Using Windows Vista: The MVP Way

[Partymonger]

Its PartyMonger..Hope u edit it..

OH!comeon!leave these winboys!

Lol..trust me dude, least interested...

anyways gx is trying to help others!what is wrong?

Everyone's here to help themselves and others too...the way u do it matters more,,,propagating windows is okie, hell even i like windows, but treating others like scum is not the way... Hope u agree with me?

 

[iMav]

Lol..trust me dude, least interested...

the forum was getting a lil boring other than a crappy air bag for vomiting sorry air book my bad there was nothing happening on this forum ...

, but treating others like scum is not the way... Hope u agree with me?

every 1 here knows how OSS and Mac boys treat windows users, u are only getting back what u have been doing to windows users for quite some time every 1 here knows the words attributed to a windows user by a mac boy or OSS user so spare us the scum bag crap

 

[gxsaurav]

Why dont u remember this when u crap others thread while pretending to acquaint others with windows features, all when they hardly give a $#it...

hey, do u even know why I wrote that Line?

I was recommending km player who do have pretty basic audio video needs..
+ those who would like hassle free cool playback...

Thanx for the recommendation, since I don't use it, I won't add it to first post of "my way"

windows users have to STOP INSTALLING and REMOVING SOFTWARES FREQUENTLY!

This problem has been solved now. The recomended way of making a "Setup" for Windows Vista is by Windows Installer. When you install a software using Windows installer, Windows backs up all the files & registry keys replaced. When you uninstall the software Windows Installer revarts back to the old files & registry keys except for runtimes files (such as new version of MSVCR80.dll etc) & also removes each & every registry key or setting. The perfect demo for this would be the installation of Adobe Photoshop CS3, have a look at it's installer which is made by the Microsoft recommended way.

we know that ur running a hacked (hackintosh) OS X in ur PC!

So what???? Even I was using it but the day I was low on space on my Vista parition, Mac OS X was the first thing to go

Make ur friend[(gx (it stil sounds retarded)] understand the topics of ALL the threads,, apparently he's barging into linux threads and ruining the place for them..then y wont people do the same with him????

Telling how to run games properly in a "Gaming thread" is wrong?

treating others like scum is not the way... Hope u agree with me?

then u said

but hell it can run off a cd out of the box, and still give better performance than windows??? How long will it take microsoft to give that feature????

Hmm...U don't know about Windows Pre Installed enviroment, do u?

very nicely compiled GX, well i find just one thing different that i dont use any admuncher or AS,AV etc.. kind of products... well very nice though..

U don't need any AV or AS if you use the computer properly, but ad mucnher is a must, the web is full of google ads which I really hate. This is the first application I miss when I m using Linux or Mac.

 

[s18000rpm]

@gx_saurav, in the 1st part, point 20 is of no use, as its taken care in pt. 12.

when you have K-Lite (Windows Media Player Classic), no need for any other media players to watch .flv files (or other formats).

you should mention VLC Media Player, its a must.

those who dont want these codec packs, can install VLC Media Player & watch/listen almost any format.



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No OFFENCE

is this the way MVP's have their Vista tweaked, mine is much more tweaked, i dont even use half of these tweaks.

d/l & install Tune-Up Utilities 2008, this is all-in-one app. can tweak, clean & recover files.
then turn off/remove the things to make booting up faster.

btw do mention about the "Windows Features" (Control Panel\Programs->turn Windows Feature ON/OFF).
coz ppl who dont need some stuffs(indexing/ultimate feature...) can disable it there.

mine Windows Features window
*s2.supload.com/thumbs/default/vis_twk.jpg

& you forgot to mention about Ready Boost, one of the biggest Vista feature.

Info for all
people who want to buy Pen Drive to use as Ready Boost drive, then buy Transcend USB Pen Drives only, coz even my 2 year old 1GB Transcend Pen Drive is recognized for ReadyBoost, but other new Pen drive didnt (other brand).

right now i got ~3GB of ready boost, Vista does boot up & turn off quicker

 

[phreak0ut]

Good one for Vista users, but so many apps to download!? Vista already takes up so much of space itself, all this is gonna make my disk full.

