super prefetch in xp sp2

the shoe · Post by **the shoe** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:47 am

anybody doing this and does it work?
at the mo im on sp1

the shoe · Post by **the shoe** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:47 am

enabling it that is

njh · Post by **njh** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:51 am

what are you talking about?

the shoe · Post by **the shoe** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:53 am

yeah sorry. just woke up
i read you can enable a super prefetch in xp sp2.
makes stuff load faster

R.A.W. · Post by **R.A.W.** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:43 pm

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html wrote:Enable Superfetch Tweak

[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement\PrefetchParameters] "EnableSuperfetch"

Myth - "Enabling this improves performance in Windows XP as it does in Windows Vista."

Reality - "This myth was started when the Inquirer irresponsibly ran a bogus letter without doing any fact checking. Windows internals guru Mark Russinovich said this won't work, the "Superfetch" string isn't even in the Windows XP kernel. You can confirm this yourself by checking with the strings.exe utility. This makes it impossible for it to do anything since no "Superfetch" command exists. Windows cannot execute a nonexistent command and will simply ignore it. Anyone who says this works is not only lying but a fool."

source: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html

string.exe utility: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Strings.html

frisbeedisk · Post by **frisbeedisk** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:00 pm

THis is a lot of rubbish...its actually better to leave your prefetch alone, emptying your prefetch when turning off and on of your computer prolongs the loading of the progs...as i say its better to leave the regedit alone....look up music xp for hacks and also marvs windows tips an tricks or theeldergeek.com..