Trim Down Windows to the Bare Essentials

[bugilt]

Lifehacker has a great article on trimming down Windows to get optimal system performance. Running multiple accounts on one system can take a toll and this can minimize the impact the OS has on the resources. I have taken a few of the steps post os install and seen a nice boost.

http://lifehacker.com/374376/trim-down-windows-to-the-bare-essentials

[Khazrael]

Looks like something I'll definitely check out when I go home. I always hear Gurb talking about his stripped down shell of Vista in IRC, and when he runs 5 instances of wows his in use memory is below 2 gigs, where as I with a stock installation hover around 2.3-2.4 gigs used up while running all of my 5 instances. Not sure if this alone will make that difference, but I'm sure it will help to achieve that.

Good find.

[Molt]

If you're serious about this you may want to read the tweaking guide from http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html ... available in XP/Vista versions, and it does explain why it's saying to do something rather than just talking you through it and leaving it as voodoo.