Speed up your PC - Run Windows kernel in RAM

Posted on 02 March 2007


It is a known fact that anything that runs in the RAM will be much faster than something that has to access the hard disk or the virtual memory. The same is the case with the Windows Kernel which is the heart of Windows.

Normally the kernel uses the slower Paging Executive functions to run. But if you could somehow make it run from the RAM then you can really get a considerable boost in your computer speed. Here is how you can do that with just a simple Registry hack. But this hack is advisable only if you have atleast 256 MB of RAM.

Note: Always make a backup of your registry before attempting any kind of changes to it.

Windows Kernel RAM

Go to Start>Run. Type ‘Regedit‘ and hit enter.

In the registry editor go to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive and change the value to “1“.

Close the editor and restart Windows. Your computer should perform faster now.

If for some reason you want to revert back, just change the value back to ‘0‘.

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4 Comments For This Post

  1. Atul says:

    i couldnt find this key in my registry ..+
    :
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
    the only option under memory management is PrefetchParameters
    : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters

  2. Suresh says:

    @Atul: If the key does not exist you can create a new key by the name ‘DisablePagingExecutive’ under Memory Management and set it’s value to 1.

  3. Atul says:

    doenst seems to make any diffrence ..

  4. cjw says:

    The key is inside the Memory Management folder, alongside the sub folder Prefetch Parameters.

    On the left window pane, select Memory Management. Now in the right window pane look for the DPE key.

    Thanks Suresh.

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