How To Place Windows Kernels In RAM

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It’s a given that anything that runs in RAM will be faster than an item that has to
access the hard drive and virtual memory.

Rather than have the kernel that is the
foundation of XP using the slower Paging Executive functions, use this hack to create
and set the DisablePagingExecutive DWORD to a value of 1.

Perform this hack
only if the system has 256MB or more of installed RAM! Edit the Registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive to 1 to disable paging and have the
kernel run in RAM (set the value to 0 to undo this hack).

Exit the Registry and reboot

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How To Place Windows Kernels In RAM

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It’s a given that anything that runs in RAM will be faster than an item that has to
access the hard drive and virtual memory.

Rather than have the kernel that is the
foundation of XP using the slower Paging Executive functions, use this hack to create
and set the DisablePagingExecutive DWORD to a value of 1.

Perform this hack
only if the system has 256MB or more of installed RAM! Edit the Registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive to 1 to disable paging and have the
kernel run in RAM (set the value to 0 to undo this hack).

Exit the Registry and reboot

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How To ALter Prefetch parameters

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Pre-fetching (the reading of system boot files into a cache for faster loading) is a
commonly overlooked component that can have a significant impact on system boot
time.

To see which files are gathered using each setting, clear the prefetch cache
located at C:\Windows\Prefetch and then enable one of the settings listed in this hack.
Clear the cache and repeat for each setting.

Set the Registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\EnablePrefetcher to 0 to disable
prefetching, 1 to prefetch application launch files, 2 to prefetch boot files, or 3 to
prefetch as many files as possible.

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How To ALter Prefetch parameters

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Pre-fetching (the reading of system boot files into a cache for faster loading) is a
commonly overlooked component that can have a significant impact on system boot
time.

To see which files are gathered using each setting, clear the prefetch cache
located at C:\Windows\Prefetch and then enable one of the settings listed in this hack.
Clear the cache and repeat for each setting.

Set the Registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\EnablePrefetcher to 0 to disable
prefetching, 1 to prefetch application launch files, 2 to prefetch boot files, or 3 to
prefetch as many files as possible.

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How to Disable 8.3 Name Creation In NTFS

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Files that use the 8.3 naming convention can degrade NTFS drive performance.

Unless you have a good reason for keeping the 8.3 naming convention intact (such as
if you’re using 16-bit programs), a performance gain can be achieved by disabling it.

Set the Registry DWORD key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\
CurrentControlSet\Control\ FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 1.

Exit the Registry and reboot.

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How to Disable 8.3 Name Creation In NTFS

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Files that use the 8.3 naming convention can degrade NTFS drive performance.

Unless you have a good reason for keeping the 8.3 naming convention intact (such as
if you’re using 16-bit programs), a performance gain can be achieved by disabling it.

Set the Registry DWORD key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\
CurrentControlSet\Control\ FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 1.

Exit the Registry and reboot.

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Cleaning Recent Docs Menu And The Run

The Recent Docs menu can be easily disabled by editing the Registry. To do this go to
the following Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.

Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD value
by the name: NoRecentDocsMenu and set it's value to 1.

Restart Explorer to save the
changes. You can also clear the RUN MRU history.

All the listings are stored in the
key:HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer
\ RunMRU.

You can delete individual listings or the entire listing. To delete History
of Find listings go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft \ Windows
\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRUand delete.