Faster Startup and Shutdown in Windows XP

Some little tricks to give your XP an acceleration while being booted or shutdown.

From 'Run' type 'regedit' (without quotation marks :biggrin: ).

Look for the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\Desktop

Bring two values \"HungAppTimeout\" e \"WaitToKillAppTimeout\" in 1500 (default 20000)

The key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control

Even here, bring the value \"WaitToKillServiceTimeout\" in 1500 (default 5000)

And in order:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\Desktop

Create a new string demonstrating ShutDownWaitTime assigning the value 1500.
With this command indicate how many milliseconds the system must wait until the kernels begin the shutdown procedure.

In Windows XP there is a command that, when run, allows the OS to optimize the programs that are loaded in phases during Startup.

The command is:
Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

From launch through Run ....
Its a batch process that can last several minutes (including a dozen ...), but should, then, optimize what is loaded during startup.

Another thing you can do is act in the 'prefetch' Windows ....
ie, move the folder C:\\WINDOWS\\prefetch and delete all files except Layout.ini

Then modify this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Con trol\\Session Manager\\Memory Management\\PrefetchParameters

Bringing value \"EnablePrefetcher \" 5

Nice solution for speeding up startup and shutdown. I added that quotes to automatically optimize the system :wink:

For those wishing to change or add items to the registry configuration, try only if you are familiar with registry keys and have fair knowledge of it. If you are doubtful, create a backup of the registry, before adding any changes or alterations.

I tried that trick and felt that it doesn't really work. But then observed that there was a slight difference in startup. The trick does not cause miracles, but we certainly see difference in seconds.

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Originally Posted by XDRoX

I tried that trick and felt that it doesn't really work. But then observed that there was a slight difference in startup. The trick does not cause miracles, but we certainly see difference in seconds.

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Well, in terms of performance, much depends on how many applications loaded into memory during startup. If there are many, then many seconds will be saved that can be observed easily.

Thanks ChrisUlrich, this is something that we could learn much anyway.

A disk defragmentation (in my opinion) should be done regularly and maintained at no more than about 20%.
In the end, it is always a good thing to register each time, which may be done with many software in circulation (just always good use search engines :wink: ).

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Originally Posted by ChrisUlrich

Another thing you can do is act in the 'prefetch' Windows ....
ie, move the folder C:\\WINDOWS\\prefetch and delete all files except Layout.ini

Then modify this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Con trol\\Session Manager\\Memory Management\\PrefetchParameters

Bringing value \"EnablePrefetcher \" 5

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Please explain exactly what these files are in prefetch and why this change would improve the performance? And then, only the start / off performance or in general?