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Vista Tip 2: Tweak it

by Alpesh Nakar

Speed it up with a flash drive: I have blogged about this before VISTA RTM’ d. This is far by my favorite performance-improving tweak, using Windows Vista’s new ReadyBoost technology. Speed up your PC by simply plugging in a USB drive (or any external drive) with atleast 250mb free space on the drive. How cool is that?

Disable UAC: If you have been using Vista, you know what a pain this UAC is. If you haven’t used Vista, disable UAC before it gets annoying. Vista’s annoying “Windows needs your permission to continue” dialogs are a nuisance during initial setup, especially since they appear every time you try to install software.  It is advisable to turn it back on when you’re done. It is a big part of Vista’s new security strategy.

Repartition your hard drive in Vista: Once Vista’s installed, and you decide you want to store all your data or music on a separate partition, you can create that partition on the fly right inside Vista.

Disable the Sidebar: Try out the Sidebar, explore different gadgets, and see if it all works for you. If it doesn’t? Just disable it. You will certainly speed up your system.

More next week. Have a good weekend.

Alpesh Nakar


Posted in Vista on March 2nd, 2007

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