Vista Annoyance Fixes
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 4:53 pm
For those that are annoyed by some of the features in Windows Vista, you should check out the "Vista Annoyances Resolved" article that TweakGuides.com posted recently. Some of the Vista tips are already well-known, such as disabling UAC to get rid of the prompts (although not recommended from a security viewpoint).
The link to the article is here: Vista Annoyances Resolved
Some personal tips, if you are finding Vista to be running slow on your PC / laptop, make sure you have these specs:
- Multi-Core or Multi-Processor CPU
- 2 GB (or higher) RAM Recommended
- DirectX 9.0 (or higher) 128 MB (or higher) graphics card.
If your PC / laptop does not fulfill all or some of the above, you really should not be running Vista, as you will have a less than stellar experience. Also, like XP, speed can be affected by the number of "bloatware" processes you have running, such as Adobe Reader/QuickTime/iTunes/Java/RealPlayer/etc. updates, along with other pointless processes (that you'll likely never use) that run at startup; disable these!
As for gaming performance, make sure your graphic drivers are all up to date, as graphic card vendors continue to improve graphics performance on Vista. FiringSquad put out an article late last year to prove that XP and Vista gaming performance are now essentially identical, now that drivers for Vista are mature: FiringSquad -Windows Vista vs Windows XP Performance: 7 Months Later Make sure your graphic drivers are up to date!
The link to the article is here: Vista Annoyances Resolved
Some personal tips, if you are finding Vista to be running slow on your PC / laptop, make sure you have these specs:
- Multi-Core or Multi-Processor CPU
- 2 GB (or higher) RAM Recommended
- DirectX 9.0 (or higher) 128 MB (or higher) graphics card.
If your PC / laptop does not fulfill all or some of the above, you really should not be running Vista, as you will have a less than stellar experience. Also, like XP, speed can be affected by the number of "bloatware" processes you have running, such as Adobe Reader/QuickTime/iTunes/Java/RealPlayer/etc. updates, along with other pointless processes (that you'll likely never use) that run at startup; disable these!
As for gaming performance, make sure your graphic drivers are all up to date, as graphic card vendors continue to improve graphics performance on Vista. FiringSquad put out an article late last year to prove that XP and Vista gaming performance are now essentially identical, now that drivers for Vista are mature: FiringSquad -Windows Vista vs Windows XP Performance: 7 Months Later Make sure your graphic drivers are up to date!