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How-To: Boost Performance in Windows Vista
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
Touted as the operating system that will change the way we compute, Microsoft Windows Vista
promises a host of innovative features that will improve the overall system performance. Some of these impressive features include [tag]SuperFetch[/tag], [tag]ReadyBoost[/tag], and [tag]ReadyDrive[/tag]. In this article, we will superficially look at SuperFetch and ReadyDrive, while discussing the coolest feature ReadyBoost in detail. All of these features are implemented to enhance the I/O (Input/Output) performance, and thereby improve system responsiveness.
Users of Windows XP have often witnessed a sluggish system behavior just after booting their system, after a fast user switch or after lunch. This is because Windows XP executes background tasks, such as anti-virus application and other utility applications during such periods of inactivity. During booting, the operating system loads all the programs in the startup folder and until that is done, your system is pretty much useless. Executing such applications takes up a lot of physical memory (i.e. RAM). When you want to use your computer, Windows has to reload RAM with your data. This process takes a lot of time and results in small periods of system sluggishness.
SuperFetch resolves this problem by intelligently preloading RAM with the applications you are most likely to use at different times. It tries to learn what applications you use at different times and prepares your computer to execute those programs. It prioritizes user programs over background tasks. Windows Vista also does many of the loading process in the background so as to give you the control over your computer much faster. This helps to increase system responsiveness. OSWeekly.com - How-To: Boost Performance in Windows Vista
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