How to optimize windows?

This tip has been designed for showing you how to optimize windows resources (XP and Vista).

You should however note that the changes take place once you restart your PC.




Back up and open the registry
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet 519 making a backup of your registry

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet 589 how to open registry

Cleaning RAM

Forcing Windows to download the RAM file system that no longer need:
Select the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer

Create a new value chain: Edit menu> New> DWORD Value, and name this value AlwaysUnloadDll, then give it value 1

Quick closure

When an application or service freezes Windows takes its time to close it and inform you.

To fasten the process of closure of applications:

Scroll to the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ ControlPanel \ Desktop

Then on the right pane, find the value chain "WaitToKillAppTimeout" and give it the value of 5000
o The value 5000 corresponds to the time, in milliseconds, before forcing the closure of the application.
Do the same for the value chain "HungAppTimeout"

Create a new value chain and give it the name "AutoEndTasks", then give it value 1


To accelerate the process of closure of services:

Scroll to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control
Then create a new value chain: Edit menu> New> DWORD Value, and name this value WaitToKillServiceTimeout, then give it value as 5000
The value 5000 corresponds to the time, in milliseconds, before forcing the closure of the service.

Accelerate disk access

The cache disk speeds up hard drives access. It increases its size if you have more than 512 MB of RAM.

Scroll to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management
Enter 1 in the value "LargeSystemCache"

Loading system files into RAM

RAM is faster than the hard disk. Therefore, the use of the hard drive as virtual memory may slow down your PC. To speed up Windows by blocking the loading of system files in virtual memory:

Scroll to the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management

Enter 1 in the value "DisablePagingExecutive"


For more information look here: Optimize virtual memory
Autostart

Open the System Utility Configuration:
Go to menu Start>Run and type msconfig .