Superfetch

Windows Vista Service Details

Description:

This service prioritizes user applications over background services. Great if you are running a desktop. Not great if you are running a server, and it puts higher priority on your 'desktop experience' while starving the background server apps you want to give priority to. It preloads applications that you most often use into memory as well, so it might end up using quite a bit of memory. I will get around to doing some in depth tests on this service later.


Service Description:

Maintains and improves system performance over time.


Consequences of Stopping:

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All services listed in 'Required For' will be unable to function


Depends on:

DCOM Server Process Launcher, Remote Procedure Call (RPC)


Required for:


None


Default Settings:
Home Basic:Automatic
Home Premium:Automatic
Business:Automatic
Ultimate:Automatic
Tweaked Settings:1
Safe:Automatic
Tweak:Automatic
Minimal:Disabled
1: Use at your own risk. Check descriptions of terms here

Service Information

Service Name: SysMain
Process Name:svchost.exe
Memory Usage(MB)2:.
CPU Usage(%)3:
Running Type:
2: denotes typical memory usage. It may not be indicative of what usage you will see, but it should give you a rough idea. Make a comment below if you see otherwise.
3: denotes typical CPU usage when process is actually active. Many processes are not actively doing anything most of the time. Check running type for more details. All machines are different, so this number may not be indicative of what you will actually see.
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