Technical features new to Windows Vista: Difference between revisions

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* '''[[Windows Vista I/O technologies#SuperFetch|SuperFetch]]''' caches frequently-used applications and documents in memory, and keeps track of when commonly used applications are usually loaded, so that they can be pre-cached and it also prioritizes the programs currently used over background tasks. SuperFetch aims to negate the negative performance effect of having anti-virus or backup software run when the user is not at the computer. Superfetch is able to learn at what time of a given day an application is used and so it can be pre-cached.

* '''[[ReadyBoost]]''', makes PCs running Windows Vista more responsive by using [[flash memory]] on a [[USB flash drive|USB drive]] (USB 2.0 only), [[SD Cardcard]], [[Compact Flash]], or other form of flash memory, in order to boost system performance. When such a device is plugged in, the Windows [[Autoplay]] dialog offers an additional option to use it to speed up the system; an additional "ReadyBoost" tab is added to the drive's properties dialog where the amount of space to be used can be configured.<ref name="readyboostJim Allchin">{{cite web

| url=http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher/archive/2006/04/14/576548.aspx

| title=ReadyBoost - Using Your USB Key to Speed Up Windows Vista