How To Make Vista Start, Run and Shutdown Faster
7. Generally people also recommend emptying the Prefetch directory once in a while. But Windows uses this directory to speed up launching
applications. It analyzes the files you use during startup and the applications you launch, and it creates an index to where those files and applications are located on your hard disk. Using this index, Windows can launch files and applications faster. Nevertheless for intensive users, clearing the Prefetcher say once a month may be considered!
8. Go to BIOS settings, by pressing del key during boot-up, and disable ’seek floppy drive’ option. This saves time for those who do not use floppy drives. There are also some BIOS hacks like Enabling Quick Post, Disabling Boot Delay, etc but best to refrain from these.
9. Change Boot-Order Sequence : Normally, the bios is set to boot from floppy first, then CD and then Hard Disk. Changing the Boot-Order to be: Hard Disk first, then maybe CD/Floppy, could possibly “shave” a second, I guess !
10. Disable windows startup/shutdown/logon/logoff sounds. Go to control panel, sounds & audio devices, sound tab, in program events select ‘no sound’ for these events.
11. Disable the ScreenSaver if you dont need it. Rt-Click desktop > ScreenSaver > None > OK.
12. Fonts take time to load. Removing some can save on resources. But one must be careful in deciding which fonts to remove. If you delete some system fonts, you may b in for trouble. Tweak VI Pro is a good shareware to manage fonts. It uninstalls fonts without physically removing them. Open its help file. It lists down the system fonts which must not be deleted ! use the list; and then decide what to delete and what to keep.
13. To REALLY reduce your shutdown time. Start Regedit. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control. Click on the “Control” Folder. Select “WaitToKillServiceTimeout” Right click on it and select Modify. the default value is ( i think) 12000. Setting it to a lower 4 digit value,( say 1000) will make your PC shutdown faster, but you could end up losing data, so use this tweak judiciously.
14. Get rid of all the extra programs Windows Vista installs. You may not be using some like WLM, Calculator, Games, Meeting Space, Fax, etc. Go To Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features > Turn windows On or Off and do the needful.
15. Go To Control Panel\System and Maintenance\Performance Information and Tools. On the LHS you will see options to Adjust Indexing options, visual effects, power Settings, etc. These all help directly and indirectly.
Do remember that your Vista-based machine will tend to run a little faster, after the first few weeks after it’s installed, thanks to its new feature called “SuperFetch” ; which basically studies the programs that the user frequently runs and loads them into memory automatically.
Happy Tweaking !
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bill on 23 Apr 2009 at 12:26 am #
more of a qest. i herd that to make win vista start faster you can restart and shut it off
5 times this is so that vista can make and index
and this will make it boot and power off faster