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Check out my new blog posts at http://www.trafficburst.info/blog/ for some great vista and XP tips!

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Windows hibernation background services use a very large amount
of system resources. If you are like most people you don’t use the
Hibernate feature very much so you may want to disable it to give
Vista a performance boost.

To shut down Hibernation:

1. Click the Start button
2. Select Control Panel
3. Click the Classic View on the left hand side
4. Double-click on Power Options
5. Select Change Plan Settings
6. Choose Change Advanced Power Settings
7. Click the Sleep “plus” icon
8. Click the Hibernate After “plus” icon
9. Adjust your selector down to zero minutes
10. Click Apply
11. Click OK

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Remote Differential Compression checks the changes of your files
over a network to move them with as little bandwidth as possible
instead of transferring an entire file that has previously been moved.
Obiviously, the average home PC user has NO need for this service.
With it constantly checking for file changes, this service will greatly
slow system performance.

To shut down this service:

1. Click the Start button
2. Select Control Panel
3. Click Classic View on the left side of the window
4. Double-click on Programs and Features
5. Click Turn Windows Features On And Off on the left side of
the window
6. Uncheck Remote Differential Compression
7. Click OK

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Services are background processes which keep running waiting for
a response, so if you don’t use the application it still runs and
slows PC speed. The average user doesn’t need many running.

1. Click the Start button
2. Type msconfig in the Start Search box, hit enter
3. Click the Services tab
4. Uncheck the unneeded startup items (examples below)
Desktop Window Manager Session Manager -Provides Desktop
Window Manager startup and maintenance services. Uncheck to
disable.

Diagnostic Policy Service -Enables problem detection,
troubleshooting and resolution for Windows components. Uncheck
to disable.

Diagnostic Service Host -Same as above
Diagnostic System Host -Same as above

Offline Files -The Offline Files service performs maintenance
activities on the Offline Files cache. Uncheck to disable.

Terminal Services -Allows users to connect interactively to a
remote computer. Remote Desktop and Terminal Server depend on
this service. If you don’t use either of these, then you can disable the
service. Uncheck to disable.

Windows Error Reporting Service -Allows errors to be reported
when programs stop working or responding and allows existing
solutions to be delivered. Uncheck to disable.

After you are finished, click Apply then click OK to save changes.

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