PurSuiT Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Just like XP, Vista needs some tweaking so here is a short list of stuff I would recommend: 1. Turn off Windows Search Indexing Windows Vista search indexing is constantly reviewing files on your system to make their contents available for quick searching. This is handy, but can severely impact system performance. To disable this constant indexing: Click Start then Computer Right Click the C: Drive On General Tab, Uncheck Index this drive for faster searching On the subsequent dialog box, Select Include subfolders and files 2. Turn off Windows Hibernation Windows hibernation background services can use a large amount of system resources. If you don't use the Hibernate feature on a regular basis you may want to disable it to give Vista a performance boost. To disable Hibernation: Select the Control Panel then Power Options Click Change Plan Settings Click on Change Advanced Power Settings Expand the Sleep selection Expand the Hibernate After selection Crank the selector down to zero Click Apply 3. Turn off System Restore Analysis and restore point creation by Windows Vista can eat a fair amount of system resources. Disabling this service will obviously mean the system restore feature in Vista will not be available in the event of a system crash. Change this at your own risk. Control Panel>System Click System Protection on the left panel Uncheck the main system drive Agree to the confirmation 4. Disable User Access Control (UAC) This much-loathed new Vista feature attempts to protect your system from malware infection by making you manually confirm a whole host of everyday user operations. While it doesn't directly impact performance, it can be annoying and might be more hassle than good. To disable User Access Control: Click Start then Control Panel Select User Accounts Select Turn User Account Control on or off Uncheck User Account Control Box Restart as recommended 5. Disable excess Windows Services that Auto-Launch at Startup Just like Windows XP, Vista ships with all kinds of services enabled that load at startup and may never be used by most users. To see what loads at startup and disable the ones you likely won't be needing (they can always be started manually later): Click Start then Control Panel Select Administrative Tools Choose System Configuration Click the Services Tab You can safely deselect: Offline Files (unless you're using Offline File Sync) Tablet PC Input Service (unless you have a tablet PC) Terminal Services Windows Search (If you have already disabled indexing) Fax (unless you're using a fax modem) 6. Disable Excess Windows Features Windows ships with other features that are listed separately in the Vista operating system from the startup services. You can view and disable these features by: Clicking Start then Control Panel Select Program Features On the left panel, select Turn Windows Features on or off You can safely deselect: Indexing Service Remote Differential Compression Tablet PC Optional Components Windows DFS Replication Service Windows Fax & Scan (unless you use a modem for faxing) Windows Meeting Space (unless you use the Live Meeting Service) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParoxysM Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Why upgrade to disable the new and improved features? Win2k 4 life!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Sadly, some good stuff does not work/install on W2k..... Ask PurSuiT, I was a longtime hold out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 Why upgrade to disable the new and improved features? Win2k 4 life!! Most of the stuff I listed I would disable in win2k also, they just renamed/moved the options around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 Tweaked. Never upgrade again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan4Life Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 good stuff just ask steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan4Life Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 I used to have a screen shot of 1.01 I took running on the beta of Win95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 After having to deal with the UAC on PCs at work and dealing with entering my password on Ubuntu it really does stop stupid ppl from doing stupid things... but for advanced users it just is another click and rip off from linux... XP is now starting to seem old the more I get used to where things are in vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted September 18, 2007 Author Share Posted September 18, 2007 All Vista Keyboard Shortcuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 More tweaking idea's... http://www.techspot.com/guides/72-windows-...emory-tweaking/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Only reason I upgraded to XP was the X-fi doesn't have drivers for W2k, I'd still be using it if it did. Its been about 2 yrs now since I switched to XP, still not happy about it and it still finds ways to piss my off on a regular basis. Like the complete crap out a couple months ago, for no reason, had to reformat as I could only get it to boot into safe mode. I've been using W2k for my file server for yrs and just switched it to Ubuntu a couple months ago. I'm almost dreading the day I have to upgrade to Vista. Dragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Only reason I upgraded to XP was the X-fi doesn't have drivers for W2k, I'd still be using it if it did. Its been about 2 yrs now since I switched to XP, still not happy about it and it still finds ways to piss my off on a regular basis. Like the complete crap out a couple months ago, for no reason, had to reformat as I could only get it to boot into safe mode. I've been using W2k for my file server for yrs and just switched it to Ubuntu a couple months ago. I'm almost dreading the day I have to upgrade to Vista. Dragon The reformat had problems to thou, didn't it? And a new p/s fixed the issue.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaPoets Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 XP64 FTW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 XP64 FTW!! WinXP 64 Bit was pretty good to me... Wish I had made the switch alot earlier. Vista Ultimate 64 Bit has been killer so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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