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You must have heard of this option in Windows Vista. It's that the USB flash drive can be used to increase the capacity of RAM. It will help to boost the performance of the system. You can not only use your Pen drive but also any types of memory cards or memory sticks that you got with your mobile phones, digital cameras or any other devices. This option of making the external memory device works as RAM is called ‘ReadyBoost’. Caution: - The device can only be used with ReadyBoost if it qualifies the data transfer speed test; means if the data transfer speed of the device is lower than that is recommended by Readyboost, then it cannot be used as RAM. It is written in the product description of some of the Pen Drives that whether the particular pen drive is compatible with Readyboost or not. So you can check it before buying one. Benefits of ReadyBoost :- - If your system has low RAM, resulting a slowdown in the performance, Readyboost will work for you. - RAM is much more co...

Step 1 - Modify Explorer.exe File In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems. get this from h**p://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe. The category we are going to be using is "String Table". Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navig...

Getting used to using your keyboard exclusively and leaving your mouse behind will make you much more efficient at performing any task on any Windows system. I use the following keyboard shortcuts every day: Windows key + R = Run menu This is usually followed by: cmd = Command Prompt iexplore + "web address" = Internet Explorer compmgmt.msc = Computer Management dhcpmgmt.msc = DHCP Management dnsmgmt.msc = DNS Management services.msc = Services eventvwr = Event Viewer dsa.msc = Active Directory Users and Computers dssite.msc = Active Directory Sites and Services Windows key + E = Explorer ALT + Tab = Switch between windows ALT, Space, X = Maximize window CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager Windows key + Break = System properties Windows key + F = Search Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows CTRL + C = copy CTRL + X = cut CTRL + V = paste Also don't forget about the "Right-click" key next to the right Windows key on your keyboard. Using the arrows and that key...

Yes with some manual settings you can use your pen drive as a RAM 1) Connect your pen drive to your PC [pen drive should be at least 1 GB or if you having 4 GB then its better] 2) Allow PC to detect your pen drive. 3) After your PC finished with its detection work,you have to do some little works . 4) Right click on the My Computer and select the properties : 5) Go to advanced and then performance setting then advanced : 6) Then select pen drive and click on custom size " Check the value of space available " 7) Enter the same in the Initial and the Max columns : " You just used the memory of the Pen Drive as a Virtual Memory " 8) Now restart your pc and enjoy your fast and super system