Here are two new tweaks I have discovered that should boost the performance of your Vista PC, remember if you do use these features don’t disable them!

Windows Hibernation

Hibernate is a feature seen in many operating systems where the contents of RAM is written to non-volatile storage, such as the hard disk (as either a file or on a separate partition) before powering off the system. Windows hibernation background services can use a large amount of system resources thus can slow down the performance of your PC so if you don’t use this service you can disable it;

  • Select Control Panel
  • Click hardware and sound
  • Click Power Options
  • Click Change when the computer sleeps
  • Click Change Advanced Power Settings
  • Expand the Sleep selection
  • Expand the Hibernate After selection
  • Crank the selector down to zero
  • Click Apply

Windows Vista Speed Tweaks

Remote Differential Compression

Remote Differential Compression (RDC) allows data to be synchronized with a remote source using compression techniques to minimize the amount of data sent across the network. By constantly checking for file changes RDC can potentially slow down your system performance, to turn RDC off just do this;

  • Select Control Panel
  • Switch to Classic View
  • Select Program and Features
  • Choose Turn Windows features on and off
  • Scroll down and uncheck Remote Differential Compression