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BliarOut said:
from a command prompt:
sfc /purgecache
'Doze loads all the files in the prefetch cache at bootup. Over time it gets bloated and slows down booting quite noticeably. Does it good to be emptied once in a while, especially if you've installed/deinstalled a lot of apps.
sfc /purgecache
'Doze loads all the files in the prefetch cache at bootup. Over time it gets bloated and slows down booting quite noticeably. Does it good to be emptied once in a while, especially if you've installed/deinstalled a lot of apps.
Hmm, never heard of this before. Tread bookmarked to try at home tonight.
TIA,
Fer
BliarOut said:
from a command prompt:
sfc /purgecache
'Doze loads all the files in the prefetch cache at bootup. Over time it gets bloated and slows down booting quite noticeably. Does it good to be emptied once in a while, especially if you've installed/deinstalled a lot of apps.
sfc /purgecache
'Doze loads all the files in the prefetch cache at bootup. Over time it gets bloated and slows down booting quite noticeably. Does it good to be emptied once in a while, especially if you've installed/deinstalled a lot of apps.
what does the sfc bit do then ? I just delete the entire prefetch folder once a month...
Edited by bigdods on Wednesday 3rd January 12:35
BliarOut said:
from a command prompt:
sfc /purgecache
'Doze loads all the files in the prefetch cache at bootup. Over time it gets bloated and slows down booting quite noticeably. Does it good to be emptied once in a while, especially if you've installed/deinstalled a lot of apps.
sfc /purgecache
'Doze loads all the files in the prefetch cache at bootup. Over time it gets bloated and slows down booting quite noticeably. Does it good to be emptied once in a while, especially if you've installed/deinstalled a lot of apps.
'sfc' has nothing to do with the prefetch cache. It's part of the Windows XP "file protection system" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/22219 which prevents users from overwriting vital parts of Windows (of course, if Windows were properly designed in the first place, it wouldn't be necessary).
If you change any of the protected files, you have to flush the cache in order to prevent them being overwritten. This bit me hard with the "hosts" file.
BliarOut said:
Go to C:WindowsPrefetch and just delete whatever's in there...
Yes, I'm out of the corner now
Yes, I'm out of the corner now
While im pleased your out the corner; unfortunately neither the clearing of the Prefetch nor the installing/running of SPYBOT has helped is there anything else i can try?
regards
R2TR
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