Registry Faster Editor

16. Open Regedit by clicking Start>Run and type in regedit.

17. Once Regedit is open, click the plus symbol next to
 the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder, the plus symbol next to Control Panel,
 and then click the Desktop folder icon to display its contents.
 In the right pane, double-click MenuShowDelay to change its value.
 (This Registry location is referred to as HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL\PANEL
\DESKTOP\MENUSHOWDELAY.) The default Value Data is 400, or 4/10 of a second.
Change the Value Data to 0 for the least delay, and click OK. This will make
menus appear instantly on your computer instead of having a delay.

 18. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\CONTROL\FILESYSTEM.
 Right-click Filesystem, select New, and DWORD Value. Rename NewValue#1 on
the right-side pane to DisableNTFSLast-AccessUpdate. Double-click this new
entry, change the Value Data field from 0 to 1, and then click OK. This disables
the constant updating of the dates when a file or folder were last updated.
 This will speed up the system.


19. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER.
 Create a new DWORD Value called DesktopProcess, and set its Value Data to 1.

 20. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand Control Panel, and click Desktop.
 Double-click the AutoEndTasks string and change the value to 1. This causes
all of the components of the explorer to run in one process, making your computer
 faster.

      There is a caveat for some users here. Do not make this change if you
 are not running at least a Pentium processor and 16 MB of physical memory.
 Dating Blogs.

 21. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, expand SOFTWARE, expand Microsoft, expand
 Windows, and expand CurrentVersion. Right-click Explorer, expand New,
click Key, and name the new key AlwaysUnloadDLL. Click AlwaysUnloadDLL,
 double-click the Default string, and change the value to 1. Windows tries
to keep some DLL's in memory when the program uses them. If a user has
low memory, this can cause performance issues.

 22. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand Control Panel, and click Desktop.
 Double-click the HungAppTimeout string and change the value to 1000. Now,
 double-click the WaitToKillAppTimeout, string and change the value to 2000.
 This sets your system up to more efficiently handle application hangups.
 It also will optimize the amount of time a system takes to close a program
 when you try to end Windows.

 23. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, expand System, expand CurrentControlSet,
 and click Control. Double-click the WaitToKillServiceTimeout string and
change the value to 2000. This optimizes the time that it will take for
 Windows Services to close when the system is set to shut down.

  24. Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER, expand Control Panel, click Desktop,
and double-click the MenuShowDelay string in the right-hand pane.
Change the value to 100. This will cause Desktop menus to appear almost instantly.

  25. Close regedit.

 26. Set Recycle Bin to 1-3 percent of the hard drive
      space. To do this, right click on the Recycle Bin. Select properties.
 Move the slider down to the desired amount and click Ok. By default,
the Recycle bin takes up too much of your space.

 27. To ensure DMA is in use, click Start, right-click My Computer,
click Properties, select the Hardware tab, and click Device Manager.
 Expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers entry, double-click the entry
for the channel where your hard drive is installed (most likely the
Primary IDE Channel), and use the Transfer Mode drop-down menu to
select DMA If Available if PIO Only mode is selected. Click Ok, reboot,
and recheck the setting to make sure it sticks. When this is enabled,
it will allow information from your CD/DVD to go straight to memory,
 bypassing the system processor and speeding up the system.

You should notice markedly increased speeds in your computer. Remember
that this is not a "do once and forget it" procedure.

Crud is constantly building up in your computer, so make sure and set
 up a maintenance plan to keep your computer clean.

It's important to keep your Windows registry clean, and that takes regular
 computer maintenance. If you can get your windows registry cleaner,
you can speed up your PC dramatically. This alone will prevent your computer
 from running slow.