misc: registry keys to speed up terminal server

i'd link you directly to the article if i knew where it was. it might be somewhere on redmondmag.com. anyway, this is a summary of a pretty good article greg shields put together. i believe you can find this stuff from doug brown at dabcc.com if you're interested.

• disable IE flickering:
• hkcu\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main
• Force Offscreen Composition
• dword: 1

• disable file locking (do not use with database apps):
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanworkstation\parameters
• UseLockReadUnlock
• dword: 1

• disable ntfs last-accesed time stamping (use at your own risk):
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\filesystem
• NtfsDisable LastAccessUpdated
• word: 1

• disable lazy rights:
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\parameters
• IRPStackSize
• dword: 15

• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanworkstation\parameters
• UtilizeNT Caching
• dword: 0

• disable paging kernel mode drivers and system code to disk (improves kernel performance?):
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\currentcontrolset\control\session manager\memory management
• DisablePagingExecutive
• dword: 1

• increase network request buffer size:
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\parameters
• SizReqBuf
• dword: 1024 to 65535

• increase available network buffers and open connections (may get rid of logoff session hangs):
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\currentcontrolset\services\lanmanserver\parameters
• MaxWorkItems
• dword: 8196
• MaxMpxCt
• dword: 2048
• MaxRawWorkItems
• dword: 512
• MaxFreeConnections
• dword: 100
• MinFreeConnections
• dword: 32
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\currentcontrolset\control\session manager\configuration manager
• RegistryLazyFlushInterval
• dword: 60

• increase prefetcher value (pre-load commonly used files):
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\currentcontrolset\control\session manager\memory management\prefetch parameters
• EnablePrefetcher
• dword: 3

• disable roaming profile caching:
• hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\current version\winlogon
• DeleteRoamingCache
• dword: 1

• disable unused subsystems:
• hklm\system\currentcontrolset\control\session manager\subsystems
• Posix
• delete this key

• disable file indexing services:
• properties of each drive, uncheck allow indexing service to index this disk for fast file searching