EWF Performance Considerations (Standard 8)

7/8/2014

Review the available ways of improving the performance of your Enhanced Write Filter (EWF)-enabled Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) device.

This section includes topics about how you can improve the performance of your run-time image with Enhanced Write Filter (EWF) enabled.

In This Section

• Disable System Restore
  Describes how to disable system restore.

• Disable Prefetch
  Describes how to disable Prefetch to improve EWF performance.

• Disable Last Access Time Stamps
  Describes how to disable NTFS file system last access time stamps.

• Change the Location of the Temporary Files Folder
  Describes how to change the location of the temporary files directory to a nonprotected volume.

• Change the Location of the Pagefile
  Describes how to change the location of a system pagefile to a nonprotected volume.

• Change the Location of the Event Log
  Describes how to change the location of the system event log to a nonprotected volume.

See Also

Concepts

Enhanced Write Filter (EWF) Overview
Enhanced Write Filter Reference