Issue with windows scheduled maintenance

[rudrax]

I'm currently running windows 8 pro x64 and facing a problem with scheduled maintenance of windows. When use left the computer in idle mode, the maintenance task starts automatically using system resources which leads to system heat up. So I need to shut this thing down. But how?

With autoruns app, when I try to uncheck the option, it doesn't allow me to do so.

[mazigh]

You still have the options

1- WIN+R > msconfig > services > uncheck the service you want

Or

2- Win+R > services.msc > disbale the services you want ( right-click on the services > properties > choose "Disable" in the Startup type

Edited September 12, 2013 by mazigh

[tezza]

Click “Stop maintenance” in Action Center

If needed how to disable automatic maintenance or reschedule

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-windows-8-automatic-maintenance-or-change-its-time/

[mikie]

Maybe it would be wise to take a good look at why you have a heating problem and correct that ??

Look in Action Center, click maintenance and main setting is there. You might want to manually start auto maintenance then look in task manager to see what is using the moistest and then from Administrative Tools / Task Scheduler.. adjust it there.

Windows 8 has pretty good auto maintenance and my computer steps up the cpu pretty good at times and the heat rises some, but not so much to be spooky.

[nanoman]

Click “Stop maintenance” in Action Center

If needed how to disable automatic maintenance or reschedule

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-disable-windows-8-automatic-maintenance-or-change-its-time/

I second This one Because I used This Tutorial Before And It worked Flawlessly :showoff:

Edited September 12, 2013 by nanoman

[rudrax]

Is regular maintenance really necessary to be run regularly? What kind of maintenance does it do?

Edited September 13, 2013 by rudrax

[sirri]

I deleted all maintenance task from scheduler. This task will revert Win update setting back to automatically and also defrag your system in the background.

For update setting, I set to 2nd option.

For defrag, I am using 3rd party.

[tezza]

Defragmentation, Malware scanning, Disk Error Checking, checking Clock or System Time, checking if history, error reports and logs are currently taking too much disk space etc and addressing these issues if required.

The goal of Automatic Maintenance is to combine all background maintenance activity in Windows and help third-party developers add their maintenance activity to Windows without negatively impacting performance ( except for rudrax :D ) and energy efficiency.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848037%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

[rudrax]

I deleted all maintenance task from scheduler. This task will revert Win update setting back to automatically and also defrag your system in the background.

For update setting, I set to 2nd option.

For defrag, I am using 3rd party.

Exactly.

Defragmentation, Malware scanning, Disk Error Checking, checking Clock or System Time, checking if history, error reports and logs are currently taking too much disk space etc and addressing these issues if required.

The goal of Automatic Maintenance is to combine all background maintenance activity in Windows and help third-party developers add their maintenance activity to Windows without negatively impacting performance ( except for rudrax :D ) and energy efficiency.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848037%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Thanks tezza for the info :)

The maintenance task do use the CPU above 10% and that I can't underestimate as a notebook user, specially now because I'm running my machine without thermal paste. Later, when I be able to resolve the thermal issue, I may think of allowing the maintenance to run.