98lite Professional v4.7

Windows the way you really want it! Faster, more stable, more configurable!

98lite is a selective feature installer for Windows 98, 98SE and Me that modularizes Windows features, applets and sub-systems into optional components that may be user installed and un-installed "on-the-fly".

98lite works with all versions of Windows 9x and can be used to install a clean copy of Windows or can be applied to existing installations allowing you to reconfigure any system, any time, YOUR way.

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Tailor your Windows installations to your hardware and needs for substantial improvements in performance, stability, and security by removing superfluous Windows code and features you don't want our use. 98lite makes Windows work for you; everything is optional and without risk; previously removed components can be effortlessly added back with a click of your mouse.

Great for running windows under emulation on linux (Vmware, Win4Lin) or macs (VirtualPC). Strip back the emulation layers and unleash the horsepower.

Power
Tailor your system with litePC and eliminate the performance robbing waste of resources from features you don't use.
Stability
By removing a surplus of unused components, there is less Windows code lying around to break. More than 50% of Windows "Typical" installation can be removed.

Configure your desktop (shell) four different ways and change from one configuration to another in little more than a reboot.

SLEEK -	a blisteringly fast incarnation of the Windows 95 Explorer ...MORE
CHUBBY -	a faster Windows98 Explorer without the web integration ...MORE
OVERWEIGHT -	the fully featured Windows98 Explorer complete with web-view and active desktop ...MORE
98MICRO -	A hybrid using the Windows 95 Explorer totally "webless" and totally protected from IE security holes. With a tiny footprint and fast bootup - we wrote a whole page on it! ...MORE

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Options, Options and more Options!
Don't let the number of options 98lite offers scare you, if you don't understand or know about a particular option remove it! If you find out you want it back a click of a mouse is all it takes.
New options are integrated into the Control Panel Add/Remove list for selective installation right from the start, or they can be used to accelerate your current Windows setup.

New options include:

Internet Explorer
Media Player7 (Me)
MovieMaker (Me)
PC Health (Me)
Media Player2
DirectX
Direct Media
Task Scheduler
MS Cryptography
Web Folders
Internet Control Panel
Internet Search
Telephony
ISDN Configuration Wizard
Disk Defragmenter
Scandisk
ICM Color Profiles
Imaging Support
System Information
CleanUp Manager
Tune-up Wizard
Active Movie
Dr. Watson
Data Access Components
Connection Manager
Email Stationery
Windows Help Files
Legacy Windows 3.1 files
DOS command Files
Desktop Color Schemes
Desktop Tiles
....and more!

Add/Remove screen of the "Internet Tools" showing new options in blue. Click for full size image.

Add/Remove screen of the "System Tools" showing new options in blue. Click for full size image.

DOS menu screen - Click for full size image.

98lite can install windows from DOS to a clean system without much of the madness ever reaching your hard drive

One file for many Windows! Use 98lite with Windows98, Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) and Windows Me (Millennium Edition).
Multiple language versions. Download add-on language modules