ChristTh
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Windows XP tweaks - 2006/01/14 20:40
Here's some Windows XP tweaks, and NTFS!
1- unload DLL that are no longer used in the memory.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE,Microsoft,Windows,CurrentVersion,Explorer]
dword= AlwaysUnloadDll - set value: 1 to enable
2- By default, Windows XP set the Second Level Data cache to 256kb.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SYSTEM,CurrentControlSet,Control,Session Manager,Memory Management]
dword= SecondLevelDataCache - set the value in decimal of the amount of kb your CPU has. example: 1mo = 1024
3- By default, Windows XP keep some data like driver, into the pagefile.sys! If you have 512mb and more, this tweak let the system to keep some data like driver, in the memory. (memory has faster access time than a hard drive)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SYSTEM,CurrentControlSet,Control,Session Manager,Memory Management]
dword=DisablePagingExecutive - set value 1 (This key may be already created by default)
4- NTFS file system tweaks, faster File system.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES,System,CurrentControlSet,Control,FileSystem]
This tweak determines whether NTFS updates the last-access timestamp on each directory when it lists the directories on an NTFS volume.
dword=NTFSDisableLastAccessUpdate - set value 1 to disable
In command line, You can see that data with a long name, has ~ after 8 letter.
dword=NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation - set value 1 to disable
The NTFS file system contains at its core a file called the master file table (MFT). For every file on an NTFS volume, there is at least one entry in the MFT. This setting controls the amount of space reserved for the MFT, so that it does not become fragmented and slow system performance.
dword=NtfsMftZoneReservation
1 - Small Zone Reservation (Default)
2 - Medium Zone Reservation
3 - Large Zone Reservation
4 - Maximum Zone Reservation
5- Disable the file compression.
In command line, type COMPACT /U /S /I C:*.* (or any partition you have)
I recommend you to have enought free space to do it.
6- Disable disk performance counter
In command line, type diskperf -ND
7- Services that can be disable
Windows XP services
You can also when you boot, tell the system to stop asking if they are Enable or disable.
Execute: msconfig
8- Disable the indexing service on hard drive.
Right click on your hard drive, properties.
uncheck autorize indexing .....
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there's also other tweak, or thing to edit,
104 Performance Tips for Windows XP
101 Tips and Tweaks for Windows
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ChristTh
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Re:Windows XP tweaks - 2006/02/27 18:44
Any comments about those tweaks? Does your system runs better? or a little bit performance in games, or desktop program?
For me, I saw that the system runs more faster, and stable.
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Re:Windows XP tweaks - 2006/06/05 21:44
Hi,
For the tweaks 2 and 3 tweaks (2nd level cache and pagefile) I found them in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SYSTEM,CurrentControlSet,Control,Session Manager,Memory Management]
not
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SYSTEM,CurrentControlSet,Session Manager,Memory Management]
Can you verify this for me?
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Re:Windows XP tweaks - 2006/08/02 21:46
Here's some feedback:
1) "For operating systems prior to Windows 2000"
http://tinyurl.com/odx35, so it doesn't work with XP/2k.
2) Works only with pre Pentium II computers
http://tinyurl.com/3l59b
3) Can't see any difference really
4) Works with me fine
5) Somewhat useful too
6) They're automatically turned back on in 2k/XP (pretty sure)
7) One of the best thing to do if you want your XP to run faster
8) This too
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Re:Windows XP tweaks - 2006/08/02 23:38
Hi,
For the tweaks 2 and 3 tweaks (2nd level cache and pagefile) I found them in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SYSTEM,CurrentControlSet,Control,Session Manager,Memory Management]
not
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SYSTEM,CurrentControlSet,Session Manager,Memory Management]
Can you verify this for me?
Yea sorry, mistake when I wrote it and didn't saw it  .
vilson
1) this is right, but I actually put it in case
2) Right, but can be set, to ba pretty sure
3) Well, you won,t see the big difference, as it's like maybe what, 2-3% more performance, but it might help for those who wants the highest performance.
4) and 5), those are the best one...
6) I don't know for this one, as it's hard to say, if after reboot, this is still activated.
For the rest, those a more than useful
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