Windows 10: High cpu and disk usage

Hi everyone

I have an old Acer laptop. It has the issue of consuming high levels of disk and CPU when applications are running. I tried to do windows 10 reset, but the issue still exist.

Thanks in advance

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Windows 10 high disk usage

Interesting. My CPU usage is fine. It's the disk that's high.

 

Disk usage

I agree with Dave, adding more RAM will not help with a100% disk use. I did see a comment from ONE user that upgrading from 8-12GB did help with random pauses in Office applications (for what ever that knowlege is worth).

You should try to associated the disk use with specific applicatinsin task manager or Resource Manager.

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place it in clean boot:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...oot-in-windows
How to perform a Clean Boot in Windows 10 - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki

Then check task manager for changes.
If you have changes then you can modify the used applications to see which is the misbehaving application

 

Please post a screenshot of your task manager when this is happening if you haven't resolved it. (Use the icon above your post to the left of the video icon).

Organise relevant columns high to low by clicking on that column's header.

 

also Windows Modules Installer Worker consuming 65% CPU
Antimalware Service Executable, Service Host Local System (16)

 

Too many things on a low performance computer.

 

Hi, do you have any idea what's downloading? It seems something is installing.

Have you tried a clean boot as @zbook asked?


When you have logged in after a clean boot, please again post a screenshot of your task manager.
Please also post a screenshot of your Update History

If internet use is still high after a clean boot, try disconnecting the internet and post another screenshot of our task manager.

Initial objective: to try to reach a state where very little is happening.

wsappx is related to the Store.
What is wsappx and why is it causing high cpu load? - gHacks Tech News


Please complete your system specs (see mine for comparison). There's a Tutorial on how to do so if stuck. Please include details of your disk(s)
Thanks.

 

It's Windows Update eating your bandwith and there's nothing you can do with it.

As for Antimalware Service Executable, that process is doing scheduled quick scan or it's real-time protection is turned on.

 

Maybe so, but if it is a continuing situation, there's something amiss. That's why I asked for the update history - could it be continually failing updates? And with wsappx active, I'm not so sure.

@fadi, please confirm if the high resource use is always what you see.

Can you say when this problem started- have you ever had Win 10 running on this successfully?
Or did this start after you upgraded your -old- PC to Win 10?

 

I took a look at windows update and seems fines all updates were installed successfully. I did clean boot and seems there is no change,





disconnected the wifi and here is a pic of task manager

 

I can see the screen shots, seems that you found the culprit, must be WiFi driver because a simple system update or any download wouldn't task even a single core processor that much.

 

@CountMike - Hi, I've never seen Cortana download data like that... could you explain why you think it's a Wifi driver? Thanks.
@fadi - thanks for updating the screenshots. Those definitely indicate that when the internet is connected you have a high level of activity- what I don't know is how that might be associated with Cortana, as it is according to those.

Clearly the activity is quite different after a clean boot - although there's a possibility the first one showed an update in progress.

Could you try a clean boot + ethernet connection (no Wifi)? Personally I think you'll see the same thing.

Could you provide your build number?
(Win key + R, winver)

 

Well, simple deduction, you plug something in, it cause a problem, you unplug it and problem ceases. WiFi problems are not an unknown thing either, in most cases it's driver is at fault. Just short time ago I had bad time troubleshooting memory leak with some Atheros drivers. Some also experience problems with updates and windows replacing drivers to wrong ones.

 

I could understand that perhaps giving RAM or CPU issues, but not the data download... anyway, if he tries ethernet or comparison that should prove it one way or t'other.

Note: Cortana only appears in Task Manager- not in Process Explorer or another process manager I tried.