Svchost.exe is the Windows service host, you need this :) Looks like it's the AVG antivirus acting up. How much free space do you have on the drives? On 9 Oct 2014 14:30, "Dilwyn Jones" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The ones generating most entries are: > > AVGrsa.exe - presume a scan must be running even if I can't find or stop > it (scan settings are set to 'basic' for minimal interference when machine > is busy) > > BackupNowEZ - my backup program which I have to use as the external drive > is over 2TB so M$ backup won't work, in theory (hah!) this is disabled > temporarily - I think! no hard disk activity even though the process is > generating a lot of entries. > > svchost.exe (not sure what this is) > > monitor.exe (less than the other three) > > There are lots more processes listed, but very few entries compared to > these. > > Looks like it's the anti-virus but what is it up to since it's on minimum > settings and shouldn't be running at this time of day anyway (it's normally > set to run overnight and not to run at startup if a scan has been missed) > > Dilwyn > > -----Original Message----- From: Marcel Kilgus > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 1:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] PC issues > > Dilwyn Jones wrote: > >> No, SATA drive, with Windows in C: drive part of the hard disk, and >> everything else in D: >> > > Okay, one more. Download and run the "Process monitor" tool from MS > and check if any application is generating lots of entries. This might > be a somewhat painful process on a thrashing machine, though. > > Marcel > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4040/8354 - Release Date: 10/09/14 > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
