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February 27th 06, 10:13 PM
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Any truth to this ? Its about the perfetch
Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from
this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ... 
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February 27th 06, 10:22 PM
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Any truth to this ? Its about the perfetch
Windows XP's Built-In Optimization
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1149277,00.asp Windows XP Performance http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...te/xpperf.mspx Benchmarking on Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...benchmark.mspx -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Microsoft Community Newsgroups news://msnews.microsoft.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*---------------- "RoadRunner" wrote: | Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from | this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete | the layout file | | http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 | | ..
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February 28th 06, 01:08 AM
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Any truth to this ? Its about the perfetch
It takes at least three reboots to rebuild Prefetch.
rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks will rebuild the %windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini file. If for some reason layout.ini (%windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini) does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK Type or paste the following line: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Normally you do not want to delete the layout.ini. I have disabled prefetching and my layout.ini has just two lines: [OptimalLayoutFile] Version=1 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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February 28th 06, 01:30 AM
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I just dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from %windir%\Prefetch to
the Desktop. I started the Task Scheduler service that I had disabled. I ran Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks from a command prompt. It ran for about five minutes. A new layout.ini was recreated in %windir%\Prefetch. Along with a few *.pf files. The new layout.ini has 1252 lines and is 150 KB. I disabled the Task Scheduler service and everything in %windir%\Prefetch. I dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from the Desktop back to %windir%\Prefetch. Prefetch is now turned OFF for me again. I got tired of seeing this kind of crap in the layout.ini: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\DESKTOP.INI How many times does this deleted crap need to come back and haunt a person? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Wesley Vogel hunted and pecked: It takes at least three reboots to rebuild Prefetch. rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks will rebuild the %windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini file. If for some reason layout.ini (%windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini) does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK Type or paste the following line: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Normally you do not want to delete the layout.ini. I have disabled prefetching and my layout.ini has just two lines: [OptimalLayoutFile] Version=1 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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February 28th 06, 01:39 PM
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I run my system; XP Pro SP2 with no prefetch and no layout.ini file with no ill effects. YMMV
-- RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure ! -- Touch Base Post back here on the result- good or bad "RoadRunner" wrote in message ... | Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from | this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete | the layout file | | http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 | | .. | | |
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March 1st 06, 01:18 PM
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Hmmm, prefetch got me curious, went to the folder and it is completely empty! Went to the Help and Support section (start button)
and looked-up 'prefetch'; it returned ZERO hits. OK. Would someone please tell me how to turn prefetch on and off (BTW, I've rebooted about a dozen times and there are still no files there, hidden files are viewable)? Thanks, Vic ___ "RoadRunner" wrote in message ... Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 1st 06, 02:52 PM
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If no files in %windir%\Prefetch or C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch.
Do you have some sort of a utility like Windows XP Prefetch Clean And Control, Download Cleanup, Clean Prefetch.bat, Security CD Scanning Script v1.01 or TuneXP that cleans out the Prefetch folder? Are these services set to Automatic and running? System Event Notification Task Scheduler Open Services... Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK | Scroll down to and double click System Event Notification | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Scroll down to and double click Task Scheduler | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Close Services. Open the Registry Editor... Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK | Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters Look for EnablePrefetcher in the right pane, if the value is not 3, Double click EnablePrefetcher and change the value to 3. Exit regedit This will take effect on next reboot. It will take three boots to rebuild the Prefetch file. If for some reason layout.ini {C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\layout.ini} does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Clcik OK | Type or paste this in: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction In the right hand pane, OptimizeComplete does it say Yes? If not... Set the LcnStartLocation to 0 (zero) and the LcnEndLocation to 0 (zero) Run rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks again. Or run defrag c: -boot if Windows is on the C: drive. You can force a boot optimization by doing the following: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type or paste this in: defrag c: -boot Hit Enter This time running defrag may take longer. Again open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction OptimizeComplete Yes? LcnStartLocation LcnEndLocation Have the values changed from 0? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Vic hunted and pecked: Hmmm, prefetch got me curious, went to the folder and it is completely empty! Went to the Help and Support section (start button) and looked-up 'prefetch'; it returned ZERO hits. OK. Would someone please tell me how to turn prefetch on and off (BTW, I've rebooted about a dozen times and there are still no files there, hidden files are viewable)? Thanks, Vic ___ "RoadRunner" wrote in message ... Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 1st 06, 05:33 PM
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Any truth to this ? Its about the perfetch
Thanks for your detailed response Wesley! It helped me narrow down a solution.
