Today August 6, 2009, Microsoft has published Windows 7 RTM version for MSDN users who have been testing Windows 7 for last 2 years, after RTM version of Windows Vista was released. Microsoft has shown the world that Windows 7 has better chances to be the fastest operation system on the planet but it will be a costly purchase for you to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 right now. Because of that it is better to make Windows Vista as fast as Windows 7 and run it till Windows 7 is available much cheaper on the market.

Windows Vista is an excellent (?) Operation System (OS) but it is natively very slow. But you can make Windows Vista faster with a few changes in your system. There are some tweaks which make Windows Vista a faster operation system. To make Windows Vista faster with a better performance, you need to:

Deactivate Search Indexing Process in Windows Vista

Microsoft has integrated a search engine inside Windows Vista that the PC users find the local files much faster, but it has a very bad habit and disadvantage. Windows Vista´s indexing system slow down your computer because it constantly is looking for new files locally on your computer. You are able to turn off Windows Vista´s search engine inside your system. Here, it shows how to turn off indexing process in Windows Vista:

Start Button/Computer/Right Click on C-Drive/General Tab/Uncheck the Index/ok

Turn off  Windows Defender Real Time protection

Who is not sick of malware and computer attacks? Microsoft wanted to be nice to its Windows users to be protected against malware, but it was a bad decision to integrate a real time protection against malware in Windows which is called Windows Defender. Having the cheapest malware protection software will work 100% better than Windows Defender. Windows Defender has also a big disadvantage too; it makes Windows as slow as a donkey racing against a racing horse. Then turn off Windows defender and make Windows Vista faster with few clicks. Here, you can make Windows Vista faster with turning off the Windows Defender:

Control Panel/Windows defender/Select Tools from the top menu/Options/Uncheck Auto Start/ok

Turn off  Remote Differential Compression in Windows Vista

The Remote Differential Compression is constantly working in background and looking for file changes which slow down performance in Windows Vista. You can turn off The Remote Differential Compression in Windows Vista to make your operation system faster than ever. Here, it is how you turn off The Remote Differential Compression in Windows Vista:

Control Panel/Select Program Features/Turn Windows Features on and off/Uncheck Remote Differential Compression/ok

Deactivate Defragmenting Feature in Windows Vista

Microsoft delivers Windows generally with a inbuilt defragmenting function but in Windows Vista, defragment feature is automatically activated and it runs in a preplanned schedule. With turning of the defragment feature in Windows Vista, you can give your system little more boost. Here it shows how to turn off defragmenting in Windows Vista:

Start/Control Panel/Control Panel Home/System and Maintenance/Administrative Tools/Defragment Your Hard Drive/Uncheck Run Automatically/ok

Turn off the Hibernation in Windows Vista

The Hibernate function in Windows Vista can make the batteries in your laptop computer last longer, but it makes your system slower because of running its features on a regular basis. Here it shows how you can turn off Hibernation in Windows Vista to make your PC faster:

Start/All Programs/Accessories/Right Click on the Command Prompt/Click on Run as Administrator/type powercfg -H off/Enter

To turn on Hibernation in Windows Vista, you just type powercfg -H on in Command Prompt

Kill Windows Vista´s Restore Point

There are many backup application out there which work much better that Windows Vista`s Restore Point does. My recommendation is Hard Drive Manager from Paragon. Install Windows only one time with all drivers and applications you need, then create a backup which you can restore anytime only in 10 minutes. That means every time your Windows will be just like new after restoring your backup files. When Windows Vista performs Restore Point it takes amount of system resources which makes Windows Vista slow. Here you can turn off Restore Point in Windows Vista to make your system faster:

Start/Right Click on Computer/Properties/System Protection/Configure/Turn Off System Protection/ok

Turn off User Access control (UAC) in Windows Vista

Microsoft delivers Windows Vista with a new feature to protect PC users which is called User Access control (UAC). I would say it does not make Windows Vista saver at all because everyone click on ok anyway to run new applications. Because of UAC you need to have one more click that usual if you for example want to install a new application which takes time, but it does not affect your performance. Here it shows how to turn off User Access control (UAC) in windows Vista to make working on PC faster:

Start/Control Panel/User Accounts/Change User Account Control Settings/Turn off/ok

This article showed how to make Windows Vista faster with just few steps. It is recommended to have Windows 7 because it is faster and saver than Windows Vista but it is costly right now. Till you upgrade to Windows Vista you can make Windows Vista as fast as Windows 7 just with steps described in this article. I hope I could help some Windows Vista users who have been unhappy with Windows Vista´s performance.