Windows 10 was lagging like crazy this morning. I opened the Task Manager (using Ctrl-Alt-Del) and discovered that the disk was running 100% of the time. I tried a bunch of things described in How to Fix: 100% Disk Usage on Windows 10 Task Manager. Here are some of the ones that may have helped.
Update: On June 15, 2018, after a recent Windows update, I noticed on that all Windows services had been reenabled. Bloody Windows!
Disable Google Chrome’s Prediction Service
To do this:
- In Google Chrome, go to “Settings“.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Advanced“.
- In the “Privacy and security” category, make sure the “Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly” is turned off.
Disable Windows Search Service
To deactivate it:
- From the Start menu, search for “services” to open the Services window
- Find Windows Search
- Right click on it and select Properties
- Change the Startup type option to Disabled. Then click Apply and OK to save your change.
- Right click on Windows Search and select Stop
Disable SuperFetch Service
To disable SuperFetch:
- From the Start menu, search for “services” to open the Services window
- Find SuperFetch
- Right click on it and select Stop
- Right click on it and select Properties
- Set Startup type to Disabled
Disable Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service
To disable Connect User Experiences and Telemetry (AKA DiagTrack):
- From the Start menu, search for “services” to open the Services window
- Find Connect User Experiences and Telemetry and right click on it
- Select Stop
- Select Properties
- Set Startup type to Disabled
Disable Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry (CPU hog)
To disable Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry, which causes CPU spikes:
- Type Win-R
- In the Run window, enter taskschd.msc to open the Task Scheduler
- In the navigation pane (on the left), select Task Schedule Library/Microsoft/Windows/Application Experience
- In the top right pane, click on Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser and ProgramDataUpdater and disable them both
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