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Kingston DataTraveler ReadyFlash, ready for ReadyBoost

Posted Jan 30th 2007 12:01AM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Peripherals, Storage

Anyone who caught our Windows upgrade guide might have caught a glimpse of a new Windows Vista feature Microsoft's quick to tout: ReadyBoost, which allows you to use a USB drive as another layer of performance-boosting cache for Windows. The jury's still out on whether ReadyBoost will actually make a real-world difference (and how ReadyBoost USB devices are any different than regular devices), but Kingston's ready to go with their DataTraveler ReadyFlash, what appears to be a regular 1 or 2GB USB 2.0 drive with a 5/3MBps read/write. No word on price or release yet, but if it goes for much more than what a regular DataTraveler does, forego the new sticker and just buy the vanilla variety -- ReadyBoost is supposed to work with any reasonably speedy USB flash drive.

*REAL** Directions How To Crack Vista..

Before U Install A FRESH Vista

1.Unplug your PC?s Internet connection.

2.Turn on your PC (or restart if it?s already on) and boot into your BIOS (usually hitting the key before initialization; otherwise refer to your instruction manual).

3.Set the date to December 31, 2099 (December to prevent accidents from happening when setting the year back to 2099 for any reason; as Vista keeps the most amount of days you passed the time you installed it, so if you pass the 30 days after you install it and boot up Vista, it will remember that every time you reboot and not allow you to log on).

4.Save & exit the BIOS and install Vista, leaving the product key textbox blank and un-checking the ?Automatically activate Windows when I?m online? checkbox. (You can either burn the ISO file to a DVD using software like DVD Decrypter or mounting it to a virtual drive with DAEMON Tools

5.When Windows shows the time settings when you?re setting it up, do not change anything (not even the time zone), just click ?Next? and finish. Now Windows will test your system performance.

6.After it finishes, log on. Click on the time on your taskbar, click the ?Change date and time settings?? link, go to the ?Internet Time? tab, hit the ?Change Settings? button, and uncheck the ?Synchronize with an Internet time server? checkbox. Then set your date back to today. Also, you can set the time zone to your own.

7.Plug in your PC?s Internet connection and download updates as necessary

8.Now the 30-day trial period will last until year 2099. You will not be able to activate Windows, but WGA still works and you can download anything from Microsoft just like a legitimate copy of Windows can. This trick goes the same for Windows XP. The activation status in System Information (Control Panel à System) will say 30 days.