Post #81,706
2/14/03 2:58:46 PM
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Microsoft Office/File defragmentation speedup?
Anybody remember this?
I remember reading *something* about an Intel-based defragmenter that was packaged with Windows 95, that would in theory speed up the load time of Office 95 by ordering the files such that they would be loaded in the optimal order, or some such nonsense.
This ring a bell with anybody?
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Post #81,707
2/14/03 3:07:20 PM
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I thought it was, something like that is built into Win XP?
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Post #81,711
2/14/03 3:26:10 PM
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Re: I thought it was, something like that is built into Win
Yah, I'm just remembering some marketspeak from back then - that instead of just "defragmenting" files, it "sniffed" the order in which files were being loaded, and somehow optomized the position of the files for optimal load times. Coulda been marketdroid speak for "defragmenting" - I'm just kinda curious what it was.
I admit, I was a lot more susceptible to marketdroid speak back in those days...
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
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Post #81,722
2/14/03 4:24:43 PM
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The first technique in speeding up Office
...is removing "Office Startup" and "Find Fast" from your Startup folder and/or the registry.
Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance -
Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation.
BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
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Post #81,734
2/14/03 5:51:56 PM
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Norton SpeedStart
I think is what it's called. MS licensed/stole it for XP, I think. It puts certain Win files in faster parts of the disk so the system starts up quicker, as I understand it.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #81,749
2/14/03 7:05:46 PM
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WinAlign (and walign)?
[link|http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q191655|http://support.micro...=KB;en-us;q191655]
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Chris Altmann
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Post #81,771
2/14/03 8:02:42 PM
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Yes, this was advertised at the time.
It was supposed to happen automagically (with Win98, I think) and was just part of Windows, but I don't know how well it worked, or if it worked at all. Haven't heard a word about it since the original release, so maybe it didn't.
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Post #81,837
2/14/03 11:14:18 PM
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I see it on my laptop
on the 98 partition.
The Disk Defrager's "select drive" dialog box has a logo "Intel Optimizers" along with the text "Intel Application Launch Accelerator".
The settings screen has the pre-checked option to "Rearrange program files so my programs start faster."
Darrell Spice, Jr.
[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #82,036
2/16/03 10:54:49 AM
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Here it is
[link|http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=663|Intel Application Accelerator]
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Post #82,059
2/16/03 2:09:54 PM
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Remember this ONLY works with INTEL Chipsets...
...and INTEL Processors... eg i810, i815, i820... etc... and Pentium, PentiumPro, PII, P3, P4...
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Post #82,062
2/16/03 3:14:25 PM
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That's something different
It is an enhanced ATA driver. [link|http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/reasons.htm|http://support.intel...s/iaa/reasons.htm] :
Upgrade Path from Intel\ufffd Ultra ATA Storage Driver
Customers who are currently using the Intel\ufffd Ultra ATA Storage Driver can upgrade to the Intel Application Accelerator for the latest enhancements and updates. Intel Application Accelerator has replaced the Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver.
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Chris Altmann
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