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    What to do to a brand new 1500

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gtabmx, Aug 30, 2007.

  1. gtabmx

    gtabmx Notebook Geek

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    Hey, I just received my Vostro 1500 last night and being a perfectionist I have to tweak everything out and make sure everything is clean and can reach max possible benching marks without OCing it. What would you do to a brand new notebook and in what order?

    Thanks,
    Mike.
     
    gtabmx, Aug 30, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    If you're really a minimalist/perfectionist then you should reformat and do a clean install.

    Of if you can't do that, then I would uninstall all unnecessary programs, run crap cleaner and then a defrag. And for benchmarks, uninstall the gpu drivers with driver cleaner, then reboot and install the latest nvidia ones.

    Then go in msconfig and stop all non-microsoft processes that you don't need.
     
    adinu, Aug 30, 2007
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  3. jetstar

    jetstar Notebook Deity

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    I'd first create recovery discs and then delete any unwanted programs.
     
    jetstar, Aug 30, 2007
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  4. redzapper

    redzapper Notebook Consultant

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    I'll re-post my entry in this thread:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2398672#post2398672

    - Turn off search indexing, UAC, system restore, hibernation
    - Turn on write caching. Go to Device Manager, Disk Drives. Right-click on your SATA hard drive and click Properties. Click the Policies tab, and click Enable Advanced Performance.
    - In control panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows Features on or off, uncheck:
    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)
    - In Control Panel, Administrative Tools, System Configuration, Services Tab, uncheck:
    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)
    - Clean up startup programs. Type msconfig, look in the Startup tab.
    - I had a 4 gig flash drive handy so I used readyboost. With just 1GB, of memory, readyboost will also help.
    - Use Vista Basic instead of Aero

    See
    http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2110595,00.asp
    and
    http://mostlysavingmoney.com/2007/06...-speed-tweaks/
     
    redzapper, Aug 30, 2007
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  5. gtabmx

    gtabmx Notebook Geek

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    Does my re-install XP disc come with automatically loaded crapware? Also, how do I verify the manufacturer of certain parts of my laptop like screen model or pointing device make (ie. Alps or Synaptics)?
     
    gtabmx, Aug 30, 2007
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