Archive for the 'Performance' Category
99 Windows Vista Performance Tips and Tweaks
Friday, March 21st, 2008This collection of tips is all about making your PC system perform to its full potential with Microsoft’s newest operating system. Knowing Vista, chances are good that there’s a tip or two in this article that’ll make a world of difference for you and your computer.
Compatibility, Reliability, and Stability update for Windows Vista
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Microsoft has released an update that improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista. This update includes the following improvements:
• It extends the battery life for mobile devices.
• It improves the stability of portable computers and of desktop computers that use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS).
• It improves the reliability of Windows Vista when you open the [...]
HOW TO: improve the performance of Vista Media Center
Saturday, October 13th, 2007I’ve been running Vista Media Center (VMC) on two machines for a while now, and so far I have to say that the experience has been pretty good, but not all smooth sailing. Just like XP MCE 2005, VMC is very dependent on the capabilities of the hardware platform, the setup of the operating system [...]
Use ReadyBoost to Improve Windows Vista Performance
Monday, October 1st, 2007ReadyBoost technology takes advantage of the fact that flash memory offers lower seek times than hard disks. Essentially that means that your system can get to a given location on a flash disk more quickly than it can to a corresponding spot on a hard disk. Hard disks are faster for large sequential reads; flash [...]
Speed Up Windows Vista
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Performance is probably the most coveted intangible when it comes to PCs, and tweaking, to the performance hungry, is considered more of a necessity than an option. Gearheads go to great lengths to get quicker system response times, faster-running games, and shorter PC bootup and shutdown times.
Cleaning Up Your Disk Drives in Windows Vista
Saturday, March 10th, 2007Over time, the many types of temporary files created when you browse the Internet, install programs, or update your computer can eat up the free space on your computer’s disks. As your computer’s primary disk fills to 85 percent or more of its total capacity, you may start to notice that it’s not as responsive [...]
Windows Vista spec is unrealistic
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007Microsoft’s official minimum spec for Windows Vista "really isn’t realistic”, according to David Short, an IBM consultant who works in its company’s Global Services Division. Microsoft says PCs with just 512MB of RAM can accommodate Vista, but Short says users should consider 4GB of RAM if they really want optimum Vista performance. With 512MB of [...]
Windows Vista Gaming Performance - NVIDIA and ATI Compared
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007I decided to take the retail version of Windows Vista Ultimate, got the latest drivers from both AMD and NVIDIA as of Friday and began to spend my weekend testing. What is important to note here is that my intention is NOT to compare the ATI Radeon cards against NVIDIA GeForce cards — rather [...]
Windows Vista System Performance Reports
Sunday, January 28th, 2007Does performance suck on Vista when compared to XP? That’s what I was set out to find out. I was worried at first, since the performance in Beta 2 was quite bad. While there is indeed a performance decrease, it’s quite minimal as you’ll find out. Last summer, I wrote an article entitled "Windows Vista [...]
Top 16 Vista time saving tips
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006The interface is your portal into the operating system and, therefore, into your computer. You’ll likely be using it every day, so it behooves you to "work the system" as effectively and efficiently as possible. As writers and programmers on deadlines, we’re using our computers at breakneck speed most of the time. Cutting corners on [...]
