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Windows for the Jedi:Optimizing Windows XPTuning the performance of your Windows XP Professional workstationKurt Shintaku Principal Technology SpecialistMicrosoft Los Angeles Forward “I don’t feel in control of Windows” Reminisce about the days of… AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.SYS, SMARTDRV.EXE WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI QEMM, ODI drivers, NDIS drivers Windows for Workgroups 3.11 provided geeky levels of tweaking DOS, TCP/IP, INI files It’s all there. The tools just changed. Regedit.exe, Services.msc, Resource Kit tools 3rd party tools Why did it get slow? Non-optimal or default configuration Network designed for generic scenarios Video disk drivers installed are usually generic Compatibility forever! Higher average number of processes Growth in average process count due to installations SVCHOST.EXE processes growth Conflicting execution threads Serial requests kill performance Escalating bottlenecks Max disk efficiency is 50% used or less Every network I/O filter slows performance Memory usage at 80% always swaps system Immediate performance Operational efficiency Memory Disk What can we do about it? OS Optimization Reducing boot time Reducing shutdown time System resource optimization Clearing Temp History Files Resource Performance Tuning Disk Network Memory Application Performance Tuning Optimizing Internet Explorer Optimizing application execution Cool Windows XP add-ons tools From the “duh” fileThings that should be looked into before anything else Current drivers Updated BIOS firmware Updated adapter drivers Disk considerations Always use NTFS; Never use FAT32. Indexing service: Just say no. Display performance (Optional) Don’t use a desktop picture Minimize the number of icons on your desktop Disable themes OS Optimization Reducing Boot Time through Drivers System Resources Reduce boot time Understand Windows boot What software is loading How long is each taking Optimize what Windows loads at boot Remove unnecessary applications/u