Speeding up Windows® Vista®
Are you operating your system on Windows Vista? Find out how to increase performance of the system.
Windows Vista was a radical change from Windows XP and became very popular. The innovative Graphical User Interface or GUI of Windows Vista was appreciated by all kinds of users. As the OS was extremely visually appealing, users can use the system for hours at a stretch without feeling any tiredness. Windows Vista also has plenty of improved features such as two-way firewall, Windows Defender security software etc. There are thousands of third party applications that can be installed and used on Windows Vista to make the OS even better. The performance of your computer operating on Windows Vista can be easily increased when required. Cleaning up the registry of the system, turning off unnecessary visual effects, turning off unused features on Windows Vista, changing Power plan to maximum performance, turning off unwanted startup programs etc are some of the ways to speed up Windows Vista. Several applications to speed up Windows Vista can be also downloaded and installed on the system (like CCleaner, Wise Registry Cleaner, TCP Optimizer) for the same.
Following details mentioned below provides users more information on how to increase the performance of your system operating on Windows Vista:
- Turn off auto-disk defragmentation
- Disable Windows Search
- Disable auto-launch
Turn off auto-disk defragmentation
The Windows Vista Operating System has a default automatic disk defragmenting feature. Although disk defragmenting speeds up your system, automatic defragmenting of the hard disk will only slow down the performance of the system. All Windows Vista users are therefore advised to turn off the automatic disk defragmenting tool and manually defragment the hard disk of the system regularly to optimize performance and speed up the system. The feature can be turned off by uncheck run on schedule in the tools tab of C drive.
Disable Windows Search
Windows Vista search indexing is a feature that allows users to locate any file present on the hard disk of the system quickly. Although it is a useful feature, it consumes lot of system resources. For normal use of a computer operating on Windows Vis this service is not necessary as it constantly consumes system resources by indexing all files and changes. Turning off the Windows Search Indexing feature by the “Index this drive for faster searching” in the general tab of the C drive will help to greatly speed up the system.
Windows Vista starts up lot of services on system startup. Starting up all unwanted features and services will consume lot of system resources and cause system slow down. To boost the speed and performance of your system operating on Windows Vista it is advised that users disable auto-start of the unnecessary services. This can be done with the help of System Configuration option in the Control Panel.
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