Vista has been going hard on my pc for about 2 years. And it shows. it takes forever to shut down. There are lots and lots of useless programs cluttering the drives. I am going to take the easy route and just do a reinstall. What programs do you have that you feel are necessary to have? anti-virus for example, temp monitoring programs, anything really. I want to download things in advance so that when i have vista installed again I will have a list of programs to just go ahead and install to get it set up nice and easy. Thanks!
Avast Antivirus, and configure it to be in "gaming mode" at all times, so you won't ever have to worry about it. VLC Player for any media needs. Firefox of course. Flash and Java plugins, as well as Foxit or Adobe Reader. (If you install the latter, however, make sure you go into msconfig and disable updater from starting up)
Good! I never thought of firefox. going to add that to the list. as well as drivers. i just remembered that my wireless didn't work with vista the first time... Keep em coming!
If you want a lightweight, fast browser, give Google Chrome a try. Also, try this site: http://ninite.com/
Stick on core temp and real temp, good for monitoring the temp when ever you need it, probably use chrome if i was you, im using now and its lightening fast Open office unless you have another office program?