Look in to getting a WinPE setup if you want the ultimate in power saving. Again, when I have more time I will go in to more detail. It's not for your average user though as it's initial purpose was for Pre installation. I've not tried ARC with it and don't plan to.

I have not disputed that XP is a good OS. It's a great OS. I still use it at work. My home office was only upgraded to Windows 7 because I need to know how to use it when asked questions and because I needed to upgrade to a 64 bit OS to give it enough usable RAM to do the tasks I needed it to do. If you are happy with Windows XP use it. That is not my argument in this topic.

but it is.I MADE THIS TOPIC TO COMPARE BOTH,YOU DID NOT START THIS TOPIC if you want to start on on windows 7 fine with me main part of this tpic is about saving battery power only ,i did a very real test,not using a laptop or computer but whats on a robot using a itx board with a dc-dc converter,i used a battery with a inline current meter and one bost systems everything stayed the same no changes at all so please dont tell me how i strated this post info you bring up should be on your thread only,so many people love to get off topic including me but this topic I MADE is about comparing both systems on saving battery power on robots

PLEASE make you own topic on windows 7

also i had a test copy of WINPE its like XPLITE but xplite IS FREE,But i do like WINPE better looking to get it too

Rich and other MS Experts;

I'm really interested in your discussion comparing the OS systems and optimizing Win 7 to run as efficient as possible. I do understand if ANY OS is optimized properly it will save on power consumption. I know Rich has listed a few tricks in a past post in this thread but he mentioned Win 7 starter. It may have been lost in the flurry of other posts but is there a good resource I could visit on the Web that would give me a step by step guide to trim down other versions of Win 7? I've done to in the past to XP and had great results but now I need to do it to Win 7. I'm sure this will really help my robot project and EZB.

Despite the static caused by a string of negative posts, this has been a very useful thread. I hope it survives the editing room of EZ Robot and continues on an adult level. I love a passionate discussion and a swapping of knowledge and ideas.

Thanks everyone, Dave Schulpius

thanks DAVE very good solid points but i do think it needs a new thread ,since mostly when i started it ,was mostly about using WINDOWS XP and saving power,i guess i named it wrong Thats the main reason i started this post I also dont like other say ,going to rip my head off,or say i got the wrong info.when that person doesnt know me at all,just because fhe doesnt agree with what i say,to me that a bad person one thing you dont do is insuly someone or say like a threat,maybe it didnt meen it that way but still seems like a treat,i never say anyone is wrong,or insult them or anything say anything bad about them i treat everyone very nice and want the same in return

robotmaker; Yes, I can see how this thread took a turn from your intended target topic. Sometimes though a thread will take a turn like this and as long as it's not too far off topic I see no harm. In fact when twists like this happen, sometimes we find the best answers to problems and new solutions appear. I've found in my life that with a little tolerance to other ideas and being a little more flexable I've been astonished how much more I learn and makes whatever I'm doing at the time better.

For archive sake it would be nice to have a different topic heading for the merits of each OS and how to optimize then for EZB. That would help in the future for anyone wishing to search out this info. However life in a Forum is not always that neat and organized. Maybe someone will start that topic someday. Then it can point back to this thread!

Have a good day, Dave Schulpius

DAVE i really love your points of views,you seem like a good person like me fred miller have a blessed christmas and may god take good care of you

;)

XPLite is not free, if it is then it is illegal. All copies of Windows must have a valid licence. XPLite does not come with a valid licence therefore it is not a legitimate copy of Windows so is an illegal counterfeit copy. If you have a copy of XP and a valid licence you can streamline it and using a copy of XPLite may be legal (a lot of assumptions have been made in order to get to the legal status mind you).

XPLite is not WinPE

Why must I make a new topic to discuss various supported OS? As you deleted your first post and the title states Windows 7 I don't see the problem. I am finding you very hostile towards me and towards anything other than XP (or XPLite).

There are a number of users who have posted in this topic who are interested in the various OS and the pros and cons, I'm sure there are more who have not posted. I will continue to discuss all supported OS, their pros and cons and offer advise on how to improve them for use with ARC in this topic unless I am advised otherwise by a site moderator. If you do not like it you are free to either disregard my posts or to not involve yourself with the topic.

For anyone interested, my test on Windows 7 SP1 64bit Enterprise without any optimisation is as follows and attached...

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Once this is all done I will probably make a new topic with only the useful information in it and none of the hostility and argument. I do apologise to those trying to follow the information on the different OS.