LFC Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Microsoft claims Longhorn will be, er, faster The only reason why its faster is they added a superfetch feature to the prefetcher. If you look at the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementPrefetcher you will notice in windows xp http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24749 Thanks to http://warp2search.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 hmm, don't have exact that key. and didn't get into instructions :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerZ Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 did anyone try it, does it works faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMaxx Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 That sounds too good to be true! :p Me will wait to hear about people trying it :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeXetic Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I can't try it out cause I don't seem to have the key either. EDIT: Found it but think this is a bunch of bull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[DGS] Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 lol BUSH... you have to add it yourself! It works though.. amazing.. i now have LONGHORN XP 2005! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 mmmmkay. this is pure bs right? right? :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha2004 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I notice no difference 586241985[/snapback] do you have to delete the old key? they do say it was added though, so probably not Anybody try rebooting after this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I notice no difference. It seems fairly obvious that the speed of Longhorn doesn't rest purely on the addition of a single registry entry - I wonder if the source of this took into account the hardware Longhorn was using and the new technologies Longhorn features? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max84 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I did it, but notice no difference yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 do you have to delete the old key?they do say it was added though, so probably not Anybody try rebooting after this? 586241986[/snapback] I don't think so - the page doesn't say anything about deleting the old key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiREFLi Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 If it was this simple wouldn't it be done by default? I don't think this is going to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluidman Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 do you have to delete EnablePrefetcher and replace it with EnableSuperfetch ? or do you just add the EnableSuperfetch ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I'm sure the Longhorn optimization isn't the prefetcher. I mean its already an enabled and reasonably effective prefetcher in XP is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_is_Axel Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 unless they didnt know about it back then until after research? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfrem Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 If this was true then wouldn't Microsoft have publicised this themselves ages ago? After all wouldn't they want XP to run as fast as possible if this tweak worked? Why would they know about this and not tell, thereby crippling XP for the rest of us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Mick Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 If this was true then wouldn't Microsoft have publicised this themselves ages ago? After all wouldn't they want XP to run as fast as possible if this tweak worked? Why would they know about this and not tell, thereby crippling XP for the rest of us? 586242002[/snapback] Because (& this is if this tweak does work) they will want to keep XP "Crippled" as you put it so people do upgrade to Longhorn or have at least a reason to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Grey Member Posted July 20, 2005 Member Share Posted July 20, 2005 Because (& this is if this tweak does work) they will want to keep XP "Crippled" as you put it so people do upgrade to Longhorn or have at least a reason to. 586242011[/snapback] yea, right! There no way changing one registry key is going to impove the PC speed... Even if this was true, Ms would already apply this "tweak". :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jexel Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 yes MS just happened to have 2 versions of its prefetch funtion in one OS hoping that noone will find out as they will implement the "superprefetcher". Sounds pretty stupid to me. That article also seems abit suss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLR Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 What's "prefectcher"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfox2004 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 (edited) What's "prefectcher"? 586242079[/snapback] C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch Please do some googling then you will know Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] "VideoInitTime"=dword:000001d4 "EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003 "AppLaunchMaxNumPages"=dword:00000fa0 "AppLaunchMaxNumSections"=dword:000000aa "AppLaunchTimerPeriod"=hex:80,69,67,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff "BootMaxNumPages"=dword:0001f400 "BootMaxNumSections"=dword:00000ff0 "BootTimerPeriod"=hex:00,f2,d8,f8,ff,ff,ff,ff "MaxNumActiveTraces"=dword:00000008 "MaxNumSavedTraces"=dword:00000008 "RootDirPath"="Prefetch" "HostingAppList"="DLLHOST.EXE,MMC.EXE,RUNDLL32.EXE" "EnableSuperfetch"=dword:00000001 Edited July 20, 2005 by cyberfox2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted July 20, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 20, 2005 mmmmkay.this is pure bs right? right? :shifty: 586241979[/snapback] Yep it is, the very name of the key gives it away. unless they didnt know about it back then until after research? 586242004[/snapback] Um, i do think that if Microsoft coded it in, they would know about it. Not like it appered in the compiled binaryies on the disks during shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyB Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 This is all hogwash. This is a non-existent key in XP. If it involved adding a new DWORD or STRING-VALUE to an existing key I might believe it could work but not by adding a totally new key. If that were possible why can't we just add a new key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE//SYSTEM//CurrentControlSet//Control//Session Manager//Memory Management//ComputerEnhancements "MakeMyComputerFaster=dword:1" "ShowBSOD=dword:0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jexel Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 benefit of the doubt. As long as the people who actually implemented the key think its faster, it ought to be FASTER. It's all pyschological, most people think that just by cleaning couple of registry keys their comps will actually run faster. *shrugs* Let them have their fun. This is all hogwash.This is a non-existent key in XP. If it involved adding a new DWORD or STRING-VALUE to an existing key I might believe it could work but not by adding a totally new key. If that were possible why can't we just add a new key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE//SYSTEM//CurrentControlSet//Control//Session Manager//Memory Management//ComputerEnhancements Add DWORD "MakeMyComputerFaster=1" Add DWORD "ShowBSOD=0" 586242158[/snapback] hahahaha...i bet if you post it on a website there ought to be one person who actually tries it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1g1talMan Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 This is all hogwash.This is a non-existent key in XP. If it involved adding a new DWORD or STRING-VALUE to an existing key I might believe it could work but not by adding a totally new key. If that were possible why can't we just add a new key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE//SYSTEM//CurrentControlSet//Control//Session Manager//Memory Management//ComputerEnhancements Add DWORD "MakeMyComputerFaster=1" Add DWORD "ShowBSOD=0" 586242158[/snapback] lol. Don't forget Add DWORD = "RequireActivation=0" Add DWORD = "BlockAllSpyware=1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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