That answers my question..thanks a lot. Hailley
----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 9:37 PM Subject: RE: [jaws-users] Clearing the Prefetch? > The following was taken from: > > http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=178204&start > =0 > > Do not clean out your Prefetch folder! > > http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000743.html > > Here is an excerpt from Ryan Myers, a developer on Microsoft's Windows > Client Performance Team: > > XP systems have a Prefetch directory underneath the windows root > directory, > full of .pf files -- these are lists of pages to load. The file names are > generated > from hashing the EXE to load -- whenever you load the EXE, we hash, see if > there's a matching (exename)-(hash).pf file in the prefetch directory, and > if > so we load those pages. (If it doesn't exist, we track what pages it > loads, > create that file, and pick a handful of them to save to it.) So, first > off, > it is a bad idea to periodically clean out that folder as some tech sites > suggest. For one thing, XP will just re-create that data anyways; > secondly, > it > trims the files anyways if there's ever more than 128 of them so that it > doesn't needlessly consume space. So not only is deleting the directory > totally > unnecessary, but you're also putting a temporary dent in your PC's > performance. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of one foxy lady > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 10:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Clearing the Prefetch? > > so I have to use that program? Can't I just go to it and delete the stuff > in > there? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:52 PM > Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Clearing the Prefetch? > > >> Yes it is and a good program to do that with is CCleaner. >> http://www.ccleaner.com/ >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: one foxy lady >> To: jaws-users >> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 6:10 PM >> Subject: [jaws-users] Clearing the Prefetch? >> >> >> Was wondering if it's ok to empty the windows prefetch folder? >> >> Hailley >> >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users >> List send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List > send > a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List > send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > Visit the JAWS Users list home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the JAWS Users List send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jaws-users/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
