Installation Question

I would like to install Vista on a Macintosh I have.
It's a 250 g hard drive, but I've already used up 150 g.

Is there a way not to put on all that extra junk that comes with
Windows?

I've already bought it a year and a half ago, the macintosh hard drive
was replaced.

Thank you

On 12 Jul 2010, wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> I would like to install Vista on a Macintosh I have.
> It's a 250 g hard drive, but I've already used up 150 g.
>
> Is there a way not to put on all that extra junk that comes with
> Windows?

What "extra junk" do you have in mind?

One simple question before I can advise you on your issue. Is the Windows Vista with
the secret version is it for a Mac or a PC?

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<> wrote in message
news:...
>I would like to install Vista on a Macintosh I have.
> It's a 250 g hard drive, but I've already used up 150 g.
>
> Is there a way not to put on all that extra junk that comes with
> Windows?
>
> I've already bought it a year and a half ago, the macintosh hard drive
> was replaced.
>
> Thank you

How are you installing Vista, using VMware, Paralles, or Bootcamp?

In any case it is a virtulization, you might need all that extra windows
"stuff" to run vista properly, but you can always disable features you don't
want by doing the following:

1) click the start button (blue circle windows button)
2) click control panel, under Programs, click "unistall programs".
3) in the programs and features screen, select "Turn Windows features on or
off " last choice on the left menu.
4) Windows Vista will now ask for your permission to access the Windows
Vista Features. You should click on the Continue button to give this
permission.
5) Next to each feature is a box that can have three states. If the checkbox
is checked that means that the feature, and all of its subfeatures if it has
any, are enabled. If the box is filled with a solid blue color, then that
means that some subfeatures of this feature are enabled but not all of them.
If the checkbox is empty, then that feature and none of its subfeatures are
enabled.

To enable a feature, simply put a checkmark next to the feature name. To
disable a feature simply remove the check from the feature or one of its
subfeatures. When you are happy with how you disabled and enabled the
features, you should click on the OK button to save these changes.

I am running Vista on my iMac, and this is how I customize Vista for me!
Good Luck!

"" wrote:

> I would like to install Vista on a Macintosh I have.
> It's a 250 g hard drive, but I've already used up 150 g.
>
> Is there a way not to put on all that extra junk that comes with
> Windows?
>
> I've already bought it a year and a half ago, the macintosh hard drive
> was replaced.
>
> Thank you
> .
>

I'm installing it with boot camp.

I don't use alot of the extra stuff that comes with Vista.

How much hard drive space did you give it?

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:37:28 -0700, Mary
<> wrote:

>How are you installing Vista, using VMware, Paralles, or Bootcamp?
>
>In any case it is a virtulization, you might need all that extra windows
>"stuff" to run vista properly, but you can always disable features you don't
>want by doing the following:

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:35:15 -0700, just as I was about to take a
herb, disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>Is there a way not to put on all that extra junk that comes with
>Windows?

Install it then uninstall it afterwares