System Performance Tweaks - Automatic Window Refresh

With this tweak you will perform a automatic window refresh.

To do this, follow the next steps:

  1. Open the Registry Editor click on the Start button on your taskbar, then click on Run and type "regedit" and click on OK to start the regedit utility.
     
  2. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update (see picture 1).

    Picture 1
  3. Value Name: "UpdateMode", Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value), Value Data: default = 1.
     
  4. Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, named "UpdateMode" and set it to equal "0" for faster updates.
     
  5. The modifications you made will be in effect after you reboot your PC.

 


Author:

Lex van der Horst

Date Added:

06-11-2004

Last Reviewed:

06-11-2004