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"SUPERFETCH" Tweak... Anyone tried it?
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:37 pm
by rep
????
I'm reading other people claiming their XP Pro PCs start in half the time, and any Windows Explorer function happens instantly (Clicking the start menu if you have a million things in it, for example, or loading a lot of Explorer windows)
Also, apparently browsers load instantly now.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:15 am
by Cooldown
Sounds almost too good to be true.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:27 am
by sancti0n
I thought this was for Longhorn and also a reason why the os needs more system memory.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:50 am
by ALLiED
The only reason why its faster is they added a superfetch feature to the prefetcher. If you look at the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\Prefetcher
you will notice in windows xp
EnablePrefetcher = 3 and you will notice in windows longhorn
EnableSuperfetch = 1
Well, guess what? You can put the EnableSuperfetch = 1 in windows xp and get the same speed
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:58 am
by schlockey
Worked for me, thanks ALLiED.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:30 am
by SOAPboy
ALLiED wrote:The only reason why its faster is they added a superfetch feature to the prefetcher. If you look at the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\Prefetcher
you will notice in windows xp
EnablePrefetcher = 3 and you will notice in windows longhorn
EnableSuperfetch = 1
Well, guess what? You can put the EnableSuperfetch = 1 in windows xp and get the same speed
so whats the performance hit outside of windows browsing on that? just set it up and im kinda wondering..
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:20 am
by Kills On Site
I tired it and got no difference in performance. Altho my registry doesn't have that exact string, istead of Prefetcher at the end it has PrefetchParameters. I added the DWORD valuve of EnableSuperfetch and 1 in first hexidecimal and then tried it in decimal. Nothing changed.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:29 am
by rep
Every site and forum I've read has been the same stuff:
No changes noticed.
But in every thread, there are two or three clowns who say, "Dude! My XP boots up in half the time, and I can load programs instantly now!"
TheInquirer reported this, but on the same page they have a fake news story. I don't now if this is real or not.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:50 pm
by obsidian
rep wrote:But in every thread, there are two or three clowns who say, "Dude! My XP boots up in half the time, and I can load programs instantly now!"
Hahaha! Sounds like someone we know.
rep wrote:TheInquirer reported this, but on the same page they have a fake news story. I don't now if this is real or not.
The Inquirer is hardly an accurate news source. I rate it somewhere below Fox news and somewhere above the Church of Scientology's monthly news flyer.
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:52 am
by rep
obsidian wrote:rep wrote:But in every thread, there are two or three clowns who say, "Dude! My XP boots up in half the time, and I can load programs instantly now!"
Hahaha! Sounds like someone we know.
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