Tweaking Optimizing Windows.pdf - GEGeek

BootKeys=1
BootMenu=0
BootMenuDefault=1
BootWin=1
DisableLog=1
Doublebuffer=X - if have large FAT32 partition (10 Gigs+) or a SCSI hd, I use setting of 1 for the X.
if have a FAT32 partition, (under 10 Gigs), or using FAT16, disable this by inserting a 0 for the X
Drvspace=0 - should be 1 if you are using a compressed drive
Dblspace=0 - should be 1 if you are using a compressed drive
LoadTop=0
Logo=0
Network=0
Uncheck floppy search
Go to control panels\system\ - click on filesystem and then floppy disk tab and uncheck search for new floppy disk drives each time
your computer starts for a quicker boot up.
13. Edit system.ini for best settings
Goto windows folder, right click on system.ini and click edit. Change or add these settings under [386Enh]
32BitDiskAccess=ON
To turn on 32-bit disk access in Windows for maximum performance. To disable 32-bit access ONLY for
troubleshooting purposes (NOT recommended), replace ON with OFF.
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
Windows 98/ME ONLY: To disable the "PageFile_Call_Async_Manager" feature that allows the Memory Manager to asynchronously
write out swap file buffers during VFAT idle times. This reverts swap file usage back to Windows 95 style, and forces the use of the
computer's physical memory (faster) first, before the use of the slower hard disk virtual memory (swap file). Default is enabled (0).
Only recommended if you have 256 meg + RAM.
DMABufferSize=64
This ensures that your DMA devices always have enough memory allocated.
(Note: Only use if you have one or more DMA enabled devices installed and enabled). Affects ALL I/O (Input/Output) DMA
operations: soundcard FM/wavetable, MIDI playback/recording, disk buffered reads/writes. Default value is 16. In Windows 9x/ME
this can also be done in: Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager tab -> System devices -> Direct memory access controller ->
Settings tab -> check Reserve DMA buffer box -> 64 K bytes reserved -> OK -> OK
PageBuffers=32
This setting buffers the hard drive to RAM which is more efficient than letting Windows dynamically handle the buffer .
Change or add these settings under [vcache]
Minfilecache= ?
Set the minimum value to 10% of your installed system RAM, multiplied by 1024.
(Example: 256 x .10 = 25.6 x 1024 = 26214).
I prefer using Cacheman for this purpose http://www.outertech.com
Maxfilecache= ?
Set the maximum value to 25% of your installed system RAM, multiplied by 1024.
(Example: 256 x .25 = 64 x 1024 = 65536). I prefer using Cacheman for this purpose.
Chunksize= ?
The most commonly used values are 128, 256, 512, 1024, and 2048 . On WinMe,1024 seems to work the best.
If you have a very large Harddrive, (30Gig +), you may want to set this value to either 2048 or 4096. I prefer using Cacheman for
this purpose.
As a rough guide :-
RAM MinFileCache MaxFileCache
8 MB 1024 2048
16 MB 2048 4096
32 MB 4096 8192
64 MB 8192 16384
128 MB 16384 32768
256 MB 32768 65536
14. Use a RamDisk
The ram disk XMS which in my view is the best can be extended to up to 2 GB, depending on the installed RAM. This RAMdisk
driver works with EMS and XMS. Here is a solution to keep your hard drives "filthy clean". I use XMS/EMS RAMdisk v1.9i for DOS
ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/ramdisk/fu_rd19i.zip
to create a 46MB RAM disk (H:) in extended memory, by adding a Autoexec.bat line
LH XMSDSK.EXE 46080 H: /C1 /T /Y
46080 = RAM size in k
H: = desired drive letter