For people that didn't immediately update to the newest feature update in the past (e.g people who stuck with 1703 when 1709 was first released, people who stuck with 1709 when 1803 was first...

I recently got a new modem and with it, a new wi-fi connection. Everything's been perfectly fine except for potentially one minor detail that I'm curious about. Every time I boot up my computer, I'm...

Gonna perform a bit of thread necromancy here. You can get rid of application entries under "Open With" > "Choose Another App" > "More Apps" under "Other Options" by going to HKEY_CLASSES ROOT >...

I'm most likely going to do a clean reinstall anyways to stamp out any potential issues that probably don't even exist in my current installation anyways (I haven't encountered any issues, and I'm...

Better late than never, but I've finally started using backup/cloning software, namely Macrium Reflect considering all the praise it gets.

But I need to ask, is downloading the PE files used for...

I'm gonna repeat my question and ask if there's a Guid associated with this event. You can check by double clicking the event in Event Viewer, and checking Details > System. If there is then you can...

I don't have 1809 yet but does this event have a GUID? If so you search for the GUID in the registry under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\WMI\Autologger and set Enabled to 0, which prevents...

I did buy Home and Pro keys completely separately (as in I bought a brand new Pro key for $200 instead of the $100 upgrade) but when I upgraded to Pro way back then I didn't reinstall at the time, I...

A long time ago I upgraded a computer from W10 Home to W10 Pro. This was a custom build and both the original W10 Home activation and the new W10 Pro activation were done via product keys ordered...

So apparently these videos and everything else on the right side of the Settings window are downloaded automatically unless you disable them via group policy. I learned something new today. Enable or...

Today I noticed that there was a new video on the right side of the screen in Windows Update, above "What's New". This wasn't there yesterday. I haven't gotten any updates since last month, so why...

I just manually scanned the USOShared folder with Defender, finished in less than a second without any slowdown. I suppose the slowdown only happens when Defender decides to scan the folder and its...

USO apparently stands for Update Service Orchestration. You'll notice every time you open up Windows Update, the "date modified" for some of the ETL log files in there will change to whatever time...

Well, thanks to the tip about Resource Manager I've pinpointed that Windows writes to the USOShared folder in ProgramData every time I open up Update & Security in Settings, causing MsMpEng to scan...

I've already tried chkdsk, that came out clean as well.

I'm not having problems with Defender at high usage for prolonged periods of time or slowing stuff down constantly, it only happens for...

I've tried using BitDefender in the past but eventually went back to Defender due to the myriad of problems that BitDefender had of its own. Either way, Defender has never given me any problems until...

Ah, whoops. I forgot that I had made this thread a few days ago before making the new one. Not like this one got any attention in the first place, though.

I'd delete this one but I don't think you...

I have W10 Pro, version 1803, build 17134.19 (although these issues started when I was still on whatever the previous build was numbered) with a i7-6700k, 16gb RAM and a Samsung 750 EVO 500gb.

As...

Recently whenever I open up Update & Security in Settings, it causes Antimalware Service Executable (aka Windows Defender) to flare up in CPU usage by 10-15% and slow down everything else on my...

I know this a weird question, but I'm looking for a way to clear the recently viewed nodes part of the Event Viewer or if it'll clear itself after a while.

I'm not looking for how to clear events...

I've also been getting 28 of these after the past two or so cumulative updates. They only appear once (as a set of 28) after each cumulative update and only after a while has passed after the update...

Just gonna chip in with my two cents: for me the app that kept appearing as a background process in Task Manager whenever I left my computer idle for a however long period of time was Microsoft Edge....

This actually worked, thanks!

According to post #32 here adding a Migrated DWORD with a value of 4 to the BackgroundAccessApplications entry in Regedit will prevent the Background App setting from resetting after a restart. Fresh...

Thanks for finding this out, creating the Migrated key on a fresh 1803 installation does seem to prevent "Let apps run in the background" from resetting itself upon restart.

EDIT: This appears to...