Comments on: Win XP Tweaks – Windows Prefetcher, Free Idle Tasks Tweak, Force XP to Unload DLLs http://www.howtosetup.com/win-xp-tweaks-windows-prefetcher-free-idle-tasks-tweak-force-xp-to-unload-dlls/ Popular guides, tutorials, advices and tips Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:18:44 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Larry Miller http://www.howtosetup.com/win-xp-tweaks-windows-prefetcher-free-idle-tasks-tweak-force-xp-to-unload-dlls/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Larry Miller Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:18:44 +0000 http://www.howtosetup.com/win-xp-tweaks-windows-prefetcher-free-idle-tasks-tweak-force-xp-to-unload-dlls/#comment-484 This article contains numerous errors. Rather than deal with them individually I will list them and refer the reader to a site that deals with them in detail. Windows Prefetcher: Impairs performance. IRQ Priority Tweak: Complete nonsense. QoS tweak: Does nothing useful. Force XP to Unload DLLs: Useless or worse. Give 16-bit apps their own separate processes: Virtually useless. References: http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/XPMyths.html Larry Miller Microsoft MCSA This article contains numerous errors.
Rather than deal with them individually I will list them and refer the reader to a site that deals with them in detail.

Windows Prefetcher: Impairs performance.
IRQ Priority Tweak: Complete nonsense.
QoS tweak: Does nothing useful.
Force XP to Unload DLLs: Useless or worse.
Give 16-bit apps their own separate processes: Virtually useless.

References:
http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/XPMyths.html

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA

]]>