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This Windows 10 & 11 Parasite Eats Up Your RAM and Slows Down Your PC — Turn It Off!

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The video claims that Windows 10/11 includes “parasite” background components that waste RAM/CPU and can slow a PC. It outlines steps to disable certain services and clear cached memory.

1) Disable Connected User Experiences and Telemetry (privacy + resource use)

How to do it:

  1. Open Services: Win + R → type services.msc → Enter.
  2. Find “Connected User Experiences and Telemetry”.
  3. The video explains this service collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft/manufacturers (with no direct benefit to the user).

Recommended changes:

  • Right-click → Stop
  • Right-click → Properties → Startup type: Disabled
  • Click Apply, then confirm

2) Turn off Delivery Optimization (“download from other PCs/devices”)

Goal: Prevent Windows Updates from constantly sharing/receiving update bits from other devices (intended to reduce bandwidth usage and potential slowdowns).

Windows 10 path

  • Start → Settings → Update & Security → Delivery Optimization
  • Turn off “Allow downloads from other PCs”

Windows 11 path

  • Start → Settings → Windows Update → Advanced options
  • Delivery Optimization → turn off “Allow downloads from other devices”

3) Use RAMMap to clear cached/standby RAM

The video uses Microsoft’s RAMMap tool to reduce cached/standby memory.

Steps:

  1. Download and open RAMMap (from Microsoft’s site).
  2. Check current RAM state in advance:
    • Task Manager → Performance → Memory
    • Example cited: ~5 GB cached
  3. In RAMMap, go to Empty → Empty Standby List.
  4. Re-check RAM usage (as shown in the video):
    • Cached/standby memory drops to ~300 MB, freeing RAM.

Main speakers / sources

  • Speaker: Channel narrator (no specific name provided in the subtitles)
  • Source/tool: Microsoft RAMMap (downloaded from Microsoft’s site)

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