Fixing 100% disk usage in Windows 10 with Chrome and Skype running

Anonymous
2015-08-16T12:25:27+00:00

How to fix 100% disk usage in Windows 10

This is caused by a common combination of Skype as well Google Chrome. Similar issue with other programs could also cause 100% disk usage. To fix this do the following:

Google Chrome:

In Google Chrome, go to Settings > Show Advanced Settings ... > Privacy > Prefetch resources to load pages more quickly

and untick it. See Figure-1 below:

Figure-1

Skype:

Make sure you have exited Skype and it is not running in the taskbar (if it is running in the taskbar then quit it).

Open Windows Explorer and open the following folder:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone"

Now right click "Skype.exe" file and then click "Properties" and open the "Security" tab.

Click the "Edit" button and then highlight "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" and place a tick in the "Write" box.

Click "Apply" and then "OK" and then "OK" again. See Figures-2 to Figure-6 below:

This is it, now run Skype and check the Disk Usage in Task Manager and it will no longer show you 100% disk usage anymore:-

I hope this helps people. I spent a long time in finding a solution to this problem.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-05-29T19:06:48+00:00

    Hi ! If you performed a clean install and immediately showed 100% disk usage, I really don't know what else to suggest. Please attach a screen shot of your task manager so we can see what's using 100% of your disk! Make sure the biggest users are at the top.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-01-21T10:46:55+00:00

    I've been trying every solution on the web for months now.  Nothing has worked for me.  None of the above.  But I CRACKED IT THIS MORNING!!!

    Windows 10 seems to be super sensitive for the RAM configuration.  I had 8GB + 2GB and it all showed as usable RAM in properties and Belarc.  But my harddrive kept running at 100% all the time and sometime machine was unusable.

    But I took a chance and removed the 2GB and VOILA!  Machine ran at full speed on one 8GB module without swapping to harddrive 100% of the time.

    Then I went a step further and swapped the two RAM modules to opposite slots and IT WORKED.  All 10 GB working at full speed now!

    Hallelujah! P.T.L.! Seriously.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-19T00:43:49+00:00

    Microsoft.  Too many issues with performance.

    All I have running are system tasks.  FIX IT!  Your OS, Your problem.  I just want to be able to use my computer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-16T05:07:45+00:00

    LOL!  Mo, you should try Windows 10, 64 bit on an AMD Duo Core X64.  My old laptop just about smoked before I went back to Vista...

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