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Jul 22, 2002, 10:47 AM
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E Pluribus Unum
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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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Jul 22, 2002, 10:48 AM
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E Pluribus Unum
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CDFS Tweak - for better CD peformance
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\FileSystem]
"CacheSize"=hex:ff,ff,00,00
"Prefetch"=dword:00004000
"PrefetchTail"=dword:00004000
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Jul 22, 2002, 10:49 AM
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E Pluribus Unum
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Enable UDMA -- improved disk performance
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"EnableUDMA66"=dword:00000001
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Jul 22, 2002, 10:50 AM
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E Pluribus Unum
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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\Contro l]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="200"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
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Jul 22, 2002, 10:51 AM
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E Pluribus Unum
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Unload DLLs -- forces Windows to unload unused DLLs
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer]
"AlwaysUnloadDLL"="1"
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Jul 22, 2002, 10:53 AM
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E Pluribus Unum
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Disable Paging (512 recommended)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
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Jul 22, 2002, 10:55 AM
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E Pluribus Unum
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DiskCache Tweaks
Users with 128MB
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\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\Contro l\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\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"IOPageLockLimit"=dword:04000000
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Aug 2, 2002, 02:13 AM
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Brazilian Fool
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nice!
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Aug 23, 2002, 08:22 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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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
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Aug 23, 2002, 03:23 PM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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Re: hello
Quote:
Originally posted by stesamo
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.
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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. |
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Aug 26, 2002, 01:04 PM
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DriverHeaven Lover
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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.
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Aug 27, 2002, 11:23 PM
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Twice the fun!
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prob importing reg files
It gives me an error saying 'you can only import binary registry files into the registry editor.
Suggestions?
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Aug 29, 2002, 05:06 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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Re: prob importing reg files
Quote:
Originally posted by nForcer
It gives me an error saying 'you can only import binary registry files into the registry editor.
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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\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001 |
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Aug 29, 2002, 10:20 AM
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Twice the fun!
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Yup, that was it!
Now I feel stupid.
Thanks prymo
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Sep 13, 2002, 12:36 PM
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Master of my own Destiny
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Thanks to everyone who has posted these some of them have been big helps
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Sep 13, 2002, 01:32 PM
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Massive Happiness
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unload dll's??
what exactly does unload DLL's do to speed things up?
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Sep 13, 2002, 01:39 PM
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Master of my own Destiny
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Not nessecarily speed things up but it keeps the clutter down and your system is less likely to get confused and crash.
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Sep 13, 2002, 03:56 PM
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if you have alot of mem you shoudnt unload it as apps will load faster if thier dlls are loaded
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Sep 13, 2002, 04:23 PM
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Massive Happiness
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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!
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Oct 22, 2002, 07:56 PM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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Thanks these are some great tweaks here.
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Oct 27, 2002, 12:48 PM
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Painlord of Ichor
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asdas
Most of these tweaks can be done with Xteq System's Xsetup.
LINK
Hundreds and hundreds of easy tweak toggles with descriptions and recommendations, I highly recommend it. |
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Nov 14, 2002, 03:16 AM
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Frikkin COmputer~!
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I have used them all....they really do help....!!
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Nov 19, 2002, 06:42 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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Add Rename option to desktop Recycle Bin icon
...this one is not specifically for XP
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000
Last edited by visitor; Nov 19, 2002 at 07:02 AM.
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Nov 19, 2002, 06:49 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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PopUp messages & Start Menu
Stop PopUp messages
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Speed up Start Menu
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"LameButtonEnabled"=dword:00000000
"MenuShowDelay"="0"
Last edited by visitor; Nov 19, 2002 at 07:01 AM.
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Nov 19, 2002, 06:50 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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clear Run MRU @ shutdown
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\RunMRU]
"a"=""
"MRUList"="a"
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Nov 19, 2002, 06:51 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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set # recent docs (to 6) & clear recent docs on shutdown
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000006
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001
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Nov 19, 2002, 06:52 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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Windows Media Player performance hacks
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ Preferences]
"AddToMRU"=hex:00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\ Settings]
"LowRate"=dword:0000dac0
"MediumRate"=dword:0001f400
"MediumHighRate"=dword:0003e800
"HighRate"=dword:0004e200
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Nov 19, 2002, 06:53 AM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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show Administrator account @ logon
can also be used to show/hide other accounts
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t]
"Administrator"=dword:00000001
Last edited by visitor; Nov 19, 2002 at 07:02 AM.
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