[Tfug] My experience "recovering" Windows compared to installing Debian

[Sean Warburton]

simply go to start->run and tyrp msconfig   click on the startup tab and
unselect whatever you dont want to load. My startup time is extremely quick
because I have it load only my wireless network and printer software (and
yes, there were 17 things I dont let my computer load every time I turn it
on).
Glen, do you really want that CPU? I have to warn you, you may not complain
as much about long Windows loading time, should you accept...Or get a quad
core. They are only $280, and you get four 2.4 GHz cores on a 1066 FSB.


On 7/29/07, Rich <r-lists at studiosprocket.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2007, at 7:45 pm, Sean Warburton wrote:
>
> > just out of curiosity, why remove the (20, you say) software packages?
>
> Quite a lot of these freebie apps load at boot time or at log in.
> They really do slow down Windows. Sometimes merely uninstalling them
> doesn't work. Cleaning out HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/
> CurrentVersion/Run can save a few minutes *each* time a user logs in.
>
> Once the 3rd party cruft is cleaned out, you've then got to attack
> the MS stuff. Start with the QoS stuff so you get the remaining 10%
> of your bandwidth back.
>
> Windows is a pain to set up, and often (not just sometimes), a system
> can't be usefully recovered if it's been used for a few months by
> someone who can't be trusted not to click on every "kittens" email
> they get.
>
> R.
>
>
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