I replied within. "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... If no files in %windir%\Prefetch or C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch. Do you have some sort of a utility like Windows XP Prefetch Clean And Control, Download Cleanup, Clean Prefetch.bat, Security CD Scanning Script v1.01 or TuneXP that cleans out the Prefetch folder? I have in fact used TuneXP Are these services set to Automatic and running? System Event Notification Task Scheduler Task Scheduler will not run, keeps coming up with error 87, incorrect start parameter. As I ran through your post the horror of what may have been my mistake has come to mind. Using a registry cleaner may have removed entries thus causing this problem. I've looked and looked for a backup to restore but to no avail. No restore points go back far enough. It should not be a big thing though as I am new to XP (less than two weeks) and not much is installed. I figure about 25 hours should get me back g). More below Open Services... Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK | Scroll down to and double click System Event Notification | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Scroll down to and double click Task Scheduler | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Close Services. Open the Registry Editor... Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK | Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters Look for EnablePrefetcher in the right pane, if the value is not 3, Double click EnablePrefetcher and change the value to 3. registry entries RE prefetcher look OK Exit regedit This will take effect on next reboot. It will take three boots to rebuild the Prefetch file. If for some reason layout.ini {C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\layout.ini} does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Clcik OK | Type or paste this in: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks tried this. nothing happens (probably because task scheduler will NOT start) Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction In the right hand pane, OptimizeComplete does it say Yes? If not... Set the LcnStartLocation to 0 (zero) and the LcnEndLocation to 0 (zero) Run rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks again. Or run defrag c: -boot if Windows is on the C: drive. You can force a boot optimization by doing the following: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type or paste this in: defrag c: -boot Hit Enter believe it of not, this will not work either. I can defrag starting the GUI for defrag though This time running defrag may take longer. Again open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction OptimizeComplete Yes? LcnStartLocation LcnEndLocation Have the values changed from 0? registry says OptimizeComplete NO also says OptimizeError MISSING REGISTRY ENTRIES (- bingo -) Well, unless you have a rabbit you can pull out of your hat it looks like I may have to reinstall and avoid RegHealer. Thanks again, you have been very helpful! Vic Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Vic hunted and pecked: Hmmm, prefetch got me curious, went to the folder and it is completely empty! Went to the Help and Support section (start button) and looked-up 'prefetch'; it returned ZERO hits. OK. Would someone please tell me how to turn prefetch on and off (BTW, I've rebooted about a dozen times and there are still no files there, hidden files are viewable)? Thanks, Vic ___ "RoadRunner" wrote in message ... Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 1st 06, 10:57 PM
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Hi ... Thanks for the tips and links :-)
"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... I just dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from %windir%\Prefetch to the Desktop. I started the Task Scheduler service that I had disabled. I ran Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks from a command prompt. It ran for about five minutes. A new layout.ini was recreated in %windir%\Prefetch. Along with a few *.pf files. The new layout.ini has 1252 lines and is 150 KB. I disabled the Task Scheduler service and everything in %windir%\Prefetch. I dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from the Desktop back to %windir%\Prefetch. Prefetch is now turned OFF for me again. I got tired of seeing this kind of crap in the layout.ini: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\DESKTOP.INI How many times does this deleted crap need to come back and haunt a person? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Wesley Vogel hunted and pecked: It takes at least three reboots to rebuild Prefetch. rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks will rebuild the %windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini file. If for some reason layout.ini (%windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini) does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK Type or paste the following line: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Normally you do not want to delete the layout.ini. I have disabled prefetching and my layout.ini has just two lines: [OptimalLayoutFile] Version=1 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 2nd 06, 03:23 AM
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You're welcome for the tips. :-)
What links? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... Thanks for the tips and links :-) "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... I just dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from %windir%\Prefetch to the Desktop. I started the Task Scheduler service that I had disabled. I ran Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks from a command prompt. It ran for about five minutes. A new layout.ini was recreated in %windir%\Prefetch. Along with a few *.pf files. The new layout.ini has 1252 lines and is 150 KB. I disabled the Task Scheduler service and everything in %windir%\Prefetch. I dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from the Desktop back to %windir%\Prefetch. Prefetch is now turned OFF for me again. I got tired of seeing this kind of crap in the layout.ini: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\DESKTOP.INI How many times does this deleted crap need to come back and haunt a person? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Wesley Vogel hunted and pecked: It takes at least three reboots to rebuild Prefetch. rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks will rebuild the %windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini file. If for some reason layout.ini (%windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini) does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK Type or paste the following line: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Normally you do not want to delete the layout.ini. I have disabled prefetching and my layout.ini has just two lines: [OptimalLayoutFile] Version=1 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 2nd 06, 03:24 AM
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Any truth to this ? Its about the perfetch
Vic, let's start with the Task Scheduler service (its Display name).
