Speed Up Disk Access by Disabling Last Access Updating in Windows XP Windows XP updates files with the last access update time when they are opened by any application. It’s useful at all, here’s a way to deactivate it.
For Windows Vista it’s not necessary because it’s set as the default automatically, Even when you upgrade from XP to Vista.
Manual Registry Tweak:
Go to run dialog box from the start menu, and move down to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\FileSystem
Reset a DWORD value in the right side called NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate and gives it a value of 1. To get rid of this tweak remove the key or reset value to 0.
To make it effective reboot the system.
Download Registry Tweak:
Download and extract the file and double-click on DisableLastAccessUpdate.reg file to type the information into the registry. There’s a removal script included as well.
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