vista tweaks

[Rik]

I was working next to the Old Bailey when the bomb went off there - it was quite salutary.

[Noreen]

I remember that, Rik. I was working in an office near St. Paul's. It really shook us up, luckily the windows were all taped or I think that they would have blown in. There was a huge column of of dust or smoke at the Old Bailey.

[Rik]

It was truly terrible, Noreen. The building I was in shook. I had to phone Sue as fast as I could to tell her I was OK. I lost track of the number of times we were delayed getting home by hoax calls...

[David]

I live very close to Canary Wharf and when that went up I can remember I was talking to my mother on the telephone and ended up on the floor.I have never heard or felt anything so powerful.I recall checking to see if I was OK and then running to the front door and there was a seemingly never ending procession of emergency services FirePolice Ambulances the noise and the blind panic was an eye opener.....too close for comfort

[Noreen]

During my working life in the City I heard 13 IRA bombs explode.

[Noreen]

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[David]

Rather you than me Noreen I learned that what you see on the TV was nothing to actually being there on these horrible occasions   

[Rik]

It wasn't a comfortable time to be there, was it. Mind you, compared to Beirut, Belfast or Gaza, it was nothing.

[Noreen]

I lived through WWII, David, the IRA didn't compare.

[David]

If I may ask,are you talking the Blitz and London Noreen ?

[Noreen]

Not quite, David. I was evacuated to the "safety" of Surrey (where we watched the dogfights overhead  ) for the first part of the War but came back to live with my grandparents in the Medway Towns (major port and ship-building) for the second half. Still had air-raids and then V1 and V2 rockets. We got chased by machine gun fire on our way to our air raid shelter once, we spent most nights there. My grandparents' house had already been badly damaged by a land-mine dropping next door.

My home where my parents still lived nearer London had also been fire-bombed, in fact the whole street had.  

[David]

Its interesting the accounts I have heard over the years some are lets call them rather romantic in that they tell of watching the dogfights and air raids and going to dance halls and yet enjoying them all.they make it sound more like a film than the war.

Others who fire watched at the docks in the east End never spoke about it let alone put any spin on it.then there are almost no stories from my grand father who fought in both wars and had shrapnel in his body to the day he passed away.

I have many books on this subject and they do confirm all these stories and I often thank whatever i did not go through all of this but it highlights personal perceptions of the whole thing.

It interesting.I think I would have been scared out of my skin,but then again I'm taking this view as I have no experience of this horror and thankfully lived in a different era .

Like you then you compared it with ww2 and some how there is a cushion there as though almost shrugs the matter off,where as I thought the world was going to end and expected the roof of my house to fall in..........I think you are better equipped metally to deal with this sort of thing.

I am probably making no sense......it not an easy point to make

[Baz]

The best tweaks for Vista, in my experience, are to disable some of the scheduled tasks, such as the constant System Restore, defrag, and Windows Defender scans. Indexing is another one - you don't need to necessary disable it, but just customise it so that it only indexes what you consider necessary.

How do you do these Sebby. Constant sys restore,how constant is that? I have noticed every so often a bit of HD activity on the wifes laptop when its seemingly doing nothing. defrag .....is that an ongoing task too

[cavillas]

I have no problem with UAC it is not  intrusive in normal everyday use only when installing applications and such like.  I have not disabled anything with Vista and it works very efficiently and quickly.  I have noticed no difference to my tweaked and adjusted XP pro, even then using 2Gb.  The more Vista is used the more it adjusts itself to your useage.  Windows 7 will be a step backwards.

[Rik]

Others who fire watched at the docks in the east End never spoke about it let alone put any spin on it.

This might interest you, David.

[David]

 

[sebt]

The best tweak for Vista is to upgrade to XP, Baz.

Or Linux. Virus and malware headaches gone, along with all the other Microsoft BS. Endless tweakability to run fast on almost any hardware spec. Rediscover the fun of computing. And put some ££ back in your pocket.

Seb

[Sebby]

How do you do these Sebby. Constant sys restore,how constant is that? I have noticed every so often a bit of HD activity on the wifes laptop when its seemingly doing nothing. defrag .....is that an ongoing task too

I couldn't tell you how regular they are, but it's daily. If you go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Task Scheduler (I think, as it's from memory!) you'll be able to disable some of the tasks. I only found out that it was System Restore causing the constant HD acitivity by using the Reliability and Performance Monitor. I really don't think it's necessary for it to create restore points constantly when Windows will still create a point before installing software or drivers anyway.

[Noreen]

Its interesting the accounts I have heard over the years some are lets call them rather romantic in that they tell of watching the dogfights and air raids and going to dance halls and yet enjoying them all.they make it sound more like a film than the war.

Others who fire watched at the docks in the east End never spoke about it let alone put any spin on it.then there are almost no stories from my grand father who fought in both wars and had shrapnel in his body to the day he passed away.

I have many books on this subject and they do confirm all these stories and I often thank whatever i did not go through all of this but it highlights personal perceptions of the whole thing.

It interesting.I think I would have been scared out of my skin,but then again I'm taking this view as I have no experience of this horror and thankfully lived in a different era .

Like you then you compared it with ww2 and some how there is a cushion there as though almost shrugs the matter off,where as I thought the world was going to end and expected the roof of my house to fall in..........I think you are better equipped metally to deal with this sort of thing.

I am probably making no sense......it not an easy point to make

I was very frightened a lot of the time however for many adults it was the most exciting thing that had ever and would ever happen to them.

[David]

Should start a thread Noreen I bet there are some stories here

[Rik]

I was very frightened a lot of the time however for many adults it was the most exciting thing that had ever and would ever happen to them.

It was also a significant social leveller from what I've read, and introduced people to a range of experiences (other than bombs) which they wouldn't otherwise have had.

[David]

Thank you Rik.......thats what I was getting to 

[Noreen]

It was also a significant social leveller from what I've read, and introduced people to a range of experiences (other than bombs) which they wouldn't otherwise have had.

The Polish soldiers camped near my parents' home were VERY popular with the ladies.  

[Rik]

Same happened with the Yanks and the Italian POWs, from what I've read.

[Noreen]

The Italian PoWs used to walk quite freely around our town, they had no intention of trying to escape.