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From: Ariel on 29 May 2010 04:34 "bobster" wrote: > When XP SP3 is loading, how many passes of the blue progress bar is typical > before the "Welcome" screen appears? Mine use to take about 4-5 passes but > now takes about 11-12. > > I have only 3 things on my msconfig start list, use MS Essentials > virus/spyware and regularly run malwarebytes. How can I reduce the number > of passes of the blue progress bar? > > > . > Try this: Go to C:\windows\prefetch folder del all the contents inside the prefetch folder, then restart. See if that reduces the number of passes. or open command prompt and execute this.. C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch>del *.* /q
From: Jose on 29 May 2010 10:38 On May 29, 4:34 am, Ariel <Ar...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > "bobster" wrote: > > When XP SP3 is loading, how many passes of the blue progress bar is typical > > before the "Welcome" screen appears? Mine use to take about 4-5 passes but > > now takes about 11-12. > > > I have only 3 things on my msconfig start list, use MS Essentials > > virus/spyware and regularly run malwarebytes. How can I reduce the number > > of passes of the blue progress bar? > > > . > > Try this: > Go to C:\windows\prefetch folder > del all the contents inside the prefetch folder, then restart. See if > that reduces the number of passes. > > or open command prompt and execute this.. > C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch>del *.* /q Try it? You don't know if it will have any effect of not? Did you try it on your system and what was the result of the number of your blue progress bar passes and your XP boot timing measurements? Here is a discussion of how the XP Prefetch feature works. There is nothing to try, no might be, no maybe, no could be. Mark Russinovitch and David Solomon, wrote an excellent article called Windows XP Kernel Improvements Create a More Robust, Powerful, and Scalable OS in the December 2001 issue of MSDN Magazine. Their technical credentials are impeccable, and they speak very highly of effectiveness of this feature and describe how it works - and why you should leave it alone. It doesn't matter how you think it works or how manipulating the folder may or might help your system. It is not important how you think it works. What is important is how it really works. Read the article and you will know how it works and why you should just leave it alone. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspx Read the article and the section on prefetch yourself and do some testing and please report your results.
From: Twayne on 31 May 2010 10:49 In news:238ff3e8-05f0-4039-8c0d-ceea67126192(a)q33g2000vbt.googlegroups.com, Jose <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> typed: > On May 29, 4:34 am, Ariel <Ar...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: >> "bobster" wrote: >>> When XP SP3 is loading, how many passes of the blue >>> progress bar is typical before the "Welcome" screen >>> appears? Mine use to take about 4-5 passes but now takes >>> about 11-12. >> >>> I have only 3 things on my msconfig start list, use MS >>> Essentials virus/spyware and regularly run malwarebytes. >>> How can I reduce the number of passes of the blue >>> progress bar? >> >>> . >> >> Try this: >> Go to C:\windows\prefetch folder >> del all the contents inside the prefetch folder, then >> restart. See if that reduces the number of passes. >> >> or open command prompt and execute this.. >> C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch>del *.* /q > > Try it? > > You don't know if it will have any effect of not? > > Did you try it on your system and what was the result of > the number of your blue progress bar passes and your XP > boot timing measurements? > > Here is a discussion of how the XP Prefetch feature works. > There is nothing to try, no might be, no maybe, no could be. > > Mark Russinovitch and David Solomon, wrote an excellent > article called Windows XP Kernel Improvements Create a More > Robust, Powerful, and Scalable OS in the December 2001 > issue of MSDN Magazine. Their technical credentials are > impeccable, and they speak very highly of effectiveness of > this feature and describe how it works - and why you should > leave it alone. > > It doesn't matter how you think it works or how > manipulating the folder may or might help your system. It > is not important how you think it works. What is important > is how it really works. Read the article and you will know > how it works and why you should just leave it alone. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspx > > Read the article and the section on prefetch yourself and > do some testing and please report your results. lol! I wonder if you made you point, Jose <g>.
From: Jose on 31 May 2010 12:31 On May 31, 10:49 am, "Twayne" <nob...(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > Innews:238ff3e8-05f0-4039-8c0d-ceea67126192(a)q33g2000vbt.googlegroups.com, > Jose <jose_e...(a)yahoo.com> typed: > > > > > > > On May 29, 4:34 am, Ariel <Ar...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> > > wrote: > >> "bobster" wrote: > >>> When XP SP3 is loading, how many passes of the blue > >>> progress bar is typical before the "Welcome" screen > >>> appears? Mine use to take about 4-5 passes but now takes > >>> about 11-12. > > >>> I have only 3 things on my msconfig start list, use MS > >>> Essentials virus/spyware and regularly run malwarebytes. > >>> How can I reduce the number of passes of the blue > >>> progress bar? > > >>> . > > >> Try this: > >> Go to C:\windows\prefetch folder > >> del all the contents inside the prefetch folder, then > >> restart. See if that reduces the number of passes. > > >> or open command prompt and execute this.. > >> C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch>del *.* /q > > > Try it? > > > You don't know if it will have any effect of not? > > > Did you try it on your system and what was the result of > > the number of your blue progress bar passes and your XP > > boot timing measurements? > > > Here is a discussion of how the XP Prefetch feature works. > > There is nothing to try, no might be, no maybe, no could be. > > > Mark Russinovitch and David Solomon, wrote an excellent > > article called Windows XP Kernel Improvements Create a More > > Robust, Powerful, and Scalable OS in the December 2001 > > issue of MSDN Magazine. Their technical credentials are > > impeccable, and they speak very highly of effectiveness of > > this feature and describe how it works - and why you should > > leave it alone. > > > It doesn't matter how you think it works or how > > manipulating the folder may or might help your system. It > > is not important how you think it works. What is important > > is how it really works. Read the article and you will know > > how it works and why you should just leave it alone. > > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspx > > > Read the article and the section on prefetch yourself and > > do some testing and please report your results. > > lol! I wonder if you made you point, Jose <g>. Hear me now and believe me later - I have done all this legwork before... :)
From: Twayne on 31 May 2010 18:25 In news:33a89d26-60d6-4edc-af63-343277a48248(a)r9g2000vbk.googlegroups.com, Jose <jose_ease(a)yahoo.com> typed: > On May 31, 10:49 am, "Twayne" <nob...(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >> Innews:238ff3e8-05f0-4039-8c0d-ceea67126192(a)q33g2000vbt.googlegroups.com, >> Jose <jose_e...(a)yahoo.com> typed: >> >> .... >> >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc302206.aspx >> >>> Read the article and the section on prefetch yourself and >>> do some testing and please report your results. >> >> lol! I wonder if you made you point, Jose <g>. > > Hear me now and believe me later - I have done all this > legwork before... :) Yeah, too bad more people aren't more inclined to try to help themselves a bit at least, before turning to the groups or passing out half-fast information and guesses as the case may be. Don't cha know you're s'posed to delete everything in the pre-fetch folder every month or so? Yup, even the .ini since it's never mentioned in the deletion instructs. 'Tis a wunnerful world we live in. [:^} Cheers, Twayne`
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