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Been running for 48 hours and no end in sight ... help!
Eldritch:
Tom,
thanks for your detailed reply. I wanted to assess how my desktop was doing for a few days.
I originally ran tweaking.com because of a number of problems I had on a number of applications. My email (Opera Mail) couldn't remember I'd approved a Hotmail..com's security certificate. And I both Opera and OpenOffice Writer paused for seconds when scrolling or sometimes when entering keystroke commands. Tweaking.com seemed to fix those problems, but not other problems in other applications. Windows sometimes froze while playing a video.
Sadly, delays and hesitations are returning as is the freezing during videos.
And last night a new problem has popped up. I run Advanced System Care. It tells me my memory usage quickly creeps up to 95% and higher. When it hits 100% it shows 100% disk usage and freezes.
Does this sound like a problem Tweaking.com could address? Or should I skip to the repair install?
Several months ago I created a both DVD and a USB to run the repair install. I had Windows 10 version 1804 (or whatever the correct number was). I wasn't able to get the repair install to run, (I'm pretty sure) because I didn't understand how to make the DVD or USB bootable. Tinkering with the innards of Windows makes me nervous, but that's looking more and more necessary.
If I go that way, do I need to download an updated repair install ISO again or can I use the one I have?
Thanks.
Edd
Eldritch:
Also,
will the repair install delete my applications?
Boggin:
A repair install doesn't affect personal stuff or installed programs, so if there is something wrong with a program, it won't fix it.
However, I would advise creating newer install media after reading - https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
The default is to auto create a bootable USB.
If using an USB, I find it's best to insert that before downloading the MCT.
Boot into Safe Mode with Networking, download and run a scan with the ESET Free Online Scanner to ensure your machine isn't infected.
https://www.eset.com/uk/home/online-scanner/
If that comes back clean then I would look to your Start-up items.
Right click on the taskbar and select Task Manager then under Start-up click on each item then on Disable.
Click on File/Exit then reboot to see if that improves your CPU and Memory usage.
I just have two Realtek Audio items enabled in mine.
Task Manager will also show the CPU and Memory usage and if you click on CPU it will sort to the highest user first.
I'm not a fan of Advanced System Care although I used to have it installed.
I guess I got sick of the pop up warnings relating to a build up of Temp files which are normal as the machine is used.
Eldritch:
Thanks for your excellent advice.
I ran the esat scan. It found 5 dozen items. (I feel like I just got caught dating nasty girls without a condom.) Esat really hates utorrent and Advanced System Care setup files. Most of the items were in their update files. But it must have found something real, because the amount of my memory usage has dropped.
I've depended on Avast Antivirus since the first day I booted this computer, but It </sarcasm on> seems to do a great job of everything but catching viruses.
However, the scan didn't solve my escalating memory problem. The Task Manager didn't reveal any unexpected programs, but it did show my Avast Service was running continuously. Uninstalling/Re-installing fixed the problem. Which is great, because rebooting every 5 minutes really hampers getting work done.
Will do the Repair install in a few days when I've completed my current project.
Thanks
Boggin:
Shane isn't keen on Avast for some reason or other, although he's never explained why.
This article lists 5 free AV programs you may want to consider trying - https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/best-really-free-antivirus-for-windows/#
However, no AV program is 100% effective, even the paid for ones, but they seem to do a better job.
Glad your memory usage is now back to normal - infections are the first thing to consider when Memory/CPU usage increases to the point of slowing a machine, although as you have found, it can also be because of an installed program.
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