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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -16/+168the quickest way to show you're an ***** is bitch about linux when the topic is about windows.
- damentz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+53Sooooo innacurate! What this guy tells you to set the priority to is also the default, 2. And the separate process tweak only effects EXPLORER windows. By loading then im separate processes instead of in the same thread, if one crashes, it doesnt take the rest in the same thread. And if you dont use explorer for excessive file managing it doesnt matter how much ram you have for this "tweak"
As for the process tweak, heres the math
Foreground to Background ratio;
3:1 add 2
2:1 add 1
1:1 add 0
Lengths of the quanta to be;
Variable lengths, add 4
Fixed lengths, add 8
Intervals of the quanta to be;
Shorter, add 32
Longer, add 16
38 = 3 to 1 ratios, Variable length, Short interval.
The value of 2 is used as a reserve, sort of like a preset to 38 to make it simpler. - Mesach, on 10/12/2007, -6/+54See your problem resides in the fact that apparently all you do with a computer is browse the internet.
- hello2usir, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33This is ridiculous. There is no registry key that will make all of your programs magically start splitting into different instances.
When you start a Windows program, Windows will always give it its own process. At that point it's up to the application to decide what to do. Some continue to run, while some check for a previous instance, pass control to it, and close. It is entirely dependent on how the application was written. - bigred, on 10/12/2007, -9/+30The real question, do you change it to 0x38 or 38?
There's a slight difference between hex 38 and decimal 38. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+26"See your problem resides in the fact that apparently all you do with a computer is browse the internet."
Wrong! All I do with a computer is playing Solitaire. I never browse the internet. - Mesach, on 10/12/2007, -6/+20Yeah, because his deadline had been pushed back so many times that they are forcing them to write it as is, so that they will meet thier final deadline
- barakatx2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13thats how it works on digg
- proudcanadian, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18There are so many "tweaks" and "hacks" out there to speed up XP, and most of them dont do a thing. I have learned that sometimes leaving it how it was is best. Lets face it, there must be a reason that a coder in Microsoft made it the way it is.
- topato, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14The Legend of Sol Taire is a battle simulator, designed for only the most elite of warriors.
Solitare = Serious Buisness - steely, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13"maybe forgo the trip to dominos pizza for 2 nights, and upgrade"
Maybe put your kid in cloth diapers for a couple weeks, and upgrade. - Skeuomorph, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9reason = os has to run on lowest common denominator machines
- hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10http://support.microsoft.com/?id=102987
According to that, what is being said is wrong. - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Nothing will fix Windows. Nothing.
- jiub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5the real question is who doesn't play 9 simultaneous games of solitaire?
- artanis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7This guy has no idea what he's talking about. That seperate processes per folder option is EXPLORER ONLY. The priority hack will not speed up application load or even run speed. Article fails miserably, buried.
- DigitAl56K, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Please mod the article as innacurate and don't mess your system up with this hack. If you want to optimize Windows XP for *user programs* (not processes) there is an option provided in the System control panel, and it's set this way by default. There is no such thing as "optimizing for processes". Think about it: If your programs are already taking 100% CPU time there is no more CPU you can allocate to them. The option in the System control panel does let you ask Windows to prefer user programs over services, though.
As for opening folder windows in a new process, that only affects explorer (the Windows shell). It will have no effect on your other software whatsoever, except that if you have this option on and there are many explorer Windows open you may have less free physical memory available because each copy of the process will need it's own heap/stack. - artanis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4MS hardcoded a connection limit into tcpip.sys. They capped the number of connections you can open over a certain number of seconds, trying to prevent viruses from spreading as fast... except it affects more than just viruses, bittorrent for one. (maybe the only one?)
- crexor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9can anyone say firefox + memory leak, this "tweak" is very handy for instances such as this, and naysayers for "eats your ram alive" . I use tabs on firefox, and still open multiple windows, one window with digg/all front page/spy stories tabbed, the other window with email, the other with things such as my webmin frontend to my Ultra60 and other misc things in it. Maybe its time to move into the 21st century of computing, 1gig of ram can be had for under 50 dollars, and trust me its worth it, maybe forgo the trip to dominos pizza for 2 nights, and upgrade.
- guttertrash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4its so funny the stuff that gets to front page. i think people should haf to pass a minimum iq test before being given authority to digg/submit.
- JeffH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sorry.
- Technopundit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Will this improve my gas mileage?
- Mesach, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5There is, its called Firefox, Opera, or any of the numerous other browsers.
- Mesach, on 10/12/2007, -9/+12HMM, I thought because I'm getting dugg down for my comment and Dylan16807 is being dugg back up that maybe I was wrong, but i tested it again in Office 2003 2 seperate books only occupy 1 excel instance, and I am NOT able to drag them seperately between the monitors...
