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Hi All
Since Windows Vista™ (formerly code named Longhorn) was announced there have
been many articles in the news letters and Forums I visit suggesting that
SuperFetch in Vista™ can be initiated in XP SP2 with tweaks for faster
performance by editing the registry by editing the Session Manager settings
in the Current Control Set.
The most common view was set prefetch in Current Control Set to enable dword
value 3.
Others suggest purging the prefetch folder frequently.
As far as I know the prefetch in XP SP2 is the same as it has been in
Windows version from way back and it is not possible to enable the
superfetch that is in Vista™.
If that is the case it is not wise to purge the prefetch folder as the OS
needs it and in any case will rebuild it over the next 72 hours. Settings
for the Dword are usually noted as 0,1,2 or 3 (off, system files only,
application files only, all files) with 3 recommended.
However the flurry of reports about it prompted to look at my settings and I
found my system has value 5 which seems to work well. It is possible that
this value is set by the proprietary defragger that I use - Perfect Disk
from Rasco - so I do not plan to change it.
Does any one have the full story on prefetch with XP + SP2
--
Uncle John
My system
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Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
2005-08-15
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE
6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904
(DirectX 9.0c)
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4HT,
3066 MHz (23 x 133)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX
5950 Ultra (256 MB)
Monitor Iiyama ProLite H510
[20" LCD] ( IDE Drive Controller
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA
Disk Drives x 2 WD740GD-00FLA2 (74 GB, 10000 RPM,
Serial-ATA/150)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
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Hi All
Since Windows Vista™ (formerly code named Longhorn) was announced there have
been many articles in the news letters and Forums I visit suggesting that
SuperFetch in Vista™ can be initiated in XP SP2 with tweaks for faster
performance by editing the registry by editing the Session Manager settings
in the Current Control Set.
The most common view was set prefetch in Current Control Set to enable dword
value 3.
Others suggest purging the prefetch folder frequently.
As far as I know the prefetch in XP SP2 is the same as it has been in
Windows version from way back and it is not possible to enable the
superfetch that is in Vista™.
If that is the case it is not wise to purge the prefetch folder as the OS
needs it and in any case will rebuild it over the next 72 hours. Settings
for the Dword are usually noted as 0,1,2 or 3 (off, system files only,
application files only, all files) with 3 recommended.
However the flurry of reports about it prompted to look at my settings and I
found my system has value 5 which seems to work well. It is possible that
this value is set by the proprietary defragger that I use - Perfect Disk
from Rasco - so I do not plan to change it.
Does any one have the full story on prefetch with XP + SP2
--
Uncle John
My system
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Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
2005-08-15
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 (IE
6.0 SP2)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904
(DirectX 9.0c)
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4HT,
3066 MHz (23 x 133)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX
5950 Ultra (256 MB)
Monitor Iiyama ProLite H510
[20" LCD] ( IDE Drive Controller
Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA
Disk Drives x 2 WD740GD-00FLA2 (74 GB, 10000 RPM,
Serial-ATA/150)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK
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