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Hey Thank you for this! Is there a way to make this work on Windows 8.0 (version 6.2.9200). I am trying this and I get Blocking Issues: "You cannot use this setup program to install the .NET Framework" Edit: I was doing it wrong. The method for Vista works just fine on Windows 8.0. It bypasses the installation block at least. After that was another story. I tried installing Synctrayzor 1.1.29 which needs .net 4.7.2 and I got an error message that ".net 4.7.2 is needed to run this application blablabla" with 4.7.2 installed. (By installed I mean that that the installation finished without any errors and called for the usual restart but when I checked after the Add/Remove Programs .Net 4.72 wasn't listed.) I will continue trying at some point and see what happens.

I tested KB3013767 on a fresh VM. It definitely works fine. Also it seems to be a rollup update so it will probably cut a bit on the updates to come. Thank you for this!

The tips shared here apply to any version of windows (Vista and above). 8.1 will be less aggressive by default when it comes to superfetch etc but it is still there to be disabled. On the other hand those forced updates.... I would be crying if I were an SSD on 8.1 or 10

Good thinking on the page file. I am doing it automatically almost and didn't even thing to add it to my check list! I will try out the TRIM. I was totally oblivious to that.

I did a fresh install of Windows 8.0 (version 6.2) today and I couldn't get the windows update to work without the Windows Update Agent 7.8 update (Windows8-RT-KB2937636-x64). Before that I did also install the .Net 3.5 and .Net 4.6.2 but I don't think that they were so crucial on fixing the windows update. I will test again to see if the .Nets are playing any roll on this or just cutting on the number of future updates.

Hello fellow diehards! Here is my checklist regarding any windows 6.x version on ssd drives. You would expect that Windows 8.1 and 10 would be more respectful towards ssds but I think that this is not exactly the case. Feel free to let me know if you know of anything else. Also @Sergiaws I don't think that Windows 7 can trim ssds. They still use the word "defrag" while windows 8.0 and newer use the word "optimize". A dual boot with a newer OS could be in order just for this function. Personally I have windows 10 (only because it came with my laptop) and 7 in dual boot but windows 8 could be a good alternative to windows 10 if the only thing you do with it is optimizing the drives. Windows 8.0 won't do automatic updates too. Once per month I boot in windows 10 optimize the drives and then run away before it destroys my peace of mind. 1. Disable Superfech in Services 2. Disable Prefetch in Windows Registry. Go to: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters Set Dword EnablePrefetcher to 0. 0= Disable Prefetcher 1= Application launch Prefetching enabled 2= Boot Prefetching enabled 3= Application launch and Boot Prefetching enabled 3. Optionally set Dword EnableSuperfetch to 0 as well. 0= Disable Superfetch 1= Enable Superfetch for bootfiles only 2= Enable Superfetch for applications only 3= Enable superfetch for both boot files and applications 4. Force Kernel Drivers and System Code to Stay Loaded in Memory Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management Set DisablePagingExecutive to 1 5. Disable Search Indexer Go to: Control Panel --> Indexing Options | Remove everything Go to: My computer --> Right click on hard drive properties | Untick indexing 6. Disable diskdefrag if any 7. Disable system protection (restore) 8. Disable Pagefile, Hibernation 9. Disable Automatic updates? Edit: added #8. Thank you @Dixel