Repair

Slow Desktop Windows^® Vista

Very often, you might have noticed the slow shutdown and startup of Windows Vista Desktop. Response of your Laptop/Computer completely changes after few years. You wonder if it is the same Computer which gave you results in fractions of seconds earlier.

Suddenly the Desktop becomes so slow that you have to wait for few minutes after you press any key on Desktop of Windows Vista. This problem is faced by every Computer that runs Windows Vista for sometime. There are few tips which can help you to improve the performance of Windows Vista Desktop. Some of them are:

• Manual Cleanup of Registry
• Turn off Visual Effects
• Check for Updates from manufacturer

Manual Cleanup of Registry

Mostly Registry is responsible for the slow performance of Windows Vista Desktop. It is the place where Windows Vista saves all the valuable and critical information with keys. As these keys have values of hardware and software installed in your machine, if any of this key-value pair is corrupted then the corresponding part will not work properly. It is one of the steps that you can perform to improve Windows Vista Desktop performance. Whenever you install or uninstall any programs from the Desktop then changes are made to the registry. These changes can make some errors and invalid entries in the Windows registry and that is the reason for its slow performance. You can clean the registry manually. You can press ‘Start -> Run -> regedit ‘and then press Enter key. Then you can make changes in the Registry Editor Window that opens. But make sure to make the changes properly as invalid values can cause serious damage to your Windows Vista Desktop.

Turn off Visual Effects

It is the most important step that you can take to improve the performance of Windows Vista Desktop. If it is running slow than you can speed it up by performing few changes in the Visual effects Window. You are advised to disable all the visual effects. You need to tradeoff between appearance and performance of your Laptop/Computer. You can choose visual effects one by one to turn off or you can allow Windows to do it for you automatically. There are approximately 20 Visual Effects in Windows Vista that you can control like transparent glass look, shadows of windows etc. Most important is to disable the Aero Theme as it is only one responsible for slow performance of Windows Vista Desktop.

Check for Updates from manufacturer

Visit the manufacturer website of your Computer regularly to check if company has released any updates for your PC. They usually provide software updates for programs they have installed on a PC. You can check for other user’s issues as they might have already faced and fixed the same problem.

So with the help of tips given above you can perfectly improve the performance of Windows Vista Desktop on your PC.