I just installed it. Are there any useless features I should take out?
UAC
Start > Control Panel > Search UAC > Turn dat bitch off.
(It's the little pop-up box that dims your screen asking if you really want to install the thing you just asked it to install).
Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, but I guess you've already done that if you have an iota of knowledge.
Start > Control Panel > Search UAC > Turn dat bitch off.
(It's the little pop-up box that dims your screen asking if you really want to install the thing you just asked it to install).
Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, but I guess you've already done that if you have an iota of knowledge.
Sidebar.
Windows Vista
lolGooners wrote:
Windows Vista
edit: turn off restore points
Last edited by jsnipy (2009-05-06 14:28:06)
If you have a weaker PC or you prefer performance over looks then turning Aero off should be in order
and hibernation off too
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Dr. Watson debugger status report: half of "features" turned off, memory usage at 99% (4GB out of 4098)
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Dr. Watson debugger status report: half of "features" turned off, memory usage at 99% (4GB out of 4098)
Last edited by .Sup (2009-05-06 14:36:29)
Nothing. It's all useful for Windows to operate. I could only see Aero being turned off. And the reason it's a memory hog is because of SuperFetch which speeds Vista up. It's a good thing that it hogs memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_ … management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_ … management
I imagine there are many useful components in Windows Vista. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who uses the more extraneous ones. Like sidebar...never seen it on anyone's screen.HaiBai wrote:
Nothing. It's all useful for Windows to operate. I could only see Aero being turned off. And the reason it's a memory hog is because of SuperFetch which speeds Vista up. It's a good thing that it hogs memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_ … management
Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2009-05-06 21:12:01)
Extranneous ones? I don't even notice the features, if you're referring to UAC or Windows Defender.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I imagine there are many useful components in Windows Vista. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who uses the more extranneous ones.HaiBai wrote:
Nothing. It's all useful for Windows to operate. I could only see Aero being turned off. And the reason it's a memory hog is because of SuperFetch which speeds Vista up. It's a good thing that it hogs memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_ … management
what was that supposed to mean? Vista is designed to cache a lot of stuff in ram.Sup wrote:
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Dr. Watson debugger status report: half of "features" turned off, memory usage at 99% (4GB out of 4098)
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I was going to make the exact same thread. I did however turn UAC off in the first few minutes after mobo and vid drivers.
You don't have to do a lot of digging to find Vista bloatware that is hardly used but consumes significant resources. And Superfetch doesn't speed Vista up if you don't have the hardware for it. I use it (SF) on office PC's, but that's it.HaiBai wrote:
Extranneous ones? I don't even notice the features, if you're referring to UAC or Windows Defender.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I imagine there are many useful components in Windows Vista. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who uses the more extranneous ones.HaiBai wrote:
Nothing. It's all useful for Windows to operate. I could only see Aero being turned off. And the reason it's a memory hog is because of SuperFetch which speeds Vista up. It's a good thing that it hogs memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_ … management
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i use it extensively. i know from screenshots that max also uses it.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I imagine there are many useful components in Windows Vista. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone who uses the more extraneous ones. Like sidebar...never seen it on anyone's screen.HaiBai wrote:
Nothing. It's all useful for Windows to operate. I could only see Aero being turned off. And the reason it's a memory hog is because of SuperFetch which speeds Vista up. It's a good thing that it hogs memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_ … management
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
I love superfetch. I'm using it on all of my PCs even the one with the SSD. Superfetch does slow you down slightly after a boot until everything is cached but once it is opening all that standard stuff is much faster. I don't see a reason to disable it.
On new installs I
- Disable UAC
- Disable Hibernation
- Disable Win Defender
- Enable automatic login
- (sometimes) disable the page file
- (sometimes) Search
- Tick OS boot information in msconfig
On new installs I
- Disable UAC
- Disable Hibernation
- Disable Win Defender
- Enable automatic login
- (sometimes) disable the page file
- (sometimes) Search
- Tick OS boot information in msconfig
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
How do you enable automatic login and do the last three things you in your list?max wrote:
I love superfetch. I'm using it on all of my PCs even the one with the SSD. Superfetch does slow you down slightly after a boot until everything is cached but once it is opening all that standard stuff is much faster. I don't see a reason to disable it.
On new installs I
- Disable UAC
- Disable Hibernation
- Disable Win Defender
- Enable automatic login
- (sometimes) disable the page file
- (sometimes) Search
- Tick OS boot information in msconfig
Why couldn't you just ask how to do the last 4 things in his list?12/f/taiwan wrote:
How do you enable automatic login and do the last three things you in your list?max wrote:
I love superfetch. I'm using it on all of my PCs even the one with the SSD. Superfetch does slow you down slightly after a boot until everything is cached but once it is opening all that standard stuff is much faster. I don't see a reason to disable it.
On new installs I
- Disable UAC
- Disable Hibernation
- Disable Win Defender
- Enable automatic login
- (sometimes) disable the page file
- (sometimes) Search
- Tick OS boot information in msconfig
type into a command line and check automatically log in.
Disabling the Page File and Search only really makes sense on SSDs
For the last thing typeinto a command line, go to the boot tab and tick OS boot information
Code:
control userpasswords2
Disabling the Page File and Search only really makes sense on SSDs
For the last thing type
Code:
msconfig
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
Alright, now whenever I leave my computer running byitself(while downloading something)it shuts down after 30 minutes.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Go to control panel -> power settings or something like that -> change some power saving settings ?
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That's hibernation.12/f/taiwan wrote:
Alright, now whenever I leave my computer running byitself(while downloading something)it shuts down after 30 minutes.
Any ideas?
Check power options.
Not necessarily hibernation. Could just be standby.Finray wrote:
That's hibernation.12/f/taiwan wrote:
Alright, now whenever I leave my computer running byitself(while downloading something)it shuts down after 30 minutes.
Any ideas?
Check power options.
Tomaeto etc.FFLink13 wrote:
Not necessarily hibernation. Could just be standby.Finray wrote:
That's hibernation.12/f/taiwan wrote:
Alright, now whenever I leave my computer running byitself(while downloading something)it shuts down after 30 minutes.
Any ideas?
Check power options.
There's a major difference between suspend to ram and suspend to diskFinray wrote:
Tomaeto etc.FFLink13 wrote:
Not necessarily hibernation. Could just be standby.Finray wrote:
That's hibernation.
Check power options.
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.