6 Easy Steps to Increase Vista Responsiveness in Just 5 Minutes Or Less

Step #1 - Use only anti-virus software that requires less system memory and processing power

Avira anti-virus free edition is such a tool that uses less system resources.

Step #2 - Disable Windows Error Reporting.

It will generate an error message when a program stops responding then it will send an error report to Microsoft in the hope that they will fixed the problem in future. Disable it will free up system's limited resources.

Step #3 - Disable Search Indexing

Windows Vista's Search Indexing is constantly checking the files on your system so that you can locate a file quickly. This is helpful, but it can slow down the system performance dramatically and user doesn't use search function frequently.

Step #4 - Disable All Graphics Effects

Vista provides "eyes catching" 3D aero glass and transparent effects. Those effects require large amount of graphics and arithmetic operations and it will severely slow down your system if you do not have a powerful graphics card and CPU.

Step #5 - Perform Disk Defragment Regularly

Disk fragmentation will slow down read and write access of a hard drive hence it reduces the responsiveness of a program and it will also Vista boot up time. Auslogics's Disk Defrag is a good tool that can defragment your hard disk quickly which is an ideal replacement of Vista default disk defragment.

Step #6 - System Registry Cleaning

The Windows registry is a directory which stores settings and options for Vista. Installing and un-installing programs and other daily activities actually create a lot of entries in the registry over time. After a while, Vista behave doesn't like when it was new, it stops unexpectedly, and its performances become sluggish. It is recommended that you use a free registry defragment tool to find out how many errors in you registry and get them fixed promptly.

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