Hani Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 (edited) What major features/service did you turn off in Vista? Mine are: User Account Control System Protection (Restore) Superfetch Windows Search (Indexing services) Sidebar (it counts) Edited August 29, 2008 by Hani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenji Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 None. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azusa Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 the UAC and that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 None. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srugie Veteran Posted August 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 29, 2008 Windows Search and UAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted August 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 29, 2008 UAC and SuperFetch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotoxic_hazard_835 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 UAC only, but I would like to know what other features or services I can safely disable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted August 29, 2008 Supervisor Share Posted August 29, 2008 None - it seems stupid to disable UAC, Superfetch, search, and the restore features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x3lumin8x Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 None. No reason to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ-Light Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 system restore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 UAC and Security Center (and its warnings). Oh, and the Sidebar, if that counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphen Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 the UAC and that's it. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambiance Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 System Restore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphen Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 What major features/service did you turn off in Vista?Mine are: User Account Control System Protection (Restore) Superfetch Windows Search (Indexing services) Why do people really disable superfetch? Your most used applications will start faster, and although it takes up ram, it will free it up if you need it. So there is no win situation in disabling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 uac system restore readyboost most of the scheduled tasks & the hidden ones most of the services uninstall 95% of the extra optional bits, like the games and other useless extras windows defender sidebar search indexer balloon tips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hani Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Why do people really disable superfetch? Your most used applications will start faster, and although it takes up ram, it will free it up if you need it. So there is no win situation in disabling it. Honestly, I tried enabling it for about two weeks. After that, I disabled it. I have noticed performance gains, more free memory, less HDD thrashing. Also, I haven't noticed any slowdowns in applications I usually use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadgeek9 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 System Restore (its useless and hogs HD space) Sidebar (hogs RAM and CPU) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srugie Veteran Posted August 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted August 29, 2008 isn't system restore necessary if you have a provlem and you need to restore your computer to previous state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 UAC and that's it. Everything else actually helps productivity for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backdrifter Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Sidebar and I put UAC into silent mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cykosis Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Just sidebar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted August 29, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted August 29, 2008 Sidebar 3dflip UAC and a slew of others. I have 37 services running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 isn't system restore necessary if you have a provlem and you need to restore your computer to previous state? Not really, It tends to cause more problems then it fixes, I just use Acronis True Image onto an external drive so I can restore my machine directly to a older date. As for features I turn off, None, no reason to on a Modern PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+allan MVC Posted August 29, 2008 MVC Share Posted August 29, 2008 isn't system restore necessary if you have a provlem and you need to restore your computer to previous state? Yes. System restore is useless - until the first time you need it - and then it's invaluable. Unless you have a third party backup or imaging utility (such as True Image or Ghost) you should leave System Restore enabled. And even if you do have one of those utilities, there's no advantage to disabling System Restore except for disk space. And of course there's a huge pinned thread on UAC and why it makes no sense to disable it - it should just be set to silent mode if the pop-up warnings bother you. And then there's Superfetch - why exactly would someone disable that? Oh well, to each his own ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Clockwork Lime Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Why do people really disable superfetch? Your most used applications will start faster, and although it takes up ram, it will free it up if you need it. So there is no win situation in disabling it. Because it slows down a lot of games and similar applications. It also sits there and crunches at your harddrives for no apparent reasons. The day I turned off, my performance increased for everything *but* the initial loading of programs. But a **** lot of good that does; I'd rather wait an extra second or two for the application to load and then have it run smoothly and effortlessly for the entirity of the session. Your experiences may vary. Disabling Superfetch definitely speeds things up on my end for the applications I use the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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