System Preparation: Tweak Insurance (1-3) |
- Back up and restore Windows Vista Registry
- How to edit the Windows Vista Registry
- Creating a system restore point in Windows Vista
System Preparation: Hardware (4-10) |
- Add more memory (RAM)!
- Update the motherboard BIOS
- Update hardware drivers
- Test the Computer's RAM
- Optimize the memory timings and voltage
- Overclock the processor and memory
- Overclock the videocard
First Boot - The Essential Tweaks (11-20) |
- Turn off User Account Control (UAC)
- Set Automatic Update to download only
- Learn to use the search bar as a Run command.
- Disable automatic device driver searching and installation
- Use Windows Defender to disable startup programs
- Power options to high performance.
- Enable DVD playback in Vista Basic and Vista Business.
- Make the 64-bit version of Windows Media Player 11 the default player in Windows Vista x64
- Update vista!
- Run programs with administrator rights
Windows Vista Performance Boosting Tweaks (21-53) |
- Disable search indexing
- Limit start menu search options
- Remove remote differential compression
- Boost external hard drive performance
- Enable Readyboost on any flash memory device.
- Speed up SATA drives in Vista.
- Assign specific CPUs to applications
- Assign priorities to applications
- Create shortcuts for running applications with certain CPU/Priority settings
- Disable unnecessary services
- De-automate Windows Defender
- Upgrade to Vista Service Pack 1 Beta (SP1-beta)
- Disable superfetch for computers with less memory
- Boot Vista with all available processors
- Force 32-bit Windows Vista to use all your memory by enabling PAE
- Used advanced disk cleanup tools to regain more space
- Shut down services faster for faster shutdown.
- Disable the Vista sidebar
- Set the Sidebar to low priority
- Kill the RSS feed sidebar gadget
- Disable automatic backup/system restore
- Disable hibernate on desktops
- Stop scheduled disk defragmentation
- Move the Vista paging file for better performance
- Set a fixed paging file size
- Rebuild the paging file to optimize performance
- Move search index to another physical drive
- Disable the low disk space check
- Disable 8.3 name creation
- Disable last access file update
- Disable unneeded hardware
- Check bootup and shutdown times with the Windows Vista Event viewer
- Check your system's health in 60 seconds or less
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Mastering & Streamlining the Vista Interface
(54-83) |
- Use checkboxes for multiple file selection
- Enable Windows classic desktop appearance
- Reduce start menu opening delay
- Disable mandatory thumbnail previews
- Remove unnecessary Windows Vista features
- Start task manager directly
- Run sidebar gadgets without the sidebar
- Backup your entire computer with Vista Backup and restore (Vista Business and Ultimate only)
- Essential hotkey shortcuts for Vista
- Return the run command to the start menu
- Using the new 'resource overview' monitor in Windows Vista
- Use the Vista reliability checker to track system issues
- Disable warning sounds and add visual cues
- Create desktop shutdown and reboot icons
- Good sidebar gadgets to have (and not to have)
- Run any application as administrator with a few keystrokes
- Configure Windows Vista autoplay manually to suit your preferences
- Disable security notifications
- Tweak the mouse scroll wheel
- Add Encrypt / Decrypt to Right Click Menu
- Disable 'GUI boot' to speed startup
- Add administrator account to welcome screen.
- Change volume levels for individual applications
- Display your backed-up DVD media in Vista Media Center (applies to Vista Home Premium and Ultimate only)
- Reveal Vista's hidden context menu power tools
- Be the super user
- Fix the Start Menu Power button
- Enable verbose shutdown messages (Vista business and Ultimate only)
- Customize Vista desktop performance
- The ultimate Vista performance Tweak (not really)
'Aero'-Dynamics - Customizing the Vista Aeroglass Interface (84-86) |
- Disable Aero (All versions except Vista Basic)
- Disable Aero transparency (All versions except Vista Basic)
- Disable min/max window animation in Aero (All versions except Vista Basic)
Network & Internet Performance Tweaks
(87-91) |
- Enable more simultaneous downloads in Internet Explorer 7
- Enable more simultaneous Downloads in Firefox
- Fix large file copying problems in Windows Vista
- Disable IPV6 in Windows Vista
- Refresh shortcut for wireless network searching
Vista Tuning Tips for Notebooks (92-94) |
- Disable Transient Multi-monitor manager to speed up boot times
- Tweak your Vista power saving options for more travel time
- Disable Aero interface to save big on battery life
Windows Vista Gaming Tips (95-99) |
- Update Vista's DirectX9 files for better game compatibility
- Disable background features while gaming
- Run directX 9 games in Windows XP compatibility mode
- Fix/enable 3D sound in some games
- Poor game performance? Try DirectX9 mode
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