How to Speed Up Vista – Dianna's Tips and Tweaks for Speeding up your Windows Vista System

10. 21 More Ways to Speed Up Vista: Part 1 - Disable Multiple "svchost.exe" Processes

How to end some of the multiple instances of svchost.exe that are typical of a Vista system, as well as the notorious "ctfmon.exe" process.

11. 21 More Ways to Speed Up Vista: Part 2 - Manage Startup Programs

How to optimize the startup process by managing the number of programs that automatically load every time that you start Windows.

12. 21 More Ways to Speed Up Vista: Part 3 - Speed Up Start Up

How to use a few simple tweaks that will get your Vista computer up and running faster.

13. 21 More Ways to Speed Up Vista: Part 4 - Install Windows Updates

How to regularly update your system by manually or automatically installing the Windows updates, as well as available driver and software updates.

14. 21 More Ways to Speed Up Vista: Part 5 - Adjust Your Power Settings

How to tweak your power settings to achieve a balance between power modes and system performance.

15. 21 More Ways to Speed Up Vista: Part 6 - Remove Computer Viruses

How to get rid of computer viruses from your system, which would otherwise wreak havoc and even cause your system to crash.

16. 21 More Great Ways to Speed up Vista: Part 1 - Uninstall Spyware

How to rid your Vista system of spyware, which not only threatens your privacy, but also drain syste resources and threaten the security of your PC.

17. 21 More Great Ways to Speed up Vista: Part 2 - Protect Against Malware

How to get rid of viruses, worms, trojans and other forms of malware that infest computer systems and often seriously degrade performance.

18. 21 More Great Ways to Speed up Vista: Part 3 - Perform a System Restore

How to use Vista’s System Restore feature to troubleshoot a sluggish system by “rolling back” (restoring) your system to the exact same state as it was a specific point in time in the past.

19. 21 More Great Ways to Speed up Vista: Part 4 - Stop Resource-intensive Processes

How to end resource-intensive processes that are drawing heavily on your system and slowing down performance.

20. 21 More Great Ways to Speed up Vista: Part 5 - Close Unresponsive or Frozen Programs

How to close unresponsive programs that are slowing down your system or causing it to freeze up.

21. 21 More Great Ways to Speed up Vista: Part 6 - Scan your Hard Drive for Errors

How to maintain an error-free hard disk drive by using Vista’s chkdsk utility on a regular basis.

22. 21 More Great Ways to Speed up Vista: Part 7 - Disk Cleanup Utility

How to cleanup your hard disk drive using the Disk Clean up utility to maintain optimal performance.

23. 21 More Great Ways to Speed up Vista: Part 8 - Run the Disk Defragmenter

How to use significantly increase performance by using the Disk Defragmenter to reverse fragmentation.

24. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 1 - Setup Advanced Cleanup

How to maintain a healthy hard disk drive using Vista’s "hidden" disk cleanup utility, which is designed to provide you access to additional space-recovering, speed-booting options.

25. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 2 - Clean Up System Restore and Shadow Copies

How to get rid of old system restore points and shadow copies that take up valuable hard disk space.

26. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 3 – Use ReadyBoost to Extend Memory

How to use Vista’s unique ReadyBoost utility to extend your RAM without having to install additional physical memory.

27. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 4 - Optimize Your Paging File

How to tweak your paging file, also called a “swap file,” to optimize virtual memory and boost performance.

28. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 5 - Use Two Paging Files

How to use two page files to speed up disk access and speed up your Vista system.

29. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 6 - Manage Your Virtual Memory Resources

How to use Vista’s Direct Memory Access (DMA) feature to significantly the enhance the performance and speed of your Vista system by optimizing data transfer to and from your computer's RAM.

30. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 7 - Buy Vista Compatible Upgrade Components

How to shop for and select software applications and hardware components that are Vista compatible, and make for optimal perfmance.

31. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 8 - Install Additional RAM

How to upgrade your physical memory by installing additional RAM into your Vista system, significantly boosting performance.

32. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 9 - Upgrade Your Graphics Card

How to choose and install a Vista-compatible graphics card to make the most of Vista’s visual and graphical features

33. 21 More Super Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 10 - Upgrade Your Hard Disk Drive

Learn how to upgrade your hard disk drive not only to speed up speed and performance, but also to extend its working life.

34. 14 Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 1 - Create a Striped Volume

How to create and use a striped volume to double hard-drive throughput and significantly boost operational speed and performance.

35. 14 Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 2 - Configure Your Hard Drive For Advanced Performance

How to optimize disk performance by enabling write caching for your hard drive and external USB drive Enable Advanced Write Caching.

36. 14 Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 3 - Manually Adjust CPU Priority

How to manually adjust the processor priority for a particular program or process so as to assign it higher or lower CPU priority.

37. 14 Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 4 - Optimize or Disable Windows Search Indexing

How to optimize Vista’s Windows Search Indexing feature to speed up your searches as well as overall performance.

38. 14 Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 5 - Monitor Resource Usage Regularly

how to monitor the usage of your system’s resources by the various programs, processes and services that are currently running on your PC.

39. 14 Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 6 - Use the Reliability and Performance Monitor

How to use Vista’s Reliability and Perfomance monitor to diagnose and troubleshoot certain performance problems.

40. 14 Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 7 - Disable Excess Security Features

How to reclaim valuable system resources and boost performance by disabling security features that you do not need.

41. 14 Ways to Speed Up Vista - Part 8 - Tweak Your Network Settings

How to configure your network settings to o ptimize operational speed and performance.