Johnson’s Computer Internet Help

Windows 8 has a feature called ReadyBoost which can make Windows run faster, and load programs faster after you plug in a USB flash drive, or memory card like SD card into your computer, and turn on ReadyBoost in Windows 8 from the pop-up Window, or your drive properties in Windows’ computer program. Readyboost cache files for faster load times since flash storage is faster than mechanical hard drive cache file also called the swap, and page file.

You can usually use a inexpensive 1GB or bigger USB flash drive which you already own, or buy an affordable high speed USB flash drive designed for Readyboost for a less than 5 dollars online. Plus, you don’t need to use all the storage on the drive for ReadyBoost, so your drive can be a dual use device which speeds up your PC while providing storage for you to backup, and copy your files to other computers.

You also can plug in the USB drive yourself unlike RAM which you install inside of your computer which is more complicated to install because you have to buy the right type and speed of RAM like DDR2 PC-4200 533MHz DIMM insert it in the right way, and make sure your computer has a free RAM slot, and enough power from the power supply to power extra RAM. Although, RAM is faster than any USB Flash drive, and would give you better performance than a USB drive, but it is harder to install, and more costly if you hire a PC technician to buy RAM, or buy highend RAM.

The reason ReadyBoost makes your computer faster at doing tasks like opening files, loading games, and running programs because memory on a USB flash drive has a faster random access time than a mechanical hard drive which needs to spin up, and look for the file to open.

Using Readyboost with a Patriot High Speed USB flash drive  make programs load a few seconds faster, and run faster, and when I use the internet, websites load a few seconds faster on my older computer with only 1GB of RAM, and a 1.86GHz CPU with Windows 8 Pro installed on it.

Readyboost will test to see if your USB flash drive or memory card is fast enough for Readyboost. If your drive is not fast enough, Readyboost can’t be used with your USB drive. Most USB 2.0, and newer memory cards which I tested with Readyboost is fast enough for Readyboost. USB 3.0 and eSata flash drives may also improve your performance even more in Windows 8 because both USB 3.0 and eSata flash drives are faster than USB 2.0.

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Wise Game Booster is a free game launcher for Windows 8, 7, XP, and Vista which is used to launch games, and also turn off background programs and services, so programs and games run faster in Windows. After you turn off un-needed background programs, and services which are open in your desktop, system tray, or as a invisible background service like Window’s event log, you’ll have more free RAM, and CPU resources.

Stopping un-needed background programs and services with Wise Gamebooster is free compared to upgrading your RAM, installing a faster CPU, or even using Windows Vista, 7, and 8 Readyboost memory cache program which requires a faster more expensive USB flash drive to work well.

Wise Game Booster also has a settings optimizer to make your internet, and computer system speed in Windows more stable and faster.

I have been using Wise Game Booster for a few days in Windows 8 to launch games, and it works pretty well as a launcher program for quickly launching games. The Game Launcher in Wise Game Booster makes it easier for you to launch games espiecally in Windows 8 which does not have a startmenu on the Windows 8 Classic Desktop, and there are no unrelated non-gaming shortcuts which you did not add to Gamebooster, so it makes finding your game shortcuts faster because there are fewer shortcuts on Gamebooster than a Startmenu, Windows 8 Startscreen, or the classic desktop in Windows.

The System Optimizer is very easy to use. All I need to do is press the optimize now button on the top right, and Wise Game Booster automatically optimize system and network speeds for faster gaming performance, and online gaming performance.

The Process Optimizer is like the Windows Task Manager, but easier to use to stop background program, and to see how much CPU and RAM each background program uses. It also gives you  suggestions if the program should be ended or keep running in the background. [continue reading…]