dese r sum xp registry hakz Before you start: We need to backup the registry. This is because if you screw with a setting you shouldn't by accident you can revert it back to normal. To back up the registry or any one key or section you select the key you want to or my computer at the top if you want to back up the whole thing and go to File>Export and save it wherever you want to. Tweaks For Preformance: 1. Keep Windows operating data in main memory This controls whether the operating system will transfer its essential driver and kernel files to the virtual memory or RAM. You should only do this tweak if you have 256mb of ram or over. To implement this tweak navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Se ssion Manager\Memory Management and set DisablePagingExecutive to 1 2. Disable the DOS 8.3 naming convention Windows keeps two names for every file on the system. One is the one you see in explorer and in command prompt, and the other is an MSDOS compatible 8.3 name. You only need the second name if you run DOS only software or connect to a Pre-windows 95 computer. To disable it go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\FileSystem and change NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 1 3. Stop the last access update. Every time a directory on an NTFS drive is accessed by Windows XP, it updates that directory and every sybdirectory with a stamp to indicate time of access. In folders with a lot of subdirectories this can slow down your computer immensely. To Stop last access update go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\FileSystem and create a new DWORD value called NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and set it's value to 1 4. Clear the Page File on Shutdown. This tweak clears the page file every shutdown so it cant get fragmented. To enable this tweak go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management and set ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 1 5. Force Windows to Unload DLLs After Closing a Program Every piece of software has DLLs that it uses. That's all good but when the program closes windows keeps these cached after the program closes wasting memory space.To make it so that windows doesn't cache them implement this tweak Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and create a new KEY called AlwaysUnloadDLL and set its default value to 1 Comments
Step 4 is a security tweak, not a performance tweak i belive. Clearing the Page file means it cant be read as easily (there might be sensitive data in it...), but this tweak means it takes longer to shutdown... [i think windoze also writes random data over it, or that migth be another tweak]. Ultimate Windoze XP tweak: Ubuntu Linux DVD (I Gave my XP CD + Serial away last week )
i've dun it nd it doesnt really take n e longer nd its made my comp much faster azwell. n e way i alwayz hibernate my computer.
