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- Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31About 90% of all the articles on this site about Mac and Linux are "tips to change X" or "a new app to let you customize Y" and they're all greeted like stone tablets from Moses by their respective user bases.
But anything of that nature for Windows and the same user clans begin the "it should be perfect to begin with, FUD-FUD-FUD" chants.
The cognitive dissonance must be quite a rush. - DigitalDud, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Yeah what the hell, it only runs on like 90% of the world's computers.
- Wezlanator, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26This is like, the Bible for Windows.
I scrolled halfway down the PDF file and I was still in the Table of Contents. - supervisor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26OK, this is probably the most comprehensive collection of information on Vista that you will ever get on the web. Everything you wanted to know about Vista but couldn't be answered by Microsoft (and most "Top 10 tweaks for Vista" authors)! Two thumbs up.
- Ryetronics, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Oi! This thing is almost TOO big!
- quaunaut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Yeah, the guy who writes these is pretty damn amazing with his work. I highly reccomend that you check his site often, usually if a big game is coming out, within a week he's got it documented to the point of being able to run it on just-plain-inferior, below-the-minimum-specs hardware.
I still remember Doom 3, when it came out: I was getting 11 FPS when I was playing. 2 hours later after reading all of his guide, I was at 48. Its really amazing how much untapped power there is in a lot of games(though, even he will tell you on the front page, its getting harder to find big tweaks, considering that game makers are finally getting good at it). - sachmanb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14more like a free book than a free guide, but great :)
- kronix2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Yes, but at least it makes those "Top 10 Vista Tweaks" blogs redundant.
"Agreed. An OS should NEVER have to take days to configure."
Vista works fine out of the box. The tweaks are just that - tweaks. - regeya, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Totally. I think we should all bitch and moan about how people are digging Windows stories, just as people bitch and moan about OS X and Linux stories.
NOT!
There's a facility for making your opinion "heard" without whining. Please use it. - DigitalDud, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Well defragging on Vista happens automatically in the background. And Antivirus certainly doesn't keep a speedy system, unless of course you get a virus, it slows it down severely by having a scanner that traps every file operation that is made.
- Slyer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15No1 reason for having a slow computer is having Norton installed.
It also happens to be the No1 reason for having a PC full of viruses.
Thats right folks, at no additional cost! - DigitalDud, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I feared this was going to be one of those, "disable these services so you can get an imperceptible boost of performance while breaking your system" guides but it's actully more of a practical guidebook to Windows usage.
- dgr814vr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13A comment Like that does not really dignify a response but...
1.You do not decide who gets banned
2.Make a comment that has a point instead of abusing people for no apparent reason other than not saying (insert mrfx's OS here) is the best - Raidenwolf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@ eridius
What does recompile your kernel mean to you? I would think that is the tweak of all tweaks. - gr0ss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Ridiculous, this is just huge. Good find.
- ChaoticNick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I love TweakGuides, its a VERY useful site. Check out some of the other guides, I've gotten so many tips for all kinds of things.
- z0l0pht, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11"I found a very cool Tweak in this guide... For desktop neatness freaks like me. Just drag any desktop folder to the edge of the screen and Vista makes it into a toolbar."
Oh, you mean like any folder in any location in any distribution of Windows? - cquinnd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tweak+OS+X
- Lodarage, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8My spoon is TOO big... :)))
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SDrMj1UQwr0 - framaris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Wow, it is writhed in 3 languages, Beginner, average and advanced!
All 3 nationalities can read and use it! - eklypse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7By "right" do you mean the way you want it? How is a company supposed to cater to everyone's "wants"? You can only please so many so you have to allow someone to "tweak" a system. Some of the best *nix systems are "tweaked", so why is this bad?
- Darcy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9madmax, why don't you just ignore the "windows stuff" if you don't approve. I know it's hard to believe, but digg is not only about getting the Apple worshiping stories out to it's fanboys.
If it makes you feel better then digg it down (I'm sure you already have). - wassim2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5No, it's because you have to do with Mac OSX wants you to do, and like it. Too bad you can't tweak, sorry.
