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    Tweakers beware - in Vista it may hurt:

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by DetlevCM, Apr 30, 2009.

  1. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    A little bit of inof about tweaking in Vista - from MS:

    http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-US/Help/596FB57F-CC9D-4AC5-A813-5C0830E9156A1033.mspx

    And this I think agrees with me ;) :)

    and at the end:

     
    DetlevCM, Apr 30, 2009
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  2. Silas Awaketh

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    Hardly anything new, is it DetlevCM? :)
     
    Silas Awaketh, Apr 30, 2009
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  3. DetlevCM

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    That is true - but his is a simply written article by Microsoft - it should quieten the sceptics.
     
    DetlevCM, Apr 30, 2009
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    Hasn't changed. Tweaking can be good and bad to a system, it's all about knowing which programs to tweak, and which to not.
     
    DefconZero, Apr 30, 2009
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  5. DetlevCM

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    Overal Vista needs no tweaking.

    It sorts itself out
     
    DetlevCM, Apr 30, 2009
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    vLite + disabling of various services that is unneeded (not readyboost, nor superfetch, those are good things) does makes it faster.
     
    Kocane, Apr 30, 2009
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    No need for all these. My laptop runs fast without any tweaking.
    I would blame the third party software developers who force their software to run automatically at system start up. In most cases the auto start up is not needed.
     
    coolguy, Apr 30, 2009
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  8. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    I agree, after all do you NEED the GoogleUpdate Service, Google Software Updater, AdobeUpdaterService, iPod Servive (installed by iTunes even if you don't own an iPod), etc. running ALL THE TIME?

    While I am not a proponent of many tweaks and NEVER EVER EVER any automatic tweaking application. There are occasional tweaks that make sense. For example, would you consider the defrag of the boot files a tweak? I would.
    Just sayin'.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 30, 2009
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  9. EnterKnight

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    I love the last line.
     
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    The last two sentances.....

    A lot of people are afraid to throw away the 'knowledge' that made them 'gurus'.

    No one is a guru for life. Who cares what you did with win2k and xp. What can you do NOW with Win7?
     
    newsposter, Apr 30, 2009
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