1. Go into the control panel and change your windows style from "Windows Aero" to "Windows Basic". It won't look as good, but it will be much faster.
2. Uninstall any unused programs, and perform a disk defrag and cleanup.
3. Go to www.crucial.com and enter your computer information. Then, for around $50 or less, buy 1 GB of RAM. It is easy to install and will double the speed of your computer.
Readyboost a a program wich may be used to speed-up your computer. Plug in a USB stick, and press readyboost. (Like if you have a 1GB USB stick , your PC will get 1gb more RAM) More about it : http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/speed-up-your-windows-vista-computer-with-readyboost/
it won't speed up to pc, what it will do its speed up loading up high graphic such as games etc
Just plug it in to your PC and Vista will pick it up, if not, there mis something wrong with your installation
A USB stick will not do anything towards speeding up your computer or Vista.
Vista Starter and Vista Home editions do not include complete PC backup.
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Vista Starter and Vista Home edition
Vista Starter and Vista Home editions
Vista Starter and Vista Home editions
Obviously, because Vista wasn't around at the time Halo 2 for PC was made, and this therefore makes Halo 2 incompatible for Vista
If a PC is running slowly or not running at all, PC maintenance will be done to bring it up to speed
The real question is can you hardware handle an upgrade. I would check the Vista hardware requirements and make sure your PC is up to the challenge.