>>>>>>>>>Seems to me I should be able to get some information out of VISTA regarding the feature.
>>>>>>>>>I have a 4GB stick attached as all ReadyBoost and have no idea if it is effective or not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Anyone?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Pull it out (use safely remove hardware) and see what happens. Vista will automatically adjust to not having it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Well the system has slowed down (as warned in MS documentation for SP1) so I guess it`s working s it should.
>>>>>>>But it peeves me that I can`t get some reporting about what it is actually doing for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've never considered looking for performance data on the readyboost cache. I'd bet you could look in performance monitor (perfmon.exe - I think it is still in Vista but I'm on an XP box for the moment) and find some performance counters that are related to it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Good idea, Bill. But I didn't see much there :(
>>>>
>>>>try this..
>>>>
>>>>http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial136.html
>>>
>>>Thanks Bill, but it needs a sign-in. I don't do that except where I subscribe regularly.
>>
>>Open the page and scroll down. The article is visible w/o doing the sign-in.
>
>BINGO!!!
>
>Even tells how to set counters for monitoring.
>
>Thanks muchly Bill.

I looked in my Vista and didn't seem to have the Readyboost Cache