Can’t add physical RAM? Maybe you have a notebook that already has the maximum amount of memory installed. In that case, Vista provides you with a way to fool your computer into thinking it has more RAM than it does. You can use a flash memory card or USB key as a cache, which Vista can access quicker than data stored on the hard disk.
ReadyBoost lets you use a USB stick such as this 2GB Kingston unit as a fast hard disk cache to speed up your Vista system. You can specify how much of the flash memory to dedicate to ReadyBoost and how much to reserve for data storage.
It’s best to use a high-performance flash card or USB drive for ReadyBoost. When you insert it, Windows will ask if you want to use it to speed up system performance, and then you can allocate how much of the card’s/drive’s memory you want to use for that purpose. The rest can be used for storing data.
Title: Increase Vista’s Performance - Use ReadyBoost
Author: Debra Littlejohn Shinder
There’s no denying it: Vista is a RAM-hungry operating system. Whereas XP usually runs great on 512MB, you really need a minimum of 1GB to run Vista acceptably — 2GB is even better. And if you turn on all the graphical features and keep a lot of programs open (especially those that use a lot of memory), then 4GB isn’t overkill.
Luckily, RAM is still relatively inexpensive — but it’s rumoured to be on the rise, so get as much of it as you can, while you can. You won’t regret it.
Title: Increase Vista’s performance - Add more RAM
Author: Debra Littlejohn Shinder
As reported today by the IDG News Service, Microsoft has released two new updates
for Windows Vista.
However, a Microsoft spokesperson I reached stopped short of saying that these
two updates will be part of the upcoming Service Pack 1, or SP1, for Vista.
In fact, in her e-mail, the spokesperson would only say that Vista SP1 is due
out in beta test form later this year – but not whether these two updates
will be part of that release.
Either way, if you’re a Vista user you’ll want to get both of them. These are
not security patches as we so often see, but are instead fixes for other types
of annoying bugs – some of which users have been bemoaning in online forums
since Vista first shipped.
First up is a compatibility update that looks like it’s mostly directed towards
fixing problems with various graphics drivers. For instance, it fixes a litany
of issues such as the screen ceasing to function when you upgrade the video
driver, or the screen going blank when you turn off an external display like
a projector connected to the computer, or video quality deteriorating when playing
some graphics-intensive video games.
It also fixes a few other aggravating bugs, including the printer spooler (software
that sends stuff you want to print to your printer in the background while you
do something else) ceasing to function, and the Windows Calendar closing unexpectedly
in certain circumstances.
Microsoft has also released a performance update for Vista. This is to fix
sluggishness in several areas but also to patch a few data corruption problems.
For example, when Vista is copying a large file, it may seem to take forever
for the "estimated time remaining" to be calculated. Or, when resuming
from hibernation, the logon screen may take a long time to appear.
Worse, for those of you who are seriously involved in digital photography,
you may experience data loss when editing RAW files created using Canon EOS
1D digital SLR cameras.
There are both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit versions of both updates available.
You can get these updates manually today from the links above (along with more
info). The Microsoft spokesperson said that they will also be available via
Windows Update "in the near future," but she wouldn’t say when.
Microsoft tracker and blogger Mary Jo Foley ventured a guess that will most
likely be next Tuesday which, since it’s the second Tuesday of the month, is
Microsoft’s "Patch Tuesday." I agree that’s the most logical deduction.
Title: Compatibility, Performance Updates for Windows Vista
Author: Stuart Johnston
Date: 7 Aug 2007
Source: PC World
Microsoft Corp. has slashed the price on its Windows Vista operating system in
China by more than half, in a bid to curtail piracy, The Wall Street Journal reported
on Monday.
Beginning Aug. 1, Microsoft cut the retail price for its Vista Home Basic
package to 499 yuan (66 dollars) from 1,521 yuan, and its Vista Home Premium
package to 899 yuan from 1,802 yuan, the report quoted the company as saying.
The price cut is the latest tactic by the Redmond, Wash., software company
in its efforts to spread legitimate products in the China market, said the report.
"Pre-installed Windows Vista is already getting popular in China,"
Microsoft spokesman Jim Lin was quoted as saying. "This program gives customers
who bought a computer before the Vista launch an opportunity to upgrade."
Title: Microsoft cuts Vista’s price in China to curtail piracy
Author: An Lu
Date: 07 Aug 2007
Source: China View
Title: Harrowdown Hill
Author: americanpsycho
Comments: Another work in progress.
Title: Vista-1
Author: adni18
Comments: More resolutions and Windows Vista Wallpapers at: [link]
Title: Vista Wallpapers V2
Author: Picassa243
Comments: The second release of Windows Vista Wallpapers.
Title: Windows Vista Wallpaper 2
Author: SemanticOne
Comments: Modified Windows Vista wallpapers.
Download Windows Vista Wallpaper 2
Tags: SemanticOne
Title: Radium Icon Set
Author: gakuseisean
Comments: Inspired by Windows Vista icons, and the blue color scheme inspired by Kol’s Thallos.
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