5 things you can turn of in Vista that will Improve performance.

To all my readers who like myself have taken a gamble and installed windows Vista on a not so ready system , and are now struggling for performance. Here are 5 things you can switch of in windows vista that wont hurt a fly!

1. Turn off search indexing -  Although it is very helpful I must admit .Vista search indexing constantly works in the background and takes up allot of valuable resources. - -

To disable constant indexing:

        * Click Start then Computer
        * Right Click the C: Drive or any other drive that you wish to prevent indexing of
        * On General Tab, Uncheck Index this drive for faster searching
        * On the subsequent dialog box, Select Include subfolders and files.

Turn off Automatic windows defender operation -  with all the firewalls and security built into IE7 and firefox these days its almost impossible for Spyware to get passed and remember Vista comes with a firewall built in as standards so, i don't really know why this feature was put in in the first place.

To disable this feature:

        * Open Control Panel
        * Select Windows Defender
        * Choose Tools from the top menu
        * Select Options
        * Uncheck Auto Start at the bottom of the window

3. Turn off Automatic Disk Defragmentation
    Windows Vista and its always-on defragment feature isn’t really that necessary and can cause system slow down. Just remember to run a defrag manually every week or so.

    To disable this:

        * Click Start then Computer
        * Right Click the C: Drive
        * Click on Properties
        * Select the Tools Tab
        * Click on Defragment Now
        * Uncheck Run on a schedule

4. Turn off Windows Hibernation - Windows hibernation background services can use a large amount of system resources. If you don’t use the Hibernate feature on a regular basis you may want to disable it to give Vista a performance boost.

    To disable Hibernation:

        * Select the Control Panel then Power Options
        * Click Change Plan Settings
        * Click on Change Advanced Power Settings
        * Expand the Sleep selection
        * Expand the Hibernate After selection
        * Crank the selector down to zero
        * Click Apply

5. Turn off System Restore
    Analysis and restore point creation by Windows Vista can eat a fair amount of system resources. Disabling this service will obviously mean the system restore feature in Vista will not be available in the event of a system crash. Change this at your own risk.

    To disable this service:

        * Control Panel>System
        * Click System Protection on the left panel
        * Uncheck the main system drive
        * Agree to the confirmation

After this you should see a significant improvement in performace.

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