Windows Vista Speed Tweaks
If you are running Microsoft Windows Vista and want to gain some extra performance, then these tweaks are definitely worthwhile. Vista is known to be a sluggish operating system if you don’t have top spec hardware. Fortunately, Vista performance can be boosted without too much trouble.
The following quick tweaks should add some performance and responsiveness to Vista. Some tweaks work better than others, so there is trial and error involved.
To start off with, turn off services that hog a lot of resources and aren’t all that useful..
Stopping Resource Intensive Services
1) Switch off Remote Differential Compression (RDC)
Remote Differential Compression (RDC) allows programs to sync data between two computers in an effective manner. The synchronization efficiency is made possible by using compression techniques to minimize the amount of data sent across the network. But it can slow things down
To switch it off:
- Control Panel -> Programs and Features
- On the left menu click on “Turn Windows features on and off”
- Uncheck Remote Differential Compression
2) Switch off Windows Search Indexing
In order to make searching faster, Windows Vista keeps an up-to-date index of files and folders. This index is updated on a regular basis and can bog down your computer dramatically. If you don’t do a lot of searching, it is worth turning this off.
- Click Start -> Computer
- Right click on c:
- Select the “General” tab -> uncheck Index this drive for faster searching
3) Change hibernation settings
Hibernation is a useful feature, but it’s another one that uses plenty of resources and should be switched off if not used often enough to justify it. We recommend that you try disabling it to see what kind of performance gains you get.
- Control Panel -> Power Options
- Click Change Plan Settings
- Click Change Advanced Power Settings
- Go to Sleep -> Hibernate After
- Move the selector to 0
- Click Apply
Those tweaks should help add some performance to Vista. The easiest way to boost performance is by using a Vista Registry cleaner. You can download the cleaner free and add up to 300% gains.
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