Striping down to the bare minimum

But with only eight days left of pay, my August budget is in a more basic, minimal state. I have had some mixed luck with decrapify. When I reinstall XP, what steps can I take to strip the Paj down to the copper core? And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again. Wow, Heidi McLaughlin wrote one down and dirty story with Stripped Bare!