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MagicAndre1981

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  1. the memory usage comes from a large "modified" list.

     

    Run this command to capture more memory data:

     

    xperf -on ReferenceSet -stackwalk VirtualAlloc+VirtualFree -BufferSize 2048 -MaxFile 2048 -FileMode Circular  && timeout -1 && xperf -d C:\MemUsage.etl

  2. nice to see that you were able to register here. I checked the file and the disk IO comes from accessing the pagefile (F:\pagefile.sys). Windows seems to have low free RAM (you only have 4GB RAM and the GPU seems to use 768MB so Windows has one 3.25GB to use, which is low for a 64Bit Windows) and writes data to the pagefile (ntoskrnl.exe!MiModifiedPageWriter, ntoskrnl.exe!MiGatherPagefilePages):
     
    diskIO.png

    I see you run Chrome when playing the game. Chrome is a RAM "waster". So close it and other useless programs like TuneUp before playing the game.

  3.  JorgeA

    Pivot was used in My Pictures & Documents folders, as in XP they were unfinished as project

    ANY pictures that you had on ANY partition, were virtually linked and shown in My Pictures folder

    thus with Pivot turned ON, you didn't had to search for pictures all over PC and partitions and whatever folders,

    but ALL of them were "stiffed" (again virtually linked) into 1 folder, consider it as aggregated album

     

     

    this is called libraries since Windows 7 ;)

  4. so, first the enumeration of IDE devices takes over 5s:

    - <phase name="bootStart" startTime="17" endTime="5113" duration="5096">  <pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\4+bff9540+0+0" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="223" endTime="2730" duration="2507" prePendTime="0" description="IDE Channel" friendlyName="ATA Channel 0" />   <pnpObject name="PCIIDE\IDEChannel\4+bff9540+0+1" type="Device" activity="Enum" startTime="223" endTime="2730" duration="2507" prePendTime="0" description="IDE Channel" friendlyName="ATA Channel 1" /> 

    But the longest delay is the WinLogonInit phase:

    <interval name="WinlogonInit" startTime="8880" endTime="37095" duration="28215">

    Here I can see that restoring the network connections is slow:

     

    networkconnections.png

     

     

    This is the main cause of the boot delay. Only connect the network drives on demand with

    net use X: \\server\share /persistent:no
  5. WIMBOOT Systems are the cause. Microsoft runs into servicing issues with WIMBOOT (reason why it gets removed in Win10):

     

    To save drive space, we’ve limited offering only the following types of updates from Windows Update to WIMBoot devices with 32GB or less of storage space:

     Critical updates that keep the system or programs running.

     Security updates and security advisory updates.

     

     

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn594399.aspx

     

     

    And the large updates don't supersede each other all time, so disk usage grows and DISM can't cleanup WinSxS. With smaller updates, the chances are higher that newer fixes replace older ones, so that DISM can remove them to keep Windows smaller.

     

     

    Btw, update KB3022345 (Update to enable the Diagnostics Tracking Service in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
    )
    fails to install on NON en-US Windows versions. Microsoft forgot to add MUI files for other languages.

  6.  

    Is this the shape of things to come with the Win 10 "upgrade" for both Win 7 and Win 8.1 users who have not hidden all the "updates to enable the upgrade to Windows 10"?

     

    I think Microsoft will try to force users to 8.1 to minimize the support for the old Windows 8.

  7. I've enabled the Insider app on my Phone and hoped I only get the 8.1 GDR2 (http://www.neowin.net/news/heres-how-to-get-windows-phone-81-update-2-on-some-lumias), but I was only offered the TP which I can't deny. I made the ugrade to Win10 and it was pure horror. All apps, settings crash or hang. Nothing worked and the UI was slow as hell.

     

    Now I used the Recovery tool to go back to Windows Phone 8.1. I hope that I can get the GDR2 later and can skip Win10.

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