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Thursday, January 17, 2008
How to Speed up Windows Vista
By Vista Guru @ 12:59 AM :: 7578 Views :: 4 Comments :: :: Windows Vista Guides
 

 

By now you must have heard so much about Windows Vista, the newest operating system (OS) from the Windows stable, you must be dying to lay your hands on a copy.

And so you run out and get yourself a copy of Windows Vista faster than you can say ‘Geronimo’. However, the moment you install it you begin to see the light: it is not as fast as you thought!
 
So what do you do now? It’s a pity that you cant do much about it in the way of software fixes. The only thing left to do is to get some of the advanced features turned off and try to get your hardware upgraded.
 
Here is a list of things you can do to rev up your copy of Windows Vista.
 

Add more RAM

Random Access Memory (RAM) is the place where your PC stores the programs that are currently being run and the data needed for them to run. RAM is easier and faster to read from than any other kind of storage medium. Adding more RAM is one of the easiest and simplest ways to add more speed to your PC. 

The minimum recommended RAM for Vista is 1GB but adding more than 1GB will speed up your system. This table details the maximum amount of RAM supported by each edition of Windows Vista:

 

Edition of Windows Vista

32-bit edition

64-bit edition

Vista Home Basic
4GB
8GB
Home Premium
4GB
16GB
Business, Enterprise and Ultimate
4GB
128GB or more
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By Dan @ Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:46 PM
>> The catch is that 32-bit machines will only see 3 GB of RAM whilst a 64-bit system will support a maximum of 4 GB.

The 64bit version supports 8gig of RAM, not 4.

By Justin @ Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:28 PM
Actually, Home Basic 64-bit will support 8GB, Home Premium 64-bit will support 16GB, and every variation higher than that in 64-bit will do "128+GB".

Expand this article. It is questionably useful.

By Craig @ Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:10 PM
This is the most under researched article i have ever read. For one thing the whole maximum memory is wrong. others have stated the correct value. Turning off the UAC could actually be a bad thing. It undoes the Internet explorer 7 protection mode which would be beneficial to have on for the average user.

By fiona @ Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:57 PM
Thanks for the feedback. The article has been updated.

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