Windows Vista, has a wonderful feature called ReadyBoost. You can use flash memory devices, such as universal serial bus (USB) flash drives, to improve performance of Vista without having to add additional memory (RAM). The flash memory device serves as an additional memory cache i.e. memory that the OS can access more quickly than it accesses data on the hard disk, simply because USB drives are a tad faster than Hard Disks.
However, not all USB flash drives are supported to use ReadyBoost. In order for USB drive to be recognized, you can use the following registry hack.
Please Edit the registry at your own risk. It can screw up your PC and make you eat chickens!. As always, backup, backup, backup! dailyApps is not responsible for anything that happens to your PC if you try this!
Here are the steps that you need to follow to make this hack work. Backup all data before you proceed.
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