Memory and File System

 

The Memory and File System category is clearly the biggest category of them all.

In this category, you will find tweaks that alter the very way, Windows XP works with memory at.

ACCELERATE DLL UNLOADING            Recommended for benchmarking
This tweak affects the swiftness of Windows to unload cached DLLs from the main memory. This tweak makes sure that
no DLL will clog up the RAM by uncaching them quicker. Might be a performance gain in benchmarks, but might slow down
general Windows usage by a small amount

CLEAR PAGEFILE ON SHUTDOWN      No recommendation
This tweak makes Windows clear the pagefile on shutdown. Will make shutdown slower, but might make bootup and paging
a bit faster (marginally)

DISABLE PAGING EXECUTIVE            512MB RAM or more required
This tweak removes the pool of system files that Windows will force to be paged. Instead, they will be loaded into the
RAM. This tweak will use a bit of memory, but will make Windows quicker and more responsive.

FASTER SHUTDOWN                              Recommended for everyone
This tweak alters the speed of Windows application/service shutdown times from 20 seconds to 1, and will make
Windows shutdown around 5 times quicker.

FILE ALLOCATION SIZE TWEAK      Recommended for everyone
This tweak alters the size of the memory file allocation size. The effect is not drastic, but most people see a
(slight) improvement in general responsivity.

OPTIMIZE PREFETCH                            Recommended for everyone
This tweak optimizes the way, the Windows prefetcher works. The prefetcher allocates short bits of applications and
DLL's and speeds up the process of application loading (especially larger applications) by doing so

INCREASE NTFS PERFORMANCE        Recommended for NTFS users
This tweak removes the "Last Access Stamp" from all files. This improves general disk performance by removing
massive bandwidth overhead.

IO PAGE LOCK LIMIT                           Recommended for everyone
This tweak alters the size of the IO paging area in memory. The larger RAM amount you have, the higher a limit
you can set. Improves general performance, especially when loading larger applications.

CLEAR PREFETCH FOLDER              Recommended for everyone
This tweak cleans out the folder with all the prefetches, Windows has allocated. This is recommended to be done
every now and then (for instance, every week) to improve the general Windows performance.

In version 1.5, this tweak has been bug fixed

DEFRAG BOOT FILES                     Recommended for everyone
This function quickly assembles the bootfiles and stacks them together. Speeds up boot performance.

DISABLE ZIP FOLDERS                        Recommended for people with a 3rd party archiving tool
This function uninstalls the builtin ZIP capability of Windows. This frees up resources, but if you want to open
ZIP-files afterwards, you will need a 3rd party application, like WinZip or WinRAR.

ULTRA-FAST BOOTING                         Recommended for everyone
This is a multi-stage tweak. First, it moves the bootfile to the edge of the drive, after which it defrags the
system drive. Can reduce Windows boot time substantially, sometimes more than 300%

 

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