Reply to: Vista Tuning

[Bob Dalek]

Install Linux. Job done.

[Spacecadet]

Fair comment - I was going by the others I've read, but I'll take a look at it.

actually scratch that, i've just looked through the contents page on Amazon and this one does look pretty basic.

Interestingly there is a windows vista for dummies XXL edition but only in german

[Peoplesoft bloke]

I wouldn't knock it quite so quickly... the dummies books that i've seen have gone in to some depth

Fair comment - I was going by the others I've read, but I'll take a look at it.

[Spacecadet]

I did, to tuning, I don't need to know how to gain access to the control panel or use hibernate mode, so I don't think the Vista For Dummies book is going to help much.

I wouldn't knock it quite so quickly... the dummies books that i've seen have gone in to some depth

[Peoplesoft bloke]

you did actually ask for an idiots guide and Windows Vista for Dummies is as close as you can get

I did, to tuning, I don't need to know how to gain access to the control panel or use hibernate mode, so I don't think the Vista For Dummies book is going to help much.

However, realistically, asking for help on here one has to learn to take the helpful answers (majority) with the stupid few terry ossers who probably don't have a bill oddie clue themselves anyway.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Get a normal notebook , they cost 300 quid now. If you cant then get normal job , If you cant then get lost.

Get to ****

[NickFitz]

Asking for an idiot's guide is not the same as asking to be guided by an idiot

[Spacecadet]

can anyone recommend an idiot's guide/downloadable utility etc?

Thank you so much for your poorly spelt advocacy of Windows, it speaks volumes, especially about your grasp of operating systems. As I said, yours is precisely the type of unhelpful contribution I don't need. No problem, I have at last found a use for the ignore feature.

you did actually ask for an idiots guide and Windows Vista for Dummies is as close as you can get

[Likely]

Thank you so much for your poorly spelt advocacy of Windows, it speaks volumes, especially about your grasp of operating systems. As I said, yours is precisely the type of unhelpful contribution I don't need. No problem, I have at last found a use for the ignore feature.

Get a normal notebook , they cost 300 quid now. If you cant then get normal job , If you cant then get lost.

[expat]

Vista Business boots up on my Dell laptop in about 30 seconds flat.

Another boso that thinks Linux is great simply because they don't know fook all about Windows.

How much do you need to know about it before you can make it .... just ..... work...??

[luke warm]

some ideas on tweakguides article on p5:
http://www.tweakguides.com/VA_5.html

[Incognito]

Vlite is good at streaming vista right down.

http://www.overclock.net/windows/357...ize-using.html

Have a read up first before you remove something.

If it's a new laptop, then dell and the likes are notorious for filling it full of carp.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Cheers for all the suggestions - will give 'em a try and report back.

[xoggoth]

Not sure to what extent these are relevant to startup but they do cause freezes at other times. Turn off:

windows search
superfetch
readyboost
auomatic defrag
scheduled disc virus check in defender

Forget details but most you can access via the right questions in help or if not are on net. See http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2262

Get rid of automatic backup if you can - never found advice on this is right
and not been able to.

Get rid of any unecessary processes - there are lots more than windows task manager reports - there's a rather crude thing I wrote in VB6 here to show them and remove if possible but some just pop straight back again. The net will say what's safe to remove.

http://www.bondriver.co.uk/temp/process.exe

[Ardesco]

turn off file indexing and system restore and check that your anti virus is scanning files when you put them on your machine, not every time they are accessed.

That should speed things up