Stripping vista down

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Hey everyone, i was wondering, is there any way of stripping features off
vista (primarily the ones that make it pretty) to make it use less system
resources? i know this was very doable in XP, i did it in fact, but im not
sure how to go about it in vista.

so, does anyone have experience or know of a way of doing this? because i
like my OS like i like my women, skinny and fast, and right now, vista is
fat...

thanks in advance
Jacob T
(sempri_fi)
 
sempri_fi said:
Hey everyone, i was wondering, is there any way of stripping features off
vista (primarily the ones that make it pretty) to make it use less system
resources? i know this was very doable in XP, i did it in fact, but im not
sure how to go about it in vista.

so, does anyone have experience or know of a way of doing this? because i
like my OS like i like my women, skinny and fast, and right now, vista is
fat...

thanks in advance
Jacob T
(sempri_fi)
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You could try VLite

http://www.vlite.net/
 
sempri_fi said:
no way to do it myself?
im not much for 3rd party stuff if i can help it...
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If you want to strip off the eye candy try setting the PC for 'Best
Performance' and use the Classic Theme and Start Menu.

System Properties / Advanced / Performance (Settings) / check the
'Adjust for best performance' radio button.
 
On the visual themes options, untick the following:

Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
Fade or slide menus into view
Fade of slide ToolTips into view
Fade out menu items after clicking
Slide open combo boxes
Slide taskbar buttons

You can also disable or set to manual, services in administrative tools but
you should look up info about each one and choose what bests suits you.
 
Gideon_CC said:
On the visual themes options, untick the following:

Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
Fade or slide menus into view
Fade of slide ToolTips into view
Fade out menu items after clicking
Slide open combo boxes
Slide taskbar buttons

You can also disable or set to manual, services in administrative tools
but
you should look up info about each one and choose what bests suits you.
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If you have done this to XP before then you obviously have the skills to do
it in Vista. Just Google 'Vista Performance Tips'.
 
If you go to Control Panel - Performance, you can adjust visual effects for
best performance..

Bear in mind that many of the other processes installed are not actually
using any resources unless you access them..


sempri_fi said:
Hey everyone, i was wondering, is there any way of stripping features off
vista (primarily the ones that make it pretty) to make it use less system
resources? i know this was very doable in XP, i did it in fact, but im not
sure how to go about it in vista.

so, does anyone have experience or know of a way of doing this? because i
like my OS like i like my women, skinny and fast, and right now, vista is
fat...

thanks in advance
Jacob T
(sempri_fi)
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ah, ok, that clears things up a bit

so, when i turn off all of the visual effects, is there going to be a
noticeable difference in performance? or is it going to be pretty slight?

i ask this because i cant find a suitable new laptop that doesnt run vista,
and laptops are usually short on RAM as it is, so from what i read, vista
eats about a gig, so that gives me like 1 gig to do everything else with, so
any way i can cut that figure down will help.

and its partly because i want to see just how skinny i can make it run, i'd
bet fairly skinny, but im not sure, they seem to have changed an awful lot in
vista versus xp or 98 (i never touched me or 2k)
 
ah, ok, that clears things up a bit

so, when i turn off all of the visual effects, is there going to be a
noticeable difference in performance? or is it going to be pretty slight?

i ask this because i cant find a suitable new laptop that doesnt run
vista,
and laptops are usually short on RAM as it is, so from what i read, vista
eats about a gig, so that gives me like 1 gig to do everything else with,
so
any way i can cut that figure down will help.

and its partly because i want to see just how skinny i can make it run,
i'd
bet fairly skinny, but im not sure, they seem to have changed an awful lot
in
vista versus xp or 98 (i never touched me or 2k)
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2GB is a good amount of RAM for Vista. Don't pay any attention to how much
RAM Vista uses. The memory management in Vista is different and better. It
tries to find a use for all the RAM, either for what currently needs it, and
to cache programs and data based on your use patterns.

I don't know how much performance gain you'll see.
 
Rock said:
2GB is a good amount of RAM for Vista. Don't pay any attention to how
much RAM Vista uses. The memory management in Vista is different and
better. It tries to find a use for all the RAM, either for what currently
needs it, and to cache programs and data based on your use patterns.

I don't know how much performance gain you'll see.
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That is an excellent point. From reading the PC enthusiasts boards I have
always wondered why people think it is a good deal to have a high percentage
of their available memory unused. Perhaps they think it is the equivalent
of having more than half a tank of gas in their vehicle.
 
RickyBobby said:
That is an excellent point. From reading the PC enthusiasts boards I have
always wondered why people think it is a good deal to have a high
percentage of their available memory unused. Perhaps they think it is the
equivalent of having more than half a tank of gas in their vehicle.
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Yes it's a silly notion. You paid for the RAM why have it unused? It's
normal on this system with 1GB RAM to see 0 free memory. Programs are using
some but the rest is used for cache based on use patterns. These memory is
available to programs when they need it.
 
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