useing extra memory to increase speed?

[Dissolved]

i have 768mb of ddr, and ive heard you can change something to use more of it to increse system speed....? it had something to do with virutal hhd space or something.. any one know? the most ive ever used is about 300mb...
thanks

[HaM]

You mean virtual memory? Thats just when you dont have enough memory for programs or apps running on your computer, so your harddrive sets a temporary amount that it controls, so the programs and apps can be run better. So if you need 800mb of memory, and you only have 768, your harddrive will compensate that 32mb of memory.

[Dissolved]

yea... but isnt there a way i could use my extra memory to speed my system up? ive heard if u have too much extra it would slow your system down a lil..

[TranceBear]

Originally posted by Dissolved
yea... but isnt there a way i could use my extra memory to speed my system up? ive heard if u have too much extra it would slow your system down a lil..

What OS? If it is Win9x then you are wasting time with that much memory. If it is 2000 or XP you can turn virtual memory off and increase performance.

[Dissolved]

Originally posted by TranceBear


What OS? If it is Win9x then you are wasting time with that much memory. If it is 2000 or XP you can turn virtual memory off and increase performance.

2k pro sp2... where do i turn it off?

[TranceBear]

Originally posted by Dissolved


2k pro sp2... where do i turn it off?

I am not sure in 2000 but in XP I go to system prop.-performance-advanced.

[Dissolved]

anyone know?

[soil]

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001
"NTfsMftZoneReservation"=dword:00000002
"ContigFileAllocSize"=dword:00000200

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Serial]
"RxFIFO"=dword:00000010
"TxFIFO"=dword:00000010

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\NetBT\Parameters]
"CacheTimeout"=dword:000dbba0
"BcastQueryTimeout"=dword:000000fa

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"AutoDisconnect"=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Browser\Parameters]
"MaintainServerList"="No"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters]
"MaxCmds"=dword:00000014
"MaxThreads"=dword:00000014

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\WOW]
"DefaultSeparateVDM"="yes"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\SubSystems]
"Optional"=hex(7):00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="10000"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Print]
"ServerThreadTimeout"=dword:00072000
"SpoolerPriority"=dword:00000013

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanManServer]
"SizReqBuf"=dword:00001204

[Dissolved]

what are all those reg hacks for?

[soil]

ooops...I mean the second reg hack is what is being looked for...forget the rest