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How To Speed Up Windows Using ReadyBoost And USB Drive? Does It Still Work?

M icrosoft first introduced the functionality to use a USB drive or SD card as a memory cache in Windows Vista in the form of a feature known as ReadyBoost. The feature was also inherited to Windows 7 and later versions, but with the ability to configure more than one USB drive for ReadyBoost. So, what is ReadyBoost in Windows? ReadyBoost is a feature that speeds up Windows by storing application files and data as cache in a USB drive. This disk caching is beneficial in case the system is running a slow hard drive. ReadyBoost works with USB drives, SD cards, and CF cards. However, it may not be able to deliver considerable performance in the case of newer hardware. So, if you’re stuck with an older hardware, you can speed up Windows using ReadyBoost and USB drive. How to speed up Windows 10 using ReadyBoost? As mentioned earlier, you can use a USB drive, SD card or a CF card to enhance the performance of your Windows 10 operating system. In the case of SD cards, pl...
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wifi shows as wifi 2 and unable to connect to any network at that time

This problem may appear due to “ghost wireless networking device” present in the computer. Ghost devices are the previously installed devices which are not connected but the drivers for that device is still present in the computer and sometimes shows in the devices list.
Let’s follow the steps blow to show remove these ghost devices and check if that solves the problem.
To get rid of unwanted drivers, devices, or services, use the following steps: 
  1. Open the Start menu.
  2. Swipe to the upper right corner to bring charm bar.
  3. Type in cmd in search box.
  4. Select cmd from the displayed list, right click and Open as administrator.
  5. At the command prompt, type in set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 and press Enter. (Note that nothing seems to happen. This is expected. You are actually setting an environment variable which is going to help you to see hidden devices.)
  6. On the next command prompt line, type devmgmt.msc and press Enter. This will launch the Windows Device Manager Console.
  7. In the Device Manager Console, from the View menu, select Show Hidden Devices.
As you expand the different drivers and devices in the device manager, you will see not only the items that Windows currently detects as installed on your PC; but you will also see drivers, devices, and services which have been loaded in the past but were not uninstalled or are not currently started. You can find your offending device, right-click, and choose uninstall to remove it from the system completely. 
Note that ghost devices, drivers, and services are “grayed” out, but that does not necessarily mean that you should delete all of them. Only remove items you know you do not need. Be careful that you do not change too many devices.
Try connecting to the network again. 
Hope this helps. Please let us know the results. Feel free to write us back for any further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

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