Windows Vista is going away or improving so I will do my best to help Vista users make the best of a marginal situation. Lack of speed and responsiveness remains one of the biggest detriments to Vista.
I believe that one visiblible flaw with Vista's speed is the over abundance of visual affects that require a great deal of resources. Disabling these unnecesary and sometimes irritating features will yield a little extra speed from Vista. Here's how:
1. Click the Windows Orb (old Start button)
2. Type: SystemPropertiesPerformance (no spaces...type it as shown
3. Press Enter on your keyboard
4. Uncheck the features and affects you don't need
5. Click Apply and OK
Watch the short video below to learn how to put this Vista tweak into practice:
Links:
[1] http://www.helpmerick.com/rick_castellini_adam_cochran_weekly_computer_help_show_09.htm_0
[2] http://www.helpmerick.com/palm_announces_centro_razr_killer.htm