Nvidia Drivers (allow users to choose since older versions tend to be faster but which to use depends on when each card was added), xmplay (with various audio plugins), 7zip (as already suggested), Firefox (as Firefox is getting support for XP until August 2018 while Chrome dropped XP support quite a while ago), Nimi Places, and that's about it...

> Why are you so obsessed with making images of such an obselete and insecure OS?

Not really asked to me, but a lot of people are interested in keeping an offline XP machine around as basically a time capsule of games. Consider it something equivalent to keeping your NES around for when you get nostalgic to play games. Yes, you could use emulation (or just install the games in Windows in this case), but it should overall be less hassle to just keep most of your old games on an old system rather than fighting drivers/compatibility/whatever. At that point, making an image of the result makes a lot of sense.

So, it doesn't make quite as much sense making a modified image of the installer...except perhaps to the extent of installing all the Service Packs/Hotfixes/Drivers in one go which some sort of slipstreamed install makes some sense. Even that overall time/energy-wise is probably greater than just doing it the direct way.

Some older hardware is a good reason why all these distros exist and are somewhat popular. I see a lot of guys on YouTube who build period-correct XP machines for gaming. I get that most enthusiasts probably prefer a clean copy of Windows, but sometimes options like these are nice too. Some people like it for nostalgia, some people might want to use it on a VM. There are a million answers that are quite obvious which is why I took your question the way I did. If you're genuinely curious why people do this, I have to counter that with a big ol' "why not?"

Being old and insecure doesn't make the OS stop functioning at its core level.

None. Bloatware is annoying.

@Zaide I hate bloatware too though they are asking us what should be added. And people are suggesting good programs any person should have, like 7-Zip and VLC.

okay real talk: What's the point of this. I mean Windows XP is heaily outdated and had many issues, it'd slow down to a crawl after a certain while from all the time I used it and it'd speed right back up after a fresh install.
just use Windows 7 or Windows 10 if you want windows, or any of the linux distros if you're into that.

@Jacklack3 I get that, but bloatware is inherently annoying and a bad idea because everybody has different preferences. Even the basic apps you mentioned have alternatives that some people swear by (winrar and mpc). We could argue about what's better, but that's exactly my point. Even if you manage to pick the best applications that everyone needs, someone will still complain that it includes Chrome when they want Netscape.

Windows is an operating system, and that's all it should be. Bundling anything in it is only a good idea if you're doing a custom build for yourself that will never be distributed. Otherwise just keep it clean and let people pick their own applications.

Just use ninite and call it a day.

Forget VLC, include the Combined Community Codec Pack and MPC-HC. 7-Zip is good, if you look for "Chrome Browser for Enterprise" they have an MSI installer that you could probably slipstream into your Windows installation pretty easily (not that I've ever tried it though, but I used to slipstream windows updates and other programs all the time).

The rest really depends on your audience. I use the daylights out of Notepad++ and FileZilla. WinDirStat is great too, any time I'm running low on space that helps me determine what to delete.

Look on Ninite.com, they've got a good list for ideas.

"Forget VLC, include the Combined Community Codec Pack and MPC-HC"

And thus my point is made for me.