XP Myths - Myths Regarding Windows XP
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 08/18/2005 04:54 PM [ Print | 3 comment(s) ] · 3713 views
Myth (Definition) - A fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology. There are numerous Myths floating around the Internet regarding Windows XP, especially relating to Optimizations and Security. Hopefully this site will debunk some of these.
XP Myths - Myths Regarding Windows XP v1.2.4
v1.2.4
Optimization Myths - /Prefetch:1 Switch Tweak Added
Optimization Myths - Cleaning the Prefetch Folder Tweak
Optimization Myths - EnableSuperfetch Tweak
XP Myths - Myths Regarding Windows XP v1.2.4
v1.2.4
Optimization Myths - /Prefetch:1 Switch Tweak Added
Optimization Myths - Cleaning the Prefetch Folder Tweak
Optimization Myths - EnableSuperfetch Tweak
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Mertsch Moderator Posts: 3014 Joined: 2002-08-22 |
#62021 Posted on: 08/18/2005 07:22 PM
this article is simply awesome ... clears out those BS things I love tweaking ... but I never experienced any performance increase when applying most of the "tweaks" there ... you just save yourself a lot of trouble with just ignoring this BS |
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Rosco Member Posts: 24 Joined: 2005-02-09 |
#62036 Posted on: 08/19/2005 02:35 AM
I agree, I have no idea how many times I've read "This tweak will net you "XX% preformance improvement" I I've either ended up with no gain at all or booting into safe mode just so I can undo some of the garbage tweaks that did more damage then good. After I while I just simply gave up and put a lot of these tweak ideas in the same catagory I put Spammers in. |
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TSThomas Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 2003-05-10 |
#62049 Posted on: 08/19/2005 08:57 PM
Nice compilation alright  A lot of tweaks are just placebo (Depending on the source, was it not the Inquirer that posted up that Longhorn Super cache "tweak"?, that's why I never read that site anyway, no fact checking). I swear, if someone posted up on a forum to add a line to the system.ini;
EnableSuperFastPerformanceMode=1 People would do so & believe they got a decent boost from it. It's the same thing with that nglayout.initialpaint.delay option in Firefox. It doesn't speed up browsing! It only allows you to set the delay before Firefox attempts rendering the page. Lower values can if anything *slow down* the speed at which it takes to load a page. |
