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Windows Vista has additional features that helps to speedup the system load without adding more memory to the system. Upgrading memory can be difficult and costly, and some machines have limited memory expansion capabilities, making it impossible to add RAM. Windows Vista introduces Windows ReadyBoost, a new concept in adding memory to a system. You can use non-volatile flash memory, such as that on a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive, to improve performance without having to add additional memory. Windows ReadyBoost relies on the intelligent memory management of Windows SuperFetch and can significantly improve system responsiveness.

Windows SuperFetch enables programs and files to load much faster than they would it also monitors which applications you use the most and preloads these into your system memory so they’ll be ready when you need them.

In order for ReadyBoost to function properly, you will need at least a 64MB Hi-Speed USB flash drive that exceeds 3.5MB/s for 4KB random reads and 2.5MB/s for 512KB random writes uniformly across the device. You will get more benefits from this if the capacity and small file size speeds excel the baseline requirements.

Although the actual performance increase by using ReadyBoost is minimal, you may still want to try to activate ReadyBoost to see if it helps and boosts your system speed or not. However, not all flash device are compatible and can be used to Ready Boost. To make it possible for normal usb drive to take advantage of Windows Vista ReadyBoost Technology, some modification to need to be done with the registry. Follow this step : -

1. Go to Start | Run.
2. Type in ‘regedit’ (without the inverted commas) and press enter.
3. When a prompt by the User Account Control is displayed, click on ‘Continue’.
4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EMDMgmt key.
5. Find out the sub key for the USB stick.
6. Double click on the ‘DEVICE STATUS’ DWORD value and modify it to ‘2′.
7. Click on OK.
8. Now, change DWORD values of ‘ReadSpeedKBs’ and ‘WriteSpeedKBs’ to ‘1000′.
9. Finally, close the Registry Editor.

Now just insert your USB stick into the USB port and wait for the Auto-Play Dialog box to open. Click on the “Speed Up my system” button and configure it.

Have fun.