Windows tips site IntelliAdmin suggests some ways to speed up Windows startup. Alongside the usual defrag and spyware-cleaning suspects, there's an interesting section on disabling Windows' prefetch ...

Windows File Analyzer will help you decode & analyze the Thumbnail Database, Prefetch folder, Shortcuts, Index.DAT, and Recycle Bin for forensic analysis. We took it for a spin and can say that it is ...

"prefetch" is basically a system service that is *supposed* to speed up access to selected applications by maintaining a db of your apps and PRE LOADING elements that allow them to load faster. Kind ...

Click to view As a tech writer, one of my biggest pet peeves is the plethora of bad advice littered across almost every web site dedicated to system tweaking. Besides the tweaks that simply don't work ...

Fast Startup is failing due to underlying system inconsistencies, such as corrupted hibernation files, misconfigured BIOS settings, or outdated drivers, which disrupt the boot optimization process.