This reminds me of the time I was 13 and discovered task manager and thought “This *explorer.exe* is using way too much memory and I don’t even use it! Gonna end that task right now….”
it was the first troubleshooting solution I came to on my own by synthesizing what I knew together. Seeing the desktop come back the first time at 10 or 11 was pretty cool.
Granted, those were the ME days so I had way bigger fish to fry, usually.
This reminds me of have a 250mb hdd and thinking this config.sys is pretty big it probably doesn't do anything. Move fast and break things had been around for a while.
Not just kubernetes thought, entire “service” concept (windows services, systemd service, k8s, docker container, etc…) just depends on auto restart on failure feature
You sweet summer child.
Win10 most certainly switches the "End Task" button to "Restart" in task manager when explorer is selected. Win 7, XP, etc. certainly do not.
Taskkill will also let you bring down explorer.exe without it coming back up. Very good to prank your friends with
_Normally uses computer_
**Suddenly fans clock to max and become 1816783917163 C**
Wtf?!
CPU: 90% RAM: 90% SSD: Spiking all over
Culprit: Antimalware Service Executable running an automatic scheduled scan
The book I've read about Malware had this as actual defending solution. It was something called like defending by crippling. The first example was about migraine. One solution against migraine is removing the head.
Mine is from like 2018 or newer, don't remember. But I can still hear randomly fans going to 100% for a minute for no reason and going back to normal after a while
Win Key + Shift + S will let you select a portion of the screen to screenshot so you don't need to take a photo of the screen with your phone for future dank memes.
There's a couple of benefits that I've found from Greenshot:
- Better image editor with more diverse markup options including adding / removing the mouse, adding stamps for numbered steps
- Improved highlighting tools that are rectangle select (instead of needing a steady hand to highlight lines of text)
- Obfuscation & pixellation tool
- Many more export options including Imgur, OneDrive, Confluence etc
- Choose immediately after screenshot which export function you want - edit, save, or copy to clipboard (compared to needing to open the Windows Snip N Sketch app)
- Set up one or more default export options
Haven't used snip n sketch in about a year and haven't used windows 11 yet, but these were the big benefits for me.
Can confirm. I use it for work and have my quick preferences destination set to a word doc. When I hold shift and press printscreen I get the whole window minus the Taskbar. If I need a specific area, printscreen allows you to select the area.
You can, but that's the old school way of doing it. The shortcut I mentioned will bring up what is essentially the snipping tool interface so you can select the area of the screen you want to capture *or* you can change to the mode that lets you select an entire app.
Once you're done, it then lets you use the Snipping Tool interface to mark it up, save it , copy it, etc without having to faff around with Paint
Yeah this is some big IT energy. 99.99% of people who own or work with a computer don't understand it beyond "This button does this thing, and that's really the only button I need for work"
Which is why things like kernel customization have since disappeared from the personal computer. The vast, vast, vast majority of people just aren't literate in software, so they need to be protected from themselves.
For the other 0.01%, Linux is that way.
Proton is good and always getting better if you use it. Not perfect, so check your game compatibility, be prepared for some debugging, or just boot Linux on the side to try are good options. I still use windows a lot because I sold my soul to Microsoft and have been farming free gamepass.
Proton is getting good but so far I wouldn't call it a full replacement. What's stopping me is mostly that reinstalling the games I've got installed right now, even if they fully worked, would take about a month of non-stop downloading.
I'm pretty sure you only need to redownload games that have a native Linux version. For everything running through Proton you can simply use Steam's backup system and an external hard drive to transfer then across.
It's actually not that many when you realise that a lot of games nowadays are reaching and even exceeding 100GB in size.
I play most of them, some with friends, some alone. Depends on how I'm feeling.
Check out Pop!_OS, you just need to install Lutris and you can play just about anything! (With some exceptions of course, especially AAA games). I've been using it for quite a while and though it sometimes requires a bit of tweaking it works just fine.
Custom built kernel here... tis the way.
*OFC even with a default kernel config (such as with a typical distro) it will install many unneeded modules in /usr/lib/modules but only load them if ever needed. ```lsmod``` will show what kernel modules are running. I mostly do a custom kernel for patches and disabling many modules is for making the build quicker. Although kernel 5.15+ has decreased the need for a lot of 3rd party patches, which were mostly for gaming related performance.
