Venky
December 5th 03, 01:15 AM
Hi,
To increase the connectivity speed while browsing the
Internet in
Windows XP, you need to make some modifications to the
registry
entries. I recommend you take a backup of the registry so
that
any damage to registry during modification can be restored.
CAUTION: The following steps involve registry
changes. A
registry backup is essential. An
incorrect
registry entry may cause serious system
problems
or prevent the computer from starting. You
will
not be warned of any incorrect registry
entries.
If the registry is not backed up, the only
way to
recover the system is by reinstalling the
operating system.
To backup the registry:
1. Click Start and select Run.
2. Type "Regedit" in the Open field and click OK.
3. Click "File" in the menu.
4. Click "Export" from the drop-down menu.
5. Click the down arrow beside "Save In" and select Local
Disk(C:).
6. Type BACKUP.REG in the File Name field.
is selected.
7. Click Save.
After taking a backup of the registry, change the Registry
settings by following these steps:
1. Click Start, select Run, and type Regedit.
2. Expand the list by clicking the plus (+) sign
beside
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
3. Click the plus (+) sign beside Software.
4. Click the plus (+) sign beside Microsoft.
5. Click the plus (+) sign beside Windows.
6. Click the plus (+) sign beside Explorer.
7. Click the plus (+) sign beside RemoteComputer.
8. Click the plus (+) sign beside NameSpace.
9. Locate the following key:
"{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}"
10. Highlight the key and right-click it.
11. Select Delete and click OK to the warning message.
12. From Registry menu, select Exit.
You do not need to restart the system after performing the
steps.
You will notice the improvement in the performance of your
computer
immediately. The above steps eliminate the need to scan
the
Scheduled Tasks when you access shared files.
Additionally, you can perform the following steps to
improve the
browsing speed in Windows XP:
1. Open a blank file like Notepad.
2. Click File and select Save As.
3. Name the file as "dnstuning.reg" and save it on the
Desktop.
4. Click Start and select Run.
5. In the Open box, type Regedit and click OK. The
Registry
Editor window opens.
6. Click the File menu and select Import.
7. In the open window, select the dnstuning.reg saved on
the
Desktop.
8. Click OK.
The dnstuning.reg file is saved in the registry at the
following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Dnscac
he\Parameters
The following entries are found in the dnstuning.reg:
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d
Close the registry and restart the computer.
This will increase the browsing speed of the Internet in
Windows XP.
Besides, perform these steps to enhance performance by
tweaking the virtual memory settings:
When your computer is running low on Random Access Memory
(RAM) and additional RAM is immediately required by the
system, Windows uses hard drive space to simulate system
RAM. This is known as virtual memory and is often called
the paging file. The paging file is similar to the UNIX
swapfile.
For optimal usage of virtual memory, remove it from slow
or heavily accessed drives and divide the virtual memory
space among as many physical hard drives as possible.
While selecting the drives, please follow these
guidelines:
* Avoid having a paging file on the same drive as the
system files.
* Avoid placing the paging file on a fault-tolerant drive,
such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files
do not need fault-tolerance. Also, some fault-tolerant
systems suffer from slow data writes because they write
data to multiple locations.
* Do not place multiple paging files on different
partitions of the same physical disk drive.
To change the size of the virtual memory paging file,
follow these steps:
NOTE: You must be logged on as an administrator or a
member of the Administrators group in order to complete
this procedure. If your computer is connected to a
network, network policy settings may also prevent you from
completing this procedure.
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and
Maintenance, and then click System.
2. Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under
Performance.
3. Click the Advanced tab and then click Change under
Virtual memory.
4. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that
contains the paging file you want to change.
5. Under Paging file size for the selected drive, click
Custom size, enter the new paging file size in megabytes
(MB) in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) field,
and then click Set .
If you decrease the size of either the initial or maximum
paging file settings, you must restart your computer to
see the effects of the changes made. However, when you
increase the paging file size, you need not restart your
computer.
NOTE:
* To enable Windows to choose the best paging file size,
click System managed size . The recommended minimum size
is equivalent to 1.5 times the size of RAM on your system,
and three times that figure for the maximum size. For
example, if you have 256MB of RAM, the minimum size would
be 384MB and the maximum size would be 1152MB.
* For best system performance, do not set the initial size
to less than the minimum recommended size under Total
paging file size for all drives. Generally, you should
leave the paging file at its recommended size, although
you might increase its size if you routinely use programs
that require a lot of memory space.
To optimize memory usage, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and
Maintenance, and then click System.
2. Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under
Performance.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Perform any one of the following steps:
* If you use your computer primarily as a workstation than
as a server, click Programs to devote more memory to the
programs. The programs will work faster and your system
cache size will be the default size.
* If you use your computer primarily as a server or if you
use programs that require a larger cache, slick System
cache.
The system performance can thus be improved by managing
computer's memory.
Hope every things goes well.
Good Luck !!
Venkatesh
[MCSD]
>-----Original Message-----
>I was trying to browse the web and all of a sudden
>everything began to slow down. It slowed down so much
that
>I was receiving virtual memory warnings and I looked in a
>system resources program and was told there was a 95%
load
>on the system, which was impossible, normally. Then the
>system said it was repairing the problem. Now I have
about
>15-20 "Hot Fix" references in my add/remove programs list
>and when I click to remove, it says that the fixes will
be
>removed if I uninstall them. Is this true or can I just
>remove them? Does anyone know why this could have
>happened? I am now in the process of identifying and
>removing startup items to free up the system. There is a
>lot of extraneous stuff, but it doesn't seem to be enough
>to cause this incident (this never happened in Win98).
>.
