Techniques to Optimize and Speed-Up Windows PC Using Registry

Here are the 4 most important registry tweaks with which you can speed-up your windows PC.
Place Windows Kernel into RAM
1) Go to Start–>Run and type regedit which open registry editor window

2) From the left pane navigate through the path

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINGSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSessionManagerMemoryManagementDisablePagingExecutive

Set the value data to 1 (default is 0 as show in the figure) which will disable paging and make kernel run in RAM

windows-kernel

Increase Menu Speed: To increase menu speed you have to decrease the hexadecimal value data set under MenuShowDelay in registry.

to do it edit the registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktopMenuShowDelay to a value less than 400.

set it to zero if you want your menu to be shown real quick. (default is 400)

menu-show-delay

Edit DWORD value of Prefetching Parameter ‘EnablePrefetcher’
Enter into registry editor and goto

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementPrefetchParameterEnablePrefetcher

set the hexadecimal value data to a higher number than the default value.
Prefetching-parameter

Disable 8.3 name creation in NTFS
Set the Registry DWORD Key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_SYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlFileSystemNtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation (to 1)

disable-8.3-name-creation-in-ntfs

Now Exit registry and restart for the changes to take affect.

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  1. Floyd Walser

    Awesome and interesting tips. It’s really very helpful.

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