Month: April 2023

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Windows 10 100% Disk Usage Problem [FIXED] 

FIX-Windows-10-100-Percent-Disk-Usage-Problem

Sometimes you encounter a PC that when you look at the task manager, you go ‘holy cow!’, it’s running on 100% disk usage for a long, long time.

Believe me, that’s quite normal but solvable.

Here are the steps that I did to help bring it down.

1. Press   + R and type devmgmt.msc in the Run, hit Enter key to open Device Manager snap-in.

Device Manager Windows 10

2. In the Device Manager window, expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers and right click on Standard SATA AHCI Controller, select Properties.

FIX Windows 10 100 Percent Disk Usage Problem

3. In the property sheet, switch to Driver tab and click Driver Details.

FIX Windows 10 100 Percent Disk Usage Problem

4. If the Driver File Details window shows storahci.sys driver listed there, it means you’re running inbox driver and hence it is possible to disable MSI mode. Click OK.

FIX Windows 10 100 Percent Disk Usage Problem

5. Back on the property sheet, switch to Details tab. Against Property, select Device instance path from drop-down and note down the Value mentioned there.

FIX Windows 10 100 Percent Disk Usage Problem

6. Press  + R and put regedit in Run dialog box to open Registry Editor (if you’re not familiar with Registry Editor, then click here). Click OK.

Windows 10 Registry Editor

7. In the Registry Editor window, navigate to following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\<AHCI Controller Value>\Device Parameters\Interrupt Management\MessageSignaledInterruptProperties

Substitute <AHCI Controller Value> we got in step 5.

FIX Windows 10 100 Percent Disk Usage Problem

8. In the right pane of MessageSignaledInterruptProperties key, look for the registry DWORD (REG_DWORD) named MSISupported which should be corresponding to Value 1 as its Data. Double click on the DWORD to modify its value:

FIX Windows 10 100 Percent Disk Usage Problem

9. Finally, set the Value data as 0 and click OK. Close Registry Editor and reboot. After restarting your machine, the 100% disk usage problem should disappear.

Thanks to this link

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-windows-10-100-percent-disk-usage-problem

Enjoy

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Tips to Free Up RAM or memory on Your Windows 10

Working in the IT industry, i have encountered a lot of people still using old units fitted with Windows 10 software. As expected, it runs a wee tiny bit slower than usual. That’s why these tips are all over the web. Here is my take on freeing up RAM or memory

> Restart Windows 10 after running it for some time
> Disable startup apps in task manager
> Scan for malware using your favourite A/V software
> Adjust virtual memory (caution for non tecky persons)
> Alternative is to install more ram (its getting a bit cheaper nowadays)
> Reduce visual effects (yes it affects also)
> Stop background apps running by toggling YES or NO to programs
> Disable SysMain in the Services App
> Close the unused tabs open in your browser (somehow they are not solving this one > anytime soon)
> Defragment your hard drive (a bit time consuming but effective)
> Disk cleanup (this cleans the junk files in your temp folder)
> Uninstall applications not used anymore

Hope it helps

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How to Disable Cortana Permanently Using the Windows Registry

  1. Right-click the Windows icon and select Run to open the command prompt.
  2. Type regedit and press Enter.
  3. Navigate to HKEY_Local_Machine > SOFTWARE > Policies > Microsoft > Windows, then right-click the Windows directory and select New > Key.
  4. Name the new folder Windows Search.
  5. Right-click the Windows Search folder and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
  6. Name the new file AllowCortana.
  7. Double-click the AllowCortana file to open it, set the value to 0, then select OK.
  8. Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.
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#1005 – Can’t create table ‘xxxxxx’ (errno: 150) [SOLVED]

If you are using xampp and you encounter this message during creation of a table, i have found that a lot of them pertain to the unit used to reference the field. If the master table used INT (11), when you reference it as a foreign key, you also need to use the same unit INT(11) as well.

In my case it was different. You see, i got this message because the table I used as a foreign key is the table ‘item’ whereas originally it was table ‘item_list’.

So just in case you encounter this one and still have problems, it might be the table name.

Learn and move forward

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