Another Way To Tweak Boot Time
*Warning* - Changing Registry setting is tricky and could crash your system. Use the following tweak at your own risk, always back up first before modifying anything in the Registry.
Start , run, type "Regedit"
Follow this string :-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> SessionManager -> MemoryManagement -> PrefetchParameters.
Then look at the Prefetch string and change the value from 3 to 5. it doesn't matter if you keep it Hexadecimal or Decimal.
Close registry and restart WindowsXP; it should load up between 5-15 seconds (or even more) faster.
*Tip - run bootvis and record the boot time before applying this tweak.
Start , run, type "Regedit"
Follow this string :-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> SessionManager -> MemoryManagement -> PrefetchParameters.
Then look at the Prefetch string and change the value from 3 to 5. it doesn't matter if you keep it Hexadecimal or Decimal.
Close registry and restart WindowsXP; it should load up between 5-15 seconds (or even more) faster.
*Tip - run bootvis and record the boot time before applying this tweak.
posted by sikandar at 10:22 AM
2 Comments:
Nope values such as 5 do not exist and Windows will simply use the default and optimal value 3 when you assign it a non-functional value. This is a Myth:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/XPMyths.html
The very first tip in this article says the optimum value is 3. That is correct. This is nonsense.
Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA
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