Vista - Excessive svchost reading of large files. What's going on?

**Brink** · 03-25-2009

Well that is encouraging to hear. I know in previous version of Windows, their version of prefetch was not worth having enabled. Superfetch was suppose to better in Vista, and for most it is, but I guess not always.

Thank you for posting back your results.

**H2SO4** · 03-25-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Well that is encouraging to hear. I know in previous version of Windows, their version of superfetch was not worth having enabled.

Vista is the first Windows version to do "superfetch". XP introduced "prefetch", but that's a different mechanism.

**Brink** · 03-25-2009

LOL, I drew a blank on the old name of that similar feature at the time. Thank you.

**Gnys** · 03-25-2009

svc=service
host=host
Combined svchost.exe. Basically this is a bunch of services in a dynamic library link.
I already disabled some services but really lack expertise in this department as to some meanings are ambiguous to me.

03-25-2009	#11 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,078 posts	Re: Excessive svchost reading of large files. What's going on? Well that is encouraging to hear. I know in previous version of Windows, their version of prefetch was not worth having enabled. Superfetch was suppose to better in Vista, and for most it is, but I guess not always. Thank you for posting back your results.
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03-25-2009	#12 (permalink)
H2SO4 Win7x64 1,241 posts	Re: Excessive svchost reading of large files. What's going on? Quote: Originally Posted by Brink Well that is encouraging to hear. I know in previous version of Windows, their version of superfetch was not worth having enabled. Vista is the first Windows version to do "superfetch". XP introduced "prefetch", but that's a different mechanism.
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03-25-2009	#13 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,078 posts	Re: Excessive svchost reading of large files. What's going on? LOL, I drew a blank on the old name of that similar feature at the time. Thank you.
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03-25-2009	#14 (permalink)
Gnys Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 88 posts	Re: Excessive svchost reading of large files. What's going on? svc=service host=host Combined svchost.exe. Basically this is a bunch of services in a dynamic library link. I already disabled some services but really lack expertise in this department as to some meanings are ambiguous to me.
My System Specs

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