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How to speed up Vista boot

Get Simple PC tweaks about Vista Boot

A Simple PC tweak to speed up Vista startup: Here’s a simple yet useful tip for readers running Windows Vista on their PCs. During start up process, Windows Vista waits 30 seconds by default before loading the OS. You can securely decrease that time significantly and thus speed up Vista boot time.


Here’s a quick procedure that help you speeding windows vista startup:

  1. Click the Windows Start button
  2. Right click Computer
  3. Click Properties
  4. Click Advanced System settings
  5. In the Advanced Tab, Start and Recovery, click Settings
  6. In the Time to display operating systems list setting, set a 5 second value instead of 30.
  7. Click Apply
  8. Reboot your PC.

You can see an increase in the performance of the startup process.

How to Speed Up Vista Boot Time on Dual-Core PCs?

It is helpful for everyone who has Vista with a dual-core CPU. Vista settings lets you configure your PC to use both cores upon booting up (by default, it only uses one). You can change this setting in the System Configuration menu to get your PC to boot quicker. What you have to do is …

Go to Start, type msconfig and hit [Enter]
In the System Configuration Window, select the Boot tab
Click on Advanced Options
In the BOOT Advanced Options dialog, check the "Number of processors" check box, and choose 2 for the number of processors.
Click OK twice
That’s it! Now your Vista PC will boot up using both CPUs!

Sometimes tweaking the operating system is not enough. "Stop spending your time watching an hourglass during system boots and application loading," is an invitation delivered by Intel, promising also increased boot times and performance for Windows Vista. The answer - in Intel's vision - cannot be delivered by the Vista settings configuration alone. If you are in need of an extra speed, you have to go for an extra piece of hardware known as NAND-Based Flash Memory.

Intel promises that Intel Turbo Memory will increase boot time in Windows Vista with up to 20%, because it delivers seamless support for ReadyBoost, ReadyDrive, and Superfetch, performance enhancement features integrated by default into the latest operating system from Microsoft. The Results may vary based on software, hardware and overall configuration. All tests and ratings reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as calculated by those tests. All testing was done on Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (build 6000). Application load and runtime acceleration depend on Vista's preference to pre-load those applications into the Microsoft ReadyBoost cache," Intel revealed.

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