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Techy News Blog » Making Vista fly — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:53:05 GMT

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re: Making Vista fly

Michael Todd — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:03:41 GMT

And speaking of Acrobat and iTunes, an application tweak that's useful (if you are running Outlook 2007) is to turn off both of the Add-Ins that Adobe and Apple install there. From the Outlook main menu click Tools, then Trust Center, then click Add-Ins on the left. Near the bottom of the dialog click the 'Go...' button and uncheck anything related to iTunes or Acrobat and click OK. That reduces a lot of disk-thrashing and time spent waiting for your system to 'settle' after boot.

re: Making Vista fly

Brandon Turner — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:07:08 GMT

Though, it might not be recommended for everyone. I find that using msconfig to turn off UAC really helps speed things up. I notice it in cases like installing a program via an msi. It feels like there is a 1-2 sec pause while it is trying to preform an action as a limited user before it brings up the UAC dialog to switch to an administrator. When UAC is off, it feels like that pause isn't there anymore, though it could be all in my head.

re: Making Vista fly

stevecla01 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:34:05 GMT

Nice find Michael - hadn't seen that one!

re: Making Vista fly

Nanny — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:41:42 GMT

Windows vista working fine

We have bought 2 laptops for office with the operation system. Each laptop hase 2 GB RAM. All working fine.