Black Viper

[ciphernemo]

I had no problems with my Windows 7 RC-1 tweak using Black Viper's tweaks (Windows 7 Service Configurations by Black Viper), and being even more liberal to disable a few he didn't mention that I know I don't want or need.

 

[tuckinrimins10]

I know I used his vista tweaks and they worked great, I am looking for a download though, has anyone put a registry editor together like they did for vista? I know there is a took on his site for vista but i dont see what one 7.

 

[AllMac]

Yep...I use blackviper's suggestions for years. Currently use something between safe and tweaked and works very well.

 

[martyfelker]

Black Viper has worked for me also but be careful. You could make your system unbootable or perhaps hose cconnectivity. Before you disable a service look at the dependencies Windows reports.

As for a registry editor regedit works for me!

Marty

 

[Muad Dib]

Black Viper's site is a great information source regarding services.

If a system is resource limited then tweaking the services can result in significant improvements. I have used it in the past on many XP and Vista systems.

However, it can be risky in that a service disabled today might be needed 3 months from now for a new application or OS function. At that time, the end user may have forgotten, or never knew, the consequences of disabling certain services. This can lead to confusion, i.e. "My ABC software won't install.....", etc.

So caution should be ********d and a record of which Black Viper suggestions were implemented for future reference should be kept.

If a system has sufficient resources any service tweaks may be an academic curiosity and not provide any real-world benefit while possibly creating numerous real-world headaches.

But if a few extra FPS in WOW or a few seconds difference in an image burn mean that much, go for it. Keep in mind it can be a double edged scalpel.

 

[Antman]

...So caution should be ********d ...

That took a minute to decipher. Chuckle.

Your point is quite valid. There are a couple of network related services that I do not run on most of my machines (XP). Took me a couple of days to figure out why I could not configure my network correctly when I started to play with HTPC and WiFi setups.

The really stupid part - I know the service tweaks serve no measurable/functional/experiential purpose. They are, by and large, residual settings in a large reg file merge that I apply when I install XP. I was in a short-lived "I want to be a gamer" phase when I learned how to slipstream custom XP builds.

Yes, you can merge a personailty trait into the registry.

 

[Muad Dib]

So caution should be ********d and a record...

Hmmm... I did not catch that. I was not trying to be mysterious. Pretty sure the phrase should have been "So caution should be ********d and a record..."

Very strange.....

And it did it again! Doublespace word is "e x e r c i s e d". Ok so what is wrong with "********"? :roflmao:I am beginning to hear voices perhaps I need an exorcism?

 

[Antman]

Hmmm... I did not catch that. I was not trying to be mysterious. Pretty sure the phrase should have been "So caution should be ********d and a record..."

Very strange.....

And it did it again! Doublespace word is "e x e r c i s e d". Ok so what is wrong with "********"? :roflmao:I am beginning to hear voices perhaps I need an exorcism?

:roflmao:

You can't type *** either. You know, where one might go to ********.

 

[Airbot]

:roflmao:

 

[rover3500]

i tweak some services

I dont see why i should have services such as tablet pc,bluetooth,homegroup and especially superfetch (and others)as i don't use them and my hard drive activity has reduced alot(i never use search)as well as my memory.Surely it cant be that hard for the os to detect and disable services u don't need on install,there is plenty of software that does it

 

[ciphernemo]

...and especially superfetch 9(and others)as i don't use them and my hard drive activity has reduced alot(i never use search)

You're confusing Superfetch with Indexing services. Superfetch (Windows Vista I/O technologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) is actually used to speed-up application launch, along with other uses such as speeding up paging file usage. It's not nearly as evil as indexing and has nothing to do with searching files.

It's advised to leave Superfetch enabled, though certainly your PC will work fine with it disabled.

 

[tuckinrimins10]

Could one of you make a list of random stuff we should turn off? I dont use a printer or anything like that.. This PC is for gaming only.

 

[rover3500]

You're confusing Superfetch with Indexing services. Superfetch (Windows Vista I/O technologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) is actually used to speed-up application launch, along with other uses such as speeding up paging file usage. It's not nearly as evil as indexing and has nothing to do with searching files.

It's advised to leave Superfetch enabled, though certainly your PC will work fine with it disabled.

Thanx for that,I don't know what made me think it was to do with indexing,my mistake.Have turned back on to try.I thought i'd seen some bad press about it,but it was probably indexing,as u said.Saves me making a fool of myself in future.I do all my tweaks at once,so i notice an overall difference

 

[Barman58]

There is one major problem with doing all the tweaks at the same time, any tweaks that make matters worse are not seen.

For example - you add 10 tweaks, 8 improve matters, 1 does nothing and one makes things worse - you would be better off only applying the 8 but will never know that.

Any changes to a system or possible fixes to issues should always be applied individually (and always perform a re-boot afterwords to make sure the system still works)

 

[Muad Dib]

I dont see why i should have services such as tablet pc,bluetooth,homegroup and especially superfetch (and others)as i don't use them and my hard drive activity has reduced alot(i never use search)as well as my memory.Surely it cant be that hard for the os to detect and disable services u don't need on install,there is plenty of software that does it

Well, OSes aren't mindreaders and cannot tell if you intend to need a service in the future.

Many services are not disabled but have a startup type of MANUAL. Open your Task Manager and click on the Services tab. Sort the services by the PID column. The services with no PID are NOT running and not directly consuming memory or cpu.

Again, if the desktop has sufficient resources, tweaking services from the Windows default may not provide any significant performance improvement and can cause user/support headaches.

If the need is justified, go for it! I firmly suggest you keep a record of any changes made for future reference when installing new programs or adding OS features. Thats's all.