Well, have spent the last week or 2, updating the Weather systems from XP (1) and Win 7 (2) to Windows 10 - Release 1903, and things have gone as well as expected.
These are all Netbooks, 1 Acer, 2 Asus, all now with a 2gb SIMM. They are pretty low powered systems, but they seem to be handling the load ok. Have a few moments of 100% CPU, 100% memory and 70% disk usage spikes, but they’re pretty transient, lasting only 3-10 seconds. Majority of the time CPU is 40% or less, Memory is 60% or less.
Win 10’s infamous “we’re gonna update whether you like it or not” has caused a few headaches and extended outages, but using Brian’s YouTube instructions, I’ve set up system tasks to start up WD following a reboot. Windows defender runs, and sometimes- after an update - it tends to hog the few resources available to to its security / virus check. So far they haven’t caused and problems.
I’ve noticed that 1903 installed and runs things like Skype, yourPhone, Microsoft Store automatically. I have no need of them, they just chew up scarce memory. I’ve looked around, but I can’t find info on how to stop these extraneous programs from starting I don’t know if they’re like Edge, embedded in the operating system or not, but I’d sure like to disable them. Does any one know how or where I might accomplish this? It’s no show stopper, but with only 2GB RAM, memory is valuable.
Thanks,
Ken
Oh, it’s all “Niko’s Fault”, he’s the one who suggested I get off XP, and I did, via an interim win 7 Stage… Thanks Niko, good advice…
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