Make Windows XP Shutdown Faster
This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you shutdown your machine.
1. Go to Start then select Run
2. Type ‘Regedit’ and click ok, then
Find ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\’
Select ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’
Right click and select ‘Modify’
Change the value to ’1000′
Click ‘OK’
Now select ‘HungAppTimeout’
Right click and select ‘Modify’
Change the value to ’1000′
Click ‘OK’
Now find ‘HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop’
Select ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’
Right click and select ‘Modify’
Change the value to ’1000′
Click ‘OK’
Now find ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Cur rentControlSet\Control\’
Select ‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’
Right click and select ‘Modify’
Change the value to ’1000′
Click ‘OK’
Next make sure your system is not clearing the page file at shutdown. If your system is clearing the page file at shutdown your system will take a long time to shutdown.
1. Go to Start then select Run
2. Type ‘Regedit’ and click ok
3. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management
4. If there is a key called "ClearPageFileAtShutdown" make sure the key is set to 0 and not 1
Make Sure Hard-Drives Are Using DMA Mode
XP enables DMA for Hard-Drives and CD-Roms by default on most ATA or ATAPI (IDE) devices. However, sometimes computers switch to PIO mode which is slower for data transfer – a typical reason is because of a virus. To ensure that your machine is using DMA:
1. Open ‘Device Manager’
2. Double-click ‘IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers’
3. Right-click ‘Primary Channel’ and select ‘Properties’ and then ‘Advanced Settings’
4. In the ‘Current Transfer Mode’ drop-down box, select ‘DMA if Available’ if the current setting is ‘PIO Only’
Memory Performance Tweaks
If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance by having the core system kept in memory.
1. Go to Start then select Run
2. Type ‘Regedit’ and click ok
3. Browse to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlS ession ManagerMemory"
4. On the key ManagementDisablePagingExecutive set the value to 1
Increasing File System Caching To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:
1. Go to Start then select Run
2. Type ‘Regedit’ and click ok
3. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSe ssion ManagerMemory Management
4. Increase the value for the key IoPageLockLimit
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