Re: xp boot up very slow

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Sorry, didn't pay attention to names, & didn't notice those are not your
comments in the Ed Bott blog, but I thank you for the link.

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"Ronaldo" <private_email5@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió en el mensaje
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Just read your interesting comments on Prefetch... I had disabled prefetch
but didn't notice any reduction in bootup time, so I reset the registry
value to EnablePrefetcher to 2. Some time ago I deleted the files in the
folder and did notice an improvement, so what is the right approach?

I also read your comments on registry cleaners, I have Tune Up 2006
installed, have used it for years and also used CCleaner for the same time
and have never had a single problem with them, I do check the results of
the
scans before I delete them and see that they only delete orphaned
shortcuts,
temp files, clipboard, memory dumps, logs, prefetch data, and all sort of
crap,.. and I do notice an improvement with Tune Up, particularly after
using it for the first time on a system or deleting old accumulated crap.
I use CCleaner mainly to delete temp files that the Internet Options
application doesn't (apparently) delete.

So I wonder why most experts warn about the use of such programs, years
ago
there were registry cleaners that did cause problems as they deleted keys
and values indiscriminately with no clear explanation, and I think
registry
cleaners have been dragging the stigma all this time... from my own
experience, I think registry cleaners are safe as long as you use them
intelligently, anyway that's my own humble opinion. What's yours?

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Ronaldo.

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"BillW50" <BillW50@xxxxxxx> escribió en el mensaje
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"Ronaldo" <private_email5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Singapore, I got that information from an MVP.. but don't take my
word for it check this webpage.

1. The prefetch cache


http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/09/why-windows-takes-so-long-to-start-up.html

Quote: "The first tip I want to talk about is the windows prefetch.
Windows XP has this feature that loads commonly used programs - at
boot time.
Here is how it works: Yesterday you used MS Word, and Duke Nukem 3D.
Today you boot your system to check e-mail. It sees parts of these
two programs in the prefetch folder and loads them into memory
*before windows completes the boot process. The benefit is faster
application launch times. If you really wanted to use MS Word, it
would pop up really quick when you double clicked on it"

*XP loads commonly used programs at boot time
*loads them into memory before windows completes the boot process

Is this guy wrong?

Maybe so...

http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000743.html

Some experts claim (including some from Microsoft) that prefetch has
nothing to do with bootup. As it only effects and attempts to reduce
disk thrashing and making loading time a hair shorter of your
applications.

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Bill








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