Schedule is the service name. You're using Outlook Express 5.50.4942.400?? and not 6.0?? Anyway. Let's see what's in your registry for Schedule. Open the Registry Editor... Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK | Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Schedule Right click on the Schedule folder in the left hand pane and click: Export. When the Export Registry File dialog opens, click the Desktop, top left. Type: sched in the File name box. Next to Save as type, click the V and select: Text Files (*.txt). Click the Save button. Close regedit. Locate sched.txt on your desktop, open it, copy everything and paste into a message and post back. We'll see if there is anything obvious. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Vic hunted and pecked: Thanks for your detailed response Wesley! It helped me narrow down a solution. I replied within. "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... If no files in %windir%\Prefetch or C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch. Do you have some sort of a utility like Windows XP Prefetch Clean And Control, Download Cleanup, Clean Prefetch.bat, Security CD Scanning Script v1.01 or TuneXP that cleans out the Prefetch folder? I have in fact used TuneXP Are these services set to Automatic and running? System Event Notification Task Scheduler Task Scheduler will not run, keeps coming up with error 87, incorrect start parameter. As I ran through your post the horror of what may have been my mistake has come to mind. Using a registry cleaner may have removed entries thus causing this problem. I've looked and looked for a backup to restore but to no avail. No restore points go back far enough. It should not be a big thing though as I am new to XP (less than two weeks) and not much is installed. I figure about 25 hours should get me back g). More below Open Services... Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK | Scroll down to and double click System Event Notification | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Scroll down to and double click Task Scheduler | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Close Services. Open the Registry Editor... Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK | Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters Look for EnablePrefetcher in the right pane, if the value is not 3, Double click EnablePrefetcher and change the value to 3. registry entries RE prefetcher look OK Exit regedit This will take effect on next reboot. It will take three boots to rebuild the Prefetch file. If for some reason layout.ini {C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\layout.ini} does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Clcik OK | Type or paste this in: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks tried this. nothing happens (probably because task scheduler will NOT start) Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction In the right hand pane, OptimizeComplete does it say Yes? If not... Set the LcnStartLocation to 0 (zero) and the LcnEndLocation to 0 (zero) Run rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks again. Or run defrag c: -boot if Windows is on the C: drive. You can force a boot optimization by doing the following: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type or paste this in: defrag c: -boot Hit Enter believe it of not, this will not work either. I can defrag starting the GUI for defrag though This time running defrag may take longer. Again open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction OptimizeComplete Yes? LcnStartLocation LcnEndLocation Have the values changed from 0? registry says OptimizeComplete NO also says OptimizeError MISSING REGISTRY ENTRIES (- bingo -) Well, unless you have a rabbit you can pull out of your hat it looks like I may have to reinstall and avoid RegHealer. Thanks again, you have been very helpful! Vic Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Vic hunted and pecked: Hmmm, prefetch got me curious, went to the folder and it is completely empty! Went to the Help and Support section (start button) and looked-up 'prefetch'; it returned ZERO hits. OK. Would someone please tell me how to turn prefetch on and off (BTW, I've rebooted about a dozen times and there are still no files there, hidden files are viewable)? Thanks, Vic ___ "RoadRunner" wrote in message ... Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 2nd 06, 03:51 AM
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I was talking about yours and CF post
"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... You're welcome for the tips. :-) What links? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... Thanks for the tips and links :-) "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... I just dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from %windir%\Prefetch to the Desktop. I started the Task Scheduler service that I had disabled. I ran Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks from a command prompt. It ran for about five minutes. A new layout.ini was recreated in %windir%\Prefetch. Along with a few *.pf files. The new layout.ini has 1252 lines and is 150 KB. I disabled the Task Scheduler service and everything in %windir%\Prefetch. I dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from the Desktop back to %windir%\Prefetch. Prefetch is now turned OFF for me again. I got tired of seeing this kind of crap in the layout.ini: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\DESKTOP.INI How many times does this deleted crap need to come back and haunt a person? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Wesley Vogel hunted and pecked: It takes at least three reboots to rebuild Prefetch. rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks will rebuild the %windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini file. If for some reason layout.ini (%windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini) does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK Type or paste the following line: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Normally you do not want to delete the layout.ini. I have disabled prefetching and my layout.ini has just two lines: [OptimalLayoutFile] Version=1 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 2nd 06, 04:41 PM
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Any truth to this ? Its about the perfetch
Gotcha! ;-)
-- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: I was talking about yours and CF post "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... You're welcome for the tips. :-) What links? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... Thanks for the tips and links :-) "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... I just dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from %windir%\Prefetch to the Desktop. I started the Task Scheduler service that I had disabled. I ran Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks from a command prompt. It ran for about five minutes. A new layout.ini was recreated in %windir%\Prefetch. Along with a few *.pf files. The new layout.ini has 1252 lines and is 150 KB. I disabled the Task Scheduler service and everything in %windir%\Prefetch. I dragged my two line, 66 bytes layout.ini from the Desktop back to %windir%\Prefetch. Prefetch is now turned OFF for me again. I got tired of seeing this kind of crap in the layout.ini: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\ C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\ C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XMBH2EHU\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\9FAPNFT1\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\XIB91R22\DESKTOP.INI C:\WINDOWS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\B13UXOWI\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\INDEX.DAT C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\8YAN7HBW\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\ZAVYS14E\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\UYIVTZLA\DESKTOP.INI C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\WESLEY P. VOGEL\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.IE5\OPQRSTUV\DESKTOP.INI How many times does this deleted crap need to come back and haunt a person? -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Wesley Vogel hunted and pecked: It takes at least three reboots to rebuild Prefetch. rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks will rebuild the %windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini file. If for some reason layout.ini (%windir%\Prefetch\layout.ini) does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK Type or paste the following line: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Normally you do not want to delete the layout.ini. I have disabled prefetching and my layout.ini has just two lines: [OptimalLayoutFile] Version=1 -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , RoadRunner hunted and pecked: Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 3rd 06, 12:15 AM
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Any truth to this ? Its about the perfetch
I am posting this again. I just saw it disappear before my eyes.
Vic, let's start with the Task Scheduler service (its Display name). Schedule is the service name. You're using Outlook Express 5.50.4942.400?? and not 6.0?? Anyway. Let's see what's in your registry for Schedule. Open the Registry Editor... Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK | Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Schedule Right click on the Schedule folder in the left hand pane and click: Export. When the Export Registry File dialog opens, click the Desktop, top left. Type: sched in the File name box. Next to Save as type, click the V and select: Text Files (*.txt). Click the Save button. Close regedit. Locate sched.txt on your desktop, open it, copy everything and paste into a message and post back. We'll see if there is anything obvious. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Vic hunted and pecked: Thanks for your detailed response Wesley! It helped me narrow down a solution. I replied within. "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... If no files in %windir%\Prefetch or C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch. Do you have some sort of a utility like Windows XP Prefetch Clean And Control, Download Cleanup, Clean Prefetch.bat, Security CD Scanning Script v1.01 or TuneXP that cleans out the Prefetch folder? I have in fact used TuneXP Are these services set to Automatic and running? System Event Notification Task Scheduler Task Scheduler will not run, keeps coming up with error 87, incorrect start parameter. As I ran through your post the horror of what may have been my mistake has come to mind. Using a registry cleaner may have removed entries thus causing this problem. I've looked and looked for a backup to restore but to no avail. No restore points go back far enough. It should not be a big thing though as I am new to XP (less than two weeks) and not much is installed. I figure about 25 hours should get me back g). More below Open Services... Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK | Scroll down to and double click System Event Notification | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Scroll down to and double click Task Scheduler | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Close Services. Open the Registry Editor... Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK | Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters Look for EnablePrefetcher in the right pane, if the value is not 3, Double click EnablePrefetcher and change the value to 3. registry entries RE prefetcher look OK Exit regedit This will take effect on next reboot. It will take three boots to rebuild the Prefetch file. If for some reason layout.ini {C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\layout.ini} does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Clcik OK | Type or paste this in: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks tried this. nothing happens (probably because task scheduler will NOT start) Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction In the right hand pane, OptimizeComplete does it say Yes? If not... Set the LcnStartLocation to 0 (zero) and the LcnEndLocation to 0 (zero) Run rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks again. Or run defrag c: -boot if Windows is on the C: drive. You can force a boot optimization by doing the following: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type or paste this in: defrag c: -boot Hit Enter believe it of not, this will not work either. I can defrag starting the GUI for defrag though This time running defrag may take longer. Again open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction OptimizeComplete Yes? LcnStartLocation LcnEndLocation Have the values changed from 0? registry says OptimizeComplete NO also says OptimizeError MISSING REGISTRY ENTRIES (- bingo -) Well, unless you have a rabbit you can pull out of your hat it looks like I may have to reinstall and avoid RegHealer. Thanks again, you have been very helpful! Vic Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Vic hunted and pecked: Hmmm, prefetch got me curious, went to the folder and it is completely empty! Went to the Help and Support section (start button) and looked-up 'prefetch'; it returned ZERO hits. OK. Would someone please tell me how to turn prefetch on and off (BTW, I've rebooted about a dozen times and there are still no files there, hidden files are viewable)? Thanks, Vic ___ "RoadRunner" wrote in message ... Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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March 3rd 06, 06:12 PM
