MSI GT73VR 7RE TITAN-427

Hello,

Like many here, I've been lurking and learning for a long time now. A year later, due to the need for a new car, and a few laptop decisions later I finally purchased my computer.

I settled on HIDEvolution, after reading all the advice from @Phoenix, from the start. I purchased the MSI GT73VR 7RE TITAN-427, from @Donald@HIDevolution, and could not be happier with the process. Donald delivers, hands down, one of the best service experiences (of any large purchase) I have ever run across. From the constant and clear communication, to the fact that from order to computer in hands it took 7 business days.

I wanted to say a big shout out to @Phoenix for the advice, and thank so much to @Donald@HIDevolution for the support! I couldn't be happier.

 

Awesome man! Welcome to the MSI Gaming Team.

Let me know once you get your laptop if you want me to help you tweak it!

 

That would be fantastic! Any thing I should, or shouldn't, do with the laptop before we can find a time which works for you?

 

The tweaking session will take anywhere between 2-4 hours so make sure you have enough time on your hand.

Also, you will need a fast internet connection. I cannot work with a slow connection.

when you receive your laptop, you will be greeted by the Windows 10 Setup Wizard and you will hear Ms. Cortana speaking, when you are prompted to login to your wireless network, do not do that otherwise you will be forced to sign in with a Microsoft Account, instead, click skip on the bottom left and proceed by entering a username for your computer and so forth.

Once you're on your desktop, now you can connect to the internet. Download TeamViewer and install it from this link: https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/windows/ . During the installation, it will ask you if you want to install it for Personal or Commercial Use choose Personal.

then come to the forums and tag me and I'll then send you a private message so we can arrange a time to do the tweaking. All you will need is to run TeamViewer, it will give you a username and ID which you can then pass on to me so I can login to your laptop temporarily to do the tweaks.

these are the tweaks that I do:

1- Uninstallation of all the Windows Store Garbage Apps like 3D Paint, Print 3D, Alarms & Clock, Feedback Hub, Maps, Groove Music, News, Weather, etc.
2- Removing all Windows 10 Privacy Invasion stuff like Telemetry, sending your keystrokes to Microsoft, automatically installing suggested apps in the background, allowing Microsoft to conduct experiments on your laptop, disabling automatic driver updates through Windows updates, disabling Windows 10 ads, disabling Cortana, Cloud Search etc.
3- Removal of nVIDIA and Intel Telemetry
4- Adjusting a lot of options in PC Settings like disabling Windows Tablet Mode (you have a laptop not a tablet), disabling suggestions appearing in the start menu, disabling automatically connecting to Paid WiFi Hotspots, disabling Game DVR which reduced performance in games, and a lot more.
5- Replacing Cortana with a much better search tool that finds results instantly called Everything which finds any file you want as soon as you start typing even a few letters of its name and it doesn't even rely on the Windows Indexing Service to do this!
6- Restoring the classic Windows Photo Viewer
7- Restoring the Classic Windows 7 Start Menu
8- Removal of the new and useless 3D Objects Folder that appears when you open "Computer"
9- Completely disabling Windows Defender from its roots (including all scheduled tasks and startup files) for those who want to install their own AV. ESET NOD32 Antivirus is highly recommended if you want the utmost security with the least system performance impact.
10- Updating all drivers to the latest versions in case they weren't up to date.
11- Disabling the performance hit that is caused by the Meltdown and Spectre patches recently released by Microsoft (optional, only if you don't mind having this security vulnerability and would rather have your CPU's full performance back)
12- Overprovisioning your SSD anywhere between 10-20% depending on how much space you can spare to ensure optimal and consistent performance at all times.
13- Blocking the Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool (which causes a high system load when it is scanning files)
14- Updating all drivers
15- Creating a system restoration image using Macrium Reflect

 

Those are excellent tweaks, I need to figure out how to employ a number of those. I also want to tweak the CPU in my identical machine!

Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk

 

Hi @Phoenix, sounds great. I look forward to setting up a time. Thank you for volunteering to help me out!