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External Since: Jul 03, 2004 Posts: 286

mikeyhsd wrote:
> yep for sure, they defend their poor excuse of an attempt to speed up
> windows.
>
> but as I have pointed out the prefetch entries are NEVER automatically
> removed when removing programs.
>
> this has never been addressed.
> and it causes problems.
>
> even running Vista ultimate 64 I still disable prefetch/superfetch or
> whatever.
> system is faster and more stable.]
>
> have run for as much as a week each way and the system is more stable
> with it turned off.
>
>
> all the nay sayers have yet to verify that they have tried it or
> addressed the removal of prefetch entries.
>
>
>
> mikeyhsd.RemoveThis@sprintpcs.com <mailto:mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com>
>
>
>
> "Twayne" <nobody.RemoveThis@devnull.spamcop.net
> <mailto:nobody@devnull.spamcop.net>> wrote in message
> news:%23qhwMwj9IHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > nope.
> >
> > it takes average 3 reboots to get things happiest.
> > and a defrag.
> > which uses the prefetch data to re-arrange data on the HD.
> >
> > personally I have always disabled prefetch.
> > computer runs better and stays at top speed.
>
> Well, mileage is going to vary greatly on that one!
>
> It might gain you some temporarily shorter boot times for a day or two,
> but that's about it.
> Disabling prefetch is silly and would only be negligible on an already
> slow or minimally occupied processor system.
>
> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/77130/jsi-tip-5826-what-is-t...windows
>
> http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2005/06/02/finally-windows-xp-pref...hing-ex
>
> MS also has some good articles on it but they are more techie oriented.
>
> "
> XP systems have a Prefetch directory underneath the windows root
> directory, full of .pf files -- these are lists of pages to load. The
> file names are generated from hashing the EXE to load -- whenever you
> load the EXE, we hash, see if there's a matching (exename)-(hash).pf
> file in the prefetch directory, and if so we load those pages. (If it
> doesn't exist, we track what pages it loads, create that file, and pick
> a handful of them to save to it.) So, first off, it is a bad idea to
> periodically clean out that folder as some tech sites suggest. For one
> thing, XP will just re-create that data anyways; secondly, it trims the
> files anyways if there's ever more than 128 of them so that it doesn't
> needlessly consume space. So not only is deleting the directory totally
> unnecessary, but you're also putting a temporary dent in your PC's
> performance.
> "
>
> HTH
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > mikeyhsd.RemoveThis@sprintpcs.com <mailto:mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com>
> >
> > "Gerry" <gerry.RemoveThis@nospam.com <mailto:gerry@nospam.com>> wrote in message
> > news:uKpJmAc9IHA.4628@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > Mike
> >
> > Won't that actually made the computer even slower than it was?
> > Certainly for several days?
>
How did you turn off prefetch in XP?

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External Since: Jul 03, 2004 Posts: 286

Thanks.

mikeyhsd wrote:
> either by editing the registry or this program.
> find the prefetch entries in the registry and set them to 0 "ZERO".
> more than one place in the registry.
>
>
> windows-xp-prefetch-clean-and-control.exe
>
>
>
>
> mikeyhsd.TakeThisOut@sprintpcs.com <mailto:mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com>
>
>
>
> "JD" <JD.TakeThisOut@example.invalid <mailto:JD@example.invalid>> wrote in
> message news:O2DDyVo9IHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> mikeyhsd wrote:
> > yep for sure, they defend their poor excuse of an attempt to
> speed up
> > windows.
> >
> > but as I have pointed out the prefetch entries are NEVER
> automatically
> > removed when removing programs.
> >
> > this has never been addressed.
> > and it causes problems.
> >
> > even running Vista ultimate 64 I still disable
> prefetch/superfetch or
> > whatever.
> > system is faster and more stable.]
> >
> > have run for as much as a week each way and the system is more
> stable
> > with it turned off.
> >
> >
> > all the nay sayers have yet to verify that they have tried it or
> > addressed the removal of prefetch entries.
> >
> >
> >
> > mikeyhsd.TakeThisOut@sprintpcs.com <mailto:mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com>
> <mailto:mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > "Twayne" <nobody.TakeThisOut@devnull.spamcop.net
> <mailto:nobody@devnull.spamcop.net>
> > <mailto:nobody@devnull.spamcop.net>> wrote in message
> > news:%23qhwMwj9IHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > > nope.
> > >
> > > it takes average 3 reboots to get things happiest.
> > > and a defrag.
> > > which uses the prefetch data to re-arrange data on the HD.
> > >
> > > personally I have always disabled prefetch.
> > > computer runs better and stays at top speed.
> >
> > Well, mileage is going to vary greatly on that one!
> >
> > It might gain you some temporarily shorter boot times for a
> day or two,
> > but that's about it.
> > Disabling prefetch is silly and would only be negligible on
> an already
> > slow or minimally occupied processor system.
> >
> >
> http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/77130/jsi-tip-5826-what-is-t...windows
> >
> >
> http://www.jasonclarke.net/archives/2005/06/02/finally-windows-xp-pref...hing-ex
> >
> > MS also has some good articles on it but they are more techie
> oriented.
> >
> > "
> > XP systems have a Prefetch directory underneath the windows root
> > directory, full of .pf files -- these are lists of pages to
> load. The
> > file names are generated from hashing the EXE to load --
> whenever you
> > load the EXE, we hash, see if there's a matching
> (exename)-(hash).pf
> > file in the prefetch directory, and if so we load those
> pages. (If it
> > doesn't exist, we track what pages it loads, create that
> file, and pick
> > a handful of them to save to it.) So, first off, it is a bad
> idea to
> > periodically clean out that folder as some tech sites
> suggest. For one
> > thing, XP will just re-create that data anyways; secondly, it
> trims the
> > files anyways if there's ever more than 128 of them so that
> it doesn't
> > needlessly consume space. So not only is deleting the
> directory totally
> > unnecessary, but you're also putting a temporary dent in your
> PC's
> > performance.
> > "
> >
> > HTH
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > mikeyhsd.TakeThisOut@sprintpcs.com <mailto:mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com>
> <mailto:mikeyhsd@sprintpcs.com>
> > >
> > > "Gerry" <gerry.TakeThisOut@nospam.com <mailto:gerry@nospam.com>
> <mailto:gerry@nospam.com>> wrote in message
> > > news:uKpJmAc9IHA.4628@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > Won't that actually made the computer even slower than it was?
> > > Certainly for several days?
> >
> How did you turn off prefetch in XP?
>
>
>
> --
> JD..

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JD..