FIX Srtasks.Exe High Disk Usage Issue (Solved)
75FIX Srtasks.Exe High Disk Usage Issue (Solved)
The following issue may appear on a Windows 10 based computer. The "SrTasks.exe" causes the disk to work at 100%. The "SrTasks.exe" (Microsoft System Protection Background Tasks) process, is a legitimate Windows process, and it used to start up the Volume Shadow Copy Service and the Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service.
The "SrTasks.exe" process starts the related services needed to create restore points and normally should not affect the system performance continuously, and especially in systems where the "System Protection" is disabled.
The srtasks.exe file is the executable of a legitimate Microsoft process called System Protection Background Tasks. This particular executable is frequently used by Windows 10’s Task Scheduler for the automatic creation of system restore points.
The srtasks executable is often associated with high CPU usage and high disk activity – some users have reported a CPU usage of almost 70% by this process alone. Even though this particular has been addressed on every other build that came after the Windows 10 Dev preview, the issue is still fairly common.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).