Automatic Maintenance any good?

[Jarchris]

Hi all,

I saw in my taskbar that a maintenance is in progress. What does Windows 8 do exactly in this maintenance? Should I turn it on or off? Is my computer slower when it is in progress?

Jarchris

 

[GrumpyMan]

If it's a program that comes with Windows, I would let it do it's thing. Not sure about your question though since I'm still on W7.

 

[mrjminer]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848037(v=vs.85).aspx

http://www.technospot.net/blogs/windows-8-what-really-happens-in-automatic-maintenance/

Basically, just various optimizations, error checking and reporting, possibly updates. Automatic maintenance should only run when you are not using your computer, and should stop within 2 seconds of you starting to use it if it is running unless something important is going on (or something is being done that hasn't been done in a very long time, but is deemed necessary to be performed by the maintenance service). In these instances, there will be a performance impact since it will be occurring while you use the computer, but it will give you a notification and you will have the option to stop the maintenance.

 

[Jarchris]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848037(v=vs.85).aspx

http://www.technospot.net/blogs/windows-8-what-really-happens-in-automatic-maintenance/

Basically, just various optimizations, error checking and reporting, possibly updates. Automatic maintenance should only run when you are not using your computer, and should stop within 2 seconds of you starting to use it if it is running unless something important is going on (or something is being done that hasn't been done in a very long time, but is deemed necessary to be performed by the maintenance service). In these instances, there will be a performance impact since it will be occurring while you use the computer, but it will give you a notification and you will have the option to stop the maintenance.

When I'm using my computer the icon 'Maintenance in progress' is still there. Strange that it doesn't stop automatically then, should I just stop it manually?

 

[mrjminer]

When I'm using my computer the icon 'Maintenance in progress' is still there. Strange that it doesn't stop automatically then, should I just stop it manually?

You can if it is affecting performance, it will just start up again when you stop using your computer. I don't know if the icon updates when it "pauses," if it is just running something that it hasn't in a while (which would cause it to continue running even if you are using the computer), or if it's actually doing something that has so low of an impact that it won't really effect you. Regardless, if you stop it then it will just start running again after you stop using your computer for a little while; you won't hurt anything by stopping it.

 

[ArisVer]

Or you can just leave it on for some time and let it do its thing.