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Windows Vista Memory Tweak Guide

Julio Franco on 23 October 2007 - 08:48 · 21 comments & 21254 views

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With every release of a new operating system come new demands and Windows Vista is by large no exception to this rule.

There are several relevant components to the Windows memory subsystem. In this guide we will put special emphasis on the hard drive, processor and RAM, taking you through a variety of settings to optimally configure these and hopefully end up with an overall smoother running system.

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#1 Tantawi on 23 Oct 2007 - 10:56

Nice guide.

#2 GP007 on 23 Oct 2007 - 11:25

It's a nice guide, but nothing really new, many of these tweaks are the same for XP.

(8 replies) #3 XerXis on 23 Oct 2007 - 12:19

tweak one: install the hotfix

#3.1 lbmouse on 23 Oct 2007 - 14:03

tweak two: re-install XP

#3.2 Richteralan on 23 Oct 2007 - 15:55

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tweak two: re-install XP

tweak three: re-install 98

#3.3 night_stalker_z on 23 Oct 2007 - 16:45

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tweak two: re-install XP

tweak three: re-install 98

tweak four: re-install 95

#3.4 JoeC on 23 Oct 2007 - 17:29

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tweak two: re-install XP

tweak three: re-install 98

tweak four: re-install 95

tweak five: break the chain

#3.5 Gamerhomie on 24 Oct 2007 - 02:51

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tweak two: re-install XP

tweak three: re-install 98

tweak four: re-install 95

tweak five: break the chain

tweak six: re-install the chain

#3.6 ANova on 24 Oct 2007 - 07:37

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tweak two: re-install XP

tweak three: re-install 98

tweak four: re-install 95

tweak five: break the chain

tweak six: re-install the chain

tweak seven: re-install XP again

#3.7 David3k on 24 Oct 2007 - 09:15

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tweak two: re-install XP

tweak three: re-install 98

tweak four: re-install 95

tweak five: break the chain

tweak six: re-install the chain

tweak seven: re-install XP again

tweak eight: re-install vista

#3.8 Shadow Dragon on 24 Oct 2007 - 18:34

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tweak two: re-install XP

tweak three: re-install 98

tweak four: re-install 95

tweak five: break the chain

tweak six: re-install the chain

tweak seven: re-install XP again

tweak eight: re-install vista

Tweak nine: install linux

(2 replies) #4 SkyyPunk on 23 Oct 2007 - 12:33

Hmmm....anyone notice most of the tips were 'leave this option at the default x'...

#4.1 +Smigit on 23 Oct 2007 - 14:32

After seeing many other guides out there that do some really stupid things it's probably not a bad idea to reinforce the fact that some things should remain at a default. Might help if someone tries 2 guides and one of them is changing something which ideally should remain at the default to something dumb.

#4.2 xMorpheousx416 on 23 Oct 2007 - 17:07

hmmmmmm...... anyone notice that other than SuperFetch, these are all the same tweaks as XP?

Leaving a setting at "default" is NOT a tweak!! Otherwise, what's the point?

#5 soldier1st on 23 Oct 2007 - 18:43

hey Richteralan & lbmouse trolls who said about 98 and 95 go home,anyways there are lots of these around.they keep getting better.

(1 reply) #6 TSThomas on 23 Oct 2007 - 21:50

In fairness to myself though; you'd be surprised how many have fallen for changing many of these settings... E.g. Anyone recall many months back when the inquirer ran a story telling XP users to add the superprefetch entry to their registry? I recall someone arguing with me once that they should add the "ConservativeSwapFileUsage = 1" line to the system.ini file in Windows 2000.

#6.1 Tantawi on 23 Oct 2007 - 22:19

LOL

#7 PsiMoon314 on 24 Oct 2007 - 00:47

Hi,

Many of the so called tweaks in this article are just rehashes of old XP "myths" which actually have no effect or at worst will reduce the performance of your OS.

Check all of these tips carefully to ensure they are not already debunked as worthless.

Regards

Simon

(2 replies) #8 TRC on 24 Oct 2007 - 05:40

Here is my tweak guide: Go to the store and buy some more memory. The end.

#8.1 soldier1st on 24 Oct 2007 - 06:31

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Here is my tweak guide: Go to the store and buy some more memory. The end.

now that makes alot of sense.you got anymore?also why should you not disable the paging executive?alot of stuff says you should.

#8.2 David3k on 24 Oct 2007 - 09:26

myth

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