Ken1943 said:
Prefetch is automatically updated about every three days. I did some
tests and between deleting the files and rebuilding the files there
was a noticeable delay loading programs. That was with a 3 gig cpu.
Deleting the files to make things work better, is an old wives tale.
KenW
There 'may' be a delay in loading 'some' programs - but I personally have
never noticed any real problems on my machines where prefetch is disabled.
The only program I have a problem with loading is Firefox (and I still get
that on a machine where Prefetch is still enabled [1] - and my son has also
complained about the slow start of it on his machine).
[1] And I use that machine to stir up those callers from India who ring
to tell me that "Microsoft has automatically informed us that your computer
may be infected with malware". Then if I'm bored, I will usually spend a
while to waste their time in 'letting them convince me' that the Prefetch
*and* the red crosses in Event Viewer files are malware.
The real fun is when after about half an hour of me having them dance
through a few hoops (I usually pretend that I'm a complete novice and keep
asking them to repeat their instructions) and they tell me that they need to
download remote software to clear the 'malware' at a cost of around £80 - I
tell them that they are talking utter rubbish (or words to that effect) and
that all my machines are prevented from automatically 'phoning home' to
Microsoft - at this stage, they usually use a few expletives and hang-up the
telephone.
One of the best sessions was when I told them that Prefetch was disabled and
therefore had NO files in it and the chap on the other end said that was
*impossible* and my computer would not work - and HIS language after some 15
minutes was rather funny.
I must be on their blacklist now as its some six months since their last
call. LOL
