XP Tweaks
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:47 am
I imagine that most of you know these, but on the off chance that some don't here's a list of teaks to help free up some resources. I knew some of these, but a couple were new.
- My Computer | Properties
- - Turn off \"Page File\" (Advanced>Performance>settings>Advanced>Virtual Memory)
if the PC has >= 1GB RAM (desktops only). Laptops and desktops with <1GB RAM,
set \"Page File\" to 2GB min/max. - - Visual Effects - Adjust for best performance
- - System Properties > Advanced - Disable \"Error Reporting\" (lower button) uncheck box.
- - System Report - set tot he second lowest bar.
- - Recycle Bin Properties - set to 2%
- - Turn off \"Page File\" (Advanced>Performance>settings>Advanced>Virtual Memory)
- RegEdit
- - HKEY_Local_Machine > System > currentControlSet > Control > SessionManager > Memory Management.
- DisablePagingExecutive - set to 1
- (If >= 1GB RAM) LargeSystemCache - set to 1
- PrefetchParameters - EnablePrefetcher - set to 0
- - HKEY_Local_Machine > System > currentControlSet > Control > SessionManager > Memory Management.
- Windows Explorer options (folder options)
- - Detail View (Apply to All)
- - Uncheck 'Hide extentions for known file types'
- - Uncheck 'Hide protected operation system files'
- - (If >= 1GB RAM) Check 'Launch folder windows in a separate process'
- Delete all files in C:\\WINDOWS\\Prefetch
- Go into Computer Management (Administrative Tools)
- - In Event Viewer set the log size of all 3 (Application, Security, System) to 4096 KB and check 'Overwrite events as needed'
- - In Services and Applications > Services, disable Messenger
- Open a command prompt and enter the following commands:
- fsutil behavior set disable8to3 1
- fsutil behavior set mftzone 2
- (only on desktops) fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
- Go into msconfig after program installs and user setup to clear unnecessary programs from starting with Windows.