[MacClipper]

Trying out the x64 version now, seems to need lots of space (~12GB for OS alone) and lots of patching to get it working right. Tips which I found useful, just ignore if you already knew all these.

Disable hybrid sleep to cut time to sleep.

Place Power options menu with this simple js eg. use Wordpad and save the following as Power.js, place shortcut in Quicklaunch and give it a nice power icon.
(new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")).ShutdownWindows();

Reducing disk thrashing, disable the offending services via msconfig. May be better to leave Superfetch on though.
Boogle’s Blog Blog Archive How To Stop Vista Disk Thrashing

Removing Vista Hyberfil.sys,
» Vista Hyberfil.sys

PRC Chinese MUI x64,
http://www.download.windowsupdate.co...672360b7e8.exe

Windows Live Mail 2008
Download details: Windows Live Mail (Version 2008)

Windows Mobile Device Center (for Windows Mobile Phone PDAs) x64 download
Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center for Windows Vista (64-bit) - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com

Disable Nero Scout if not needed, another CPU/disk hog.

MS built-in CD/DVD writing wizard is still buggy on my setup so back to Nero 7. Disabling the Vista built-in feature can be done using the Group Policy Editor, note it may also result in disabled CDFS/ISO9660 discs reading as well.
Disable Vista's CD/DVD burning or recording features|How to

Disable Vista x64 Signed driver crap, easy with stock install, gets much tougher with new Vista updates.
Microsoft Talk Blog Archive VISTA: Install unsigned hardware driver in x64 bit
Howto: Disabling Driver Signing in Windows Vista 64 bit the back room tech

Disable UAC if really cannot tahan its repeated bugging or can do the 2nd tip too, even with using TweakUAC some programs run with errors eg. DVD Decrypter so disable UAC and avoid such headaches.
Disable User Account Control in Windows Vista
Don't Shut Off Vista UAC, There's A Better Way - Microsoft Blog - InformationWeek

Grouping taskbar buttons in Vista
Grouping taskbar buttons in Vista

Disable the stupid trashcan delete ability,
Deleting the Recycle Bin Problem. Vista Registry Tweak

Vista Resource & Monitor Memory Hard Faults as explained by MS,
Identify Resource Usage in Resource View

More about optimizing Vista eg. using all cores even while booting,
Beginners Guides: 99 Windows Vista Performance Tips and Tweaks - PCSTATS.com

Opera Widget - Nice Digital Clock,
Nice Digital Clock - Opera Widgets
Sidebar Sphere Timer Gadget,
Windows Live Gallery - Error

EasyBCD 1.7 for better bootup control,
Download EasyBCD 1.7.2 - NeoSmart Technologies
How to dual-boot Vista with XP (with XP installed first) - step-by-step guide with screenshots

Uninstalling/Replacing Vista bootloader with NT loader (XP),
Installing and uninstalling Windows Vista for dual-boot with Windows XP - istartedsomething

Vista driver check,
Free Windows Vista Drivers Update Scan at RadarSync

VSO Image resizer - good replacement for Imager Resize Powertoy, has right click contextual menu too.
Free Image Resize Software Import organize resize photos- VSO

Auslogics Disk Defrag
http://www.auslogics.com/en/download...frag-setup.exe

Good NIST server,
time-A.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
ntp2.usno.navy.mil

Vista Sysprep,
Deploying Vista – Part 5: Using Sysprep

Ghosting Vista,
Need to use the "preserve disk signature" switch, ghost.exe -FDSP
https://forums.symantec.com/syment/b...essage.id=3197
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/englis...2003_guide.pdf
Else use the Vista boot DVD and do a 1 min repair job to make the HD bootable.


Vista SP1 install took ~40 mins with innumerable reboots (lost count after a while) on a Q6600@3.4 with 4GB RAM, even longer than a clean Vista install itself - amazingly odious. Enabling Superfetch, all cores and max. RAM usage on Vista SP1 = boot times of ~1 min only from POST beep to Vista desktop appearance, not bad.

Slipstream SP1, must remove all unnecessary language packs to save space.
Slipstream Windows Vista with SP1 & Create a Bootable Vista SP1 DVD

Intel chipset drivers incl. X48,
MSI -- MICRO-STAR INT'L CO., LTD.

Guru3D - Driver Sweeper,
Guru3D - Driver Sweeper (Setup) download from Guru3D.com

Easy switching to AHCI in Vista, registry hack. Original value is 4, I tested this myself and it does work.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...6&postcount=40

Just Modify the following registry entry: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Msahci\Start

Set the Value = 0 
Reboot .. change BIOS to AHCI .. Save & Reboot ..

Vista Incompatible apps & Irritations,
DVDRemake Pro (eats up all RAM causing severe lagging), AppleWorks (v5 can't print, v6 won't run)
Hung processes can't be ended easily

P5W install notes,
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=7555

WinXP - repaired XP, now unable to install any updates
Repair system XP, unable to install any updates - Windows Update

[MacClipper]

Further Vista testing presently halted, awaiting SP1 to reduce current 40% performance hit (though a synthetic bench),
VR-Zone IT & Lifestyle Forum! - View Single Post - Commando Users!!!!



New Vista install - with already 640MB inline updates as of end Oct. 07!


Present test rig,
E6750@450FSB@3.6GHz, 4GB Crucials@450FSB 4-4-4-8 Commando, 7300GT@DDR3, Vista x64


Yesteryear's rig,
2.4C@285FSB@3.42GHz, 1GB Team TCCD@228FSB 2-3-3-5 2.55v, P4C800E Dlx, Leadtek A310 FX5600, Vista x32
Presently there can be a nasty long wait (almost a fulll minute) between the scrolling bars and the appearance of the desktop with no image being displayed - seems to be highly dependent on the video card, it's only 15s for a 6600GT though.

FX5600 2.4C@285FSB@3.42GHz,


6600GT 2.8C@250FSB@3.5Ghz,


HD3850 E6750@450FSB@3.6Ghz,

[etegration]

nice info mac. i went back to vista, gaving a try again...mostly a lot better when i tried it early this year with a lot of drivers at last up to date and software running well for now. one problem is with winamp now, really laggy when playing back video but fire up VLC, it plays fine. So sticking to VLC for now.

[behling]

what are the various changes to vista with the patch updates.

[etegration]

Originally Posted by behling

what are the various changes to vista with the patch updates.

you mean the MS updates? you gotta hunt it somehere from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...owsupdate.mspx

i trust there's got to be some information somewhere but just update when can lor, don't care what they are.

[raichu]

some useful vista tips >>> HERE <<<

[Ar3s]

hahaha the test doesn't care about the overclocked speeds of the cpu. 3.5Ghz 4.4 3.6Ghz 5.8

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