Click Start; Run; Type "regedit" (without quotes) and press OK. Now you can navigate to the appropriate areas.
1. Speed-up Shutdown:
Well obviously, these few things just make shut-down a little more snappy.
-> Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\
(i) Change "HungAppTimeout" value to 5000 (should be default)
(ii) Change "WaitToKillAppTimeout" value to 4000 (default is 20000)
-> Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
(i) Change "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" value to 4000 (default is 20000)
2. Stop the 'last access update' stamp:
Every time a directory is accessed by Windows XP, it updates that directory and every subdirectory with a time stamp to indicate the date of access. In folders with a heap of subdirectories, this obviously adds unecessary overhead to whatever your PC happens to be doing. So disable it.
-> Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem.
(i) Create new DWORD “NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate” and set to Decimal '1'
3. Keep Windows operating data in main memory:
Instead of paging uneccesarily to the hard drive this forces data to be held longer in manin memory to improve performance (recommended with 384MB memory + only)
-> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management.
(i) Set “DisablePagingExecutive” value to Decimal '1'
Right Click My computer
Go to the advanced tab and press settings.
Check “Adjust for best performance”, and click apply.
Go to control Panel
Click Network Connections.
Right click and select properties.
Go to advanced, and check the firewall.
Go to the run button.
Type msconfig Press ok.
Go to the start up tab. Uncheck everything. Click apply.
Here's how to secure your new notebook.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8463
1. Speed-up Shutdown:
Well obviously, these few things just make shut-down a little more snappy.
-> Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\
(i) Change "HungAppTimeout" value to 5000 (should be default)
(ii) Change "WaitToKillAppTimeout" value to 4000 (default is 20000)
-> Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
(i) Change "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" value to 4000 (default is 20000)
2. Stop the 'last access update' stamp:
Every time a directory is accessed by Windows XP, it updates that directory and every subdirectory with a time stamp to indicate the date of access. In folders with a heap of subdirectories, this obviously adds unecessary overhead to whatever your PC happens to be doing. So disable it.
-> Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem.
(i) Create new DWORD “NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate” and set to Decimal '1'
3. Keep Windows operating data in main memory:
Instead of paging uneccesarily to the hard drive this forces data to be held longer in manin memory to improve performance (recommended with 384MB memory + only)
-> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management.
(i) Set “DisablePagingExecutive” value to Decimal '1'
Right Click My computer
Go to the advanced tab and press settings.
Check “Adjust for best performance”, and click apply.
Go to control Panel
Click Network Connections.
Right click and select properties.
Go to advanced, and check the firewall.
Go to the run button.
Type msconfig Press ok.
Go to the start up tab. Uncheck everything. Click apply.
Here's how to secure your new notebook.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8463
