Comments on: More Windows speed tweaks

Shut down System Restore, clear out your system tray, dump themes, and disable other unnecessary Windows components.

[hkhurana]

I completely disagree on disabling system restore. That's a feature that has saved my butt many times.

[doreilly]

I was a big fan of System Restore until it failed on me and left me with no recourse but to restore my system from an image backup I had created a couple of months earlier using a full-fledged backup program. I'll do a post next week about the pros and cons of System Restore, but generally I believe that while System Restore is better than no backup, there are more reliable ways to protect your PC's data.

[biffhenerson]

Whats the point in running Vista if you turn the Visa features off? Then it is no longer Vista, just a generic nothingness. Boring. Maybe you should also tell the readers to unplug the mouse too as it drains system resources when the pointer is moved around the screen. Tell them to use the keyboard for everything. I feel sorry for people who follow your tips. No computer support person is going to want to help fix their computer when it has been tweeked so much. Leave the settings alone! While the computer may appear to be nanoseconds faster, Their computer will be crippled and vunerable and productivity will fall. Good luck.

[doreilly]

I was hoping that Vista would be faster than XP, but every morning I boot a Vista system and an XP system at the same time, and guess which one starts faster? Vista has some nice new features, but is it really a big step up from XP? We just want to get our work done faster and without the hassles. Keep the eye candy and superfluous "enhancements".

I'm sure many support people wish PC users would never touch their machines because doing so makes their job more difficult. In the real world, you can't expect people to want to customize their systems, and that includes finding ways to make them run faster.

[doreilly]

One slight correction to my previous reply: "...you can't expect people not to want to customize their systems..."

Thanks,
Dennis

[aka_tripleB]

I've been reading that turning off the "eye candy" only really applies to people who don't have a dedicate or up-to-date video card. I've been hearing most people with a decent video (I have an ATI X700, which seems to work well) won't see any benefit because most of the visual improments run off the video card. I'm pretty certain the Mr. O'Reilly is talking mainly to laptop and low-end PC owners who have an integrated video card for this one.

[PCWizKid]

I found alternative ways to tweak vista and also listed the top tweaking utilities you can get for it here:
http://pcwizkid.blogspot.com/2007/11/windows-vista-teak-bootup-faster.html

Cheers
PCWizKid
http://pcwizkid.blogspot.com/

[donboulton]

If you know how to tweek XP or are somewhat an advanced user then go here for Vista Tweeks.

http://bibwoe.com/1/InfoPages/VistaTweaks/tabid/84/Default.aspx

[kael10]

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