Compressed system memory despite plenty of RAM

Compressed system memory despite plenty of RAM

In some cases, Windows may have the idea of compressing the contents of the RAM despite having plenty of memory. This could result in (very) slight performance losses. If there is already plenty of RAM available, the usefulness of the whole thing may also be questioned.

The behavior can be specifically disabled via the Windows Power Shell (start as administrator).

Disable-MMAgent -MemoryCompression

Please do not follow the “tip” to completely deactivate the SuperFetch service.

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