Comments on: The complete guide to optimizing Windows XP http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:24:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/#comment-162747 Andrew Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:44:20 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/#comment-162747 1. Cacheman includes a performance slowing RAM optimizer and other useless tweaks such as IOPagelocklimit. 2. The Paging File information is total nonsense, leave it at system managed. 3. Turning off System Restore does not improve performance. 4. The /prefetch:1 switch is a total Myth 5. Deleting Temp Files does not improve performance, it only improves Disk Space and irresponsibly telling people to create a useless Batch file that runs at system shutdown to delete these will REDUCE shutdown times. 6. ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 is a total Myth and does absolutely nothing on Windows XP. This guide also includes other erroneous items that have not been proven to improve performance or is simply bad advice. It should be called the "The Completely Guide to Useless and Performance Slowing Tweaks". Oh and Optimising should be spelled - Optimizing 1. Cacheman includes a performance slowing RAM optimizer and other useless tweaks such as IOPagelocklimit.

2. The Paging File information is total nonsense, leave it at system managed.

3. Turning off System Restore does not improve performance.

4. The /prefetch:1 switch is a total Myth

5. Deleting Temp Files does not improve performance, it only improves Disk Space and irresponsibly telling people to create a useless Batch file that runs at system shutdown to delete these will REDUCE shutdown times.

6. ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1 is a total Myth and does absolutely nothing on Windows XP.

This guide also includes other erroneous items that have not been proven to improve performance or is simply bad advice. It should be called the “The Completely Guide to Useless and Performance Slowing Tweaks”.

Oh and Optimising should be spelled – Optimizing

]]> By: gnome http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/#comment-88276 gnome Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:57:04 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/#comment-88276 Everything seems to be working fine for me.. and, my, what a brilliant site! Everything seems to be working fine for me.. and, my, what a brilliant site!

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]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/#comment-88086 Martin Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:06:02 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/#comment-88086 he has hard drive problems, thought they were fixed.. just wait a day, will be back up he has hard drive problems, thought they were fixed.. just wait a day, will be back up

]]> By: Thinker http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/#comment-88085 Thinker Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:54:33 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/06/the-complete-guide-to-optimizing-windows-xp/#comment-88085 that site does not work any more that site does not work any more

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