welcome back to the adventure today we are repurposing an old laptop
this is a subscriber special so there are several different things we'll be doing with this laptop
for this project I want to take an HP dv5000 series laptop and put Windows thin PC on it
of course we're going to modify the installation disk with updates and drivers
from there we can experiment with the capabilities of the system and test out some web browsers
to get started open a browser and navigate to ntlight.com
click on download at the upper right of the page
select the download that is appropriate for your system type
if you are not sure you can check by right-clicking on the start
button and selecting system from the context menu
the system I'm using is 64-bit so I will download the 64-bit version of NT light
what we get is an executable file that we can run to launch the NT light installer
click the radio button to the left of I accept the agreement then click next
pick the location where you want NT light installed my primary drive is an SSD and I
have a secondary drive that's mechanical in an effort to conserve total bytes written I
want to install this on my secondary hard drive so I will change C colon to e colon
on this screen we have a couple of options I don't want to desktop shortcut so I will deselect that
and I'm not interested in portable mode so I will leave that blank and click next
after a relatively short progress bar we get the confirmation screen
I do highly recommend opening in tea light to verify that it's working and has no errors
depending on your system configuration you may get an error when NT light attempts to Launch
leave the Box checked for launch NT light and click finish
if all went well NT light will be open
now to Source the Windows updates that we want to slip stream
this would also be a good time to mention that we're working with a 32-bit operating system so
we want to make sure we're downloading the 32-bit version of the updates
also from the Microsoft update catalog we need to grab the surfacing stack update
from 2019 which is the component that installs Windows updates
this also updates key underlying components for several elements of Windows deployment such as
dism system file Checker changing Windows features or roles and repairing components
then we need the sha2 code signing support update the secure hash algorithm 1 was developed as an
irreversible hashing function and is widely used as part of code signing unfortunately the security
of sha-1 has become less secure over time because if weaknesses found in the algorithm increased
processor performance in the Advent of cloud computing stronger Alternatives such as the secure
hash algorithm 2 are now strongly preferred as they do not experience the same issues
we are almost ready to start using NT light there is a little more preparation
that is needed and I want to integrate some drivers as well so we'll need to Source those
in a previous video I recorded the hardware IDs for the devices in this laptop
I was able to find Windows 7 drivers for the chipset Graphics audio and Wi-Fi
we can take the windows thin PC ISO and open it in a program like power ISO
then extract the contents to a new folder on the desktop
create another new folder and move the updates to that folder
foreign
then create a third new folder for the drivers
device drivers generally come in an installer package which can be opened
like a compressed file using a program like 7-Zip we can extract the contents
of the executable over to the drivers folder so NT light can access the drivers
we are now ready to open in tea light if this is your first time using NT Lite
click the add button at the upper right of the screen and select image directory
point to the folder on the desktop that contains the contents of the installation disk
we will now have an entry under image history
foreign
click the entry and select load
NT light will then Mount the image so it can be modified
allow several minutes for this process to complete
now click updates at the left of the screen in this section we can see what updates are
already integrated with the image and we can select new ones to integrate
click the add button at the upper left and select directory containing packages and add
point to the folder on the desktop that contains the Windows updates
the left pane will fill with a list of updates
if everything looks correct we can click drivers at the left of the screen
click add at the top left of the screen and select directory containing drivers then add
point to the folder on the desktop with the drivers
the left pane will populate with the list of device drivers the right hand
pane shows the devices on the PC where NT light is open and if the
driver is present in the installation disk or not
for this project I don't have a need to make further customizations to the
installation disk however there are many more things you can do within T light
we can click apply towards the lower left of the screen
here we have a number of additional tasks that can be done
the image I'm working with only has one addition so the remove and reapply options are not needed
I do want to Mark create ISO
once you have selected the desired options click the process button at the top left
this process will take a very long time to complete
the request was for an uncut tutorial on how to slipstream updates and this part requires
no further interaction if you're using the full version of NT Lite otherwise there is
a prompt where you can click ok to continue so let's go through a little time warp here
now we have a custom installation disk for Windows 10 PC
from here I'm going to burn a disk image to a DVD using power ISO
here we are at the desktop after the installation finishes
let's see how we did starting with checking for updates
something that is immediately apparent is the lack of a start search which
makes sense all of the services needed to index and search consume resources
the check for updates is successful
next let's open up Snappy and see if there are newer drivers than the ones we found previously
not too bad there is a driver for extra buttons on this laptop above the keyboard
and a newer SATA driver otherwise we found suitable drivers for the hardware well done
from here we need to find a web browser we need something that is both lightweight and functional
to begin our search let's start with Opera Midori Brave and Microsoft Edge
normally we would start our testing with the HTML5 test but that's boring
instead let's open up resource monitor select the entries for Opera so we can track it
and then let's try using a web app or service like Google Maps
as you may imagine some patients is needed when working with a low spec PC
Google Maps loading feels sluggish and it may not be because of Opera
the page does eventually load and you can click around to
switch suggested routes and add stops to the trip
after the page loads it's usable
checking back on resource monitor here we can see the memory usage for Opera
next up we can test Midori with a game called 2048
the game is supposed to have something of a sliding animation when the tiles move around
the screen something very noticeable here is that the tiles just disappear and reappear
if we take a look at resource monitor there
is only one entry for Midori and the RAM usage is very low
now to throw a test at the brave browser this is supercook.com which is a tool that allows you to
select ingredients that you have on hand in the left pane and on the right pane recipes will be
displayed that use the selected ingredients once you have selected all the ingredients
you have to scroll down the list on the right and find something that looks good
click on the recipe and it will link you to the source like allrecipes.com
checking back on a resource monitor we can see how much memory is being used by Brave
of course we need to test Microsoft Edge now archive.org has scanned copies of magazines
that you can read for free here is an issue of Dos resource magazine
using these controls we can turn the page and zoom in or out
let's see what resource monitor has to say
of these browsers I like Microsoft Edge I would prefer something that
feels a little faster but the hardware is low end
so the best value in terms of features versus performance goes to Edge
this is a good jumping off point for exploring the many practical uses for an old PC
you may be wondering what is the PC we're working on in this video it is an HP dv5200 series laptop
we can use a few tools from the high-ren's boot CD to get some more specifics
cpu-z reports that it's an Intel Celeron 1.4 gigahertz processor which is single core
and there is currently three gigs of ram in the system
you can also see that the integrated GPU is an Intel 945 Express
foreign
Specky gives us some of the same information as cpu-z but with significantly more detail
I especially like the temp of the various components being displayed
by today's standards the temp is rather High however the max temp is actually
100c or 212 degrees Fahrenheit according to enthal's website
I would rather not test how hot this CPU can get so I will take Intel's word for it
we also have some details here on the hard drive it's an 80 gig Seagate sato1 hard drive
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