Lifehacker

Tweak Windows prefetch for a faster startup

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 ...
MUO on MSN

This secret Microsoft app promises to improve your Windows performance, but it's mostly just reorganizing what you already have

Reclaiming RAM can help in situations where your system is truly low on memory, but Windows already manages RAM dynamically.
Forbes

How To Reclaim Your Disk Space After The Most Recent Windows 10 Update

The Windows 10 version 1511, build 10586 update has been rolling out over the last couple of weeks. If you haven’t already been prompted to install it, expect it to hit your machine soon. While every ...
Ars Technica

wmplayer.exe and prefetch... what does it do?

"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 ...
Windows Central

Microsoft Edge is about to get faster, and you have Google to thank, at least a bit

Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and other Chromium browsers should soon see speed improvements on Window 11. A recent contribution to Chromium expanded the Application Launch Prefetch range (APLF) ...