Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
24-07-2005, 12:32
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Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24749
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Subject: 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_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\Prefetcher
you will notice in windows xp
EnablePrefetcher = 3 and you will notice in windows longhorn
EnableSuperfetch = 1
Well, guess what? You can put the EnableSuperfetch = 1 in windows xp and get the same speed. Wow, Microsoft just added a feature that was already there in xp.
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24-07-2005, 12:55
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
I've seen this posted elswhere and some have sugested that it's a totally bogus tweak as it adjusts something doesn't exist in XP.
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24-07-2005, 12:55
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
Just done it...
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24-07-2005, 13:08
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
and is it working or a loads of old bull
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24-07-2005, 13:10
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
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Just done it...
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and.............?
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24-07-2005, 13:10
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
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and is it working or a loads of old bull
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I`ve just done it and i can`t notice any difference.
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24-07-2005, 16:03
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
Let's add a registry entry that nothing will ever use in XP! It simply MUST enable the Superfetch feature! Yeah!
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24-07-2005, 16:36
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
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Originally Posted by nffc
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haven't noticed owt but then i haven't rebooted. not noticeably faster but i have lots of ram anyway- it's cpu i need.
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24-07-2005, 16:44
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
You would need to reboot before a registry change will take effect.
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24-07-2005, 16:50
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
what about us people that don't use the prefetch... even less effective here 
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24-07-2005, 16:55
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja
You would need to reboot before a registry change will take effect.
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rebooting...  i hate rebooting.
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24-07-2005, 17:19
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
Having tested this the "enablesuperfetch" is not read at any time during boot process or after 30 minutes of general use...
Unlucky I guess - Tested on XP Pro with SP2
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24-07-2005, 17:27
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
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Originally Posted by Tricky
Having tested this the "enablesuperfetch" is not read at any time during boot process or after 30 minutes of general use...
Unlucky I guess - Tested on XP Pro with SP2
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It's been stated by MS that superfetch isn't in the OS kernel so enabling it in XP won't have that much effect. It's also been remarked that tampering with the prefetch settings for the virtual memory system can lead to instability 
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24-07-2005, 17:49
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
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Originally Posted by tomjleeds
Let's add a registry entry that nothing will ever use in XP! It simply MUST enable the Superfetch feature! Yeah!
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Nobody's holding a gun to your head
There's a thread about this over at Rage3d, most people are saying the tweak has made a difference, especially viewing folders with lots of pictures using thumbnail view.
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24-07-2005, 18:02
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Re: Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak
Well I haven't noticed any improvement...
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