Master Tutorial to Make Your Windows Vista Super Fast



So you are using Windows Vista and feel that its slower than Windows XP? Then you have come to the right place.

Following tutorial will help you in tweaking your Windows Vista to the max and you'll feel a significant improvement in your system performance. So without wasting any time lets start:

1. Following is a registry file containing a few registry modifications, which are completely safe and can increase the performance of Windows Vista. Just download the attached ZIP file, extract it and then run the file:

Tweak Windows Vista

Restore Default Settings (Use this file if you want to restore default Windows settings)

2. Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select Properties (or press <WIN> key + <Pause/Break> key), click on Advanced system settings link in left side pane (You can also open it by typing sysdm.cpl in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter). Now click on Settings button in Performance section:

Now disable all unnecessary options in Visual Effects tab, you can remain following options enabled according to your requirements:

  • Enable desktop composition (If you want to use Windows Aero theme)
  • Enable transparent glass (If you want to use transparency in Windows)
  • Show preview and filters in folder (If you use Details Pane in Explorer)
  • Show thumbnails instead of icons (If you want to show thumbnails in Explorer)
  • Show window contents while dragging (If you want windows to show content while moving them)
  • Smooth edges of screen fonts (If you want to show smooth fonts)
  • Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop (If you want to show shadows under desktop icon labels)
  • Use visual styles on windows and buttons (If you want to use Windows Aero or Basic theme.)

3. Open Folder Options and click on View tab:

Now disable following options:

  • Display file size information in folder tips.
  • Display simple folder view in Navigation pane.
  • Hide extensions for known file types.
  • Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color.
  • Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items.

Other options don't affect the system performance. You can enable/disable them according to your requirements.

4. Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select Manage (You can also open it by typing services.msc in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter).

Now goto Services & Applications -> Services. Here you can set a few unnecessary services to Manual, which will not start with windows and will decrease the boot time and will increase system performance.

Please follow the following tutorial to know about which services can be safely set to MANUAL:

Windows Vista Services that can be Safely set to MANUAL

5. Type msconfig in RUN or Startmenu search box and press Enter. Now goto Startup tab and deselect the unnecessary entries, which you don't want to start automatically with Windows, e.g. you can disable VGA driver utility, Sound Card utility, etc to speed up the startup time and to increase system performance.

You can also disable these items using Windows Defender. Open Windows Defender and click on Tools and then click on "Software Explorer".

6. Open Sound in Control Panel (or type mmsys.cpl in RUN or Startmenu search box and press Enter), goto Sounds tab and select No Sounds in Sound Scheme section. Or you can remain some of your favorite sounds but set Exit Windows, Windows Logoff, Windows Logon and Start Navigation to (None).

7. After following all above mentioned points, you'll see a big improvement in your Windows Vista performance. If you want to tweak more, then you can use 3rd party tools which are listed here:

Windows Vista Tweaking Software List

8. At last I'll advise to defrag the HDD regularly, install only necessary software, use the latest drivers and keep your Windows updated.



This article was posted in Windows Vista.

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88 Comments

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  • VG

    ^^ Its AeroVG theme which you can find in Vista Themes section.

  • Nasim

    Hi VG...
    I have a problem,i am using windows vista sp 1 with mozila firefox 3.7 and DAP 9.1,whenever i want to download something a window appear like "regular or accelerated" and when i click 'accelerated' button the download will failed to start.
    Plzzzzzzzzzz Help.

  • VG

    ^^ I'll advise to use FlashGet or FDM or IDM instead of DAP.

  • Arjun

    Hey vg!!!
    i hv really tried to work on your tips but u know i m a bit young and cant follow them exactly can u please mail me an easy 2 way 2 it???
    i wil wait for your reply n ya i use vista ultimate!!
    thnx...

  • Pham Nhu Nam

    Thank you very much. I'm VietNamese and my English is so bad...

  • vincent

    hi.. That tutorial can make a some damage in my computer?? i has a doubt to try that.. please give me a suggestion..

  • VG

    ^^ Its 100% safe.

  • Boo!

    Hi. These tips sound great so Im about to give them a go. Im trying to use your first link - which I do as requested, click on link, run, open, extract etc but I was having a problem.
    I checked properties and saw that it said it came from another computer and could be unsafe but I trust your knowledge & declicked and applied then ok'd.
    when I right click then merge it asks if I want to trust as not pub, click ok, but then I get an error from Registry Editor
    Cannot import C\Users\j..... \vista_reg_codes.reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry.Some keys are open by the system or other processes.

    I do admit im pretty niave about alot of the registry stuff and as the link is only removing some keys Im not sure if this is normal proceedure.

    cheers

  • VG

    ^^ It seems you don't have proper administrator rights to run the file.

  • Paul Kevin

    This was so great! It tried these steps on my Aunt's Laptop installed with Windows Vista and she was surprised that her laptop runs smoother than before. Before, she thought that Windows Vista is a disastrous OS because it requires large specs but after doing the steps above, She said "First Impression do not really last... because of this, my computer runs smoother than before" and i recommend this site to her. I hope she will have a good time in reading the articles in this site. You're such a GENIUS, VG!

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