Common WinXP Tweaks

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 10:47 AM

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!

^_^

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 10:48 AM

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

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 10:49 AM

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000]
"EnableUDMA66"=dword:00000001

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 10:50 AM

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"

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 10:51 AM

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer]
"AlwaysUnloadDLL"="1"

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 10:53 AM

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 10:55 AM

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

franguinho · Aug 2, 2002, 02:13 AM

nice!

stesamo · Aug 23, 2002, 08:22 AM

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

prymo · Aug 23, 2002, 03:23 PM

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.

thx

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.

iceboy · Aug 26, 2002, 01:04 PM

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.

nForcer · Aug 27, 2002, 11:23 PM

It gives me an error saying 'you can only import binary registry files into the registry editor.
Suggestions?

prymo · Aug 29, 2002, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by nForcer
It gives me an error saying 'you can only import binary registry files into the registry editor.
Suggestions?

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

nForcer · Aug 29, 2002, 10:20 AM

Yup, that was it!
Now I feel stupid.

Thanks prymo

Kelsenellenelvian · Sep 13, 2002, 12:36 PM

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

skastel · Sep 13, 2002, 01:32 PM

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

Kelsenellenelvian · Sep 13, 2002, 01:39 PM

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

~~shai~~ · Sep 13, 2002, 03:56 PM

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

skastel · Sep 13, 2002, 04:23 PM

ok, I wasn't sure at first what DLL's were being unloaded, Apps or windows itself, but thanks for clearing it up!

wizard · Oct 22, 2002, 07:56 PM

Thanks these are some great tweaks here.

reno · Oct 27, 2002, 12:48 PM

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.

giganick · Nov 14, 2002, 03:16 AM

I have used them all....they really do help....!!

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 06:42 AM

...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

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 06:49 AM

Stop PopUp messages
&
Speed up Start Menu

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"LameButtonEnabled"=dword:00000000
"MenuShowDelay"="0"

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 06:50 AM

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\RunMRU]
"a"=""
"MRUList"="a"

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 06:51 AM

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"MaxRecentDocs"=dword:00000006
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 06:52 AM

[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

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 06:53 AM

can also be used to show/hide other accounts

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t]
"Administrator"=dword:00000001

schwarz2 · Nov 24, 2002, 05:26 AM

yo..i created a ramdrive since i have 512 mb ram....would it be a good idea to set