When you're not using your device, Windows 10 performs maintenance on your PC: searching for and removing bad shortcuts, synchronizing the system clock, checking drives for file system errors, and running Windows Defender system scans. Of course, there are many more maintenance tasks, and in order to see them all, you can use just one command.
To do this, open PowerShell and enter the command Get-ScheduledTask | ? ($_.Settings.MaintenanceSettings) | Out-GridView. The window that opens will show all tasks related specifically to system maintenance, indicating the name of the process, its status and location in the Task Scheduler:
Why is this information even needed? For example, you found a task in the list above that runs in the background, but you don’t need it. Let's say this is ProactiveScan - a service that checks the status of the drive in the background. In order to disable it (or change its operating conditions), you need to open the Task Scheduler (you can do this through a search), go to the above folder (\Microsoft\Windows\Chkdsk), find this task in this folder and change its operating conditions :
In this way, you can disable all background tasks that bother you, but you should understand that they are made for a reason, and it is advisable to still run them from time to time.
Windows Automatic Maintenance(English: "automatic (regular) maintenance") is a set of optimization measures aimed at maintaining high performance of the operating system. As part of the daily scheduled maintenance, system updates are checked, the built-in antivirus and disk defragmenter are launched, a registry backup is created, the search index is updated, and system loading is optimized. Today I will tell you how, if necessary, to quickly disable (enable) automatic maintenance in Windows 10 / 8 (8.1), but first, a little more about Automatic Maintenance.
Job Scheduler and Automatic MaintenanceWindows
First appearing in Windows Vista, automatic maintenance with each release of the OS acquired more and more new tasks in the Scheduler, with the help of which the necessary activities are carried out. The key difference between the auto maintenance of Vista and Seven from Windows 8 and 10 is the special attention to the power consumption of the device. The fact is that the G8, against the backdrop of a global decline in sales of stationary PCs, was created primarily for portable, stand-alone laptops and tablets. Therefore, the developer has combined all the disparate tasks for maintaining the operating system into a single package, which runs only when the device is running from the network. The second important point is that automatic maintenance is carried out in the background during periods of inactivity in Windows, and if you sit down at the computer at this time, it will immediately stop and be transferred.
From what has been said, it is clear that in the vast majority of cases, turn off Automatic Maintenance inappropriate, but there are exceptions, say, you prefer to optimize the “OS” yourself, using third-party software. Or your “iron friend” began to freeze during idle time, i.e. The error is caused by one of the system's auto-maintenance processes. To find out and eliminate the cause of the bug, for example, Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT or “Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset”), laid out “on the shelves,” will help. How to correctly disable all events will be discussed below.
Disabling automatic maintenance in Windows 8.1 (8 )
To stop automatic maintenance of Windows, we will use the functionality of the Task Scheduler. Therefore, through the "hot" combination " ", open the "Run" command window, enter taskschd.msc and press " OK" → next, expand the directory tree on the left " Job Scheduler Library" → "Microsoft" → "Windows" → "TaskScheduler" → going to the central area of the window, right-click on the task " Regular Maintance" → in the context menu, stop at " Disable".
To enable automatic maintenance inWindows 8.1 perform the above-described manipulations with the Scheduler by selecting tasks in the context menu " Regular Maintance" paragraph " Turn on".
Disable automatic maintenance in Windows 10
In the "top ten" these events have been removed from the scheduler so that inexperienced users do not interfere with OS maintenance. However, the corresponding settings are in the system registry, which we will use. To deactivate Windows 10 Auto Maintenance, open the familiar Run window and type regedit → "OK" → in the Registry Editor, expand the branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\Maintenance→ right-click on the empty space on the right side of the window and create a "DWORD Value (32-bit)" with the name MaintenanceDisabled→ double click on the new parameter and set the value to "1" → close the editor and restart the computer.
If this algorithm seems too complicated to someone, here it is: link to my Yandex.Disk with a couple of archived REG-files designed to instantly make changes to the registry. After downloading and unpacking the archive, double-click to launch disable_automatic_maintenance.reg, if you want to disable Windows auto-maintenance.
To enable automatic maintenance inWindows 10, double-click to launch enable_automatic_maintenance.reg → "Yes"→ final" OK".
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Users of Windows 8.1 may have noticed that after 4 to 5 minutes of inactivity, the turned on computer begins to “do something.” This is especially noticeable in the example of a laptop: the processor fan begins to make a lot of noise, and the hard drive loading indicator on the case does not just blink, but glows all the time. At the same time, in the Windows tray you can see a clock icon on the notification flag icon, and if you hover over it with the mouse, a hint “Maintenance in progress” pops up.
