Boost windows performance? – 4247 days old

[tim]

Try this little tip I found :

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...inme;mode=flat

Reboot after the reg change!

I have applied this tweak and there seems to be a small performance boost and no ill affects. I will do some more checking.

Please post results back here for others to see.

Thanks.

[AmStoned]

tim:

Am I doing this right? There was no PriorityControl Folder in my Reg, so I added that. Would you please check my handy work?

[tim]

That is not right.

Delete the 'hive' you just created (the proper name for registry 'folders') then get the text file below, rename it so it has a .reg extension and double click on it to update the registry.

NOTE : this reg tweak are only suitable for Win2K or XP

[tim]

You want this one for Win95/98/ME

Same instructions as above!

[AmStoned]

Got it. Thanks. I'll report the results next time I restart my system.

[James]

You have to rename .txt to.reg .Then double click the file,it will automaticaly enter it's self into the registry.

I.m sure You know already,but just incase(never double click a .reg file) unless You know what it will do.

[tim]

Just how much of the weed have you had today eh?

Ok lets try figure this out.

1) What OS you running?
2) Why does your post show the reg data double spaced?
3) Where do you get the good stuff from?


EDIT : doh you guys jumped in whilst I was typing

[AmStoned]

Everything's in, restarted system, and ummm.... no changes, I'll give it a few more days. BTW, I'm running ME.

tim: I got my bong and pipes here http://www.greensmoke.net

[M.i.S. Nemesis]

I tried this on my Win2K OS and I have no idea if this work or not. Atleast it didn't break my OS.

[tim]

I found that some people got performance gains by using this reg 'hack', that's all.

Try is and see what you think!

[muckshifter]

No workie for me



WinME say's its not a .REG file? (yes I did pick the right one & renamed it)

[tim]

My guess is you need to set explorer to show file extentions otherwise you just rename a .txt file to .reg.txt so it's still a text file.

You need to get at the .txt extesion and change that.

Good luck.

[muckshifter]

[tim]

That be mighty strange that

Do it this way instead :

Start > Run > type 'regedit' and press enter.

Navigate to...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Control
\PriorityControl

On the right hand pane that shows the values, right click and create a new DWORD entry called "IRQ8Priority" (without the quotes). Then double click on the new entry and change the value to 1.

Close regedit and you're all done!

[muckshifter]

Thanks Tim, but NO ... \PriorityControl ... in my registry.

Should I make one?

[tim]

It seems that WinME is a funny old beast (no! really?) and have some of these seemingly vital reg entries missing

It's ok to create the relevant key(s) if you need to. It will either use the values there or just ignore it

IMHO WinME is an awefull mess of an OS, stick with Win98se (or Win2K) if you can!