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Tweaking and performance guide for XP, Vista, and Windows 7
After stumbling around the internet looking for ways to optimize and tweak my PC, I found this fantastic guide.
"Quote from tweak guide's website"
"The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion
"(TGTC) is the complete system customization and optimization guide for all Windows users. Designed for novice and advanced users alike, it is written in plain English to help you genuinely understand all key aspects of Windows and your PC. The guide covers every major topic, from the correct installation of critical drivers and software, through to simple explanations and recommendations for every significant Windows setting and feature, all the major performance and convenience tweaks and customizations, as well as detailed troubleshooting advice. Also provided are links and instructions for a large number of reliable free applications which can enhance your system and give you viable alternatives to purchasing commercial software."
Check it out for yourself:
http://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html
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I am soon to be refurbishing an old pc with Windows XP Home edition on it. Can someone provide some references for basic security apps that are compatible with and work best with a 10? year old OS? Also is Sandboxie compatible with XP? Finally, any certain issues I need to be aware of with XP regarding security? Thank You
There is very little software that won't run under Windows XP given that XP is only now giving up its reign as the most installed version of Windows. So go to the reviews and check the system requirements in the Quick Selection Guide that follows the review and comes before the comments. Ditto for Sandboxie.
Also, you should be using Windows XP Service Pack 3 (released 2008) so you will avoid the 10-year old version.
hey, nice artical.
My copy of the book/manual is in English until its gets past the Table of Contents, at which point for the rest of the manual the text is in a foreign language I cannot identify. An odd aspect is the Section headings throughout the manual are in English.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks
how can solution this blue screen except formatting?
please REP ASAP!
One format both same
Opened fine with Universal Extractor and Foxit Reader.
Thank you, any information is greatly appreciated.
Ian From Canada
No problems with the XP free version... John
I receive the file corrupted message when I try to open it.
LW
I don't know. I went through all this day after day worrying about my Vista. Try this, scan that, stop this, fix that. My performance number kept going down down down. I finally dumped all that crap and just kept the CC. Installed all Google, Chrome, mail, the whole works. Disabled IE every way I could; and now the old performance numbers are clear to the top. I just enjoy my machine and don't sit around trying to fix crap all day. No spam, no viruses, no spies.
reply to myself. i did download the guide and learned some things. I just thought was another do this do that Vista thingy. It's like the book that didn't come with the machine. Did do a diskchk and got some changes. Loads fast and opened right away with the latest Adobe 9.0.
I have been using this and recommending it to others for quite a while. He has many other tweak guides on his website. tweakguides.com Including Firefox, Nvidia & ATI video boards and many games.
A Win7 version is expected to be posted at about time of the scheduled release. I am looking forward to seeing it.
Koroush Ghazi's guides are all clear and concise with no bull.
Highly recommended.
Thank's For Finding This, Actually Looks Quite Interesting.
I Look Forward To Reading Through This On The Weekend.
From A Quick Looking Over, Seems To Be Well Organized And A Nicely
Laid Out Document. This Could For Sure Be Handy For A Couple
Of My Family Members Whom Are Not All That Computer Literate. If I Pass
This On To Them, Could Save Them, And Myself A Lot Of Time Spent On The
Phone Trying To Solve Many Of The Problems That Seem To Keep Popping Up.
Thanks Again.
Interesting! I've Never Seen Anyone Post Using Title Caps Like This Before. I'm Curious--Why Do It?
Poor Eyesight Mostly, And An Aging Monitor... I Just Find It Easier To Read.
Takes all sorts
I ave been using the TGTC for years. Highly recommended!
Error opening the pdf. Oh well. Certainly no reason to pay for the deluxe version.
XP Version opened without a problem
It didn't for me as it said "file corrupted" message.
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