Windows XP is still dominates the market and most likely most of us will stick with XP for a while because Vista slows down your PC. Live CD is one methods to avoid lots of hassle. Well, one of the easiest ways create a Live CD is by using a software called pebuilder. Using it, you can create an XP Live CD in about 15 minutes!
Here’s all the software you will need:

1. Download pebuilder
2. Get Plugins: xpe-1.0.7.cab (the GUI shell) from here. Other plugins from here.
3. Nero Building ROM or other CD Burning software
4. Bootable XP CD

Follow these steps:

Step #1 Download Pebuilder and install it.

Step #2 For the wallpaper, replace [Windows Drive]:\pebuilder3110a\bartpe.bmp with the image you want as your wallpaper. You can find the default XP wallpaper at [Windows Drive]:\windows\web\wallpaper\bliss.bmp (In most cases, C drive is your the installation location.)

Step #3 Download the plugins:
xpe-1.0.7.cab: This will create the XP start button and taskbar. It is the GUI shell of the XP live CD.
Network Driver Plugin Pack: This provides many network card drivers.
FreeAV Virus Scanner: This integrates FreeAV.
diskexplorer_for_ntfs.cab: A very good file explorer
You can choose you want to download to add functionality.

Step #4 Open pebuilder. Specify the source path to the windows installation file. This should be your Windows XP installation bootable CD, where the i386 folder resides.

Step #5 Click Plugins and add the plugins you have downloaded. Since you have included xpe-1.0.7.cab, disable nu2shell and the startup group.

Step #6 Specify the ISO image file and click Build.

Step #7 After that is done, use Nero (or any other burning software) and burn the image.

Source: Digit Magazine November 2007

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