Morning Discussion

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  Why did you go to Vista if you turned off all the security features? : mancide
  • aero is pretty. : tomatoactivator
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    It looks better, it has DX10, and I don't really need an ironclad security policy on my home box that I p... : sinner0423
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      I do not understand why you guys are turning all this crap off. I've been using Vista since launch and I... : Kentor
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        I would get a UAC prompt every time I opened any application. F that. : speon
        • What? I haven't had that happen other than installations and uninstallations. : Kentor
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        Every single time I downloaded & tried to run an executable I'd get two pop ups. One from the security c... : sinner0423
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          But once you are setup you hardly see UAC prompts. Yes that initial setup is made annoying with UAC, but ... : mancide
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            No dude... whenever I'd open Teamspeak, or America's Army or even Call of Duty 4 it'd go off. Hell, ev... : coraldayton
            • What? That doesn't sound right. : mancide
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              COOOOORRAAAAAAL DDAAAAAAAAAAAAYYTTTONNNN! : SockMonkeh
              • "ATLEAST I HAVE CHICKEN!" : coraldayton
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              He speaks the truth. Happens to me too. : bigdaddyone
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                I'm not doubting he's speaking the truth, but something doesn't sound right. That's not how it should wor... : mancide
                • Aye. That's why we've disabled that mother fucker. : coraldayton
            • It's probably because those games use punkbuster. : coyoterys
            • Something is wrong with your PC> : FushigiDenki
            • You're doing something wrong. : feek
        • i think there is actually an alert setting that you can customize....still annoying as hell : t0ad
        • How often do you do that though? I thought UAC would bother me but it doesn't, I don't install software ... : FushigiDenki
      • UAC is fucking obnoxious. Yes, I really want to change my desktop settings. Yes, I'm sure I want to uni... : Arcanum
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        Why would you want UAC on? I disable that shit instantly. Its almost as annoying as INSERT YOUR KEYCHAIN ... : bozer
        • It makes running as non-admin easy. : semaphore
        • For the minor level of security it provides, why not? It's not like UAC popups come up but maybe once a ... : FushigiDenki
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        By: johnny rotten x Show Full Post

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        yea it basically 'memorizes' your most commonly used apps and then doesnt bother you with the popups. WoW, vent, steam , TF2, HL2, Civ4, IE, etc etc none of these bring up the box. But instal something new or dload something new then yea its in your face.
        
        TBH I dont understand the hate either, I dont even find it a pain when it does go off. <shrug>
        
        I do loves me 4 gigs of ram tho.... didnt think it'd be a big difference but man.....

        Jan 24, 2008 8:58am PST
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        yea it basically 'memorizes' your most commonly used apps and then doesnt bother you with the popups. Wo... : johnny rotten
        • shit man, i remember playing quake on my pent pro with so little ram compared to what we have now... and ... : Demius
        • when I built my new computer I defaulted to 4GB of RAM, and now I want to up it to 8GB. I'm a RAMaholic :... : MisterPhoton
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  Personally, I would turn the Index Searching back on. It's one of Vista's best features. : sharkII
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    Agreed, otherwise you miss out on the best user interface thingy I've ever seen: winkey+[type first fe : FushigiDenki
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      Yep, this is Vista's best feature. : crummynz
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        a utility that offers the same functionality as the freeware app Launchy is Vista's best feature? : bipolar
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          Yeah since its built into the OS, no need to take up memory running an external app. : boomstickah
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            Uses up 20k of RAM. I guess I can spare 20K out of 3GB. : bipolar
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              And I can run Expose on Vista but that doesn't mean it's not a cool OSX feature. : FushigiDenki
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                I need this. where do I download it? : vigilante
                • http://insentient.net/ : FushigiDenki
        • There's a freeware version of everything, that's a silly argument. : FushigiDenki
        • The same is true of OS X as well -- their best feature comes from Quicksilver. : Kentor
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      what exactly does the index searching do? pardon the ignorance. : sinner0423
      • Makes it faster. : NFXFSX
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        While you aren't using your computer, it generates a list of every file on your computer so you can searc... : boomstickah
        • it's not every file on your computer. OOB, it's limited to a few certain key directories, but you can cha... : cpt_gloval
      • It makes your hard drives run non stop. : Dynotaku
      • Indexes your files so you can search for them quickly, buy name or contents or whatever, it also lets you... : FushigiDenki
      • heats up your hd until it fails : kn1fe
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        Runs my Hard-drive when im trying to sleep and keeps me awake... you will notice it index the fuck out... : chilln
        • are you sure you're not confusing it with the superfetch feature? different thing entirely. i never notic... : cpt_gloval
        • i believe vista also schedules its built-in defrag when it thinks you aren't using the pc... : cpt_gloval
        • so THATS whats up, fuck i thought vista was defragging all the time or something and there was no way to ... : Nighteyes
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      i can't ever think of a time i've wanted to do that in XP. and certainly not to exchange hard drive lifes... : jrock
      • There's nothing to indicate you're trading life span for jack, you have your swap file disabled too? And... : FushigiDenki
      • i got frustrated with quick-launch really quick since you can't lock it against apps putting their stupid... : cpt_gloval
  • yes, yes it is : RobFlinn
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  Leave it alone for 3-5 days or so. It's still figuring itself out, and will settle down. FWIW, leave the ... : carrioN luggagE
  • This response makes vista sound like a cranky teenager, still trying to figure out "who they are". : taronish
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  why the fuck are you disabling everything that makes vista vista? especially the indexing, there's no rea... : feek
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    I'm disabling shit that I think I won't use. I won't use the windows firewall, nor will I use UAC, or TA... : sinner0423
    • Disabling indexing won't really make Vista snappier. Quite the opposite, in the long run I think. It i... : carrioN luggagE
    • You said above you dont even know what indexing is. just leave it all alone, it'll be ok. : feek
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      Yeah UAC is obnoxious, keep indexing, windows firewall isnt neccessary with a good router. Use windows... : chilln
      • does your gf/buddy/roommate/parents ever bring a computer or laptop or whatever over that gets access to ... : cpt_gloval
• You don't really need to turn anything off, once your up and running for a while most of the inconvenienc... : re4ctor
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  Performance tips for Vista? Yeah, it's called "install XP" : Dynotaku
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    no it's called "don't have shit hardware" : xxiv
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      except that equivalent hardware performs better on XP, thus his quip is accurate. : jrock
      • No it's not because it's not a tip for Vista which was what the OP was about. : FushigiDenki
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      a nearly 2ghz C2D is "shit hardware" for general OS performance now? lol : gokart.
      • "nearly" 2ghz? if that's the focal point of your system then pretty much bud. : xxiv
• Pee on it... no wait, that's a jellyfish sting... *flips through notes* : Wolfanoz
• i wouldn't disable indexing.. it shouldnt decrease performance and it makes finding songs and stuff fast.... : prancing_jackanapes
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  ''enabled advanced performance mode on my drive'' Where do I find this on my vista rig? : monkeygone
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    Device Manager->Disk drives->Properties->Policy Tab->Check Write Caching & Check Advanced Performance ... : semaphore
    • Cool, thanks. Im on a laptop so no worried. : monkeygone