Disable Old School Name Creation

By disabling 8.3 name creation, as well as disabling low disk space checking, you can enjoy a slight disk performance increase.

Not much, but every little bit helps!

1. Navigate to:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
2. Find the DWORD called NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation.
3. Right-click it and click Modify.
4. Change the value to 1.
5. Click OK.

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Posted: 2008-12-14
By: FortyPoundHead
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