Optimization
KDawg44
Does anyone have any tips to optimize XP for performance? I am
running XP as a base OS and running several virtual machines in VMWare
Workstation. I would like to have the base XP OS using as little
resources as is possible to save these for the VM's running.
Thanks for any advice.
Kevin
philo
In the control panel
advanced tab
set for best performance
also
might as well turn off system restore
Unknown
This is very poor advice.
philo
Maybe you missed the fact that the OP is running it in a virtual machine
it's easy to just make a spare copy of the entire system prior to
running any experiments
A far better option than System Restore (as an exact clone of the OS is
available)
and one way to squeeze a bit more performance out of the system
Twayne
KDawg44 <kda...@gmail.com> typed:
Start with "Minimal Install" when you install it, vs typical or custom,
whatever their wording is.
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philo <ph...@privacy.net> typed:
> Unknown wrote:
>> This is very poor advice.
>>
>>> also
>>> might as well turn off system restore
>>
>>
>
>
> Maybe you missed the fact that the OP is running it in a virtual
> machine
It looked to me like he was running VMs IN XP, and he wanted an XP install
minimized so it left max resources for the VMs? He didn't seem to care as
much about disk space as he did resources being available.
Rereading it, it still feels that way?
Twayne
>
> it's easy to just make a spare copy of the entire system prior to
> running any experiments
>
> A far better option than System Restore (as an exact clone of the OS
> is available)
> and one way to squeeze a bit more performance out of the system
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Twayne
>
> Does anyone have any tips to optimize XP for performance? I am
> running XP as a base OS and running several virtual machines in VMWare
> Workstation. I would like to have the base XP OS using as little
> resources as is possible to save these for the VM's running.
Actually, if resources are your only interest, once you've done a minimal
install, you then might want to look at Services and turn off as many as can
be done without. Remote access, telnet, etc. etc. etc..
It sounds like all you want XP to do is support VMs so which services and
background tasks you can do without is well beyond me!
Cheers,
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Kevin
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herb, philo <ph...@privacy.net> disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>Maybe you missed the fact that the OP is running it in a virtual machine
The **base** OS is XP.
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philo
> In news:L5CdnS7VLvNtCqLW...@ntd.net,
> philo <ph...@privacy.net> typed:
>> Unknown wrote:
>>> This is very poor advice.
>>>
>>>> also
>>>> might as well turn off system restore
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe you missed the fact that the OP is running it in a virtual
>> machine
>
> It looked to me like he was running VMs IN XP, and he wanted an XP
> install minimized so it left max resources for the VMs? He didn't seem
> to care as much about disk space as he did resources being available.
> Rereading it, it still feels that way?
>
> Twayne
>
>>
>> it's easy to just make a spare copy of the entire system prior to
>> running any experiments
>>
>> A far better option than System Restore (as an exact clone of the OS
>> is available)
>> and one way to squeeze a bit more performance out of the system
>
>
>
yes
indeed I did mis-read
At any rate...my advice to "adjust for best performance"
would make sense in either situation
philo
> On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:01:04 -0600, just as I was about to take a
> herb, philo <ph...@privacy.net> disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>
>> Maybe you missed the fact that the OP is running it in a virtual machine
>
> The **base** OS is XP.
aagh so I made a fool of myself again
sheesh
my apologies to "unknown"
KDawg44
Thanks for all the advice!
Kevin
philo
OK
I think you got the general idea
Twayne
In news:hfadndL6ffVPVqLW...@ntd.net,
philo <ph...@privacy.net> typed:
Agreed.
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