Now that you have a fresh new install of Windows 7 on your Dell Mini 9 here are some tweaks to help out in making it just a little bit better.
Disable Hibernate
This one is almost a must since I had no space left an the 8GB SSD drive. Start Command Prompt as Administrator and then run:
C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -h off
You will now have an extra ~1 1/2 GB of additional free space
Reduce the Page File Size
I decided to play this safe and not disable the page file entirely but rather reduce it to the minimum 200MB. Right-click Computer –> Properties –> Advanced System Settings –> Advanced Tab –> Settings under Performance –> Advanced Tab –> Change under Virtual Memory.
You can run without any page file but if you do run out of memory, apps will likely crash.
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I’m pretty much a Chrome convert. And for those situations that Chrome can’t handle (mainly reports in Reporting Services or VM Ware’s web client at work), I switch to IE. So why do I need yet another browser?!
Irked with it always prompting to be installed automatically since I have an iPod (a correlation I fail to see), I started poking around to see how it could be turned off. Easier done than said, simply under the Tools menu you can have Apple Software Update ignore Safari.
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I recently picked up a Dell Mini 9 which came pre-installed with Windows XP and a load of Dell software that I didn’t want or need – apparently MS Works is still alive and well. So wanting to make my new netbook more dated, I decided to install Windows 7 Beta.
Without an external DVD-ROM drive the setup was a little more involved – mainly having to install Windows 7 from a USB drive. So without further ado, if you are thinking of do this as well here is the process:
Here is what you will need:
- 1 x Windows 7 Install x86 Media (I used Beta build 7000)
- 1 x USB Drive (at least 4GB)
- 1 x working machine (the bootstrap machine)
- 1 x Dell Mini (the target machine)
- ~2hr x Time
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please, please. I promise to plug him in every once in a while and give him Internet whenever he asks.
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Some things I am very very greatful I have become better at
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