For me superfetch slowed the machine down and the hard drive would work
almost all of the time, so I disabled this service and now I like my machine
mutch better.
Good Luck
"Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam_@xxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
news:F12C558C-8D8C-4508-AD05-D2C09AA74414@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Caching is supposed to make your computer run faster. We assume, of
> course, that it is caching the right stuff. As someone else pointed out,
> you didn't buy all that RAM so it could sit idle. On the other hand, if
> it is needed for something else and the cache must be dumped, then caching
> can at times slow things down. The assumption is that most of the time
> the effect is positive. When the programmer guesses wrong, then things
> have been cached that aren't needed and time is lost.
>
> Google "superfetch".
>
> Saludos cordiales,
>
> Earle
>
> "WylieCoyote" <WylieCoyote@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:7FC82461-5BCC-43B9-A8A6-50D7B36ED3E8@xxxxxx Quote:
>> I have recently installed Vista Home Premium onto my P Dual 3Ghz PC. I
>> have
>> 3GB of RAM installed and was surprised to notice in Task Manager that
>> 948GB
>> in use, 2349GB cached and no free RAM.
>>
>> Whilst installing some software, I again checked Task Manager and noted
>> that
>> I had 10-20MB free whilst the install was happening. When it finished, it
>> was
>> dropped back to around about the same level but there was no free RAM, it
>> was
>> all cached again.
>>
>> Should all my free RAM be cached? Is the caching causing my machine to
>> slow
>> down (installing software does seem to be taking longer)? Can I stop
>> Vista
>> from doing this? Should I be worried about this?
>>
>> Apologies if I'm being a complete dunce on this but I am a little
>> concerned.
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> Andy Wylie
>