Anyway to speed up Laptop running Vista Customizing Vista Discuss Anyway to speed up Laptop running Vista in the Windows Vista forums; Hi All is there any way to speed up the perfomance in windows vista without getting rid of the eyecandy...my pc specs are.. (intel pentuim M 1.9ghz,ati ...

[Mustangman76]

Hi All

is there any way to speed up the perfomance in windows vista without getting rid of the eyecandy...my pc specs are.. (intel pentuim M 1.9ghz,ati mobility radeon 64mb,512mb of ram,100gb harddrive)..any help would be apreacated..thanks

[Mustangman76]

Hi

can anyone help me ..

[Snuffy]

wow, you are at the minimum of what Vista needs to run.
yes, increase your ram to 1GB, then change the video card to at least 128mb. or
install Vista Basic...

requirements for BASIC Vista:

1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

512 MB of system memory

20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space

Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory

DVD-ROM drive

Audio Output

requirements for all other versions of Vista"

1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 GB of system memory

40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space

Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:

WDDM Driver

128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)

Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware

32 bits per pixel

DVD-ROM drive

Audio Output

[felix8406]

1. The one thing that I can see you can do is upgrade your RAM. Though Vista minimum requirements is 512MB, it's not enough. Ram does makes a huge difference.

2. Run Diskcleanup and Defrag utilities often; you can do that when the system is idle.

3. Change your Visual Effect to Best Performance. Right click Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > Under Performance select Settings > Select Adjust for best performance > Apply > OK to exit

4. Change Page file size to at least three times the amount of your RAM or more. Right click Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > Under Performance select Settings > Advanced tab > Under Virtual Memory click Change > De-select Automatically manage paging file size for this drive > click Custom Size > Enter the amount you want to allocate to both Initial Size and Maximum size (Note: Enter same amount for both) > click Set and OK (You may have to restart your PC)

Sorry Snnuffy, I didn't notice your reply

[Mustangman76]

Hi

Ok i`m trying the 4th one u stated..will see if it speeds up..:P..

[Mustangman76]

hi

it has incressed m y speed a bit..and my score too..

[felix8406]

Good, but just like I and Snuffy mentioned, upgrading your RAM will make a huge difference.

One more thing, if you do update your RAM, change your Visual setting to what it was before or Let Windows choose what's best for my computer. You'll get better graphics.

[Mustangman76]

hi

ok thanks for the help..

[Mustangman76]

HI

also has anyone herd of useing the readyboost on a flashdrive will kill...or reduce its life

[felix8406]

That would never happen according to Microsoft. There are theories of course, but no one knows for sure.