Improve Core System Performance (Windows NT/2000/XP)

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Improve Core System Performance (Windows NT/2000/XP)
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This tweak can be easily applied using WinGuides Tweak Manager.
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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 registry 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.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

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


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
DisablePagingExecutive	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	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)

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Disclaimer: 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.

Last Modified: September 18, 2001

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