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Why is there disk activity when NOTHING is running? (per task mana



 
 
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Old May 12th 08, 04:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
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Default Why is there disk activity when NOTHING is running? (per task mana


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Old May 12th 08, 07:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
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Default Why is there disk activity when NOTHING is running? (per task mana


Uncle Ben;709947 Wrote:
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Hi Uncle Ben,

There is almost always something running in Vista. It can be any of the
background services: Superfetch loading and unloading data from the hard
drive to the RAM, Disk Defragmenter, System Restore, Shadow Copy, Index
updating itself for better search results, etc......

You can get a better idea with what it running in Resource Monitor
under the Disk line. This tutorial will show you how to open and use it
if needed.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/11...e-monitor.html


Hope this helps,
Shawn


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Old May 15th 08, 05:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
IWantXPBack
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Default Why is there disk activity when NOTHING is running? (per task mana

Tell me about it.

1) I rebooted my machine after letting it sit for 10 minutes just to let the
processor cool down. I then waited 15 minutes for the hard drive activity to
calm down. I suspect that it's the SearchIndex service running. I hate that.
I do a search about once every 3 months (I tend to be pretty organized), so
having my machines performance crippled for this indexing is hugely
frustrating. I'm sure there's a way to configure the indexing, but I really
don't feeling like going through the hassle of figuring it out.

2) This "forum." Not only is it extremely difficult to find on the Microsoft
site (it doesn't help that they recently changed the name from "Forums" to
"Newsgroups" in the site's nomenclature. It's like they don't want people to
find it. But, aside from just getting to this part of the site, there is the
fact that the interface for using this interactive feature is about the worst
I've ever seen. Why not just give us a standard web forum? Why use this
frustrating, confined little set of boxes that has a "supposedly" resizable
frame that doesn't actually resize (I think it actuall crashed IE6).

3) What's with the "Unknown Error" I keep getting when I try to post a reply
or new question here today?

That's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the annoyances I put up
with every day using Vista (terrible file transfer feedback, services
stopping for no reason, terrible networking issues, etc.).

So yeah...Microsoft...What happened? I sold my stock two months ago.

I might buy some back if they get rid of Balmer.


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