After fresh installation, the Windows Folder takes about 7GB. Now it's 8.12GB (probably because of Windows Update / System Restore / Shadow Copy).

should be quite fine. I can guess your WEI score will be around 3.8-4.3, the lowest subscore might come from your GC.

i have a few questions which hope can be answered.

1. on xp i have Intel PROSet/Wireless to control my wifi. in vista i only have the built in windows app, thus i cant on/off my wifi.i couldnt find PROSet/Wireless for vista,anyone knows where?
2. sometimes i'm prompted that i dont have enough access and stuff, but on my vista only got 1 acc which is the admin one,so whats the prob?
3. what bluetooth sw u guys using? the built in one cant detect my external bt dongle, bluesoleil cant be *ahemed* yet.
4. i'm on a home wifi network. on xp i have folders in "My Network Places" but in vista in "Network" i dont have those folders, anyone facing the same prob?
thanks thanks.

i just wonder how to upgrade to vista service pack 1 (if it has been released) im on ori OEM Vista home premium..

Vista SP1 will only be released on 2nd half of 2007 (July - December).

Ironic that XP took 5 years to produce 2 service pack and ppl now wanting Vista service pack barely 6 month after it release

SP1 for XP is only released 11 months after XP's launch. If Vista's SP 1 is released on December, it will have been 11 months since the OS itself released (30th January 2007) - the same length of time it took for Windows XP to get its first service pack.

thank for the info, but just wanna know what is the method to upgrade it. Is it either download by windows update or gonna order CD/DVD from microsoft? please explain.

I don't know for sure, but most probably it's gonna be like Windows XP, either download through Windows Update or order an update disc from Microsoft.

Wow, u have so much thing running?? My start up only took bout 3 min max. Why u one so slow? Spec same like urs.. Just that mine is Home Premium

ur ram normally takes up how much when idle?

when i was in home premium it was alot faster, but on ultimate alot slower, dont know why also. going into windows its fast,but when loading the startup programs takes quite some time,i think i'l try and configure it later. mayb its coz of dreamscene.

and on ultimate i face certain "flickers" from time to time, wierdly enough which i dont face in home premium. any ideas?

When idle normally ram took about 44-47%. For Dreamscene expecting something like 55-60% of idle ram..

only ultimate vista can use dreamscene right ??

yups...it's one of the windows ultimate extras...

I dun think there is any useful for Dreamscene. Only good for eye la but bad for ram..

not only, it is bad for performance



This post has been edited by gstoh: Mar 19 2007, 03:18 PM

only recommended for those with lots of ram to spare...pls don't use dreamscene in a condition where ram is scarce and complain that dreamscene affect performance of pc...

Dreamscene is overrated. You can actually do something similar with animated GIF as wallpaper many years ago already. But of course, you can't stream full movies then (PC not powerful enuff back then anyway).

Nothing to shout about really. After watching the same looping movie for 10 minutes, i think you'll want to turn it off, unless of course, if it's porn....

This post has been edited by Matrix: Mar 19 2007, 04:22 PM

uhm,from what i have found. with or without dreamscene doesnt affect ram. dreamscene affects cpu usage.
with dreamscene on, my cpu usage >20% / ram >60%
without dreamscene on, cpu usage 0% / ram remains the same.
both situiations are idle.
oddly enough my ram usage is so high, anyone knows how to check?

and uhm, actually dreamscene is quite useless, its just WHOA for like 5mins when u first got it then after that normal lar. the main thing i change to ultimate is Hold'em Poker game =)

that is normal, vista uses different ram allocation...so idling is about 45-60%