- dgr814vr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Every OS i have used including FC and Suse and Ubuntu, needs tweaking, Linux flavours infacr do not run without tweaking
- cevil203, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6tip#14- burn that mac, get a pc and install vista
confirmed...next process...tweak vista with this article.... - Darcy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6What a stupid comment. Are you trying to say that you have never needed to tweak OS X to get it exactly how you like?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@ z0l0pht
All right, that is anti-ms fanboieism gone way to far. I draw the line in the sand right here. You simply can not accuse MS of copying its self. - wassim2k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Why do the Linux/OS X fanboys bother reading this? Save your predictable comments for something else.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6get vista or gtfo
- drilldown, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5On first load:
Put the disk in........ Start computer.
Everything in the whole system loaded fine, including the printer. -EXCEPT SOUND.
Realtek had (unofficial and VERY nice) drivers on their homepage that fixed that. LAN works, printers work, HDDs, Mainboard, everything from boot except for sound. Not bad. Not bad at all. Of note, on the installation, the EULA references (KB) on how to turn off DRM for the windows media player 11. - getsmydigg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I fail to see how "Amazing Vista Wallpapers" can be classified as a Vista tweak. The problem with most tweak sites are that you have to wade through such irrelevancies to find the real stuff. The guide documents everything in one easily accessible, searchable place which you can turn to for reference. That is the real advantage of the guide, not making Vista go 100 times faster.
- makismagoo99, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Very nice guide. The XP one right next to it is pretty awesome as well.
- Thors1982, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Problem with that is I would be stuck playing Diablo 2 with my 8800gtx :-(
- Fryxell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@getsmydigg
Please notice the left pane. They have tweaks. My favorite is the in the download section called TweakVista™ it has an easy way for for shutting off the UAC and adjusting the protect me from myself crap in vista. - cquinnd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Drilldown
the default admin group accounts ARE standard users in Vista, they are just standard users that have an automatic elevation prompt into admin privileges. - AaronMT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This guide is pretty good lots of reading. Best resource for Vista yet.
- getsmydigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If this is anything like the Windows XP tweak guide from the same guy, I will swear by it. The XP version has saved me many times. It wont make your system run 10x faster, no guide will ever do that, but it will certainly help you keep running things smoothly and without hassles.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I found a very cool Tweak in this guide... For desktop neatness freaks like me. Just drag any desktop folder to the edge of the screen and Vista makes it into a toolbar.
Very Cool. - Nooty, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Nice! I like it!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I want to tweak the way "previous locations" works in vista, as well as that address bar in general. Specifically, I can't save my file to google.com - why is it showing up as an option? And if have gone to a folder directly, I don't have the path behind it like usual this would be fine if the "Up to Parent" button wasn't gone. Anyone have an idea?
- cletis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Some great tips here!
- victorc26, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Excellent resource.
- LazerFX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is definitely the best resource for Vista. There are lots who are making comments along the lines of, "This is a computer for dummies book!" Perhaps, but as I've read it throug, and the tweakguide for XP as well, I can safely say there are a lot of differences. Of course it's got a lot of references to the basics, because unlike many other guides it assumes only a basic competency with computers. It then builds on that to give all the known tweaks for Vista, optimisations, system comparisons with XP, enhancements, and just the most comprehensive overview of the Vista system I've read yet.
- drilldown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You've been dugg up until I read the beast tomorrow, because you describe the manner in which anything informative should be written.
- meez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@quaunaut:
"(though, even he will tell you on the front page, its getting harder to find big tweaks, considering that game makers are finally getting good at it)."
If this is true why can't most modern games get above 100fps even with top of the range hardware AND tweaks? - bennyboy371, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If I still can't disable favorite links and just have simple windows for folders without a navigation pane, its not enough tweaking for me.
- roflwaffle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow, I am about 2/3 way through it, and so far, this isn't a tweak guide... its a 'what is a computer, and how to use it, generic text' for dummies. I bet his XP guide (at least the first sections) are exactly the same..
There may be valuable information here, but right now it seems more like the comments are 'wow, its so big, and while I didn't read it, I assume its magically wonderful'
Theres over a page of 'don't open email from people you do not know' email (tweaks? lol)
I have lost motivation to read through the rest of it. 153+ pages of generic.... - DryerBiscuit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Excellent find!
- cquinnd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1skyshock,
Man filefrag - ggko, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3New computer in hand (need to run an MS app for a class,) hopefully this makes my user experience easier. My first day with it so far filled with "that's just wrong" reactions to Vista. Admittedly I'm a Mac user, but even ignoring the "not used to their way" nit picks, there are things which MS doesn't get right.
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