Community Newsletter: Q&A: What is Windows ReadyBoost and does it improve performance?
- 6/27/08 4:33 PM
..ram better that ready boost!
by lizardo_manson - 6/28/08 7:21 AM In reply to: ReadyBust by Mick.Jagger*Uh..sir this is not a let xp lives or die issue, and all that things you said without base all are wrong. XP can be an effective system without security problems, i've been use it since it came out and never never had any security problem, unless sure, i let it infect my computer for testing .
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For the boost to properly and performance great work you will need a usb jump drive rated for that. i can mention any specificic brand because there's a lot of very good one. But is better to install more ram, check first how much the system can handle.
Vista is the Future?
by walsh84 - 6/29/08 10:32 AM In reply to: ReadyBust by Mick.Jagger*XP is by NO means obsolete, and won't be for quite a long time. Already the talk is about Seven, so will that replace Vista? If Vista is so great why have so many companies fought Microsoft's decision to ban XP from new computers? Vista is still a buggy mess with more crashes than companies can afford, and still lacking the range of software.
Speed
by jka1946 - 5/23/08 7:28 PM In reply to: What is Windows ReadyBoost and does it improve performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The best way to improve performance is to increase memory. To keep your computer running well use a registry cleaner (like Max Registry Cleaner).
POWERSUITE by Uniblu
by desirawson - 6/20/08 7:56 PM In reply to: Speed by jka1946Best program out there - go to the download tab of CNET - they agree!
Best I could get with SpeedBoost on a Acer Laptop
by keithsplace - 7/5/08 1:05 PM In reply to: Speed by jka1946The best improvement I could get was on a Acer Laptop using a SanDisk
ExtremeŽ III 2GB SD Flash Drive...
It was an improvement over a slower USB 4GB drive, where no improvemnt was noticed at all.
Although slight improvement was only seen in the Aero video, improvment was .10% 1.00% and an overall base score or just 1.00%
with no SpeedBoost at all..
I figured it was useing the SpeedBoost for video and temp file cache..i'm not sure what it stores but could be just basic desktop and files not frequently changed..
Good answer
by dprozzo - 5/23/08 7:54 PM In reply to: What is Windows ReadyBoost and does it improve performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This is the best article that I've seen about ReadyBoost (& SuperFetch). Included are recommendations about the size of SD card or USB stick to use.
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/03/29/windows-vista-superfetch-readyboost.aspx
You don't say what version of Vista you are using or how much RAM you have. Increase your RAM to at least 2MB, if you aren't there already.
With respect to the comment about a registry cleaner. Leave them alone. In reality, they do little good, if any. A few extra lines in the registry, for example that might be left behind after uninstalling a program, does NOT slow down your system. Those who worry about this are being obsessive-compulsive to no benefit.
Regist. Clean
by WAArnold - 6/21/08 9:32 AM In reply to: Good answer by dprozzoSorry Dprozzo, but there are a multitude of people out there that will dissagree with you and myself being one of them. I can assure you that I have seen a great difference in my system since starting using registry cleaners. I, too, thought it made no difference for 20 years but started using one about 6 months ago. IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Lots of people...
by dprozzo - 12/19/08 7:11 AM In reply to: Regist. Clean by WAArnoldcan "know" lots of things to be true, when they aren't.
Explore this thread.
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
Registry Cleaners DO work
by kosimov - 6/21/08 12:07 PM In reply to: Good answer by dprozzoI am not sure why you say "a few extra lines" in the Registry is not a problem. Many programs, especially poorly planned and written shareware, as well as commercial programs, leave many lines in the Registry when they are removed from the system. If you experiment with shareware and other programs as I do, it doesn't take long before you have hundreds of lines in the registry, and that does slow the system down, quite a bit, in fact. I have never measured the slowdown, but I often see a very noticeable difference after cleaning out the registry. Of course, the usual precautions are ALWAYS important: the number one is, BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE RUNNING ANY REGISTRY CLEANER OR OPTIMIZER!!! Sooner or later, even the best software will scramble your registry. If you have a backup, it is a minor problem. If not, well, can you say, INSTALL EVERYTHING YOU EVER PUT ON YOUR COMPUTER up to the failure. That is not fun.
Extraneous Coding
by PsychGen - 6/21/08 3:00 PM In reply to: Registry Cleaners DO work by kosimovI am not sure why you say "a few extra lines" in the Registry is not a problem.
Heck, I used to edit the win3.2 ini file to remove references to devices and languages I did not use.
Extraneous coding is a waste of good memory.
dprozzo - RAM Upgrade
by lancebm - 6/21/08 11:33 PM In reply to: Good answer by dprozzodprozzo, You mean upgrade to at least 2GB, not 2MB, right? 
http://www.blackviper.com/
by mementh - 5/23/08 9:20 PM In reply to: What is Windows ReadyBoost and does it improve performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
http://www.blackviper.com/
Best place i can recomend. turn off un needed services for your computer.
that will speed it up greatly
Wikipedia to the rescue (again)
by Web Webster - 5/23/08 9:45 PM In reply to: What is Windows ReadyBoost and does it improve performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
There's a very good article about ReadyBoost in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost .
Windows Ready Boost
by tnicholaidis - 5/24/08 12:44 AM In reply to: What is Windows ReadyBoost and does it improve performance? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I don't know if this will be very helpful but I bought a very economically, special-priced Toshiba Equium just after christmas. This has Vista Home Premium installed.
Now, the "Ready-boost" is apparently a way of increasing your RAM - nothing else. If your computer is low on processing power, ready-boost will not help.
Recently, I was overseas - Denver, USA - and found that my new laptop was operating quite slowly and I was having problems opening ACad programmes, etc..
I took the machine down to the local computer repair shop in order to add some RAM, thinking that was the problem, but when the guy looked at it - through Task Manager(right-click on the bottom, blue tool-bar) - he said that the 2GB of ram that was installed was fine and told me that my laptop was probably a "good deal" when I bought it because the processor graph was spiking because the processor was far too slow for the machine.(Great!!)
However, he did ask if I'd run a manual virus scan lately because that could help.
To cut a long story short. I went back to the hotel-room, installed Lava-soft, ran a manual AV scan (I use NOD33), then the freeware Lavasoft scan - and although the AV scan indicated that it found nothing and the Lavasoft found only "cookies" of very low threat value - Hey Presto, my computer was just great again and no problems with opening ACads from my e-mail again. Apparently you should run a manual scan at least once a week - or so I was told.
One point worth mentioning is that I use an external hard drive all of the time for saving my files and photos. Almost the only stuff on my computer is programmes - so it is free for the internet, and not used for storing photos, drawings, movies, etc..
I am fully aware that my "equium" is not the best in the range but I knew that when I bought it - since it was so cheap. I have an older "Satellite" with XP and wanted to get used to Vista before I HAD to. Personally, I find it excellent for wireless operation. I always struggled to configure my XP whenever I moved location, but this Vista one is fantastic. So easy to connect - anywhere.
I hope this may be of use to you.
TLN - Dubai, mostly.
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