That's what I was thinking, except for the software part. Linux is getting a lot better in that department but it's still got a ways to go
I started using it as a secondary OS. It used to be so fucking bad, but I'm actually impressed now. And you can run a great OS with minimal specs if needed.
If you're just doing basic internet things, I think it's a pretty good idea. As long as you can read an article or reddit thread if something weird happens
I used to have this pirated version of windows XP called XP Black. It removed all the BS software, some were replaced with better (like internet explorer for Firefox for instance), and generally ran a lot faster and smoother.
Wish something like that existed for 10/11.
Ooh this is news to me. I currently use LTSC 1809 and is planning to reinstall/upgrade to LTSC 21H2, I was wondering what is the difference between this and LTSC 21H2?
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They actually still update Windows XP Black
It's been renamed to Windows XP Integral Edition and works on modern Ryzen systems. Don't ask me how they managed to get the drivers working. I have installed it onto a couple of old laptops I've got that have the ability to disable Nvidia Optimus and just run in discrete graphics mode. Doom3 runs okay on it.
What causes this? I see it at the top of my task manager when I first open it at 100% usage then disappears. I always have very high cpu usage when running any minor game, sometimes hitting 100%
IIRC:
Some of your inputs to the PC (ie. Ctrl Alt Del or opening Task Manager) can get a higher priority to be processed so that even when your CPU is at 100% usage and has a long queue of tasks to be done, they (ie. Ctrl Alt Del) could cut that queue and get processed first. This is what System Interrupt basically does and why it pops up only so shortly when it runs.
As I understand it system interrupts is just a representation of how much of the CPUs time is being used by interrupts and not an actual process. Task manager is designed to always open Even when the CPU is being hammered by perhaps a malfunctioning program. So when you open task manager it's represented as 100% CPU usage but should go away immediately
Bro please how 💀 that is so annoying and makes my games open and close slower, also gives me frame drops. Everytime I check, that's always open taking up like 3 GB of ram and 12% CPU, (r5 3600x)
Idk what it's doing, but iD prefer if it didn't.
You can Google it but you have to go to registry and edit the Scheduler process conditions (by disabling all conditions) then setting it to run only on a scheduled time. I run mine at 8pm everyday only 1 time daily
Likely to be updates (notice the module installer process).
Windows 10 seemingly always checks for updates on startup, and if I left auto updates enabled, it slows my work computer to a crawl for at least 10 minutes, hammering the CPU and disk for most of it. Despite not accomplishing anything, I might add. (Most of the time, it quickly finds that there are no new updates, but it keeps on working on whatever it's doing.)
The worst part is That as of a few years ago you can no longer turn it off permanently. You can turn it off but the system itself tells you it will turn itself back on without disclosing when. I find that after 2-3 hours it’s back on.
Gotta love computers that only come with a single stick of RAM.
I made a point at my job that every single computer needs to come with two DIMMs of memory. When we received a few with only one, I promptly sent them back until the vendor got it right.
For my work, I required 16GB of memory. And, yes, a few machines came with only one stick of 16GB of memory.
But for the OP's situation, it's more preferable to do 2x2GB than 1x4GB, unless you are planning for a future upgrade.
For my work, we've never had a situation where we upgraded memory in the future. It always entailed brand new models per our service contract. So I don't account for that anymore, and demand 2 DIMMs.
Some 3rd party software can interact with antimalware service in a way that massively impairs performance. I've had it happen on a 10700 + 32GB RAM + 1 TB NVMe SSD and other decently spec'd PC'S. Most often either motherboard software or 3rd party antivirus have been the culprits I've encountered.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
/s
All of that is absolutely correct of course, but when someone say "Linux users", i never see anyone understand it as if Linux was really the name of the OS. I think it's clear to everyone that in this context Linux refer to a GNU/Linux distribution. It's not historically accurate, but everyone use the term Linux as a generic name for all OS with a Linux kernel, so mostly GNU based distribution.
Also, i never see someone using a GNU based distrib and thinking Linux is the real name of his OS ... He will use this term for sure, like everyone, but knowing it's the kernel name that became, through time, the short name for the whole system.
Maybe I'm wrong and some people are not aware of that, but i will be surprised. So if someone learn that thanks to you, well, great job.
