phoneguy55: Be sure to set your minimum vcache at zero and your max at your full amount of RAM before dumping Cacheman or the existing entries will be left in your system.
If you are interested there is a registry tweak you can do that will increase your Name and Directory/Path cache to a level higher than the server setting. Another choice of Powerful PC will be added to the list, and many people show improvement with large amounts of RAM. I honestly didnt notice the difference, but a lot of people love it. The instructions worked fine.
These are the instructions I copied from a lady who went by vv:
Many of you are aware that performance can be increased by changing the typical role of the machine from Desktop Computer to Network Server in Control Panel>System>Performance>File System>Hard Disk>Typical Role of this Machine. Powerful Pc sets the name cache at 4000 files and the Directory cache/Path cache at 128 directories.
To setup this tip, you can either enter the info manually, or create a regfile which can be saved and reused after each 9x reinstall.
1. open notepad and save a new file as Powerful.reg. [When you are in the save as window, type powerful.reg in the "filename" rectangle, and change to "all files" in the "save as type" rectangle.]
2. Copy the info between dotted lines below (starting with Regedit4)and paste it to your file.
3. Close your file and double-click on it.
4. Go to Control Panel>System>
Performance>File System>Hard Disk>Typical Role and select Powerful Pc. Reboot.
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REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FS Templates\Powerful]
@="Powerful PC"
"NameCache"=hex:a0,0f,00,00
"PathCache"=hex:80,00,00,00
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