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
    2017-06-04T22:05:22+00:00

    Hi! That's great. Thanks for your reply. I'm sure it will help other people! Good job!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-06-04T20:40:52+00:00

    my issue was solved with stopping TiWorker.exe service and removing SoftwareDistribution from the C:\windows  directory.

    hopefully this will help others out there.

    credit to wintips

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-05-30T03:48:06+00:00

    Hi! Very nice information. You are appreciated! I learned some thing also! We are now up to page 47!

    Wonder how many more pages will be posted on this thread. I suspect there are more then one solution to this problem and it seems you have found one of them. Team work is good.

    You are appreciated!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-05-30T03:19:13+00:00

    to be clear, I have done more than 10 clean installs past half year to fix this one particelar issue.. just to note that..

    • Holding down the Windows key on your keyboard and hitting "R".  A Run window will appear.
    • Type in "services.msc".
    • Sort the list alphabetically by clicking on the first column which is the name of the service.
    • Scroll through the list of services and Disable Superfetch and Windows Search. - Put it on MANUAL
    • Do a complete power down of your PC.
    • Restart the PC and enjoy!

    Worked just fine to me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-05-30T03:17:40+00:00
    • Holding down the Windows key on your keyboard and hitting "R".  A Run window will appear.
    • Type in "services.msc".
    • Sort the list alphabetically by clicking on the first column which is the name of the service.
    • Scroll through the list of services and Disable Superfetch and Windows Search.- put MANUAL
    • Do a complete power down of your PC.
    • Restart the PC and enjoy!

    Worked just fine for me.

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