thanks...
"Jon" <Email_Address@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4815c402@xxxxxx-privat.org... Quote:
>> Hello, can you give us a more detailed list of what we can disable and
>> why..
>> or do you know of some resource online?
>>
>> I have tried various configurations of these tasks.. but I would like to
>> compare with what other people are doing
>>
>> thanks
>>
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> I don't know of any definitive resource, but see if this MS link helps
>
> Description of the scheduled tasks in Windows Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939039
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> AFAIK there are no major issues disabling any of those tasks, and by major
> issues I mean Vista not booting - not whether an automatic restore point
> is created or not, or whether a calendar reminder works You'll lose a bit
> of inbuilt functionality if you disable anything in there, but the
> question is how significant that piece of functionality is to you.
>
> In the early days of my using Vista, when I was testing out the new os, I
> ran it exclusively within a virtual machine. There speed was a, if not
> *the*, primary concern, and one area I experimented with was disabling
> nearly all of those tasks - without any major problems.
>
> For example being able to run DirectX applications within a virtual
> machine meant that I had little need of Media Center background tasks, BUT
> when using it normally installed on a machine I would keep the task the OP
> mentioned 'mcupdate' enabled, since it's a useful task that downloads the
> 'guide' - which I often use and wouldn't want to do without. Tasks like
> defragmentation and System Restore I disable in favour of my own
> preconfigured tasks- and it's up to you if you want to help MS out with
> their next os via the "Customer Experience Improvement Program" or
> "Windows Error Reporting" - matter for individual choice, I suppose.
>
> So it would be difficult to give a "one-size-to-fit-all" answer, but
> perhaps that helps a bit.
>
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> Jon
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