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

[PeterSt]

Thanks, but no, that's not it (we are already using that one). It is something "within", and it is not a service (I just checked them all).

Btw, if that screenshot is W7, it looks quite different from Vista.

[Telstar]

Ooookay, I reinstalled W7 Home Premium for the third time on the dedicated pc and did all optimizations following Peter's guide.

There are slight differences in W7, like readyboost and a couple more services not enabled by default. Also the HP version has less stuff than the Ultimate (that I have on my main computer). On a fresh install, also defrag is not running but it's scheduled nonetheless.

Disabling defended didnt cause any error, but disabling the schedule and unticking optins should be enough as well.

The logs must be disabled as Roy described, unticking the enabled checkbox.

Done everything, finished 10 mins ago, i restarted and checked the perf meter. not nice. Waited about 10 mins and then the VSS stopped and the disk activity became sort of dead (yay!) Music will play tomorrow.

Now, i have a question about visual things. I know that some people disable aero and all visual aids. What about this?
Peter, did you try already and thought not needed?

[PeterSt]

Ehh, Telstar ... isn't that exactly what is shut down at Unattended Playback ?

Yes it is.

[Telstar]

Ehh, Telstar ... isn't that exactly what is shut down at Unattended Playback ?

Yes it is.

Are you talking about aero or the services? I guess the latter.

Well, u know that i play always attended and that i hide the taskbar so the visual effect is the same but i can get back to xxhe or any other program if needed without much trouble. Unattended always left me out of control and i dont like the idea

[PeterSt]

Those services are about Aero ! (but are only shut down at Unattended ->> would you like that for attended too ? (no problem)).

[AUDIODIDAKT]

I also turned most of these off.
and there is a reboot required after doing this

Turn windows features on or off see pic. (in W7)

[PeterSt]

Doh - Never saw that, but it is just in Vista as well.

[AUDIODIDAKT]

And what about this one:

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Just for people who don't know this:

To REALLY reduce your shutdown time. Start Regedit. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Control. Click on the "Control" Folder. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" Right click on it and select Modify. The default value is 20000. Setting it to a lower 4 digit value, (say 5000) will make your PC shutdown faster, but you could end up losing data, so use this tweak judiciously. Remember, Windows does not in any case, recognise a 3-digit numeral here. (just set 1000)

Sidenote: sometimes when a hdd is sleeping @ shutdown it still takes a couple of seconds

Make various menu's in Vista appear faster:

This was a popular tweak in XP to do away with the slow start-menu delay. Since Vista has a different start-menu this tweak would no longer apply to it but it still works on other various menu's in Vista that otherwise have a long delay when pausing over them. Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Change the "MenuShowDelay" string to a value of "20". You can set it as low as you want but I find "20" to be a good value.

(Vista only)
Disable Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) : The Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) is a Microsoft Windows Vista operating system feature targeted at improving the user experience of connecting and disconnecting displays, particularly for the mobile user. 
When you start Vista, you see a 2-3 sec delay followed by a blank black screen. This is the time Vista searches for external monitors. So if you dont use an external monitor, you could always safely turn this off! 
To do so, Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Task Schedular.
On LHS, expand "Task Scheduler Library" then expand "Microsoft", then expand "Windows" and finally click "MobilePC". You will see a task called "TMM". Rt-Click on it, and select "Disable".

[Telstar]

Those services are about Aero ! (but are only shut down at Unattended ->> would you like that for attended too ? (no problem)).

Yes, but you can tell me which are and i can do that manually. I thought aero was to be disabled

A quick listen told me that there is more transparency with the new build over the old computer used before. And that the pc is truly silent in my room (closed case now).

[Telstar]

I also turned most of these off.
and there is a reboot required after doing this

Turn windows features on or off see pic. (in W7)

That uninstall the "feature", IIRC. I prefer the disabling approach that Peter followed.

[Telstar]

Just for people who don't know this:

To REALLY reduce your shutdown time.
...

What's shutdown?
My pc is supposed to be on all the time. S3 works marvelously on my setup. Less than 1s to come back to desktop.

Disable Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) : The Transient Multimon Manager (TMM) is a Microsoft Windows Vista operating system feature targeted at improving the user experience of connecting and disconnecting displays, particularly for the mobile user. 
When you start Vista, you see a 2-3 sec delay followed by a blank black screen. This is the time Vista searches for external monitors. So if you dont use an external monitor, you could always safely turn this off! 
To do so, Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Task Schedular.
On LHS, expand "Task Scheduler Library" then expand "Microsoft", then expand "Windows" and finally click "MobilePC". You will see a task called "TMM". Rt-Click on it, and select "Disable".

This is a nice one. I'll check tomorrow if i have this and if so, will be disabled.

BTW W7 has a few more services that showed in the computer management and task scheduler. I'll dig more into that, but as i said i achieved a silent hd just with Peter's optimization.

[PeterSt]

Those services are about Aero ! (but are only shut down at Unattended ->> would you like that for attended too ? (no problem)).

Yes, but you can tell me which are and i can do that manually. I thought aero was to be disabled

A quick listen told me that there is more transparency with the new build over the old computer used before. And that the pc is truly silent in my room (closed case now).

Themes and UxSms.

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Yes Telstar look in to that please,

you have dedicated machine now.

btw I had the same experience with w7 install (defender and such and check your auto-defrag)

Machine is almost dead now, like peter discribed there are maybe 5 or 6 services left. (maybe W7 has more, I didn't dive into that)
Those last services contains for eq. the service recycle-bin (this is kinda dangerous!)

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Telstar or other W7 and maybe Vista users too check your resource manager for:

TrustedInstaller.exe (I have this as a service for no reason)

it happens every some what minutes.

But you can turn it off.

Read more here:

http://www.technologyquestions.com/technology/windows-vista/63396-trustedinstaller-exe.html