November 17, 2015
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Description of how Windows optimizes the virtual memory to minimize the need for hard pagefaults.
January 21, 2010
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Applications optimized to run on single CPU systems, will perform worse on multi CPU systems.
April 19, 2007
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The hard disk performance is very dependent on the configuration of the disk cache.
February 28, 2006
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Memory manager should only mark a continuous memory block as free when the block has reached a certain size.
February 23, 2006
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How the kernel memory area is divided into the different page pools.
September 25, 2005
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How to increase the amount of memory the NTFS filesystem can use for file operations.
March 6, 2004
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How to increase the allowed amount of concurrent I/O request for a disk controller.
November 15, 2003
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How to change the size of the NTFS transaction log to handle peak loads.
June 19, 2002
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Disabling the page file to prevent Windows from unloading memory to the hard disk.
March 16, 2002
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Control what should happen when a shortcut is detected as being broken.
December 29, 2001
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Microsoft Windows can speed up the launch of application by prefetching the data the application usually request at startup.
November 9, 2001
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Description of different causes and solutions to hard disk performance problems.
March 23, 2001
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How to configure the location of WMI logs and how verbose the logs should be.
March 20, 2001
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Faster boot times by not spending time on detecting non-existing IDE devices.
February 5, 2001
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How to activate performance counters for the different performance objects in Windows NT.
February 5, 2001
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Decide the CPU priority when starting an application.
February 5, 2001
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Prevent that all Windows Explorer instances crashes just because one gets a fatal error.
February 2, 2001
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Configure how the process scheduler should split up the processor slots.
June 6, 2000
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How to configure Windows to use DMA for IDE ATA hard drives.
January 1, 2000
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List of steps to perform before starting a file defragmentation on a hard disk partition.
January 1, 2000
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Prevent the Windows kernel core from being paged to disk.
January 1, 2000
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Different utilities available to keep file fragmentation at a low level, and maintain good hard disk performance.
January 1, 2000
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How to configure memory size of the file cache for faster file operations.
January 1, 2000
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Lower the disk activity by disabling the updating of when a file was last accessed.
January 1, 2000
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Speed up the creation of new files by not creating a 8.3 filename for backward compatibility.
January 1, 2000
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How temporary files cause file fragmentation and different RAM disk options.
January 1, 2000
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Finding the the optimal size and location for the Windows swap file.
January 1, 2000
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Update the DirectX runtime after installing new drivers to prevent conflicts.
January 1, 2000
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Uninstall unneeded fonts to speed up boot times and free memory.
January 1, 2000
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Speed up the Windows experience by disabling unneeded visual effects.
January 1, 2000
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Description of how the drivers and firmware for the computer hardware should be updated to get the best performance.
January 1, 2000
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The Master File Table is the index for all files and directories placed on a ntfs partition and critical for ntfs performance.
January 1, 2000
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Description of how Microsoft Windows requires constant updating to get the best performance.
January 1, 2000
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How to change the cluster size of a partition with description of the different filesystems and their limitations.