Comments on: XP: Speed Up Your System – When, Where, and How to Clear the Prefetch http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/671/xp-speed-up-your-system-when-where-and-how-to-clear-the-prefetch/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:38:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: davak http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/671/xp-speed-up-your-system-when-where-and-how-to-clear-the-prefetch/comment-page-1/#comment-3777 davak Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:42:43 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-3777 Thanks for your input, Larry. Thanks for your input, Larry.

]]> By: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/671/xp-speed-up-your-system-when-where-and-how-to-clear-the-prefetch/comment-page-1/#comment-3712 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:35:18 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-3712 WRONG WRONG WRONG!! This article is based on a complete misunderstanding of how prefetch works. Contrary to popular opinion, prefetch does NOT preload applications at bootup. Application prefetching does not take place until application launch has been initiated. Unused or rarely used prefetch entries will have virtually no impact on performance in any way. In any event the prefetch folder is self cleaning after 128 entries. Manual deletion of these files will impair performance and has no benefits. This has been extensively tested. See my comments on this article for a description of how prefetch really works: <a href="http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1285.html">http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1285.html</a> Larry Miller Microsoft MCSA CompTIA Network+, A+ WRONG WRONG WRONG!!

This article is based on a complete misunderstanding of how prefetch works. Contrary to popular opinion, prefetch does NOT preload applications at bootup. Application prefetching does not take place until application launch has been initiated. Unused or rarely used prefetch entries will have virtually no impact on performance in any way. In any event the prefetch folder is self cleaning after 128 entries. Manual deletion of these files will impair performance and has no benefits. This has been extensively tested.

See my comments on this article for a description of how prefetch really works:
http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1285.html

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA
CompTIA Network+, A+

]]> By: AlexTheBeast http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/671/xp-speed-up-your-system-when-where-and-how-to-clear-the-prefetch/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 AlexTheBeast Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:01:34 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-2001 Alternative view about this: <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ryanmy/archive/2005/05/25/421882.aspx">http://blogs.msdn.com/ryanmy/archive/2005/05/25/421882.aspx</a> Alternative view about this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/ryanmy/archive/2005/05/25/421882.aspx

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