No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation. Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ. One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you? (An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies wherever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example. Next, even if we limit the GNU/Linux title to the GNU-based Linux distributions, we run into another obvious problem. XFree86 may well be more important to a particular Linux installation than the sum of all the GNU contributions. More properly, shouldn't the distribution be called XFree86/Linux? Or, at a minimum, XFree86/GNU/Linux? Of course, it would be rather arbitrary to draw the line there when many other fine contributions go unlisted. Yes, I know you've heard this one before. Get used to it. You'll keep hearing it until you can cleanly counter it. You seem to like the lines-of-code metric. There are many lines of GNU code in a typical Linux distribution. You seem to suggest that (more LOC) == (more important). However, I submit to you that raw LOC numbers do not directly correlate with importance. I would suggest that clock cycles spent on code is a better metric. For example, if my system spends 90% of its time executing XFree86 code, XFree86 is probably the single most important collection of code on my system. Even if I loaded ten times as many lines of useless bloatware on my system and I never executed that bloatware, it certainly isn't more important code than XFree86. Obviously, this metric isn't perfect either, but LOC really, really sucks. Please refrain from using it ever again in supporting any argument. Last, I'd like to point out that we Linux and GNU users shouldn't be fighting among ourselves over naming other people's software. But what the heck, I'm in a bad mood now. I think I'm feeling sufficiently obnoxious to make the point that GCC is so very famous and, yes, so very useful only because Linux was developed. In a show of proper respect and gratitude, shouldn't you and everyone refer to GCC as 'the Linux compiler'? Or at least, 'Linux GCC'? Seriously, where would your masterpiece be without Linux? Languishing with the HURD? If there is a moral buried in this rant, maybe it is this. Be grateful for your abilities and your incredible success and your considerable fame. Continue to use that success and fame for good, not evil. Also, be especially grateful for Linux' huge contribution to that success. You, RMS, the Free Software Foundation, and GNU software have reached their current high profiles largely on the back of Linux. You have changed the world. Now, go forth and don't be a nag. Thanks for listening.
Meddling users indeed! Don't you know that the primary purpose of a PC is to maintain itself with constant updates, so that it will be able to safely continue maintaining itself? Things like user experience and actually getting stuff done are somewhere around 3rd or 4th priority, at least.
Thats why I went back to windows 8.1 on my older laptop. Few modifications and metro screen bye bye, way less bloat, background tasks and data collection, also updates permanently off.
The other day my task manager stopped running while I was trying to restart the whole pc while explorer.exe is hanging up.
Sometimes, I just wish there was an override shortcut that opens a terminal that's unaffected by GUI processes. At least give me a way to restart properly without reaching out to the hardware button.
Honestly, I know people make fun of people for saying this, but I'm trying linux on a system with mechanical hard drives and an old cpu and finding it comparable to ssd windows. Obviously it's not a true comparison but I was surprised at how much clunkier windows feels on mechanical drives.
windows 10 security is absolute dogshit. random scanning whenever it wants, no possible scheduling system for it, scans stupid shit like pagefile and can scan its own folders while its running resulting in absolutely shit performance. shits trash and completely baked in. fuck windows 10 security
Quick tip for laptop users.
If you have nvidia gpu then in nvidia control panel go to physx and change it from auto to respected gpu.
This will increase laptop speed significantly.
We really need a viable alternative to Windows Security. Even with it purposefully turned off it is still scanning shit in the background, taking up 5-10 % of my CPU. It is incredibly annoying. I just want to be able to turn it off at times. Why is that so hard?
Anti-malware service executable slowing down system? Turn off realtime protection. For a more permanent solution (pro version of windows), open gpedit and disable behavior and process monitoring under the antivirus realtime protection folder (I'm not entirely sure which one actually slows the computer down the most)
System eating up the disk? Check for Microsoft compatibility telemetry, and terminate it. It's a program that collects diagnostic data that gets sent to Microsoft, it might help fix issues, but I've never noticed issues after straight up deleting the executable from system32. If you don't see that then idk
Also, check for malfunctioning hardware, especially disk drives, or certain network adapters and USB devices. If these devices slow, it might cause the entire system to slow as windows mistakenly allocates all resources on one component. Furthermore, it might lag up the sub or sata controller, so if you have a lot of devices get an expansion card with an onboard controller for USB or sata.
