tenacious timestamping
hi,
i lurk here occasionally, first-time poster. i was saved from cubase 4 by the SoundOnSound reaper review. i love the customizability (a few times i've spent the evening playing with reaper instead of actually making music).
here is my problem:
i was reading the musicxp.net tuning tips, and #22 says this:
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With NTFS volumes, Windows XP updates the last access timestamp every time it accesses the hard drive. This can cause a significant decrease in performance. This can easily be disabled as shown below.
Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CURRENTCONTROLSET > CONTROL > FILESYSTEM
Add a new DWORD value - "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate" (without quotes) and set the value to 1. Then reboot to make changes effective.
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i did this, and my system seems to _ignore_ the registry entry. i still get updated timestamps.
1. is this tweak even worth it?
2. has anyone else had this problem?
i can't find mention of it anywhere on the web. google searches seem only to turn up postings of the tip itself.
i'm not even sure what system specs to post:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Newcastle 2.2GHz Socket 939 Processor
ASUS A8V DELUXE Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro ATX AMD Motherboard
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
2x Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
ATI X800XT
Focusrite Saffire
WindowsXP SP2
AutoPatcher XP
i thought maybe another tweak might've caused this, but i don't see how the OS is ignoring the registry.
if anyone has a clue, or can point me to another forum that help, any help would be greatly appreciated!!
thanks,
chris
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