Common WinXP Tweaks

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 04:47 PM

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, 04:48 PM

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, 04:49 PM

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, 04:50 PM

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, 04:51 PM

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 04:53 PM

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

JavaFox · Jul 22, 2002, 04:55 PM

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, 08:13 AM

nice!

stesamo · Aug 23, 2002, 02:22 PM

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, 09:23 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, 07:04 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 28, 2002, 05:23 AM

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

prymo · Aug 29, 2002, 11:06 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, 04:20 PM

Yup, that was it!
Now I feel stupid.

Thanks prymo

Kelsenellenelvian · Sep 13, 2002, 06:36 PM

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

skastel · Sep 13, 2002, 07:32 PM

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

Kelsenellenelvian · Sep 13, 2002, 07:39 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, 09:56 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, 10:23 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 23, 2002, 01:56 AM

Thanks these are some great tweaks here.

reno · Oct 27, 2002, 05:48 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, 08:16 AM

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

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 11:42 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, 11:49 AM

Stop PopUp messages
&
Speed up Start Menu

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

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 11:50 AM

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

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 11:51 AM

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

visitor · Nov 19, 2002, 11:52 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, 11:53 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, 10:26 AM

yo..i created a ramdrive since i have 512 mb ram....would it be a good idea to set the paging file to run on that? if so how would i do that? thanks

Louie6666 · Nov 30, 2002, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by schwarz2
yo..i created a ramdrive since i have 512 mb ram....would it be a good idea to set the paging file to run on that? if so how would i do that? thanks

lol Think about it for a moment....Your paging file is for, when you run out of ram!

Careful with xteq ppl its very powerful & can reduce ppl to tears....do a backup first! its also my fav tweaking tool

Jul 22, 2002, 04:47 PM	#1
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	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! ^_^

Jul 22, 2002, 04:48 PM	Thread Starter #2
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	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

Jul 22, 2002, 04:49 PM	Thread Starter #3
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	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

Jul 22, 2002, 04:50 PM	Thread Starter #4
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	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"

Jul 22, 2002, 04:51 PM	Thread Starter #5
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	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"

Jul 22, 2002, 04:53 PM	Thread Starter #6
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Disable Paging (512 recommended) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management] "DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001

Jul 22, 2002, 04:55 PM	Thread Starter #7
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	DiskCache Tweaks Users with 128MB -------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management] "IOPageLockLimit"=dword:01000000 Users with 256MB -------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management] "IOPageLockLimit"=dword:02000000 Users with 512MB+ --------------------- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management] "IOPageLockLimit"=dword:04000000

Aug 2, 2002, 08:13 AM	#8
franguinho Brazilian Fool Join Date: May 2002 Location: São Paulo Posts: 3,380 Rep Power: 0	nice! __________________ The Aliens mostly come out at night... mostly...

Aug 23, 2002, 02:22 PM	#9
stesamo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: humble home Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	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

Aug 26, 2002, 07:04 PM	#11
iceboy DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SG Posts: 185 Rep Power: 0	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.

Aug 28, 2002, 05:23 AM	#12
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	prob importing reg files It gives me an error saying 'you can only import binary registry files into the registry editor. Suggestions?

Aug 29, 2002, 04:20 PM	#14
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	Yup, that was it! Now I feel stupid. Thanks prymo

Sep 13, 2002, 06:36 PM	#15
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	Thanks to everyone who has posted these some of them have been big helps __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Sep 13, 2002, 07:32 PM	#16
skastel Massive Happiness Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 238 Rep Power: 0	unload dll's?? what exactly does unload DLL's do to speed things up? __________________ Barton 2800+ @ 1998Mhz (12x166) Radeon 9700 Pro ASUS A7N 1 GB Corsair Low Latency PC3200 (2-2-2-5) SBLive! 5.1 WD 80GB JB Samsung DVD 16x+/12x-/2.4x Dual Layer Lite-On CD-R/RW 48x12x48x

Sep 13, 2002, 07:39 PM	#17
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	Not nessecarily speed things up but it keeps the clutter down and your system is less likely to get confused and crash. __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Sep 13, 2002, 09:56 PM	#18
~~shai~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 613 Rep Power: 0	if you have alot of mem you shoudnt unload it as apps will load faster if thier dlls are loaded

Sep 13, 2002, 10:23 PM	#19
skastel Massive Happiness Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 238 Rep Power: 0	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! __________________ Barton 2800+ @ 1998Mhz (12x166) Radeon 9700 Pro ASUS A7N 1 GB Corsair Low Latency PC3200 (2-2-2-5) SBLive! 5.1 WD 80GB JB Samsung DVD 16x+/12x-/2.4x Dual Layer Lite-On CD-R/RW 48x12x48x

Oct 23, 2002, 01:56 AM	#20
wizard DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: SC USA Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Thanks these are some great tweaks here. __________________ WiZaRd

Oct 27, 2002, 05:48 PM	#21
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	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.

Nov 14, 2002, 08:16 AM	#22
giganick Frikkin COmputer~! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kaysville, Utah Posts: 131 Rep Power: 0	I have used them all....they really do help....!!

Nov 19, 2002, 11:42 AM	#23
visitor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	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 12:02 PM.

Nov 19, 2002, 11:49 AM	#24
visitor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	PopUp messages & Start Menu Stop PopUp messages & Speed up Start Menu [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "LameButtonEnabled"=dword:00000000 "MenuShowDelay"="0" Last edited by visitor; Nov 19, 2002 at 12:01 PM.

Nov 19, 2002, 11:50 AM	#25
visitor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	clear Run MRU @ shutdown [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\RunMRU] "a"="" "MRUList"="a"

Nov 19, 2002, 11:51 AM	#26
visitor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	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

Nov 19, 2002, 11:52 AM	#27
visitor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	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

Nov 19, 2002, 11:53 AM	#28
visitor DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	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 12:02 PM.

Nov 24, 2002, 10:26 AM	#29
schwarz2 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 34 Rep Power: 0	yo..i created a ramdrive since i have 512 mb ram....would it be a good idea to set the paging file to run on that? if so how would i do that? thanks