The following are pretty common tweaks, but instead of a list of steps of how to manually tweak your registry, I've written up a bunch of .reg files to make for easy implementation. Simply copy and paste the tweaks into a .reg file, double-click them and reboot! ^_^
CDFS Tweak - for better CD peformance Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] "CacheSize"=hex:ff,ff,00,00 "Prefetch"=dword:00004000 "PrefetchTail"=dword:00004000
Enable UDMA -- improved disk performance Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000] "EnableUDMA66"=dword:00000001
Fast Shutdown -- dramatically speed up shut down time Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "HungAppTimeout"="5000" "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="4000" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="200" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "AutoEndTasks"="1"
Unload DLLs -- forces Windows to unload unused DLLs Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "AlwaysUnloadDLL"="1"
Disable Paging (512 recommended) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
DiskCache Tweaks Users with 128MB -------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "IOPageLockLimit"=dword:01000000 Users with 256MB -------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "IOPageLockLimit"=dword:02000000 Users with 512MB+ --------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "IOPageLockLimit"=dword:04000000
hello Sorry for being a Plantpot, but how do I make a .reg file I tried just renaming a notepad doc to no avail. Tried exporting a reg file deleting contents then typing in your keys, but it wont merge. thx
Re: hello open notepad, paste that in there, and click FILE>SAVE AS and save it was "whatever.reg" without quotes, and whatever being the name you want.
i really don recommend large system cache which will restart my pc for no reason and unload dll which will crash my active desktop.. then again it could be just my pc.
prob importing reg files It gives me an error saying 'you can only import binary registry files into the registry editor. Suggestions?
Re: prob importing reg files you have to copy the whole thing, including this... Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 that's probably what you're missing, the whole file should look like this (when looked at with notepad).... Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
Not nessecarily speed things up but it keeps the clutter down and your system is less likely to get confused and crash.
I get it ok, I wasn't sure at first what DLL's were being unloaded, Apps or windows itself, but thanks for clearing it up!