In an effort to teach myself more about my computer I have come across and downloaded The Tweakguides Tweaking Companion and it seems to be a very good source of information. I guess I'm just asking for confirmation from you guys (the experts) if I'm on the right track. Is it something I can befefit from?
jmrpjb 0 Light Poster
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Jump to Postnice links for sure ,having a look at pcguide it getting a little long in the tooth[old]2004 and even the update link on the left was still talking P4 cpu /motherboard
Jump to Posti would also like to add this ,it by my experience to be careful learning about tweaking your computer as some tweaks can cause unwanted problems for you and your OS .
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hotmatrixx 21 Posting Whiz
Never seen it before, sounds good.
TweakGuides
$5 is probably the cheapest on the net, and the guy seems to promise quite a bit for your $.
here is an free online resource I spotted in a quick search:
http://www.pcguide.com/
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
nice links for sure ,having a look at pcguide it getting a little long in the tooth[old]2004 and even the update link on the left was still talking P4 cpu /motherboard
hotmatrixx 21 Posting Whiz
Yeah I noticed that too, after posting. It was too late to come back and edit the post.
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
i would also like to add this ,it by my experience to be careful learning about tweaking your computer as some tweaks can cause unwanted problems for you and your OS .
hotmatrixx 21 Posting Whiz
I didn't think about it, but CJ is right. I have seen some huge screwups, especially with "fix you computer automatically" software like CCleaner, RegCleanNow, GlarySoft, etc. in fact, there is a thread dedicated to ripping them somewhere in the geeks lounge.
A couple of little recommends though:
some of my clients quite like the folowwing bits of software:
iobit (only use the defrag and gamebooster utils, and I haven't looked at any of the other tools for a while, because they were in early dev at the time, and not very good. Maybe worth a revisit now. I use ESET SS for my AV products, yes I am affiliated with ESET as a Qualified Vendor, Reseller, and Certified Admin/Deployment. But only because I believe in the product. Just to clear up any confusion.)
Stardock's Fences
As far as messing with a PC is concerned, if you wanted to be really safe, you could always give it a go in a Virtual Machine like Virtualbox or Windows VPC (by M$) to test it first, before implementing it in the real world.
jmrpjb 0 Light Poster
Thanks to everyone for all their good advice. I will be very cautious when tweaking but I'm finding this guide (Tweakingguide Tweaking Companion) very useful as a "user's manual" as it's filled with everything you always wanted to know about Windows XP.
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