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Optimize Windows 7 Guest Operating System Performance for VMware

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These recommendations include turning off the screen saver and not specifying a sleep timer. Your organization might require the use of screen savers. For example, you might have a GPO-managed security policy that locks a desktop a certain time after the screen saver starts. In this case, use a blank screen saver.

Prerequisites

Prepare a guest operating system for desktop deployment.

First Procedures:
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Disable any unused ports, such as COM1, COM2, and LPT.
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Adjust display properties.

a
 Choose a basic theme.
b

Set the background to a solid color.
c

Set the screen saver to None.
d
 Verify that hardware acceleration is enabled.
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Select a high-performance power option and do not specify a sleep timer.
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Disable the Indexing Service component.

Note

Indexing improves searches by cataloging files. Do not disable this feature for users that search often.
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 Remove or minimize System Restore points.
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Turn off system protection on C:\.
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Disable any unnecessary services.
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 Set the sound scheme to No Sounds.
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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.

 

Next 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 inHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Disk to 0x000000be(190).
5

Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine.
6

Change the virtual machine video card RAM setting to 128 MB.
7
 Power on the virtual machine.

 

Thank you to:  pubs.vmware.com for this information.

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