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    Vista Tweaking guide?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by korndawg, Nov 20, 2007.

  1. korndawg

    korndawg Notebook Consultant

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    Since the search function seems to be messed up, can u help me out on this. Someone on here had posted a real long guide on some great Vista tweaks. Anyone have the link for this? Thanks!
     
    korndawg, Nov 20, 2007
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    pixelot, Nov 20, 2007
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    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    Search is working for me, but am not sure which guide you're looking to find (I don't use Vista and haven't read the thread). This, perhaps?


    Edit: pixielot, that's probably it; nice quick work.
     
    bmwrob, Nov 20, 2007
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    laptopquestions2007, Nov 20, 2007
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    Thats it! Thanks a bunch!
     
    korndawg, Nov 20, 2007
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    Vista doesn't need tweaking out of the box as XP did. I reinstalled Vista and kept the default settings and so far I don't see any issues or performance problems!

    In this forum, I see more problems from people who have tweaked their Vista installation.
     
    sinstoic, Nov 20, 2007
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    That seems like a genuinely sincere comment, sinstoic. I'm glad for your sake that you've had such good luck with Vista, and wish everyone else using it were so fortunate.
     
    bmwrob, Nov 20, 2007
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    Personally I've tweaked Vista a lot not because I had problems per se, but because I was "optimizing" to increase my productivity; I just can't work when I'm always having to fight my OS, whether it's agonizingly long shutdowns or UAC announcements every time a move a file, complete with the dark screen and full fanfare.

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    pixelot, Nov 20, 2007
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    The only thing in Vista for me is the bootup time taking around 30 seconds or so.... I tried various optimizations but it doesnt seem to improve this.... :(

    I've cut down the services by half or so...
     
    TuxDude, Nov 20, 2007
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    Also, blackviper.com has some useful Vista tweaks. But do your research on these because not all the tweaks listed will be useful for you.
     
    crash, Nov 20, 2007
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