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April 2nd, 2002, 01:05 AM
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Diskcache plays a very important role in WinXP. However, the default I/O pagefile setting of XP is conservative, which limits the performance. Some better values for different RAM are given below.
1. run "regedit";
2. goto [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr
ol\Session Manager\Memory Management\IoPageLockLimit];
3. modify the value in Hex depending on the size of your RAM:
RAM: modified value(Hex)
64M: 1000;
128M: 4000;
256M: 10000;
512M or more: 40000.
4. reboot.
Though some good tools (such as "Cacheman") can do this, it is an interesting experience for you to work it out by yourself and let your XP fly.
To create this key, do the following:
1. Go to Edit\New\DWORD Value
2. Name the registry key you just created to IoPageLockLimit
3. Double Click on the registry key and type in the value accordingly and also double check the Base is set at Hexadecimal
This is a registry key that exists by default in Windows 2000 Pro. I wonder why MS left this key out on Windows XP?
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April 2nd, 2002, 02:06 AM
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Yes, I have... Running mine with a value of 40000 as you can see in the image file you got from my post here.
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April 2nd, 2002, 03:34 AM
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haha.. NDC caught ya on that one.. lol
yes that tweak does help out a bit BTW
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April 2nd, 2002, 04:43 AM
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so if I do this tweak will my PC run faster in XP, or will XP not gobble up my ram as it does, or what does this tweak do? | |
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April 2nd, 2002, 04:46 AM
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I have just followed that path but have no IoPageLockLimit entry | |
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April 2nd, 2002, 04:52 AM
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That's because that key doesn't exist. You will have to create it... Quote:
To create this key, do the following:
1. Go to Edit\New\DWORD Value
2. Name the registry key you just created to IoPageLockLimit
3. Double Click on the registry key and type in the value accordingly and also double check the Base is set at Hexadecimal
This is a registry key that exists by default in Windows 2000 Pro. I wonder why MS left this key out on Windows XP?
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April 2nd, 2002, 05:05 AM
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April 2nd, 2002, 07:59 AM
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Haha...sorry NDC, I wasn't trying to copy you on that one...it's jus that I didn't see any results/comments from that post and I wanted a few users opinions before I attempted it. You still da man!
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April 2nd, 2002, 08:47 AM
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No harm done... After all, the posts there are for people to view!  | |
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April 2nd, 2002, 09:12 AM
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What's the default value? | |
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