How do I improve my computer's performance ?

**Jigsaw's Bitch** · 07-16-2011

Registry Tips:

Better Overall Performance: Go to Start->Run and type in regedit in the search bar.
When the regedit window opens, go through the folders as directed:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/SessionManager/Executive
Set the AdditionalCriticalWorkerThreads and AdditionalDelayedWorkerThreads to a decimal between 1 and 25.
Your startup and performance will be faster; If your a gamer, set both keys to 5. If you're a multi-tasker, you should set it around 15.

Faster Speed and Stability:
a.) Go to Start->run, type in regedit in the search box. When the Registry Editor window appears, navigate as directed:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/PriorityControl
Change the value of Win32PrioritySeparation from 2 (default) to 38 then close regedit.
b.)Go to Control Panel-> Folder Options-> View, then tick the "Launch folder windows in separate process" box. From now on, Windows will open any new window in its own memory and in separate process priority.
NOTICE:This will increase stability and speed but use much more RAM than before.

Improve Performance:
Go to Start->Run type in regedit in the search box and in the regedit window, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/SessionManager/MemoryManagement/DisablePagingExecutive
Set the value to 1.
Making this value to 1 is good when debugging drivers because all of the code and data are always memory resident. It also improves performance on machines with a lot of RAM, because it prevents disk reads to get code or data.

Increase Startup and Item opening time:

Go to Start->Run->Type regedit, and in the regedit window, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/SessionManager/Click on MemoryManagement/LargeSystemCache
Set it to 1. Your PC should be faster, but It MAY take up more space on your hard drive.

Increase NTFS Format Drives, Flash Drives, Hard Drives, External etc:

Go to Start->Run->regedit and in the regedit window, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Filesystem
Look for NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and set it to 1, NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation = 1,
NtfsMftZoneReservation = 1. If you don't have it, right click anywhere, click new,
Dword, and name it NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and set it to 1.

Restart your computer and all changes that have been made will become active. Your computer should be faster in a lot of different ways.