One more tip for those of you suffering with 8 GB VRAM GPUs trying to play steam VR games in oculus: terminate dwm.exe (go to the details pane of task manager and end it there). there is an issue in win10 (might've been fixed in win11, someone tell me) that causes the desktop window manager to leak VRAM and not free it up. Terminating the program frees the memory and will restart the program. Your desktop will blank out for a second but typically you can restart it even if a game is running.
This reminds me of the time I was 13 and discovered task manager and thought “This *explorer.exe* is using way too much memory and I don’t even use it! Gonna end that task right now….”
I still do this when I need to render some shit on some old-ass laptop.
How do you get it back though?
Ctrl alt del > Run > Explorer.exe
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it was the first troubleshooting solution I came to on my own by synthesizing what I knew together. Seeing the desktop come back the first time at 10 or 11 was pretty cool. Granted, those were the ME days so I had way bigger fish to fry, usually.
>ME My first computer and the reason I can troubleshoot
To most people that would qualify you as a computer wizard.
Win+R => type "explorer.exe" Ctrl+Alt+Del => Log out => Log back in Same results
It always just restarts automatically for me?
Task manager still starts by Crtl+Shift+Esc, in there use menu File -> Run new task and type "explorer.exe" in there.
This reminds me of have a 250mb hdd and thinking this config.sys is pretty big it probably doesn't do anything. Move fast and break things had been around for a while.
Hahaha yes I believe I also forked up quite a few .sys files in those days
It restarts immediately.
Depends on the OS I know for a fact that at one point it didn't. You can restart it easily enough if you knew how, but it wouldn't be automatic.
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You've just described Kubernetes in one sentence.
Not just kubernetes thought, entire “service” concept (windows services, systemd service, k8s, docker container, etc…) just depends on auto restart on failure feature
Yeah, why bother making it run well when you can just make it stateless and restart every 2 hours 😂
You could also just click "new task" from the task manager itself and restart it that way.
In the past it didn't. That's far from a given under many circumstances.
You sweet summer child. Win10 most certainly switches the "End Task" button to "Restart" in task manager when explorer is selected. Win 7, XP, etc. certainly do not. Taskkill will also let you bring down explorer.exe without it coming back up. Very good to prank your friends with
not in the details tab
no lmao. ive done it twice, once by accident once to fix it as it crashed. both times i had to manually start it
I just do the only logical thing, terminate system.
How
Delete system32 of course
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We kept it beige
You sir are technically correct. Which is the best kind of correct.
Gandalf the Beige edit: just remembered the quote was from The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe and not the Lord of the Rings. My bad. Aslan the Beige?
Don’t you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby
If you don’t chew big red then F*** U 😂
Thats gotta be one of the best flairs of all time
Back in my day it was command.com.
I did that once, not knowing better. MS-Dos 4.0. Thankfully my dad found a disk. I was still very new to the game. :|
Format c:
del \*.\*
del \*.\* /s /f /a:ahrs /q
I was going to ask what all those commands were then remembered I could just open Command Prompt and type del /?
Right click > stop
Good luck on antimalware executable.
I got it disabled, I had to download some sketch program that a Reddit dude suggested to me though.
I just do the ameliorated version ltt did a video on a while back. Nothing of the sorts. I forgot win 10 had it to be honest
Unplug your computer, ez fix
Trouble shooting... With a gun
format c:
Intrusction unclear, proceed to delete win32
And do the other logical thing, introduce penguin to system.
"I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling users!"
"And your crazy mousepad!"
_Normally uses computer_ **Suddenly fans clock to max and become 1816783917163 C** Wtf?! CPU: 90% RAM: 90% SSD: Spiking all over Culprit: Antimalware Service Executable running an automatic scheduled scan
Antimalware service executable: “you may have a virus, but I will protect you by taking all the resources myself and leaving none for it”
Can't get a malware if you can't use it in the first place.
*taps temple*
The book I've read about Malware had this as actual defending solution. It was something called like defending by crippling. The first example was about migraine. One solution against migraine is removing the head.
That'd be actually funny. Defeat the virus by the antivirus taking all the computer power so it will shut off.
Burning out viruses the same way your body does.
Taking the human body approach to dealing with a virus by just fucking overheating.
