Many users who have installed the tenth version of Windows on their computers and laptops often pay attention to the increased load on system resources due to the work of the “System and Compressed Windows 10 Memory” process, which can be seen in the “Task Manager”. What is it, how to disable this service? Let's see.
Windows 10 System and Compressed Memory
The process itself in the system is presented as a new service, called SuperFetch. The bottom line is that it allows you to compress a large amount of data from active processes without saving them to a swap file on your hard drive, namely: put it in RAM as much as possible compressed.
With a lack of RAM, early systems used virtual memory (reserved space on the hard drive). But the data call from the hard drive is much slower than from the "RAM". The new service, so as not to constantly access the hard drive and compresses the data, placing them in RAM. It is believed that the “System and Compressed Windows 10 Memory” process can be disabled without affecting the operation of a computer or laptop. True, in this case, on some machines, you will notice a slight slowdown when launching user applications.
Windows 10 System and Compressed Memory Service: Basic Disabling Methods
Among the main techniques for deactivating the above service, there are three main ones:
- disabling unnecessary hints and tips of the system;
- Disabling the SuperFetch service directly
- Installing an additional Intel RST driver to speed up work.
Turn off the tips
The first thing you can do is turn off the annoying tips and hints of the system (many users still do not pay attention to them).
To do this, use the options section in the main Start menu, after which we select the system menu, and in it go to the notification and action item. In the list of options presented, select the line for displaying tips for setting up Windows and simply turn off the option by moving the slider to the off position.
Deactivate the SuperFetch Service
The second and most cardinal method of disabling the “System and Compressed Windows 10 Memory” process is to directly deactivate the SuperFetch system component. You can do this either in the services section or in the system registry.
To enter the services section in the Start menu, use the services.msc command, after which we find the corresponding component in the right window, open the properties menu with the right click, set the shutdown parameter in the startup type, save the changes and reboot the system.
In the system registry (the editor is called by the regedit command) in the HKLM branch, we go down through the SYSTEM section and the current control folder to the PrefetchParameters directory. In the window on the right there is an EnablePrefetcher key. Double-click to open the launch parameter menu and set the value to 0. If there is no such key, you need to create a new one in the form of the DWORD32 parameter, name it accordingly and set the above value.
Note: disabling the service at the same time both in the registry and in the Services section will fail, so you need to use one thing.
Install the Intel RST driver
Finally, so that the “System and Compressed Windows 10 Memory” process does not overload the resources, you can install a special Intel RST driver (Rapid Storage Technology), which is designed to work with hard drives that support RAID and AHCI modes. In this case, with an increased load on resources, the driver in some way, though not completely, but partially blocks the SuperFetch service.
For desktop PCs, it is recommended to download it from the official Intel website, and for laptops - it is better to download it from the manufacturer’s resource by choosing your model. Naturally, the processor in the system must be installed appropriate. Otherwise, there will be no effect.
What is the result?
In principle, deactivation of data compression and putting them into RAM will not have any catastrophic consequences for the system. In some cases, it is even recommended to disable it, since the load on RAM can be up to 4 GB or more. And on low-power machines, it is better to leave a call to virtual memory than to load the RAM so much. Of course, the invocation of user programs or their reaction to some commands may slow down, but in time this will be expressed in a maximum of a few seconds, and sometimes even less.