I know this has probably been covered previously but I haven't fixed my problem yet.
On my original setup the Desktop PC (Windows 7) talks to the old Laptop (Windows XP) perfectly OK.
I've just bought a new laptop with Windows 7, configured the Network to MSHOME (same as on existing...
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I have XP on my old laptop, dual booting with Windows 7, because the Source SDK's faceposer lip sync doesn't work with SAPI 5.3, which is what comes preinstalled on Windows Vista/7. Aside from that, I use Vista as my primary OS, and 7 on my older laptop when I'm not using the SDK.
I have successfully Vlited Win7022 to the size of 1.27g so that it can run fast on my old laptop with 528 ram. Following is the vlite log of items removed, mostly Media Center, languages, drivers (I have my own)).
To avoid having to download the huge MS add-on to vlite, simply install the old...
aero disable
avast
beta version
compatibility
configuration
custom install
drivers removed
lightweight os
media center
oldlaptop
os tweaks
performance
ram optimization
security settings
spybot
sticky notes
system components
user account control
vlite
windows 7