>Prefetch isn't a cache. It's a pointer system to files on the hard drive of >frequently used apps. People familiar with the operation of Windows would >know this.
Of course it is a cache. Any data that the computer assembles and saves so it doesn't have to recreate it later is a cache. Cache is defined by function, not by content. >Except that the OP wasn't having a 10 minute boot problem; s/he was having a >"slow" computer. A question about a non-specific slow computer with perhaps others on the list with similar issues. So I provided the whole list. Pardon me for not censoring. I'm not going to leave out a very useful solution just because it offends your ideology. If that is the problem, clearing prefetch does work and does so dramatically. The penalty for clearing prefetch is minor, except that it offends the ideologs. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
