Tag: usb_storage_device

Boost your performance with ReadyBoost

June 10, 2007 by Jason

Vista has many new features that are designed to help older computers run Vista better. One of those features and the topic of this is called . helps your computer by giving it more high-speed memory. If your computer is running low on RAM then it has to kick a lot of applications out of high-speed physical memory to the paging file on your . This usually results in a big hit in performance and increased activity on your . helps this situation by giving an alternative to having to stick data into the slow paging file on your . Instead, uses a USB storage device that is faster than a . This results in a performance boost because will have a high speed alternative than using the slow paging file on your . Read More»

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Use BitLocker Drive Encryption without TPM chip

March 28, 2007 by Jason

Vista includes a new encryption feature called Drive Encryption. can be a very useful security feature for businesses and home users that have sensitive and confidential information stored on their computer. Unfortunately, Drive Encryption by default requires a Trusted Platform Module ( Chip) version 1.2 or later installed in your computer. A lot of the computers and laptops on the market do not come with chips installed since they are typically only found in premium model business computers. If you have Vista Business, Ultimate or Enterprise but do not have a chip, you can still use Drive Encryption. Read More»

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