Background services have increased
30% or more in Vista, despite the introduction of Superfetch
to speed up the boot time, Vista needs lots of RAM to take
advantage of Superfetch and its' own features. In this
article, I will show you 3 simple ways to speed up boot
time.
Method #1 - Add more RAM
This is my favorite way to increase Vista overall
performance! You will notice dramatic decrease in boot time
when 2 GB RAM or more installed. If you have limited budget,
then try the next method.
Method #2 - Use ReadyBoost
You can use your normal
memory
stick (some called it flash drive) to
accelerate the speed. Not all memory stick are Vista
compatible, however there are some tricks to force
ReadyBoost on non-compatible memory stick.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EMDgmt,
you should see few USB devices list, select one of them
which represent the memory stick you want, change the
"Device Status" to a value "2". If the "ReadSpeedKBs" and "WriteSpeedKBs"
is below "1000" in hexadecimal, change to "1000".
Unplug your
USB
memory
stick and re-plug again, you should be
able to configure your USB for ReadyBoost! This is a cheap
way to do, better than nothing. However, you really need a
to get a faster drive.
Method #3 - Disable unused background services
Disables any excessive background services. Especially
effective for home user who does not need many of the
services; They you can free more resources for other
application. Do not let unused services dominate the
precious resources. Go to do some research on each service
before trying anything, or you might disable some important
items.
If you do these 3 methods correctly, you can cut down your
boot time by half or more!
(C) Copyright 2008 Kok Choon