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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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