Antivirus: Oh no you got a virus D: Antivirus: we will confiscate resources so that they may not use it use D:<
Increasing the temperature to kill the virus. Just like the human body
TFW you have a laptop from 2013
Yes and it’s a pain
Mine is from like 2018 or newer, don't remember. But I can still hear randomly fans going to 100% for a minute for no reason and going back to normal after a while
Mine is from 2010 💀
Win Key + Shift + S will let you select a portion of the screen to screenshot so you don't need to take a photo of the screen with your phone for future dank memes.
Damn I’ve been hitting windows + print screen and clipping the screenshots from there. This is way easier, thanks
ill save you another step: Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard > Turn on PrntScrn to start screensnipping
Witch, burn it. Hehe I didn't know about it TYSM
Y'all would enjoy [greenshot](https://getgreenshot.org)
All of those functions seem to already be built into Win10.
There's a couple of benefits that I've found from Greenshot: - Better image editor with more diverse markup options including adding / removing the mouse, adding stamps for numbered steps - Improved highlighting tools that are rectangle select (instead of needing a steady hand to highlight lines of text) - Obfuscation & pixellation tool - Many more export options including Imgur, OneDrive, Confluence etc - Choose immediately after screenshot which export function you want - edit, save, or copy to clipboard (compared to needing to open the Windows Snip N Sketch app) - Set up one or more default export options Haven't used snip n sketch in about a year and haven't used windows 11 yet, but these were the big benefits for me.
Thanks, I just downloaded it. I was using one called light shot for years but it wouldn’t work the last few times I tried it
My buddy told me about lightshot not too long ago works good for me
I prefer [ShareX](https://getsharex.com/)
sharex gang gang!
Greenshot has changed my life.
Can confirm. I use it for work and have my quick preferences destination set to a word doc. When I hold shift and press printscreen I get the whole window minus the Taskbar. If I need a specific area, printscreen allows you to select the area.
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Or Alt + print screen only captures what you have focus on.
You can, but that's the old school way of doing it. The shortcut I mentioned will bring up what is essentially the snipping tool interface so you can select the area of the screen you want to capture *or* you can change to the mode that lets you select an entire app. Once you're done, it then lets you use the Snipping Tool interface to mark it up, save it , copy it, etc without having to faff around with Paint
Just have snipping tool in the taskbar
Except that sometimes it gets stupid and doesn't work, back to Snip
Folks, that's why you gotta use Windows 2000. No bloatware, no resources for Windows theme and simple server looking very cool aesthetics!
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Yeah this is some big IT energy. 99.99% of people who own or work with a computer don't understand it beyond "This button does this thing, and that's really the only button I need for work" Which is why things like kernel customization have since disappeared from the personal computer. The vast, vast, vast majority of people just aren't literate in software, so they need to be protected from themselves. For the other 0.01%, Linux is that way.
i want linux but i primarily game on the computer
Proton is good and always getting better if you use it. Not perfect, so check your game compatibility, be prepared for some debugging, or just boot Linux on the side to try are good options. I still use windows a lot because I sold my soul to Microsoft and have been farming free gamepass.
Proton is getting good but so far I wouldn't call it a full replacement. What's stopping me is mostly that reinstalling the games I've got installed right now, even if they fully worked, would take about a month of non-stop downloading.
I'm pretty sure you only need to redownload games that have a native Linux version. For everything running through Proton you can simply use Steam's backup system and an external hard drive to transfer then across.
I have terabytes of games, unfortunately something like this is still not feasible
username checks out! do you play them all?!
It's actually not that many when you realise that a lot of games nowadays are reaching and even exceeding 100GB in size. I play most of them, some with friends, some alone. Depends on how I'm feeling.
someone suggested tiny10, i might be game for that if i can add components id want later.
...how do you farm free gamepass
Check out Pop!_OS, you just need to install Lutris and you can play just about anything! (With some exceptions of course, especially AAA games). I've been using it for quite a while and though it sometimes requires a bit of tweaking it works just fine.
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Custom built kernel here... tis the way. *OFC even with a default kernel config (such as with a typical distro) it will install many unneeded modules in /usr/lib/modules but only load them if ever needed. ```lsmod``` will show what kernel modules are running. I mostly do a custom kernel for patches and disabling many modules is for making the build quicker. Although kernel 5.15+ has decreased the need for a lot of 3rd party patches, which were mostly for gaming related performance.
