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		<title>Use process affinity to lock application to a single core</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Applications optimized to run on single CPU systems, will perform worse on multi CPU systems. 
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		<title>Activate ACHI to enable Native Command Queuing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Native Command Queuing (NCQ) can improve hard disk performance, as it optimizes the order to execute read and write commands. 
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		<link>http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-sata-achi-ncq.html</link>
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		<title>Optimize processor power management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Use power management to throttle the processor when idle, and get a cool CPU temperature. 
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		<link>http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-cpu-state.html</link>
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		<title>Change the Vista file copy to perform like in earlier versions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Configure the file copying method to use cached I/O requests instead of non-cached. 
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		<title>Description of the hard disk cache</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The hard disk performance is very dependent on the configuration of the disk cache. 
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		<link>http://smallvoid.com/article/hard-disk-cache.html</link>
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		<title>Disable the page file to avoid using the slow HDD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Disabling the page file to prevent Windows from unloading memory to the hard disk. 
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		<link>http://smallvoid.com/article/windows-disable-page-file.html</link>
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		<title>Disable the automatic updating of file access time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lower the disk activity by disabling the updating of when a file was last accessed. 
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		<link>http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-ntfs-last-access.html</link>
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		<title>Disable creation of DOS compatible 8.3 filename</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Speed up the creation of new files by not creating a 8.3 filename for backward compatibility. 
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		<title>Configure the page file for best performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finding the the optimal size and location for the Windows swap file. 
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		<link>http://smallvoid.com/article/windows-page-file.html</link>
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		<title>Configure the Master File Table for the NTFS partitions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Master File Table is the index for all files and directories placed on a ntfs partition and critical for ntfs performance. 
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