cL1cKm3.exe Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 hard to say if someone hasnt already posted some of these but never hurts as a reminder if so A COOLER BOOT SCREEN the default boot screen is...well you know, here is a cooler looking one type RUN type MSCONFIG under boot tab select NO GUI BOOT now it says starting vista or something like that and a somewhat cooler background EXTEND ACTIVATION for those who want to try out vista without activating it, you can extend the activation period an additional 30 days...you can do this a maximum of 3 times. at start menu's search bar type SLMGR -REARM AN ENTHUSIASTS WINDOWS EXPERIENCE the windows experience score is rather vague, you can see a more comprehensive board to show you more details of how your pc is doing over its lifetime. right click on computer and select manage select reliability and performance and take a look at your system's reliability monitor in the collection of monitoring tools...its on the left hand side, click on the "down" arrow to show more tools, select the one that says RELIABILITY MONITOR. this index gives a weighted value of how stable your pc is based on data collected over its lifetime, little red X's show where failurs occured on upper right side you can select all or select a specific date and time....very valuable info for any enthusiast. TALK TO VISTA'S SEARCH you can search by speaking instead of typing...if you have a microphone on your setup. its on the search tab in the FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL....now you can say files created last month or music by tom lehrer MAKE THAT CPU SING some people think vista is slower than xp, sometimes the result of lesser hardware but if your hardware is up to snuff then it could be the default power options. in power options, the default mode only uses 50% of cpu, select max power usage to make vista sing my final tip of the day is concerened with readyboost, i'm informed that using a usb stick with same amount of memory as your system memory will max performance, i doubt its noticable though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon9one Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Good tweaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 usually with ready boost, they recommend a 1:2 ratio (ram:usbstick) so say if you have 1gb of ram, they recommend up to 2gb for the usb stick. only up to 4gb you really need however, as page filing doesnt get bigger than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kestrylr Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 <snip> MAKE THAT CPU SING some people think vista is slower than xp, sometimes the result of lesser hardware but if your hardware is up to snuff then it could be the default power options. in power options, the default mode only uses 50% of cpu, select max power usage to make vista sing <snip> If this works, I think I love you! Just loaded Vista Ultimate yesterday on an Alienware w/ dual 3.2GHZ, 4G RAM, 1G RAM on video card & 10,000 rpm HD, and I swear, I have seen banana slugs move faster. Haven't had time yet to make sure the drivers are current, etc... plan on doing that tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kestrylr Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Just loaded Vista Ultimate yesterday on an Alienware w/ dual 3.2GHZ, 4G RAM, 1G RAM on video card & 10,000 rpm HD, and I swear, I have seen banana slugs move faster. Haven't had time yet to make sure the drivers are current, etc... plan on doing that tonight. Well, that wasn't the main problem, but it did help a lot once I discovered what the real problem was... I had loaded the 64-bit when I should have loaded the 32. Now that I've got the right version loaded, settings the way I want them, and most of my programs loaded, I hate to admit it, but I think I like it. (And I haven't taken to any version of Windoze this quickly since Workgroups 3.1...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenatic Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) Wow, here I was cussing having just started up a new pc with vista, about it's sluggish-ness. Power settings! Thanks for the tip, a world of diference. Edited August 4, 2007 by ravenatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest_x3 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 I did the max cpu set and also the no gui.thanx very much for this help,after a reboot,I got a message saying many programs are now disabled...????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judge17437 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Thanks for the tip on the power options, looks like it solved my problem with running so slow. judge17437 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdavis1137 Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 How do you find where to change the CPU from 50% default to max CPU?? I type in power options and it just talks about the battery, hibernation, sleep and all that stuff. I am a newbie. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon9one Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I had some problems with the no GUI boot screen. I scheduled a CHKDSK and when I rebooted, it hung on that screen. Same thing happened with a defragmenter that was supposed to run at boot time. I turned off the no GUI boot and it all worked again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y kawika Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 How do you find where to change the CPU from 50% default to max CPU?? I type in power options and it just talks about the battery, hibernation, sleep and all that stuff. I am a newbie. THANK YOU Start>Control Panel>System and Maintenance>Power Options>High Performance If you wish, you can change the plan settings too. I have mine set as: Turn off the Display: 15 minutes Put the computer to sleep: Never You can set yours to suit your needs, just be sure to click "Save Changes" before exiting the menu page for the plan settings. Take a look here as well: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/e...c0b49e1033.mspx :)Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louannie Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Thanks so much on behalf of my son....he just KNEW he would finally be able to run his NASCAR game, but it was still not running smoothly even with 2 G of RAM and Vista Premium. I changed the power settings as you suggested....running smoothly for the first time since he got it about 5 years ago! He's having so much fun....thanks again for taking your time to post this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudVugger Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) hard to say if someone hasnt already posted some of these but never hurts as a reminder if so MAKE THAT CPU SING some people think vista is slower than xp, sometimes the result of lesser hardware but if your hardware is up to snuff then it could be the default power options. in power options, the default mode only uses 50% of cpu, select max power usage to make vista sing Is this safe to do on a laptop? My first laptop and concerned about overheating. Thanks Edit* Nevermind, my Vista default was on full CPU. Edited August 27, 2007 by BudVugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0nut Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Is this safe to do on a laptop? My first laptop and concerned about overheating. Thanks Edit* Nevermind, my Vista default was on full CPU. I am using it on my Acer without problems. Just don't use High Power when running direct from the battery. With a PSU, it's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexBiker Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 How do you find where to change the CPU from 50% default to max CPU?? I type in power options and it just talks about the battery, hibernation, sleep and all that stuff. I am a newbie. THANK YOU Control Panel > Power Options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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