 

[iMav]

Good one for Vista users, but so many apps to download!? Vista already takes up so much of space itself, all this is gonna make my disk full.

well these are just alternative apps

@s18000rpm: agreed me too use it and tis pretty good

 

[gary4gar]

Master tip:For a safe computing experience, don't connect your Windows box to internet.

 

[gxsaurav]

is this the way MVP's have their Vista tweaked, mine is much more tweaked, i dont even use half of these tweaks.

Lolz...who needs to tweak that much...

d/l & install Tune-Up Utilities 2008, this is all-in-one app. can tweak, clean & recover files.
then turn off/remove the things to make booting up faster.

read again, that's the only thing I use....I wrote other applications for those who need it.

 

[QwertyManiac]

Lolz...who needs to tweak that much...

Yeah, just like 640 KB is enough for all.

 

[praka123]

^_^

 

[infra_red_dude]

I was like you guys not using any AV for years and years of windows usage. But things changed last year. With the advent of Flash drives its very very essential to haf an AV and also update it.

Secondly, one suggestion I'd like to add is to segregate the 3rd Party software. My advice is to create a partition solely for Windows. Install all other software (like ms office, flash whatever..) on a separate partition. It helps avoid a lot of fragmentation. Agreed that NTFS is not that much prone to frag. as FAT32, but its not fully immune either. I'd say, make partitions like these:

1) windows - has only the default windows install and nothing else

2) software - install all the 3rd party and software other than windows on this partition

3) data - houses your "My documents/Documents" folder and all the folder inside the Users folder (Vista). This helps a lot coz if windows misbehaves you can safely format it without hafing to worry about taking backup of your data

4)media - houses all your audio/video files

5)temp - houses the pagefile and the temporary files.

You may need software like tweakui/vi to change the location of "music/pics/videos" etc. to the other parittion. Also you can edit the system properties and keep the pagefile on the temp partition. the "temp" environment variable can also be set in a similar way to a folder on the temp parititon.

This will ensure max. data reliability (cases where u may forget to take backup or the windows parittion is screwed up while it contains ur imp. data), least fragmentation and good segregation.

 

[Pathik]

I dont use an AV even now. If i feel something is fishy then i just install, scan and remove it again.
Also one thing you can do is disable autorun on ur drives.

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ Its not just about autoruns. What if a program (say Portable VLC or a game install etc.) is infected with virus code? (Not talking about worms here; worms are different from viruses). You won't even notice anything fishy immediately. That is what is AV reqd. for.

 

[iMav]

i agree with infra: though u can use windows and even surf the net without having an av but wen it comes to pen drives u cant help it ....

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ Yeah I learnt my lesson sometime ago. If its only the net you can be extra careful but flash drives are real culprits!

 

[ravi_9793]

Good one for Vista users, but so many apps to download!? Vista already takes up so much of space itself, all this is gonna make my disk full.

so you dont want any addon to make your OS fast...and secure.

Master tip:For a safe computing experience, don't connect your Windows box to internet.

Your personal opinion......
GX has already mentioned things to care for safe computing windows OS.People generally ignore these basic things..and than say windows is not safe...and keep formatting OS every month.

 

[infra_red_dude]

One tip GX would like to add is that if there are 2 HDDs then its always better to haf the page file on the other HDD (on which the OS is not installed) on a dedicated paritition.

so you dont want any addon to make your OS fast...and secure.

But isn't it something (being fast and secure) everyone expects when they've paid for an OS!!!

Chill dude

 

[iMav]

finally i remmber it ... this has been bugging me since gx wrote this:

vista versions other than basic give best performance on system ram of 2GB

till u dont have a system wth upwards of 2gb ram then in the words of Steve Jobs - "this is not for u"

@infra: we all know what symantec did when MS made their OS secure

 

[QwertyManiac]

people who want to buy Pen Drive to use as Ready Boost drive, then buy Transcend USB Pen Drives only, coz even my 2 year old 1GB Transcend Pen Drive is recognized for ReadyBoost, but other new Pen drive didnt (other brand).

Err, could you tell us your Transcend pen-drive's model? I have used around 6 types of Transcend pen drives with varying speeds and sizes and NONE of them supported this (crap*) feature.

SanDisk alone did it for me, but I don't own one.

 

[s18000rpm]

^
1GB - Jet Flash TS1GFV30
2GB - Jet Flash TS2GJFV30