>>>>>>>>>>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

If you rt-click on the drive where you expect ReadyBoost and click "Properties", you should see a Tab named "ReadyBoost". That's where you would set the thing for use by the system.

Keep in mind that, apparently, VISTA only ofers it *if* the stick is 'fast enough'.

good luck