| The recent Windows Operating System guzzles up | | | | a sleep mode. You could then boot up the PC |
| greater resources than the older versions. This | | | | immediately in approximately 5 to 7 seconds. There |
| definitely comes with the latest features and also | | | | would be absolutely no data loss occurring out of |
| more user experience. This is true for Vista also. | | | | power failure and you can be rest assured about it. It |
| There are five important steps which need to be | | | | protects your PC in the hibernation mode before it |
| followed so as to Speed up Vista. | | | | goes to the sleep mode. This way, your important data |
| 1) Adding more RAM | | | | and information in the PC is guarded, even after the |
| Increase in memory means more resources for holding | | | | power is unplugged. |
| programs and services. The advantage here is that | | | | The Vista power plan which is installed newly is |
| you need not access your hard disk. The | | | | conventional. You are interested in saving power when |
| recommended thing is 4 GB. We are stuck to the 3.2 | | | | you are using your notebook and totally ignore your |
| GB or the 3.6 GB RAM which is available from a | | | | desktop computer. |
| greater that is 4 GB memory computer. If you have a | | | | 4) Alterations to the power plan for better and |
| 32 bits Vista, there is limitation, but for a greater RAM | | | | increased performance: |
| support, it is important that you upgrade it to 64bits. | | | | You need to make changes to your plan so that the |
| At times, you may not have an extended budget but | | | | Vista overall performance is accelerated by about |
| you still want greater speed, then the next step would | | | | 10-15%. |
| assist you in Speeding Up Vista. | | | | Below mentioned is the final step which would really |
| 2) Use of USB memory stick for running ReadyBoost: | | | | help you. But for this, you need to have some basic |
| If you purchase a 4 GB memory USB stick which may | | | | technical knowledge. |
| not cost you much, you could use it for increasing the | | | | 5) Disable unused services |
| speed of your computer and transferring your data. | | | | All the services offered by Vista are not fully used by |
| ReadyBoost has been highly efficient on 1 GB RAM | | | | users. You need to stop the services which normally |
| and 512 MB. It helps in speeding up Vista overall | | | | operate in the background, this would help in |
| performance by approximately 20-50%. | | | | accelerating Vista performance. It is important to have |
| 3) Hybrid sleep mode | | | | a good technical knowledge for performing these |
| Sleep mode was introduced during the launch of | | | | steps. Hence make sure, you refer to a proper guide |
| Windows 98. Vista has extended these unique | | | | and do some reading before you try out the same on |
| features and has been successful in combining it with | | | | your PC. |
| XP hibernation mode. This has led to a hybrid sleep | | | | To sum it up, the abovementioned five steps are highly |
| mode. It enables the user in shutting down the PC | | | | effective in accelerating Vista performance. The best |
| instantaneously. This does not imply really shutting | | | | method is to add more RAM. If you are not short of |
| down the computer, it means putting the computer into | | | | money, you should think of buying more RAM. |