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Boost Windows 7 SP1 USB Storage Devices Performance by Increasing Maximum Transfer Size to 2MB
In some scenarios users will be able to gain a boost of performance from their USB storage devices if they increase the maximum transfer size from the default, Microsoft revealed.
This is why the Redmond company is now providing a hotfix designed to help customers get a bump in terms of the transfer size of their USB storage devices.
The software giant is calling KB 2581464 an update, but it´s only available for download from Microsoft Support and not served as an automated refresh through Windows Update.
According to Microsoft, deploying the KB 2581464 hotfix will introduce “a new feature that enables you to update the maximum transfer size of USB storage devices in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. After you install this update, you can increase the maximum transfer size from 64 kilobytes (KB) to 2 megabytes (MB) in the Usbstor.sys driver.”
It’s important to note that in addition to Windows 7 RTM and Windows Server 2008 R2, KB 2581464 also supports Windows 7 (Service Pack 1) SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
In some scenarios users will be able to gain a boost of performance from their USB storage devices if they increase the maximum transfer size from the default, Microsoft revealed.
This is why the Redmond company is now providing a hotfix designed to help customers get a bump in terms of the transfer size of their USB storage devices.
The software giant is calling KB 2581464 an update, but it´s only available for download from Microsoft Support and not served as an automated refresh through Windows Update.
According to Microsoft, deploying the KB 2581464 hotfix will introduce “a new feature that enables you to update the maximum transfer size of USB storage devices in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. After you install this update, you can increase the maximum transfer size from 64 kilobytes (KB) to 2 megabytes (MB) in the Usbstor.sys driver.”
It’s important to note that in addition to Windows 7 RTM and Windows Server 2008 R2, KB 2581464 also supports Windows 7 (Service Pack 1) SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
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