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Windows Vista Top 10 Speed Tweaks

1. Turn off Windows Search Indexing
Windows Vista search indexing is constantly reviewing files on your system to make their contents available for quick searching. This is handy, but can severely impact system performance.

To disable constant indexing:

* Click Start then Computer
* Right Click the C: Drive
* On General Tab, Uncheck Index this drive for faster searching
* On the subsequent dialog box, Select Include subfolders and files

2. Turn off Remote Differential Compression
Remote Differential Compression measures the changes in files over a network to transfer them with minimal bandwidth rather than transferring an entire file that has previously been moved. By constantly checking for file changes, this service can hinder system performance.

To disable this service:

* Open Control Panel
* Switch to Classic View
* Select Program Features
* Choose Turn Windows features on and...
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Written by ShaDow on March 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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Turn ReadyBoost on or off for a storage device

Windows ReadyBoost can use storage space on some removable media devices, such as USB flash drives, to speed up your computer. When you insert a compatible device, the AutoPlay dialog box will offer you the option to speed up your system using Windows ReadyBoost.

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Plug a flash drive or other removable media device into your computer. This should automatically open AutoPlay.

If AutoPlay does not open, it might have been disabled.

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Written by ShaDow on December 4th, 2007 with no comments.
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Using memory in your storage device to speed up your computer

Windows ReadyBoost can use storage space on some removable media devices, such as USB flash drives, to speed up your computer. When you insert a device with this capability, the AutoPlay dialog will offer you the option to speed up your system using Windows ReadyBoost. If you select this option, you can then choose how much memory to use for this purpose. However, there are some situations where you may not be able to use all of the memory on your storage device to speed up your computer.

Some universal serial bus (USB) storage devices contain both slow and fast flash memory, and Windows can only use fast flash memory to speed up your computer. So if your device contains both slow and fast memory, keep in mind that you can only use the fast memory portion for this purpose.

The recommended amount of memory to use for Windows ReadyBoost acceleration is one to three times the amount of random access memory

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Written by ShaDow on December 4th, 2007 with no comments.
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Windows Vista Knowledge Base (PART1)

KB919183:System requirements for Windows Vista
Discusses the system requirements for Windows Vista Beta 2, for Windows Vista RC1, and for the final release of Windows Vista. Disccusses the operating system requirements to upgrade to Windows Vista Beta.

KB899148:Some firewalls may reject network traffic that originates from Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based computers
Some firewall and VPN products may drop network traffic from Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based computers and cause issues with RPC-based operations. … This issue occurs because Windows Server 2003 SP1 adds support for some new transfer syntaxes to the RPC implementation.

KB911860:Internet Explorer no longer works correctly when you use a very long name in the Internet Explorer Favorites folder on a Windows Vista-based computer
In this situation, you experience a variety of performance problems in Internet Explorer when it is running on a Windows Vista-based… … This problem occurs because Internet Explorer 7, the version that is currently included in Windows Vista, does not …

KB920724:A blank clip art image is inserted in a Works Word Processor document when the Japanese version of Works 8.0 is installed on a

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Written by ShaDow on November 11th, 2007 with no comments.
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Drivers, Hardware and Software

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Written by Corrine on March 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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