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    9 Essential Tips to Boost Windows 11 Performance and Speed

    Windows 11, Microsoft's latest operating system, offers a sleek interface and enhanced features. However, users may experience performance issues due to various factors. Addressing these can significantly improve system responsiveness. Below are nine settings adjustments to enhance Windows 11...
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    Why ReadyBoost Is Obsolete in Modern Windows Systems and What to Use Instead

    The Changing Face of Windows: Why Legacy Features Like ReadyBoost No Longer Make Sense As the Windows platform evolves to keep up with rapid hardware advancements, it's important to reflect on which legacy features still serve a purpose, and which have become technological fossils. One prominent...
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    ReadyBoost: A Historical Look at an Obsolete Windows Feature

    In the ever-evolving world of Windows performance enhancements, there’s one relic many of us remember fondly—even if it now belongs more to the annals of computing history than modern practice. Remember ReadyBoost? Introduced with the fanfare of Windows Vista, this feature promised to breathe...
  4. Jaap Verhage

    Why won't Windows accept a driver that worked a few weeks ago?

    Hello everyone, this will be a rather lengthy post. Please bear with me, as I don't know what information is pertinent to my problem and what isn't. I have a Dell Latitude E6410 laptop which has been running 64-bits Windows 10 satisfactorily for quite some time now. However, its original 250 GB...
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    Windows 10 Upgrade from Vista to Windows 10

    Hi I am new to this forum so apologise if a similar question has already been asked. I have an old desktop currently running vista, old and very slow. I also have a laptop running Windows 7 but the laptop is busted beyond any hope of repair. Can I deregister the Windows 7 license on the laptop...
  6. Param Khiva

    Windows 7 How To Use Pen Drive As RAM In Windows 7/8

    If you want to use your pen drive as RAM then follow the steps that are given below. 1. Plug-in your Pen Drive and note that pen Drive should be 1 GB or More in Size. 2. Right-click on Pen drive and then click on Properties. 3. Now click Readyboost tab. 4. Click on Use This Device. 5. Click on...
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    Windows 7 Windows wont let me save

    Hi all, im new to this site and i dont usually do this sorta thing. However i am struggling a lot with this and it is causing me to stuggle doing course work. When saving documents the Browse box that normally pops up wont. When i attempt to save in publisher it wont let me and comes up with...
  8. Definitive ReadyBoost Tutorial

    Definitive ReadyBoost Tutorial

    Learn everything you need to know about Windows ReadyBoost, as well as how to measure its performance, from Windows expert Joseph Stackhouse at http://windows7forums.com/
  9. chrispanag

    Windows 7 Memory Issue on External Hard Drive Installation

    I have a Sony VGN-FZ21M laptop that it lacks an internal HDD. Wanting to use it, I have managed to install Windows 7 x64 on a USB 2.0 External HDD. There is certainly a performance decrease due to the External HDD's speed but I can live on that. So, although the laptop has 2GB of RAM, I am...
  10. Josephur

    Windows 7 Hybrid Hard Drive & ReadyBoost

    So I've been using ReadyBoost for a few years now (4GB stick formatted in exFAT file system seems to work nicely). And now I'm upgrading my system to a hybrid hard drive (was going to do SSD but 750GB with 8BG flash cache was cheap as heck compared to SDD). I'm looking for someone with real...
  11. News

    USB and SD storage media – ReadyBoost with a SD card or a flash drive

    Read here how you use a USB flash drive or a SD card in Windows 7 for Windows ReadyBoost. More...
  12. gdpuffs

    Windows 7 Device fails readyboost performance test

    I have a new 8 GB memory stick and it passed the readyboost test - initially. But I wanted to dedicate the device to readyboost so I reformatted to NTFS (was FAT32 initially) and now all I can get is "This device cannot be used with Readyboost". I have tried a command line test that gives me a...
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    Windows 7 BSOD after clean format, new experience!

    Hello everyone! I have never experienced the BSOD and I am concerned, idk exactly what caused the problem but apparently it was windows ready boost service. Funny thing is I was not using it and never have on this clean format. Here is my CPU-Z sheet and dump file for analysis: Link Removed
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    Windows 7 Defrag: Tweaking for HTPC, SSD as a ReadyBoost, WiFi Antenna tuning

    Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...
  15. Josephur

    Windows 7 Configure ReadyBoost and check if it's working correctly

    I've just posted a new video that covers Windows ReadyBoost to the Windows 7 Forums Video section. Questions, comments?
  16. Skavenger

    Windows 7 Hyperviser - Physical Disks and Compatibility

    Hi, Ok i've not used a Hyperviser before and before I go any further with it I was hoping someone could help me out with a couple of queries that I cant find much information on. The Setup: I have an old server lazing around its a AMD Athlon x64 3600+ with 1GB of RAM. It is currently running...
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    Windows 7 Poor games performance with Win 7 64x, particularly FIFA 10.

    Ever since the switch from Vista 64x, games have actually been running worse. Mostly it's just minor slowdown, but FIFA 10 is particularly bad, it's very choppy. I've already disabled a lot of unnecessary services and programs, defrag regularly and have the latest drivers. Here's my system...
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    Windows 7 Trouble Enabling ReadyBoost on New USB Stick: Need Help!

    hi all just got a new usb stick for system speed up and i go on propertieas and the ready boost is not there any clues ????
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    Windows 7 Should I Increase Paging File Size with ReadyBoost on Win7 Starter Edition?

    If I use 8GB SD for readyboost with Win7(starter edition) in in a Dell 1011 netbook with 1 GB of RAM, should I increase the size of the paging file to reflect the increase in memory?
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    Windows 7 Installed programs are missing and ReadyBoost isn't available!

    Okay, I'm stumped. When I go under "Uninstall a Program", most of my programs aren't even there. At all. It shows 25 of them, when I have much, much more. I can still use all of my programs (I'm pretty sure!), so what's up with THAT? Secondly, I can't use ReadyBoost on my flash drive anymore...
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