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As you’ve probably read here on my site in the past, I and many of my readers have been very disappointed with the performance of Windows Vista, as it is when installed out of the box. Although I’ve written many tips and tricks on the necessary steps needed to be done in order to make Vista run a bit faster, still these changes that one should perform are mostly manual changes, and even after doing so, Vista’s performance is still lacking when compared to a similar computer running Windows XP SP2.
In fact, here are some of my more recent Windows Vista Tips:
Although not quite breaking news, Microsoft has officially released the Window Vista “Performance and Reliability Pack” and “Compatibility and Reliability Pack” that, after installing on RTM versions of Vista, have had quite a good improvement in speed and reliability of these computers.
These updates are part of the recently released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Vista (see Why you should Upgrade to Windows Vista SP1).
The first patch available as a Windows Update fix can be found in KB 938979.
This update resolves the following issues:
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Users installing this patch reported a noticeable improvement in file and network copying operations. Personally, after installing the above patch, I found that file copying across the network and on local disks is faster than in the RTM version of Vista, and as a matter of fact, they appear to be matching the speed of the same file copy operation performed on XP SP2. I also noticed a much faster resuming from hibernation on my laptop.
The second patch available as a Windows Update fix can be found in KB 938194.
This update resolves the following issues:
Could it be that vista does work as it *should* work after all? 🙂
I suggest trying out Windows Vista Service Pack one as soon as it is available to you to see if your performance improves!
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