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| | | Thursday, January 17, 2008 |  | How to Speed up Windows Vista
By Vista Guru @ 12:59 AM :: 5822 Views :: 4 Comments ::  :: Windows Vista Guides |  | Use ReadyBoost ReadyBoost is a feature that uses a high speed USB flash drive to cache data. On systems running 512 MB RAM, there will be a marked difference in performance when you use ReadyBoost. However, if you are running 2 GB of RAM, this usage will not really affect performance. The same is the case if you have a system with 1 GB RAM. Using ReadyBoost is not quite the same as adding physical memory. ReadyBoost works on the principle that a computer can access memory from the USB much faster than it can access from the hard drive. ReadyBoost works on the ‘intelligent memory management’ of Windows Superfetch. When a removable memory device is plugged into a port on the system, Vista checks to see if the card is fast enough to work with ReadyBoost. Once this is confirmed, the system asks you if you want to use the card to speed up performance. Part of the USB can be allocated for memory and the rest can be used for storing files. |
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| Comments |  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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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fiona @
Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:57 PM | |
Thanks for the feedback. The article has been updated. |
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