>
To increase the connectivity speed while browsing the
Internet in
Windows XP, you need to make some modifications to the
registry
entries. I recommend you take a backup of the registry so
that
any damage to registry during modification can be restored.
CAUTION: The following steps involve registry
changes. A
registry backup is essential. An
incorrect
registry entry may cause serious system
problems
or prevent the computer from starting. You
will
not be warned of any incorrect registry
entries.
If the registry is not backed up, the only
way to
recover the system is by reinstalling the
operating system.
To backup the registry:
1. Click Start and select Run.
2. Type "Regedit" in the Open field and click OK.
3. Click "File" in the menu.
4. Click "Export" from the drop-down menu.
5. Click the down arrow beside "Save In" and select Local
Disk(C:).
6. Type BACKUP.REG in the File Name field.
is selected.
7. Click Save.
After taking a backup of the registry, change the Registry
settings by following these steps:
1. Click Start, select Run, and type Regedit.
2. Expand the list by clicking the plus (+) sign
beside
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
3. Click the plus (+) sign beside Software.
4. Click the plus (+) sign beside Microsoft.
5. Click the plus (+) sign beside Windows.
6. Click the plus (+) sign beside Explorer.
7. Click the plus (+) sign beside RemoteComputer.
8. Click the plus (+) sign beside NameSpace.
9. Locate the following key:
"{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}"
10. Highlight the key and right-click it.
11. Select Delete and click OK to the warning message.
12. From Registry menu, select Exit.
You do not need to restart the system after performing the
steps.
You will notice the improvement in the performance of your
computer
immediately. The above steps eliminate the need to scan
the
Scheduled Tasks when you access shared files.
Additionally, you can perform the following steps to
improve the
browsing speed in Windows XP:
1. Open a blank file like Notepad.
2. Click File and select Save As.
3. Name the file as "dnstuning.reg" and save it on the
Desktop.
4. Click Start and select Run.
5. In the Open box, type Regedit and click OK. The
Registry
Editor window opens.
6. Click the File menu and select Import.
7. In the open window, select the dnstuning.reg saved on
the
Desktop.
8. Click OK.
The dnstuning.reg file is saved in the registry at the
following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Dnscac
he\Parameters
The following entries are found in the dnstuning.reg:
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d
Close the registry and restart the computer.
This will increase the browsing speed of the Internet in
Windows XP.
Besides, perform these steps to enhance performance by
tweaking the virtual memory settings:
When your computer is running low on Random Access Memory
(RAM) and additional RAM is immediately required by the
system, Windows uses hard drive space to simulate system
RAM. This is known as virtual memory and is often called
the paging file. The paging file is similar to the UNIX
swapfile.
For optimal usage of virtual memory, remove it from slow
or heavily accessed drives and divide the virtual memory
space among as many physical hard drives as possible.
While selecting the drives, please follow these
guidelines:
* Avoid having a paging file on the same drive as the
system files.
* Avoid placing the paging file on a fault-tolerant drive,
such as a mirrored volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files
do not need fault-tolerance. Also, some fault-tolerant
systems suffer from slow data writes because they write
data to multiple locations.
* Do not place multiple paging files on different
partitions of the same physical disk drive.
To change the size of the virtual memory paging file,
follow these steps:
NOTE: You must be logged on as an administrator or a
member of the Administrators group in order to complete
this procedure. If your computer is connected to a
network, network policy settings may also prevent you from
completing this procedure.
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and
Maintenance, and then click System.
2. Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under
Performance.
3. Click the Advanced tab and then click Change under
Virtual memory.
4. Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that
contains the paging file you want to change.
5. Under Paging file size for the selected drive, click
Custom size, enter the new paging file size in megabytes
(MB) in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) field,
and then click Set .
If you decrease the size of either the initial or maximum
paging file settings, you must restart your computer to
see the effects of the changes made. However, when you
increase the paging file size, you need not restart your
computer.
NOTE:
* To enable Windows to choose the best paging file size,
click System managed size . The recommended minimum size
is equivalent to 1.5 times the size of RAM on your system,
and three times that figure for the maximum size. For
example, if you have 256MB of RAM, the minimum size would
be 384MB and the maximum size would be 1152MB.
* For best system performance, do not set the initial size
to less than the minimum recommended size under Total
paging file size for all drives. Generally, you should
leave the paging file at its recommended size, although
you might increase its size if you routinely use programs
that require a lot of memory space.
To optimize memory usage, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and
Maintenance, and then click System.
2. Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings under
Performance.
3. Click the Advanced tab.
4. Perform any one of the following steps:
* If you use your computer primarily as a workstation than
as a server, click Programs to devote more memory to the
programs. The programs will work faster and your system
cache size will be the default size.
* If you use your computer primarily as a server or if you
use programs that require a larger cache, slick System
cache.
The system performance can thus be improved by managing
computer's memory.
Hope every things goes well.
Good Luck !!
Venkatesh
[MCSD]
>-----Original Message-----
>I was trying to browse the web and all of a sudden
>everything began to slow down. It slowed down so much
that
>I was receiving virtual memory warnings and I looked in a
>system resources program and was told there was a 95%
load
>on the system, which was impossible, normally. Then the
>system said it was repairing the problem. Now I have
about
>15-20 "Hot Fix" references in my add/remove programs list
>and when I click to remove, it says that the fixes will
be
>removed if I uninstall them. Is this true or can I just
>remove them? Does anyone know why this could have
>happened? I am now in the process of identifying and
>removing startup items to free up the system. There is a
>lot of extraneous stuff, but it doesn't seem to be enough
>to cause this incident (this never happened in Win98).
>.
>