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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
Quoting kahless:
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Can anybody confirm this by testing the startup time with or without this parameter? 
(My pc is a lame duck anyway...)
Checked it out now (Results for Opera):
Startup incl. Login-page of invelos.com:
9 seconds with prefetch flag
9 seconds without prefetch flag
But at least it felt faster (Possibly just like racing-makeup on a VW Golf) Thanks, goblinsdoitall! I've expected something like this! So, I'd better think about a racing-makeup for my workstation  | | | | Thorsten |
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| Registered: April 8, 2007 |  Posts: 1,057 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hi Globinsdoitall,
What gets speed up is th time for FF to launch, after the launch your dependent on connection speed etc. Example loading DVDp has the (horizontal moving bar) progress graph. This would be faster if it could "prefetch."
Prefetch does not speed th boot process up. Prefetch speeds the launching of application. Deleting the content of prefetch will slow (right after deletion) the next launch of a prefetched program. Prefetch folder has a specified number of files it can hold & least used program prefetchers will be removed when full. Deleting the content of prefetch does not help or hinder operations. I used to have a batch file for deleting prefetch, but gave it up pointless.
Don't forget today is "Microsoft Patch Tuesday" 2nd Tuesday of each month M$ offers critical patches. It's important!
Take Care
Rico | | | If I felt any better I'd be sick!
Envy is mental theft. If you covet another mans possessions, then you should be willing to take on his responsibilities, heartaches, and troubles, along with his money. D. Koontz |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rico: Quote:
Hi Globinsdoitall,
What gets speed up is th time for FF to launch, after the launch your dependent on connection speed etc. Example loading DVDp has the (horizontal moving bar) progress graph. This would be faster if it could "prefetch."
Yes, that's true, but if you get (with a given connection of 16 MBit/s) no faster startup of the program and a quite small site like the Login of Invelos (which BTW I have cached) where might be the use of this tweak? By using "Stream Explorer" it is shown that the prefetch file of Opera (and presumably FF too) is used anyhow. No matter if you flag the prefetch in properties or not. "Microsoft Patch Tuesday" is allways my mind. I'm responsible for a company's network. They would give me quite a blow if I didn't close down all known leaks. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting goblinsdoitall: Quote:
Quoting Rico:
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Hi Globinsdoitall,
"Microsoft Patch Tuesday" is allways my mind. I'm responsible for a company's network. They would give me quite a blow if I didn't close down all known leaks.
Keep in mind that often Microsoft's patches create more problems than they fix. Check some of the tech sites and various newsletters that keep an eye on such things to make sure there are no problems before installing any patches. The "Windows Secrets" newsletter has an analysis of the patches that comes out every month, and has found quite a few that were not up to speed. | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,804 |
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Quoting Rifter
"Microsoft Patch Tuesday" is allways my mind. I'm responsible for a company's network. They would give me quite a blow if I didn't close down all known leaks.
Keep in mind that often Microsoft's patches create more problems than they fix. Check some of the tech sites and various newsletters that keep an eye on such things to make sure there are no problems before installing any patches. The "Windows Secrets" newsletter has an analysis of the patches that comes out every month, and has found quite a few that were not up to speed.
Yes, you 're right but where is the fun? Don't you remember the fear after installing a patch? Will I see (after reboot) my desktop again or a bluescreen... We know that M$ patches means to fix 5 security holes by opening 5 new ones!  | | | | Thorsten | | | | Last edited: by kahless |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 550 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just as I was reading the M$ patch part, the little balloon came up telling me that I had 11 new patches. Got to love it. | | | Schultzy - http://www.michaelschultz.net
grenactics - The art of skillfully fraggin one’s opponent with the use of grenades or other compact explosive devices that are thrown by hand or projected. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | One of those is probably IE7 trying to trick itself into getting installed again. I can't tell you how many times I told the update to ignore IE7 only to have it show up again later. It's flagged as a critical update every time too to sneak in with the auto-updates. |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting schultzy: Quote:
Just as I was reading the M$ patch part, the little balloon came up telling me that I had 11 new patches. Got to love it. More luck over here in Germany, "only" 6 Patches plus Malwareremoval-Tool  Or as we say it in Germany: For some it's an OS for the rest it's the longest virus of the world. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 550 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | Schultzy - http://www.michaelschultz.net
grenactics - The art of skillfully fraggin one’s opponent with the use of grenades or other compact explosive devices that are thrown by hand or projected. |
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