RegCure PC Optimizer » Vista http://www.regcure-pc-optimizer.com/blog Helping you optimize your PC and fix errors. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:29:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Quickly Speed Up Windows Vista http://www.regcure-pc-optimizer.com/blog/2009/quickly-speed-up-windows-vista/ http://www.regcure-pc-optimizer.com/blog/2009/quickly-speed-up-windows-vista/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 23:58:52 +0000 admin http://www.regcure-pc-optimizer.com/blog/?p=48 If you are running Windows Vista, then this article will quickly and easily help you to free up some memory in order to speed up your computer. By default, the Windows Aero theme is the default theme for Windows Vista. This is fine if you have more than 2 GBs of memory (i.e. RAM), not running multiple applications simultaneously and really want to have the cool Windows Aero effects such as transparent windows. However, the Windows Aero theme uses about 30 MBs of RAM under the minimal settings. Here is a capture of the task manager showing the Desktop Windows Manager (dvm.exe) using 33 MBs of RAM.

By simply switching to a less memory aggressive theme, you can free up some memory to speed up your PC. To do this, right click on your desktop and pick Personalize, then click on Windows Color and Appearance. Choose to open the classic appearance properties link and then change your theme to Windows Vista Basic as shown here:

Once you apply the new theme settings, you will have freed about 30 MBs of memory that is now available for other more important programs. Here is a screen shot of the task manager once the Windows Vista Basic theme is applied:

We hope you enjoyed this simple yet effective tip to speed up your Windows PC. For further computer speedup, try a free scan using RegCure.

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