Improvinf Win Xp Performance

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12-13-2003, 05:40 PM
Skeptic

This is something I came across on the boards of another forum:

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Increasing System Performance

If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory.

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementDisablePagingExecutive
Set the value to be 1
Reboot the computer

It's supposed to speed up Win XP performance by moving core system files into RAM .... Would anyone recommend this or would this completely overload RAM and leave no more space for additional progs?

I'm going to try it when I get a chance ... but just want to hear some thoughts from anyone who might have tried it before ... or any caveats in general ...

Other suggestions are here
12-13-2003, 06:24 PM
DarthInsinuate

always make a system restore point before you apply any tweak
12-13-2003, 07:07 PM
ck-uk

No mate it shouldnt be that bad on ram..esp' if you have the 512 as said.You'll only realy notice when browsing around windows and using windows functions not so much when runing your programs or games.Its just a tweak for windows xp itsself.The tweak enables windows to be held and only ram used instead of the page file being used,kind of like no virtual memory just for windows ,while still availible for the rest of your programs
12-13-2003, 07:24 PM
Skeptic

So I'm guessing this tweak is just doing in the registry .... what can be done by going to System Properties and setting 'No Page File'
12-13-2003, 07:32 PM
DWk

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Originally posted by Skeptic@13 December 2003 - 10:40
Improvinf Win Xp Performance

i guess some1 needs to go to an ImprovinF SpellinF Class

:P :D :lol:
12-13-2003, 07:46 PM
RGX

I have used this tweak, ddint notice a huge performance jump but it didnt screw anything up either
12-13-2003, 07:48 PM
ck-uk

Quote:

Originally posted by Skeptic@13 December 2003 - 18:24
So I'm guessing this tweak is just doing in the registry .... what can be done by going to System Properties and setting 'No Page File'

What it means mate your system will use & rely on ram only.But certain parts has to be paged out for some reason. :unsure: And some programs will only run with a page file esp' games,and xp always complains of low memory when its turned off.So imo its not worth it. :)
12-13-2003, 08:53 PM
Skeptic

@DWk

I gueFF so .... :lol:

Thanks for the help guys .... I'll leave it as it is then ....
12-13-2003, 08:54 PM
DWk

hehe anytime man... :) :rolleyes: