
Here’s a way to make XP even faster, by making
sure that Operating System functions stay in memory
(RAM), because memory is much faster than your
hard disk. Try this: Click on Start, on Run, and then
type REGEDIT and click OK or press the Enter. The
word REGEDIT is not case-sensitive. Now double-
click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Drill down by
opening System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Memory Management. Right-click on the
DisablePagingExecutive entry located in the right
pane (side) of your screen and select Modify. In the
Edit DWORD Value dialog box, type the number “1”
(without the quotes) in the Value data eld. Click OK
and then close the Registry Editor. Finally, make sure
you don’t have any open programs, and restart your
computer so that the change you made can take effect.
Lastly, it seems that our Windows XP computers
just get bogged down with stuff we don’t want or
use. One way to get more performance out of your
computer is to disable the “last access/update”
feature. The NTFS le system in Windows XP
maintains last access/update details for each le
and directory on your computer’s hard drive. This
information is useful sometimes but for most of us,
this may not be of much use most of the time. This
process takes a lot of resources from your computer,
so it may make sense to disable it. Once you have
done that, you’ll still have access to last modied
information for les and folders. Here’s what you
need to do. Click on Start, Run, and at the prompt type
REGEDIT and press the Enter key. Now click to open
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and then drill down by
clicking on SYSTEM and then on CurrentControlSet,
Control and nally on FileSystem. On the right
side of the Regedit screen, look for the data key
“NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate.”
Double-click on that key and then just set its value
to 1. Click OK to save the change and then close
the Registry Windows. The next time you boot-up,
this change will take place and give you a bit more
performance from your Windows XP computer. That’s
it so…
Not really, but after all that it is probably time to relax
and forget the PC for awhile, so be careful out there
while you enjoy all the fun things to do with your new
toys and on the ‘net.
Aloha, Lou
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Why Update your Computer? - continued
Especially if your neighbor has an open, unpatched,
unprotected system. Adding the protection of an
outbound rewall to Windows can also help plug leaks
and alert you to behavior by friendly programs that
you may still want to control.
The way I look at these four lines of defense is the
same way I would if a bear is after me. I can’t outrun
the bear. What I can do is make it less likely that the
bear will come after me. That is the same attitude I
want you to take: Make your computer less open to the
bears coming after it.
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