Wednesday 13 November 2013

Dude, where's my RAM? Hint: Ask SuperFetch

The  RAM-guzzling nostrum known as SuperFetch, which some refer to a "kernel enhancement", made its Windows debut in Vista in 2007. Basically its concept is to cache frequently used applications or application data in memory to reduce boot time. Turn it off with services.msc - it's meant to speed things up, but instead can slow things down.

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