Common WinXP Tweaks

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!

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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
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"IOPageLockLimit"=dword:01000000



Users with 256MB
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"IOPageLockLimit"=dword:02000000



Users with 512MB+
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"IOPageLockLimit"=dword:04000000

 

nice!

 

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

 

Yup, that was it!
Now I feel stupid.

Thanks prymo

 

Thanks to everyone who has posted these some of them have been big helps

 

unload dll's??

what exactly does unload DLL's do to speed things up?

 

Not nessecarily speed things up but it keeps the clutter down and your system is less likely to get confused and crash.

 

if you have alot of mem you shoudnt unload it as apps will load faster if thier dlls are loaded

 

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!

 

Thanks these are some great tweaks here.