REMIX_23 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 (edited) Speed Up Boot Times I - Probably safe but of dubious value.Speed Up Boot Times II - Safe, negligible value, possibly annoying.Speed Up Boot Times III - Potentially slightly unsafe and of dubious value.Free Up Memory - Safe but brain damaged.Ensure XP Is Using DMA Mode - Potentially unsafe if the device doesn't support DMA but potentially very beneficial. This is the only item on the list that's likely to have a noticeable effect. It's also the only item that can cause serious, possibly irreparable, damage.Add Correct Network Card Settings - No idea what this does.Remove Annoying Delete Confirmation Messages - Not safe if you're careless.Disable Prefetch on Low Memory Systems - Safe but unwise. Edited January 13, 2006 by jcl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 I don't thing one would see too much of an improvement. Maybe a slight one... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sethook Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 ?Might want to put them right next to the "free lunch counter". What is the nature of the problem you are trying to solve? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
REMIX_23 Posted January 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 no problem im just seeing ways i can improve performance even though its very good right now but yea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 While tweaking Windows can be a fun and interesting, and it's FREE, the gains are going to be minimal. IMO, the time you spend researching, tweaking, testing, and undoing the ones that cause problems, will never -ever- be recovered by any speed gains (which will mostly be in the milleseconds range). If you feel you need more speed, hardware upgrades are far more likely to result in meaningful speed gains (but they're not free, unless you have 'sources'). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhema7 Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Remove Annoying Delete Confirmation Messages - Not safe if you're careless.I agree 100%. I cannot tell you how many times this has saved me esspecially since I tend to bypass the recycle bin out of habit (I delete very large file or many at a time weekly)Preston Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 (edited) Speed Up Boot Times I - Probably safe but of dubious value.This one is very helpful if you have a slow computer or a computer with a slow harddrive. I did this on my old laptop and it has helped slightly but noticeably (barely). Edited January 15, 2006 by Sir_Siddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 (edited) Speed Up Boot Times I - Probably safe but of dubious value.This one is very helpful if you have a slow computer or a computer with a slow harddrive. I did this on my old laptop and it has helped slightly but noticeably (barely).Do you happen to know why? [Clarification: Do you happen to know which directories were responsible?] Edited January 15, 2006 by jcl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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