| Do you face something like this : 2 minutes | | | | "1000" in hexadecimal, change to "1000". |
| to boot into Vista, then another 30 seconds | | | | |
| just to load start up programs? Indeed many | | | | Unplug your USB memory stick and re-plug |
| people and website will teach you how to | | | | again, you should be able to configure your |
| remove or disable unnecessary start up | | | | USB for ReadyBoost! This is a cheap way to |
| programs, and I do that too! However, some | | | | do, better than nothing. However, you really |
| how there are some software I need them at | | | | need a to get a faster drive. |
| start up, such as Anti Virus, Anti Spyware, | | | | |
| Advanced Image capture software, skype, | | | | Before you setup ReadyBoost, format your USB |
| windows messenger, yahoo messenger and much | | | | drive to the maximum allocation unit -> 64 |
| more...How to speed up the boot process if so | | | | Kbytes. Then change the hardware policies for |
| many programs to load? | | | | this drive to "Optimize for performance". You |
| | | | can do that by right click and select |
| What to do? With 1 GB or less RAMs, you have | | | | "properties" menu on the drive, click on the |
| to use ReadyBoost! Too bad not all USB memory | | | | "Hardware" tab then select the device and |
| sticks is Vista compatible, they may be too | | | | click "Properties" button. After properties |
| slow to activate ReadyBoost, no worry, I will | | | | Window launch, select "Polices" tab. |
| show you how to Force ReadyBoost even on slow | | | | |
| memory stick, but you better go to get a 4 GB | | | | Restart your computer now, after boot into |
| fast memory stick whenever possible! | | | | Windows, allow 5 ~ 10 minutes time for |
| | | | Superfetch to fully cache data into the |
| How To Force ReadyBoost | | | | memory stick. |
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| Just plug in your memory stick, select the | | | | After this setup or you have 2 GB RAM or |
| memory stick in your Windows explorer, right | | | | more, the next trick you need to learn is how |
| click and select "properties" menu, select | | | | to properly schedule your start up processes, |
| "ReadyBoost" tab and check on the box "Stop | | | | reassign priority to your start up programs |
| retesting this device...". Now launch | | | | and massively cut down your boot time and |
| registry editor and find the key | | | | launch application faster. |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows | | | | |
| NTCurrentVersionEMDgmt, you should see few | | | | (C) Copyright 2008 Kok Choon - Feel free to |
| USB devices list, select one of them which | | | | reprint this article in its entirety as long |
| represent the memory stick you want, change | | | | as all links and author resources box in |
| the "Device Status" to a value "2". If the | | | | place. |
| "ReadSpeedKBs" and "WriteSpeedKBs" is below | | | | |