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Set visual effects to Adjust for best performance.
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Open Windows Media Player and use the default settings.
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Turn off automatic computer maintenance.
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Adjust performance settings for best performance.
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Delete any hidden uninstall folders in C:\Windows, such $NtUninstallKB893756$.
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Delete all event logs.
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Run Disk Cleanup to remove temporary files, empty the Recycle Bin, and remove system files and other
items that are no longer needed.
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Run Disk Defragmenter to rearrange fragmented data.
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If users are going to play full-screen videos or run 3D applications on desktops that run in a vSphere 5.1
environment, follow the instructions to modify the registry described in Microsoft KB 235257.
The Microsoft KB is titled "Server Does Not Use All Bandwidth Available When Streaming Files with
Bit Rates over 100 Kbps" and is located at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235257. Restart the virtual
machine to enable the modified registry setting to take effect.
Without this optimization, brief freezes can occur, or the videos can stutter.
NOTE Making this optimization delivers performance improvements in both ESXi 5.x and ESXi 5.1, but
it is required for ESXi 5.1.
What to do next
For Windows 7 and Windows 8 guest operating systems, perform additional optimization tasks. See
“Optimize Windows 7 and Windows 8 Guest Operating System Performance,” on page 38.
Optimize Windows 7 and Windows 8 Guest Operating System
Performance
You can perform additional steps to optimize Windows 7 and Windows 8 guest operating system
performance for remote desktop deployment. All of the steps are optional.
Prerequisites
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Perform the guest operating system optimization steps that apply to all Windows operating systems.
See “Optimize Guest Operating System Performance for All Windows Versions,” on page 37.
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Familiarize yourself with the procedure for disabling the Windows Customer Experience Improvement
Program. See “Disable the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program,” on page 39.
Procedure
1 Uninstall Tablet PC Components, unless this feature is needed.
2 Disable IPv6, unless it is needed.
3 Use the File System Utility (fsutil) command to disable the setting that keeps track of the last time a
file was accessed.
For example: fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
4 Start the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) and change the TimeOutValue REG_DWORD in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Disk to 0x000000be(190).
5 Turn off the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program and disable related tasks from the
Task Scheduler.
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