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Optimize the System Cache  (Windows NT/2000/XP)

 

This setting controls whether the system cache is optimized for a Desktop computer or network server. Network servers usually require more memory dedicated to file caching, while desktop computers require more memory for running software applications.

Open your registy and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'LargeSystemCache' using the settings below.

Registry Editor Example
| Name Type Data |
| (Default) REG_SZ (value not set) |
| LargeSystemCache REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0) |
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| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ Session Manager\Mem... |
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Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ Session Manager\
Memory Management]

Name: LargeSystemCache
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: "0" for Desktops; "1" for Servers

 

Warning: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.

Improve Core System Performance (Windows NT/2000/XP
 

On systems with large amount of RAM this tweak can be enabled to force the core Windows system to be kept in memory and not paged to disk.

Open your registy and find the value in the key below.

Change the value to '1' enable the tweak and stop the core process from being paged, or set it to '0' for the default.

Note: This tweak may effect some software that relies directly on the Windows swap file such as Adobe Photoshop.

Registry Editor Example
| Name Type Data |
| (Default) REG_SZ (value not set) |
| DisablePagingExecutive REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1) |
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| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memo... |
-

Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\
Memory Management]

Name: DisablePagingExecutive
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = default, 1 = disable system paging)

 

Warning: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.

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