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SbieDrv is Sandboxie's wedge. This one's existence makes sense, as well --- except, again, I get annoyed at programs that keep running after I've closed them. For fun, I wanted to see if I could unload it (since it wasn't running):C:\bin\si>fltmc unload SbieDrv
Unload failed with error: 0x801f0010Do not detach the filter from the volume at this time.
Huh; doesn't seem I can. Certainly there must be some performance penalty, to have every filesystem api call traverse a filter chain, no? Granted, altitudes decide just what they 'see', but, still... mightn't this be just one more drop in the bucket of what made Vista such a dog?
Moving on, to the last one, we've got FileInfo. This is simply bloat. It serves both ReadyBoost and Superfetch: both of which I've disabled. (This is a decent explanation of it: http://winprogger.com/?p=971)
Despite having them disabled, this filter is still loading, and, presumably, being referenced every time filesystem I/O occurs.
Naturally, I wanted to get rid of it, so, expecting it to behave, I bopped into regedit, and set the service start type to 4... and it still started... which admittedly had me scratching my head.
(DISCLAIMER: Following random advice on the Internet is BAD. Don't do this on your own system.)
So, I took the sledgehammer approach, and simply deleted the service key altogether... and it worked!
As I type this, I get the following Kirsten Dunst Turning Japanese (NSFW) warm and tingly feeling giving result:
C:\>fltmc
No filters loaded
Vunderbar! I can't say it feels faster, but I know my bits appreciate not being fondled quite as much; at least, that's what the voices in my head told me, when I was changing my tinfoil headgear.
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