Tweaking Optimizing Windows.pdf - GEGeek

Click Analyze, click ok, click Action, click view report, scroll threw the report and look for Total MFT Fragments. One Fragment is the
optimal number. To defrag the MFT click Action, click Boot-TIme Defragmentation, click on the appropriate drives, click Defragment
the MFT, click Set, restart the PC. The MFT is defragged during the boot process and can be lengthy.
32. Increase master file table allocation
When a NTFS drive is formatted it by default reserves 12.5% of that drive for the Master File Table. The MFT contains information
about the files on the drive. This includes size, date and permissions. If lots of files are expected to be added to this drive it is
recommended to increase the size of the MFT before formatting the drive. When a file is accessed Windows 2000 must also read
the MFT for file attributes. A heavily fragmented MFT will slow access to files on the drive. By default Windows NT allocates 12.5%
of the drives free space to the MFT. The values for this registry setting are 1=12.5% 2=25% 3=37.5% 4=50%.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
and add the key NtfsMftZoneReservation with the REG_DWORD value of 2.
33. Increase interval of printer browsing announcement packets
This will decrease network traffic and increase local and wide area network speed. By default Windows NT sends out broadcast
packets every 36,000 milliseconds (36 seconds) by default to update the printers list. You can increase this interval to decrease
network broadcast traffic.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print
and change the following key
ServerThreadTimeout with the REG_DWORD value of 72,000 milliseconds (number of ms).
34. Reboot on blue screen of death
There are those rare cases when a system fault/error/crash ends up freezing the OS at the dreaded BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death),
which displays the cause of the crash and gives some details about the state of the system when it crashed. If you are a system
administrator, requiring your servers to run non-stop 24/7, this can be a pain in the neck. To bypass the BSOD altogether and
enable the instant "Auto Reboot" feature, run Regedit and go to:
- Windows NT/2000:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\CrashControl
- Windows XP/2002:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl
Right-click on the "AutoReboot" String value in the right hand pane -> select Modify -> change it to read 1 -> click OK
CHAPTER [4]
OPTIMIZING WINDOWS 2000 TIPS
(i also advise reading through XP and NT tips as a lot of these also apply)
1. Add/Remove Win2K Components
A common complaint about Windows 2000 Professional is that once you set up the OS, you don't have the option to change the
installed components such as WordPad, Calculator, and so on. It turns out there's a relatively easy fix. Using Notepad or another
plain-text editor, open up the SYSOC.INF file from the \Windows\Inf folder, and remove all instances of the word HIDE. Save the file
and re-open the Add/Remove Program applet in Control Panel. You should now have the option to change components.
2. Turn off not needed services
See Option 1 in Optimizing Windows XP chapter 4, as this is the same and explains what each service does in detail. Also check out
Black Vipers website at www.blkviper.com as this details the services very well indeed. Before we go on one point to remember is
that by changing the Startup Type of services to Manual, Windows can still start the service if needed.
System services are actually small helper programs that provide support for other larger programs in Windows 2000. Many of the
services are set up to run automatically each time you start Windows 2000. However, if you're not using the larger programs that
these services are designed to support, these services are simply wasting RAM that could be put to better use by your applications.
While the word 'Disable' is used here to describe the idea that you'll remove these services from memory, what you'll really be
doing is changing the startup setting from Automatic to Manual. When you do, the services won't automatically start each time you
launch Windows 2000 Professional. However, Windows 2000 will be able to manually start the services if they're needed. That way
you won't be unnecessarily wasting RAM, but you won't be crippling your system either.
If you have 2000 on a LAN at home you can probably crank all these off... Unless you do peer to peer style workgroup networking
without your NT box as a Domain Server or controller! Inside Control Panel, Set these Services to manual via the MMC.EXE console
in the Administrative Tools folder.
Description of services in windows 2000
Alerter
notifies selected users and computers of administrative alerts. If this service is turned off, applications that use the NetAlertRaise or
NetAlertRaiseEx APIs will be unable to notify a user or computer (by a Message Box from the Messenger service) that the
administrative alert took place. Set to Manual if you aren't connected to a network. If you are connected to a network set it to
Automatic, this will enable your System Administrator to be informed when something goes wrong in your system, which may aid
them in Diagnosing, & fixing the issue