Thread: Enhance vista's performance

Regardless of the glitz and glamour of Vista, most users' top priority is to find out how to boost their PC's performance, especially if it's running on a PC that's a few years old. We will soon take you through the top six ways to give Vista a shot in the arm, including how to calm down the processor-hogging special effects, reduce background activity and employ Readyboost to quickly and cheaply increase the amount of memory available. You'll also find out how to prevent unwanted applications from hogging system resources using Vista's built-in Msconfig application.




There are plenty of other ways you can give Vista a performance boost, including making sure your hard disk is healthy and running efficiently. To do this, first click on the Start button, type 'Disk Cleanup' and press Enter. Vista will prompt you to select a drive to clean up and, once you click OK, it will perform an initial scan on the drive. When this completes, you'll be shown sections of your hard disk that Vista believes can be deleted to free up space. Clicking on each section provides you with more information on the type of files located within. Simply check those selections you want to delete and click OK.