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    NEW A8Js what are must dos?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by x31234, Apr 14, 2007.

  1. x31234

    x31234 Notebook Guru

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    so i just got my a8js from pportable, sean was very helpful he did his best to get my order out of the door and in my living room for the weekend. anyway this is what i did so far:

    Update Vista
    Installed Anti Virus
    Updated my go 7700 from the ASUS site

    little tweaks like services that run on boot up etc,

    i want to get the best bang from my A8js does anyone else have any suggestions on what else to do?
     
    x31234, Apr 14, 2007
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    ooskong Notebook Geek

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    I would venture, look for a firewall, get RMClock (NHC is not Vista friendly yet). Those were my main things when I was at Vista. Though I could not find a free firewall and stuck it out with the Vista one until I went back to XP.
     
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    x31234 Notebook Guru

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    yeah i just tried the NHC it gave me the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!!! haha omg never thoguht that would come back haha
     
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    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

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    OC the GPU... :D
     
    Jason, Apr 15, 2007
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    Hi... how did you 'update your go7700?' is it install new drivers? i can't find any new ones on the site... or is it something i don't know of? thanks :)
     
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    ITF Notebook Consultant

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    I've been recommending everyone who is going with Vista to create a new install disc using VLITE http://www.vlite.net. I recommend downloading all your drivers first so you can embed them into the install disc and most get installed automatically with Vista. It also lets you disable unnecessary features of Vista making it more streamlined -- it's on version 0.95 right now and 1.0 expects to bring bigger changes but as is, it's a handy tool.
     
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    i've got vista on this laptop
     
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    Yes i know that and everything i just suggested still stands.

    The video drivers from LV2G will work and will be newer. There are tweak vista guides on tweak town, spyware blaster adds a list of blocked cookies/website to IE7 which i am running and it works fine and I have seen CCleaner running in vista.

    I should have mentioned tunexp allows you to defrag your boot files for faster startup but if you are iffy about installing that then dont.
     
    _radditz_, Apr 16, 2007
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