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Optimization and acceleration of Windows : Disable Superfetch

March 21, 2009 By Off 56

If you are a gamer or an advanced user that need’s a lot of memory on your windows 7 you can get it without having to add ram to your pc by just 2 or 3 click , Disable the superfetch

If you are one of the people that use the ready boost just close this page or search another article to optimize your windows 7 (dont apply this method if you are using ready boost).

so to Disable Superfetch :

open the Start menu and enter “services.msc” into the search field. Click on “services.msc” and a new window will open.
Scroll down and find the service “Superfetch” (Tip: Hit S and it will automatically jump there)
Double-click on it and and select “Disabled” from the dropdown field.

There you go, you just disabled Superfetch in Windows 7 and now your os is more quicker !

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