Windows 9x is at core quite satisfying as an operating system, but many of us use only a small fraction of the total functionality, yet pay the price in terms of disk space, memory resources, and "integration" of a browser or other bundled programs. The intent of Winimization is to offer a tiny Windows installation that can be run with or without a registry, and is therefore portable across a wide variety of ibm compatible machines.
It is expected that the installations developed in these pages will be of particular interest to those wishing to install Win9x on legacy (older) machines or dedicated machines/embedded systems. Advantages of these mini installations include rapid boot time, minimal memory usage, small storage requirements, and faster execution times. Booting from a USB thumb device and running in ramdisk can provide a device with no moving parts and greatly enhanced performance.
It is hoped that feedback to this project will result in even more satisfying results than I have achieved to date.