We can change a lot of windows settings by tweaking the WINDOWS REGISTRY according to our choice. These tweaks can make your windows run faster with improved efficiency & performance. We can user some third party utility (like TWEAKUI) or WINDOWS REGISTRY EDITOR for the tweaking. Here I am giving some simple Registry Tweaks which you can do yourself by using the windows registry editor.
IMPORTANT : Tweaking windows registry can be dangerous if not done properly. In worst case scenario windows may not boot at all or some of your software / applicantion may not work. I do not take any responsibility if any data loss occurs. Proceed at your own risk.
PRECAUTION : Backup your registry or it will be better if you make an Image of your System before proceeding with registry editing.
A Faster NTFS File System
If you use the NTFS file system, you can improve performance by making some changes in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Filesystem
Change the following registry values, as you wish:
DisableNTFSLastAccessUpdate = 1 (last file access is no longer registered).
NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation = 1 (no more double filenames: long names and the old 8.3 variant (the 8.3 file notation is used for the older Windows versions).
NtfsMftZoneReservation = 2 (if there are many files on a partition, the master file table (MFT) can get fragmented, with this tweak there will be no more fragmenting of the file master file table (default value = 1, range 1-4).
1 comment:
A few things you should be aware of before making these changes. Do not think that NTFS is a slow file system. In terms of overall performance NTFS is superior to FAT32.
DisableNTFSLastAccessUpdate:
Generally harmless but don't expect much from this. This updating is not usually a problem unless there are a large number of folders, according to Microsoft about 70,000.
NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation:
Be warned that DOS and 16 bit Windows applications rely on these short names. Some older applications and installers also require them. Even some older Microsoft applications require short names. Most systems will gain little from this.
NtfsMftZoneReservation:
Setting this to 2 or higher will generally not be useful unless you have a very large number of small files. For a typical Windows installation this would not be appropriate. Also note: this is a one way change, you cannot go back.
Most users will be well served by default settings.
Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA
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