How To: Speedy Vista

October 25th, 2007 by kteck | Filed under How To, Microsoft, WIndows.

One thing about Vista that made me keep going back to xp was the fact it ate lots of cpu/memory… It’s amazing what bloat can be called a feature. I did this as a challenge to make Vista Buisness run good on my older computer. One requirement was that i had to get a decent FPS in source based games.

Note: This requires a full Vista dvd…. if your pc only has a restore dvd it may work since some OEMs use customized vista dvds.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage incurred by the following of this guide.

A. Get the tools:

vLite 1.1 beta Installer
Vista DVD/Vista Restore DVD

B. Tweak Vista

Insert your Vista DVD into your DVD drive
Install and run vLite 1.1 beta
Click the Install button in the WIM Filter section of the Dependencies dialog
On the vLite screen click the Browse button
Browse to your dvd drive that contains Windows Vista and press OK
Browse to the folder you would like to store your project and press OK
vLite will now copy the WIM from the Vista DVD and extract the required files
Choose your edition of Vista that you are licenced for and press OK
Click Next button
Select Components, Tweaks, Bootable ISO, and Enable before apply on the Tasks tab and click Next button
Click OK button on the Compatability dialog
Expand theMultimedia section and select Windows Aero Theme
Expand the Network section and select MSN Installer
Expand the Services Section and select Error Reporting, Universal Plug and Play (UPNP)
Expand the System section and select ReadyBoost, SuperFetch, System Restore, and Windows SAT and click the Next button
Under Security on the Tweaks tab set UAC (User Account Control) to disabled and click the Apply button
Select Apply and rebuld and click the OK button
vLite will now process all the changes… Take a break from the computer this will take a while
Click on the ISO tab on the left and click the Make ISO button
Browse to where you want to save the iso and pick a name then press the Save button
Wait while vLite saves the ISO to the location you choose…. another computer break since its abit slow too
Once the iso creation is done click the Exit button to leave vLite