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    Vista's SuperFetch!!! Is it worth leave it on if I have 2GB system RAM????

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by bigspin, Aug 25, 2007.

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    Vista's SuperFetch!!! Is it worth leave it on if I have 2GB system RAM????
     
    bigspin, Aug 25, 2007
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    Why dont you experiment and leave it off then tell us? ;)
     
    blackmamba, Aug 25, 2007
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    um, superfetch works best with a large amount of RAM. are you sure you don't mean readyboost?
     
    elscorcho, Aug 25, 2007
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    No !!!Not the Readyboost
     
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    How do you use Superfetch, enable it, or get it?
     
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    Wait...is this already built in? I remember seeing it as a service which I was told to never turn off, always keep on automatic.
     
    vaio2k7, Aug 25, 2007
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    Vista automatically enable it :D

    Go Vista services and see superfetch if you want to disable it
     
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    Run Services.msc - find Superfetch - disable/stop the service. It is part of Vista.

    Disabling it, will reduce your disk thrashing at startup (because it is not caching programs into memory), but at the same time you will be disabling the latest memory management function of Vista.

    I suggest you leave it on. Let it do its thing and when you want to turn off your notebook, just use the sleep function instead. It will still use a little power (very little), but you will avoid a new Superfetch startup process and your computer will be more or less instantly ready when you turn it on again.
     
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    bigspin is your "!" key and "?" key stuck? If so, I'd suggest you get a new keyboard.
     
    JabbaJabba, Aug 25, 2007
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    Nice joke.:twitcy: :twitcy:
     
    bigspin, Aug 25, 2007
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