Why am I being dugg down, for being correct? - daedal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4As far as I know, and I might be wrong on this, but all that option does is separate each Explorer window as a different processes so if one crashes or ceases to respond, it doesn't bring down all the other ones with it.
- artanis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4No, it doesn't.
- bury, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You're not confusing Windows Explorer with Internet Explorer, are you?
You mention alternate browser, and unless that means file browser, I think you confused which Explorer they mean. - Bensch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Except that when Firefox goes down, it takes every single FF window out with it.
- motivr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3most of those xp "tweaks" cause some side effects or don't improve performance noticeably. Why would'nt MS include those "tweaks" via Windows Updates / Service Pack if those were that good? 99% of XP tweaks are worthless IMO. except for the famous TCP/IP tweak. (although this one also has some side effects depend on connection type)
- suspect23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I never said that the setting improves anything. All I said was that, the fact that its not listed on MS's KB article does not make it "wrong" as in an invalid entry. Not all features of Windows are documented by MS.
But since I'm already dugg down -- you guys are ***** if you're trusting a random article on dugg for a performance tweak in the first place. - JeffH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2HELP!
I changed it to 38 without reading, what was the default value? - shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Sblader5
My machine also has this "tweak" on it. I am running windows x64 Pro. I have also done atleast two other "tweak" guides but, i dont think that it was in any of those. I have also run multiple apps that claim to make windows faster (ex. Inteli hyperspeed 2005, game thruster, ect.) so those might have also applied it. - Mesach, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There is no feature in Tools >> options that will allow you to do what
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@Mesach: Because you never went into the preferences and told Excel to open more than a single instance per file. Trust me, the setting is there, and it's VERY useful for some people.
- Gir1337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Using the same logic, there must have been a reason that Microsoft left in all those simple security vulnerabilities. One such example is nolmhash. Set it to 1, for god's sake. It's there to store the password as an LM hash and an NTLM has. NTML hash is much harder to crack than the lm hash because it has a lot "salting" if you will (seemingly random digits in the hash). LM hash is only used by Windows 98 and down I believe. Can brute force those puppies pretty quick ^_^
- gilsmethod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I apologize for the typo on the article with regards to the hexadecimal value, corrections were made on the article - I also included some sources that cite this specific tweaks functionality. Thanks for the feedback!
- bury, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1As mentioned earlier (several times), the default value is two.
- Viral, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Everything mentioned here refers to Internet Explorer, but either way they're one and the same when it comes right down to it. You can't really uninstall IE, since it's part of the Windows shell. You can change/update the version, but not much else. The base program is always there.
- Hurricane, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There are patches that work perfectly to overcome this "fix".
- robbyt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I agree with your point, but perhaps if microsoft gave a bit more info on what options such as this actually do, people wouldn't try to feel their way around in the dark?
- wharlie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Its decimal 38, hex 26.
You can do the same by clicking "Programs" then apply in "Processor Scheduling" in "My Computer - Performance Options".
Its weird because MS set it in the registry to default of 2 but when you use the GUI as above it changes it to 38 even though the GUI doesn't tell you this.
If you want to see it happen, open have regedit open while you change it in the GUI, make sure to refresh regedit to see the changes.
The GUI is a lot safer, especially for people not familiar with the registry, I don't know what affect hex 38 would have on your PC, if someone wants to try go ahead. - thefinger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2including the so called elite diggers
- Hurricane, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2System Properties > Advanced > Performance - Settings Button > Advanced.
This option allows you to easily switch between Priority 1 and 2. As far as I can tell priority 0 is undocumented. - rhizome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Though they both have an impact, I'd say there's a difference between consuming energy by operating machines and consuming slightly less energy and replacing it with piles of plastic-covered paper towels smeared with *****.
Maybe I'm weird, though. - stuffhappens, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Reusable nappies or disposables? No difference, says green report
Lucy Ward, social affairs correspondent
Thursday May 19, 2005
The Guardian
Parents trying to do their bit for the planet by pinning their infants into reusable nappies might as well have been using disposables, according to a report published yesterday.
A study by the Environment Agency into the environmental impact of disposable and reusable nappies found there was "little or nothing to choose between them".
The drain on the environment in terms of raw material use and energy of manufacturing disposables and dealing with the waste was equal to the impact of generating energy to run washing machines and dryers for cloth nappies, the report concluded. - Burritovision, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0examine www.timetravelisforsuckers.blogspot.com for a few tips on cpu usage! maybe your machine can go faster. numerous factory software de-tweaks seem standard. =(
- thefinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'd dearly love to find the little bed wetters who dugg you down for your comment
- SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5The internet? They have that on computers now?
- thefinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0leave prefetch alone
xp manages it well enough on its own
you'll get a performance drop if you clear that folder, though a temporary drop
it's another one of those bs xp myths that have been floating around for years - kaboegel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0according to my local voodoo witch singing 'always look on the bright side of life' backwards while starting up Windows makes it run 20-40% faster
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