How I tweaked my Vista virtually dead (also for W7)

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Oke, all off
Things slow down a bit at boot-up, think thats because of the readyboot

Don't know if it really does anything for SQ
but it can be turned of

Pic is after reboot

I'am not sure of those 3 eventlogs, maybe getting some blue-screens when not enabled

[PeterSt]

But Roy ... Are you actually looking what the difference is (see picture in the first post, "Disk" ("Schijf"))

If not, you may be hunting ghosts which are not there ...

If that monitor doesn't show activity, there just isn't. No reason to shut down more then ...

Also note that there are HUNDREDS of things more to shut down (also in the logging area), but they just don't make any difference at audio playback. I have tested them all ...
Only the 5 entries showing in the second picture of the first post I can't get rid of. So, if you can tell where they come from, everybody would be happy, including me of course.
All the other things have been dealt with, and if you can't shut those down, concentrate on that (I can, you you must be able too).


Keep in mind, hundreds ... (and all a waste of time to shut them down).

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Yes, using the resource monitor.
Lots of things going on there, I know.

Just curious, glad you already did the most

grtz

[cappac]

Intensive boot up sequence tests after an almost perfect defrag with mydefrag (IMHO) clearly showed that ReadyBoot - which is dependent from ReadyBoost service - should be left enabled.

Boot up times are indeed much faster than without ReadyBoot (after some learning period). I am landing on Desktop around 5sec. after entering the password and the autostart programs are loading very quickly.

I think that's worth it leaving it enabled.

[Telstar]

Intensive boot up sequence tests after an almost perfect defrag with mydefrag (IMHO) clearly showed that ReadyBoot - which is dependent from ReadyBoost service - should be left enabled.

Boot up times are indeed much faster than without ReadyBoot (after some learning period). I am landing on Desktop around 5sec. after entering the password and the autostart programs are loading very quickly.

I think that's worth it leaving it enabled.

You don't ave a SSD, do you?
How much ram?

[cappac]

No, I have a HP 2710p Notebook. 2x1.2GHz - Slow Toshiba HD - 4 GB Ram.
I don't use ReadyBoost btw, don't want to kill my Throttle eSata drive :-)

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Btw everything works fine for me, turned everthing off on W7.
Like Peter said you don't have to terminate 'm all.
But I could'nt switch off the ones he suggested.
So l tried this.

With SSD drive its all there in seconds dont even notice readyboot on or off.
Its sure fast and really nice to work on.
Only thing SSD does slower is deleting (on spinning hdd it just deletes the position and data is still on there till you put new data over it)
SSD does this with TRIM.
But there is not much deleting going on, Not on a OS drive anyway.

maybe a habbit, but like to terminate and eliminate as much as possible.
And vista (or W7) asks for it (it starts with that UAC, who invented that !)

Can now say for sure W7 beats Vista on really everything.
Even my Esi Julia soundcard drivers perform better on W7
Am really looking for glitches an cracks.
But there aren´t any.
Not between or in the songs what so ever.


kept track of all errors.
but most were due to corrupt FLAC files.
Simply replaced them.

Works like a charm !

[Telstar]

Can now say for sure W7 beats Vista on really everything.
Even my Esi Julia soundcard drivers perform better on W7

Nice nice
Which version of W7 are you using? First RC or something newer?
Not sure when they implemented the TRIM command (which is for me very important for using a SSD).

[AUDIODIDAKT]

W7 (Build 7100) on OCZ Vertex - Firmware 1.30:

To determine if your SSD supports TRIM, open a console as Admin;

Code:
fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify
If the console returns a '0', your drive supports TRIM and it is ENABLED.

Source:
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/10259-ssd-support-native-w7.html (Telstar read this)

[AUDIODIDAKT]

And about that slower deleting on SSD,
is only noticeable when deleting BIG files.

When lets say you want to play a heavy game.
I just load the game on the SSD and play from there.
(you will notice speed difference in there) - much faster gaming (but my LOGITECH GAME PAD Wireless drivers don't work on W7)

If you want to delete such file (8GB) you will notice a difference (but who cares) - slower

W7 has still problems in video playback
VLC player does not perform that well.
.mkv is playing good
.iso playing really bad (VHS is even better)

But for just XX, Superb. 

[Telstar]

W7 (Build 7100)

My Vista x64 install got a bit messy I think and I decided to do a reinstall and removing the dual boot (w7 build 7022). I also have the official RC, but I'm downaloading a pre-rtm (two actyually ).
Gotta play with them soon... unless i get the new speaker baffles first!

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/10259-ssd-support-native-w7.html (Telstar read this)

Reading...

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Yep, they leaked out the pre-rtm.
But I'm not doing a reinstall.
And the difference between the RC (7100) and the 7127 is not that much, I believe.
(more consumer friendly)

But don't you need a key?

But sure give W7 a try.

And what do you think will be the retail prices for W7 x64 ?

[Telstar]

Yep, they leaked out the pre-rtm.But I'm not doing a reinstall.
And the difference between the RC (7100) and the 7127 is not that much, I believe.
(more consumer friendly)

yep! But I'm getting 7232 which is very close to the RTM (which they didnt choose yet).

But don't you need a key?

I have RC keys, hope they'll work with that.

And what do you think will be the retail prices for W7 x64 ?

Convert the ones in $ to euro with a 1:1 change. So, pretty high imo. Wait for OEM version.
Who needs MS phone support anyway? Even the support on thechnet isnt that great. I had an issue with the system restore and they couldnt find a solution (= reinstall).

[PeterSt]

Does anyone by accident know which service causes the desktop icons to highlight when you click on them ? So, normally when you click (once) an Icon, you can see that you did that (see below first picture, where the right icon is clicked -> no difference with the left one). A service is doing that - which I know because I have it eliminated momentarily (as services can shut down by themselves as wel all know), and I really want to control it myself.

Btw, it will be the same service that makes the Taskbar look like from Windows 311 or so (see second picture), and restoring the normal services as we are used to, won't solve that. Screens just keep on looking VistaAero and all. It must be a sneaky layer somewhere, and I am very sure it benefits SQ when killed (what about no flickering *at all* of the OSD running time eh).

I will probably be able to find it, but if someone knows anyway ...

Thanks !
Peter

[AUDIODIDAKT]

maybe you mean this:

Service is "Themes"

"Use visual styles on windows and buttons"