Improve Core System Performance (Windows NT/2000/XP) Popular

[meistermn]

There are several articels about reducing page file usage.

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\

Memory Management]

Value Name: DisablePagingExecutive

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = disable system paging)

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-6346_11-5061012.html

http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/399/

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-6346_11-5073570.html

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=197379

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995945.aspx

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/399

http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/435/05/3.html

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998690.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555223

[meistermn]

Any hint about this tweak.

The other tweaks from yellow-bricks I did use already:

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/06/20/virtual-machine-tweaks-for-a-better-performance/

[meistermn]

More performance options

Source

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Reserve adequate Reserve adequate RAM for the host

- 512 MB

Reserve adequate RAM for guests

- 256 is the minimum

Disable Windows Paging of Executive Components

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \

Session Manager \ Memory Management \ DisablePagingExecutive

- Change from 0 to 1

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Turn off Turn off CPU draining task

- Screen savers

- Disable any unneeded hardware components

• USB, Audio, floppy devices, serial or parallel ports

• Connect optical drives on startup

• Reduce display color depth

• Remove background

- Setup for best performance

• System Properties > Advanced > Settings

• Adjust for best performance

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Maximize hardware Maximize hardware acceleration

- Desktop Properties (Right-click Desktop, choose properties)

- Settings > Advanced > Troubleshoot

- Hardware Acceleration to Full

Turn off visual effects

- Desktop Properties (Right-click Desktop, choose properties)

- Appearance > Effects

- Disable Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips

- Disable Show window contents when dragging

- Disable Show Shadows under menus

Set menu delay

- My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

- MenuShowDelay 400

Disable unnecessary pointer options

- Mouse Control Panel

- Disable Pointer trails, Shadow cursors

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