Which tweaking programs should I uninstall?

[Element7]

I currently have the following tweaking/optimizing programs installed. I only want to keep one or delete them all but am not sure which are good and which are bad?

EnhanceMySeven
Windows 7 Manager
Ultimate Windows Tweaker
WinUtilities 8.0

Marc

 

[EternalCore]

I using Auslogic to tweak my win7 ultimate x64. No problem at all very handy but i prefer TuneUp for my vista last time.. hope TuneUP come out for Win7

 

[Zardoc]

I currently have the following tweaking/optimizing programs installed. I only want to keep one or delete them all but am not sure which are good and which are bad?

EnhanceMySeven
Windows 7 Manager
Ultimate Windows Tweaker
WinUtilities 8.0

Marc

The only thing I use is CCleaner for temp files and reg clean.

The idea is to keep your system clean.

Brink has a detailed tip that resumes what I also rcommend.

SEE HERE

 

[Antman]

I will stipulate that using a tweak manager is convenient. I do not use one anymore.

For tweaks that are enabled/disabled via the registry, I use reg file merges. My tried and true, never install without 'em, are concatenated into a single file.

My collection is stored in a folder - and I keep the "remove tweaks" reg files there as well for troubleshooting purposes.

SF has a comprehensive collection of tweaks available in the Tutorials section.

 

[Dinesh]

I currently have the following tweaking/optimizing programs installed. I only want to keep one or delete them all but am not sure which are good and which are bad?

EnhanceMySeven
Windows 7 Manager
Ultimate Windows Tweaker
WinUtilities 8.0

Marc

From the list above, i dont recommend anything. All i use is Ccleaner and inbuilt windows settings to tweak my system.

 

[Zidane24]

I will stipulate that using a tweak manager is convenient. I do not use one anymore.

For tweaks that are enabled/disabled via the registry, I use reg file merges. My tried and true, never install without 'em, are concatenated into a single file.

My collection is stored in a folder - and I keep the "remove tweaks" reg files there as well for troubleshooting purposes.

SF has a comprehensive collection of tweaks available in the Tutorials section.

Could you post your reg tweaks and possibly the reg file itself Antman?

 

[Dinesh]

I will stipulate that using a tweak manager is convenient. I do not use one anymore.

For tweaks that are enabled/disabled via the registry, I use reg file merges. My tried and true, never install without 'em, are concatenated into a single file.

My collection is stored in a folder - and I keep the "remove tweaks" reg files there as well for troubleshooting purposes.

SF has a comprehensive collection of tweaks available in the Tutorials section.

Could you post your reg tweaks and possibly the reg file itself Antman?

So that we all can benefit from the tweak...

 

[whs]

I never use any tweaking programs any more. Experience has shown me that they get you into trouble. For the benefit of a possible small percentage better performance, I am not trading my peace of mind.

 

[Zardoc]

If you are interested, I posted a tutorial tweak for desktop and shutdown speedup.

HERE

 

[Antman]

Could you post your reg tweaks and possibly the reg file itself Antman?

So that we all can benefit from the tweak...

My particular reg file includes references to batch files that must be resident in your ..\System32 folder or ..\Program Files (x86). It includes much of what Zardoc's does.

Just compile your favorites and write them into a single file.

While some reg tweaks may affect certain aspects of network throughput or GUI response times, there is nothing available in the registry that will make a system faster. Your platform is what your platform is.

All of my reg tweaks deal with customizing the GUI for the inclusion of various file mgmt commands. I am currently working (unfocuded) on enabling my Ant_DOW.cmd in the context menu for certain file types (Ant_DOW assigns a unique file name based on the date string and then does some backup actions).

 

[Dinesh]

There is nothing available in the registry that will make a system faster. Your platform is what your platform is.

 

[Zardoc]

There is nothing available in the registry that will make a system faster. Your platform is what your platform is.

Please, as not to misunderstand.

Desktop and shutdown reg tweaks do what thay say they do. They don't speedup the system but rather the delay commands that Windows takes to react to open a file or shutdown the system.

Some other tweaks that I inserted in my Tweak file.

NoLowDiskSpaceChecks = Low Disk Notification deactivated

LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo = Determines whether Windows traces shortcuts back to their sources when it cannot find the target on the user's system.

NoResolveSearch = Prevents the system from conducting a comprehensive search of the target drive to resolve a shortcut.

NoResolveTrack = Prevents the system from using NTFS tracking features to resolve a shortcut.

NoInternetOpenWith = Specifies whether to use the Microsoft Web service for finding an application to open a file with an unhandled file association.

AutoEndTasks = Specifies whether user processes end automatically when the user either logs off or shuts down Windows

HungAppTimeout = Specifies how long the system waits for user processes to end after the user clicks the End Task command button in Task Manager

MenuShowDelay = Specifies the interval from the time the cursor is pointed at a menu until the menu items are displayed

WaitToKillAppTimeout = Specifies how long the system waits for user processes to end after the user attempts to log off or to shut down Windows.When the time specified in this entry expires, the End Task dialog box appears, stating that the process did not respond.
If the value of AutoEndTasks is 1, the system ends the process automatically.

LowLevelHooksTimeout = This tweak changes the time to wait to kill a service, which is not responding

WaitToKillServiceTimeout = Determines how long the system waits for services to stop after notifying the service that the system is shutting down.

 

[Antman]

@Zardoc - it is all good, it is all wood. Teak, in this case.

I did not mean to address your tweaks as invalid or poorly targeted. I use many of the same or similar settings. I was simply including the text to dissuade casual observers from seeking tweaks for the wrong reason.

You give good post.

 

[Zardoc]

@Zardoc - it is all good, it is all wood. Teak, in this case.

I did not mean to address your tweaks as invalid or poorly targeted. I use many of the same or similar settings. I was simply including the text to dissuade casual observers from seeking tweaks for the wrong reason.

You give good post.

Antman, I did not think that at all.

My reply was just to clarify that some might misinterpret into thinking that reg tweaks make a computer go faster.

Thanks for the heads up though.

 

[Antman]

It is a shame that we have to beat this dead horse. So many reg tweakers, and individual tweaks, are marketed as "make your PC faster."

Centralized management is another matter. In XP, I once used three different apps to get all my tweaks in place. Finally, I simply read about or examined what the tweak actually did and how it was done.

I did pay for TweakVI when Vista rolled out. Am I the only one here who got screwed on the license? That company is one step above fish crap. They are the scum that develops on fish crap. IMO.

 

[Zardoc]

Remember Win ME and mem tweaks??

:shock:

 

[Tews]

Remember Win ME and mem tweaks??

:shock:

That was a nightmare that took me a year to wake up from...