Hmmmm... seems odd *if* the system says that ReadyBoost is active on the drive.

I have no idea what may be at play here.
But I have discovered that I have to re-specify the counters each time I invoke the thing, which is a PITA for sure. The thing also has a "Add to favorites". I click that and do what it needs BUT in the end I have no idea what "Favorites" it's talking about.

But at least when I want to know I *can* find out. That good enough for me (for now < s >)


>>>>>>>>>>>>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.
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> 2. Click on Control Panel menu option. When in the Control Panel , change to classic view by clicking on the Classic View option.
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> 3. Double-click on the Administrative Tools icon.
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> 4. Double-click on Reliability and Performance Monitor icon.
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> 5. In the left menu click on the Performance Monitor under the Monitoring Tools category
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> 6. In the right pane, click on the green + sign () to add new counters.
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> 7. Under available counters, scroll down till you see ReadyBoost Cache and double-click on it to expand this category.
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> 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.
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> 9. Once you have added all the ReadyBoost Cache counters that you would like to monitor, press the OK button.