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<blockquote data-quote="TairikuOkami" data-source="post: 933968" data-attributes="member: 61892"><p>Usually SSD manufacturer's take care of that, if you use it's tool to maintain SSD. When I want to trim, it applies optimizations automatically.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]255201[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="Or you can do it manually"]</p><p>[CODE]rem n - Disable Background disk defragmentation / y - enable</p><p>reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction" /v "Enable" /t REG_SZ /d "n" /f</p><p></p><p>rem 0 - Disable Background auto-layout / Disable Optimize Hard Disk when idle</p><p>reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OptimalLayout" /v "EnableAutoLayout" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p></p><p>rem 0 - Enables 8dot3 name creation for all volumes on the system / 1 - Disables 8dot3 name creation for all volumes on the system / 2 - Sets 8dot3 name creation on a per volume basis / 3 - Disables 8dot3 name creation for all volumes except the system volume</p><p>rem fsutil 8dot3name scan c:\</p><p>fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1</p><p></p><p>rem 1 - When listing directories, NTFS does not update the last-access timestamp, and it does not record time stamp updates in the NTFS log</p><p>fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 3</p><p></p><p>rem 0 - Establishes a standard size file-system cache of approximately 8 MB / 1 - Establishes a large system cache working set that can expand to physical memory, minus 4 MB, if needed</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "LargeSystemCache" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f</p><p></p><p>rem 0 - Drivers and the kernel can be paged to disk as needed / 1 - Drivers and the kernel must remain in physical memory</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "DisablePagingExecutive" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f</p><p></p><p>rem 0 - Disable Prefetch / 1 - Enable Prefetch when the application starts / 2 - Enable Prefetch when the device starts up / 3 - Enable Prefetch when the application or device starts up</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /v "EnablePrefetcher" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p></p><p>rem 0 - Disable SuperFetch / 1 - Enable SuperFetch when the application starts up / 2 - Enable SuperFetch when the device starts up / 3 - Enable SuperFetch when the application or device starts up</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /v "EnableSuperfetch" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p></p><p>rem 0 - Disable It / 1 - Default</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /v "EnableBootTrace" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /v "SfTracingState" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p></p><p>rem Superfetch</p><p>sc config SysMain start= disabled</p><p></p><p>rem Windows Search</p><p>sc config WSearch start= disabled[/CODE]</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is problematic, there are too many dependencies. EventLog is used by UAC, installers, etc. I have disabled only diagnostics. You can check loggers via perfmon command.</p><p>[SPOILER]</p><p>[CODE]reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\DiagLog" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\Diagtrack-Listener" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f</p><p>reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\WiFiSession" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f[/CODE]</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I use <a href="http://radeonramdisk.com/software_downloads.php" target="_blank">AMD RAMdisk</a>, because it is digitally signed, but free version is limited to 4GB only.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Are hard links any better or it does not matter? I just create soft links.</p><p>[SPOILER]</p><p>[CODE]taskkill /im chrome.exe /f</p><p>taskkill /im GoogleUpdate.exe /f</p><p>takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" /r /d y</p><p>icacls "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c</p><p>icacls "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" /inheritance:e /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c</p><p>xcopy "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" "Z:\Chrome" /s /i /y</p><p>rd "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" /s /q</p><p>mklink /d "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" "Z:\Chrome"[/CODE]</p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/131182-create-soft-hard-symbolic-links-windows.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>I disable pagefile since XP, when I had 4GB and I had problem maybe once or twice, since the software required pagefile, and even that was years ago.</p><p>The only problem can be, if a software requires more RAM than it is available. I had Deus Ex crashing, because it used 12GB RAM and I had only 16GB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TairikuOkami, post: 933968, member: 61892"] Usually SSD manufacturer's take care of that, if you use it's tool to maintain SSD. When I want to trim, it applies optimizations automatically. [ATTACH alt="capture_03102021_083927.jpg"]255201[/ATTACH] [SPOILER="Or you can do it manually"] [CODE]rem n - Disable Background disk defragmentation / y - enable reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction" /v "Enable" /t REG_SZ /d "n" /f rem 0 - Disable Background auto-layout / Disable Optimize Hard Disk when idle reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OptimalLayout" /v "EnableAutoLayout" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f rem 0 - Enables 8dot3 name creation for all volumes on the system / 1 - Disables 8dot3 name creation for all volumes on the system / 2 - Sets 8dot3 name creation on a per volume basis / 3 - Disables 8dot3 name creation for all volumes except the system volume rem fsutil 8dot3name scan c:\ fsutil behavior set disable8dot3 1 rem 1 - When listing directories, NTFS does not update the last-access timestamp, and it does not record time stamp updates in the NTFS log fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 3 rem 0 - Establishes a standard size file-system cache of approximately 8 MB / 1 - Establishes a large system cache working set that can expand to physical memory, minus 4 MB, if needed reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "LargeSystemCache" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f rem 0 - Drivers and the kernel can be paged to disk as needed / 1 - Drivers and the kernel must remain in physical memory reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "DisablePagingExecutive" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f rem 0 - Disable Prefetch / 1 - Enable Prefetch when the application starts / 2 - Enable Prefetch when the device starts up / 3 - Enable Prefetch when the application or device starts up reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /v "EnablePrefetcher" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f rem 0 - Disable SuperFetch / 1 - Enable SuperFetch when the application starts up / 2 - Enable SuperFetch when the device starts up / 3 - Enable SuperFetch when the application or device starts up reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /v "EnableSuperfetch" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f rem 0 - Disable It / 1 - Default reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /v "EnableBootTrace" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /v "SfTracingState" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f rem Superfetch sc config SysMain start= disabled rem Windows Search sc config WSearch start= disabled[/CODE] [/SPOILER] This is problematic, there are too many dependencies. EventLog is used by UAC, installers, etc. I have disabled only diagnostics. You can check loggers via perfmon command. [SPOILER] [CODE]reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\DiagLog" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\Diagtrack-Listener" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger\WiFiSession" /v "Start" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f[/CODE] [/SPOILER] I use [URL='http://radeonramdisk.com/software_downloads.php']AMD RAMdisk[/URL], because it is digitally signed, but free version is limited to 4GB only. Are hard links any better or it does not matter? I just create soft links. [SPOILER] [CODE]taskkill /im chrome.exe /f taskkill /im GoogleUpdate.exe /f takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" /r /d y icacls "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" /inheritance:r /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c icacls "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" /inheritance:e /grant:r %username%:(OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c xcopy "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" "Z:\Chrome" /s /i /y rd "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" /s /q mklink /d "%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome Beta" "Z:\Chrome"[/CODE] [/SPOILER] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/131182-create-soft-hard-symbolic-links-windows.html[/URL] I disable pagefile since XP, when I had 4GB and I had problem maybe once or twice, since the software required pagefile, and even that was years ago. The only problem can be, if a software requires more RAM than it is available. I had Deus Ex crashing, because it used 12GB RAM and I had only 16GB. [/QUOTE]
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