!!! 4 Tips to speed up your windows xp !!!

[Skybuck Flying]

Hi Folks,

After seeing the 5 bullshit tips on the microsoft website I thought I'd
share with you some real improvement tips for those people that don't know
these tips yet Here goes:

1. Disable "error reporting" (registry tweak needed).
2. Disable "dll cache" (command line command needed).
3. Disable "auto backup/restore points"
4. Disable "last access time"

One last tip in case background processess do not get enough time:
5. Disable "foreground boost option" for more equal time slices.

I won't explain how to do it, you'll have to google for information

Here is a short explanation about the tips:

1. Very infuriating. Every time a program crashes (which could happen a
lot), a stupid error report is made which could take long, after it's done
it ask if you want to send it to microsoft, do you really think microsoft
uses all these reports ? get real... in other words if you click no, the
****ing report was build for nothing and windows just wasted your valuable
time !.

2. Very bad for performance. The dll cache is a folder on the harddisk...
How stupid ! At least my dutch dictionary says: "a cache is a fast storage
place etc". Harddisk are not fast at all lol.. especially not for many i/o
operations. Anyway it seems windows back's up commonly used dll's,
compressess them, encrypts them, decompressess them, decrypts them, and
compares them, and loading and storing ofcourse... All in all very much
wastefull overhead. My dll cache was once 500 MB !!! After disabling it
(setting it to 1 MB) the performance of my system skyrocketed... like no
longer long stupid harddisks spins/waits... the DLL cache probably got so
full because I compressed my drive and later decompressed it etc... windows
got all confused and didn't recognize the dll's and starting comparing them
to the dll cache or something... I dont know what the cause is or if it's
normal or not... the only thing I know is that the DLL cache is a
performance killer !

3. Auto backup/restore points are totaly ****ing useless and waste harddisk
space and processing power etc... A better solution is to use a special
backup utility like norton ghost etc... for full system backup and easy
restore... and/or a simply backup your data with winzip etc.

4. Last access time... everytime a file or folder is accessed it needs to be
updated requiring more harddisk i/o operations... this is a small
performance improvement but still For some apps it can help a lot =D For
example when a app needs to build a folder tree... etc.. it's much faster
now

5. Little tweak.. windows will default boost the application which has
focus... which could possibly starve background processess etc...

Thanks to these tweaks my windows xp has be running like a little sun we say
in dutch =D for the past few years

Ofcourse I am always willing to listen to people who know other major or
small performance tweaks Dont bother about posting the graphical wizard
to turn off special graphic effects... I know that one already lol.. that's
pretty easy thx to the wizard but don't hestitate if you know anything
else

Bye,
Skybuck.

 

[milleron]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:21:52 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"

snip

3. Auto backup/restore points are totaly ****ing useless and waste harddisk
space and processing power etc... A better solution is to use a special
backup utility like norton ghost etc... for full system backup and easy
restore... and/or a simply backup your data with winzip etc.

OK, try installing Ghost 9 on an SP2 computer and let me know what
happens. I get a BSOD with every boot and have to rename the Ghost
driver (pqv2i.sys) every time before I can get into XP. Symantec
acknowledges the problem, and gave me some lame-ass workaround
involving opting out of SP2's new Data Execution Policy. I did that,
but Ghost 9 still give me BSODs.


Ron

 

[Plato]

uses all these reports ? get real... in other words if you click no, the
****ing report was build for nothing and windows just wasted your valuable
time !.

Spend some of your "valuable time" learning how to speak like an adult.

 

[dr ratt]

Spend some of your "valuable time" learning how to speak like an adult.

his spelling was spot on.
word choice, on the other hand.....

dr ratt

 

[Skybuck Flying]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:21:52 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"

snip

OK, try installing Ghost 9 on an SP2 computer and let me know what
happens. I get a BSOD with every boot and have to rename the Ghost
driver (pqv2i.sys) every time before I can get into XP. Symantec
acknowledges the problem, and gave me some lame-ass workaround
involving opting out of SP2's new Data Execution Policy. I did that,
but Ghost 9 still give me BSODs.

Ghost consists out of a few parts:

1. The installation software.
2. The ghost backup/restore utility.
3. The ghost explorer.

The bad thing about ghost is that it has a windows installer which is
ofcourse bullshit.

The good thing about ghost is that the actual backup/restore program is a
dos program and can be copied onto a ms-dos bootdisk or bootcd.

That's the most important part since it allows to make a full system backup
indepedant of windows. Quick backup, Quick restore all from a simply ms-dos
bootdisk/program to/from cd's or tapestreamers.

(compared to stupid windows which first needs a stupid windows installation
to be able to do something with the windows backup's lol if they are not
destroyed allready since they are mostly backed up on the harddisk itself
which is ofcourse useless in case of a harddisk crash !).

Your problem is probably with the ghost explorer... which is unfortunate
since ghost explorer allows you to explore your backup... but it's not
needed to restore it.

That's why I adviced to make a special data backup in case ghost (or any
other backup software) fails.

Bye,
Skybuck.

 

[locust]

Spend some of your "valuable time" learning how to speak like an adult.

Ah, what the hell, so he used a few choice words, at least he took the
time to give us the benefit of his wisdom.

And other than your sarcastic remark what kind of computer wisdom do
you have for us (if any)?

Locust

 

[Killian]

1. Very infuriating. Every time a program crashes (which could happen a
lot), a stupid error report is made which could take long, after it's done
it ask if you want to send it to microsoft, do you really think microsoft
uses all these reports ? get real... in other words if you click no, the
****ing report was build for nothing and windows just wasted your valuable
time !.

