Speeding Up Performance In Vista

Fred44

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I'm going through the "Speeding Up Vista Performance" tutorial and was wondering which of these features I can disable (not sure what they mean or if I'm using them). Thanks.
 
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    Asus M2N61-AR
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    NVDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (Integrated on motherboard)
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    Not sure what case or cooling means. Could not find in any documentation. The keyboard is the standard that comes with the HP Slimline.
Hello Fred,

It depends on whether you need them or not. If you are unsure, it's best to leave them as is to avoid having something not work all of a sudden. This only turns them off and does not uninstall them, so it doesn't save any HDD drive space.

I would recommend to Google them to see if you want to turn them off, or try turning them off one at time to see if everything you want is still running properly.

To be safe, create a restore point before each one in case you have to do a system restore to fix it.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
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    Logitech wireless K800
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    Logitech MX Master 3
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    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
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    17.3" UHD IPS touch
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    3480 x 2160
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    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hello Fred,

It depends on whether you need them or not. If you are unsure, it's best to leave them as is to avoid having something not work all of a sudden. This only turns them off and does not uninstall them, so it doesn't save any HDD drive space.

I would recommend to Google them to see if you want to turn them off, or try turning them off one at time to see if everything you want is still running properly.

To be safe, create a restore point before each one in case you have to do a system restore to fix it.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks. Will disabling these items improve the performance of my system (speed)? This would be the only reason I would disable them. Also, after Googling these items, it seems that they are related to computers which are participating in a network which I am not.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HPs3700y Slimline
    CPU
    AMD Athlon64 X2 (B) 50000+ 2.6 GHz (65W)
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N61-AR
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 (Integrated on motherboard)
    Sound Card
    High Definition 6-channel audio ALC 888S chipset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    SAMSUNG SYNCMASTER 914V FLAT PANEL LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280 X 1024
    Hard Drives
    320GB SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec)
    PSU
    160W
    Keyboard
    HP
    Mouse
    Logitech Marble Mouse
    Internet Speed
    Broadband Cable Connection (256 Kpbs?)
    Other Info
    Not sure what case or cooling means. Could not find in any documentation. The keyboard is the standard that comes with the HP Slimline.
Unchecking some of these may eliminate having a process running in the background that you do not use. It may help only slightly with performance.

If you still want to, then from only the ones that have check marks in your images above, I would uncheck all but the "Tablet PC Optional Components".
 

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    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    Custom
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    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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