Services needs to be shut down at boot, this tool is utterly useless IMO.Here´s a guy with a few good comments about this:http://www.simforums...topic36915.html

What services need to be shut down at boot and how do I do it?Thanks,Ron

What services need to be shut down at boot and how do I do it?Thanks,Ron

This is the best install / set-up / tune and tweak advise for FSX. Start with this page:http://www.simforums...4141_page1.html Good luck!

Nick's guide is excellent but there is ONE tweak I really don't agree with:Turn Off System RestoreThis is ok for very advanced Windows users ONLY.Few days ago I had a Windows/system32/config/system error following the Post message.Windows core system was corrupted and there was no way to repare it.The only solution was to use Linux to restore the computer.Without a valid restore point I would have been unable to boot without formating C:/.

This is the best install / set-up / tune and tweak advise for FSX. Start with this page:http://www.simforums...4141_page1.html Good luck!

I have been using Nick's tweaks and advice for a long tme.I don't see where it tells how to shut down services at boot.I must have missed that.but I just went thru it again.Please direct me to the instructions.Thanks,Ron

rpowers, I really hope you are better in navigating an FSX airplane, than a website!The above link is for page 1, there are 3 pages, here´s no. 2, scroll down 1/3:http://www.simforums...4141_page2.html:Whistle:David Roch: Agree completely, I´ve used System Restore several times, when the Windows 7 tweaking have gone wild!

Just get Acronis True Image 2010. You can schedule backups and burn it in a CD or set a key to run before windows starts so you don't even need to boot into windows to recover your system

Just get Acronis True Image 2010. You can schedule backups and burn it in a CD or set a key to run before windows starts so you don't even need to boot into windows to recover your system

Exact it's a very good tool indeed.I for one am used to run Linux to fix problems with the OS without additional programs.True Image or Linux/Ubuntu require a certain level of computer knowledge I am not sure every simmer has.That's why I will never recommend disabling Windows restore function.

Exact it's a very good tool indeed.I for one am used to run Linux to fix problems with the OS without additional programs.True Image or Linux/Ubuntu require a certain level of computer knowledge I am not sure every simmer has.That's why I will never recommend disabling Windows restore function.

well, it can't get much simpler than Acronis :( You click "back-up" -> tick the checkboxes of the partitions to backup -> pick a location for the file/s (will automatically store the back up in parts of the right size depending on the destination HDD file system format) and click nextI would think that if someone doesn't feel comfortable with that, wouldn't be tweaking the OS for better gaming performance in the first place, and in that case I agree he'd be better off leaving windows restore enabled

Hello (another tip so probably not a good thing to do )But! if you have got Advanced system care VERSION 3.7.2 also freeware and also produced by I-obit (game-booster people).It has a setting called turbo boost and in all probability it the same thing as game-booster with a different name (and that works)Anyway I while I realise that I-OBIT have a right to sell and make a profit from there products,its a bit naughty to give us BETAs with all options working and then trick us into downloading the finished article (ver2)only to find that the options that worked free in the BeatA (GROOVY MAN) you will now have to pay for.Basically,at the end of the day(as we are so fond of saying in the U.K)These utilities probably don't make a great deal of difference to sim performance,they DO however give a dose of placebo boost(perhaps they should be called that)at the start of a sim session.cheers Andy

Nick's guide is excellent but there is ONE tweak I really don't agree with:Turn Off System RestoreThis is ok for very advanced Windows users ONLY.Few days ago I had a Windows/system32/config/system error following the Post message.Windows core system was corrupted and there was no way to repare it.The only solution was to use Linux to restore the computer.Without a valid restore point I would have been unable to boot without formating C:/.

Actually system restore never worked right for me one way or the other so the only way to avoid disaster was getting imaging software.I picked shadow protect which is way expensive but it's the fastest and most reliable program out there.For now. A free reliable program is macrium... you could try that if you wish.Vic

I have been using Nick's tweaks and advice for a long tme.I don't see where it tells how to shut down services at boot.I must have missed that.but I just went thru it again.Please direct me to the instructions.Thanks,Ron

Thanks for the reply.Don't know how I got here.Thought I was in Avsim forum Gamebooster V2.I am still running XP>See ya!

Uninstalling V1.6 as I'm typing this. Never really noticed any difference anyway. Clearing out only 42Mb's of RAM is no big savings. Now it is just hassleware to me.

Just get Acronis True Image 2010. You can schedule backups and burn it in a CD or set a key to run before windows starts so you don't even need to boot into windows to recover your system

Or if your running W7 you can just use its built in imaging software.

Or if your running W7 you can just use its built in imaging software.

but for what I know you need to boot into windows to restore

but for what I know you need to boot into windows to restore

You can boot to a usb flash ram key or a rescue dvd, then do the restore from the backup drive. The "image" is only the system image, followed by a backup of the rest of the system. You need something like Norton's "Ghost" to do a full image, plus the boot from a key or cd/dvd containing the restore script, drivers and path. Personally - the System Restore Point is the most convenient, as you can make a Restore Point on the fly.