first things to do after installing vista?

_Jimlad_ · 29 Mar 2008 at 22:23

just ordered Vista home pre, i have all my data on a 2nd drive so will format the c drive and do a clean install,

any tips or 'must do's' after installing ?

badbob · 29 Mar 2008 at 22:25

Disable UAC, whilst installing sw.
Disable hibernation save file (if it's not a laptop)

modo77 · 29 Mar 2008 at 22:28

Use Tweak UAC to disable it http://www.tweak-uac.com/
If you use the silent mode option you still get the benefits, such as IE protected mode, but don't get the annoying prompts

_Jimlad_ · 29 Mar 2008 at 22:44

great cheers for the tips, anything else i need to know? i have kind if played around with it, but will be quite deskilled i guess

Vonny · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:09

re-format and install Xp????

Yes i am being silly

Mana · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:10

Vonny said:
re-format and install Xp????

Yes i am being silly

beat me to it, i am being serious tho

!!!!

Vonny · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:13

Nah, Vista is the way to go, yes you lose a few fps gaming, but overall it is a better base than XP, and it's the future, like Garlic bread!!

Mana · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:13

Vonny said:
Nah, Vista is the way to go, yes you lose a few fps gaming, but overall it is a better base than XP, and it's the future, like Garlic bread!!

garlic bread is useless without melted cheese on top

_Jimlad_ · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:16

don't get me wrong i love XP and will keep it on my laptop, however i need to get to grips with vista, and like it or not it is the future

dark_hag666 · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:16

SP1 = the cheese?

Vonny · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:16

Mana said:
garlic bread is useless without melted cheese on top

Owned!!!!

sneakypenguin · 31 Mar 2008 at 04:36

update all your drivers to the latest version and sp1

hp7909 · 31 Mar 2008 at 04:59

While you wait, get all the latest (Vista) drivers for your hardware i.e. mobo, gfx, etc. I'd install these + anti-virus before updating Windows

TheVoice · 31 Mar 2008 at 05:03

Install SP1 straight after Vista finishes installing, unless your disc is SP1 already, of course.

_Jimlad_ · 31 Mar 2008 at 11:06

opk cool so SP1 has gone down well then? any major improvements?

bledd · 31 Mar 2008 at 11:20

disable windows defender real-time scanning

basically it's scans everything as you use it

better to set it to scan once daily, otherwise it'll slow down your pc

personally i do that, tweak uac (silent mode), disable hibernation, disable system restore (and offline files etc)

pro tip.

one thing i also do (it takes a while to do manually, but i don't know of a tool to do it for you) is specify the folders you want indexed, and untick most of the filetypes that it's got selected, I only let it index.. mp3, txt, lnk, exe, avi, mkv, jpg, vob, iso, 7z, zip, rar

doing this really speeds up your search results and doesn't have any crappy files that you don't want in it