The fact is that in Windows 8.1, by default, the Task Scheduler contains an automatic maintenance task when the computer is idle. When no one uses the computer, the back ones automatically start and perform various types of system optimization, including disk defragmentation. If the computer is powerful enough, such automatic maintenance may be unnoticeable, but in the case of weak budget PCs (which usually have slow hard drives with little cache), starting and stopping such a task takes quite a long time and for users who are often away from the computer , may cause discomfort when working with it.
To turn off automatic maintenance, go to Control Panel (Start > Applications > Control Panel) and open Task Scheduler (Control Panel > System and Security > Schedule Tasks under Administrative Tools). On the left side of the Task Scheduler window, open the TaskScheduler folder (Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > TaskScheduler) There should be four tasks in the folder: Idle Maintenance, Maintenance Configurator, Manual Maintenance, Regular Maintenance.
On the Internet, it is advised to disable only the Regular Maintenance task by right-clicking on it and selecting “Disable”.
But, as personal experience has shown, in order to disable automatic maintenance when the computer is idle, it is not enough to disable only the Regular Maintenance task. You should also disable the Idle Maintenance and Maintenance Configurator jobs. Don't forget to restart your computer after completing the above steps.
If the instructions above did not help, then follow the steps described in disabling method 2.
On some computers with Windows 8.1, only this second method works. If, after performing the steps described in method 1, the system still continues to load the computer after 4 - 5 minutes. inactivity, then try deleting the Idle Maintenance, Maintenance Configurator and Regular Maintenance tasks from the Task Scheduler, having first exported the tasks somewhere on your computer so that if something goes wrong, you can restore them back to the Scheduler. To export, select each task in turn, right-click on it and select the “Export…” command from the context menu, specify the location on your computer in the dialog that appears and click the “Save” button.
To delete a task from the Scheduler, select the "Delete" context menu command. After deleting the above tasks, only the Manual Maintenance task should remain in the TaskScheduler folder.
You are on Windows 8 operating system, then it really doesn't matter if you are still on Windows 8 or upgraded to Windows 8.1, then you may have noticed that the system suddenly starts running system maintenance jobs. Although some of these tasks are defined to run only when the system is in standby mode and not in use, you can also notice that the tasks run no matter what your settings are. So, if you play games, watch HD movies, or perform Other tasks that require a lot of processing power and system resources, you may have noticed that things slow down during this time.
This won't happen if you're using a high-end machine, but it's possible that the same problem might appear on low-end and mid-end systems. Another thing to consider is that Windows 8 will wake up the computer to perform normal system maintenance tasks.
Preventative work
Automatic Maintenance is designed to address a number of operational issues that users experienced in previous versions of Windows.
The goal is to combine all operational tasks, such as Windows and software scans, updates, disk defragmentation or anti-virus scanning, including third-party programs, so that they can run without affecting the performance or energy efficiency of the PC.
The automatic startup schedule in Windows 8 is configured at 3 am or 2 am, and every day by default. The daily limit is set to 1 hour, which means it will run no longer than that day. Automatic startup will also only work if the computer is in standby mode, and stopping the maintenance task when the user returns and starts using the PC. Work on Maintenance resumes when the PC is in standby mode again with important changes. Tasks are marked as critical and will run regardless of user action or boot.
Disable maintenance tasks
To do this you need to go to the task scheduler library > Microsoft > Windows > TaskScheduler
Right-click on the Regular Maintenance item and select Disable from the drop-down menu.
Disabling tasks can solve these problems for you. Disable tasks to see if this is indeed the case. If this is not the case and the problem persists, it could be caused by something else, then you may want to consider enabling tasks again.
Right-click on regular maintenance and select Disable from the context menu. This turns those tasks off so that they no longer run. You can perform the same operation on a broken maintenance task, although this shouldn't really be necessary.
Windows 8 will no longer run these tasks. This is for you to determine whether it will be beneficial to determine system performance or not. If you use the system as usual, it should become obvious whether this is your case or not.
As a side effect, you can disable the alarm as it is included in the service to complete the task. If this is an issue that you notice, you can also change the timing of maintenance tasks.
You can change the wake-up time and option using a task. You need to double click the task in the Task Scheduler to do so.
Windows Automatic Maintenance is a process that takes place in the background, aimed at maintaining the performance of the operating system, optimizing it for faster operation. As part of automatic maintenance, system updates are checked, disk partitions are defragmented, individual temporary files are deleted, and the system is scanned for malware. In this article, we’ll talk about why this process makes many people want to find settings in the system to disable it, and we’ll also look at the specific steps on how to do it.
During the heyday of Windows 7, few people were interested in the automatic maintenance process, since it happened imperceptibly to users. Automatic system maintenance made itself felt after the release of Windows 8 in 2012. In this version of the system, its improved version 8.1 and the new Windows 10, the automatic maintenance process can be launched not only while the computer is idle, as it should be ideally, but sometimes and during its use. In this case, there may be an active load on the processor and/or hard drive. And it is not necessary that the computer be old or low-powered. Active consumption of system resources during maintenance can be seen on various devices, with different power components, even in top-end laptops and computers with advanced hardware.
