WinXp.... Active Desktop & System Restore...Disable??

[montego]

Im interested in tweaking for peak GAMING performance.

Do System Restore & Active Desktop in WinXp slow my gaming down?

How the heck do you disable Active Desktop in WinXp? :disgust:

 

[Junior0579]

I have seen several posts in the past about WinME that say System Restore=bloat and will slow your system down. I am running XP Pro and decided to benchmark it both ways to find out. With 3Dmark2001 SE and PCMark2002 I did not gain any additional performance from disabling System Restore. As far as I can tell it just takes up disk space, but doesn't affect performance.

I don't know about Active Desktop.

 

[Derango]

Active Desktop is disabled by default, at least, thats how it is on my XP installation.
If it is enabled though, It will probably slow down the system slightly.

 

[SoulAssassin]

<< I have seen several posts in the past about WinME that say System Restore=bloat and will slow your system down. I am running XP Pro and decided to benchmark it both ways to find out. With 3Dmark2001 SE and PCMark2002 I did not gain any additional performance from disabling System Restore. As far as I can tell it just takes up disk space, but doesn't affect performance.

I don't know about Active Desktop. >>



If you're not creating a restore point during the benchmark then you won't notice the difference. Trust me, it does slow the system down. During the me beta program (I'm a real tester), I put together numbers for M$.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

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[Derango]

I would also recommend keeping system restore enabled. You never know when you might need to use it to get your system to boot 🙂

System Restore and driver roll-backs have saved me from so much frustration, its unbelieveable.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

<< How the heck do you disable Active Desktop in WinXp?[/b] :disgust: >>


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