How to Fix a Slow XAMPP or DesktopServer on Windows 8
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I develop locally because it’s faster, safer, and overall more productive. I recently went from a screaming fast desktop to a plain jane laptop and noticed a substantial slowdown in the way Chrome loads up, XAMPP (DesktopServer) page reloads, and overall laptop speed. I was literally about to trash the thing and move over to a Mac. Until, I Googled for awhile and found a gem.
If you are experiencing slowness while using XAMPP, MySQL, PHP and/or DesktopServer while using Windows 8 please do yourself a favor and read thoroughly this post: Apache, PHP, MySQL slow under Windows 8. How to fix.
This Post is a Gem
If you don’t want to read through the entire post here’s the fix that worked for me:
- Goto Windows 8’s Power Plan settings
- Change your Power Plan Settings to “High Performance”
- Click “Change plan settings” and click “Change advanced power settings” and change “Minimum Processor State” to the settings below:
Applying these three simple steps sped up my system to incredibly noticeable speeds.
Hopefully you’ll see very similar results. Good luck!
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Happy that it has worked for someone, its a nope from me.
no difference for me …
worked so much for me
worked so much faster for me