Aug
05

Speed Up Windows (VMs & Physical)

Paul Shannon Microsoft 2008-08-05

I’ve found a multitude of blogs that point out that significant performance enhancements can be attained by disabling the File Last Access Time Check registry key in Windows Server 200x& XP.

I tried it and it does indeed make a difference, but don’t just take my word for it as Microsoft have disabled it by default in Vista & 2008.

Check out these blogs for various discussions about it:

Give it a go, unless of course you run an application that depends on this parameter being updated.

Address: http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/08/speed-up-windows-vms-physical/
« 3Par Announce VMware VDI Storage Suite
Changing A Mislaid ESX Root Password »
Trackback

2 comments untill now

  1. Carlo Costanzo @ 2008-08-05 21:44

    Thanks for the Link!

  2. Basic things to do when creating a Microsoft Server Gold Build for use on a VMware ESX Template. | @ 2008-08-07 19:20

    [...] Last Access tracking – May bring a slight performance increase. Click here for details. [from Stuart [...]

Add your comment now