Signifcant speed improvements with XP Pro?

[PhilippKausch]

Hi there

I've got my hp2133 with preinstalled Vista Home Baisc and I'm thinking about downgrading it to Windows XP Pro, 'cause as a university student I can get it for free in my country. But before I install it, I want to make sure that I will get some major speed improvements, especially at start ups, because I actually like Vista.

At the moment I have 1gb of ram, but the 2gb stick is coming this week. Will the 2gb ram already bring some speed improvements to Vista?

Thanks in advance for any comments

[luvit]

i use vista and love it. i have a 1.6gHz cpu, 2gb, 7200 RPM SATA

i did google: vista umpc tweaks

i followed ALL the directions on several pages and even went a bit further on services they did not list.
i did not follow the recommendation that recommended disabling SuperFetch and ReadyBoost

[PhilippKausch]

Thanks for the tip, gonna try the 10 tips list I've found tomorrow. In addition, I've already cleaned the auto-start list a bit, which already improved the speed a bit

[luvit]

mm k, but i think i did 20 tips or so between several pages in the google results.

[PhilippKausch]

Do you still have the links to the specific sites?

EDIT:
I've used these http://www.pocketables.net/2008/08/how-to-improve.html (besides the hibernation advice) and the safe options from this page http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm.

[luvit]

mm k. i likes you so here's mine secret bookmarks.
don't share with anyone.

http://dbmoore.blogspot.com/2007/10/...l-02-umpc.html

http://www.kohjinsha.com.sg/faq/faq1.htm

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15073..._features.html

http://www.umpcportal.com/2007/06/696/

http://www.speedyvista.com/tweaks.php

http://forum.pcstats.com/showthread.php?t=40806

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

http://www.pocketables.net/2008/08/how-to-improve.html

[PhilippKausch]

Thanks dude, used nearly every tip Now I'm waiting for my 2gb ram which should arrive tomorrow, we'll see if it helps

[juan david]

I used a lot of tweaks for vista, and the certanly improved the performance, to a point where it was posible, and even good, to work.

However i installed xp (since i upgraded the hard disk, so i decided to try it) and it works a lot faster, everything, from the boot time, aplications, games, internet videos etc.

I was happy with my vista machine after the tweaks, but now that i tried xp on my mininote there is no way i would go back to vista.

The installation of xp however, is not exactly a simple task (specially since i dont have an external optical drive) but the time it took is time well spent, and now i can install a couple of programs that i need for study and i had to install in a virtual machine before, and everything works just fine.

[luvit]

this is a good confirmation!
i'm gonna start a new thread. i'm sticking with vista at the moment and know how long a conversion could take me.

i'm looking for answers here: http://www.hp2133guide.com/forums/vi...hp?p=5570#5570