refreshing edited items without having to restart the game and the worldserver?

[endra]

I need to know if there is a way to get the edited items in without having to restart the worldserver or the client, or both, or either. It takes about 5 minutes for my worldserver to finish starting up. And another 1 or 2 before you can log into it. I have a dell custom BIOS so I can't overclock a little and get EQ to start faster either. Which also takes about 7 minutes. Also is there any way to add new items? I tried and I get an error saying the max item ID is less than the current item ID. Where is the max item ID key so I can change it. I don't want my gm equips dropping off of low level mobs. Or any. It would be appreciated if I could get an answer to either question. I did search and look through the wiki. I just must suck at searching. Im sorry if this is just polluting the forums.