Optimising Vista

[hinch]

Hi,

I've just taken delivery of a very sexy Samsung laptop for my sister that's loaded with Vista. It has 2GB of RAM, proper Intel Duel core etc etc but I think it still needs a trim.

What tips does anyone recommend for optimising Vista? I've got as far as getting the switch off button back and turning window transparency off but that's it thus far.

[Techy111]

Pop it into the microwave and burn it....BURN IT....mwahahaha *cough cough* :@

I have had nothing but headaches with Vista.....Don't get me wrong....its an ok OS but it sure is finicky.... :roll:

Tony

[Chris_UKMIL]

Here's my few tips:

1) IT IS NOT XP.....Get this into your head right now, then you'll be sorted!
2) Turn off UAC, get Avast! Anti-Virus and Spybot S&D (Both free)
3) Defrag ASAP, then do so monthly, at least.
4) Have a mess about with some of the visual options, turn off ones that you don't really need.
5) RTFM Solves everything

[Techy111]

Well i say Christopher......Thats a bit sharp old bean....!

So burning it is not an option then...... :roll:

Have to agree that turning off the UAC is the first thing i did on re-install.....

It came with a manual....? :brick:

:doho:



Tony

[Chris_UKMIL]

I have to make it that sharp, otherwise no-one heeds the advice

[hinch]

Could you tell me more information about UAC?

User accounts?

[Chris_UKMIL]

User Account Control......stops un-authorised access to files.

Problem if you copy a lot of files between the Program Files or System folders and your users' space. (Comes up with a pop-up each and every time)

Ditto for installations, un-installations, running some programs, etc.

[Chris_UKMIL]

More on UAC here: http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/ua ... -faq-thing

[hinch]

Thanks for that, it was getting annoying. I'll turn it back on for my sister as she's not very computer literate.

Now I've just run a defrag but there no longer appears to be a visual or any indication of how much it has done/to go and whether or not it is actually finished. Just a stupid spinning icon.

I couldn't install messenger either, it just spent 20mins doing nothing then gave me an error.

What a crock of...

[Chris_UKMIL]

OK, defrag is like that, get Auslogics' version:
http://www.download.com/Auslogics-Disk- ... 67503.html


Messenger, I advise downloading the WLInstaller off the Live website, saving it to your desktop, then running it as administrator (Right click, choose from the context menu)