I agree. I think Windows XP was created by people on crack.

 

[S.Heenan]

I agree. I think Windows XP was created by people on crack.

If that's your opinion, I suggest you install a linux distro.

Post back with your impressions.

 

[name]

If that's your opinion, I suggest you install a linux distro.

Post back with your impressions.

There's a registry entry to disable Dr. Watson. Do a Google on it.
And after you disable Dr. Watson no more reports, dumps, etc..., and no more
time wasted.

john

 

[ElJerid]

1. Very infuriating. Every time a program crashes (which could
I believe all those reports go into a "bugs data base", where most frequent
and/or critical problems are selected to work on. Where do you think are the
new service packs or updates coming from???

 

[timmy]

hmmm, hardly ever seen those...now that I've gotten rid of my
AIW...but it's nice to find out of hardware / software compatibility
issues, so some of these suggestions are counter productive. It's nice
t know what works and what doesn't without beating your self up...(and
everyone around too ...)

FYI

 

[Bob]

I had the same problem with Ghost after installing SP2. I switched to
Acronis True Image and have not had any problems with it.

http://www.acronis.com/

 

[P2B]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:21:52 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"

snip



OK, try installing Ghost 9 on an SP2 computer and let me know what
happens. I get a BSOD with every boot and have to rename the Ghost
driver (pqv2i.sys) every time before I can get into XP. Symantec
acknowledges the problem, and gave me some lame-ass workaround
involving opting out of SP2's new Data Execution Policy. I did that,
but Ghost 9 still give me BSODs.


Ron

I have Ghost 9 working reliably on a dozen or so SP2 systems. It was
quite painful, mostly because Symantec won't admit they have no answers,
so instead they lead you astray with nonsense about DEP and disabling
services to the point your system is useless. They even offered a refund
when I refused to disable anti-virus in order to run Ghost.

To be fair, I suspect Microsoft's .net cruft is the root cause. If you
want to write software to back up the system partition while windows is
running, you don't have a choice - gotta use .net

I have found that Ghost 9 works reliably on a fresh XP SP2 install if
you install .net 1.1 and all updates _before_ installing Ghost. Also
seems to work on an existing installation if you uninstall Ghost, clean
out all references to Ghost (and any previous references to PowerQuest
Drive Image) from the registry, install and update .net 1.1, then
install Ghost.

Symantec also told me that saving disk images to a Samba share wasn't
supported, but it turns out Ghost simply doesn't know how to set file
permissions and works just fine if you configure Samba to override
Ghost's attempts to shoot itself in the foot.

Ghost 9 is Drive Image 7 with Symantec badges. It was great software
before Symantec acquired it, but they'll probably screw it up before
they understand it.

P2B

 

[JS]

There's a registry entry to disable Dr. Watson. Do a Google on it.
And after you disable Dr. Watson no more reports, dumps, etc..., and no more
time wasted.

To disable error reporting:

Start > Run > sysdm.cpl > Advanced > Error Reporting

To tweak "System failure" settings such as automatic rebooting:

Start > Run > sysdm.cpl > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings

 

[Killian]

If that's your opinion, I suggest you install a linux distro.

Post back with your impressions.

No I would much rather be reminded every god damned 10 seconds to
activate it, take the tour, or to install a virus scanner with the
only way to disable these balllons being registry hack. Lazy bastards
at Microsoft couldn't even put an easily accessable option to turn the
bubbles off or at least reduce the frequency that they come up and
block my screen. Not everyone needs to be prodded in the ass every 10
seconds.

 

[Rob]

No I would much rather be reminded every god damned 10 seconds to
activate it, take the tour, or to install a virus scanner with the
only way to disable these balllons being registry hack. Lazy bastards
at Microsoft couldn't even put an easily accessable option to turn the
bubbles off or at least reduce the frequency that they come up and
block my screen. Not everyone needs to be prodded in the ass every 10
seconds.

Umm.. take a peek at the check the boxes shown under the "Taskbar and
Start Menu" listing of Microsoft's "Tweak UI". See where it says
"Enable Balloon Tips"? Uncheck it. Lots of other good tweaks there
also and a free download on M'soft website. Course they could have just
added more bloat to Windows, that many wouldn't want or know how to use,
if you'd prefer! Also you can stop the Virus Notifications by going to
Control Panel>Security Center>and under the Resources block on the left
side, click on the Change the way Sec. Center alerts me. All that and
no registry hacks needed! Course if you like to fool with the registry,
as I do, enjoy.

Rob

 

[Skybuck Flying]

To disable error reporting:

Start > Run > sysdm.cpl > Advanced > Error Reporting

To tweak "System failure" settings such as automatic rebooting:

Start > Run > sysdm.cpl > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings

Thx for reminding me of this option.

I have turned off automatic rebooting (since default I think it was on on
xp ) to see any blue screens and error messages if I ever get them

Hopefully I won't regret turning it off... probably not

Bye,
Skybuck

 

[Bill Turner]

Start > Run > sysdm.cpl > Advanced > Error Reporting

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It was interesting to find out that sysdm.cpl launches the System tool
from Control Panel. Is there a list of similar files which launch
various Windows functions?

 

[JS]

JS wrote:





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It was interesting to find out that sysdm.cpl launches the System tool
from Control Panel. Is there a list of similar files which launch
various Windows functions?

Just navigate to %systemroot%\system32 in Explorer and search for:

*.cpl

 

[JS]

Thx for reminding me of this option.

I have turned off automatic rebooting (since default I think it was on on
xp ) to see any blue screens and error messages if I ever get them

Hopefully I won't regret turning it off... probably not

You might if you're remotely accessing the machine and it crashes