Windows Vista has been criticised for being slower than windows XP on equivalent hardware, although the release of service Pack 1 by Microsoft did much to address this criticism, it still remains apparent that in many ways Windows XP is faster than Windows Vista. If you are keen to use Windows Vista and would like to find ways to speed up your PC, then these few simple tips below will help you gain maximum performance.
• Turn off Aero - Without a doubt the number one way to increase the performance of a Windows Vista-based system is turn off the resource hungry Vista Aero theme. Although the transparent glass effects and high-quality icons look pretty, they steal from the system resource pool and slow the system down considerably.
• Defragment your hard drive - Although the NTFS file system tends to perform far better than the older FAT and FAT32 offerings from Microsoft, it is still important to defragment your hard drive regularly.
• Avoid rebooting - Windows Vista incorporates an advanced caching and prefetch system, much of this prefetch data is erased on reboot. By leaving your system switched on it will slowly learn your usage habits, cache relevant data and applications and streamline its prefetch functionality.
• Uninstall unnecessary software - The more software applications you install the larger the system registry will get, do not install applications that you do not intend to use regularly. Additionally, many software applications will install some form of start-up software, usually an update utility, which will steal RAM and CPU resources from the system.
• Clean up your hard disk drive - Windows Vista creates a lot of temporary files, as well as creating system restore points which take up ever-increasing amount of hard drive space. Clean up your hard drive regularly to ensure that you have plenty of free space available.
• Check your start-up programs - Quite often you will find that there are unneeded applications being run at system boot time, disabling these will free up RAM and CPU resources produced by other applications.
Although Windows Vista demands far more in the way of available system resources to run smoothly than Windows XP, by following these tips outlined above you will be able to ensure that your PC is running Windows Vista as economically as possible, raising the level of user experience and making your system feel more responsive.
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