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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        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
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        i got frustrated with quick-launch really quick since you can't lock it against apps putting their stupid icon it it after running an update or something. so i just don't use it anymore. the start menu indexed search really is the business. plus, the indexing pretty much doesn't thrash the disk like people make it out to. when you have nothing on it, it has nothing to index. as you gradually accumulate docs and stuff in the indexed directories and install programs (it doesn't index the whole drive!), you have minor incremental index jobs.
        
        no reason to disable the indexing.
        
        i think most people confuse the superfetch for indexing. the superfetch will seemingly crunch the hard drive for long stretches. it's just filling up unused memory with stuff it thinks you'll need soon. if you bring up the task manager when it's doing that, you'll be able to observe the free memory decrease as the cache fills up. it'll calm down once all but like 20MB of your system memory is full. naturally folks with more system memory will see the caching happen longer. there's a slight performance hit while it's caching (it prioritizes applications and user requests, so the hit is minimal) and there's no performance hit for keeping the cache around since windows drops cache when it needs memory.
        
        i can see why one might want to disable superfetch, but i find it useful. i get pretty much instant firefox and eve-online launches and the only time i catch it caching is when i exit a memory hungry program.

        Jan 24, 2008 5:04pm PST
        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