Comments on: No, Virginia, there is no Superfetch in Windows XP

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:13:14 +0000

No, there is no Superfetch in Windows XP, with or without SP2. I believe Mark Russinovich.

By: browncarpet

browncarpet — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:07:18 +0000

I have heard this is only available when you install SP2… Could that be true?

By: Mastertertech

Mastertertech — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:25:55 +0000

Rick,

The FACT that there is not a reference string in the XP Kernel for this means it is IMPOSSIBLE for it to do anything. You can look yourself with the Strings program. Alot of people on the internet are gullible, DSLReports has its fair share. Use you head this is not complicated.

By: Neoandertal

Neoandertal — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Im not find any information about Superfetch in Mark Russinovich.

This information proceed?

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

The person who wrote the story for Bink.nu contacted Russinovich and asked him about this. He reported on that conversation.

By: derek

derek — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

You are soooo wrong who in the he11 are your sources.

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

My sources? Just some guy who knows more about Windows internals than anyone. So much that he speaks at Microsoft conferences on the topic and has developers who are in his fan club.

Who are your sources?

By: Geroxx

Geroxx — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

You mention something about * NOT * cleaning out the “Prefetch Folder”. Can you link to more info on this? Or explain it?

Thanks

By: Kallen Web Design of Michigan

Kallen Web Design of Michigan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Very helpful Ed, Thanks!

By: Roy Garner

Roy Garner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I can go along with the Superfetch=worthless, I thought it was bunk when I first read it.

As for the “Prefetch Folder” Hmmm, I can think of a reason it should be cleaned, the same reason that many other folders in Windows need to be cleaned “When they become full of worthless junk you don’t use or need “

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

There’s a pretty interesting thread about it here:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13937675~mode=flat~days=9999

I agree that not finding the string in the kernel is damning, but does that absolutely guarantee that the technology does not lay dormant in XP in some other way? I wish Mark had gone that extra step. At the very least, MS should weigh in on this. I’m not sure how to explain away the sizeable number of people who try this and meet with success…it’s a few too many for comfort.

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Placebo effect…

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I don’t know, I give the DSLReports crowd a little more credit than that. They’re usually the ones to tear things like this apart, not build them up. Some systems are getting results, and since results are measured (by the clock), it’s hard to attribute this to something like a sugar pill making you feel “better.” Either it’s faster or it isn’t. Hopefully, MS will comment on this before long.