Windows 10: RuntimeBroker.exe causes system lockup for 20 to 30 secs with high disk usage - trashes...

Discus and support RuntimeBroker.exe causes system lockup for 20 to 30 secs with high disk usage - trashes... in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Ever since my Windows 10 upgraded to version 1903 (on Aug 4), it has suffered from lock-up / pregnant pauses of 20 - 30 seconds, seven to ten times per... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Graeme Evans NZ, Nov 27, 2019.

  1. RuntimeBroker.exe causes system lockup for 20 to 30 secs with high disk usage - trashes...


    Ever since my Windows 10 upgraded to version 1903 (on Aug 4), it has suffered from lock-up / pregnant pauses of 20 - 30 seconds, seven to ten times per day.

    My workstation has reasonably high specs: a 3.5GHz Xeon processor, 32GB of RAM. and two fast SSDs (500GB & 1 TB).

    During the lockups, Task Manager shows Disk usage in excess of 33%, and Resource Monitor shows RuntimeBroker.exe as writing more than 1MB/sec (and no reads). I can sometimes switch between tasks (which allows me to check Task Manager & Resource Monitor if I have them open). But sometimes everything locks up completely, with the cursor displaying as a rotating circle.

    It does not seem to matter what application I am using - it occurs out of the blue in Windows Explorer and third party applications alike.

    I usually work with more than 15 Explorer windows open, displaying various folders that I frequently access for different things during the day. Quite often, after these pregnant pauses, the sort order of the Explorer windows has been completely trashed (which makes it difficult to quickly find a folder I want to switch into it - I usually finish up closing them all, and then running a script to open all the standard ones again, which gets pretty frustrating several time a day, every day).

    What is this instability that seems to have been introduced with version 1903, and how can I fix it?

    :)
     
    Graeme Evans NZ, Nov 27, 2019
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  2. System and compressed memory high disk usage

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    Deepika Gowda, Nov 27, 2019
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  3. System and Compressed Memory High Disk Usage

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    Deepika Gowda, Nov 27, 2019
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    RuntimeBroker.exe causes system lockup for 20 to 30 secs with high disk usage - trashes...

    High Disk Usage


    Hi all, I'm struggling with finding things to fix my high disk usage. I've spent many months searching the internet and doing all the listed suggestions like disabling SuperFetch, Windows Defender, Updating drivers, ect. and still I'm stuck with a high disk usage. Here's a screen shot I took immediately following a restart and opening up to a new Firefox window.


    RuntimeBroker.exe causes system lockup for 20 to 30 secs with high disk usage - trashes... [​IMG]


    I have noticed Service Host: Local System takes up quite a bit of disk usage and that if I close it and let it open back up all by itself then it immediately makes my disk usage drop into a much more manageable 40-60% usage range. But eventually after a while it maxes out again and I have to close it out again. It's an annoying step just to be able to use my computer.

    Also, I have noticed that after working with my mom's computer today, that her disk usage when no programs are running is only like 5%. Makes me wonder why my computer can have no programs running but my disk usage never drops below 30% and sits in the 40-60% range with spikes up over 75%.

    I honestly don't know enough about computers to do much more than I already have without causing major issues. BTW, just a couple weeks ago I had to do a Windows reinstall, not a complete reinstall, just the basic reinstall they allow you to do on Windows 10 where you still keep all your personal files. Ever since that a lot of times when I try to open a process like Run or Task Manager I'll get an error message that it can't open and then I do it again and it will open the second time.

    Here's a screenshot of my computer information so you can see what I'm working with here.

    RuntimeBroker.exe causes system lockup for 20 to 30 secs with high disk usage - trashes... [​IMG]
     
    AUTiger1, Nov 27, 2019
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