>>>>>>>>>>>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

No I meant I don't have the cache in this bit

1. Click on the Start button.

2. Click on Control Panel menu option. When in the Control Panel , change to classic view by clicking on the Classic View option.

3. Double-click on the Administrative Tools icon.

4. Double-click on Reliability and Performance Monitor icon.

5. In the left menu click on the Performance Monitor under the Monitoring Tools category

6. In the right pane, click on the green + sign () to add new counters.

7. Under available counters, scroll down till you see ReadyBoost Cache and double-click on it to expand this category.

8. Select the ReadyBoost Cache counter that you would like to add by left-clicking on it and then clicking on the Add button. A list of the counters with some information as to what they mean is shown in a table below.

9. Once you have added all the ReadyBoost Cache counters that you would like to monitor, press the OK button.