The fact is that the Windows 7 system provided automatic maintenance with the execution of various tasks, each of which was assigned its own special time, and it did not depend on whether the computer device was running on mains power or on battery power. Windows 8, remember, was created primarily for the market of portable devices such as tablets or laptops with a touch screen. This fact determined the need to reduce most of the small tasks of operating system maintenance into a single process, which should be performed only when the computer device is running from the network, while maximizing the use of system resources in order to complete automatic maintenance as quickly as possible.
Again, let us remember that at first after the release of Windows 8, computer forums on the Internet were full of user messages about the system periodically loading the hard drive or processor at 100%, including when the computer was idle. Happy (or not so happy) owners of a new operating system at that time on board tablets or laptops purchased for a lot of money were perplexed why, as soon as they walked away from the device for a couple of minutes, the processor and hard drive began to overclock. But as soon as you move the mouse, touch the screen or touchpad, all activity disappears somewhere. True, it may not be right away, and for another minute or two the system will be terribly slow. Many people find the system maintenance process annoying. And this process is much more annoying when it starts not while the computer device is idle, but during its active use.
Automatic maintenance in Windows 8.1 and 10 systems is scheduled by default at night - at 2 or 3 o'clock. For these purposes, it provides for waiting for the computer to be idle for 21 hours and a preset permission to wake the computer from sleep mode. The duration of the planned maintenance process should not exceed 1 hour. If the computer is in use or turned off during the designated period, scheduled maintenance will be postponed to the next day. The constant transfer of maintenance naturally causes a backlog of scheduled tasks. Therefore, if the computer is mostly turned off at the default time of 2 or 3 am, in the morning after turning it on we can observe the same background maintenance with the absorption of system resources.
Disabling automatic maintenance is undesirable, but it can be resorted to in particularly critical cases. For example, when the computer constantly freezes during maintenance or to monitor the load on system resources without unnecessary background processes. But before we proceed directly to the instructions for disabling automatic maintenance, we first consider the possibility of reassigning time for scheduled processes.
If we are talking about the load on system resources immediately after Windows starts as a result of the fact that the computer is mostly turned off during scheduled maintenance, this time can be changed or maintenance can be started at the right time manually. To do this, in Windows 8.1 and 10 systems, press the Win+X keys and select "Control Panel".
In this window we go down to the section "Service", where we will see a button to manually start system maintenance, as well as an option to change the parameters of this process.
In the Windows 10 Control Panel the path is slightly different:
But directly in the window we will see the same “Maintenance” section, the same button to start the process manually and the same ability to change parameters.
By clicking the option "Change service settings", we will find a couple of positions that can be adjusted. In the drop-down list, we can select a convenient time and, if necessary, uncheck the box to allow the maintenance process to wake the computer from sleep mode. It is advisable to uncheck this box only if the computer has an excessively noisy power supply or hard drive, and their operation at night will interfere with sleep. Otherwise, it is better to leave this right to the automatic maintenance process.
Disabling automatic maintenance in the system Windows 8.1 carried out in the system task scheduler. To launch it, press the keys Win+R and in the command field "Run" enter:
taskschd.msc
In the launched scheduler window, expand the directory tree on the left:
Go to the center section of the window, click on the task Regular Maintance, call the context menu on it and select the item "Disable".
Regular Maintance is the task of daily scheduled launch of automatic maintenance, which can only be configured for a different time in the control panel settings. Once this task is disabled, maintenance will no longer occur automatically, but must be manually started periodically. As an alternative to disabling scheduled maintenance, you can select Regular Maintance from the context menu on the task "Properties" and configure its individual parameters, in particular, set the frequency instead of daily, for example, weekly.
The same move in the system Windows 10 it will not be possible to do this, since Microsoft deliberately hid the display of system maintenance tasks in the scheduler so that various clever people would not disable this process and, accordingly, would not add to the already long list of complaints against the software giant. But it is possible to disable scheduled maintenance; this is done using the system registry editor. To edit the system registry in order to disable and enable automatic maintenance, we will resort to the help of REG files posted on the Internet - special executable files designed to quickly make changes to the Windows registry. The archive of these REG files can be downloaded from cloud storage using the link:
Unpack the folder "automatic maintenance" and to disable automatic maintenance, run (with administrator rights) the REG file "disable automatic maintenance".
Click "Yes" to continue.
Changes have been made to the system registry.
For the reverse process - to enable automatic maintenance - use the same principle to launch another REG file in the folder "enable automatic maintenance".
