This switch is not used to accelerate Windows Media player but rather to not waste extra RAM prefetching unnecessary portions of the media player when those are no in use.
Windows XP already comes with a new feature to accelerate application loads that was not in Windows 2000, ME, 98 ect... called Prefetching. It is already enabled by default and configured optimally. You want to make sure your is working properly since many "tweaking" programs break it. If you are not sure use the Prefetcher Fix to restore it to it's default and optimal settings:
You also want to make sure your system has plenty of RAM. 512MB should be minimum, I recommend 1-2GB. Now outside of upgrading Hardware such as your Harddrive (the higher the RPM generally the faster it will be) which has the most drastic effect on load times there is not alot else you can do... like elevate said Defrag, I recommend Diskeeper.
Carol
· 3 years ago
Might seem crazy but i defragment once a week. I started doing it so often somwhere last year and it makes a huge diference. Thank you for much for the links and for the explanation.
Andrew
· 3 years ago
Carol,
Defragmenting is a good idea but I recommend automating this. You can use the StartDefrag program to schedule the built-in Disk Defragmenter.
But I highly recommend Diskeeper which not only defragments more completely and faster but is also completely automated. I have been using Diskeeper for a long time and you never have to manually defragment again.
Carol
· 3 years ago
Oh,i don't mind doing the maintenance manually.I actually like it. It can take a little while but that's no problem. My Task service is disabled and i want it like that. Sometimes i use the defrag. tool on TuneXp and force the defragmentation.
Andrew
· 3 years ago
Carol,
The Task Scheduler Service is REQUIRED for prefetching to work. You have to leave it on or you are slowing down how long it takes Windows too load and your applications to boot up. Since this service is necessary for Prefetching, it does not harm to schedule the defrag.
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http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths...
Second,It might be a myth...but could you give me a tip of how to startup an application faster?
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths...
it goes to an article by Ryan Myers who is on the Windows Client Performance Team.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ryanmy/archive/2005/05/25...
This switch is not used to accelerate Windows Media player but rather to not waste extra RAM prefetching unnecessary portions of the media player when those are no in use.
Windows XP already comes with a new feature to accelerate application loads that was not in Windows 2000, ME, 98 ect... called Prefetching. It is already enabled by default and configured optimally. You want to make sure your is working properly since many "tweaking" programs break it. If you are not sure use the Prefetcher Fix to restore it to it's default and optimal settings:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/Optimiz...
You also want to make sure your system has plenty of RAM. 512MB should be minimum, I recommend 1-2GB. Now outside of upgrading Hardware such as your Harddrive (the higher the RPM generally the faster it will be) which has the most drastic effect on load times there is not alot else you can do... like elevate said Defrag, I recommend Diskeeper.
I started doing it so often somwhere last year and it makes a huge diference.
Thank you for much for the links and for the explanation.
Defragmenting is a good idea but I recommend automating this. You can use the StartDefrag program to schedule the built-in Disk Defragmenter.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/Optimiz...
But I highly recommend Diskeeper which not only defragments more completely and faster but is also completely automated. I have been using Diskeeper for a long time and you never have to manually defragment again.
It can take a little while but that's no problem.
My Task service is disabled and i want it like that.
Sometimes i use the defrag. tool on TuneXp and force the defragmentation.
The Task Scheduler Service is REQUIRED for prefetching to work. You have to leave it on or you are slowing down how long it takes Windows too load and your applications to boot up. Since this service is necessary for Prefetching, it does not harm to schedule the defrag.