[Shift General] batghost:
1. What you need :

- only SDHC at minimum 2GB, format sd in NTFS

- I use Avast Pro 4.8 as antivirus, very quick respond

2. Install Vista Service Pack 1

3. Check for all windows update, and apply all the updates

4. Start - Run - type in start search - services.msc

disable in the 'startup type' - this sevices :

* DFS Replication

* Computer Browser

* Distributed Link Tracking Client

* IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules

* IP Helper

* IPsec Policy Agent

* KtmRm for Distributed Transaction Coordinator

* Offline Files

* Remote Registry

* Secondary Logon

* Security Center (Use caution if you disable security services!)

* SSDP Discovery

* Terminal Services

* Windows Defender (Ditto the above warning!)

* Windows Error Reporting Service

* Desktop Windows Manager

Disable Aero

Start - Control Panel - System - Advance System Settings

tab 'Advance' - in group 'Performance' choose setting - in tab 'visual effects

choose 'Custom'

- disable everything, except :

+ show windows while content dragging

+ smooth edges of screen fonts

+ use visual styles on windows and buttons

more info bout this @ http://katz.cd/download/1980259/Other/Ultimate-Vista-Tweak-Guide/

5. Use Tune Up Utilities 2008, and just follow 1-click maintenance

this is the software of tune up http://rapidshare.com/files/145411607/Tune_Up_Utilities_2008.rar.html

Tune up will also clean up after sp1 installation trash, save up to 1,7GB in my result

6. Block your virtual memory on C drive at max : 1530mb, and min : 1530mb

Start - Control Panel - System - Advance System Settings

tab 'Advance' - group 'Performance' choose setting - in tab 'advance' -

group 'virtual memory' choose change

disable 'Automatically manage paging ...'

on drive - choose C

click radio button 'Custom Size'

initial size = 1530

maximum size = 1530

click 'Set' - OK - close all windows open and restart

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7. Enable readyboost

Start - Run - type in strart search - services.msc

Enable in 'startup type' = Automatic = Readyboost

and activate your SDHC at 1840mb for readyboost

Please be patient, after you enable readyboost, vista will try to copy some files to

your SD, this could take a lot of time,

Note :

- If you want to use SD to save files (perhaps you have more than 2 GB)

make sure that your SD is CLEAR first and enable readyboost,

and then you can use the rest of the remaining capacity of your SD to save your files

8. If you enable readyboost

Because the result is very quick respond, I dont use Hibernate,

Although hibernate is not very good in Shift at this moment, sometimes i get SD vanished

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Result with readyboost

- Boot time : until login 29 second, total after login with fingerprint, 75 second, harddisk real resting at 110 second

- RAM : after 120 second, down to only 530mb

Respond

- All Microsoft Office 2007 : only first time is 5 second, and if you close it, and reopen it

only take less than 2 second, that include Visio 2007 and Project 2007

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With ready boost If you still want to use sleep, most of the time you will get your SD vanished,

some forum say that the problem is on SD driver that will get fixed by Microsoft

later in Vista SP2

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compare back to windows xp, with this unbloated vista we can work like a charm and feels like in xp

With readyboost :

- faster boot up time

- and more RAM to work

Without readyboost :

- normal boot up time

- still you can have more RAM to work

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