Comments on: Make Programs Load Faster http://www.pctipsbox.com/make-programs-load-faster/ Tips Tricks Central Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:24:14 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Larry Miller http://www.pctipsbox.com/make-programs-load-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-10953 Larry Miller Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:56:40 +0000 http://www.pctipsbox.com/make-programs-load-faster/#comment-10953 This a rather well known myth. The myth came about when someone noticed that Windows Media Player uses the above mentioned command switch. He then assumed that this was to improve performance and it would work on other programs. Wrong on both counts. Check the following site for the truth regarding this "tip". The author is Ryan Myers, a Microsoft engineer on the client performance team. http://blogs.msdn.com/ryanmy/archive/2005/05/25/421882.aspx Also: http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000621.html Larry Miller Microsoft MCSA This a rather well known myth. The myth came about when someone noticed that Windows Media Player uses the above mentioned command switch. He then assumed that this was to improve performance and it would work on other programs. Wrong on both counts.

Check the following site for the truth regarding this “tip”. The author is Ryan Myers, a Microsoft engineer on the client performance team.

http://blogs.msdn.com/ryanmy/archive/2005/05/25/421882.aspx

Also:
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000621.html

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA

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