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VSS should be set to manual. The service will be automatically invoked whenever it's needed.
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System One
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- Windows 8.1 Enterprise
Thank you so much for that. I have one half =manual.
Regarding restore points and Macrium, besides manual, should it be 'stopped' and it will kick in when needed or 'start'?
VSS should be set to manual. The service will be automatically invoked whenever it's needed.
Not really. An image is between 500MB and 1GB. Even if you have, let's say 10 images e.g. 7GBs, that is only a third or a quater of a typical system installation (assuming the user data is not on the C partition).If you have a lot of restore points it could easily double the size of your image
If the user data is on the C partition, it may only be a small fraction.
The custom recovery image is a fancy restore point too.
Should VSS for win 8.1 be set at manual and stopped?
That is what a mod told me but I worry about the restore points not being created. As for Macrium, he said the VSS would start once Macrium runs.
I am unsure.
This is the default in Services.
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With any MS Operating system the general consensus with regards to services is that the system is a better manager of memory use, than the user.
This was not the case with XP and previous, and thus a lot of discussion and manual editing was normal, and indeed often beneficial.
VSS is an important service for system safety so IMO should be running and on automatic.
The only changes from the default running services that may be "needed" on a modern OS are where a particular services' functionality is absolutely not required, Eg. Wireless services on a system that has no wireless hardware, though even in these rare cases the default set-up, will often contain at least one As Required call early in the start chain that would prevent them running in any case.