Windows 10: Windows 10 20H2 Data Usage Counter Suddenly Stopped Counting Internet Traffic

The data usage counter on the Network Status page suddenly
stopped counting internet traffic. A
google search of the issue primarily points to Kernel Filter-Hook Drivers
(KFHD) as a suspect but this issue began very recently and I have added no new
software to my system in about a month.
A NordVPN update pushed out a few days ago and though it
made no sense to me that the Nord client would use such old driver technology I
uninstalled the program using REVO Uninstaller and rebooted. This did not resolve the issue as
expected.
The Firefox 85 update from about 2 weeks ago broke
connectivity with a couple of Smart DNS services I use when DNS over HTTPS is
enabled in the browser so I had to disable that feature but the data usage issue
started to appear in just the past two or three days.
Any ideas on what the issue might be?

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Data usage is not showing correct info!

thanks for the link and suggestion.
i uninstalled the netbalancer and traffic counter worked perfectly.
i guess i will install netbalancer again and will rely on it for tracking data usage.
thanks again.

 

Data usage is not showing correct info!

It's not clear to me exactly how Windows is measuring the traffic. The only info I found was Fixing the Windows 10 Data usage report when it stops counting data Ctrl blog , which specifcially calls out Netbalancer as being incompatible.

Can you try uninstalling it temporarily and seeing if the traffic counter works properly?

 

Data usage on Windows 10

THE ANSWER YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WANTING

Windows 10 includes a feature to let you view the network data usage of the PC from the last 30 days. The data usage is itemized per type of network (ex: Wi-Fi or Ethernet), and by app usage.

Kindly follow the below steps to reset network data usage back to "ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO" as needed in Windows 10.

Note: You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to reset network data usage.

• Temporarily disable your active network adapter(s), or start Windows into safe mode.
• Open File Explorer, browse to the C:\Windows\System32\sru folder, and open it.
• Delete all contents inside the sru folder.
• Enable your active network adapter(s) again, or start Windows back into normal mode.

This will reset all COUNTERS, I suggest copy pasting the directions into a wordpad doc or the like and keep for whenever you wish to reset manually.

Only counters I used in Windows 7, were the right click properties of my network device. Disconnection of the device deleted all of that sessions counter data, and CC Cleaner was used to clean all cache files from windows etc.