Is Superfetch really safe to stop?

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  1. f14tomcat
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       New #21

    AllenChicago said:
    Thankyou for that link! My "superfetch" utilizes at least 90% of my hard drive for 5 minutes after a restart, or startup. Seems to get worse with each major Win10 update. It's now disabled. Thanks again!
    @AllenChicago

    You're welcome, Allen. :)
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  3. Culbrelai
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    I've actually been disabling the Windows Update services for years now, however with Windows 10 there is an interesting new behavior:

    It re-enables itself.

    How do I permanently disable it until I manually go to re-enable it?

    Or, if that is not possible, what causes it to restart? If I have to run a batch file every 5 minutes I will.
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  4. TairikuOkami
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       New #23

    Culbrelai said:
    Or, if that is not possible, what causes it to restart?
    Critical services can not be really disabled, in other words, they will start even when disabled.

    Culbrelai said:
    How do I permanently disable it until I manually go to re-enable it?
    You can try StopUpdates10 or Win Update Stop.
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  6. eLPuSHeR
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    I have noticed a decrease in performance by disabling Superfetch service even if using an SSD.
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  7. pyramid10
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    @Culbrelai

    Read through the threads in the Windows Updates And Activation sub-forum.
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