Because Random Access Memory (RAM) is so much faster than first storing it to your hard drive and then in turn, re-conjuring back from your hard drive into memory to use with any specific application (am I showing my age, or what?)… make sure that XP’s Operating Systems function’s stay in memory (RAM). Here’s how.
- Hold down the Windows key, and then press the |R| key on your keyboard to invoke the Run dialog box.
- In the Open: box, type: regedit and then press the |Enter| key (to accept the command) and take you directly the XP’s Registry Editor.
- Look for and then double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and then drill down the tree, making sure to select each of the following in order…System\ > CurrentControlSet\ > Control\ > Session Manager\ > Memory Management
- Right click on DisablePagingExecutive (right side pane), and then select Modify (from the context menu).
- In the Edit DWORD Value (dialog box), type in the number 1 in the Value data field.
- Click OK, and then back out of the Registry Editor and return to the Desktop.
- Now, restart your computer for the changes that you have just made to take affect.
Note! The Registry Editor in Windows XP allows you to save the registrymodification of every entry you modify or change, so you can quickly find it. Just make sure to give it a specific name that you can remember in the future. Sometimes, long, long into the future. HINT! That’s why I suggest, you copy it to a Notepad, Wordpad, or Word document and keep it safely intac either on your Desktop or in your My Documents folder.
Also, instead of restarting your computer in the normal steps as outlined above, try using this keyboard shortcut: Windows key + U (keyboard key) + R (keyboard key), e.g. WinKey + U + R.
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