spice said:
Dear Pc Banter
How Often Do You Remove Prefetch Files.
Thank You Very Much,
Willowby The Little Red
Tabby With
Pussonality
You are posting on a "message forum" that really is a web interface for
Usenet newsgroups, so you aren't speaking to anyone named "PC Banter".
Here are links explaining about Usenet - where you are really posting:
About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
To answer your question, there is no need to ever remove the Prefetch
files. Here is an explanation of the Prefetch folder:
The files in the Prefetch folder are data files related to enhancing the
speed at which applications start. Windows XP Professional monitors the
files that are used when the computer starts and when you start
applications. By monitoring these files, Windows XP Professional can
prefetch them. Prefetching data is the process whereby data that is
expected to be requested is read ahead into the cache. Prefetching boot
files and applications decreases the time needed to start Windows XP
Professional and start applications.
Malke