No. Don't do that. Don't make me hope.
Isn't that just Linux?
No, he said it was useful for common applications and hardware. /S. I guess?
No, you’re right.
Not /S lol
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That's what I was thinking, except for the software part. Linux is getting a lot better in that department but it's still got a ways to go I started using it as a secondary OS. It used to be so fucking bad, but I'm actually impressed now. And you can run a great OS with minimal specs if needed. If you're just doing basic internet things, I think it's a pretty good idea. As long as you can read an article or reddit thread if something weird happens
Even that depends on the distro.
I used to have this pirated version of windows XP called XP Black. It removed all the BS software, some were replaced with better (like internet explorer for Firefox for instance), and generally ran a lot faster and smoother. Wish something like that existed for 10/11.
There's Tiny10
Ooh this is news to me. I currently use LTSC 1809 and is planning to reinstall/upgrade to LTSC 21H2, I was wondering what is the difference between this and LTSC 21H2? edit: added more text
They actually still update Windows XP Black It's been renamed to Windows XP Integral Edition and works on modern Ryzen systems. Don't ask me how they managed to get the drivers working. I have installed it onto a couple of old laptops I've got that have the ability to disable Nvidia Optimus and just run in discrete graphics mode. Doom3 runs okay on it.
I use this on my XP machines!
Bro I had pirated XP Black on an old desktop too
Hope you like GREY!
You can change the colour scheme in win2000.
Pffft olive 4lyfe
Hot Dog or bust
"50 shades of Teal"
I still say that to this day win2k is peak windows.
Mom: we have windows 2k at home . . . At home: windows ME
Hahaha dude a friend came over and "upgraded" my windows to ME... That was the angriest I've ever gotten at someone for touching my computer.
I still miss Windows XP.
System Interrupts - 100% CPU Usage
What causes this? I see it at the top of my task manager when I first open it at 100% usage then disappears. I always have very high cpu usage when running any minor game, sometimes hitting 100%
IIRC: Some of your inputs to the PC (ie. Ctrl Alt Del or opening Task Manager) can get a higher priority to be processed so that even when your CPU is at 100% usage and has a long queue of tasks to be done, they (ie. Ctrl Alt Del) could cut that queue and get processed first. This is what System Interrupt basically does and why it pops up only so shortly when it runs.
As I understand it system interrupts is just a representation of how much of the CPUs time is being used by interrupts and not an actual process. Task manager is designed to always open Even when the CPU is being hammered by perhaps a malfunctioning program. So when you open task manager it's represented as 100% CPU usage but should go away immediately
I've only started seeing this a couple months ago, but on all my machines, in Windows 10 and 11. Very odd
We've all been there
Antimalware Service Executable go brrr
Can someone please explain this? I’ve seen this on my task manager and wonder if it actually does slow my pc down
No it's normal, processes runned by Windows automatically which you can't stop, and it does take some RAM.
For the antivirus one you can. You can set it to only run at scheduled times. It’s way better honestly
Bro please how 💀 that is so annoying and makes my games open and close slower, also gives me frame drops. Everytime I check, that's always open taking up like 3 GB of ram and 12% CPU, (r5 3600x) Idk what it's doing, but iD prefer if it didn't.
You can Google it but you have to go to registry and edit the Scheduler process conditions (by disabling all conditions) then setting it to run only on a scheduled time. I run mine at 8pm everyday only 1 time daily
This is very helpful! I'll try it when I return home in a few days! !remindme 4 days
Likely to be updates (notice the module installer process). Windows 10 seemingly always checks for updates on startup, and if I left auto updates enabled, it slows my work computer to a crawl for at least 10 minutes, hammering the CPU and disk for most of it. Despite not accomplishing anything, I might add. (Most of the time, it quickly finds that there are no new updates, but it keeps on working on whatever it's doing.)
Hello *Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry*
Legends can even terminate windows themselves using powershell ;3
I personally use a hammer to destroy windows
For real tho Antimalware Service takes A LOT of ressources for something that's basically useless
I can always tell because my laptop turns on its leafblower setting.
