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imtheunknown176 wrote:Classic start menu ftw. When I was using the beta version, one problem I had was that enabling the classic start menu disabled all aero/flip 3d functionality. Does it still do this? I wouldn't mind having the classic layout with the new glossy look.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz 4,9
Memory (RAM) 2,00 GB 4,8
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO 5,9
Gaming graphics 1023 MB Total available graphics memory 5,8
Primary hard disk 248GB Free (293GB Total) 5,7
Fighterpilot wrote:You turned off Superfetch directly after an install?....You fully live up to your nickname then.
NeXus 6 wrote:Fighterpilot wrote:You turned off Superfetch directly after an install?....You fully live up to your nickname then.
LOL! Superfetch is one feature that should NOT be turned off if you want to gain some perfromance in Vista.
GeForce6200 wrote:Your system should run Vista fine. No clue to as way its runs that bad. Maybe dissabling the things you did makes it run bad? Kind of off topic but why is my ram rating, its 4.9, higher than yours? I'm just using basic PC3200 ram?
Madman wrote:NeXus 6 wrote:Fighterpilot wrote:You turned off Superfetch directly after an install?....You fully live up to your nickname then.
LOL! Superfetch is one feature that should NOT be turned off if you want to gain some perfromance in Vista.
Do your homework before suggesting other people WRONG things.
Superfetch is loading mediaplayers, solitare and other crap in your RAM from backup threads while you are doing your work. Therefore using HDD and Memory and Eating out zero pages. It's the last thing you want to keep running on laptop with battery power or while gaming!
I double checked, just to be sure, with superprefetch I get a lot more disk activity while gaming than I do without it!
NeXus 6 wrote:Also I think superfetch is off if your laptop is not under AC power for precisely that reason. Microsoft may be bad, but they are not that stupid.Madman wrote:NeXus 6 wrote:Fighterpilot wrote:You turned off Superfetch directly after an install?....You fully live up to your nickname then.
LOL! Superfetch is one feature that should NOT be turned off if you want to gain some perfromance in Vista.
Do your homework before suggesting other people WRONG things.
Superfetch is loading mediaplayers, solitare and other crap in your RAM from backup threads while you are doing your work. Therefore using HDD and Memory and Eating out zero pages. It's the last thing you want to keep running on laptop with battery power or while gaming!
I double checked, just to be sure, with superprefetch I get a lot more disk activity while gaming than I do without it!
It settles down after a few days right after you install Vista. Give it time.
Madman wrote:NeXus 6 wrote:Fighterpilot wrote:You turned off Superfetch directly after an install?....You fully live up to your nickname then.
LOL! Superfetch is one feature that should NOT be turned off if you want to gain some perfromance in Vista.
Do your homework before suggesting other people WRONG things.
Superfetch is loading mediaplayers, solitare and other crap in your RAM from backup threads while you are doing your work. Therefore using HDD and Memory and Eating out zero pages. It's the last thing you want to keep running on laptop with battery power or while gaming!
I double checked, just to be sure, with superprefetch I get a lot more disk activity while gaming than I do without it!
Madman wrote:SQL server 2005 express -> sorry, even after SP2 it is NOT compatible with Vista.
Madman wrote:Superfetch is loading mediaplayers, solitare and other crap in your RAM from backup threads while you are doing your work. Therefore using HDD and Memory and Eating out zero pages. It's the last thing you want to keep running on laptop with battery power or while gaming!
NeXus 6 wrote:Madman wrote:NeXus 6 wrote:Fighterpilot wrote:You turned off Superfetch directly after an install?....You fully live up to your nickname then.
LOL! Superfetch is one feature that should NOT be turned off if you want to gain some perfromance in Vista.
Do your homework before suggesting other people WRONG things.
Superfetch is loading mediaplayers, solitare and other crap in your RAM from backup threads while you are doing your work. Therefore using HDD and Memory and Eating out zero pages. It's the last thing you want to keep running on laptop with battery power or while gaming!
I double checked, just to be sure, with super prefetch I get a lot more disk activity while gaming than I do without it!
It settles down after a few days right after you install Vista. Give it time.
SnowboardingTobi wrote:Madman wrote:SQL server 2005 express -> sorry, even after SP2 it is NOT compatible with Vista.
Huh? I've been using SQL Server 2005 Express SP2 on a Vista machine without problems. What kind of problem are you seeing?
Da_Boss wrote:Madman wrote:NeXus 6 wrote:Fighterpilot wrote:You turned off Superfetch directly after an install?....You fully live up to your nickname then.
LOL! Superfetch is one feature that should NOT be turned off if you want to gain some perfromance in Vista.
Do your homework before suggesting other people WRONG things.
Superfetch is loading mediaplayers, solitare and other crap in your RAM from backup threads while you are doing your work. Therefore using HDD and Memory and Eating out zero pages. It's the last thing you want to keep running on laptop with battery power or while gaming!
I double checked, just to be sure, with superprefetch I get a lot more disk activity while gaming than I do without it!
Thats the point of superfetch. It fills some of your unused RAM with programs you use often. With superfetch, firefox and wmp11 open in a flash. It's acually one of the things i really appreciate about vista. neXus is right. Once vista has a good idea of the programs you use regularily, it loads them into RAM so when you start them, they open instantly.
derFunkenstein wrote:Madman wrote:Superfetch is loading mediaplayers, solitare and other crap in your RAM from backup threads while you are doing your work. Therefore using HDD and Memory and Eating out zero pages. It's the last thing you want to keep running on laptop with battery power or while gaming!
Dude, have you actually run Vista? You *claim* you installed it, but what you say doesn't connect with reality in any shape or fashion.
danny e. wrote:Krogoth wrote:my hardware platform is a bit more mature and robust as a whore
say what?
Madman wrote:Da_Boss wrote:Madman wrote:NeXus 6 wrote:Fighterpilot wrote:You turned off Superfetch directly after an install?....You fully live up to your nickname then.
LOL! Superfetch is one feature that should NOT be turned off if you want to gain some perfromance in Vista.
Do your homework before suggesting other people WRONG things.
Superfetch is loading mediaplayers, solitare and other crap in your RAM from backup threads while you are doing your work. Therefore using HDD and Memory and Eating out zero pages. It's the last thing you want to keep running on laptop with battery power or while gaming!
I double checked, just to be sure, with superprefetch I get a lot more disk activity while gaming than I do without it!
Thats the point of superfetch. It fills some of your unused RAM with programs you use often. With superfetch, firefox and wmp11 open in a flash. It's acually one of the things i really appreciate about vista. neXus is right. Once vista has a good idea of the programs you use regularily, it loads them into RAM so when you start them, they open instantly.
It's fine till you start a program that needs all the RAM it can get. Then it has to do extra housekeeping to free the one that has been filled with .NET assemblies and recently or never used applications.