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Hi Wesley
Sorry to respond to your reply so late. The prefetch issue along with others causing yellow and red flagged items within the reporting system caused me to reinstall. Probably started just before your reply. But thanks again. Your help is valuable! Just to follow-up, the system is reinstalled and working well. No yellow or red flags. Performance is good. There is certainly a good learning curve coming from Win9x to XP! The reason you see OE 5.5 is because Win95, 98se are still installed (multi-boot system). and the message was written while in 98 probably (not upgraded to IE6). There are questions I need to ask networking, which seems to me to be the hardest to understand and configure of all XP's functions I run into thus far so it's off to networking newsgroups. Thanks again! Vic "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... Vic, let's start with the Task Scheduler service (its Display name). Schedule is the service name. You're using Outlook Express 5.50.4942.400?? and not 6.0?? Anyway. Let's see what's in your registry for Schedule. Open the Registry Editor... Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK | Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Schedule Right click on the Schedule folder in the left hand pane and click: Export. When the Export Registry File dialog opens, click the Desktop, top left. Type: sched in the File name box. Next to Save as type, click the V and select: Text Files (*.txt). Click the Save button. Close regedit. Locate sched.txt on your desktop, open it, copy everything and paste into a message and post back. We'll see if there is anything obvious. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Vic hunted and pecked: Thanks for your detailed response Wesley! It helped me narrow down a solution. I replied within. "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... If no files in %windir%\Prefetch or C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch. Do you have some sort of a utility like Windows XP Prefetch Clean And Control, Download Cleanup, Clean Prefetch.bat, Security CD Scanning Script v1.01 or TuneXP that cleans out the Prefetch folder? I have in fact used TuneXP Are these services set to Automatic and running? System Event Notification Task Scheduler Task Scheduler will not run, keeps coming up with error 87, incorrect start parameter. As I ran through your post the horror of what may have been my mistake has come to mind. Using a registry cleaner may have removed entries thus causing this problem. I've looked and looked for a backup to restore but to no avail. No restore points go back far enough. It should not be a big thing though as I am new to XP (less than two weeks) and not much is installed. I figure about 25 hours should get me back g). More below Open Services... Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK | Scroll down to and double click System Event Notification | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Scroll down to and double click Task Scheduler | Under Startup type make sure it's set to Automatic | Click Apply | Click the Start button | When it starts click OK Close Services. Open the Registry Editor... Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK | Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters Look for EnablePrefetcher in the right pane, if the value is not 3, Double click EnablePrefetcher and change the value to 3. registry entries RE prefetcher look OK Exit regedit This will take effect on next reboot. It will take three boots to rebuild the Prefetch file. If for some reason layout.ini {C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\layout.ini} does not get recreated after three boots, try this: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Clcik OK | Type or paste this in: rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks tried this. nothing happens (probably because task scheduler will NOT start) Hit Enter and let it run. The layout.ini should be rebuilt. Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction In the right hand pane, OptimizeComplete does it say Yes? If not... Set the LcnStartLocation to 0 (zero) and the LcnEndLocation to 0 (zero) Run rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks again. Or run defrag c: -boot if Windows is on the C: drive. You can force a boot optimization by doing the following: Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK | Type or paste this in: defrag c: -boot Hit Enter believe it of not, this will not work either. I can defrag starting the GUI for defrag though This time running defrag may take longer. Again open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction OptimizeComplete Yes? LcnStartLocation LcnEndLocation Have the values changed from 0? registry says OptimizeComplete NO also says OptimizeError MISSING REGISTRY ENTRIES (- bingo -) Well, unless you have a rabbit you can pull out of your hat it looks like I may have to reinstall and avoid RegHealer. Thanks again, you have been very helpful! Vic Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Vic hunted and pecked: Hmmm, prefetch got me curious, went to the folder and it is completely empty! Went to the Help and Support section (start button) and looked-up 'prefetch'; it returned ZERO hits. OK. Would someone please tell me how to turn prefetch on and off (BTW, I've rebooted about a dozen times and there are still no files there, hidden files are viewable)? Thanks, Vic ___ "RoadRunner" wrote in message ... Hi ... I'm curious if there is any truth to this statement that I read from this forum site ? Its about the perfetch folder , that you shouldn't delete the layout file http://www.besttechie.net/forums/ind...showtopic=4404 ..
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