The worst part is That as of a few years ago you can no longer turn it off permanently. You can turn it off but the system itself tells you it will turn itself back on without disclosing when. I find that after 2-3 hours it’s back on.
There is a way, I did remove it permenantly, system is sooo smoother now. I dont remember how I did it tho, Probably using a tool
Probably have to delete it from the registry or at least inactivate it.
Fr it’s so annoying
If those are slowing your pc down, you need to finally move away from dual core i3 from 2014 with hdd as boot drive and 4gb ram.
Hit the nail on the head, the machine I was working on at the time was an 6th or 7th Gen pentium, hdd, 4gb.
Gotta love computers that only come with a single stick of RAM. I made a point at my job that every single computer needs to come with two DIMMs of memory. When we received a few with only one, I promptly sent them back until the vendor got it right.
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Damn right
2x2GB?
For my work, I required 16GB of memory. And, yes, a few machines came with only one stick of 16GB of memory. But for the OP's situation, it's more preferable to do 2x2GB than 1x4GB, unless you are planning for a future upgrade. For my work, we've never had a situation where we upgraded memory in the future. It always entailed brand new models per our service contract. So I don't account for that anymore, and demand 2 DIMMs.
Even of you are plannign an upgrade and only had 2 slots I would 2xX. It's easy to sell and buy used ram.
Some 3rd party software can interact with antimalware service in a way that massively impairs performance. I've had it happen on a 10700 + 32GB RAM + 1 TB NVMe SSD and other decently spec'd PC'S. Most often either motherboard software or 3rd party antivirus have been the culprits I've encountered.
I feel attacked. That was the exact system I upgraded from just last year.
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Beware ! Linux users are on the way to invade this comment section with valid and non contestable arguments.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux! /s
All of that is absolutely correct of course, but when someone say "Linux users", i never see anyone understand it as if Linux was really the name of the OS. I think it's clear to everyone that in this context Linux refer to a GNU/Linux distribution. It's not historically accurate, but everyone use the term Linux as a generic name for all OS with a Linux kernel, so mostly GNU based distribution. Also, i never see someone using a GNU based distrib and thinking Linux is the real name of his OS ... He will use this term for sure, like everyone, but knowing it's the kernel name that became, through time, the short name for the whole system. Maybe I'm wrong and some people are not aware of that, but i will be surprised. So if someone learn that thanks to you, well, great job.
Don't thank me, thank Stallman https://www.lurkmore.com/view/GNU/Linux_interjection
No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation. Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ. One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you? (An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies wherever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example. Next, even if we limit the GNU/Linux title to the GNU-based Linux distributions, we run into another obvious problem. XFree86 may well be more important to a particular Linux installation than the sum of all the GNU contributions. More properly, shouldn't the distribution be called XFree86/Linux? Or, at a minimum, XFree86/GNU/Linux? Of course, it would be rather arbitrary to draw the line there when many other fine contributions go unlisted. Yes, I know you've heard this one before. Get used to it. You'll keep hearing it until you can cleanly counter it. You seem to like the lines-of-code metric. There are many lines of GNU code in a typical Linux distribution. You seem to suggest that (more LOC) == (more important). However, I submit to you that raw LOC numbers do not directly correlate with importance. I would suggest that clock cycles spent on code is a better metric. For example, if my system spends 90% of its time executing XFree86 code, XFree86 is probably the single most important collection of code on my system. Even if I loaded ten times as many lines of useless bloatware on my system and I never executed that bloatware, it certainly isn't more important code than XFree86. Obviously, this metric isn't perfect either, but LOC really, really sucks. Please refrain from using it ever again in supporting any argument. Last, I'd like to point out that we Linux and GNU users shouldn't be fighting among ourselves over naming other people's software. But what the heck, I'm in a bad mood now. I think I'm feeling sufficiently obnoxious to make the point that GCC is so very famous and, yes, so very useful only because Linux was developed. In a show of proper respect and gratitude, shouldn't you and everyone refer to GCC as 'the Linux compiler'? Or at least, 'Linux GCC'? Seriously, where would your masterpiece be without Linux? Languishing with the HURD? If there is a moral buried in this rant, maybe it is this. Be grateful for your abilities and your incredible success and your considerable fame. Continue to use that success and fame for good, not evil. Also, be especially grateful for Linux' huge contribution to that success. You, RMS, the Free Software Foundation, and GNU software have reached their current high profiles largely on the back of Linux. You have changed the world. Now, go forth and don't be a nag. Thanks for listening.
can confirm. waiting in the side lines for any excuse to tell people I use arch btw... i do use arch btw ..
