How to Speed Up Windows Vista

Speeding up Windows Vista is becoming quite a popular topic and while Vista can be a resource hog, you can still get some excellent performance out of it, even on low end hardware.

If you are finding Vista really slow, then we recommend you start tuning the performance by running a few tweaks at a time and see if you notice any improvement. If things are still slow, then you can start turning off features such as Aero. But make sure to check out your hardware specs as you really shouldn't try running Vista below their recommended specs.

OK, here are some quick Vista tweaks that should get performance moving. Firstly, turn off services that hog alot of resources and aren't really all that useful anyway.

Turn Off Resource Intensive Services

1) Turn off Remote Differential Compression (RDC)

Remote Differential Compression (RDC) allows applications to synchronize data between two computers in an efficient manner. The synchronization efficiency is made possible by using compression techniques to minimize the amount of data sent across the network.

To switch it off:

- Control Panel -> Programs and Features
- On the left menu click on "Turn Windows features on and off"
- Uncheck Remote Differential Compression

2) Turn off Windows Search Indexing

In order to make searching faster, Windows Vista keeps an up-to-date index of files and folders. This index is updated on a regular basis and can slow your computer considerably. If you don't do alot of searching, it is worth turning this off.

- Click Start -> Computer
- Right click on c:
- Select the "General" tab -> uncheck Index this drive for faster searching

3) Turn off hibernation

Hibernation is a useful feature, but its another one that uses alot of resources and should be switched off if not used regularly. We recommend that you try disabling it to see what kind of performance gains you get.

- Control Panel -> Power Options
- Click Change Plan Settings
- Click Change Advanced Power Settings
- Go to Sleep -> Hibernate After
- Move the selector to 0
- Click Apply

Hopefully those tweaks will help improve your Windows Vista performance. The effects can vary depending on hardware, but many users have reported a pretty decent improvement.

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