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05-31-2008, 09:46 PM
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general vista maintenence stuff
Hey everyone.. well I just recently got a new laptop. Buying this laptop is my first experience with windows vista. the guy at the store told me that for an extra $150 bucks, they'd do some maintenence, and add all the virus/malware/spyware protection. He was saying that Vista has some extra processes that they get rid of to make it run smoother, but I figured rather than pay him, some people here would know some of the general stuff I have to do.
I put spyware blaster, and AVG antivirus software on it already. and I already know about ad-aware, and spybot s&D. Is there any other stuff I'll wanna put on here? and are there processes I should delete like the guy was talking about? thanks in advance for the help! |
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05-31-2008, 10:54 PM
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Check this place out:
Black Viper's Windows Vista Services (SP1). Why pay those guys for stuff you can do yourself? Other general advice. Defrag your hard drive at least once a week.
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06-02-2008, 09:10 AM
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If this is a new laptop, there's probably a lot of stuff you want to remove as well. I'm talking about all the junk trialware, crapware, etc that comes preinstalled on most new PCs. Here's a tool that many find handy in getting rid of this junk:
http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/home |
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06-02-2008, 09:30 AM
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I have found that over the years disabling services has caused me problems and doesn't effect performance in a positive way. With XP, I did disable a couple that were a security issue but for the others I just leave them alone.
I'll admit I might get carried away on disabling services but I never saw a performance gain. |
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06-02-2008, 11:10 AM
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Google Vista Tips and Tricks or Vista Tweaks. There are several sites that have many performance gains for Vista.
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06-02-2008, 03:52 PM
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06-04-2008, 09:51 PM
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Going to have to check that link out myself.
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