Making Vista Superfast (with no registry tweaks)

1. Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select Properties (or press key + 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:

Choose the best performance option among it.


2. 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. Making some startup services normal.

1. Right-click on My Computer icon on desktop and select Manage, it’ll open a window, in which goto: Services & Application -> Services. To disable or Set a service to MANUAL, double-click on the service and select the desired option in Startup list box.

2. You can also open the same by going to Administrative Tools and open Computer Management.

NOTE: Always set the service to MANUAL, never disable it. So that whenever windows needs to start a service it can easily start and use it. If you set any service to DISABLED, then windows will not be able to start it and will give ERROR…

So here is the list of services that can be safely set to MANUAL (Many of them may be disabled automatically on some systems):

• Application Experience
• Computer Browser (If your computer is not connected to any network)
• Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (If you don’t use Aero theme)
• Diagnostic Policy Service
• Distributed Link Tracking Client
• Indexing service (If you don’t use Windows Search feature frequently)
• Offline Files
• Portable Device Enumerator Service
• Print Spooler (If you don’t have Printer)
• ReadyBoost (If you don’t use ReadyBoost feature)
• Remote Registry (Always disable it for Security purposes)
• Secondary Logon
• Security Center
• Server (If your computer is not connected to any network)
• System Restore (If you don’t use System Restore)
• Tablet PC Input Service
• TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service
• Themes ( If you use Windows Classic theme)
• Windows Error Reporting Service
• Windows Media Center Service Launcher
• Windows Search (If you don’t use Windows Search feature frequently)
• Windows Time (If you don’t want to update system tray clock time automatically)

Some of this service are not useful for most users and it can be disabled

Windows Time
Maintains date and time synchronization on all clients and servers in the network

Print Spooler
Loads files to memory for later printing

Note: if you don't have printer you can disable this service


Tablet PC Input Service
Enables Tablet PC pen and ink functionality

Note: if you don't have tablet pc you can disable this service


IP Helper
support for IPv6

Note: IPv6 is not used right now you can disabled this service

Readyboost
Provides support for improving system performance using Flash Memory as cashing memory to improve the system performance

Note: If you planning not to use Readyboost disable this service

Routing and Remote Access
Offers routing services to businesses in local area and wide area network environments

Note: if you don't use VPN you can disable this service

Offline Files

you can disable this service if you don't use Offline Files

Distributed Link Tracking Client

if you have only one computer you can disable this service, if you are on network you won't be able to access to other computers

Shell Hardware Detection

Provides notifications for AutoPlay hardware events.

you will no longer see pop up when you insert device ec (e.g USB , Camera )

Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
Provides image acquisition services for scanners and cameras

Note: you can disable this service if you don't use camera or scanner on your computer

Windows Error Reporting Service
Allows errors to be reported when programs stop working or responding and allows existing solutions to be delivered
sometimes it can be annoying when every time program stop working , if you get tired of this warning you can disable this and you will no loner see warning message


4. 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".

5. 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).

6. 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 will be listed later.