Let the device run faster

1. Speed ​​up Menu display : Every time you click on a menu on a Windows window, Windows defaults to delaying 400 milliseconds to perform the effect. This is really not necessary when you use Windows XP on computers with a slightly low profile.

To remove it, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl Panel Desktop to MenuShowDelay and set the value to 0 .

2. Put the Windows kernel in RAM : Programs will be faster if included in RAM to use. To put the Windows kernel in RAM, fix the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM CurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management to DisablePagingExecutive . If you set the value to 1 , you accept to include the Windows kernel in RAM to use, but if you don't want to, set its value to 0 .

3. Only Cache what is needed : Windows will proceed to copy the most commonly used components into the Cache buffer to quickly call the executable modules when needed, not read from the hard disk. However this can increase the boot time of the computer and be more severe for the memory management program. Therefore, only load when needed. Changing the parameters of the Prefetching feature can help us solve this problem.

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM CurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management PrefetchParameters to EnablePrefetcher to adjust parameters by values ​​from 0 - 3 .

If you want the machine to boot faster then select 2 . If you want the startup speed of applications faster then choose 1 .

TRAN HUY (Excerpt from Windows XP Hacks )