Microsoft has made available for download a pretty good document on tuning Microsoft Vista for performance.
Overview Series: Windows Vista® Performance and Tuning
Overview
Windows Vista and SP1 focus on delivering greater performance and overall system responsiveness. By striking a balance between speed and responsiveness, Windows Vista and SP1 deliver a level of performance that has the greatest positive impact on the system’s usability.This guide looks at the following areas of performance improvement:
- Making configuration changes that help a computer feel more responsive when you use it.
- Using hardware to boost the actual physical speed of a computer.
- Making configuration changes that help a computer to start faster.
- Making the computer more reliable may help increase performance.
- Monitoring performance occasionally so that you can stop problems before they get too big.
Shaan,
I’ve been in to model aviation since high school in the seventies. Even did rockets (c-d engine stuff) This High Power stuff is way cool.