Windows 10: Disable Prefetch & Superfetch

Since most, actually all of of comments, glorify Windows, it could not be farther from the truth, in my opinion.
Just looking on some topics on this forum and how many people have problems due to bad memory management.
It depends on what software user runs, but it is still beneficial to disable superfetch and handle memory by the user.

 

I wouldn't call that glorifying, it took them much longer than most Linux kernels to get on the bandwagon of proper memory management.

 

If you want to do stuff like this, just use a simple program like this, everything is just a tick away
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultima...r-4-windows-10

 

What a coinkidink, I just downloaded and tried this program although only customization and it's a dangerous program. After even mild customization I had to resort to System Restore. It shmucked up almost everything, even added another account !!! Restore defaults did even worse things.

 

I have been using their other versions of this on win 7/8/8.1 and now 10.
so been using it years, never had a single problem with it.
cant see what you did to make it add another account, never done that here
there isn't even an option in customization to do that, that I can see

 

Problem was me! Most of my questions on this forum received a "Why do you wanna do it" response! *Biggrin

 

I never touched anything apart from couple of settings in Customization part. Wasn't satisfied with results so I used "restore defaults but it seems it doesn't restore just changes I made but restores full system defaults which is not what I expected, it should just reverse only changes made with that program.

 

Interesting story, Windows is NOT an OS you install and use for months and years!
My HDD partitioning is always : C 50GB - D 25 GB - E Rest of space
C is Windows and D is a single file, an image of C made by Acronis TrueImage or anything else.
Restore in 2~4 minutes! I have a fresh intact Windows installation image and a 2nd one with all drivers + software.
2nd one is used most of the time, 1st one is used just in lieu of fresh Windows re-installation from DVD!
Saves time and burner, and every few days, I restore to the 2nd full image, Windows performance is visibly decreasing over time with heavy workloads, is that too hard to find?!

 

its not a dodgy program that adds crapware or spyware etc, I wouldn't post it if it was.
i have tried n tested it over many years in its various versions and like i said its worked flawlessly, that's why i thought others may like it.
so not sure why its done what you say it has, very strange.

if i don't like anything its done I just untick it and hit apply again, it has always gone back to the old setting

 

I did use it on W8 and it did those few things I asked for, like faster closing of non responding programs and few interface changes and it worked OK.
There was another program like that, can't remember now exactly which one that allowed verbose BOOT so I thought it was this one. That verbose BOOT is pretty useful thing, it lists all the processes during boot time.

 

Correct. 10 uses less RAM than any of the previous OS versions, because they finally got the algorithm correct.

8.1 would use up to 3 GB with just the OS running. 10 uses from 1.4 to 2 GB when running.

No need to start mucking in areas that the OS will change the settings on as it is running.

Now the manufacturers of the SSD's have realized that leaving at least 10 GB unformated, will also allow the hardware to better maintain allocating when a bad RAM bit is found.

 

Actually it is. There are systems out there that have worked perfectly fine for over 6 years, without having to reimage the drive.

 

Hi,

Same here. But........This version is far from perfect as it comes with some of the boxes pre-set and since this program basically toggles registry entries you often end up with the exact opposite of what you'd expect it to do. Ergo, caveat emptor.

Correct but contrary what most users think not all drives require you (the user) to set an area for over provisioning though.
E.g. latest Sandforce controlled SSD don't require you to do anything.

Either way modern SSDs have come a long way. I wouldn't worry about them, just look at the MTBF figures to convince yourself. Plus they're much less prone to physical damage than HDD's anyhow.

Cheers, *Wink

 

It can be.

I have an old computer with XP installed in January 2008. Until about 3 years ago it was in daily use and had many application installs and uninstalls. Recently I noticed the uptime was 49 days. Problems have been minimal. The computer was used when I bought it, manufactured about 2005. I don't think I have replaced anything other the CMOS battery.

I also have a 6 GB drive bought in 1998. Still runs with no SMART warnings. In it's early years usage was quite heavy.

 

My system as right now:
W7 Pro Retail >Sp1 > W8 > W8.1 > W10 all upgrades/updates since first W7 clean install. Many HW changes since than too.