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Vista

4 tips to keep your PC running smoothly

February 9, 2010

What to know an insider tip? Computers require maintenance.
Although my day job is primarily Network Design and Infrastructure I’m still the “go to guy” when my friends and family need computer help. I like that because I’m in this business to help people. However, I’m consistently surprised how few users are aware of some simple [...]

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Vista Performance Tweaks

November 5, 2008

Vista is a fine operating system but it is a bit slow and quite bloated. I’m a performance junky that intends to squeeze every bit of power out of a system. I wrote an initial post called Vista Performance Tweaks – The Quick and Dirty but I’m excited to offer this more complete list that [...]

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Why you should never buy Vista 32-bit.

September 25, 2008

Stuart Johnson wrote a piece for WindowsSecrets.com with the following advice,
The bottom line is that if you’re using XP, there’s no point in upgrading to 32-bit Vista. It doesn’t make sense to upgrade your operating system without upgrading to 64-bit hardware and software in order to get the most out of both…
…The early word is [...]

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Hidden Performance Tip for Vista on a Laptop

September 14, 2008

Are you running Vista on a laptop?  Did you know that you might not be benefiting from all your high-priced hardware?  There is a little known setting in Vista that allows you to configure the balance between system performance and battery life.
The setting is found in the Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Power [...]

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Vista Performance Tweaks – the quick and dirty version

June 25, 2008

Read my updated version of Vista Performance Tweaks for more recommendations.
No explanations just the quick and dirty tweaks for a leaner and faster Vista computer.
1. Disable User Account Control (UAC): navigate to start-> run-> type “msconfig”, select “tools” tab, scroll to “disable uac”, click launch, close msconfig and reboot.
2. Disable System Restore: start-> control panel-> [...]

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Vista Slow Copy Issue

May 13, 2008

I cannot vouch for the accuracy or source of this information but I received it from a reliable source so I’ve opted to pass it along.

It took 5 MINUTES to copy a 61 MB file. Sigh. Install SP1 again. Hey, the hardware still works AND I can install other new hardware. It’s a miracle. Test [...]

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Vista SP1 faster?

April 9, 2008

This is great news. Vista SP1 is seemingly showing a performance increase. The increases show themselves in file copying and compression activities but anything is an improvement in the “slowsky’s OS”.

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