http://pcmichiana.com/faster-vista-hd-ep-16-disable-the-sidebar-from-automatic-startup-and-close-it-permanently/ Free Technology Video Tutorials, How-Tos, Guides, Walkthroughs and Forum Support Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:32:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://pcmichiana.com/faster-vista-hd-ep-16-disable-the-sidebar-from-automatic-startup-and-close-it-permanently/#comment-183 John Devine Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:27:12 +0000 http://pcmichiana.com/?p=1106#comment-183 your right, the sidebar does use loads of resources, over 50MB on my 3 year old laptop. I like it for performance monitoring, currency conversion, wifi radar. handy calculator. Up until recently, i always had it on startup, but it does add 30 seconds to the boot time maybe more. I just have it on manual start now. I have 2GB RAM and I never use more than 1,5GB. your right, the sidebar does use loads of resources, over 50MB on my 3 year old laptop. I like it for performance monitoring, currency conversion, wifi radar. handy calculator. Up until recently, i always had it on startup, but it does add 30 seconds to the boot time maybe more. I just have it on manual start now. I have 2GB RAM and I never use more than 1,5GB.

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