Here's some tweaks I've been compiling that really do increase performance--some more than others. And some are just a dbl-click to the way I like windows set up so I don't have to remember where all the option pages are. This isn't complete by any stretch of the imagination, and you may want to Google some of them for your particular setup.
First, some links...
balloon tip disabling
Goto
Custom Services Reg File Tool. He knows alot about service settings.
I got most of the following entries
here.
Here they are; do be careful:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Coolbits (obviously)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\NVTweak]
"Coolbits"=dword:ffffffff
"NvCplEnableAGPSettingsPage"=dword:00000001
"NvCplEnableAdditionalInfoPage"=dword:00000001
"NvCplEnableClearViewPage"=dword:00000001
;timer prioritized for better synchronization in multimedia and recording.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl]
"IRQ8Priority"=dword:00000001
;Removes Briefcase, bitmap, and wav files from "New" context menu. Replaced with .reg and .inf
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.reg\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.inf\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
;Anything over 256K cpu cache, put the size in 2ndLevelDataCache
;LPM is for win2k+agp. The bug is supposedly fixed with xp. Must test with America's Army for 2+hrs.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000000
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000000
"NonPagedPoolQuota"=dword:00000000
"NonPagedPoolSize"=dword:00000000
"PagedPoolQuota"=dword:00000000
"PagedPoolSize"=dword:00000000
"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100
"LargePageMinimum"=dword:ffffffff
;both boot and programs are prefetched below.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003
;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000
;Opens 16-bit apps in a seperate memory space, this increases stability when dealing with 16-bit apps.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WOW]
"DefaultSeparateVDM"="Yes"
;These NTFS tweaks greatly improve file system performance.
;Be careful with win95TruncatedExt. if you deal with files with extensions longer than 3 characters.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001
;This adds the "Open DOS-ish prompt Here" on the right-click menu for folders
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="Open DOS-ish Prompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""
;Edit becomes default action instead of Merge in .reg files--for those of us with a twitchy clicker finger.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\regfile\shell]
@="edit"
;links html files to their connected files
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"NoFileFolderConnection"=dword:00000000
;And some of my own preferences...
;---------------------------------------------------Networking--------------------------------------------------------
; This is the key to fast lan browsing. It no longer has to check scheduled tasks on remote computer.
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]
;increases from 2 to 32 possible connections per server in IE
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020
;Disables QoS.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched]
"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000
;32kb Max tcp window
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:00007fff
;LAN Buffer. Default in hex:1104. Experiment with this one. Higher setting is supposed to perform better in high-latency env.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters]
"SizReqBuf"=dword:00000200
;------------------------------------------------------Mouse Settings-----------------------------------------------
;mouse refresh rate=200 hz
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters]
"SampleRate"=dword:000000c8
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Mouse]
"ActiveWindowTracking"=dword:00000000
"DoubleClickHeight"="4"
"DoubleClickSpeed"="500"
"DoubleClickWidth"="4"
"MouseSensitivity"="10"
"MouseSpeed"="0"
"MouseThreshold1"="0"
"SmoothMouseXCurve"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,a0,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,\
01,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00
"SmoothMouseYCurve"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,a6,02,00,00,00,00,00,cd,4c,\
05,00,00,00,00,00,a0,99,0a,00,00,00,00,00,38,33,15,00,00,00,00,00
"MouseThreshold2"="0"
"SnapToDefaultButton"="1"
;NO acceleration, much like win2k settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse]
"ActiveWindowTracking"=dword:00000000
"DoubleClickHeight"="4"
"DoubleClickSpeed"="500"
"DoubleClickWidth"="4"
"MouseSensitivity"="10"
"MouseSpeed"="0"
"MouseThreshold1"="0"
"SmoothMouseXCurve"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,a0,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,40,\
01,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,00,00
"SmoothMouseYCurve"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,66,a6,02,00,00,00,00,00,cd,4c,\
05,00,00,00,00,00,a0,99,0a,00,00,00,00,00,38,33,15,00,00,00,00,00
"MouseThreshold2"="0"
"SnapToDefaultButton"="1"
"SwapMouseButtons"="0"
"MouseTrails"="0"
;-----------------------------------------------Desktop Preferences---------------------------------------------------
;Explorer behaviors
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Hidden"=dword:00000001
"ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
"DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000000
"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001
"HideIcons"=dword:00000000
"MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000000
"WebView"=dword:00000000
"Filter"=dword:00000000
"SuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"SeparateProcess"=dword:00000000
"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000001
"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001
"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000001
"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000
"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002
"TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000001
"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowNetPlaces"=dword:00000001
"Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001
"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000
"Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000006
"Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000002
"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001
"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000002
"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000001
"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000002
"Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000001
"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001
"Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000001
"Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000000
"Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000001
"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000
"Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000002
"StartMenuAdminTools"=dword:00000001
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001
"FriendlyTree"=dword:00000001
"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000000
"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001
"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000000
"PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000001
;----------------------------------------------------My IE6 Advanced Options--------------------------------------
;You'll have to reset your homepage.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"NoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000001
"NoJITSetup"=dword:0000000
"Disable Script Debugger"="yes"
"Show_ChannelBand"="No"
"Anchor Underline"="hover"
"Cache_Update_Frequency"="Once_Per_Session"
"Display Inline Images"="yes"
"Do404Search"=hex:01,00,00,00
"Save_Session_History_On_Exit"="no"
"Show_FullURL"="yes"
"Show_StatusBar"="yes"
"Show_ToolBar"="yes"
"Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"
"Show_URLToolBar"="yes"
"Use_DlgBox_Colors"="yes"
"FullScreen"="no"
"Window_Placement"=hex:2c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,6e,00,00,00,6e,00,00,00,b7,04,00,00,58,03,00,\
00
"Expand Alt Text"="yes"
"Move System Caret"="no"
"NscSingleExpand"=dword:00000001
"Error Dlg Displayed On Every Error"="no"
"Page_Transitions"=dword:00000001
"FavIntelliMenus"="no"
"Enable Browser Extensions"="yes"
"UseThemes"=dword:00000001
"Force Offscreen Composition"=dword:00000000
"NotifyDownloadComplete"="no"
"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000001
"Friendly http errors"="yes"
"ShowGoButton"="no"
"SmoothScroll"=dword:00000000
"Enable AutoImageResize"="no"
"Enable_MyPics_Hoverbar"="yes"
"Play_Animations"="yes"
"Play_Background_Sounds"="yes"
"Display Inline Videos"="yes"
"Show image placeholders"=dword:00000000
"Print_Background"="no"
"AutoSearch"=dword:00000003
"Use FormSuggest"="no"
"FormSuggest PW Ask"="no"
"Use Search Asst"="no"
;Search with google from the address bar instead of MSN
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\G]
@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
;Kills services after 3 seconds if it is hung instead of default 20. Faster shutdown.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="3000"
;AutoEndTasks, HungAppTimeout, WaitToKillAppTimeout, and ForegroundLockTimeout improve shutdown time or application response if applications are hung.
;MenuShowDelay is the time in milliseconds that it takes for a menu to pop out when hovered over. The default is 400.
;PaintDesktopVersion writes the OS version and build info on the bottom right of the desktop.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"ActiveWndTrkTimeout"=dword:00000000
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
"CaretWidth"=dword:00000001
"CoolSwitch"="1"
"CoolSwitchColumns"="7"
"CoolSwitchRows"="3"
"CursorBlinkRate"="530"
"DragFullWindows"="1"
"DragHeight"="4"
"DragWidth"="4"
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"FontSmoothingOrientation"=dword:00000001
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002
"ForegroundFlashCount"=dword:00000002
"ForegroundLockTimeout"=dword:00000000
"GridGranularity"="0"
"HungAppTimeout"="4000"
"MenuShowDelay"="50"
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000000
"ScreenSaveTimeOut"="600"
"ScreenSaveActive"="0"
"TileWallpaper"="0"
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:b0,12,00,80
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="5000"
"WallpaperStyle"="2"
"WheelScrollLines"="4"
;Disable Windows Picture and Fax preview. It may disable the viewer altogether...
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview]
; Removes shared docs from top of My Computer window
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]
;Speeds up access to AVI files.
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32]
;Removes Language Bar
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}]
@="Language bar"
"MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\System32\msutb.dll,-325"
;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]
"NoRun"=dword:00000001
;recycle bin uses 3% of available space (not 10%)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket]
"Percent"=dword:00000003
;Allows renaming of Recycle Bin
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000
;CD autoplay control. There's like 100 ways to do it, but this seems like the safest to me since I don't know binary too well yet.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]
"AutoRun"=dword:00000000
;status bar in notepad, and give it a nice font
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]
"fWrap"=dword:00000000
"StatusBar"=dword:00000001
"lfFaceName"="Tahoma"
;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000
;kick the search-dog. "scratch, scratch."
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"Use Search Asst"="no"
;Remove the Queue-it-up, Burn to CD right click options on Windows Media Player files.
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]
;Make sure you have an extra carriage return below the last line, or the last line won't take effect.