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Old 11-17-2005, 08:20 AM   #1
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Clean up and disable Windows prefetch

• Navigate to Start > Run (Click on Run).
• Type in "Prefetch" in the input field and press enter.
• Hold the Control key and press A (Ctrl + A).
• Press the Delete key and then click "Yes" to delete all of the files.
• Close the directory.
• How to disable prefetch: (note: This may negatively affect the time that it takes to start any programs and also Windows.)
• Navigate to Start > Run and click on Run.
• In the input field, type "regedit" and then press enter.
• Navigate to the following key in the registry by clicking on the +'s next to the folders in the left pane (see picture below).
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Session Manager/Memory/ManagementPrefetchParameters
• Locate a key called "EnablePrefetcher".
• Double click the key.
• Change the value of the key to 0.
• Press OK.
• Exit Regedit.
• Note: This comes into effect the next time your computer is restarted.
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