• Windows 2000 -- In the Control Panel, select System - Advanced - Performance Options and select Background services.
• Windows NT -- In the Control Panel, select System - Performance, then set "Boost for foreground" to None.
• Use the NTFS file system (NT File System). The NTFS file system has significant performance advantages over FAT or FAT32. For best performance, format the disks with a cluster size of at least 4KB. Use a cluster size that is a little larger than the average file size on the disk. NTFS supports these sizes: 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16KB, 32KB, and 64KB. For example, to use a 16KB allocation size for formatting the NTFS volumes, at the command prompt enter (format <drive>:/fs:ntfs/A:16K).

To change the setting in Windows 2000, go to the Control Panel, click the "Network and Dial up Connections" icon, click Local Area Connection. Right-click on the properties for a network connection, and click "File And Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks."

To change the setting in Windows NT, go to the Control Panel, click the Network icon, and then click the Services icon.

Choose one of the following:

• "Maximize data throughput for file sharing" (Windows NT and Windows 2000)
• "Maximize data throughput for network applications" (Windows NT and Windows 2000)
• "Minimize memory used" (Windows NT and Windows 2000)
• "Balance file sharing and network applications" (Windows NT only).