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As was found, the /prefetch parameter isn't valid across the board. Many apps will interpret it as one of its inputs, like a file name or such. When it does work it really isn't doing anything accept forcing prefetch tracking an/or prefetch loading upon the launch of the given app. And if prefetching was on globally for app launches (via the regostry) that would happen anyway.
By the way, to reap the full benefits of prefetch you have to have to task scheduler enabled so it can do some optimization of the files on disk occassionally.
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Dr MDj,
Quite right about the need for Task Scheduler , It took me a long while to realise that Task scheduler was necessary for this and also for bootvis to work properly.
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I find it so interesting that everyone talks about how to speed up the boot times for XP, but for me the bottom line question is how does it run overall after it has booted up? I see that it is a slow, weighted down OS, with all kinds of junk in it.
I see it as not being faster than Windows NT overall in performance, and definitely slower than Windows 2000, (which is the same OS without all the Bloated junk in it).
It might not crash on you, but it is a dog to run because you need just about a Super system to run it, and it was designed to force the users (us) to buy new machines, even if the ones we have, in many cases runs just fine.
I would like to see us talking more about what it takes to make the silly OS run faster, and more effeciently once it has booted up in the 20, or 30 seconds it takes with all these tweaks.
I need to mention that I have two machines that run XP Pro, and they never crash on me, and boot really quick. I do not use them very much because they are so Sloooww!!
I prefer to use my lean mean Win2K machines anyday.
I'm using Win2K right now to respond to this message.
I fully expect to get bashed on this, but it the truth as I see it....
:D
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so if we get rid of all the junk we will have a fast machine like you except ours has a better forum.
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That may be true about the forum, but I just want to see us all talking more about more ways to speed up the actual operation of the OS, not just the boot strap processes.
The forum is bigger for XP, I have to admit, but Win2K's forum is not to shabby either.
I do use my XP machines from time to time, so I am not against it or anything like that, I just think it needs more work, and with all the knowledge in the forum, we can make a big difference.
I think I will go over to an XP machine right now, as a matter of fact.
Thanks for the response.
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And yes, getting rid of all the junk will make it a much faster OS too.
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Ecrosson, Your problem is that you are using XP Pro!
It is full of junk and very slow. I use XP Home version and since I installed SP2 it is even more fast.
In fact I once installed XP Pro only to uninstall it and go back to the Home Edition for the gain in speed of the OS itself.
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Down the same reg path (or the level above) there is a key DisablePagingExecutive. On my old slower system which did have a lot of memory setting this did seem to make a difference to things like starting IE or command prompts.
