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Microsoft releases Vista Tweak Guide

21 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/microsoft-releases-vista-tweak-guide.94665/

koolbluez
koolbluez Original post #1
Aug 2, 2008 at 10:43 AM
MS getting their hands dirty, so to say, to promote Vista as the ultimate OS.

This weekend, MS had released their final version of Windows Vista Performance and Tuning Guide, a part of the Springboard series and downloadable in pdf and xps formats. The tips are not entirely Vista-specific, but are well-categorized and layman-friendly and deal with single & (to a ~degree) enterprise environ.

Performance improvement can be done as in

- enhanced performance & reliability
- hardware boost
- configuration changes for faster boot & better response
- performance monitoring

Well, thanks to our trips to the forum & similar tweaking posts we know most of it (if not all). But might b real helpful for those who r casual users.
Basic tweaking, though.

So.. wanna hear from the big M itself.... take a stroll... ;)
IT Idiot
Aug 2, 2008 at 10:47 AM
yup, its a very cool guide. Though I prefer ubuntu, Vista is pretty cool too.
amitava82
Aug 2, 2008 at 10:49 AM
OK, I don't wanna make any comment... >.<
Abhishek Dwivedi
Aug 2, 2008 at 10:49 AM
exactly...and as an MVP once said "No OS is good right out of the box" :D
R
Aug 2, 2008 at 10:56 AM
thanks for info
Garbage
Garbage #6
Aug 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM
THanks for the info... though I don't use Windows..:p
IT Idiot
Aug 2, 2008 at 1:16 PM
^ increasing post counts? cool ;)
shantanu
Aug 2, 2008 at 1:19 PM
IT Idiot : its too much cool isnt it ? wanna have something ?
MetalheadGautham
Aug 2, 2008 at 9:55 PM
^^hey, is there a way to unban him and use some kind of filter in vBulletin to disable him from posting any post which has the word cool or c00l or co0l or c0ol or c00| or any other form of the word ? I would love to see how someone faces "Error 420: Word not cool" when he posts something :D
shantanu
shantanu #11
Aug 2, 2008 at 10:21 PM
i know who he is ! i warned the member who made the ID ( fake ID) ! so he wont do it again :D
nix
nix #12
Aug 2, 2008 at 10:26 PM
can i do these to tweak XP Pro too?
shantanu
shantanu #13
Aug 2, 2008 at 10:28 PM
download Xp tweak guide :) its Vista's :p
axxo
axxo #14
Aug 2, 2008 at 11:05 PM
nothing new, same old tricks...disable startup pgms, disable visual effects, disable services...etc.
goobimama
goobimama #15
Aug 2, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Disable visual effects?! Are they serious? What about the flippy 3D windows? I mean that is one of the single greatest features of Vista!

On a less serious note, thanks for the share Kooly. Will definitely check it out.
phreak0ut
phreak0ut #16
Aug 3, 2008 at 2:52 PM
nothing new, same old tricks...disable startup pgms, disable visual effects, disable services...etc.

The same? Then, I don't think it's worth downloading for me. Thanks for postign anyway Kooley :D
Garbage
Garbage #17
Aug 3, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Site is not opening for me! :(

BTW, I'm on Linux.. Is this making difference ??
T
The Conqueror #18
Aug 3, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Thanks a lot, I use vista as my primary OS and xp for gaming..
thanks
rahul_rks
rahul_rks #19
Aug 3, 2008 at 11:30 PM
thanks for the info.
R
Aug 5, 2008 at 10:39 AM
I use vista, & I dont find any problems in it, initially I had some difficulties in using it, but now everything works smoothly
Krazzy Warrior
Aug 8, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Vista is cool..
Thanks for the info.