How can i slim down my Windows 7? Any kind of program

Layback Bear said:

Because this a forum about Windows 7; I would like to give my openion. Windows 7 is GREAT.

Feather-light, instantaneous, intuitive - one of the greatest achievements in tech.

madtownidiot said:

Leopard said:

This is a very rude post, and very inconsiderate. I am a Mac user, and I am very capable with technology.

This is a Windows forum.. and so long as Steve Jobs continues the marketing strategy of limiting use of OS-X (which is nothing more than a superficial proprietary layer over freeware) to hardware that retails for more than 3 times what it's worth in any windows based system, while hypocritically making it possible for a trained monkey to set up Windows on a Mac, I will rip on MACs and their targeted users at every opportunity as I see fit..
If you happen to be one of the very small minority of MAC users who knows how to use single sign on mode and isn't afraid of the terminal.. more power to you ..and if you are truly very capable with technology, you would know the truth of my statement as you are not the kind of person the typical MACs is marketed towards in most recent mac advertisements

Mac OS X is not just a proprietary layer over freeware.
Mach, XNU, Carbon, Cocoa, IEEE 1394, Aqua, Finder, CUPS, Quartz, Quartz Extreme, Mail, iTunes, Safari, iMovie, iWeb, iPhoto, Garageband, XCode, Expose, FileVault, Preview, AppleScript.
It's not a proprietary layer over freeware. It's an entire proprietary desktop environment and API over a hybrid BSD/Mach/XNU kernel taken from BSD, Steve Jobs' NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP project, and Apple's own offerings, open-sourced in Darwin.
Microsoft is no Angel either. Their first OS was Q-DOS bought and re-branded.

madtownidiot said:

DeaconFrost said:

Furthermore, let's leave out the BS comments that a Mac "just works". 99.9% of a computer's stability comes from the person using it. The hardware is the same, so hardware failures are at an equal likelihood on both.

Which is why I say Macs are designed to be used by people who shouldn't be trusted to program a TV. The average Macbook is set up for automatic login..the average user usually immediately forgets the password and is locked out of changing any settings that could affect it's OS-X crippled performance.. until a tech at an AppleStore unlocks it for them using the biggest security flaw in any system design.

This isn't true. No one I know using Mac OS X has forgotten their password. Certainly I haven't. I've only forgot one password in my life, and it was definitely not an OS password. It was actually Steam, which I never use anyway. Still, Steam support reset my password and security question without much fuss. Ironically, I still haven't used Steam yet (Though I might start playing America's Army 3 soon on it).

madtownidiot said:

Code:

mount -uw /    
 rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone    
 shutdown -h now

This is incorrect.

Code:

mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdX /mac
cd /mac/var/db/
rm -f .AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now

X being replaced with the correct number found by running

Code:

fdisk -l

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To be honest, I was hoping this forum didn't have so many fanboys like MacRumors or LinuxQuestions. Apparently not.

gregrocker said:

Layback Bear said:

Because this a forum about Windows 7; I would like to give my openion. Windows 7 is GREAT.

Feather-light, instantaneous, intuitive - one of the greatest achievements in tech.

Agreed.

Well actually I think THE greatest achievement in tech was the advent of the x86.

I'm not a fanboy of anything. I use Linux, Windows 7 and Mac OS X in a tri-boot scenario with rEFIt.

jeez,

Who the bleep cares about Mac's. The threader was asking about W7 and getting best game performance.
I'd have to say that this thread has attention defficet disorder. LOL

spyknee said:

jeez,

Who the bleep cares about Mac's. The threader was asking about W7 and getting best game performance.
I'd have to say that this thread has attention defficet disorder. LOL

I do, its the machine from which I am typing this reply.

stormy13 said:

I laughed so hard.

To the thread starter:

You be sure to try all the tweaks you find out there and to try all of the tweaker programs. Be sure at the same time to shoot yourself in the foot.

Use Win 7's DiskCleanup and CCleaner and quit right there.

Measuring boot and shutdown times

BOOT AND SHUTDOWN PERFORMANCE

How to use Event Viewer to view your Boot and Shutdown Performance

WIN key | type EVENTVWR.MSC | ENTER key

First wait for the Event Viewer to be populated-watch the Summary of Administrative Events section.

Now, using the left-hand pane tunnel down as follows:
Applications and services logs | Microsoft | Windows | Diagnostics-Performance | Operational

Right-click on Operational.

In the top-section of the middle pane, various events are listed.

Click on EventID to sort the events from smallest to largest.

EventID 100 is for Boot Performance.
EventID 200 is for Shutdown Performance

It would appear that the threader was chased off.

If you did not want to help him, you should have not posted. Nay saying and bullying your negative view points serves no purpose.

If this forum is not to illuminate Windows 7 and the hardware its on, then its useless.

Process reduction is not tweaking, its going thru the house and turning off the light bulb in an unused room.
The tips I offered were tweaks, and they work great. So do not tell me I can not improve my Windows experience, I have.