On 10-05-04 04:00 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > I was reading a bit on here and figured I would throw out the > suggestions that I have for the windows side of things.... I do agree > that there are no preventative measures for Windows. However I have a > solution that kind-of helps with this. > Uh, there is a lot of preventative measures that one can take with Windows. I am tired of the FUD thrown over the fence by the FLOSS people. To be clear, I run Linux on pretty much every computer I own, but I maintain a large number of Windows machines for various clients.
Bashing Windows out of ignorance does not get us anywhere and just makes us look childish. > * Disk Cleaner > CCleaner (Freeware) -- http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner If you want to completely erase a drive, then dban does the job nicely. It is also a part of the systemrescuecd suite. > * Registry Defragmenter/Cleaner > CCleaner (Freeware) -- http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner I have not needed to do this in a while. Vista and Windows 7 do a much better job of keeping the registry sane so this is really only an issue with XP, which people should be phasing out. From a sysadmin point of view, Powershell interacts nicely with the registry. > * System Optimizer > Typically I start with a vanilla and optimize using a simple msconfig... Not worth the time IMO. If you are managing a corporate network, you are better served by keeping the installed software base as small as possible. Your users should not have local admin (not even power user) privileges, so they should be unable to install software. If they are able to install software then all bets are off. > * Performance Test > thats pretty vague however That is vague. What exactly do they want to know? > CPUZ -- http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php Great utility. > HDTACH - http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_hdd.html > MEMTEST - http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_memory.html I am also a fan of memtest (also a part of systemrescuecd). > > As for the rest of your query, I steer clear of using windows outside of > the above. > > Now to address the comment above, Software "Layering" is available which > is a 3rd party app which snapshots your system and tracks applications > changes to the system, allowing you to realistically do a "full" removal > of software. Which is helpful for problematic applications and such. > > Altaris is part of Norton now... > http://download.cnet.com/Software-Virtualization-Solution-SVS/3000-2651_4-10729116.html I was never really happy with this solution. These days it takes me 15 minutes to image a machine. Tools like FOG make re-imaging a better solution than the Alteris one. Also, managing software via Group Policy is what you want to do, when possible. > > If you need to remove software completely and easily going beyond the > uninstaller give revo a shot. -- http://www.revouninstaller.com/ >
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