Windows Troubleshooting

Does Cleaning the Windows Prefetch Folder Speed Up Your PC?

Views: 1,400Originally published November 9, 2006 | Updated November 2026 Back in November 2006, I published a short troubleshooting tip suggesting that Windows XP users could improve startup performance by occasionally deleting the contents of the Windows Prefetch folder. The thinking at the time was that Windows might accumulate information about too many applications, eventually

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Removing Unused Device Drivers Safely in Windows 11

Views: 1,665Originally published November 9, 2006 | Updated November 2026 Back in 2006, I wrote a short article explaining how to locate and remove unused device drivers in Windows. The original technique involved setting a Windows environment variable, opening Device Manager, displaying hidden devices, and uninstalling devices that were no longer present. At the time,

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