3 Day Speed Up Vista Mini-Course

Day 1 - Enable Write Caching On Disk, User ReadyBoost Smartly, Defrag Disk

Windows Vista is very slow compare to XP SP2, but this is Microsoft tradition of New Operating System. You can expect Vista to be faster in Service Pack 2.

However, Vista is far more advanced then XP, it automates many task and provides more user friendly environment, if you followed this 10 step, you should get Vista running more faster!

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Step 1, Enable Write Caching On Disk

Default Vista installation is does not "Enabled write caching", because for some reasons if Vista crashes or no electricity suddenly, unwritten cached data might be lost even the software already save it! However, this is less concern risk unless your computer are a server, most of the time your data will be written instantly, only very rare occasions you will have a data loss.

1. Press Windows Key, then select Computer.
2. Select drive to configure, right click and select properties
3. Select Hardware Tab, then select current Disk Drives.   4. Select Properties for that drive.
5. Select and check the "Enable write back caching on disk".   6. Select and check "Enable advanced performance", then OK Button.   If after you re-enter the policies tab and found the check box is still not check, make sure you are not using intel matrix driver or RAID drive, all these drives has build in cache, does not requires Vista write back caching.

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Step 2, Use ReadyBoost Smartly

If you have less than 2GB RAM, you should use readyboost whenever possible (You need a Readboost flash drive!), but if you have more than 2GB RAM, disable ReadyBoost for better performance!

ReadyBoost will increase low memory computer overall performance up to 50%, but does not help much on 2GB RAM or more system, better disable it.

Use ReadyBoost
1. Select Computer.
2. Select Flash Drive, Right Click to activate drop down menu. 3. Select Properties.
4. Select ReadyBoost Tab.   5. Select "Use this device". 6. Enter disk size amount reserved for ReadyBoost, then click Apply, OK Button.
Disable ReadyBoost
1. Press Windows Key, then type "services.msc".
2. Scroll to ReadyBoost. You can type "ReadyBoost" at Name column to search for the service.   3.Select ReadyBoost service and Right Click.
4. Select Properties.
5. Select Startup type, drop down menu and select disabled, click Apply, then OK button.   You are done! ReadyBoost is now disabled for future boot up, you may also want to click the Stop button to stop it for current Windows session.

Step 3, Defrag Disk (Use Free Defragmenter) and Pagefile Optimization

Only TRUE Defragmenter with System File defrag will speed up your Vista!

The fastest way to speed up your Vista - Add more RAM! I seriously mean as much as your OS can support! Vista 32bit support up to 4GB RAM in theory, actual fact it will only allow 3.2 GB ~ 3.5GB Only, depends on your computer hardware support.

The more memory, the less require for Pagefile file. You still need pagefile / swap file or virtual memory if your computer has less memory than the software and Vista required. Normally 2GB RAM or below is considering less!

There are 2 ways to speed up your pagefile and overall Vista Disk performance:

1. Move your pagefile to another hard disk (If you have 2 or more hard disks)
2. Defrag your Hard Disk and pagefile

Move Your PageFile To Another Hard Disk
By moving the pagefile to another disk, you can fully utilize both drive - the Vista Drive (Primary) and the 2nd Drive to work for simultaneously.	C drive Loading program... D drive dumping out dated programs to pagefile.
1. Select Control Panel.
2. Select System and Maintenance.
3. Select System.
4. Select Advanced System Settings.
5. Under Performance Group, Select Settings...
6. Go to Advanced tab, under Virtual Memory Group, Select Change...
7. Uncheck "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives", change drive c: (Which ever drive Vista installed) to "No paging file". Change Drive D to "System managed size" or Custom size, if custom size selected, key in any amount of Hard Disk Space Used as Virtual Memory. Click Apply, OK Button, restart your computer.
Hope You Enjoy Today Course, See You Tomorrow