Brandon Ryan [Roland]
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 12:58:03
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Brandon: when you write you do not defrag should we assume you have the defragger disabled and/or the schedule disabled?
And since we need a pdf reader should we not disable auto updating for such? And quicktime, and, and java,... so we are not interrupted during working?
I also think stuff like the windows media player sharing service are potential malware entryways, as well as useless.
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I generally disable anything (except AV) that wants to auto-update - Adobe, Quicktime, Java, Nero, etc - and I also disable auto-updating for Windows Updates and perform them manually.
Not a bad practice at all. As long as you remember to do the manual updates. Some people miss this very important step. 
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Alegria
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 13:11:11
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On a clean/virgin install of Win 7 Pro and up, there will be more than 90 active services and even more scheduled tasks. In the context of a dedicated DAW (without Internet access), you can streamlined this down to 26 services (YMMV) and basically eliminate all scheduled tasks. The benefits? In combination with well known and documented tweaks, you'll end up with a smooth, stable and trouble free environment with very low DPC scores and more importantly... no spikes.
There is no denying the benefits. On the other hand and as been mentioned, Win 7 works well enough out of the box in the context of non-dedicated DAWs to not have to "stress" about OS tweeks.
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Alegria
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 13:15:38
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"Brandon Ryan"
I'd be perfectly happy to forget defragging ever existed. [;) Ditto... we're almost there. And I did enjoy reading your "level-headed" approach to tweeks.
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Brandon Ryan [Roland]
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 13:16:26
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Alegria
On a clean/virgin install of Win 7 Pro and up, there will be more than 90 active services and even more scheduled tasks. In the context of a dedicated DAW (without Internet access), you can streamlined this down to 26 services (YMMV) and basically eliminate all scheduled tasks. The benefits? In combination with well known and documented tweaks, you'll end up with a smooth, stable and trouble free environment with very low DPC scores and more importantly... no spikes. 90? This seems a bit high. I only see mid-40's on a clean install. I guess it depends on what hardware you have installed. Laptops tend to have a lot more services enabled.
There is no denying the benefits. On the other hand and as been mentioned, Win 7 works well enough out of the box in the context of non-dedicated DAWs to not have to "stress" about OS tweeks.
Well said. The point is no need to "stress" like before. yay!
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 13:16:44
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Most of the tweaks I did to my first Win 7 rig back in '09 were BIOS related. There were some things like INTEL Speedstep that XP ignored, but 7 didn't that caused me dpc grief to no end until I figured it out.
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Brandon Ryan [Roland]
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 13:18:21
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Alegria
"Brandon Ryan"
I'd be perfectly happy to forget defragging ever existed. [;)
Ditto... we're almost there. And I did enjoy reading your "level-headed" approach to tweeks.
Thank you!
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 13:32:44
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For those wanting to start and stop startup stuff, services, and editing the start keys in the registry forget msconfig & regedit, download this and use that instead. It's like msconfig on steroids.
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 13:55:30
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"Brandon Ryan"
90? This seems a bit high. I only see mid-40's on a clean install. I guess it depends on what hardware you have installed. Laptops tend to have a lot more services enabled. I'm serious Brandon, unless my memory is playing tricks on me... again. At my age, it happens once in a while.  But I do have a complete list of services I've disabled... and that would confirm the # of services to be in the high 90s (Win 7 Pro). That includes "manual" services that may or may not be called into action so to speak, that have also been disabled. But I did purchase a new laptop for my youngest daughter last month (Win 7 Home Premium - 96 services after a clean/virgin install). And no bloatware.
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Re:Windows 7 tweaks
2012/02/10 14:51:00
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To clarify, the Windows 7 Disk Defragmenter dialog will not let you schedule defragging of a SSD, but it will let you analyze how fragmented one is, and it will let you defrag it manually (which my understanding is that you should not do).
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