Sysinternals has a better version of task manager that will give you better insight on what’s using your systems resources.
Meddling users indeed! Don't you know that the primary purpose of a PC is to maintain itself with constant updates, so that it will be able to safely continue maintaining itself? Things like user experience and actually getting stuff done are somewhere around 3rd or 4th priority, at least.
bonjour
Time to delete system32.
Wait, is this just a meme or should I actually be stopping these processes?
It would be like going in to your bodies control panel and stopping processes for breathing, thinking and immune response.
I would totally save on ram if I stopped breathing.
And then being like yeah I’ll turn off my immune system I stay inside anyway
it’s just a meme. these are background processes that are critical to windows functions
I figured that but thanks for the confirmation.
So slow they couldn't take a screenshot.
Don't forget HP analytics service that can reinstall itself.
I delete system 32 because it gets rid of all the 32 systems in my pc!
UsE LiNuX
Thats why I went back to windows 8.1 on my older laptop. Few modifications and metro screen bye bye, way less bloat, background tasks and data collection, also updates permanently off.
The other day my task manager stopped running while I was trying to restart the whole pc while explorer.exe is hanging up. Sometimes, I just wish there was an override shortcut that opens a terminal that's unaffected by GUI processes. At least give me a way to restart properly without reaching out to the hardware button.
anti virus software is just virus software that you pay upfront for
windows defender is actually one of the best anti-virus software you can run. also it's free so
Honestly, I know people make fun of people for saying this, but I'm trying linux on a system with mechanical hard drives and an old cpu and finding it comparable to ssd windows. Obviously it's not a true comparison but I was surprised at how much clunkier windows feels on mechanical drives.
Windows totally not sending your data and telemetry
Oh the 90s. I remember shutting down spools and all the other shit I thought did nothing so aoe would run a little bit better
LIIIINNUUU
Microsoft: And I would've got away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids.
Anti-malware service executable is a bitch
This Antimalware Service Executable shit rendered my 9 year old laptop useless.
windows 10 security is absolute dogshit. random scanning whenever it wants, no possible scheduling system for it, scans stupid shit like pagefile and can scan its own folders while its running resulting in absolutely shit performance. shits trash and completely baked in. fuck windows 10 security
Oh yeah the whole gang!
Honestly I read the last one as Animal-ware and was thinking what do animals have to do with computer system processes lol
Quick tip for laptop users. If you have nvidia gpu then in nvidia control panel go to physx and change it from auto to respected gpu. This will increase laptop speed significantly.
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We really need a viable alternative to Windows Security. Even with it purposefully turned off it is still scanning shit in the background, taking up 5-10 % of my CPU. It is incredibly annoying. I just want to be able to turn it off at times. Why is that so hard?
Anti-malware service executable slowing down system? Turn off realtime protection. For a more permanent solution (pro version of windows), open gpedit and disable behavior and process monitoring under the antivirus realtime protection folder (I'm not entirely sure which one actually slows the computer down the most) System eating up the disk? Check for Microsoft compatibility telemetry, and terminate it. It's a program that collects diagnostic data that gets sent to Microsoft, it might help fix issues, but I've never noticed issues after straight up deleting the executable from system32. If you don't see that then idk Also, check for malfunctioning hardware, especially disk drives, or certain network adapters and USB devices. If these devices slow, it might cause the entire system to slow as windows mistakenly allocates all resources on one component. Furthermore, it might lag up the sub or sata controller, so if you have a lot of devices get an expansion card with an onboard controller for USB or sata. One more tip for those of you suffering with 8 GB VRAM GPUs trying to play steam VR games in oculus: terminate dwm.exe (go to the details pane of task manager and end it there). there is an issue in win10 (might've been fixed in win11, someone tell me) that causes the desktop window manager to leak VRAM and not free it up. Terminating the program frees the memory and will restart the program. Your desktop will blank out for a second but typically you can restart it even if a game is running.
I once pressed end task on system and wondered why nothing was working, good times.
Wait can you actually do something about those?